It was afternoon, as the sun was setting slowly giving out rich rays of gold across the ocean. The sea was calm and silent. Luffy ran across the ship, looking at each and every crevasses, every holes, and every rooms in the Sunny. He was finding something, or someone. He ran into Chopper's clinic and asked. "Hey Chopper, have you seen Robin anywhere? I haven't seen her since after lunch."

"Wasn't she always in the library?"

Luffy stood there for five seconds and slammed fist into his palm. "Oh, I never think of that...Thanks Chopper."

Chopper answered. "Okay, dont forget to close the door before you leave."

He ran towards the library and just as what Chopper have said, she was there sitting quietly reading a book. "Robin, I was looking for you." He was smiling.

She raised her head from her book, and when she saw that it was Luffy, she came back into reading, completely ignoring his presence.

Luffy thought this behavior of Robin seem to be kind of odd, for some reason, she would always try to greet back with a smile, he wanted to know the reason of this behavior and so he walked in and took a seat at the opposing side of the archaeologist, facing her. "Is there something wrong?" Luffy tilted his head.

"No, I don't think there is something wrong." Simply saying as she flipped a page.

"But you look kinda troubled."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Again, she casually said as her face was covered with a book she was holding with one hand.

"But you look troubled." He sounded concerned.

sounding unconcerned she said. "You just repeated what you said."

"Oh, shishishi, did I?" He smiled cheekily.

"So, what made you come here?"

He spread out his hands wide. "I'm here to talk about marriage!" Upon saying that, he noticed Robin flinching, however, she still didn't remove the book.

"What do you mean?" Behind the

book, Robin's face is mysteriously red.

"I'm here to know more what is it like, being married, or how do you get married." He just smiled while saying those.

"Then why come to me?" She asked.

"What? Didn't we talk about this yesterday? So I was asking if maybe you know more about marriage."

Robin closed the book she's reading and gently placing it over the table. "Luffy, I haven't been married yet, so I have no experience to contribute or to advise you with, if you want, you could go ask Nami for help instead. You're closer to her right? Just like earlier, you were even getting that lovely-dovey with you on top of her." Then with zero energy rolling her eyes she said with a mockery. "Wow, don't you two just look so sweet? So there's no point asking me about marriage stuff." Looking uninterested.

Luffy only blinked a few times. "What does it have to do with Nami? I don't know what you mean by that. And what's lovely-movie?" He mispronounced the 'Lovely-dovey'. "Anyway, I want it to be you Robin, that's because I trust you with explaining some stuff. I'm just so glad to have you, shishishi." Luffy said this with friendliness and innocence without knowing what it might sound like.

Upon hearing him say that last sentence , her face become light red. Slightly raising her voice she tried to be mad abut it but it turned out to be a cute girly voice and facial reaction. "D-don't even say such things so casually...you...you idiot!"

That was the first time Robin called him an idiot, so Luffy was kinda taken aback. Rubbing his cheeks, confused. "Did I say something wrong?"

This was so unlikely of Robin, she knew she wasn't acting herself, she was so embarassed that she wanted to run away and bury herself now. Making a fist, she coughed before saying. "I-I'm sorry about that. But okay, I'll teach you more about that thing."

"What thing?" Luffy was very slow on the uptake.

The archaeologist inhaled deeply to not sound, and look anymore weird. "Luffy, what did you came here for?... That's what we'll be talking about."

He realized. "Ohh okay."

She just couldn't help but smile at his antics. "So, what question to do you want to ask first?"

"You already mentioned to be on how a man and a woman needs to have mutual feelings to be right for marriage. But what about before being married? Do they just tell each other that they love each other and then they'll get married right away?"

Robin lightly smiled. "No, that's not how it works, It first needs to have come with confession, or dating."

Luffy was confused. "Confession? Dating?"

"Yes, dating is when the two person agree to meet each other at a certain place, just for example, An amusement park, a zoo, restaurant, and more entertaining places to be." Raising her index finger simply saying like a master.

"That means they're just going to have fun, right?" Luffy was all ears.

"Yes, you're right, they have fun together, only the two of them while making that date so memorable for them that they would not be able to forget it for the rest of their lives."

"Wow, that must be really a fun thing to do! Then what about the other thing? What was that again, Confusion? Con... Confucius? Confirmation?" He scrunched up his face trying to remember.

Robin could not help but to giggle, covering her mouth "Fufu~...'Confession'."

"Yes, yes, that's right, confession. Now, what is confession?"

"Confession is the most important aspect about relationships. It's when you admit to that person how much they mean to you, that means you, liking them or loving them." Luffy was nodding multiple times at each sentence of her, listening intently. "However, confession takes a lot of courage, well, same as how you ask a date too. But confession is when you say to that person your feelings, so that's why it's difficult to do."

"Then Robin, do you plan on confessing too?" He just asked purely.

Robin was trying to process what he just said. "Huh?"

"You said yesterday that you have someone you want to marry, right? That means you love that person. But do you plan on confessing to that person?" He was just too innocent for his own good.

Now the conversation shifted upon Robin. However unlike earlier, she let her guard down. But now she was more aware of her actions. Most of her life she was living in the shadows, trying to dwell with peoples of the dark. All her life she was living upon survival. That's how she learned how to control her emotions and hide her true intentions. She then calmly retorted. "Fufu~ Of course, that is a must. However, it takes time, I am still not ready to tell that person."

"Why?"

"That's because, I don't think that person is still ready for it." The girl of Ohara naturally enunciated. "He is still not in a stage where he'd understand my feelings, and I strongly think he could not provide a proper response to me either."

Luffy asked one more time. "Eh? Is that person stupid?"

Robin looked at Luffy and paused for a moment. Untill she let out a genuine but feminine laugh. "Hahahaha~" She was covering her mouth with fisted palm, then halting for a moment and looked unto him with half lidded eyes still wearing that grin etched into her smooth unblemished face. "Yes, he may probably be."

"But who is that person? You still haven't told me." The Rubberman leaned in towards the table.

"That's a secret." She delightfully stated pressing her index finger to her lips.

"Come on, tell me!"

"Nope, I can't, not yet." weaving her finger.

Luffy was getting inquisitive. "I'm your captain, so you should tell me!"

Robin leaned in closer to the table, resting her face into her palm, smiling mischievously and looked at his eyes, saying. "Don't worry, I'll be sure to tell you very soon."

Luffy instinctively leaned back, his sixth sense was telling him that it's dangerous for some reason. "Uh, okay...Also, it's also best if our friends will know about it too, right?"

"Of course, but for now, it's our secret, okay?!" She winked.

"Shishishi~ Sure.."

"...Alright, that's it for tonight talking about this topic."

Luffy wondered. "Huh? Why?"

"Well, bombarding you with informations will only make you overload and make you brains explode. Fufu~ That's why starting today, you will come to see me every evening at around time like this to lesson about such topics. Just think of it as like going to school." She pointed.

He lethargically responded. "I hate school!" Then changed his mood. "But I guess, being with you makes me happy, so it's cool!"

Robin felt her cheeks heat up at those words, and so she repeatedly shouted in her head. 'Calm down! Calm down! Calm down!' She was sweating on just putting an effort to look natural. "Oh I-I forgot, It's about time for dinner. Aren't you hungry?"

Luffy shouted in realization. "Ahh... That's right!" His stomach immediately grumbled. "Ughh... I'm hungry..."

Robin was amused. "You got hungry as soon as I reminded you about dinner."

They both went down towards the dining room.

"Where's Luffy? Ain't no way he's late when it comes to eating." Usopp was kinda worried that Luffy was five minutes late for dinner.

"Oh, he was looking for Robin earlier, maybe he's with her." Chopper stated.

Nami responded. "Looking for Robin? Why?" She said that in a confused but concerned tone.

Then the door opened as Luffy dashed in like a lighting. "Alright, let's eat!"

"Luffy, where have you been to?" Nami said.

"I was in the library."

"What? Why would you be in the library?" The Navigator could not believe that their captain would be having interest in books.

Then the tall ebony haired archaeologist entered, her long wavy hair was tied in a ponytail with a few bangs hanging, flowing down her face, wearing a white backless ruffled cropped cami, paired with black pleated miniskirt together with a waistband shorts on the inside.

Nami was disturbed by her presence, Luffy was in the library, and just as what Chopper has said, he was finding Robin. But what would Luffy's business with Robin be in the library? 'Aghhh... It's bothering me!'

"Hey, you bastard, you're five minutes delayed to dinner, I was actually quite worried." Sanji stated as he now uncovered the dish.

"What!? No way, I was late during a meal!?"

"Well, I'm sorry Luffy, even I too got lost in track of time." Robin said.

Nami hesitated to ask. "Uhm...What did you two do in the library?"

Robin answered her. "Oh, we just talked about some few things."

Nami decided to limit her questions to not cause a scene.

"Thanks for the food!" Luffy began to eat right away.

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