Doll (Sequel To Blue)

Luxuries

You couldn't help but feel proud for the amount of work you'd put in helping Franky out. He ended up needing to do a fair bit of maintenance on some other things in the basement and took the time to teach you as he went. You could only assume he was confident that you'd stay long enough for the information to come handy again at a later date.

The entire day was spent down there busying yourself with manual labor, only getting interrupted a couple times when Robin came down to bring food and drinks and demanded the both of you take breaks. By the end of it, you were exhausted, unaccustomed to such prolonged hours of manual labor. In the past, you would have kept up with it rather easily but you'd really gotten lax with how much you'd pushed yourself to keep more physically tough. But you had a feeling that'd change if you really did decide to stick around.

When you both dragged yourselves back upstairs to the main floor later in the evening, you were covered in a layer of grease and grime. Your fingers were stained almost black and there was oil and other things coating your shirt and jeans. You were sure the clothes were beyond saving and while that was fine with the shirt, you were a little bummed about the pants.

You'd stopped at the edge of the aquarium and swiped at a thick bit of dirt on your jeans, thinking you just may be able to save the clothes for another time you did something messy.

"So how was your first day?" Robin asked.

She and Nami were sitting across the room on the bench, turned toward each other with their knees bumping together occasionally.

"Messy." You plucked at the edge of the shirt for emphasis. "But.....not bad."

"Franky is usually a delight to work with." Robin hummed. "I'm glad to hear things went well."

"You know, it'll be a while longer until Sanji has dinner put together." Nami cleared her throat and looked towards the second staircase. "I'd say there's enough time for a bath (Y/n)."

"Thanks, but I'll be fine with just a quick shower."

"Have you checked out our bath yet?"

"Upstairs? No."

Both the women suddenly gave you delighted smiles.

"Trust me, you're going to want a bath." Robin stood and turned towards the hall leading to the bedrooms. "Us girls can take one together, I'll get us something to change into."

"You're going to love this." Nami insisted as she got up and started nudging you towards the second set of stairs despite your objections.

Franky had quickly disappeared without a word, probably to clean himself off in the main floor bathroom since the girls had practically abducted you. That being said, you weren't interested on having to wait for him to finish so you could get clean. The bath was going to have to work, though you weren't sure if you could get as excited as Nami and Robin for a shared bath.

"I forget you never really had a chance to explore up here." Nami began as you resigned yourself to follow her up the stairs.

"Yeah, we seemed to only ever have time for the first floor."

"Well if you ask me, all the best stuff is up here." Nami hit the top of the staircase and gestured widely to the open space around her.

And for the first time, you decided that there may be a view comparable to the one at the coffee shop. This first room looked to be more like another sitting space but the wall facing the city was lined in large windows, showing an entirely different perspective of the place you used to call home. And even more than that, there was a domed portion of the ceiling, also covered in windows and letting in a startling amount of natural light despite the sunset that was beginning to change the sky's colors.