Luffy was laying down, with his head rested upon his opened up palms on top of the ship's figurehead, wide grin completely visible off his face, looking at the vast entirety of the blue sky, and it's massive clouds.

"Shishishishi~"

"That one one's shaped like a cotton candy, and that one shapes like a cotton candy too!...oh, wait... that one's a very massive cotton candy!"

At this point, every cloud he's set his eyes upon is shaped like a cotton candy.

"The day is really peaceful, I don't like it! Hahahaha~"

He complained, talking to himself in a silly way.

He pouted to himself.

"Can't there be at least something interesting to happen? Everything's been so boring lately..."

"I wish we'd get attacked by a thousand fleet of marines! Shishi~"

"Or face a storm, or we could get to hop on into some interesting Island, or get to encounter a tsunami as big as a mountain! Or maybe even get attacked by sea kings, that could be fun too!..."

The captain imagined all kinds of stuff with his simple and wild imagination, his innocence thinking really is portentous. A man that does not think of consequences, and a dream he felt that is simply cool is only what he solely follows.

"Sea King, huh?... Oh,now that I think about it, I still remember that sea king they called 'Lord of the coast' back home at the Fuusha Village with it's 'red' glowing eyes who ate Shanks' hand. I wonder how it's still doing today?"

"Red, huh?... red...Wait... speaking of red. Why does Nami and Robin's faces, lately turn into deep colored red when I sometimes talk with them?"

Placing a thumb beneath his chin, he remembered some of the scenes from which, whenever he gets too close with them, or when he talks with them, suddenly, their faces turn into something like hot faced. Somehow, this never happened even before back on their journey. So why is it only happening now?

He slowly lifted himself up to sit.

Luffy found this behavior as somewhat odd between the women in his crew. Which he only realized just now.

Looking worried.

"Hmm... I wonder what's wrong with them? Robin mentioned to me, the last time I spoke with her that she was just feeling dizzy. Does the same thing happen with Nami too?"

"Why is it happening only when I simply talk to them?... It's weird."

As if realizing something, he gasped out of his mouth in shock, then he covered his mouth like he's damned.

"No way!...D-don't tell me!..."

Sweat profusely flowed out his face.

What is it that revelation Luffy uncovered? So dreadful that it could make him exude such reaction?

"... I have an illness!"

A statement that came out of nowhere. His hands though, was shaking nervously.

How did he come to conclude such situation?

"That's right, Chopper once said that diseases could spread with or without touching people. And that transmissible diseases could even be passed on to others even when they're just talking."

He looked really anxious, clutching his hair.

"Agh Dammit! Why did I not follow Sanji's advice to wash my hands first before eating!"

He stopped suddenly.

"But wait, I don't really feel sick, and I haven't even caught an illness before."

He then remembered the two years prior with his short conversation with Ivankov at the Impel down.

"Is it because of my immunity towards all poison? Then that must mean that Nami and Robin have completely caught my disease, because they are not immune to poison!"

Luffy has completely misinterpreted poison and disease and interconnected them with each other as somewhat similar.

Truthfully speaking, however, just as a matter of fact, even if he's immune to all kinds of poisons, or even illnesses, then that would mean there is no disease to be spread, since he carries none in the first place. (such a dumbass)

"This is bad, I have to get looked at by Chopper right now!"

He swiftly ran into Chopper's clinic. The moment he arrived in front of it's door, he grabbed the door knob and swung it open with agitation without even knocking.

Chopper was in the middle of mixing some chemicals and herbs to make more rumble balls in case of unexpected happening. He then nearly jumped out of his favorite spinning chair, the moment the door banged open, revealing Luffy.

"Huh? Wha-what's happening!?"

Chopper asked, quite scared while leaning back as he looked at Luffy.

Luffy, with his mouth opened wide yelled.

"Chopper This is bad! I-I have a disease!!"

"Ehhh!??"

Chopper's eyes bulged out, then he hopped out off his chair and moved those two small hooves to run up to him.

Luffy moved his hand to face his palm into Chopper's face trying to stop him to try to avoid to pass on his assumed contagious illnes to Chopper.

"Wait, Chopper! Don't get close to me, you'll get caught by my illness too!"

"What, Is it that serious!?... But don't worry Luffy, I'm a professional. Please lay down on the bed and let me examine what type of disease it is, so that I could make a cure for it."

Luffy nodded with a serious face, and did as what the Doctor has said.

Chopper looked very worried with a mixture of perplexity. This was the first time Luffy has been reported having an illness, which before he himself stated that he never experienced being sick. But right now, he even rushed into his clinic to announce that he is carrying an illness. Which made Chopper deeply anxious about it, he was sweating drops as he performed various tests within his captain.

Thirty minutes had past since inside the locked clinic.

"T-This..."

Chopper sweat dropped to see the result of Luffy's test from his saliva, body temperature, and even blood samples.

"It's completely normal!"

He glanced back from his desk towards Luffy, only to see only that he's sleeping. Chopper walked up to him and shook him intensively until his eyes woke open.

"Luffy, wake up!"

"... Huh? What is it Chopper?"

Chopper immediately dove right into Luffy neck, crying.

"Uhwah! Luffy, you're fine, you're not sick! The results came out, and it has shown that you're completely in normal condition, no... In fact, you're really in healthy condition! I'm so happy for you!"

"What, I'm not sick?"

Luffy got up, while Chopper still hang loosely from his neck.

"No you're not. And in the first place, how did you even conclude that you have an illness? You knew yourself that you're feeling well, right?"

"Huh, what's with that, Chopper? Of course I'm feeling fine, I'm completely immune to it, but others aren't!"

He let go and landed down with a squeak from his hooves. He looked up straight into the rubberman with a blank expression.

"What are you talking about, Luffy?"

This statement made Luffy look at Chopper with disgustingly questionable eyes, looking as if he doesn't know what he's doing at all as a doctor, so Luffy decided to remind him. Even though he himself doesn't know what he's talking about.

"Chopper, aren't I immune to all kinds of poison? Then that means I have a disease, but those are ineffective to me, but the disease is still in me, so I could potentially spread this disease towards others... Do you even know your job?"

Chopper was blank after hearing this from his captain, this blankness however quickly shifted into an irritated face, with a tick mark at the side of his forehead.

That sudden arrogant eyes, smirking while looking down on him made the doctor's eyes fume and he gritted his teeth. Feeling that his reputation as a doctor just by now is getting sullied by this idiot of a captain.

His hooves that served as his hands clenched tightly similar to his teeth. And the reindeer's eyes was shadowed with his hat as he summoned energy to yell at him.

"You...You-you IDIOT!! That's not how it works! Poisons and diseases are two completely different things! And it doesn't make sense that you're carrying a disease when in fact you are completely immune to it, because you're antibodies already got rid of it! So you are unable to pass on that disease because there isn't in the first place!!!"

He was angrily pointing his little hoof at the Pirate King, but even though no matter how much he's boiling right now, It still looked madly adorable.

"Oh, is that so? I don't know what you're talking about at all, but I guess I'm completely fine after all...ahahahaha... ahahaha"

Luffy rubbed his head cheekily, he got completely no idea what Chopper have just said. But he thinks Chopper just proved he's completely healthy after all.

"You idiot! Why was I even worried about you!?"

Luffy got kicked out of the clinic already by Chopper who sent him off with a scolding, a light lecture, and of course, a hard smack right into his rubber-head for acting all arrogant, and making him concerned for a stupid reason. Shutting the door before him.

Luffy gently stood up, brushing some the dirt that has layered into his clothes. Even as though finally enlightened by Chopper about how contagious diseases works, a question about why Nami and Robin's strange behavior towards him just got him more curious.

"If I'm not sick, then why is Nami and Robin acting like they're ill when I'm with them? Too bad, I forgot to ask Chopper about that."

He glanced back at the tightly shut door behind him. Not wanting to bother the doctor anymore.

But other than that, there is even something more that he's secretly bothered towards with. And that was Robin's lesson suddenly coming into a halt out of a sudden. Luffy came back at the same meeting place every evening, however, his archaeologist could never be seen on sight. As a result, questions about marriage he's convinced Robin could only be the one who could answer bombarded his thoughts, there are many more something he'd like to ask that now has automatically been piled up for the last five days of her inactivity from her lesson.

He tried to confront her several times already, and ask why she isn't at the library last night, and last night, and last night. However, the Oharan seemed to be like a butterfly from her elusiveness, because whenever he tried to get get close and speak towards her, she just come up with reasons to shrug the captain off. Then gallantly walks out of his sight as if she doesn't even consider him as a being that's existing.

Luffy's positive insight just accepted her reasons and that even considered that probably, the woman just doesn't find this new goal of adventure worth the bother.

However, Luffy was serious about this that even though he never liked classes, he is willingly going and waiting at her invariably inside the library, even though the longest he could wait is only 5 minutes, before finally getting bored after being surrounded by nothing but books.

But still, he is for real serious about this, and is greatly upset whenever the archaeologist never arrive at the rendezvous for five complete days.

Five days ago, Robin was up on the deck of the ship, freely watering her flowers that she's cultivated just below the main mast of the ship. She also enjoyingly watered even Nami's tangerines.

When out of a sudden, a man called out to her. She knew immediately who it was judging by the voice alone.

"Yo! What's up, Robin!"

Luffy approached with positivity, smiling.

Robin immediately remembered what happened and what she has done last night. She was completely overwhelmed with the sense of discomfit, not even wanting to simply turn back and smile just as what she does always before.

She kept recalling the event last night that she could not even get to sleep properly, and when she tries to read a book, she simply couldn't get into it, as her mind got completely invaded by her captain taking control of her brain.

Now she tried to calm herself down by completely getting her focus into gardening, and just shut her mind off regarding the crew's matters for today. But she did not notice that Luffy has arrived and has gone up to a place where he's not often going around, around the area of the main mast. She didn't want to see his face right now so much that she even asked Sanji personally to reserve some food for her during breakfast ao that they won't meet.

"You're watering your flowers, huh?"

She straightened up her back, still refusing to face him, she felt her cheek tingle with a sensation of a sweat running down from her face.

'This is bad, I have to get away.'

She inhaled deeply to exhaled it slowly to calm herself down, from a probable voice crack.

"...Yes..."

"Um, I-I've still got something to do though. And I think it would be excellent if you don't bother me for a moment, since I'm busy...well then."

With quick steps, she escaped the area that contains the presence of her captain. Having her thoughts completely bombarded, she walked aimlessly with questions asking to herself, like.

'What's wrong with me? Why is this happening to me?'

Biting her lower lip, while having a troubled look carved visibly unto her face.

'I knew I liked Luffy for a long time, but even I did not expect it to be of such an extent that it could have such an effect on me. I am not acting like myself anymore.'

She tightly shut her eyes as this time her face suddenly redden like a ripe tomato.

When she realized this, she gently slapped her cheeks by both hands to stop thinking about it, and focus. Still, it had no effect.

'Am I going crazy!?'

Robin just continued to walk without having a destination set, she did not realize however that she has completely entered into the aquarium bar.

Finally, she snapped out and realized it as if she just got teleported. Looking around, she did not even realize she's completely heading to this place.

Aquarium bar is also one of her favorite places in the Sunny's, where she could freely isolate herself from others with silence and relaxation, where she's freely sipping, tasting different kinds of beverages, and also viewing the wide glass full of different kinds of aquatic species. This could probably be as to why she has entered this place instinctively, knowing deep down this is her comfort zone.

The woman paused as she noticed a certain Fishman, sitting somewhere on the couch.

"Jinbei!..."

Robin reflexively uttered his name.

Jinbei also noticed Robin's presence. He then happily greeted the woman, smiling while pouring himself a cup of sake.

"Oh, Robin, you here for a drink too?"

"... I'm sorry, but I don't feel like drinking right now."

She retorted, smiling back at him.

"Oh, is that so? But what are you going to do with that watering can?"

He curiously pointed at the watering can she used to water some plants at the deck, earlier.

It never came into her mind, because the moment Luffy appeared, she just suddenly turn her brain off on autopilot, forgetting about the watering can which she is still holding.

Noticing that she's still holding onto it, she was silently embarassed, bending her back to place it on the floor at the corner, telling him honestly with a casual giggle.

"Oh, Fufufu~ I kinda forgot that I was still holding onto it, how odd."

Jinbei's favorite spot in the Sunny is also the Aquarium bar, Robin and him enjoyed drinking together sometimes in here.

He slightly raised an eyebrow suspiciously.

"Hm... Lately, I've been kinda feeling that you're having something weighing you down. Tell me, Robin, did something happen?."

By hearing that, she swallowed unnoticeably. She knew herself that Jinbei's intuition is the truth.

"Uhm...No, I-I don't think so."

Even as though her tone sounded fairly normal, her gesture, however completely tells the contrary, as she gently rubs her fingers together, and lightly stepping back. Even just by an inch, Jinbei could certainly see that this calm, cool and collected archaeologist has something troubling her.

However, he knew that the story isn't him to obtrude, it is hers to tell. If she wants to keep it a secret, then she is freely allowed to. It is not Jinbie's attribute, prying onto one's secrets.

Jinbei just nodded at it with a light kind smile emanating from him, as if he understood.

"I see."

For Robin's part, Jinbei's trusting appearance made her feel guilty, looking as if he is counting on her, and he completely trusted her. She flickered her eyes downward as she pondered about this.

The woman thought smartly, Jinbei is one of the closest people to Luffy, he knew him well being as a man himself. Not to be mistaken, she knew Luffy greatly too, but a man's connection towards each other is just something different.

And probably, Jinbei could give her some advise regarding love, which she admittedly contains zero experience with. Who knows? He's probably an experienced person as such a guy like himself. If so, Robin would want to seek out help from him.

She has decided.

She shook her head off.

"No, actually, Jinbei..."

Robin found it difficult to convey it straightly. Unlike that time where she apprised Nami about her feelings towards their captain, this time, she found it difficult to admit it towards another person.

For Jinbei, however, this sight of Robin looks new to him, he never saw the woman look this much troubled before. He noticed that the smart, calm and collected woman just turned into something new in front of his eyes.

"... It's about Luffy..."

Jinbei raised an eyebrow upon hearing Luffy's name suddenly being brought up.

"Hm yes, what about Luffy?"

She clutched her clothes tightly.

"It's kind of unexpected, but now that you're here, I'd like to ask you for some advice!"

"..."

"You see, about 'Luffy'... I-I like him, and-and... I don't know what to do about this feeling!"

The woman paused and straightened up her head to see the fishman's reaction. And indeed, as she thought, he was wide eyed by such statement from her.

She continued.

"I have never been into a single relationship before, and I feel so helpless. That's why, Jinbei... If maybe... if maybe, you could help me!?"

The raven haired archaeologist looked, what's something could be called, 'so full of emotion', in which the always calm and unemotional woman she is, no one could ever imagine for her to be wearing such a face.

"Pfft!... GYAHAHAHAHA~"

The Helmsman was taken out by surprise, so much that he couldn't help but cackle so loudly, tapping his knees so ridiculously and clutching his stomach.

Robin did not expect such reaction from him. Now she's fatally embarrassed, after through all that effort she carried out, Robin never imagined, out of all people she'd told among the crewmembers, he's the one who she expected the least to to be taking it with jest.

Robin's face was red, her eyes almost felt teary, just like a child that's being teased. She immediately regretted why she ever told someone about her feelings.And what's worse, it's about both their own captain too.

However still, she gathered up all the courage, how could Jinbei, of all people laugh at her honest feelings? Now she wanted to crawl down into a hole and hibernate forever, never to be seen again.

"W-Why are you... laughing?"

Jinbei realized how much of a bully he seemed right now. So he wanted to clarify it to her that his reaction was being misunderstood, stretching his hand towards her, and even though it's quite a far distance, he only did it to stop her from maybe walking away, facing her his palm.

"No wait, please don't take it the wrong way. I don't mean to make fun of you at all. It's just that, I found it really... really interesting that you could have such a 'side' with you."

"S-side?... what are you talking about?"

By this, Jinbei once again let out a light chuckle.

"Just you not noticing it yourself what change it made you, makes it even more interesting."

Again, she realized with her self that she's acting so unlikely of her usual self once again! Usually, she wouldn't even bat an eye if someone ever laughed at her, or even ridiculed her. But now, she feels so annoyed and mortified.

"What an amazing man our captain is, to be making such a naturally composed woman, into a blushing school girl!..Way to go, Luffy!"

"...Ehh?!"

Robin was too stunned to speak, but instead gasped out of such statement.

"Why don't you take a sit first?"

Jinbei offered her to sit next to him, with at least 1 meter distance.

Robin did as what she's told, and walked closer then sitting on the couch.

The helmsman smiled at her.

"You seeking for some advice, huh? I don't think I'd be much of help, but what is it that you want me to aid ya?"

"You'd help me?"

"Why would there be a reason I wouldn't? This is such a huge revelation, that even right now still astounds me. Who would have thought you would be falling for the captain...hm, but on the other hand, I guess it's only natural for you do so."

"Why do you think so?"

"Why do I think so?... hm, well... At first glance, it doesn't really look that obvious, because of how I've seen the relationship you've got with Luffy as far as I've joined you guys. For me, you would much fittingly suit to look like a mature Onee-san for him. "

"But when you come thinking deeper into it, didn't he save you from the jaws of the World Government? The one who haunted you the rest of your life?... I guess it would logical for the Princess to be fallen in love with the Prince who saved her, locked up in the dragon's castle."

"A Princess!?...t-thats..."

It made her slightly embarrassed.

Jinbei grinned.

"So, what is it, that you'd want me to help you about?"

The woman blinked and calmly asked him.

She flickered her eyes to the side.

"Well, yesterday something really em-"

"Ah, Please wait a moment, I have something to ask..."

Jinbei faced his palm towards her.

"Before that, I'd like to know why you would ask for a helping advice from me of all people? I know you're a smart woman, I never thought you would seek out help for yourself."

The Fishman never asked with any insults behind his words, but instead, of pure curiosity and wonder.

For Robin however, during the journey throughout yet finding the One Piece, a time before Luffy even became the pirate king, she firsthand never experienced blushing nor getting her composure taken out by him, unlike now. Yes, she is completely aware of her dissimilar outlook towards him since then, and she knew what she's feeling for Luffy is something special unlike how she looks at other crewmembers.

However, the woman forced to disregard herself with a fixed mindset, that she is contended with her relationship with her captain to be left as friends, and to never think about daydreaming about it again, while suppressing her own feelings and ignoring her own butterflies.

That is until Luffy has told her that he is actually looking up and enthused with having a woman in his life. Those words acted like a trigger that aroused the sleeping passion within her. The pent up feelings she thought she could never express to the captain for the rest of her life, which before she decided she would just leave it at that barrier of friendship was dissolved like a smoke. Like a dam collapsing, making the water it contained burst wild and destroying anything within it's path.

That's how a woman who was secretly in love, made those hidden feelings gush out uncontrollably that even she unknowingly give out. Making her into someone who she never been in her entire life of darkness, a woman who could never control her emotions, not a strong, independent, and mature woman, but a 'girl' who is weak by a mere gaze, a blushing mess, as if she was in her youth that she never experienced.

But of course, she herself never realized so, and simply told Jinbei, with a modest interpretation.

"As you may have already known, Luffy... he's kinda dense when it comes to romance and stuff, and I'm also inexperienced when it comes into such things. That's why, I'm asking you, Jinbei, to help to me get to him "

Robin was elegantly sitting down with her back straightened while facing Jinbei, as both her hands lightly squeezed her own both knees, that's being met together like an inverted V

He calmly looked at her.

"Like, to help you get him to be attracted to you?"

With such direct interpretation, Robin's ears turned into a warm dusty pink as she hesitatingly nodded.

"Yes... with Luffy as being right now. How he sees me, is nothing different to how he views his male friends, like Chopper, Usopp, and Zoro."

She shyly massaged her hand.

"I-I want him to see me as a woman, and not like a friend, or a crewmember, or a sister figure!... I've tried, but..."

Seeing as what happened yesterday, when that split second kiss almost happened, but Luffy didn't even care. It actually made her heart sore, even if her heart was hammering down, it still made her a little bit mad at Luffy even just a little bit from a lack of care about such matters, she felt a mixture of fondness, sadness, and bothered at the same time.

"See, Jinbei... Do I sound that desperate?"

Seeing the orb of her wide dark blue eyes, with her face imprinted with a small frown. Clearly she is feeling negative about herself, so Jinbei wanted to assure her that...

Jinbei closed his eyes then gently swayed his neck side by side, he said

"No, not at all, you are genuine about your feelings, and that is by no means a sign of dreariness."

"But, 'Luffy'... he already gave me a life and helped me accomplish my dreams which took multiple lives by how Impossible it could be achieved, he gave me shelter, and most of all, a family; which is you, guys."

"I couldn't help but feel so greedy for wanting more; after all things he did for me, I even put shamelessly to desire him."

The archaeologist confessed.

Jinbei gently placed his hand over her shoulder, grinning.

"It's fine!"

Robin looked into Jinbei's eyes that only confirms his genuineness.

All it took was such simple words, then her soul was invigorated; lightly huffing out all her worries as her lips naturally turned into an arching smile.

And so, Robin told all the stories, talking about their captain.

And Jinbei, like a love guru, gave out advice for her regarding such matter.

"Oh, so Luffy actually wants to get married, huh? Not like I expected him to be single for the rest of his life, I just didn't expect him to be seeking it himself. Also, he personally asked you to teach him about that, that only means he trust you so much!"

"For him to think he could learn from you. That's a good plus for you, Robin. And also, about the embarrassing thing you did yesterday, and the reason why you're completely avoiding him now."

Jinbei gently rubs his chin as he thinks.

"Hm... then how about you continue doing that?"

"Avoid him, why?... Shouldn't I instead go and act like nothing happened, if I wanted to be closer with him...s-sensually?"

Jinbei teasingly smirked at her.

"Can you, though? To act like nothing happened? Judging by what I witnessed with my two eyes, how you were so red and stuttering just by merely talking about him, tells me a lot already."

By being confronted about her own different outcomes, her face drew lines of red, once more.

"That's why... Why don't you continue to avoid him, to be coy so he will personally seek you out. Not to brag by my ignorant past, but, it works really well for me."

"There's no way Luffy will do that! To chase me!?"

"But didn't you say that he came right into finding you, because he wants to learn about love? I'm sure you're aware already, but he did that because that's his goal."

He smirked, and giving her a thumbs up.

"Luffy's goal is absolute, he will pursue his goal no matter what the road is, that is the Pirate King as he is! And that's also the reason why he will want to seek you out, for he thinks that you're the only one who could teach him about that new goal."

Robin, with determined eyes nodded so cutely. Memorizing all what Jinbei is saying, she don't need any notes, being a genius as she is, she could easily remember whatever words that comes out of the Fishman's mouth.

It's been five days since then.

Robin has been constantly avoiding Luffy whenever he comes and tries to interact with her. Although doing so never failed to giver her a thought that she is like a girl who wants to be chased around. And when she comes thinking about it, her self esteem shatters, she always tells herself that 'she isn't like that at all', while in a red face.

Flashing back into the scenes of which she tried to shrug him off.

"Hey Robin! I have something to ask you. Shishishishi~"

Luffy appeared like a ghost in front of her, instinctually taking a step back out of her.

She took a quick pivot, completely changing her direction.

"Uhm... Maybe next time, I'm currently doing something."

The other day.

...

The door creaked open entirely, revealing an image of a man standing before the door's entrance, then audibly gasping when seeing the sight of a certain person.

"Ahh!..."

"Hey, Robin, why aren't you at the library yesterday? I tried to find you, but I couldn't. Where did you go anyway?"

Luffy came right in, wearing an annoyed expression, entering the woman's chambers without even knocking, making the woman jolt in surprise from her woolgathering.

She was caught reclining down comfortably on the cushy sofa, reading a book that appeared with its coverings in designs of hearts, but Luffy never bothered to read it's title as his eyes directly focused at her, waiting for the woman's answer.

Robin was alone at the room, and was secretly pleased that Nami wasn't with her, as the navigator took her turn into the shower just now.

"Luffy, it's ethical to knock first, before entering."

She calmly uttered, complaining about his inappropriate behavior, although in reality, she knew already that Luffy is that kind of guy, but she find it amusing otherwise to say it.

Luffy exclaimed as sigh.

"Hahh... Fine!"

Saying before he turned his back and walks out of the room, grabbing the handle as he closed the door behind him. Then he knocks into into it from the other side.

Knock Knock!*

Robin didn't answer from inside, and just wore a face of bewilderment.

Luffy waited for what seemed like three seconds, when he did not get any response from the knock, before opening the closed door again.

"Okay, so... Why did you not come, yesterday?"

He asked again, huffing up, and placing both his hands into his waist.

She answered with a voice of carelessness out if her lips.

"Oh, that?... I was really busy yesterday with something really important, I'm sorry."

"Oh, Is that so?"

Luffy rolled his eyes sullenly, until she has talks with him that maybe next time could work until he finally decides to leave.

This, shrugging him off continued for several days, taking a toll out of her, Robin found out that she couldn't bear to not see him, and also, increasing the guilt she felt as she perpetually ignored him.

Although what Jinbei actually adviced is excellently going as what he's planned, the woman could never bear to always ignore her captain, who's everyday, always coming to meet her with that eyes of innocence, she felt as if she's totally just toying with him. A thought that made her depressingly feel bad.

That's why this evening, she is planning on finally meeting with him, to apologize about her indelibly shaking him off. Obviously, her mouth will be only limited to that, keeping her deal with Jinbei a secret between her and him only.

Robin sat herself into the dresser, facing herself into a fairly large mirror to get ready to meet her captain tonight.

Rocking into her seemingly fine formal clothing, a milky white floral laced ruched dress that she struggled for at least an hour to choose which one to finally wear between the other option, styling her silky raven hair into a simple ponytail, allowing strands of bangs to freely fall down into her smooth unblemished face, brushing her face off with a light stroke of make up, and a natural coloured lipstick gently glossing through her lips.

Robin is however much aware they were in the middle of the ocean on a single ship, yet she's dressed as if she would be going out on a date, but nothing could be stopping her to be looking aesthetically pleasing tonight. Finally, puffing up a fog of favorite perfume right directed above the collarbone of her neck, now as if a declaration that she is prepared to go, a light pat was sent directly into her lap with a subtle let out of breath.

She gently turned her head behind as she stood up. She is pretty much alone in the room, and she wondered where the orange haired woman could be, since she could never be seen since earlier. At this hour, she should be in the women's chambers, doing her usual thing or reading a book, or just laying down the bed, until she finally falls asleep.

But she is unusually absent at this hour, so the big sister archaeologist is a bit worried, however, realizing that maybe she could be just somewhere around the deck and maybe at the Aquarium Bar, drinking or maybe even the library, where it is her and Luffy's usual rendezvous. But she smartly think that even if Nami could be at the library, it's surely fine, since Luffy could not be at around the library right now.

Since it is Luffy's turn with the schedule to be the night watch where it is a duty to guard the ship for the he whole night on a rotating schedule between the crewmembers. Furthermore, it is past the scheduled time for the time she's set on her tutelage, teaching Luffy, about things about marriage he's most confused with. Ultimately, any hope Luffy could be in the library is nil.

So she is planning on going straight up into the lookout tower on top of the foremast of the ship, wherein where you were tasked to be guarding the surrounding with a broad sight.

She briskly flickered her eyes side by side, making sure that nobody sees her, she walked stealthily as if back in her days with her role as an assassin, her sandals delicately clacked at the subtle contact against the wooden deck.

The moon was in it's full form, brightly eluminating the whole ocean's calmness, complimenting with the cold salty breeze. Everyone was probably doing their thing inside, or probably sleeping already. However, among the silence of the night, Robin heard a familiar chuckle.

"Shishishishi~"

Her head was directed towards the origin where the sound was located, around the main mast. There she saw a figure of a man wearing a large grin on his face, sitting at the frame above, where Robin could only see half of Luffy's body as it was mostly covered with the sight of tangerines planted on the way.

She happily uttered his name.

"Luffy!"

'I thought Luffy could be up in the watchtower, but I almost forgot, Luffy couldn't stay in the same place for five minutes. Fufufu~'

She jovially thought.

The mature woman's lips formed into a bright smile upon the sight of the man. With fast delicate steps Robin headed up to him.

With quite feverish smile, she greeted him, with their distance with each other a mere steps away, still, he is sitting on the frame, facing the planted tangerine trees."

"Luffy~! What are you doing up here?"

Her excitement could never be hidden beneath her tone, when she met him. The woman inexplicably acted involuntary upon such reaction.

Luffy's eyes, from looking at his side to facing the voice who called up to him, widening his eyes, as a smile began to be visible on his face the moment his eyes was set upon her.

Raising an arm, he greeted the woman who was charmingly approaching with her white floral ruched dress that terminated just above her ankles.

"Oh, hey, Robin!"

Unlike how she appeared before him with quite a get up to incite the last time, she now realized how the before confident woman she is, wearing just whatever she wants, turned into an insecure girl just by receiving a simple gaze from him at that time.

That's why right now, she felt much confident meeting up with him wearing a formal get up.

-"Eh!?"-

Robin heard a familiar voice that followed Luffy's, and it intrigued her, discovering there's someone together with him, and judging by it's voice, she probably knew who it was.

'Someone is with him... Don't tell me...'

She slowly walked closer up to him warily, untill finally, getting past that tangerine tree. There revealed a certain woman, sitting on a frame beside Luffy.

Her orange wavy hair, glistened brightly that it reflected upon the moonlight vividly, creating a red orange mixture, accompanying the enveloping darkness of the night. The tattoo on her left shoulder looked dim, but still however visible by the night. The white tank top she's wearing complimented her curvy body as same goes with her denim shorts, whilst crossing her legs gorgeously.

Supporting herself wildly with both her hands planted at the either side, balancing herself from sitting on the railings.

It was Nami, who was with Luffy all this time, and she looked directly at the newly approached raven with a flabbergasted look.

Nami's lips went slightly open as their eyes met, and the same goes for Robin.

Both uttering each other's names in the state of surprise.

"Nami!?"

"Robin?!"

Hello, It is me once again, and I would like to apologize about abandoning this story for a long time. It is simply because I don't find the inspiration to continue to write further. And about what I should do, and come to up with the scenes.

But now, we're at the 8th chapter, talking about Robin and digging further into her reasons about her out of character behaviors.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS CHAPTER, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

BECAUSE I DO ENJOY READING YOUR OPINIONS, THANK YOU!!!