Sorry for the late guys. I was working on a few M-rated one-shots for a while and I wasn't really motivated to finish this fic. But since I had to do it (and I needed a breather anyway), I went and wrote the final chapter in one night. Enjoy.

Nami took a deep breath as she was about to go to school. Today was the day she decided to confess properly to Luffy, and if possible fight her fear of kissing by stealing his lips after ten years.

She muttered to herself, "It's alright Nami. Just do what you used to do. You can try to kiss him anytime after you made a real confession."

"What are you mumbling on your own Nami?" Bellemere asked.

"N-Nothing! I'm off to school!" Nami quickly got out of her house and saw Luffy waiting for her against the gate.

"Yo, Nami!"

"M-Morning…"

Luffy blinked at Nami's slightly shy response. He walked closer to her and put a hand on her forehead thinking that she was sick. "Are you okay?"

The ginger-haired woman relaxed at the warm contact and smiled at his action, before answering tenderly, "Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you."

"Shishishi, it's okay."

"Luffy," Nami called.

"Hmm?"

"I love you."

The words came out so smoothly that it even surprised her a little. She guessed that it was because she kept repeating those words since kid. Nami looked expectantly at him when he grinned.

"I love you too," he said rather casually with a grin before turning to walk toward school.

Nami blinked. She quickly caught up to him.

"I really mean it Luffy. I love you!"

"I know, Nami. I love you too," Luffy said again in the same way.

Nami blinked again. Am I saying it too casually for him to take it seriously? Or is it an after-effect of having repeated those words all these years? It doesn't really feel like he got me though. Maybe I should just ask him out… but that would be stupid since we've been sort of going on dates for years already. This is bad, I'm completely stuck…

Later at school, Nami was sitting alone in the class trying to come up with a way to make Luffy understand her feelings. A part of her wanted to force her feelings through him since her childhood friend was a huge idiot, but another part of her wanted to do things peacefully since it wasn't really his fault they ended in this complicated situation. At the same time, she also wondered why Luffy wasn't trying to arrange things himself. She knew he talked with Usopp and Sanji about love, so he should be trying to make a move on her too right?

No… It's useless thinking about it since Luffy is just slow as hell. If we go at his pace, we might end up getting old before making any progress. Looks like I really need to do something fast.

A little farther from Nami's table, her friends were looking at her and didn't fail to notice how many times she sighed since morning.

"Don't seem like they settled things," Zoro told the obvious.

"Maybe we should help them?" Usopp asked.

Sanji looked up with a tired look. "No, we already did more than enough. Everything is up to them now."

Marguerite nodded. "Sanji is right. At this point we are just plain side-characters."

"What...?"

The week went on without any progress from Nami. She felt like the more she would tell 'I love you' to Luffy, the less he would take it seriously. So she only tried to convey her feelings once or twice a day as naturally as possible. One day she plainly told him that she wanted them to become lovers (in case it wasn't already established). He seemed a little surprised but he grinned and said that he would love that, making them officially become lovers. So it's not like she didn't make any progress at all. But considering that they didn't do anything different compared to before, Nami didn't feel like she made any progress either. If anything it cleared the suspicions of their surroundings, though people are still skeptical since they didn't see any changes in their behaviors.

Guess there is only that way…

Saturday was the day Nami decided to make the move. She was naïve when she thought that everything would be settled if they just became lovers. What she really needed to do was just one thing. Kiss Luffy! Since there was no school this day, she knew Luffy would be still sleeping by 10 a.m. So she made an ingenious plan.

"Oh, Nami! What's up?" Ace asked as soon as he opened the front door of the Monkey D. house. He smirked. "Did you come so soon to give Luffy morning kisses? You finally act like a real couple. I was worried about you two."

Nami blushed for a second before she said, "I came to tell Luffy when he will have to pick me up for our date."

"You could have just told him by mail."

"I thought you would need someone to wake up that moron anyway, so I came to tell directly."

"You'd be a life saver! Sabo and I gave up long ago since it would just tire us, and Gramps can get really loud when he tries to wake Luffy up. I would be happy if you do it."

Nami chuckled. "You're starting to sound like a mom, Ace. Especially with that apron on."

"Mom, I need my breakfast!" Sabo yelled teasingly from the table.

"YOU WON'T BE A GOOD BRIDE IF YOU MAKE PEOPLE WAIT, ACE!" Garp yelled too.

"SHUT UP! IF YOU TREAT ME LIKE A WOMAN OR A HOUSEWIFE AGAIN, I WILL STOP COOKING FOR YOU!" Ace yelled back with sharp teeth.

Nami giggled at the usual scenery as she entered the house to make her way toward Luffy's room. She went inside and closed the door, hoping that no one will disturb them. She now looked at her sleeping lover. As usual he was sleeping messily, and half-naked, on his bed.

The last time Nami came to wake up Luffy was back in middle-school. She used to do it so often before, but since puberty fully hit them; it was hard for Nami to look at Luffy's toned body and chiseled muscles without her hormones responding at the sight. She was scared because she didn't know anything, but she knew too well that her simple curiosity could lead to bad outcomes like when she tried to kiss Luffy. So she preferred avoiding this feeling. But now she knew everything and she decided to stop running away.

Nami sat on Luffy's bed and looked at his torso. It looks hard and very strong. He's also grown broader. Nothing like before. Wait, I'm not here to admire all that! I'm here for one thing.

The orange-haired woman brought her hand to Luffy's cheek and cupped it. She observed how he seemed to lean his head onto her hand and purr at its warmth. It made her smile and blush a little. She moved her thumb on his lips and rubbed them slowly.

"They are softer than I thought... I might be able to do it."

Nami looked again at the door. When she was sure there was no problem, she leaned her head down toward Luffy.

Her head just above his, their lips few centimeters away, Nami's heart started to beat faster at the proximity. There was still some fear, but the excitement she was feeling made it clear that she also yearned for this somewhere in her heart.

Just when she was about to close the gap, Luffy spoke up, "Nami?"

The orange-haired woman quickly sat up with a huge blush on her face while Luffy sat up slowly, yawning and rubbing his eyes in a half dazed state.

"What are you doing here Nami?"

"I-I came to wake you up."

Luffy tilted his head slightly. "Why?"

Nami blinked few times at his question. A small smirk formed on her lips. "I'm your lover, you know? I don't need any reasons to do things like this."

Luffy blinked too before he grinned happily. He seemed to be pleased by what she said.

Nami slid her arms under his, around his torso, and hugged him warmly. She rested her head on his naked chest and sighed. "To be honest, I just wanted to see you... Is that wrong?" she asked as she looked up to him.

Luffy blushed slightly at her innocent act and shook his head to tell her that it was not wrong. Nami smiled. As they stared at each other, the two started to lean their heads little by little, almost closing the gap between them. But a knock was then heard on the door.

"Nami! If you have trouble waking up that moron you can throw a bucket of water at him!" Ace told her from the other side.

"N-No it's okay. He is already awake."

"Really? Then don't flirt too much or gramps is going to find out!"

Nami looked at Luffy and noticed that she was still embracing him. She quickly broke the hug and stood up.

"We're not flirting!"

"I'm just kidding. Chill down."

Ace was walking away from the door and an awkward silence filled the room. Even Luffy didn't talk since he was trying to comprehend all the feelings he felt at the moment. Nami couldn't bear that silence so she just left after telling Luffy the time for their date. But they still acted awkwardly during the rest of the day, and the next day too. The week-end plan was a failure.

*sigh*

"Nami-san, you're sighing too much."

"She is right. You're making us depressed with all that sighing."

Nami still kept her head down. "I was so close you know. So close but we got interrupted and things went awkward. Well, knowing him it would have still gone awkward if I kissed him but…?"

The other girls shook their heads. So much drama for a simple kiss. Only those two lovebirds could meet such a problem. If anyone else was as close as them, they would have kissed long ago.

"Why are you so hasty anyway? You can take your time," Perona said.

"That's what I did all this time and it didn't go well, you know it."

"But that was for a different problem. All problems don't have the same solution. I don't think it will bad to let the flow guide you at this point. You're already lovers. You will get the chance sooner or later."

"Really?"

Marguerite nodded. "Perona is right. You can take your time now. And you know, things like this can happen at the most unexpected moment."

Just then, the door of the classroom was slammed open. Luffy appeared from behind. He looked panicked and he was sweating bullets.

"GUYS! You won't believe what I saw!"

Everyone turned toward Luffy.

"What did you see Luffy?" Usopp asked.

"Z-Z-Z-Zoro is…!"

"Zoro?"

"Marimo?"

Nami raised a brow. "What's wrong with Zoro?"

"Zo-Zo-Zoro i-is…!" He was making hand signs to tell them as if his tongue was caught, but no one understood him.

Nami grabbed his shoulders and yelled, "Calm down Luffy! Just tell us what you saw!"

"L-Like I said Zoro is…!" Luffy could still not stay anything beyond those words.

"Tell us clearly clearly!" Sanji yelled.

"ZORO IS…!"

Getting irritated by how he kept repeating these words and how panicked he looked; Nami cupped Luffy's face and sealed his lips forcefully with hers to calm him. Luffy's eyes widened and everyone in the class was equally shocked by what she did. Usopp caught Sanji from falling when he fainted from the sight, while Margurite and Vivi had their hands covering their open mouths as they blushed. Now that was completely unexpected.

Nami broke the kiss and blushed hard when she realized what she just did.

"S-So? D-Did you calm down now? Tell us what you saw."

"...Zoro is wearing a pink tutu skirt and dancing ballet in front of the whole school," he said with a straight face as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Probably because he didn't care anymore. But Nami and the whole class had their faces distorted to shock, horror, and shock again as they completely forgot about the kiss that just happened. Some even spit the juice they were drinking and Sanji was the first one who dashed outside, with a huge smirk.

"YOU'RE KIDDING ME RIGHT?!"

"WE HAVE TO SEE IT!"

"NOOO! I WON'T BELIEVE THIS! NOT MY DARLING!"

In a matter of seconds, the whole class was out of the classroom. Only Luffy and Nami remained there, Nami's friends winking at her before exiting the room.

Putting aside Zoro's problem, Nami's thought were filled with the kiss she just shared with Luffy. It felt good. Nothing like their first time. She felt as if her lips were made to kiss his. She rubbed her arm in embarrassment before she looked up at Luffy. She saw that he kept staring at her with his owlish eyes. She smiled and pecked him with her arms around his neck.

"How does it feel?"

"Great! Can you do it again?"

"Hmm, I would love to but we have all the time for that. I'm a little curious about what happens outside."

"Shishishishi."

The two lovebirds walked toward outside, their hands linked, as they finally cleared all the problems they had for ten years. It was a new start for them. A great one.

About Zoro dancing ballet, it was actually Bon Clay the master of disguise playing a prank on him. Luffy was fooled but Nami was grateful since it resolved her last problem in the most unexpected way possible. Bon Clay didn't understand, but a certain swordsman made sure that the okama regretted that prank for the next decade.

END

Finally over. I actually had that last scene in my head when I came up with this fic. At first, I planned to make Luffy panicked because he saw Zoro picking flower petals like a young man in love, but that wasn't convincing enough. I mean, Luffy wouldn't even understand why he is picking petals...