A week had flown by and it was already time for the school wide trip to the zoo. Nami had music playing as she got ready for a fun day with her new friends. As she followed her daily morning routine, she made sure to pack anything she would need for the day. She'd be walking around a hot zoo, she definitely did not want to forget her sunblock. When she was basically all ready, she skipped down the stairs with still 30 minutes to spare before Luffy was to pick her up, so she grabbed a tangerine and plopped down on the couch.
At Luffy's house, he had just woken up to the constant beeping of his alarm. He fell out of his bed, got up and stumbled towards the bathroom across the hall. He yawned and turned on the shower, climbing in. 10 minutes later...CRASH.
"WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?" yelled Shanks.
"PROBABLY JUST LUFFY FALLING IN THE SHOWER AGAIN." Ace yelled back from his room.
Luffy, now wide awake, climbed out of the shower, rubbing his lower back. "Owwww…." he said out loud. He brushed his teeth and threw on his clothes, tossed his hat on his head, grabbed his backpack, and ran out the door yelling goodbye to Shanks and Ace who were now sitting at the table eating breakfast. Two seconds later, Luffy ran back in, grabbed as much food as he could, and ran outside again. His father and brother just looked at each other and shrugged, it wasn't anything they weren't used to.
When Luffy reached Nami's house, he had already finished off the huge amount of food he grabbed for breakfast. He walked up the steps and knocked at the door. Nami came to the door and smiled. "BYE MOM, BYE NOJIKO." she yelled, looking behind her before closing the door and walking down the steps with the raven haired boy.
"Goodmorning Nami!" said Luffy with a smile.
Nami giggled, "Morning Luffy!"
"Oooh! Nami! Are you excited to go to the zoo? I love field trips! THEY GIVE EACH STUDENT MONEY TO BUY FOOD WHILE WE'RE THERE!" Luffy exclaimed pumping his fist in the air and jumping up and down excitedly.
Nami looked over at Luffy with a confused look, "They give us money? My old school made us bring our own," Nami's eyes widened with realization, "Wait… what if we didn't spend it on food and we kept it? Free money!" Nami looked up at the sky with hope in her eyes.
Luffy looked over at Nami and laughed, "They make us give back what we don't use!"
Nami pouted, "awe."
When Nami wasn't looking, Luffy glanced over at her, and found himself unable to look away. She's… She's so beautiful. He thought to himself. A couple seconds later, Nami could sense a pair of eyes staring at her and looked over, accidentally locking eyes with Luffy. Both of them blushed and looked away quickly. The distraction however caused Nami to lose her footing and trip. She began to fall and squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in Luffy's arms, looking up at him. He smiled, and they both blushed. With no words said, Luffy slowly started moving his face towards her's as if about to kiss her. She felt butterflies in her stomach and closed her eyes waiting for what was about to happen next. And then-
"Hey Luffy! Nami!"
Nami opened her eyes to see Zoro and Usopp walking towards them and the two
quickly separated. Nami blushed and Luffy happily ran over to his friends, as if nothing ever happened.
"HEY GUYS!" Luffy yelled as he ran up to Zoro and Usopp. Nami slowly followed and waved awkwardly.
Zoro raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms, "Did we interrupt something?"
"Shishishi… No! Nami tripped and almost fell so I caught her!" Luffy said with a smile, "That was close, huh, Nami?"
Nami laughed awkwardly, "Hahah….Yeah, real close." Maybe nothing really was gonna happen… It's like he's acting completely normal. She thought. Nami looked over at the three guys standing in front of her, "Hey, I'm gonna go find Vivi and Robin, I'll see you guys in homeroom!" She then started walking towards the school entrance, looking back at Luffy before she walked in. He noticed her looking at him and waved at her with a huge smile. She smiled back and walked inside.
Once inside the school she texted Vivi and Robin.
Text Message
Nami:
Hey, Where are you guys?
Robin:
Second floor girl's room!
Nami nodded and continued upstairs, finding the bathroom. She walked in to find Robin reading a book while Vivi was touching up her mascara.
Vivi looked up and smiled, "Oh, Hey Nami!"
Nami smiled back, "Hey! So, something weird just happened." She said looking at Robin and Vivi with wide eyes.
Robin put down her book and looked up, "Hm?"
Nami crossed her arms, "So Luffy walked me to school, right? Which is normal, but then I caught him just staring at me.. It was weird…. Anyway, it freaked me out and I tripped, and next thing I know I'm in his arms! And then he looked down at me and started moving his head down, like he was about to kiss me!" Nami said, as Vivi and Robin listened intently.
"Then what happened?" Vivi asked, desperately wanting to hear the rest of the story.
"And then Zoro and Usopp came up and he put me down and acted like nothing happened." Nami shrugged.
"What?" Robin asked confused, "He just acted like it never happened?"
Nami nodded, "Just acted completely normal…" Nami shook her head, "Maybe he wasn't about to kiss me, maybe I'm just going crazy and I imagined it."
Vivi laughed, "You're not going crazy, Nami! Luffy's...Just Luffy."
"Yeah, the poor kid's probably just trying to figure out how to make a move." Robin said assuringly.
Nami shrugged, "Anyway, we should get to homeroom, the bell's gonna ring soon."
Vivi and Robin nodded and gathered their things. The three then headed to homeroom, where the teacher was already going on and on about the day's field trip.
Nami walked to the back of the room and sat next to Usopp, who was making a slingshot out of rubber bands. She looked around the room and spotted Luffy talking to Sanji, she waved. Unfortunately Sanji thought she was waving to him and looked over at her excitedly, "GOODMORNING, NAMI- SWAAAAANNNN!"
Nami laughed, "Goodmorning, Sanji."
"ALRIGHT STUDENTS, WE'LL BE LEAVING IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. PLEASE PICK ONE PARTNER CAUSE WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THE BUDDY SYSTEM DURING THIS TRIP." exclaimed the teacher.
Nami suddenly felt someone tap on her shoulder and looked up to see Luffy with a huge grin, "Partners?"
Nami blushed and smiled back, "Sure."
"OHHHH, NAMI-SWAAAAANN~ LET'S BE PARTNERS, OKAY?" Sanji yelled, running over, kneeling down and looking up at Nami, grabbing her hand. She pulled her hand away and fake laughed, "Sorry, Sanji..Luffy already asked me."
Sanji's jaw dropped and he looked over at Luffy who was picking his nose and staring off into space. Sanji stood up and crossed his arms, then walked over to Luffy, glaring at him. Luffy stopped picking his nose and looked over, "Oh, hey San-"
"WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO TAKE THE LOVELY NAMI-SWAN AWAY FROM ME, IDIOT CAPTAIN?" shouted Sanji. Luffy tilted his head confused, shrugged and went back to picking his nose. Sanji sighed angrily and walked away.