I'm sick today with the sniffles and a sore throat, so I've been sentenced to my bed for the entire day so I don't infect innocent people. Thought I'd write a little to take my mind off the complete and utter boredom.

Disclaimer: One day I will own the world, but for now I don't own One Piece.

Down with the Sickness

We arrive on the usual scene as the Straw-hat pirates take their breakfast.

Luffy was shoveling food into his mouth like a mad man, pointedly ignoring the fruit and going for the sausage and bacon instead. Sanji was yelling at the captain for not eating healthy and Usopp was whining that he never got any meat. Zoro had fallen asleep with his head in his eggs, and Chopper was desperately trying to pull his head up before he suffocated. While Robin politely declined Brooke the permission to see her panties Franky said:

"Eh, has anyone seen Nee-san this morning?"

"Come to think of it, I haven't been graced yet with Nami~swan's presence this morning." Sanji pondered, drawing away a bit from the food to light a cigarette.

"She was still asleep when I left, but I made sure to mention that breakfast would be ready in the next hour. She may have simply overslept." Robin added.

"I'LL GO CHECK AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OK!" and before anyone could object Sanji had cycloned out the door, leaving a trail of hearts behind him.

"Nami~swwaaaannnn! I noticed that you were late for breakfast and I was wondering whether you were going to join us? I would be happy to bring you breakfast in bed as your slave in looovvee~!" He shouted through the door as he swished back and forth in front of it.

As he was waiting the door slowly opened and Nami appeared, wrapped in a blanket. Her eyes were drooping and her nose was red, and every now and then she would sniff, which would then be followed by a cough.

"Thanks Sanji-kun, but I think I'll just stay in bed today. I don't really feel all that hungry." She sagged against the door frame in exhaustion.

In an instant Sanji's face had gone from love struck to worried as he surveyed her.

"You're sick Nami-san. You shouldn't have gotten out of bed for me." And with that he led her back inside and put her back into bed, tucking her in snugly when he saw her shiver with cold.

When he returned to the kitchen he pried Chopper off Zoro's head, yanking the swordsman's head out of his plate while saying:

"You should go check on Nami-san Doctor. It seems she's come down with a terrible cold."

At this statement all hell broke loose.

"Ahhhhhh Nami's sick!" cried Chopper in distress, running out the door.

"Ohhhh noooo! It's Drum Island all over again!" cried Usopp in hysterics, running around the room.

"Ehhhhhhhhh? Is Nami gonna die!" screamed Luffy, overturning his chair and upsetting a pitcher of coffee.

"QUIET YOU BASTARDS!"

In a few minutes everything was quieted down once again. Usopp and Luffy (now covered in black and blues) were kneeling on the floor in front of a scolding cook, while Robin's extra arms mopped up the spilled coffee.

"Just because we've never had colds doesn't mean other people can't." Sanji explained. "Nami~swan is more delicate than we are, so every now and then it's inevitable that she would get a cold. But a cold isn't anything to die from as long as you don't do anything stupid, so she'll be fine."

At this both boys audibly sighed in relief, and Chopper came back from the girl's room.

"I gave Nami some medicine and she's sleeping now. She has a mild case of acute viral rhinitis…"

Usopp and Luffy started screaming again, joined by a horrified Sanji this time.

"… or in other words the common cold." Chopper concluded.

They all fell flat on their faces, dark lines raining down on them.

"While the antibodies are fighting off the virus, Nami just has to deal with the symptoms and wait things out and then she'll be better."

"I'll make her a nice, nutritious broth for when she wakes up then!" declared Sanji who hurried off to do this at once.

"How about I install a humidifier to help her sore throat?" proposed Franky.

"I just finished the last touches on my "Usopp's-super-cozy-built-in-heater" blanket! I can lend her that to use if she's cold."

"Perhaps she'd like a tune to lift her spirits." Said Brooke, playing a few notes on his violin in example.

"I wouldn't mind reading aloud to help take her mind off of things." Suggested Robin.

As everyone's ideas on how to comfort Nami started to become more extravagant (and in Usopp's case utterly impossible), Luffy sat apart from the rest, not knowing what he could possibly offer that would make Nami feel better.

'I would give her meat, but they yelled at me the last time she was sick and said that wouldn't work. Besides, Sanji's making her soup.' He thought. With a sigh he exited the kitchen, leaving behind an angry Chopper who was yelling at Zoro for suggesting he just give Nami sake.

When he reached the girl's room he quickly shut the door, blocking out any sounds that might wake Nami up. Unfortunately, Luffy is the source of most of the sounds the Sunny. When he began to walk forward with eyes un-adjusted to the curtained room's dim exterior, he tripped on a pair of Nami's shoes and went crashing to the floor, bouncing until he hit the opposite wall with a bang.

"Luffy?..." he heard come from the direction of her bed. Rubbing his head he looked up and saw Nami was upside down, sitting up in bed and staring at him.

"Sorry Nami! I didn't mean to wake you up! By the way… why are you upside down?"

She blinked and then started to laugh, ending in a coughing fit.

"You're the one who's upside down baka." She rasped.

"Oh. You're right." He said as the blood started to rush to his head, and she laughed again as he righted himself.

Walking over to her he pushed her back onto the covers, pulling up a chair beside her.

"What's wrong Luffy?" she asked, looking at his sad face.

"Well, everyone has all these great ideas of how to make you feel better, and I don't have anything." He pouted.

"Some say laughter is the best medicine, and you've just given me that." She managed a smile.

"Laughter? I can't see that helping." He said skeptically. "You can't eat laughter."

She sweat-dropped. Luffy logic.

"Alright. Then will you stay here with me until I fall asleep again?" Nami asked.

"Yes." He answered immediately. "But why?"

"Because just having you around makes me feel better."

And with that, she drifted off in his arms.

"I'm so sorry Usopp!"

"That doesn't change anything!" He yelled, sneezing violently.

"It must suck to have your first cold at the age of twenty," murmured Franky to Robin.

"SHUT UP!"

The End