A/N: Have you guys heard of the movie Pompeii? It's going to be coming out in 2014. Also, have you guys heard of the Godzilla remake their doing? Seriously, those special effects are amazing. 9_9

Anyways, sorry for the late update, but I hope you enjoy this chapter! I'm having fun writing the next chapter. And I predict that it will be updated somewhere next year. Oh, and I suggest you should check back on the last chapter, I added something in the end that I had entirely forgot. Sorry for the crap, enjoy.

The Innocent Prince and the Arrogant Maid

Chapter 3: First Day On the Job

Having realized,

her true reason for being there,

she now

has true conviction.

Who would've thought,

that friends would be found along the way,

and that

opinions would change?

At least a bit.

It wasn't but later in the afternoon that she had finished unpacking her things. And this meant everything. She was tired and sore after a long day and couldn't help but think back to what happened for the past hours.

Nami plopped down her bed and thought of Nojiko, and the new friend she had made, Robin, and of course the Monkey family. They were a strange bunch, she was sure. And their name was surely at the same level. She didn't know anything about them, so she knew she shouldn't judge.

A sigh passed her lips and she lay on her side onto the plush mattress, her eyelids drawing to a close as the balled up fatigue she felt truly began to take a toll on her.

Then, the unladylike sound of her stomach rumbled and her droopy eyes snapped awake. She sighed again. She didn't even notice that she had grown hungry during the time. The last thing she had eaten was the breakfast Nojiko had made her. And just by looking out of the balcony, it was obvious that she had unfortunately skipped lunch. Dinner would usually be at this time.

She shook her head and curled up into a ball in the white, clean sheets, deciding on skipping any meals and sleeping in early instead. She felt her thoughts wander back to Luffy.

'Huh, he hasn't even called for me at all...' she thought, finally falling to a light doze.

~(=v=)~

"Dinner's ready."

Nami awoke to the voice and she quickly sat up, looking around the room. She didn't see anyone in the room...

Then, her eyes shifted to the mechanism on the wall and she concluded that the voice must've come from it. There was something about the voice that spoke up that felt very familiar, as if she'd heard it before. Her mouth opened and a yawn escaped her throat. She blinked the blurriness from her eyes and rubbed her hands against it.

She didn't know how long she had dozed off, but she assumed it was only a few minutes because the sun was just setting. She was just about to swing her legs over the side, but something sudden surprised her.

Without warning, the door of her room burst open, causing her to jump in shock and slip. Now, instead of gracefully catching herself, she fell on her face instead.

"Oi, Nami!"

She knew it was him from his voice but the real reason she had looked up was because he had called her name for the first time.

"Oh..I didn't know you slept on the floor!" She looked up annoyingly at him from the floor.

"What the hell do you want?" she retorted, straightening herself up.

Luffy grinned, there was a piece of meat in his hand. He had already taken a bite out of it, judging from the large chunk that was missing.

"It's dinner!" he said. "Aren't you going to eat?" he appeared to be restless, fidgeting on his feet.

Nami sighed, "Fine." His grin brightened and she trudged over to him, fixing her clothes during the way. Then, she followed him past the door of her room and walked outside to the hallway. As he lead her to the kitchen, she could already smell the delicious aroma and sounds of food being cooked.

It caused her stomach to grumble and she blinked, before noticing that Luffy had looked back at her. He was grinning.

She looked away and muttered something incoherent under her breath, a light blush covering her cheeks in embarrassment. He chuckled and she looked up to see that he had already turned his head.

Soon enough, they reached the kitchen and he opened the door for her. She stepped in and gaped at the amazing and large amount of food on the table. There was a lot of meat, but also an equal amount of vegetables too. The simple sight of the cuisine made her mouth drool and stomach rumble again.

"Ah, Luffy."

That voice. She recognized that voice. She turned to where she heard it and her eyes widened at seeing the familiar blonde hair and curly eyebrow.

The cook looked up from adding last-minute spices to a large bowl of soup. "What took you-?" His breath hitched in his throat.

Yep. She definitely knew that half covered face, the curly eyebrow and the blonde hair.

Luffy raised an eyebrow for the air around them had stilled and the cook and ginger haired girl remained frozen, looking at each other in shock.

"Sanji-...kun..?" she whispered.

"Nami-san..."

Before she knew it, he was kneeling in front of her, her hand in his. He slowly looked up, making himself appear with a somewhat smoldering look.

"Nami-swan..." he said, kissing her hand gently. "What may a beautiful damsel like you be doing in a place like this?"

Instead of swooning like the average teenage girl in a situation like this, she calmly took her hand back and placed it against her hip.

"What I should be asking you, is what you're doing here, Sanji-kun."

Sanji looked as if his heart had been broken as he stood up and stared softly at Nami's eyes.

"I'm sorry I've never told you, Nami-swan." he apologized, slightly bowing. "It's just that I didn't want to tell you that I worked as a cook up here in this shitty place." he gave her an apologetic smile.

Nami simply frowned as she crossed her arms under her chest.

"Ah!" Luffy spoke up, hitting his fist softly against an open palm, a gesture that showed as if he had just figured something out. "You guys know each other!" he claimed with a smile.

"JUST HOW SLOW ARE YOU?!" Nami and Sanji screamed in unison.

Luffy pouted at them as they both turned back to look at each other, continuing on with their conversation.

"Zoro didn't tell me anything either about working as a guard over there by the gates." Nami said, her tone sounding slightly annoyed.

What they didn't notice was that Luffy had begun to sneak over to the dining room table.

"Well, I don't really know what marimo's deal is."

She noticed that he had almost reached into his pants pocket. She roughly guessed that he was intentionally going to reach for a cigarette, but restrained so because he didn't really smoke much around women. Instead, he just stuffed both hands in the pockets.

"Oh, I didn't know you knew Zoro, Nami!"

Nami and Sanji turned to the muffled voice only to see that Luffy had already started eating.

"HAVE SOME MANNERS AND EAT WHEN THE LADIES ARE AT THE TABLE, YOU SHITTY IDIOT!" the cook screamed, kicking the poor boy's head. The action caused the soup that he was about to swallow to splutter between his lips. He coughed before glaring up at the older man.

"I don't want to wait! And what was that for?!" he asked, rubbing the steamy lump on top of his head.

"It's for being an idiot, idiot."

Nami sweat-dropped and let out a nervous laugh before finding a seat on the table, across from Luffy. The scarred boy had already resumed eating and was consuming everything that touched his hands. It even looked as if he was stretching his arms across the table, but knew that was impossible.

She blinked when a hand gently placed a hot bowl of soup and a plate of delicious looking food in front of her. Her gaze traveled up to meet Sanji's warm eyes and she smiled.

"Thank you, Sanji-kun."

His eyes immediately turned to hearts as he danced away in a noodle like fashion, mumbling incoherent fantasies and compliments. Nami shook her head with a smile before she had begun eating too. Right when she swallowed her first bite, her eyes widened.

"This is delicious, Sanji-kun!" complimented Nami, reaching in for another bite.

"Ah. Thank you, Nami-swan. I'm happy to know you enjoy the food I have made!" He said from the kitchen, his eyes hearts once again.

Sanji was a classmate and friend to her too, just like Zoro. She had been friends with him since grade school, along with Zoro of course. They went to the same middle school and high school and has been together throughout all the years. Of course, she had other friends too, but right now, she was just wondering why the heck Zoro and Sanji had not told her that they were working up at the Monkey household.

She sighed. She was quite a nosy person, sticking her head in everything she could hear for blackmail and such. Though she wasn't in a mood to do so, so she thought of just letting this one she went for another bite of Sanji's food, she felt the need to look up and did so. She was a bit surprised to find that Luffy's eyes were on her, but it quickly averted back to the food he was eating.

Nami blinked before slowly going back to eat further.

"So, Nami-san, why are you here anyway?"

She heard Sanji speak up from behind her. She looked past her shoulder to see that he was cooking more food. Just then, she had realized that the food he was cooking would probably go down Luffy's stomach at seeing how much he was eating. She raised an eyebrow.

"What? You didn't know?" she said. "I'm the new maid here for Luffy."

The blonde cook froze, the knife in his hand landing roughly on the chopping board. The item clattered against the material before stopping. She and Luffy stared curiously at his reaction.

"Wh-Wha-What?" he stuttered, "You...You are..?"

"Yeah." Nami said, stuffing a piece of meat in her mouth. She knew that he would freak but the words slipped past her lips before she had a chance to stop herself. He was one of her dearest friends after all so she knew a lot about him and his woman fetish.

Once she had proven what she had said again, Sanji's head lowered and his shoulders shook, his fists balled tightly. Then, as if he was suddenly covered in fire, his head shot up and he cried out in rage.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAH!" he ran up to the blinking Luffy and grabbed his shirt by the collar. "WHY THE HELL DO I HAVE TO SUFFER WATCHING INNOCENT BEAUTIES HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF A SHIT PRICK LIKE YOU?!" he shook Luffy multiple times. "IT'S NOT FUCKING FAIR, I MEAN I WANT NAMI-SWAN TO TAKE CARE OF ME TOO-!"

"Sanji-kun?"

"Yes?"

Nami landed a sever punch to his cheek, causing him to fly to the wall and knock himself out, small hearts circling his line of fantasy. He smiled as he fell limply to his side, muttering the girl's name.

"Idiot." she muttered, sitting back down.

"HAHAHAHA!" Luffy laughed. "You're funny, Sanji!"

Nami landed a punch to the boy's head too.

"Ow.." he pouted.

"You're the same."

He chuckled and plopped himself down again, along with Nami. They then continued their meal with an occasional name calling and punching from Nami and the boisterous laughing and smiling of Luffy.

~(=v=)~

"Should we wake him?"

"Hmm...Nah. Sanji can handle himself. Shishishishi."

"Hm...Alright"

...

...

"Nami-san..?"

Sanji woke to a dim room. The sun was below the horizon already, but there was still a bit of light left. He sat up and noticed that he was sleeping on the couch lining the side of the wall of the dining room. He looked over to the table. It was clean.

He slowly got up and walked over to the sink. It was empty... Then he checked each and every drawer to find that most of the plates and bowls and utensils that were used had been placed back in the right places. He guessed that Nami had probably washed it and that they probably left a few minutes ago for the washed utensils were still wet.

A small smile rested upon his lips as he began to put the things that were not in the right places back to their original places. He glanced up and saw the small mechanism attached to the wall. His smile widened.

Sanji reached up to press on the button, intending on asking Nami in her room if she had wanted anything. Though he hesitated just before the button. He stopped and pulled back.

He sighed before concluding that the girl was either probably sleeping or not wanting to get disturbed. He thought of Nami not wanting to be disturbed for she was bathing and his eyes widened, a small dribble of blood dripping down his nose. He quickly wiped it away.

"Oh, how lovely Nami-swan would be in the bath!~" he sang.

~(=v=)~

Nami flopped onto her bed and buried her face into her pillow. It was only the first day and she was already met with a fist full of information and surprises. She felt as if she would explode if it weren't for the small will of helping her family get money. She then inhaled deeply and exhaled a sigh.

Who would've thought that two of her most dearest friends would be working in the same place as hers? She smiled.

"I should take a bath..." she murmured to herself.

Right when she sat up, she heard Luffy's voice from somewhere in the room.

"Hey, Nami..."

It had surprised her yet again. She swore her heart had skipped a beat for a moment there. Though minding her condition, she noticed his voice was somewhat...She didn't know how to explain it, but she knew he was pouting.

"Could you come over here for a second..."

She could only wonder what he could possibly be asking for because this was in fact the first thing she would be doing to assist him. With a small huff, she climbed over to the mechanism and held down the button.

"At your service." she muttered with sarcasm. Then, Nami took her time to cross over to the door and enter his room. She peeked inside.

"What is it?"

The question hung in the air and she looked around. He was nowhere in sight.

"Where is he any...way..." Her eyes landed on the bathroom door. It was slightly open and the light could be seen pouring from the crack. Suddenly, it opened and out stepped a half-naked Luffy once again. She made a noise in surprise and made a face. He was only wearing a towel around his waist.

Luffy noticed her and grinned. "Hey, Nami! My shower's broken, can you fix it?"

After a few moments of gawking at the shameless boy, she slapped her palm to her forehead and sighed in exasperation. She lifted her head, looking at the boy between her fingers.

"Luffy, I can assist to most of whatever you ask me to do," she paused, giving him a serious stare. "but I'm not a mechanic, alright? I don't really fix stuff."

He was blinking at her but then his grin was back.

"Oh, so can I use your bathroom then?" he asked enthusiastically.

She gaped at him and he only stared back at her. She sighed. Just how much stress could she handle in one day?

"Yes." Nami answered, staring at him with half-lidded eyes. "Yes, Luffy. You can use my bathroom."

Luffy cheered and headed over to her room. He looked behind his shoulder before walking past the door.

"Hey, Nami?"

"What?"

"You need to smile more."

He strolled into her room and closed the door behind him in the bathroom. When, she heard the door close, she lifted her head from her hand and scoffed.

"I don't need to hear that from such a happy-go-lucky idiot." she mumbled.

~(=v=)~

Nami had settled in her bed once she entered her room again from her conversation with Luffy. The sun was already gone from the horizon and darkness had begun to spread throughout the room. She was nearly asleep when she heard the sound of a door opening.

She looked up with her hazy and unclear eyes and swore that she was currently seeing a hot and sweaty piece of muscle. Through her eyes and from her perspective, the figure stood in front of the still lit bathroom and it caused the water on his skin to glisten. Subconsciously, she slowly licked her lips.

But soon enough, when her vision cleared, she mentally slapped herself of her stupid mistake. It was only Luffy after all. He had noticed her and grinned.

"Night, Nami." he chuckled, turning off the bathroom light and exiting the room.

He had left her to the now quiet solitude of the room and she couldn't help but sigh. It wasn't as if she didn't like the quietness, in fact, she was used to it by now. The experience of her having to sleep alone while her sister was still at work past midnight was just her daily routine now. But...she was in a bigger room and everything was new to her and...it just didn't feel exactly right to her.

Nami exhaled deeply through her nose and snuggled into her blankets. Well, she figured to just deal with everything tomorrow when she woke up and just enjoy the luxury of the comfy bed. As she dozed off and recalled everything that had happened throughout the day again, she pondered on the thought of having to be the luckiest woman on earth. She couldn't help but smile.

A/N: I swear my chapters are getting shorter every time I update. ._. Oh, and Happy Early Merry Christmas! AND a Happy New Year. Because I'm not going to be able to update by the New Year's...Also, thanks for the support so far! I highly appreciate it! :D *grins like an idiot*