Authors' Note:
Darth: Well...this took forever. Blame time! I blame you!
Con: Me ...? ;_; But ... But ... But ... I've been busy co-writing a book series ... *Cries* So mean ...
Darth: AH-HAH! She admits it!
Con: Eeeh!? D: But I'm doing something worthwhile~! And it's fun too~! -^^-
Darth: XD Indeed. I've been doing worthwhile stuff too. Course it's not fun...seeing as it's homework.
Con: Indeed ... I've also got my other fics I work on ... ~.~ Man ... that's a lot ... My mind is really tired ... And the pressure doesn't help ... I'm constantly pressured to write and update faster!!! D: *Screams and faints* X_x *Mind overload*
Darth: In other news, I went and saw a play yesterday. Frankenstein. You know, no matter what people try, that story really isn't frightening. Though I thought the twist at the ending where Frankenstein just shoots the monster was interesting.
Con: Oh, I see ... o.o *Stares blankly for awhile* Anyways~! On to the story! :-D *Ignores Dart*
Darth: Ignore me not!
Con: Enjoy the chapter! :-D *Keeps ignoring*
Darth: OI!
Charmed
Chapter 5: He Exorcises
Nami tapped her fingernail on the table and then realized she could have changed. However, she'd been too distracted with the fact that the idiot hadn't been in the room. Why had that distracted her? Sighing, she waited to be served. The hostess came to the orange haired woman. "We still have some porridge left. I could have the cook make some bacon and eggs, maybe some toast. And we have some fruit that I could bring out."
"Fruit with toast is fine ... and the porridge ... please," said Nami, still tapping her nail on the table with her head rested on her fist. He irritated her to no end. She couldn't wait to get away from him. The hostess left and quickly returned with the food. It was sad, to see a couple having trouble. Even if she wasn't sure what exactly was happening between them. After she'd delivered the food she glanced with a sad expression in her eye at the woman before leaving. It was such a shame, he was such a good looking man too, and seemed like a good person.
With a sigh, Nami ate her food before sluggishly going back up to the room, not really looking forward to it. Opening the door without bothering to knock, she stepped inside and headed for her bag. When Nami came inside, Luffy glanced up at her. She still seemed like she was in a bad mood, so he decided not to say anything. "Turn around," she suddenly said in an even voice as she pulled out some clothes.
Rolling over so he was facing the wall, he said, "I won't peek."
"You'd better not!" she threw over her shoulder before disrobing completely. Then she pulled on the undergarments and then the cute outfit she'd gotten. She flushed a bit, looking at herself in the mirror. It looked good on her, or so she thought. He flushed, hearing the sounds of her undressing, tempting him to peek. But he knew if he did she'd kill him. Brushing her hands over the dress, she smiled and sighed contentedly, "Okay, I'm done!" she said with a huff as she turned around. Turning around to look at her, he stared, speechless. She flushed vaguely, pursing her lips before turning and walking away with a huff, saying, "Hmph! Don't look at me like that!"
"Sorry," he kept staring. "I ... just ... uh ... yeah ..."
Turning her head to peer at him slightly, her flush deepened before she headed for the door. "We have more jobs we gotta do ..." she said, braiding her hair real quick as she walked out of the door.
"Yeah ..." he flushed harder and cleared his throat. "Umm," he stood up and followed her, "it's a nice dress ..."
"Thanks ..." she muttered a she made her way down the stairs. "Let's check for normal jobs around here ..."
"You're welcome," he said, glancing at her sideways. She really did look amazingly beautiful, but then he looked ahead. "We should check by the mayor's office. Some of the more normal jobs should be there."
"Right," she said, heading out of the door.
He followed after her, all the way to the major's office, and once inside, Luffy went to the job's board. Nami's cheeks were flushed from some of the heads that turned as she walked, even more heads turning to look at her in the Mayor's office.
Looking over the jobs on the board, Luffy grabbed his chin in thought as he read over each one. 'Let's see ... rat infestation in ... Hell no!' "Here this looks easy," he gestured at the posting, "There's a haunting in a house on the outskirts."
Nami shuddered and stuttered, "A ... A haunting ...?"
"Yeah, it'll be easy," said Luffy, taking down the paper. "Just have to set up some barriers, trap the spirit and exorcise it. Piece of cake."
"I ... I don't know about that ..." she said, paling considerably.
"Don't worry about it. Ghosts are more of a nuisance than anything else," he said, clapping her on her shoulder. "There's nothing here important enough for an actual dangerous ghost to be here. It'll be a piece of cake."
"S-Still ..." she said, frowning at him deeply, looking afraid for the first time in awhile … possibly since he'd first taken her.
He looked over at her and tried a comforting smile. "Don't worry," he said, patting her gently on her back. "I won't let anything happen to you. I promise."
She pursed her lips at him, but her face was still pale. "I-I don't need you ... looking out for me!" she cried, but then suddenly, she was tapped on the shoulder, "Huh?" she questioned, turning around. She saw a young man about her age with a blush to his cheeks, and he held out his hands, in his palms was an orange.
"I-I just ... wanted to say ... that you were very beautiful and ... I wanted you to have this!" he cried, extending his hands and bowing his head.
"Heh ...?" she questioned, her lips twitching into a nervous and confused smile, but she took the orange and said, "Th-Thanks ..." The young man suddenly ran out of the office.
Watching the young man run out, Luffy frowned deeply and whispered, "What the...?" but then he shook his head. "Let's go," he said, starting to walk out of the building. Blinking at Luffy then, still confused, her cheeks then flushed. The young man had been rather handsome. However, looking around, she noticed a few jealous glares. Luffy huffed and looked back to see if she was coming and asked, "You coming?"
She pursed her lips further. "What're you upset about!? And just so you know, he was better looking than you too!" she exclaimed, though she had no idea why that came out of her mouth.
"E-Excuse ... me ...?"
"Heh?" questioned Nami, turning to almost a face full of flowers, "Heh!?"
"Ah ... y-you were ... so beautiful ... walking by ... Please ... take these ..."
"Hah!?" she exclaimed in a high pitched voice, even more confused now.
"Excuse me ... Please ... have this apple ... I'm afraid it's all I have ..."
"Hah!?" She exclaimed, backing up in even more confusion. What the hell!?
"What does that have to do with anything?" snorted Luffy, looking even more annoyed as more and more young men were coming towards her with different items, making his eyebrow twitch. "All right, that's it!" he cried, taking her hand and pulling her away from the would be suitors. "We have a job to do! You guys are getting in the way. Now beat it!" he yelled over his shoulder to them.
"Oye!" they called, following after them. "Why do you get to have the beautiful woman!?"
"Eeeh!? What the hell is going on!?" she exclaimed, a bit flushed though in flattery as she was dragged away. But then she turned to frown at him. What the hell was he so upset about all of a sudden?
"Because she's my partner, and we have a job to do!" he yelled back at them.
She blinked at him, her flush deepening a little more at his sudden possession of her, but then she pursed her lips. "But they were giving me stuff!" she exclaimed, clutching the orange to her chest. She really liked oranges, and it reminded her of her mother's orchard.
"Hmph," he snorted. "Well we're going to get easy money. You can buy all the stuff you want then."
"But it was free!" she said, pouting her lips at him now.
"Just wanna get the job done," he muttered.
"Hmph!" she said, turning her chin up at him, "Right ..."
As they walked to the haunted house, Luffy had time to calm down, glancing over at Nami over his shoulder. Well, the dress looked great on her, so there was no surprise that men would be interested in her, but still ... "Sorry," he muttered, turning back around, "for getting so annoyed."
Her lips were still pursed and yelled, "And why was that anyways!?"
"Dunno," he muttered. "Just got annoying ... all those guys ... getting in the way ..."
"Uh huh ... Well ... I'm so sorry for getting in the way of your job ... I'm so sorry that I'm so annoying that you want to get to your jobs so quickly to get rid of me!" she exclaimed as she pushed passed him roughly to get to the house. "Jerk!" she yelled over her shoulder.
"What? No!" he cried, rushing after her. "You're not annoying! They were being annoying!"
"No they weren't! They were just giving me stuff! There's nothing wrong with that! You're just a jerk!" she threw over her shoulder as she approached the door and knocked on it. Coming up beside her, Luffy just pursed his lips at her.
A harrowed looking woman opened the door and peeked her head out. "What do you want?" she asked, looking back at them suspiciously.
"Ah ...!" exclaimed Nami, stepping back as she turned white.
Chuckling at her, Luffy stepped passed her and asked quietly, "Want me to handle this?" She pursed her lips at him, though she was sweating nervously, but stepped back with a huff. "Hello," said Luffy, stepping up to the door.
"What do you want?" repeated the woman.
"We're here to take care of the haunting," said Luffy, giving a stiff bow, but keeping his eyes on her.
Glancing around nervously, she said quickly, "I don't know what you're talking about ..." There was a loud crash and unnatural scream from the top level of the house.
Looking up to the second floor, Luffy cocked an eyebrow before looking back down at her and asking, "You sure you don't want us to take a look?"
The woman stepped aside and let them into the house, but as Luffy glanced around, he saw that it was a mess."Messy guy, isn't he?" he muttered, stopping just inside.
A shiver ran up Nami's spine as she paled even further. "U-Um ... I ..." she said, beginning to shake, though she had a smile, "I-I dunno ... if ..."
"Don't worry, it'll be fine," said Luffy, smiling at Nami. "Ghosts really aren't that bad once you get used to them, but this made the harrowed woman stared at him like he was crazy. "So, where is most of the activity?" he asked the woman.
"Upstairs ... in our children's room," she replied, pointing up at the ceiling. Luffy nodded and started up the stairs.
"Ch-Children's room?" whispered Nami, frowning softly to the woman, "What kind of a ghost is it?"
"It would always come in and whisper to them, and move things around the room. We tried to move them to another room. But then the ghost started getting violent, throwing furniture around ..." The woman's voice trailed off.
Luffy grinned widely and said, "That's all it did? This should be easy." Nami's frown turned a little more concerned as she stepped further inside after Luffy, staring up to the ceiling. "Where are the children right now?" he asked the woman.
"We ... We moved them to a relative's in another town."
Luffy nodded absentmindedly. That was good. He pulled out a bag of sand and poured a handful into his hand. Closing his eyes, he tried to focus. "Wha-What're you doing ...?" asked Nami, her frown deepening a little.
"Trying to find the ghost," muttered Luffy, but then he spoke to the woman, "What happened after you sent the children away?"
"That's when the ghost got more violent. We tried to get rid of it, but the exorcist ran away when the ghost threw a table at him."
Luffy snorted. "Usopp," he muttered and opened his eyes again. "Strange. I can't find it."
"We-Well ... shouldn't we ... go upstairs ... and get closer to it ...?" asked Nami, paling more as she moved for the stairs.
"Oh, yeah," muttered Luffy, but then asked the woman, "Could you show us the room?"
"This way," she replied, showing them up the stairs.
The room was a complete mess. What used to be beds were shreds of mattresses and wooden frames. Luffy closed his eyes again, and almost immediately threw the sand into a corner in the room. What looked like an arm formed out of the sand, and immediately started clambering up the wall.
"Shit," swore Luffy. "I missed him!"
"Eee!" screeched Nami, stiffening as she turned as white as a sheet and her eyes grew enormously large. Out of impulse, she moved quickly and clung to Luffy's side. Pulling out a paper with an exorcism spell on it, Luffy cast an enchantment and threw it at the ghost. The arm crawled out of the way and jumped at Nami. "Kyaaa!" she screamed, clutching Luffy tighter before burying her face into his arm.
"Damn!" swore Luffy again, and he pulled out another enchantment, but froze. The ghost arm was ... on the ground, as if the rest of the body was crouched in front of Nami. Kind of like a dog.
After a moment, Nami blinked her eyes open and then looked down at the arm, her body stiffened again with fear as she groaned. However, the hand pawed at the fringe of Nami's dress. "Eee!" she screeched, pressing more into Luffy's side with her fear, but then blinked down at the arm. "E-Eh ...? Wha-Wha-Wha ... What is it doing ...?"
"I'm ... not sure ..." said Luffy, frowning down at the arm that was now pawing the ground. "Okay ... this is really weird ..."
"Heh ...?" questioned Nami, her lips twitching nervously as she stared down at the arm. "Okay ... when it's just an arm ... it's really creepy ... Where's the rest of the body ...?"
"Huh? Oh, it's there, we just can't see it." said Luffy, pulling out another enchantment. "The sand makes ghosts visible, but I only hit the arm," he added, glancing at Nami. "I don't think it's going to hurt us ..."
"Ah ... right ..." she said, clearing her throat and releasing his arm and side and moving away slightly, but she stepped behind him anyways.
The arm followed Nami. As it passed, Luffy pressed the enchantment to it. There was a bright flash, and the sand fell to the ground. "There," he said, smiling at Nami behind him and getting a glance down the front of her dress, which made him flush. "That's done," he said, quickly looking away.
Nami blinked when it disappeared, wondering why it had been following her, "Oh ... that ... that was easy ... I guess ..." she said, rubbing her arm a bit as the sudden chill dissipated.
"I'd say too easy, but ... yeah ... Normally, it should be harder than that," he said, picking up the spent enchantment. It would be proof of having accomplished the job. "Weird how it was acting like a dog though. Not quite sure what the deal with that was."
"Why was he following me around too ...? That was a little creepy ..." she said, before huffing and heading for the stairs. However, she suddenly shuddered and took a step back to wait for him to follow. She really didn't wanna go off anywhere alone.
Following after her, he then grinned and said, "Maybe your new dress is just that good?"
Blinking after him, Nami's cheeks flushed hotly before gasping and running after him. However, she shuddered again as her back was exposed, glancing behind her a few times before squealing and attaching herself to his back anyways as they approached the woman. She wanted out of that house as soon as possible.
Luffy flushed at the feel of her front pressed against his back. It felt nice. Maybe he should take her to haunted houses more often. As they passed the woman, Luffy said, "Job taken care of. It should be safe to bring your kids back," but then he looked around, "as soon as you get the place fixed up again." Then he turned to Nami, still attached to his back, "Come on," he told her, "Let's go collect our reward from the mayor's office."
"Ah, r-right ..." she said, pushing him out of the house now and taking a deep breath in relief once they were outside in the sunlight once again.
Once they were outside, Luffy wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her around to his side. "There, that wasn't so bad, was it?" he said with a big grin.
Blinking a few times with a flush, she then pursed her lips and elbowed him away. "It was fine!" she said before stomping off in irritation.
"Oof," he grunted. "Aww, now you're back to being mean?" he called and followed after her.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" she yelled over her shoulder as they walked back into town. However, she flushed at all the eyes on her. However, a few of those eyes were jealous glares from the earlier incident. Luffy glared back at the men from earlier, daring them to come closer. The men seemed to cower away from the glare, not daring to get anywhere near that man, seeing as he was making it clear that he'd made his claim on the beautiful woman. Once they were in the mayor's office, they collected their pay and left.
Once they'd gotten their reward and were headed back to the inn, Nami had sighed in a bit of relief that, even though they were still looking at her, for some reason, they weren't coming close to her like the last time. She vaguely wondered why, but it didn't really matter. Luffy decided to look through their reward money, to make sure they'd been paid enough.
"So, how much do we have so far? I ... spent about forty gold pieces when I went shopping, so ..." she said, rubbing the back of her neck.
"Let's see..." said Luffy, counting through the gold pieces. "With yesterday and today, and what you've spent ... that should be about eight hundred and sixty? I think ..."
"So ... we still have about a thousand, two hundred and forty more to go ..." She said with a nod, "And forget the horse ... I think I can deal as long as I ride in the back ..." she said a bit sarcastically as she turned her back on him, "I wonder if there are any more jobs ... There didn't really seem to be all that many at the mayor's office ... Maybe we should move on to the next place ..."
"Yeah ..." said Luffy as he sighed. "We should check the job postings one last time before we leave though, just to be safe."
"Yeah, I guess we could ... We should also check how much a ferry ride is to the next town. I did some checking around while I went shopping. You can only get to the next town through ferry and it takes about a day ... We may also have to pay a fee for the horse ..."
"Urgh," groaned Luffy. "Oh well ... it will be easier once we make it to a bigger city. They'll have plenty of jobs there, and since we'll cut down traveling expenses we'll be able to save the money."
She nodded then. "Well, no sense in sticking around. Let's go ..." she said, heading back out again with her things.
"'Kay," replied Luffy, gathering up his luggage and following after her. "You know, if we found a dragon we wouldn't have to worry about finding other jobs ..."
Sighing, Nami glared at him over her shoulder and said, "I'm not doing a dragon job ..."
Luffy snickered and said, "But maybe it'll be all tame, like that ghost."
She puffed out her cheeks and turned angry eyes on him, "You're out of your mind!"
"And you're no fun," he grinned, noticing how cute she looked even when she was angry, with how she had her cheeks puffed out like that.
"Hmph!" she huffed, turning back around quickly and flushing softly that he was smiling at her again. She noticed that he was smiling more and more instead of frowning at her or fussing at her, which made her feel a little weird. "Anyways, let's just hurry ..." she muttered, pulling the bag strap more onto her shoulder.
"Kaaaay~!" called Luffy cheerfully as they got to the horse, climbed on, and held out his hand to Nami. He flushed at the excellent view this angle was giving him, the new dress left much less to the imagination. Pursing her lips at him, she took his hand and climbed atop the horse behind him.
They made their way down to the docks, where Luffy found that the ferry would be leaving soon. The horse would cost a little extra, but it wasn't unreasonable. Climbing off the horse, Luffy offered to help Nami down. Quirking her lips to the side, as if considering whether or not she'd let him help her, she then just sighed and leaned into his waiting hands for him to help her down.
Luffy smiled at her when she let him help her. "Wow," he said after he'd helped her to the ground.
Her cheeks flared up a bit, "Wow!? What're you wow-ing for!?" she yelled, getting upset, but then turned her back on him to get her bag.
"Oh, nothing," he said, but something was off. Now, he was thinking she was really cute even when she was angry. "You're just really light, that's all," he replied.
"Oh ... well ... I should be ..." she said, though she knew what she was saying made no sense whatsoever. Putting her pack on, she then just walked ahead towards the ferry, letting him take care of the rest.
Luffy blinked ... That didn't make sense ... Well, she was smaller than him ... in certain places ... in others she was bigger. Either way, he guessed she should be lighter. He followed after her, leading their ... his horse up the plank, where a crew member took it below deck. After having paid the passage, they were escorted to one of the passenger cabins. It was small, but they were the only ones in it. "Huh," muttered Luffy, "Why do we need a cabin if we're only going to be traveling for a day?"
"Because it's already into the afternoon ... It takes a few hours. It's just so we can relax or something ..." She said, putting her pack down.
"That makes sense," replied Luffy, sitting down on the bed. "Huh, wonder why there's only one bed?"
Sighing and drooping, she then turned to him with a frown. "Probably because they made the same mistake as that woman," she said with a bit of a whine.
"Ah ... right ..." replied Luffy, chuckling nervously and not wanting Nami to get in another bad mood. Sure it was kinda cute, but he didn't like her yelling at him. "Oh well, it's not like we're going to be sleeping here. At least, I won't," he said with a shrug.
She blinked softly, looking back at him. "Why not? And who knows how long exactly it might take ..." she said, walking up to the single window to look out.
"Well ... you know ... there's only space for one person, and since you can actually sleep," he started, looking down and kicking his feet slightly.
"Oh ... well ..." she started, turning towards him and realizing it was a rather small bunk, "M-Maybe we'll make it to the next town before then ... or something ..." she muttered before turning back to the window.
"Yeah ..." he replied quietly. Wait, was she suggesting that he could sleep with her again? He didn't want to bring it up; afraid that she'd remember having said she'd never sleep with him again.
"We could always ask how long ... it would take ..." she said, still looking out of the window.
"I guess we could ..." he said, standing up to find someone to ask. He left the cabin and found a crewmember who didn't look to busy. "Hey, I was wondering, how long is it to the next town?" he asked, sticking his hands in his pockets.
"About a day sir, give or take a few hours," replied the crewmember.
"Thanks," replied Luffy, going back to the cabin. "They said about a day," he told Nami.
Nami turned and narrowed her eyes at him, "But we knew that already ... I meant for you to ask for specifics ... as in ... will we be needing to stay here for the night ..."
"Oh, yeah ..." replied Luffy, staring at her. "Well, if it's a whole day, then we'll probably be getting there this time tomorrow ... so you'll probably have to sleep before then."
"Yeah ... I guess so ..." she said, turning back around again and ringing out her fingers. "Um ..." she started, feeling a bit uncomfortable, and perhaps considering not saying anything at all, "You know ... about ... earlier ... and ... what I said ... and all ... I was ... really angry and ... y-you shouldn't be touching my breasts or anything!" she suddenly said, getting upset again in an instant from her nervousness and the fact that he touched her, "I-It's already the second time!"
"I ... yeah ..." he said, feeling just as nervous as she sounded. He wondered why she was nervous. After all, he'd expect her to be angry. "I'm really sorry for making you so angry ... but I didn't touch there because I wanted to upset you ... or for any other reason. I just thought that it was the key to me falling asleep ... so I ... yeah ..."
"W-Well ... is it?" she asked, frowning with a bit of concern.
"I ... I think so ... I fell asleep right after ... you know ..." he replied, starting to sweat and fear for his life. "But ... I'm still trying to figure out why."
Still staring out of the window, she frowned a little deeper before turning to him and asking, "I want to see this for myself ..."
His eyes widened. "Eh ... what?" he asked, looking a little shocked.
"You heard me. I want to see for myself that that's really the only way you can sleep. So tonight, before I fall asleep, we're going to see if you really fall asleep just from touching my breasts ..." she said, still frowning at him deeply, "At least this way, you're not just doing it without asking me first." she said, putting a bit more punctuation into her words to point out his error.
"O ... Oh," he replied with a blink as his face flushed. "I ... I see ..." He didn't doubt that it would help him fall asleep, but the thought of her willingly allowing him to touch her breasts was enough to deepen his blush.
"Hmph!" she huffed as she turned away, "Don't let it get you so excited! I just want to see this for myself!"
Luffy waved his hands in front of him. "Nononono, I'm not excited, I swear." he said and rubbed the back of his head. "I was just thinking how I'm going to enjoy finally getting regular sleep again."
"Right ..." she said, her cheeks flushing in the reflection of herself in the window. She was beginning to think there may be truth to what he was saying. After all, when she'd been helping to patch up his wounds awhile back, he had passed out on top of her, and if she recalled correctly, she had brushed her breasts up against his back.
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The day passed quite tediously. Luffy'd decided to spend some time studying his spell book. He only really knew the body manipulation spells and was pretty weak at most others. If he wanted to surpass his brother, and father and grandfather, then he needed to spend more time studying. It was insanely dull though, and he preferred using his spells to actually fight, not studying them. After several hours, the sun was starting to go down.
Nami had remained sitting at the window the whole time. She had a lot to think about and let her mind wander, but once the sun had gone down, she stretched her arms out before standing and going to her bag. "Don't look ... I'm going to change," she said, digging around in her bag to find her night dress.
"Right," said Luffy, closing his book and turning away from her.
Removing the night dress she'd bought, she laid it out on the floor before removing her dress carefully, making sure not to crease it too much, and then she slipped on her night dress. However, she frowned and blushed a bit to the thinner material, seeing as her perky nipples were showing through again, "Mmm ..."
"Eh?" asked Luffy, shifting around a little. "Are you done?"
"Um ... y-yeah ..." She said, standing up and clearing her throat as she turned towards him, her cheeks still flushed as she hugged her arms across her chest.
Turning around, Luffy found himself staring at her again. He noticed how she kept her arms hugged to her chest and raised an eyebrow at that. The nightgown was very form fitting and seemed an inadequate barrier against anything, let alone the cold. He blushed, when he noticed how he could see her panty line through the thin material again.
Maybe she should have let him touch her before changing into this. Now the material wasn't nearly thick enough, which made her cheeks flush harder. Well, whatever. He would only touch her for a second anyways, because then he was supposed to fall asleep right away. Clearing her throat, she headed for the bunk and sat down in front of him, though she kept her arms wrapped around herself, "All right, so ... let's see this ..."
"Right ..." he replied and swallowed as he glanced at her arms covering her chest. "So ..."
Shuddering, her arms twitched a bit as if considering just forgetting about it, but then she slowly lowered her arms. However, her entire face flushed as she looked away completely, knowing he would see that her nipples were visible through the thin material.
His face flamed deeper, despite the fact that he was certain it couldn't possibly have gotten worse. He'd never seen a woman completely naked, so he wasn't exactly sure what they looked like. Now he had a better idea. Before he'd actually thought that breasts were just completely round, now he knew otherwise. He slowly raised his hand to her chest, and took a deep breath. Swallowing hard, she shifted her eyes to watch him and see if he did pass out right away or not. She was at the ready to smack him and rip his hand away if he didn't, but then she yelled, "Hurry up! Quit staring!"
"Oh, right," he said and placed his hand on her chest.
Sucking in her breath and stiffening to the touch, her entire face reddened as a shock surged throughout her body. "Mm!" she exclaimed, clamping her eyes shut. Luffy's eyes lost focus and rolled back into his head. He fell back onto the bed and started snoring.
Opening her eyes, she blinked down at him as they widened in shock that he did actually pass out, "Hoo!" she exclaimed, climbing over him a bit to wave a hand in front of his face, and then even gave him a few pinches. "Oh my God ..." she whispered to herself, reddening a bit more. "But ... why ...?" she continued to whisper with a frown as she sat up. Pondering on it a little more, she stretched out his legs, removed his boots, and then covered him with a blanket. Sighing, she then looked up and blinked, noticing a bunk there. Taking it out, she then curled up and went to sleep as well.
When Luffy woke up it was still dark, and he didn't feel rested at all. "Dammit," he groaned. "Nami? You awake?"
Groaning and frowning in her sleep, she finally blinked her eyes open and frowned down at him. "What is it ...?" she asked, but then she blinked again, realizing he was awake, and so she sat up, though she brought the covers with her, "Luffy ...?"
"I woke up again," he muttered.
She frowned a little deeper and said, "But ... why? I thought that ..."
"I dunno," he muttered, and thought about it. "Wait ... the other times I ..."
"The other times, what ...?" she said, frowning even deeper, not liking where this was going, because she had a feeling she knew what he was about to say.
"I ... think it worked because ..." he started, swallowing thickly. "I kept in contact ... with ... umm ..."
"Mmmoh! This has to be someone's idea of a sick joke! Well, it ain't funny!" she exclaimed, falling hard back into the bunk.
"Sorry ..." he muttered. "You don't have to ... if you don't want to ..."
She sighed deeply, staring up at the ceiling, but then she said softly, though still a bit irritated, "It's not your fault …Fine ..." Throwing back her covers, she climbed off the bunk and closed it before crawling into his bunk. "Hurry up ... I want to get back to sleep ..." she said, still sounding irritated.
"Right ..." he said, lying back down. "Wouldn't it be easier if we just lay side by side? Like, I face the wall, and you face me. Then I could have contact with your ... but I wouldn't actually be touching them?"
She sighed and moved over, pressing her breasts into his back and muttered, "Fine ..." Luffy stiffened at the contact and then relaxed, falling asleep almost instantly.
Looking around with a blink, she saw that he passed out and sighed with a slight pout. How did this have to happen? Sighing again, she then closed her eyes and tried to sleep.
To Be Continued …
Authors' Note:
Con: So, her boobies ARE the key ... Lucky for Luffy ... or maybe not so lucky? o.o
Darth: I vote lucky.
Con: You would.
Darth: Speaking of boobies, I'm looking at some right now.
Con: You scare me ... Well, I vote it's still NOT her boobies. ;-) Bahahaha! What could it be though? X)
Darth: I dunno, as long as it's not something lame like Heart. Poor, poor Ma'tui, shafter in the superpower department...just like Brook actually.
Con: What the hell are you talking about? Maybe it is the power of Heart! Fire, Wind, Water, Heart! With your powers combined ... I AM ... CAPTAIN PLANET! Shanks would be proud! X) *Inside joke between Ara and I*
Darth: *Feels very left out*
Con: *Snicker* Well, I hope you guys enjoyed(emphasis on the guys). Until next time~! :-D
Darth: later.