I do not own One Piece
A strange new feeling
A real first
The next morning Luffy woke up and headed in for a shower, Nami had woken up just in time to see him walk in the bathroom. She turned to lie on her back and she smiled, she remembered what had happened the night before.
Luffy was also thinking about that, 'I didn't even really mean to kiss her, when I pulled away, I thought she would be pissed….but then she went and kissed me back…' he was getting confused, but blushed at the memory. Once he was done he dried off, wrapped the towel around his waist and walked out. To his surprise, Nami was standing right there waiting for him to finish. She walked in, not even looking at him and shut the door.
She immediately put her back to the door and slid down to the floor. Her heart felt like it would burst from its pounding. She eventually calmed down and took her shower. When she was done she wrapped her towel around herself and walked out. Luffy was in the doorway talking to someone, he had already gotten dressed. She made her way to her suitcase and got some cloths, she decided to see what Luffy had gotten for her the other day.
She opened the bag and pulled out a bra, it was really soft and frilly; she smiled and put it on along with her shirt. Then she reached in and pulled out some panties. She gasped at the touch, they were silk, and they were a magenta color which made her smile, they had a sexy design on them and she blushed thinking of Luffy picking them out. She put them on along with her comfy pants. Then she walked around the corner to see Luffy shutting the door and turning to her.
"Oh, Nami…looks like you can walk well today." he said with a smile.
"Un…for the most part." she said quietly. "I like the stuff you bought me." she said with a grin.
"Oh…ah, no problem." he said as he started to blush.
She chuckled and walked over to him. "Who was at the door?" she asked.
"Oh, it was Ussop again, apparently we missed breakfast and he told me that we would be meeting for dinner at a restaurant in town. "
"Oh…okay then, but I'm hungry." she said as she smiled and hopped on his back.
"Oi, I thought you could walk."
"Yea, but walking all the way downstairs will be pushing it." she said.
"Fine, Fine..." he said as he set off for the lobby. About half way down he looked back at Nami who had her chin on his shoulder. He looked away and sighed. He took a deep breath, "Um…Nami?"
"Hmmm?" she replied quietly with her eyes closed.
"Um….well…I was just wondering…if you would…maybe want to…" he stopped there; she could tell how nervous he sounded.
"What is it Luffy?" she had taken her chin off his shoulder and opened her eyes.
He sighed again, "Do you want to go on a real first date?" he asked very quietly. Nami's eyes opened wide and her lips parted but she didn't say anything. 'Is he serious??' she asked herself as she started to blush. After a while Luffy slumped, "Never mind, I was just…"
"No, Luffy…I would love to." she said as she put her chin on his shoulder again with a big smile on her face. Luffy smiled and continued walking down to the lobby, then he entered the hotel restaurant for breakfast. He sat her down and took his seat, trying not to look at her.
"Luffy?"
"Yea?" he asked as he looked up.
"Why do you seem afraid of me, every time I get close to you, you jump and back away." she asked as she looked down at her lap. "Is it that you don't like Me." she asked with a frown.
"No…it's not that, I just…" he sighed. "I don't know, I honestly like being close to you, but, I can't explain it, I just get nervous I guess…" he mumbled.
Nami smiled and looked up, "Well that's not a very good excuse."
"Fine then…maybe I don't like you." he said sarcastically as he crossed his arms.
Nami pursed her lips at him and narrowed her eyes. "Liar…" she whispered. Luffy chuckled but then remembered something.
"Nami….when I was sleeping in the chair on the ship, did you keep taking my hand at night, and this one time you had your feet wrapped around mine."
"Ugh…well…." she started nervously.
"Nami…" he said teasingly.
"Yea…I did." she said as she looked down again in embarrassment. She heard Luffy chuckling quietly to himself which made her smile.
"Well then…where are you taking me?" she asked happily.
"I was thinking maybe ice skating like we talked about before, then some lunch, if you're up for it."
"Sounds like fun." She said as they stood up. She jumped on his back.
"I thought you could walk." He asked in confusion.
"Yea, but I want you to carry me." She said as she blushed. Luffy smiled and started to walk to the winter rental place to get some skates. Once there he purchased the skates and walked off to find a nice pond to skate on. After a few minutes of walking around, he found a nice shaded pond, with a small amount of light coming through the dense tree line. He set her down on a rock and tied his skates, then he helped her put on hers.
He gave her a hand standing up and slowly made his way to the middle. Then he turned around and wobbled a bit. "You coming?" He asked teasingly.
"Yea, yea." She started over to him, after a while, she got the hang of it and started skating around with Luffy. She held his hand for support because she wasn't fully recovered yet. They were there for a long while until Luffy noticed that he was hungry, at that moment Nami fell on him and they both plopped on the ice. Nami was sitting right next to him as they looked at each other. Nami's heart started to beat harder, as did Luffy's. She blinked a few times before he started to slowly lean over to her. Their lips met and they both closed their eyes slowly, Nami felt that tingling sensation again.
It was a slow kiss, and they didn't touch each other, besides their lips and faces. It was filled with feeling as he slowly pushed his tongue into her mouth; she let him in as he started to slowly feel around and played gently with her tongue. After a few minutes he gently clasped onto her bottom lip with his lips and slowly pulled away, pulling her bottom lip with him. Once her lip left his own, he opened his eyes and noticed that Nami was just sitting there with her lips parted and her eyes still gently closed shut.
Nami's heart was beating so fast that she felt like she would die. She couldn't open her eyes to see him or she thought she might melt on the spot. 'That was….amazing.' she thought to herself as she slowly smiled and opened her eyes.
"Well, ah…we should probably head to the restaurant." He said trying to get out of the situation.
"Ah….yea, that would be good." She said quietly without looking at him. Luffy couldn't tell if she was upset about what had just happened and he thought he might ask her about it later. He let her climb on his back and headed to the restaurant for lunch.
xxxxxx
Once they arrived and took their seats, the waiter came over to take their orders. After giving them to him, he walked off.
"Um…Luffy?" she asked quietly.
He thought it would be about the kiss. "Yea?"
"I know you told us that we shouldn't worry about it, but what was it that got you so out of it back on the ship?"
Luffy sighed, "I guess I could tell you." Nami looked up at him. "Well I was just thinking about…actually… you…" he told her.
"Me?" she asked quietly.
"I kept thinking about how we met and our adventures, I just zoned out thinking about stuff like that, but the reason I was acting sad, or however you want to put it, was because I really cared about you, but I didn't think you cared about me the same way…"
"Luffy…" she whispered.
"I don't know why I got so bummed out, but I did, after you got sick I started to feel better, not because you were sick, I hated that part, but because I got to spend more time with you than I normally do." He said as he looked down.
Nami felt herself smile. "Luffy, I care about you a lot, and I'm glad that I got to spend more time with you too." Luffy looked up and smiled. At that time the waiter brought the food to the table and left, they had both finished when Luffy put the money on the table and stood up.
"Before we leave, I have one more question…" she said with a smirk.
"Nami…." Luffy whined.
"It's about that dream of yours."
"Oh, ah….maybe some other time." He said with a blush.
"Luffy, you said that last time." She pouted. "And why do you keep blushing when I ask about it?" she asked teasingly.
"Ah…no reason." He said nervously as he turned his head.
"Does something bad happen?"
"No, no….well I guess it depends on how you look at it…" he said, turning back to her.
"Oh, and how do you look at it?" she asked with a grin.
"Ugh….don't worry about it, it's just a dream so it doesn't matter, I'll tell you later." He said nervously again.
"Luffy…." Now it was Nami's turn to whine.
Luffy chuckled as he let her climb on his back. "What are we gonna do until dinner?"
"I don't know, what is there to do?"
"We could walk around again." He suggested. Nami nodded, but squirmed her way off his back, she grabbed one of his hands and started walking. He blushed and walked beside her. They walked for a long while and noticed that the sun was setting, by now they were on their way back to the designated restaurant to meet the others. Luffy noticed where they were, it was that long pathway with the trees and benches.
Nami stopped and slowly turned to him, he looked at her in confusion. Then his eyes opened wide as he felt Nami's lips. He closed his eyes and put his arms around her waist, she had hers around his neck. It was the same type of slow, gentle kiss. This time she entered his mouth first and played around with his tongue gently, then she beckoned him into her mouth. She started to gently suck on his tongue as she pulled away, sliding her lips off and opening her eyes. Luffy was looking at her a bit dazed with his mouth opened a bit, then he closed it and turned to keep walking. She saw his blush which only made her blush as she grabbed back onto his hand to follow him.
Once they arrived at the restaurant they walked in and found the rest of the crew.
"Oi, Luffy you bastard, let go of Nami's hand!!" yelled Sanji.
Luffy had opened his mouth, about to say something, when Nami started, "I need to hold his hand for balance." She said as she turned to smile at Luffy as he brought her to her seat and sat down himself. It was partly true, but she also just wanted to hold his hand.
"Hai, Nami-swannnn." Sanji replied in his love state.
"So, what have you and Captain-kun been up to today?" asked Robin who was grinning.
"Oh…ah…we walked around tow……" Luffy started.
"We went ice skating then went to a restaurant in town for lunch." Nami cut him off and smiled at him.
"LUFFY, YOU BAS….." Sanji started.
"Sanji, I agreed to go, so be quiet." She said, getting aggravated by him.
Sanji didn't say anything, but sat down and glared at Luffy.
"Did you two have a good time?" Robin asked.
"Un…it was…." Nami paused and smiled over to Luffy who was looking at her, "exciting." She continued, Luffy blushed, thinking about the kiss, and Nami giggled. Everyone looked at the two with suspicion.
"So…ah…what did the rest of you do?" asked Luffy.
Everyone told them how their day was, but Luffy wasn't paying attention, he was just looking over at Nami, who was looking at him. Once everyone had finished up, they said good night and headed off to their rooms. Luffy had waited with Nami until everyone left.
Luffy stood up about to leave with Nami, when he noticed that one of his crew members plates still had some meat on it. Nami noticed that he was staring at it, mouth agape.
She sighed, "Go ahead..."
Luffy looked at her and grinned a huge toothy grin, "Arigato Nami!!" he exclaimed gleefuly. Nami only watched as he ate the remaining food from the plate, stuffing his face. When he was done, he wiped his mouth with a napkin and walked up to Nami with a warm smile.
"Ready?"
"Of course." Replied Nami, smiling.
She stood up, expecting to get on his back, but he picked her up their special way. She gasped, not having been expecting it, then she started to blush but never took her eyes off him. He was also blushing but was watching where he was going. Once they reached their floor, he stared into Nami's eyes as he walked to the room; he opened the door and walked in, still staring at her. She had been staring at him the whole way up.
He walked over to the bed and placed her down, and looked at her for a few seconds with a blank expression as he walked for the bathroom. Nami was still watching his back, but when he closed the door, she lay down with her arms spread out and sighed. Her heart had been racing the whole way up, expecting a kiss at the door. She frowned as she walked to the bathroom door to wait for him.
She heard the door and opened her eyes as she slowly turned to it. But she was caught by surprise when her lips were met by his in a nice, gentle kiss. He turned her while still kissing her and pushed her into the door gently before pulling away and grinning as he closed the door for her. She was speechless, her heart was thumping, and she had that tingling sensation again. She couldn't move.
"Don't think I forgot." He said while walking to the bed. Nami grinned and headed for the toilet.
Luffy had taken his vest off and put it on the floor at his side of the bed. He walked over to the lights and shut them off before getting under the covers. He was turned away to the wall and closed his eyes.
Nami opened the door and walked over to the bed, she crawled under the covers and noticed that Luffy wasn't wearing a shirt and she blushed. Then she thought of something. She pulled of her pants and threw them on the ground. Luffy had turned to her.
"What are you doing?" he asked in confusion, but with a blush.
"What?? You can take your shirt off, but I can't take off my pants?" she asked teasingly.
"Well…when I'm in my own bed, I usually sleep shirtless." He told her. It was true, but more of an excuse.
"Well I usually sleep with no pants…" she said in a sarcastic huff.
He blushed deeper, "Well…I guess that's fine then." He said, then he grinned, "How do you like your new panties?" He asked as he turned back to the wall.
She blushed and smiled, "I like them, don't they look good on me?" she asked as she pulled up the covers to show him. He then turned around to look and blushed yet again.
"Well yea, that's why I got them." He said teasingly but serious none the less as he turned back around.
Nami's expression turned into awe, '…he got them thinking of how they would look on me??' she asked herself as she felt herself blush and then smile. She lay down and pulled the covers back over herself.
Luffy was still turned around facing the wall; Nami was turned to face away from him. She had that strange feeling again and couldn't explain it, it was like she was going to throw up, but it felt kind of good. She turned her head to look at him, but he was still turned the other way, then she sighed and turned back. Then she felt a need to touch him, she wanted to feel the warmth of his body again, she liked him, a lot. 'He's an idiot sometimes…but he's the nicest guy I've ever known and he's smart when he really needs to be. His personality is always positive, which usually makes others feel the same way, well…not those two weeks on the ship, but…' she thought to herself, 'He's also handsome and has a good body, every time he picks me up I feel like I'm falling, every time we touch, his warm skin is like a magnet, and his kiss…his kiss is like poison, I feel stunned after.' She blushed at that thought. 'But that doesn't matter as much, he's been really sweat to me lately, and I couldn't believe it when he kissed me, then again at the pond…' she began to feel her heart beat faster. 'Well…I know he has feelings for me, but….is it the same as I feel for him?' she closed her eyes, sad not knowing the answer.
Luffy was having the same problem. 'Nami…why did you kiss me back that first time?? I really like her, she's beautiful, but it's not just that. Her smell is so…intocika….intotica….INTOXICATING….finally…god damn, I can't even say it right in my head.' He was a bit ashamed of that. 'Her skin, it's so soft and warm, her eyes…so enveloping. Just being near her makes me feel good, the sound of her voice, the way she picks on me more than the others, how she looks at me, and acts when were alone. I like her a lot, and when she kissed me back, I thought she liked me too…but how much??' he asked himself before dozing off.
xxxxxx
Morning came and Nami noticed that Luffy wasn't in bed; she looked around and heard the shower running. She put her cloths on and walked to the door to wait.
Luffy had decided to take another shower; he had been taking a lot lately, mostly because he wanted to be clean around Nami. He finished up and dried off, wrapping the towel around his waist, heading for the door. As he opened it, he saw Nami leaning against the wall near the door. He was going to walk right by her but then he stopped, Nami's lips touching his.
It was a quick kiss; Nami had decided to pay him back for his kiss the night before. She waited for him to open the door and start walking to the other room before she made her move. She leaned over to him, gently placing her lips over his. She stuck her tongue in between his lips and ran it from one side to the other, in between the back of his upper lip and his gums. She pulled away with a grin on her face and entered the bathroom.
Luffy was just standing there in surprise until he realized what had happened. He blushed as he walked over to the bed to find some hopefully clean cloths. He put them on and thought about her for awhile before standing up at the sound of an opening door. He didn't look at her as she walked by to grab some cloths. She was blushing as she dropped her towel and began dressing herself, with another one of the panties he had bought for her. She knew he wasn't looking, but he knew she was naked right behind him.
"So…ah…you ready for breakfast?" he asked.
"Un…lets go." She said as she jumped on his back. He smiled and headed down.
"You know, it's not that I don't like them or anything, I just think it's nice to be away from the crew for awhile." She said.
"Aa…I know what you mean, I know I'm a big part of the problem, but when we aren't supposed to be doing anything and just relax…well, I like not having to goof around with the others all the time…" he told her.
She was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Well, it's just that…I like playing around and stuff and having fun, but just nonstop with no resting or relaxing can make anyone get a bit tired of it…I guess." He replied calmly.
"I…I guess that's true, so are…are you saying you're not having fun here?" she asked feeling herself droop.
He chuckled. "Of course I am…it's just a different kind of fun, with a different person, so it's not the same." He said as he smiled back at her. She smiled and felt her spirits rise back up.
They arrived at the table and he set her down and took his seat. He had noticed that everyone was looking at them a bit confused.
"Ah….Luffy?? I thought Nami was fine now." exclaimed Ussop.
"Aa…she is." He said happily.
"Well then why did you carry her down here?" he asked.
"Ugh…." He was just about to say something when Nami butted in.
"I asked him to, I don't feel like walking down ten flights of stairs." She said as she smiled at Luffy.
"Oh…Nami-swannn, you could have just asked me to carry you." said Sanji with his love eyes.
Nami ignored him as she was still looking at Luffy, who was now looking at her. Then they looked away as their food was served and they began to eat.
"We should all do something together; we haven't really seen much of each other this whole time." proposed Robin.
"Aa…sounds good to me." replied Ussop.
"Me too." Said Chopper.
"Theres a town held ball in two nights." She said with a grin.
"Ugh…" exclaimed Zoro in protest.
"Oh…Robin-chwannnn, I would be honored to take you and Nami-swan as dates." said Sanji, wobbling around.
Robin only giggled as she turned to the rest of the crew. They all nodded to the idea about going to the ball, but most of them seemed pretty uninterested. Nami was happy; it was a great idea, Luffy on the other hand felt really nervous. 'What if Nami goes with Sanji, what if she turns me down if I ask her??' he asked himself.
"There's a banquet tomorrow night, everyone has to go if they are attending the ball, they hand out tickets at it, there's no dress code for that, but you need to look decent for the ball." added Robin.
"Well, everyone is going then…even you Zoro." said Nami as she scoffed at him.
"Whatever." He said.
"Well, I'll see you all there, I'm going to walk around the island for a while, I haven't really seen it all yet, I want to find out the history of the island. I won't see any of you until the banquet." said Robin with a grin as Sanji twirled around her out the door.
"Not true Robin-chwaan, im coming with you." exclaimed Sanji.
"Well, I guess that's fine." She said a bit annoyed.
"I'll see everyone there too, me and Chopper are going sledding again, you wanna come Franky, Luffy?" asked Ussop.
"Sure…sounds SUPAAA!!" exclaimed Franky.
"Luffy?" asked Ussop again.
"No thanks, I'm gonna go somewhere else." He said as the three were walking away.
"Okay…suit yourself." Ussop said as he waved and walked out the door.
"I'll be training." said Zoro as he also left.
"Where are you going?" asked Nami, looking saddened.
"I have no idea, I just didn't want to go sledding." He said as he started to laugh. Nami giggled before she looked away. Luffy noticed and was about to ask if something was wrong.
"Luffy?" asked Nami in a nervous tone.
"Hmmm…Nami what's wrong?" he asked in concern.
"N….nothing…never mind." she said as she turned back to him with a strained smile.
"Nami…." he said in a commanding, but teasing tone.
"No…its nothing, besides, I forgot what I was going to ask." She said as she lifted her chin.
"Liar…" he whispered. She only grinned as she looked at him again.
"So, what are we doing today?" she asked.
"What do you mean, you can do things just fine on your own, wouldn't you rather do stuff by yourself instead of being stuck with me all day?" he asked in sincerity, but also a bit nervous.
"So what if I'm fine now, maybe I like being with you all day." she said as she smiled and closed her eyes.
"Oh…ah…well, I don't know, what do you want to do?" He asked, blushing at her statement.
"Well, I need to get a dress for the ball, and you should get some cloths too." She said.
"Nami…." he whined.
"Oh, come on…don't be such a baby." She said as she grinned at him.
"Fine, but I'm not getting anything to fancy, like what Sanji wears, it looks dumb..." He said in a pout.
"That's fine; just make sure it looks presentable." She said as she grabbed his hand and headed for the door, wide grin plastered on her face.
Reviews are appreciated...good or bad.
I know its a bit OOC, especially with Luffy, I'll try and work on that a bit...
And I'm not really in the mood to write any more chapters at the moment. I have a few more written, and I'm just re-reading them before I post, but it seems that I'm not very good at noticing my own mistakes...
Anyways, I'll try and post every day, but it might take a few days to get in the mood for the story again...
