One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Seventy Two [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Seventy-Two-

"Now, prepare to die!" the warthog snarled as she raised her swords high, taking advantage of the fact that the two of us were dazed and nothing more than a sorry pile of limbs on the ground after our fall.

"Wait! You got it all wrong!" Nami flinched as she quickly recovered. "I-I'm a transvestite—a man!" Nami frantically shouted, scrambling to sit us both up as she clasped our hands together and pulled me close. "Isn't that right, Skylar?" she asked, pressing her cheek against mine.

"Uh...yeah, that's right..." I slowly nodded before flinching when the warthog suddenly turned her attack onto me, not wasting a second to redirect her anger toward the other woman that her supposed husband was lusting after.

"No, wait! Skylar's my lover!" Nami quickly lied as she pulled me even closer, causing the sow to halt her attack and curiously look between us with a look of disbelief as she stared in puzzlement at the two of us.

"That's right! I'm her l-lover" I choked, struggling to get the word out due to how weird and almost unfaithful it sounded to say. Even if it was a lie, it still left a bad taste in my mouth. Pressing ourselves as tightly as we could against one another, we innocently smiled up at the zombie as we held hands. Acting as if we were nothing more than a loving couple that couldn't bear the thought of being away from one another.

"What?!" the warthog squealed, her voice suddenly sounding more high-pitched than it had moments ago.

"What?!" Chopper gasped in shock...bless his poor heart, he probably thought we were being serious.

"Oh, come on" Usopp frowned.

"Y-you mean it?" the warthog hesitantly asked as she finally started to lower her swords

"Yeah! Crossdressing is just a hobby of mine—I'm not joking!" Nami shook her head. "Isn't that right, sweetie?" she sweetly smiled as she now directed everyone's attention onto me.

"Y-yes," I nodded, "I'm very supportive of my darling's life decisions!" I strainedly smiled. "He's just so quirky and unique" I cooed, cutely rubbing my nose against the ginger's to help further sell the illusion we were together as I gave our intertwined hands a gentle squeeze.

"Right!" Nami nodded. "And I think you and that Absalom guy make a super cute couple—you should totally hook it up, girlfriend" she urged with a grin, hoping that if she encouraged the sow in her romantic endeavor then she'd be less likely to kill us once she discovered we were lying.

"Agreed, you two are particularly a match made in Heaven!" I chirped. "Any man would be lucky to have such a passionate woman like yourself in his life!"

"You think?" the warthog tilted her head.

"Of course we do, you were made for each other" Nami and I sweetly smiled.

"To be completely honest, I was beginning to lose hope..." the warthog confessed, her head drooping. "All this time...no one has ever offered me a single word of encouragement..." she sadly muttered, dropping to her hands and knees as I softly frowned. Even if she was the enemy and had been trying to kill us in a delusional rage, I couldn't help but feel sympathy for her. "You don't know how much it means, thank you! Thank you!" she hiccuped as she tearily looked up at us.

"Raise your head high—it's okay, you don't have to thank us for saying that" Nami softly smiled as we stood up. "We're friends! My name is Namizo, but my friends call me Nami, and my lover here is Skylar" it still felt weird hearing her call me that...

Yep, this was a lie I definitely didn't want Zoro to hear about.

"We're friends, Nami? Skylar?" the warthog sniffed as if surprised.