Title Private Moment
Author Uozumi
Genre Filler/General/Romance
Rating G
Disclaimer I do not own nor claim to own this. The characters, ect...contained within are not my property. This is an act of fandom and I do not make a profit from this endeavor.
Summary Sometimes people can forget he's sitting there sleeping. That's why Zoro knows all. L/N Post-Arlong. Second POV up. Note Here's the second part. Sorry about the wait, I kind of forgot >.>

Private Moment

Nami carefully walks across the deck barefooted. Her hair is tied back to keep it from blowing in her face. Glancing over at Zoro in the corner, she looks away, hoping she won't wake him. Zoro is always in that corner asleep, he might as well be the corner.

Resting her arms on the railing, she looks out at the ocean. The stars are out and without thinking; she checks where the North Star should be if they're sailing right and notes that indeed they are still on course. Shaking her head, she looks back out at the sea before closing her eyes. After a moment, she opens them again as footsteps approach her. She thinks it might be Luffy since the person hasn't said anything yet, but it could also be Usopp.

"What are you doing up?" Nami asks without looking over her shoulder. The voice will tell her who it is.

"I could ask you the same thing," a tenor voice replies. It's not nasal, which means it must be Luffy.

Nami shrugs as Luffy comes to stand to her right. He watches the ocean with her and then looks up at the stars. They look like polka-dots to him, and he doesn't understand how people can navigate by them.

"Look," Nami says after a time, taking in a breath. She pauses and looks away. She can feel Luffy's eyes on her. "Just…" she tries again to say something and then she finishes quietly, "Thank you."

Luffy gauges her and then smiles warmly. "You're wel - " he stops when Nami's head rests on his shoulder. Blinking, he feels one hand come up to clutch the fabric on the left side of his vest, her other hand keeping her balance on the railing. She's leaning against him and he can hear very small noises. Frowning, he looks down at her, but her eyes are hidden in his vest and he can't tell if she's crying or not.

After a long time, Nami pushes back and takes a step away from him and rests her arms on the deck. "Sorry," she murmurs and she notes that Luffy's moved to stand close beside her.

"It's okay," he says quietly. Neither are looking at the other, but out at the water, the crescent moon giving the water unique highlights.

After a long period of silence, Nami's speaks, her voice dropping as though it seemed too loud to her with the first word, "Can I ask you something?"

"What?" Luffy looks over at her, but the older teenager isn't looking at him. His brows are knitted as he observes her.

Nami takes in a breath and doesn't look at him. "Why - " she stops. She can feel Luffy's eyes on her. Shaking her head, she whispers, "Never mind."

Luffy observes her. She had this look when they were fighting Arlong not too long ago. He doesn't like it when she looks like this. "What were you going to say?" he presses lightly, but keeps it open for her to keep her question to herself.

Nami remains silent, her eyes giving away that she's debating her answer. After a time, she replies, "Nothing." Stepping back form the balcony, she takes a few steps away as she speaks. "I'm going to go to sleep now." Luffy watches as she walks a bit away. His eyes turn back out to the ocean before he glances over his shoulder watching as Nami quickly approaches him.

Before he can register it, her lips are on his cheek and a very small noise is heard before she whispers, "Thank you," in his ear so it tickles the hairs inside. Then Nami is across the deck and disappears to her room.

Looking back out at the ocean, Luffy sighs inwardly. Looking over to Zoro's corner, he notes that Zoro is asleep and then he slips off towards his own bunk to get much needed sleep.

The End