Dyed in the Wool
Pairing: None, Luffy/Nami Nakamaship
Dyed-in-the-wool :- thoroughgoing, uncompromising
Ussop paused as he passed the girl's room, questioning why Chopper stared curiously at the door.
Well, a large keep out sign on the door of the bedroom makes anyone curious. Especially when Chopper saw Nami drag their captain in that room hours before.
"Maaa, Namiiii, I'm hungry. Can I go yet?"
The navigator sighed and smacked Luffy across the head.
"No Luffy! You will learn this!"
The captain sat on Nami's bed, while she faced him on her chair. In her hands she held up a picture, eyes pleading that he understand it's meaning.
"What is this Luffy?"
The captain blinked and peered close at the picture.
"It's a toilet."
The paper rustled as the page was flipped.
"And this."
"That's Merry!"
"And what is the difference between them, Captain?"
"We live on Merry! We don't sail on the toilet, silly!"
Luffy kicked his legs and laughed and Nami had to restrain herself from pummelling him.
"Exactly, so we can't sail on a toilet, and you can't PEE off the side of Merry!"
She stamped her foot, half in triumph, half in desperation. She was so sick of seeing an arc of yellow splash into the sea, and she would get him to stop if it killed him.
"But why Nami? It's fun! To pee off his ship is part of a man's romance!"
Luffy looked outraged at the mere thought. Nami just looked outraged.
When Chopper and Ussop watched their captain arch into the sea from the livid navigator's kick, they were curious as to why she tried to teach him anything. Monkey D Luffy was dyed-in-the-wool in everything he did, including going to the bathroom. There was no teaching him.
Follow the mild angst with some laughs. I love LxN friendship, and it always makes me laugh that Luffy pees off Merry alot (in the anime, I mean). And I love the concept of a man's romance, which is something that would NEVER be said here in the UK, despite I think being a brilliant term.