Chapter - 5
Just as Luffy cracked the door open to exit Sanji stopped him. "Oi shitty captain."
"What's up shitty chef?" Luffy said sporting his usual grin.
"Shut up my cookings A1 dumbass! Anyway listen up..." there was hesitancy to his words. "If were going to Totto Land sooner than later you need to let Nami know." Sanji finished not directly looking at Luffy.
Luffy just stood there confused as hell. Before he just said "oh yeah got it! See ya!"
Chopper heard Sanji's comment assuming he only thought Luffy was there. He silently chuckled to himself about him trying to help out their captain.
"Oi Luffy!!"
"Dammit What is it? Spit it out?!"
Sanji gulped before answering. He was regretting this. "Nami looks nice today." The chef spoke in an unusual tone. Almost as if he didn't mean it, it was a sarcastic tone. Not like his usual perverted tone when he was complimenting the ladies of the sunny. It was lighter almost as if he was informing Luffy to something.
Getting the hint, Luffy nodded excitedly before exciting the room closing the door leaving Sanji alone.
"What the hell did I do?" Sanji half laughed half asked himself. He would love to be a fly on that wall. Luffy acting completely clueless and Nami showing him a thing or two. He was happy for those two. Though they didn't know it others outside the crew that saw their behavior towards each other assumed they were already together. Wasn't it only natural? He remembered his conversation with moss head right after the fiasco at Alabasta. No one took it harder when Vivi left than those two. Naturally they confided in each other one night the two older men saw the younger pair sitting on the head of Ol' Merry. Luffy singing one of his goofy songs he learned from his hometown to make Nami laugh. Neither one of them heard her laugh for days after Vivi left, but there Luffy was just being himself and Nami right alongside him. The words he and Zoro spoke about the scene still rang in his head.
"Do you think it'll ever happen?" Mosshead asked with a curious look towards the young pair.
He remembered wanting nothing more than to say what he usually did that'd he'd kill that shitty captain and to keep his hands off Nami-swan! This one time was different as they listened to Luffy try and teach Nami the words to his songs back from Foosha village. Her smile gleaming even more so than Luffy's. Sanji lit a cigarette taking a long drag from it before answering.
"If he becomes the pirate king, yeah it damn well might." The cigarette already on the ground as he finished it quicker than any past one.
Smiling at the memory Sanji sat up and lit another cigarette. "Since the beginning huh guys?"
~~~
Luffy closed the door to the infirmary. Sanji wasn't lying. The captain always had a certain attraction his navigator. Always wanting to grab her waist and keep her protected. He had yet to fully understand why that was. She did always look good and he would tell her, but for now it would have to wait he had a doctor eager to know what was on his mind.
"Luffy just so you know it's okay, you know I approve." Chopper sang happily his cheeks lighting up.
The captain shifted his hands to behind his head as he started to walk nonchalantly. " I don't know what your talking about Chopper."
"Surrreee you don't Luffy." Chopper teased. Luffy popped one eye open to see the smug expression on the reindeer's face. "Where's Luffy? Luffy? Luffy!" Chopper mimicked as he walked down the hall with Luffy. Chopper couldn't hold it in and was laughing hunching over on the floor to stop.
The man in the red charigan just grimaced slightly not appreciating the imitation.
"Luffy's here! Really Luffy's here? LUFFYYY!" Chopper ran towards Luffy's leg hugging it dramatically before falling onto his back in tears laughing at the captains shame behavior. Luffy couldn't help but chuckle after awhile. It was good to see chopper hadn't lost his innocent nature, he truly was the best of them all.
"That was a good one Chopper!" Luffy finally couldn't help but hunch over as well. After all the death Chopper encountered and failed injuries he could not heal, the doctor never gave up hope. Always pushing, striving, to be the best at what he knows. Choppers thirst for knowledge was enviable to Luffy. He wanted to be as well versed as Chopper was in his field at fighting.
"I admire you, you know that Chopper." Luffy exclaimed causing the reindeer to break out in a self hug shuffle.
"Ah Luffy your such an idiot you don't have to say that." Chopper said dancing happily. It brought joy to Luffy that he could be of help to keep his friend's spirits up. At times like this in war it never changes.
As the two reached the main hallway they ran into Zoro.
"What's up Zoro?!" The pair yelled nearly knocking the swordsman off his balance.
"WHAT THE HELL IDIOTS! INDOOR VOICES!" Zoro screaming causing Luffy and Chopper to lose it.
"YOUR THE ONE SHOUTING ZORO YOU DORK!" Luffy yelled even louder. "Yeah you dork!" Chopper added getting in Zoro's face.
"OH YEAH! WELL HOW ABOUT I-" Zoro was cut off by yelling down the hall way.
"SHUT UP MOSSHEAD SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!" Sanji wailed from inside the infirmary.
Zoro deadpanned at the door. His attention no longer on Luffy and Chopper. With an all to serious attitude about Zoro spoke "Chopper prepare a wheelchair, we'll say the Blackfoot had to be amputated."
"WWWHHHAAAAA!!!" Luffy Chopper and Sanji cried nearly rocking the ship. "I'll be right back." Zoro continued heading towards the infirmary.
Chopper intervened. "Luffy should we stop him?"
Luffy just put his hands behind his head giving his signature grin. "He'll be fine, Zoro really is worried shishishi."
"Shut up idiot rubber captain! Or your next!" Zoro yelled closing the infirmary door. You could hear furniture and insults being hurled even from where Luffy and Chopper stood.
"Nothing really gets to you does it?" Chopper half smiled content to head towards the outer deck. Before they could turn their backs to the infirmary Chopper noticed Luffy was sweat dropping like crazy. His captain look like he got a bucket a cold water on him and was having a seizure.
Luffy..? You alright?" Chopper asked curiosity overcoming the reindeer.
"Get ready." Luffy simply stated and left it that. Before chopper could debate any further what Luffy was so spooked about he felt a cold shiver run through his spine. Turning around he came face to face with a very angry Nami.
"N-Nami so you heard-" Luffy began before being knocked upside the head.
"I heard every word and you guys were too loud! How many times have I said inside voices?" Nami questioning bringing her hands to her hips.
Luffy got up to one knee very slowly careful if he was to get hit again it might be a K.O. "I-I'm sorry."
Nami was about to say something when she heard loud giggling coming from behind the door. Both Zoro and Sanji were crying silent tears trying to hold in laughter. Their captain was getting an earful and paying for their sins. They were so close to bursting out with laughter, all they had to do was hold it in a little longer.