A Wish on a Comet (Luffy x OC)

Chapter 65

With no longer having a ship to go back to, the Straw Hats were only able to go to Galley La for a place to sleep in. And now that Usopp is back in the crew, he's bunking with Chopper and Zoro in their room with Zira tagging along.

As soon as everyone got to a bed, they didn't hesitate to sleep off the exhaustion they had from the fight at Enies Lobby.

The only one that couldn't sleep that night was the wind girl herself. Not just because Luffy's arms are coiled around her body six times so that her back is glued to his chest.

So many things have happened in just one day, that she barely had time to process it all. All the battles she faced, the crew's acceptance of her, and even meeting her brother, was so surreal that it's almost hard to believe it all happened.

Lucky for her, the occasional squeeze Luffy gives her, along with his warm breath hitting the back of her neck, helps her to accept that this is all real.

The joy from knowing that she's able to stay with Luffy like this brings a small smile on her face.

But that leaves a new question for her.

What now?

Enies Lobby is done, but there's a few more adventures left before they reach the Red Line. And after they make it there, comes the separation, and the war...

Her smile falls at remembering that Ace's battle with Blackbeard is approaching. She knows that she gave him some notes back in Alabasta, but if he still loses, she doesn't know how she's going to handle everything.

She promised Luffy that she won't spoil the future, but she can't just stand on the sidelines while he's fighting for his brother's life. She needs to be at Marineford with him.

If she manages to save Ace though, she needs to make sure that Luffy still does his 2 year training with Rayleigh. Can she even do that?

She lightly sighs at the new problems that seem to be growing in her mind by the second, just when a poke on her cheek brings her back to reality.

She twitches when she finds a single hand waving to her on the nightstand next to her, and then points to the window.

Even if she didn't look, she would tell that Robin is perched just outside the window, beckoning her over, with a small frown on her face.

Rose returns the small frown, but nonetheless answers the call with a nod.

Robin patiently waits on the roof, while watching Rose roll out of bed, with Luffy's arms still attached to her. She had to suppress a smile when watching Rose phasing out of Luffy's arms, and the limbs ricocheting back to their owner.

A smile forced itself onto her face though when she saw the limbs reaching back towards the wind girl, much to the target's shock. She's quick to open the window to let Rose have an escape when she runs for it, flies out the window, with Robin shutting it right after for the hands to hit the window.

Rose sits down in front of the closed window, and tiredly looks at the hands that chased her to see them reeling back to Luffy. "I swear, his hands have a mind of their own."

Robin giggles at the comment as she stands up, and offers a hand for her. "Are you alright?"

Rose sees the hand, turns away from it, and stands up on her own. "I'm fine, what exactly do you want?"

Robin loses her smile at the coldness, but doesn't blame her after the way she treated her. "Sorry for bothering you, is it ok if we talk?"

The wind girl is cautious, but she knows that she can't keep things as they are between them if they're staying in the same crew. "Alright, but let's get away from the window. I don't want Luffy's hands coming at me again."