Hey Guys! Here is the second chapter. I hope you'll like it.
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Ps.: Inner thoughts: like this.
The Deal, The Wedding and The Bet
The dinner was quiet, at least for Nami and Luffy. They were just sitting and eating, not a single word left their lips. Meanwhile Arlong and Dragon were speaking about the wedding and the union of the two companies.
Luffy sometimes glanced at Nami. Mostly when she was eating and didn't pay attention. She was exactly that kind of girl he would gladly see in his bed. But since she was the one he had to marry, he considered her as a forbidden fruit. He wanted to make as little contact with her as he could. When he saw her, he remembered Zoro's words. 'What if she is beautiful and you…'
No, that won't happen! Not in this life!
The dinner continued for 1 hour, and then Dragon suddenly stood up waking up Luffy from his thinking.
"Well, Arlong, I suggest we should go and leave the two youngsters to get to know each other. What about going to my office to make some paper works about the union?"
"I think it's a good idea." said Arlong and he also stood up.
"Then, have a good time you too." said Dragon and they left the room and the restaurant.
Luffy was startled for a few seconds. He cursed his father that he left him in such an awkward situation. However, Nami's face was absolutely emotionless.
For five minutes neither of them spoke a word. The silence was unbearable, at least for Luffy , so he decided to break it.
"Soo, we will get married in a month, huh?" said Luffy.
Ok this was very lame, but somehow I had to start the conversation.
Nami just nodded and Luffy almost fell from his chair. He thought that she would at least tell something about it.
"What do you think of this marriage?" asked Luffy. He was really curious about it whether she wanted it or not. But Nami stayed silent, she only looked into Luffy's eyes. Luffy started to feel a bit uneasy.
How beautiful eyes she has. What? No, Luffy! Focus!
"You know, I can't read your mind, so unless you are mute or something, could you answer me?" Luffy started to lose his patience. That was the moment when Nami finally started to speak.
"What do you want me to answer this question?" asked Nami in a very cold voice.
Luffy was a bit surprised, that she answered his question with another. Suddenly he didn't know what to say, just looked at her. He saw that the woman in front of him was not a weak and fragile girl. So he decided to be honest with her.
"Ok, look. I will be totally honest with you. This marriage is the worst thing what happened in my life. In other words I don't want to get married neither you nor another woman, so don't take it personally. But since I can lose of everything, I have to do it.
"I see. It must be really tough for you." said Nami calmly and take a sip from her wine.
"Don't tell me that you want to marry me." said Luffy a bit irritated.
Nami made a little smile and Luffy's heart skipped a beat.
"I didn't say that I want to marry YOU." said Nami. Luffy was confused now.
"Then why are you so calm?" asked Luffy.
"It's hard to explain. But I need this marriage or I could say that I need to get married with someone."
Luffy was even more confused.
"Why?"
Nami tensed a bit and looked a bit uneasy.
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you." said Nami.
"What? This doesn't make any sense? Couldn't you just pick out some other guy, maybe someone who you are in love with? Why me?"
"I didn't have any choice. Arlong didn't let me."
"Well, I still don't get this."
"You don't need to."
"But I need to, because this is crazy. At least you could tell me why you want to marry so much!" said Luffy irritated.
"I won't tell you." said Nami calmly.
Luffy started to feel a little anger inside of him but he controlled himself.
"Fine. If you don't want to tell, I won't force you. But we need to make some things clear. Firstly, don't expect me to live my life as a married man. I have quite a big house so we will live in separate rooms. So when no one sees us, I won't behave like a husband and you don't need to behave like a wife. I won't be interested in your personal life, you can do whatever you want, you can go wherever you want to go. But in exchange you can't be interested in my personal life."
Nami's face was totally emotionless, she just listened quietly.
"Is that all?" asked Nami. Luffy thought about it for a second.
"No, there is one more thing. Don't fall in love with me. If you do, then it's not my problem." said Luffy seriously.
For a few seconds there was silence between them. Then Nami started to laugh. Luffy was totally shocked. He didn't expect this reaction. When Nami saw Luffy's confused face she laughed harder.
Meanwhile Luffy just sat there and watched the laughing Nami in complete disbelief. It was the most beautiful thing he has ever heard, but he was too surprised at that moment to admit it. After a few minutes Luffy snapped out of his astonishment.
"I can see that you find this really funny. But I would be glad if you share your true opinion about this." said Luffy seriously. Nami was started to calm down, and after she composed herself she started to speak.
"Fine by me. I agree with everything." said Nami gaining back his calm self. Then she reached out her hand and Luffy accepted it.
"Then it's a deal." said Luffy. Inside he was a bit happy that he managed to arrange the things like this. Now he could almost live his old life. After they shook hands, they decided that it was time to go home as there was nothing more to speak about.
"I guess I'll see you at the wedding." said Luffy.
"Yeah, I guess so. Then, see you." said Nami and got in her car.
Luffy stayed there for a little while and just looked after Nami's car deep in his thoughts.
This girl is something. I can't believe that she accepted everything what I said to her. It's too good to be true. However, I don't understand her, why she needs to marry me or someone. Whatever the reason is I will find out.
After a five minutes Luffy also got in his car and went home.
That one month before the wedding went very quickly. For Luffy this one month was one of the worst parts of his life. He constantly debate with his father about the wedding, and his girlfriend Hancock was also angry with him because of that he was really busy to find a good cartographer. But no one was good enough for the task.
The wedding took place at the Baratie where Luffy and Nami first met each other. Luffy was one of the separate rooms with his best friend Zoro. Luffy was lifeless and Zoro tried to cheer him up a bit.
"At least you have to marry with a beautiful woman, right? You worried for nothing when you first met her." said Zoro.
"Yeah. But this fact hardly can make the things better for me."
"Then think about the fact that this won't last forever. After you find a good cartographer, you can get divorced and everything will be the same as before the wedding."
"Yeah, but it's not that simple. I've been looking for that cartographer for almost a year and nothing."
"Don't worry. I think that you will find one soon."
"I hope so."
Zoro glanced at his clock.
"I think it's time to go."
At that moment Luffy looked like someone who is preparing for his death.
"Come on, Luffy. It won't be so horrible!" said Zoro.
With that they left the room and went into the main hall.
The main hall was decorated simply. In the middle of the room there was a little altar. It wasn't a fancy wedding and only a few people took part in it. From Luffy's side, there was his father, Robin, Zoro and his other best friend Sanji, who owned the Baratie. From Nami's side there was Arlong and her adoptive sister, Nojiko. And there were some other people from the two companies.
Luffy was grateful that his father didn't insist on a big wedding.
He stood at the altar and waited for his future wife to appear. After five minutes, music could be heard and Nami appeared at the entrance of the main hall.
When Luffy saw her, his lips parted a bit from the surprise. She was stunning. A few moments he managed to forget that he is in his own wedding and was about to married. He only saw Nami in the room as she approached him. She wore a simple white A-line dress. There was a little white flower in her long hair. There wasn't anything special on her, but she was beautiful the way she was.
Luffy couldn't get his eyes away from her. Zoro was standing next to him. He saw Luffy's reaction and smirked.
Then the wedding started, and Luffy's carefree life was over… for a while, he thought.
After the wedding a small reception was held. Luffy and Nami stood in front of the altar next to each other with a glass of champagne. Some of the guests went to congratulate to them. After Dragon and Arlong, Luffy's friends approached them.
"Oi Luffy, could you introduce us your beautiful wife?" asked, Sanji.
"Yeah. So this is Nami, my wife. Nami, these are some of my best friends. The man with green hair is Zoro the vice-president of my company and my right hand. The woman with black hair is Nico Robin, she is the lawyer of the family and Zoro's wife, and the guy with blond hair is Sanji, he is the owner of this restaurant." said Luffy a bit bored.
"Nice to meet you guys." said Nami politely.
"It's really nice to meet you too." said Robin smiling.
Later Zoro, Sanji and Luffy went to get something to eat. Nami looked after them. Her face seemed emotionless again, but actually if someone looked at her more carefully, then it could be seen some pain on her face. And Robin saw it.
"You know, Luffy is not a bad person." said the black haired lawyer. "It's just that this happened so quickly and he wasn't prepared."
"I know." said Nami with a little smile on her face.
"Well, if you want to talk to someone, you can calm me anytime. If Luffy is mean to you just give me or Zoro a call and we take care of him." said Robin.
Nami's smile grew.
"Thanks, Robin."
Meanwhile the boys…
"Oi Luffy. Your wife is really pretty. You could be a bit happier." said Sanji.
"It's not that easy." said Luffy irritated.
Luffy grabbed a big piece of meat and put it on his plate.
"At least the food is good." said Luffy.
"I give you two months." said Zoro out of the blue. Luffy looked at him confused.
"For what?"
"To fall in love with her." said Zoro casually. Luffy almost choked from the meat he was about to swallow and started coughing.
"What? Are you crazy? I said I won't fall for her." said Luffy.
"Actually, I think one month would be also enough but I give you two because you're a bit slow." said Zoro smirking.
"What does this supposed to mean? I won't fall in love with her. So it's nonsense." said Luffy angrily.
"What about a bet?" asked Zoro.
"I said that you will fall in love with her in two month. If you do, you will buy me a car and also give me a month vacation." said Zoro.
"The car is ok, but a month long vacation…" said Luffy in disbelief.
"Are you afraid or something?" asked Zoro.
"No I'm not. What if I win?"
"Well, if you win, I will sell my three precious katanas."
Luffy and Sanji's eyes widened.
"Zoro are you crazy? I won't fall in love, you can't sell those katanas, they are really precious for you."
"Yes they are. I don't thinks that I will have to sell them, because I will win this bet."
"You know what? I accept. But don't come to me crying after you sold them." said Luffy smirking.
"You know I'm really curious about, how you will manage to direct the company without me for a month." said Zoro.
With that they shook hands and the bet was on.
The wedding didn't last very long. After the reception Luffy and Nami went Luffy's house, which was from that day was Nami's house as well. Luffy's house had 3 bedrooms with bathroom in the upstairs and in downstairs there was a big kitchen, a dining room and a living room. Also there was a cellar, with cinema room and little gym. The garden was quite big and it was full of plants and there was a big swimming pool as well.
"Here we are." said Luffy. "Come with me, I'll show your room."
They went upstairs. Luffy led Nami to her room.
"Ok, this will be your room." then he opened the door. The room was really cosy and it was nicely furnished. The walls were painted with orange colour and there was a big double bed, a desk, a led TV, a sofa, a wardrobe and a closet in the room.
"I hope you like it." said Luffy.
"It's nice. Thank you." said Nami softly.
"If you need something just let me know. You can use everything, the pool, the gym, the cinema room in the cellar. You can go everywhere in the house except my room. Ok?"
"Yeah." said Nami.
"Well, then good night." said Luffy.
"Good night." said Nami.
To be continued…
