I Like This Feeling, Don't You?

in ichiba island

Afternoon sun put the crew in misery as they waited for the women on the ship to come out of their quarter's. The sun, placed smacked in the middle of the sky, had no remorse radiating more heat than usual on the Straw Hat pirates. They felt as if they were being fried alive and couldn't handle any more of lying around on the ship's deck. Some were about to storm in there and pull them out of their room but knew that wasn't wise to do. After all, only six minutes had passed when they first waited patiently.

"I can't take this! Luffy, you're the captain! Tell them we hit the island already!" Usopp cried, shaking the rubber man's shoulders back and forth. Though the long-nose pirate should've known better than to ask him to do such a thing.

Luffy easily complied. "Ok!"

Zoro, Franky, and Chopper pulled their captain away from where he was heading, not allowing him to see Nami. "Nope. Not happening."

The sharpshooter nodded then bowed his head, remembering that he's most likely the person that set off Nami's vexation. "You're right, sorry. Bad idea. Definitely not Luffy."

"Then I'll go see my lovely ladies!" Sanji merrily told, already racing to the women's quarters. The crew didn't stop him, thinking he's the best candidate to check on the navigator and archaeologist while being okay with receiving, what the cook calls, a 'punch of love' from Nami. As he was about to knock, the door creaked open, revealing Robin holding a few papers in hand. The curly-brow blonde put a hand out in front of him for the older woman to take. "Robin-chwan, we have been waiting for you." He politely said.

The female fruit user kindly smiled and let him place a peck on the back of her hand. Although Sanji was baffled by her permission, he didn't hesitate but lay the softest kiss on her also soft hands. "I hope you weren't waiting too long, cook-san."

"We weren't!" And it was true. It just felt like an hour.

Robin made her way to the center of the deck and the men took that as cue of her wanting to make an announcement. "I'm quite surprised all of you decided to take an afternoon nap at the same time. I almost had a hard time managing the ship. Aren't you curious as to how we're, now, on bay?"

"Now that I think about it, you're right." Usopp replied. When Nami reports of the ship almost nearing the island, she'd start throwing commands to the men to steer the Thousand Sunny straight there. But today, the men were able to rest easy. "But why didn't you just wake us up instead of doing it on your own?"

Robin smiled. "Ah. I wanted to give it a try. My Hana Hana powers were quite useful in such a situation." She lied. Robin rather prefer watching them work with the ship than for her to do so. Who wouldn't?

As he listened the older's woman delicate voice, Sanji couldn't get the thought of his lips meeting contact with his sweet Robin-chwan's hand out of his head. Such a moment was unforgettable to person like himself. And as he began to fantasize about the other things the archaeologist might also let him do in the future, he became greedier for more of that allowance and wondered if Nami-swan would let him do the same. He was ashamed he forgot about the beautiful navigator for a few minutes and didn't realize her absence on the ship. It was now his mission to get her out of the women's quarters but that only made him question why she hadn't exited with Robin earlier. "I apologize, Robin-chwan! But it doesn't feel right to not have both ladies on deck. I'll go get her!" Before he could turn around, she heard her tell him not to go.

"There's no need. She already left an hour ago." The older woman said.

Brook and Franky shared perplexed looks. The skeleton spoke. "Is that so? Nonetheless, Nami-san always gives us instructions before exploring a new island."