Lay Your Heart Near Mine

Chapter 17

"Hey Robin,"

The archeologist looked up to see Nami entering the library. Putting down her book, she watched as the navigator stood beside her.

"Yes ?"

"Do you know where Sanji is? I need to ask him about the food stock. Usually he's in the kitchen but he's not there and I already checked the stock room and-"

Stopping Nami's rant, Robin decided to shed some light on her search. " He's sleeping in the swordsmans room."

Nami scrunched up her face. " He would  be there when I need him." Nami muttered as she grabbed a seat across from the archeologist. Slumping down in the chair, she let out a sigh.

"Something wrong?" Robin asked as she took in the navigators stiff shoulders.

" I've been thinking about our current predicament at the moment."

This caused Robin to raise an eyebrow. 'Our current predicament? ' she thought as she now put her full attention on Nami.

"What do you mean?"

Leaning back in her chair, Nami said

" We're gonna run into some trouble sooner or later and Zoro could be at risk. Even though he's pregnant, he'd still try to help out and if he gets hurt, well we're gonna be named the Slaughter Pirates cause that's just what Luffy and Sanji will end up doing. Because I want what's best for the crew, I've talked to Franky and arranged a few things, I'm just unsure how that stuborn bastards gonna take it."

"If you don't mind Navigator-san, what are these arrangements?"

Turning towards Robin with an evil smile, Nami said "Well, Franky gave me a great idea the other day when he was talking about you and his private times." Nami smiled at the archeologists blush. " He said that he was capable of making sound proof walls and doors with special locks and force."

"Could you elaborate more?" Robin asked as she wilted her blush to disappear.

" I agreed to buy Franky whatever tools he needs at the next island if he could make doors that could with stand brute force and can only be locked with a special key as well as walls to hold in sounds." Giggling at her brilliant idea, Nami added " I've also talked about alarms with him. It would be good to be able to signal the others about marines without having to yell across the ship."

Frowning, Robin thought this over. As good as those arrangements sounded, they could have some flaws, but the biggest flaw was the last arrangement." If you will Navigator-San."

Coming out of her fantasy, Nami directed her attention to Robin.

" The alarms may be good, but wouldn't they alert the swordsman of the marines and make him want to use brute force. Also, wouldn't it bother them when the baby is born."

Starting at Robin, Nami leaned back into the chair and put a hand to her head. Closing her eyes she said, "Yeah well that's one of the problems im trying to solve."

"oh?" Robin said with interest. "What's the real problem then?"

Glaring at nothing in particular, Nami muttered "Luffy."

Raising an eyebrow, Robin waited for Nami to continue. " He's just so dense. I mean, do I practically have to spell out my feelings for him or what. Everyone's love lives have gotten increasingly better while mines is just..."

"I'm certain that things will get better soon . Our captain may be very carefree but he alway sees the feelings of others. He might feel the same way towards you that you feel towards him and just doesn't entirely realize it."