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He sighs as he stares at the taunting map. The bold-printed 'You Are Here!' mocks him, he was very aware of that fact considering he's been in the same area for the past half hour.

He glances around wildly, yup, there was that vendor cart, and the lamp post with a missing cat poster as well. Maybe all the streets were similar? He doesn't remember seeing that restaurant last time...

"I found it a bit funny at first but this is just plain pathetic at this point," a stranger says. He stares at the ginger-haired person in question as she deadpanned at him above her newspaper.

"What was funny?" He growls out, he was not in any mood to play games.

"Seeing you wind up here for the 9th time, never in my life have I seen someone so directionally dyslexic before, it's quite amusing really," she spat and Zoro growls at her words. Who did she think she was?

"Tch, maybe if this damn city didn't make the paths so damn confusing I'd get to where I was going," he said as if he truly meant it. All it did was make her stare blankly at him.

"You are a lost cause," she sighed out before closing up her newspaper. She got up from the bench she was sitting on and walked right up to him. She met his gaze head on.

"Well? Where are you headed?" She demanded and Zoro grit his teeth. Why was this woman so bossy?

"The hell do you care?" He argued, defying obedience. She stared at him.

"If you're fine with going in circles for god knows how long, then be my guest. Personally, I think you should accept my kind offer," she said as she placed a hand on her chest. Zoro's mind insisted that he could do just fine without her, but he was almost running a bit late as it is and she seemed confident in leading him.

"Whatever... here, this is the address I gotta find," he complied stubbornly. She glanced it over before sticking her tongue out. The nerve of her...

"Got it! Oh! Do be sure to not get lost while following me, I can hold your hand if you want~" she teased with a wink. Zoro shook his head vehemently, like hell he'd do that. She smiled and walked ahead with Zoro in tow. This is the only time he'll let her lead him...

--

"Aaaand, we're here!" She presented with a smirk. Zoro looked at the address in question, looking back and forth between the one sent to him and the one plastered on it. It was the right address all right... but he'll never understand how she got them there in 4 minutes.

"...Tch, thanks..." he grumbled out. She smiled brightly and Zoro raised his hand to knock.

"Stop! Hold it..." she said placing her open hand over his fist. Zoro scowled at her, now what did she want?

"What is it?" He barked out.

"You didn't think my services were free now did you? You have to pay," she boldly demanded and Zoro grew a vain.

"Pay? For what?! You offered to help me remember?!" He asked exasperated. She clicked her tongue several times and wagged a dainty finger in front of him.

"I took some valuable time out of my day to help a clueless fool like you get to where you needed to be, and I certainly will not be accepting a half-hearted thank you. I'm thinking you should give me... 500 berries for this," she said affirmingly with a nod of her head.

F-f-five hundred berries?! For a 4-minute walk?!

"Lady, there is seriously no way a simple walk costs that much. You're delusional," she raised a close fist in front of him.

"fifty for the offer, fifty more for the terrible way you treated my offer, and one hundred for every minute it took for us to get here. There's more things I should charge you for but I'm feeling quite generous in case you couldn't tell..." she said raising a finger for every 'charge' she named.

There was no way this could be considered generous. Not even in the underworld. He wanted to argue back but he found himself speechless, he wasn't really going to pay her was he?!

He was never more thankful for the sound of a door knob turning.

"Oooh, there you are Zoro! Hm? Hey who's this?" Luffy asks as he looks at the stranger in question.

"Hnrgh, Luffy this is... er," he realizes now that he didn't actually ask for her name.

"Nami, and I helped your lost friend get here," she finished and Luffy smiled.

"Shi shi! That does sound like Zoro all right! He once got lost on a straight path!" Luffy mentions and Zoro grows red.

"I did not! I was just looking for a shortcut!" He denies but the both of them are laughing too much to care.

"I appreciate you helping Zoro get here, wanna come inside? We have food!" Luffy offers and Nami stops laughing.

"E-eh it's no problem, I don't want to intrude on whatever's going on-" she waves her hands in front of her.

"Nonsense, I don't mind! Any friend of Zoro is a friend of mine!" He says cheerfully and Zoro is about to shut down the fact that they're friends but she beats him to it.

"If you insist," she accepts and idly side-eyed Zoro. This witch...

"Great great! More friends! Oi Sanji! Make another plate for Zoro's new friend!" Luffy yells before stepping back inside, leaving the door wide open. The two glance at each other.

"Guess you'll be stuck with me for a bit longer," she sticks her tongue again before stepping inside. How did it get to this? He should've never accepted her offer... he thinks disdainfully before closing the door.

--

"Zoro having a friend? I pray for the poor soul having to bear such a title," Sanji mocks from the kitchen. Not even three steps in and he was already trying to pick a fight with him.

"Oi, what is that god awful smell? Ya burn something?" Zoro grins when he hears the chef mumble an expletive.

"Only thing that smells bad in here is the moss that walked in and- AH!-" Sanji drops the utensil in hand but his jaw reached the floor first. Great... he saw the woman.

"B-B-B-B, What a Beauty who stepped into this apartment~!!" Sanji cheers as he noodle-dances his way over to her. She cringes back a bit but keeps a smile on her face. Sanji kneels to her and grabs her wrist. Zoro watches on with a pitiful expression.

"Mademoiselle, what might your name be?" He asks in a silky tone.

"Her name's Nami," Luffy cuts in as he stinks his pinky up his nose.

"I DIDN'T ASK YOU! SHOW MANNERS IN FRONT OF A WOMAN!!" Sanji screeches before returning to a goofy smile in front of Nami.

"Nami~swan, what a beautiful name for an equally beautiful woman~!" Sanji praises and all it takes is a split-second glance from her to tell Zoro that his perversion's up.

"Alright swirly-brow, I'm getting hungry to the point where I'll eat whatever chum you've whipped up, serve me," Zoro says and Sanji turns to him with red eyes.

"Serve it yourself!!"

"Bah, whatever. Guess I'll be serving Nami a plate too while I'm at it," Zoro announced before he starts counting down from 3 in his head. 2... 1...

"Leave your grimy hands out of my kitchen!!" Sanji hollers before zooming past Zoro. In no time there's two plates serves on the counter, one visibly more appealing.

"Thank you for the food~" Nami sang which sends Sanji into heart-eyes mode.

"I hope I don't get a stomach ache from this," Zoro chimes in and Sanji reverts back to anger. He was too easy at times. He feels a poke on his side and he looks at the poker in question.

"You have some weird friends," is all she says before taking a bite and humming in satisfaction. Zoro ponders while looking at his plate, a fond smile finding its way on his lips.

"Yeah, I guess so."

--

For some reason Nami spends the next hour or so remaining by Zoro's side. Whether she's trying to grab hold of his nonexistant debt, or because of the fact that she hardly knows anyone else, it isn't clear to him. After aforementioned hour, she begins to frequently check her phone.

"Got somewhere to be?" He finds himself asking aloud. She glances at him briefly.

"It's not like I was sitting out there for no reason, but things got delayed and I had about an hour of free time," she explains and Zoro nods at that. He gets the idea to help lead her back but he had a gut feeling she would laugh in his face.

"Seeing as you've still yet to pay me, I've decided to add interest to it, 300% to be exact," she says and Zoro doubles over.

"The hell, you're still going on with that nonsense?! I practically paid by having you eat free food!"

"Were you the one who invited me in? Did you even make the food? As far as I'm concerned, you haven't done anything to pay for my services yet, are you not a man of your word?" And something like that strikes deep within Zoro.

"E-evil w-witch," he says defeatedly. She smiles.

"Thank you! And to take precaution, I'll be getting your phone number to make sure you don't forget about the debt you owe me, that clear?" She says sweetly but Zoro is busy imagining a painful death for her.

"Greedy witch..." he whispers before typing his number into her phone. Naming himself in the process.

"Great, I'll be reminding you real soon Zo-Ro," she says putting emphasis on the syllables of his name. He grunts.

"I'll lead you out the door Nami-swan~!" Sanji swoons as he makes his way. Zoro sighs. In his hands is a bag of food.

"Uwah! Thank you very much Sanji! Your cooking is really great!" She compliments and it has Sanji melting to the ground.

"G-g-goddess..."

"Aww, you're leaving already?" Luffy whines. She nods.

"Yeah, I have somewhere to be sorry. If anything you guys can get my number from Zoro since he has it," she says, and Zoro can already imagine the painful inevitable situation Sanji is about to put him through.

"Ahh, alrighty then! See you soon Nami!" Luffy gives Nami the farewell and Nami's saying goodbye to everyone. The door closes and the room grows silent for a bit.

"...I'm getting that number off of you Marimo," Sanji says, half-threateningly and half-enviously. Zoro groans.

"Can't even go a couple seconds without pining after her already?" Zoro complains more to himself, while still referring to Sanji.

"Pining after her? I don't know what you're talking about," Zoro scoffs.

"Yeah, you have a free ticket at getting a chick's number and you're not going to try and get with her. And we call Usopp the liar," Zoro says with a shake of his head.

"It's because I know she won't say yes."

"All those rejections finally making you realize somethin?" Sanji bites his lip.

"I'm saying this because she's got eyes on someone else already," and that makes Zoro still.

"How do you know that? She have a ring on her finger?" He didn't remember seeing one.

"Christ you're unbelievably dense," he says but doesn't elaborate. The hell is he talking about?

"Huh?"

"I'm saying this because I'm talking to the man of interest," he pauses and waits.

...

"...So you know her boyfriend?" Sanji takes a deep breathe. He questions what Nami sees in this hopeless soul.

--

Zoro doesn't know why he constantly thinks back to that moment. Maybe it's cause it's the first time he met her? Either that or all that yapping about his debt from her actually engraved itself in his head.

"Hmm, you got us lost again didn't you?" His companion to his side said with little malice. Still, no malice or not it still gets under his skin.

"I never get lost, you know that."

"Right right, because all the buildings built from the ground up magically move around to your discomfort," she says with a slight roll of her eyes. Cheeky Witch...

"Well there's no helping you even with a GPS. C'mon, let's go. I'll let you hold my hand~" she says with a wink. He voices his complaints but it dies down his throat when she looks back at him and gives him that smile. Damn it... he grabs hold of her hand.

He supposes he'll let her lead him once more.


A/N: Just a little something, I started typing and it led to this. It's set in a modern world and I went for something pretty casual. I like how it turned out and I hope all of you do too. If you did, thank you! If you didn't, thank you for reading it and sorry. See you in I don't know when.