Our Arranged Love Story Point 5

Chapter 7.5

What really happened?

A shot glass was suddenly slammed on the bar counter and Nami stretched her hand out for the umpteenth time to grab the wine bottle but Robin stole it away just in time.

She was careless and had only recently noticed outside of their engrossing conversation that the lady of the hour hadn't stopped with the alcohol intake. Even long after winning that drinking contest with Zoro, she was still able to hold her liquor and Robin was more worried for her than impressed.

"Nami, I think that you need to hold off the alcohol."

"You're absolutely right. I should stop right about now."

"Then why are you reaching for the same bottle I've just taken away?"

Nami's already rosy cheeks darkened and she rubbed at her eyes. Was beginning to slip in and out of consciousness and her thinking felt disorientated.

"Do you do this often?"

"No. I don't. Tonight, I just got a little carried away. I shouldn't have drank so much..."

Nami tried to keep her senses by pulling at her eyelids. She hoped that she wasn't drunk right now. Nojiko said that she tended to say some weird shit during those times and now was not the place nor the time. And the last thing she wanted to do was embarrass herself.

Her eyes widened suddenly then dimmed. Something inside her snapped and her train of reasonable thought blanked out. She had lost it.

"Nami?"

"Hm?"

"How many fingers am I holding up right now?"

"What? I don't know. Three maybe?"

Robin picked up the slur in her voice and returned her single outstretched finger to her palm where she leaned her head.

"You're drunk."

"Drunk?"

"Yup."

"Cool."

Nami swiveled around in her stool glancing around at the room's occupants. This grabbed Robin's attention.

"Looking for someone?" The archaeologist came to realize that Ms. Cartographer had her eyes transfixed on a certain captain.

"Hey... Robin, right?"

"That's right." Robin blinked.

"Who's that guy? He looks so familiar but I can't remember his name."

Questioned person was seated by himself and he had his head thrown back with laughter after listening to one of Brook's jokes.

"He has a kind face." She sucked in her breath when he looked her way and smiled at her. "And so handsome."

"That's Luffy."

"Monkey D. Luffy."

"That's right." Robin was having too much fun with this. "The two of you know each other."

"You're kidding."

"I'm not. How about you go over and say Hi."

Nami nodded and downed her empty shot glass. "I'm gonna do it."

She left her seat to approach him but turned back quickly to ask the archaeologist one more question.

"Do I look okay?"

"Better than okay. You are stunning in that wedding dress you have on."

"Wedding dress? I'm married?"