Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. The song Brook's sings is by Chase Coy called Lullaby ;) - I don't own that either.

Comforting Arms

Chapter Two

"Luffy?" she asked knocking on the door to make her presence known. This time however she didn't wait for him to open the door and just barged in.

She wasn't sure what to expect walking into his room. She sure as hell wasn't ready to see Zoro, Robin, and Franky all staring at her with knowing eyes. She froze for a split second before giving them an unsure smile.

"I thought you said Luffy wanted to see me?" she said directing her question at the swordsman, eyes narrowed dangerously. He just smirked.

"Do you honestly think he would wait for breakfast?" Zoro returned, his smile widening in a sinister way.

"Does this really need to be made out into such a big deal?" Nami sighed gesturing towards Robin and Franky. Franky at least had a clueless look plastered on his face but Robin had a knowing smile which she half attempted to hide behind her hand.

"She's right Swordsman-san. Maybe just having witnesses is enough," Robin said. And for not the first time Nami was forever thankful towards the woman she admired as a big sister.

"Yeah but this is pretty suuuppper that Crazy over there is doing this Sis," Franky said smiling.

"You already told him?" she half shrieked.

"Just an extra witness about Zoro's debt being cut in half," Robin assured.

Nami stomped over towards Zoro, to give the moss head credit he didn't flinch. She was so very tempted to hit him over the head and stomp back out of the room but she couldn't have him blurt it out in front of Franky. She knew that telling him was a bad idea. Zoro didn't care about gossip but that didn't mean he would withhold information from others especially if it meant that he finally had a bargaining tool that was working against her to lower his debt. She shook his hand and then promptly stormed back out of the room.

"Does that count?" she heard him ask Franky while Robin laughed quietly to herself.

After that the rest of the day went by normally. Nothing of real interest happened, she didn't avoid her captain, and he seemed as oblivious as ever. For one thing she was thankful that she didn't have to tell him to not say anything, he seemed intent on keeping it to himself, or at least he wasn't going to say anything unless someone asked. No one would think to ask him unless she started acting funny. She had to act normal. So she did.

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Her sheets were cool and uninviting. Her bed was as hard as a rock. She briefly wondered why the hell Luffy got such a comfortable bed and she had to sleep on this slate of bedrock. Maybe she was exaggerating (just a little bit), but she knew as soon as the light went out she did not want to be in her own bed. She sighed, her sheets rustling as she moved. She tossed; her eyes seemed to work on their own accord and wouldn't drop close. She was so tired; it had been such a long day.

The next thing she knew the sun was rising. Not even a single hour of sleep? She groaned it was going to be a very long day.

A few hours later at lunch Nami tried to keep herself awake. Chopper was staring at her with worried eyes, as her shoulders slumped forward, and her eyes strained to stay awake. She propped her elbow on the table and leaned into her arm as she lazily stirred the food on her plate.

"Nami?" Chopper said quietly trying not to attract too much attention.

"Nami?" he said a bit louder when it was obvious her attention was elsewhere. He failed though. The crew's conversations were always interwoven in such a way that it included everyone, and when one person dropped out of a conversation or started a new one, it was almost always noticed. This time was no different. Luffy and Usopp looked at her worriedly as their favorite partner in crime studied her.

"Huh. Oh Chopper. Sorry, I'm just a little tired. I didn't sleep well last night," she mumbled back. She took a large bite out of her food thankful for the distraction.

"I thought you found something to help you sleep at night," Chopper said, his spirit obviously falling. She knew he was against giving sleeping medication because it could become so addictive, and from the way his voice fell she knew he was thinking about giving her some.

"I'm fine Chopper. Just some bad dreams," she lied.

She shifted in her seat and made sure to sit up straight after that. She could feel several pairs of eyes burning into her and when she looked up she met Luffy's gaze. Luffy's eyes pieced hers searching for an answer before he quickly looked away and stuffed a large piece of meat in his mouth. Chopper sighed loudly bringing her attention back to him.

"If it helps any come to my office tonight. I might have something that could work," he said at least she thought he said that. Sanji just happened to butt in and talk over him.

"Nami-swaaannn you are even beautiful with bags under your eyes."

She felt a vein throb in her skull as Zoro combusted into laughter. His eyes were hard and he sent her a questioning look which she shrugged, not even a second later Sanji was all over him about laughing. She excused herself not really wanting to be in the room as the two men began to duke it out.

"So Luffy told me you had a sleep over," Usopp said. He leaned against the railing and smirked over his shoulder at her. Dammit all to hell, she cursed silently. She should have known that stupid captain wouldn't be able to keep his mouth shut. She would have punched him upside the head but it was such a waste of energy and she was so tired. She, in a very out of character moment, just shrugged and then stood beside him to lean against the railing as well.

"What about it?" she asked.

Usopp laughed and patted her shoulder a bit roughly. She glared at him. He reined it in to a nervous chuckle and slowly moved his arm away.

"He's worried about you," he said finally as silence lapped between them. She shrugged again.

"I just haven't been able to sleep lately. No reason to worry."

The sniper studied her for several long minutes in complete seriousness before letting out a deep breath.

"If you ever need to talk…"

"I know," she told him quickly. She grabbed her arm self-consciously and chewed her lip. Her eyes stayed trained on the calm ocean. Usopp left her then, smiling as he walked off to help fish. Her thoughts started to spiral as the weight of what had just transpired struck her.

Was she that much of a wreck without even realizing it that she had worried everyone? She tried to think back to the last time she had a decent night's sleep but it had been so long ago. Surely lack of sleep wouldn't cause the others to worry so much… maybe it was the fact that her health was slowly deteriorating because of it. It had been close to a month since the last time she had been able to sleep properly excluding the other night…

She looked down. Her bones were starting to protrude out of her skin, her ribs were slowly starting to show, and even if she was eating properly she had been losing weight. Her skin sagged, and her hair was losing its sheen. The bags that were formed under her eyes she had almost contributed to a permanent thing.

It wasn't a big deal though. This was nothing a couple good nights of sleep couldn't fix. She yawned and stretched.

"Nami?" Chopper called. She didn't have any time to react as the doctor grabbed her and quickly shoved her into the nearest room which just so happened to be Luffy's.

"What is it?"

"Nami. You need to take better care of yourself. This crew can't do much without you here in the New World. If you keep going down this path then Luffy is never going to become Pirate King," the little doctor scolded. He had to tell her that in his room like this? She felt an enormous load of guilt come crashing down around her. She felt the corners of her lips pull down into a frown.

"I can't sleep!" she hissed feeling strangely defensive.

"And I need to figure out how to fix it," Chopper insisted. He formed into his 'human' form, and glared down at her.

"You stay here. I'll be right back," he said as he disappeared out the door. He remerged a little later dragging Brook in with him.

"Yo ho ho~ You're bones are starting to show Nami."

She blinked. No punch line? No corny joke? No asking to see her panties?

"Shut up!" she roared and lunged to punch him. The musician dodged laughing manically as she attempted to chase him around the room.

"I'll sing you to sleep. Yo ho ho~"

"Chopper!" Nami whined feeling annoyed and exasperated. She sat down on the bed when it became clear that she wouldn't be able to catch Brook. She struggled to catch her breath and winced. It was becoming clearer by the moment that she wasn't in the best shape that she could be in, and it was all because of her lack of sleep.

"Just bear with me," the little doctor said. He looked hopefully to Brook who pulled out his guitar.

"You can rest easy tonight. Everything is going to be alright. I promise."

Nami glared at the wall, but her eyes stared to droop.

"Chopper. I don't see the point in sleeping the middle of the day what if-"

"I'll take care of it, or wake you. Shush Nami," he said cutting off her worries. He smiled at her giving her one last searching look before exiting the room.

"Make sure she gets to sleep Brook," he told the singer. The skeleton didn't say anything just nodded. His face pointed down giving her the impression that he was staying focused on his guitar.

"Ahem," he said clearing his throat… or he would if he had a throat. Nami smirked to herself at the lame joke (even if it was just to herself) that came with living with a living skeleton.

"May I start now?" he asked a hint of annoyance in his voice. She nodded.

"You can rest easy tonight. Everything is going to be alright. I promise.

Go to sleep and dream of me tonight

Everything may not be perfect but at least we try

So Tonight; sweet dreams and sleep tight

I've been trying so hard

Can't get you out of my mind

And if this is how it has to be Just promise you won't forget me

And I'll leave you with this lullaby

Tonight."

Brook's sweet voice and guitar played a steady beat as her eyes started to drift close. She vaguely heard the door open and close. She knew it wasn't Brook since the skeleton was still looming over her. Had she not been so tired already it would have been impossible to start drifting off to sleep. She felt someone place a warm hand on her cheek and throw a blanket over her as she nodded off completely.

"I know that this hurts you

It hurts me too

I wish there was something I could do to make it easier for you

Sometimes it's tough-too soon-to call it love

But I wanted to

Yeah, I wanted to

But it's too late now to say all the Wonderful things I thought of you

So Tonight; sweet dreams and sleep tight

I've been trying so hard

Can't get you out of my mind

And if this is how it has to be

Just promise you won't forget me

And I'll leave you with this lullaby

Tonight."

A/N: :D wow reviews! Awesome to hear back from you all. Thank you very much! Sorry I didn't get a chance to message you guys all back in response. Next chapter I might have a little note for all of you like I do my other stories. :p. Also I normally don't update this quickly. Expect weekly updates (I posted early because I am leaving for vacation and won't be back in time to post. That kinda makes up for it right?)