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It was a hot day. Everybody but Luffy and Suta were lounging in the shade, but Luffy laughed when the water from the hose splashed over his uncovered chest. Suta laughed too, then Luffy turned his water gun on her. She squealed, and Luffy laughed again. Luffy ran, trying to avoid Suta's hose, but to no avail. He turned his water gun on Suta and got her across the stomach, and she put her thumb on the hose, making it squirt father and soaked Luffy in the face. They both squealed with delight, and started running around. This went on for about two or three hours.
Luffy and Suta were standing in the bright sunlight, dripping wet. They stood there laughing, at least until their skin touched their wet swimsuits, then they shivered. Chopper stood up, and yelled across the muddy yard they were playing in,
"You guys better hurry up and get into dry clothes! If you stay wet for much longer, you'll get a cold!" They didn't look like they had heard, so Chopper went to go sit back down in the shade. They stood there laughing and shivering until their swimsuits were dry. Then they walked back stiffly in their crusty suits. They changed into some dry clothes. Luffy, as usual wore his red vest and blue shorts. Suta wore a white cotton dress with a flower pattern. They smiled and laughed when they saw each other because their hair was still crusty. Suta ran off to get her brush, and Luffy sat down and started to play the 'I'm so lonely!' song on his radio. Suta returned with the brush after a few minutes, and everybody sighed with relief when Luffy shut off the song. Suta brushed her hair through in a few minutes, then took out the hairs and dropped them on Zoro just to bug him. Zoro opened his eyes, and blearily picked up the strands of hair, and tossed them overboard. Suta pouted, and then ran over to Luffy to brush through his hair. She placed the brush in his wild hair, and started moving it through the black strands. After a few minutes of combing through the knots, Suta asked Luffy,
"don't you ever comb your hair?" Luffy shook his head once the comb got through one of the knots. Suta laughed at his answer, and went on brushing his hair. Luffy sneezed, pulling on his hair in the process. Suta went on brushing though, assuming it was a loose strand of hair that escaped the bristles of the brush and had landed on his nose. She kept brushing, and when she was done, Luffy's hair stood up in almost an afro, it was so frizzy. She laughed a little, and looked Luffy in the face. His nose was running, so he wiped it on the back of his hand, then wiped that on his shorts. Suta gave him a look, but he just laughed his signature laugh, and stood up. He wobbled a little, but steadied himself and moved on. Suta glanced a worried look at him, and followed him to the kitchen (of course XD) and grabbed a snack off of Sanji. Luffy sat at the table and put his head down. Suta gave him a longer worried look.
"you ok, Luffy?" she asked him, and he just groaned. Suta yelled for Chopper, and he came running in.
"WHAT HAPPENED? WHO DIED?!" he screamed when he ran in. He looked at Luffy on the table and shrieked. He placed Luffy on the floor, face up and sighed. He looked up at everybody and sniffed up the dribble of snot running down his upper lip. He groaned, then coughed. Chopper placed his small hoof on his forehead, and said,
"hmm.. fever, coughing, sneezing, feels bad.. He must have a cold." Suta looked down at him, and stared at his miserable face. Chopper went into heavy point and carried Luffy into the men's quarters. Suta followed cautiously and sat down by Luffy's hammock, where Chopper had placed him. He was sleeping soundly, if just a bit disturbed by the clogged nose every so often. Suta sat and watched. And watched. And watched. He never woke up, just coughed once in a while. Eventually, she fell asleep and slumped over into Luffy's hammock, her head resting on his chest. The next morning, Luffy was feeling better, but Chopper's orders were to stay in bed. He wanted to eat, but Chopper had said that he would throw up. Suta, being cursed with a metabolism similar to Luffy's, went to eat breakfast. And as she was eating, she snuck some bacon to Luffy. He ate it all in one bite, then let his head fall back on the pillow. Suta sat and talked with Luffy. He fell asleep often, sometimes even during the conversation! Suta wore a happy mask when Luffy was awake, but her worried face came through when he was sleeping. Sometime a little before lunch, Luffy woke up and tried to run to the bathroom, but was stopped by Chopper.
"OH GROSS!! LUFFY BARF!!!" Chopper said, dancing around trying to get it off. Luffy knelt on the floor, spewing stomach acid and bacon. Suta watched with a grimace as Luffy kept upchucking for another few minutes, then collapsed in sleep. Chopper took him back to his bed and stomped off to take a shower.
"I told him not to eat anything.." Chopper muttered as he went out the doorway. Luffy slept for the rest of the afternoon. Chopper, warier than ever, fed Luffy some broth a little after dinner. When he was finished, Luffy lay back in his hammock and smiled a little.
"I feel lots better!" he exclaimed to Suta. She smiled and sat down by his side once more. He smiled at her, and they talked for a while. Eventually Luffy fell asleep. You can't blame him though, being sick makes you tired. This time, she left when she started dropping off into sleep. When she awoke, she sat up quickly, remembering that Luffy was sick and needed her. She rushed to the men's quarters, and ignoring the other guys, ran to Luffy's side. He was still sleeping, snorting every so often because of his stuffy nose. Suta watched while everyone woke up, and left for a short while for breakfast. When she came back, Luffy was on his feet. She shrieked, and ran to him, screeching,
"LUFFY GET BACK IN BED YOU'LL FALL!!" Unfortunately she tripped on a random nail sticking up out of the wood, and fell into Luffy's arms. Luffy caught her in mid-air then said, with a stuffy voice,
"I'm fine. Just a head cold, Chopper said." Suta looked up at him and smiled. Then Luffy stood her back on her own feet, and to his surprise she ran off, yelling,
"CATCH ME if you can!" her voice getting quieter with every word as she ran. Luffy smiled then chased her yelling,
"I'LL GET YOU!!" He ran outside, and saw no sign of her. He swiveled his head around looking for her. Suta was above him, on the roof of the room he was in. She jumped when he stopped looking for her, and landed on his back. He yelped in surprise, and looked at his back, and laughed. Suta pouting a little at the lack of the reaction that she wanted, but soon joined in his laughter, but was cut off short. What had interrupted was Luffy's lips pressed against her own. She closed her eyes, and kissed him back.
The End.