Jaws
Nami leaned against the boat and glared at the cook across from her.
"What are you mad at me for?"
"This
is all your fault."
"What,no it's not"
"What's
up with the attitude?"
"I'm not just your love sick
puppy,I can actually calm myself in a crisis."
"Hmm...Maybe
it's split personality."
Sanji rolled his eyes.
"Yeah,exactly,it's
split personality."
"You're acting very out of
character."
"You can't expect me to behave like a moron
every second of day."
"Yeah,but usually around me...Now
that I think of it, we never just hang out."
"You call
this hanging out?"
"That's not what I meant."
The
Mini-Merry rocked violently,throwing the redhead navigator into the
cook's arms.
"Are you okay?"
"Ugh,I'm
fine."
"Okay, get off,please."
"Geez,have a little heart in this crisis."
"Nami, your knee in on my crotch and it hurts."
"Ooooh."
She
moved back to where she was before.
"Sorry
about that."
They stared in silence at each other.
"Sanji,
can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
She shifted
nervously and looked away.
"Do
you like me?"
"You're my nakama."
"I
meant...Like-like."
He raised a curly eyebrow. Nami caught a quick flash of the blush that spread across the cook's face when she asked, but now that rosy-tint was completely gone.
"...Are we teenagers again?"
"...Sanji,we
really are teenagers. You only stop being a teenager when you're
twenty."
"Well,I don't know about you,
but I'm 21"
"You're 19."
"21."
"19.
I asked Zeff when I was at the restaurant."
They stared in silence at each other. Again.
"Wait,
what?"
"Uh?"
"That's not possible. You left
before I officially joined the crew, so you couldn't ask Zeff after.
Why would you have any interest before?"
This time,Nami was
the one who blushed.
"No
reason."
The boat shook violently again.
"Unless...You were interested in me for some reason..."
Both of them blushed violently.
"Of
course not, I was just curious..."
"Really?"
He seemed disappointed.
"Well...I
kinda like you."
"...I kinda like you too."
"So..."
"Yeah...You
want to go have dinner together on the next island we stop
at?"
"Like...A date?"
"I guess you can call
it that."
"Oh.
Okay then."
"Right."
"Thanks."
"For
what?"
"For bringing this up. I would've never have the courage to tell you."
"...Oh...You
know,if this wasn't a crisis I would've never calm myself enough to
actually talk to you. You're too cute."
She looked away.
"Is that why you like me?"
"What?"
"...You
only like me for my looks."
"...Not exactly. It was
something about the way you look that made me fall for you
but..."
"What?"
"There was something in
your eyes. I don't know, something different. Then I got to know you
better. A lot better. And I fell completely for you. You should thank
your sister."
She slowly raised an eyebrow.
"You
feel in love with me because I was a sad little girl?"
"
What can I say, I like to protect. But seriously, it was that
strength of yours."
She looked away.
"I'm
not strong. I just-"
"You are strong. Stronger than me,
at least. What about you?"
"Uh?"
"Why
do you like me?"
"I don't know."
"Sure you
do."
"...You have pretty eyes. And then I learned how
brave and selfless you were. I mean, you had just met me and still,
you went with Luffy and..."
"I know. I'm an idiot."
Both of them smiled.
"You
really are."
"Thanks a lot."
They laughed a
little and looked at each other in silence. A pleasant silence.
"I never realized how funny you were."
He shrugged.
"I
guess I am."
"So...What are we going to do about the
giant sea king circling around us?"
"I would kick it.
But it would swallow me whole. I'm not sure I can kick when I'm being
chewed?"
"And we're just going to wait for the
Sunny?"
"I guess so."
"Any ideas on how to
pass the time?"
He threw her a suggestive look.
"Sanji!"
"What,what
did I say?"
"It's
not what you said,it's what you did?"
"I did
something?"
"You idiot."
Both of then laughed as the boat started shaking violently again.
In : One Piece-SaNa