CH 7
"Hey!" Somebody shouted as the elevator doors started closing. Nami pushed the button to hold the door open instinctively, almost spilling the groceries she was carrying.
"Would you hurry? Or I'll let the door close." she called out, when the door started closing again. The apartment in which Sanji lived had weird and really slow elevators, but she wasn't going to take the stairs to the fifth floor carrying the heavy bags full with the stuff he had asked her to buy. She had no idea why he needed soya beans or three sorts of oil, but it wasn't her business anyway.
The cook had asked her to help him with groceries and some other stuff since he was sick and didn't want to bother his father. Nami hadn't gotten the explanation at all in between the lovely-dovely babbling of the cook, that was worse than usual thanks to his faver.
"Sorry, I had a little trouble carrying it through the door." A body behind a huge mirror huffed as both, the person and the mirror, finally stood opposite Nami inside the elevator.
"Which floor?" Nami asked, before pushing the 'close' button since the man was blocking the signals.
"Fifth." he huffed, and lowered the huge piece of furniture. "Thanks."
Nami stared in shock at the man she was sharing the small space with. The man stared back.
"Zoro?" she asked as they missed the second floor. It had taken her some time to remember his name. She had been pretty drunk that evening and had marked him under "hot punk" in her head.
"I have to admit that I have forgotten your name." he confessed after more awkward silence and the elevator slowly passing the third floor.
"Nami." the ginger looked awkwardly into the mirror. "So, um. Do you live here?"
"Nah. My sister is just moving in." he shrugged. "You? Did you live here?" he looked at her in confusion, just as the elevator stopped.
"No. I am visiting a friend." she replied, waiting for him to leave since he was standing next to the door. "But could it be that you are not only bad with names, but have a terrible sense of direction?" She asked cheekily. "Or have you been that drunk?"
"I am never drunk." Zoro barked as he maneuvered out of the elevator. "And I am good with both!"
"Wh- What the hell are you doing marimo?" Sanji, who just came out of the door, yelled in between coughs. "Who do you think you are to talk to a lady like that?"
"Shut up, you shitty cook!" Zoro yelled back, knocking on the door opposite Sanji's. "Rona! Open the fuck up!"
"Stop talking to ladies like that!" Sanji was barely breathing but still picked a fight with Zoro, who was hidden behind the mirror.
"Sanji, here are your things, I am going." Nami announced. She pushed the things into his hands and walked to the stairs. "Get better soon Sanji! And Zoro, don't get lost again!" she giggled, just as a pink-haired girl opened the door Zoro had been knocking on and looked at all of them with annoyance. "Do you have to make so much noise?"
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Nami walked into Vivi's room and sat down on the bed, next to her curled-up friend.
"Is is that bad again?" she whispered, touching her arm softly.
"Seriously, I feel like my uterus is trying to eat me from inside out." the younger hissed.
"Do you need something?" Nami asked, a sympathetic smile on her face. She knew that Vivi sometimes couldn't move at all when on her period as her cramps were extraordinary painful.
"Could you please get me some pain-killers from the kitchen, hot chocolate and maybe ice cream?" the bluenette whimpered. "It would be super nice."
"Of course." Nami patted the others hand and stood up, making her way to the kitchen.
When she came back, there were tears falling down Vivi's cheeks.
"What's wrong?" she asked, putting the tablet with the things Vivi wanted down on the nightstand.
"Nothing." the other sobbed. "Just the pain. Fuck. Just kill me already."
"Everything will be fine..." the ginger whispered and held the meds in Vivi's direction. "Just take these and call me if anything happens. I will let my door open."
"Thank you."
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"What's wrong?" Nami sat down next to a really exhausted looking Robin in the teacher's room.
"Nothing, really." the older woman replied, giving the ginger a weak smile.
"I don't want to pry, but you really don't look too well..." Nami voiced her concern.
"It's just a small headache. It will be fine." the raven shook her head. "Don't worry."
"Are you sure? Can I get you something? Coffee or some meds? I always have something on me because of my best friend." the ginger suggested. She liked her older colleague a lot and didn't miss the fact that Spandam had been giving her a hard time.
"No, no coffee. I guess I am just not myself today."
"You don't want coffee? Are you ill?" Nami couldn't hide her surprise. And than it struck her. "Are you pregnant?" she whispered, her eyes wide with excitement.
The older woman nodded. "But I would like if this stayed between us." she whispered. "You know how it is with maternity leave and everything." she added bitterly.
"Oh, I do. After all they lecture us on that topic like twice a year at least." Nami snorted. "But congratulations! You and Franky have been trying for a long time now after all!"
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"Why do we have to do this?" Luffy whined, pulling at Ace's arm.
"Because we have to look good for Makino!" the older of the boys explained. "I hate shopping too, you know!"
"Come on, it isn't that bad!" Vivi laughed, giving her boyfriend a light kiss on the cheek.
"It is!" Luffy pouted, ignoring his brother who shook his head.
"Luffy! Come and try this on!" Nami held up a red dress-shirt. "I believe this colour will suit you!"
"I want this one!" Ace held up a dark blue dress-shirt with really big yellow dots.
"You have to be joking!" Nami and Vivi said in union, expressions of horror on their face.
"No! It's awesome! This one and no other!" the freckled man exclaimed.
"Ace, it looks terrible!" Vivi tried to talk him out of it, but Luffy has already taken the shirt.
"It IS awesome!" he cried out, making Nami cringe.
"Do whatever you want to do." she muttered. "But I won't pick my dress based on your ridiculous fashion sense, got it?"
"We are going to pick up dresses too? Whyyyyyy?" Luffy whined, making the others roll their eyes.
"You seriously don't have any other interests than meat and adventure, do you?" Nami took the red shirt and put it into his hands. "Now try it on and you and Ace may get a break while we pick up the neckties!"
