This is a lemon featuring Luffy and Nami, because I am a big pervert and can only write perverted stories.

I have been wanting to write a One Piece fanfic for a very long time now, with One Piece being my favourite series ever. I have been wanting to write a scene such as this for a while now too, but just couldn't think of a time in the plot for it to fit into naturally. Until finally, I found it at the end of the Whole Cake Island arc. So if you haven't seen/watched up to that point yet, there will be spoilers. Set in the time between Whole Cake Island and Reverie/Wano.

Author's Notes (ok more like ramblings):

Luffy and Nami is not a favourite pairing of mine, in fact One Piece is not a series where I ship or pair anyone up really. I believe I'll be happy with whatever Oda decides to do with his characters. Nami isn't even a character I particularly liked for a while, but she's really grown on me post time skip, particularly Whole Cake Island arc. That being said I really like exploring the bond between Luffy and Nami. I believe they have a very special relationship, easily among the closest in the crew. Much closer than regular friends, though not quite romantic yet not quite platonic, sometimes feels like an old married couple with their interactions, yet other times they feel like brother and sister. Luffy has complete trust in Nami, and while Nami may not agree with everything he does, she will follow him everywhere. Nami definitely depends on Luffy a lot, particularly emotionally, and has become particularly attached to him. There were many situations in Whole Cake Island arc where I expected her to flee from danger, but she chose to stay by Luffy's side till the end. Enough of the ramblings, I could go on forever about what I like about Luffy's and Nami's bond. Feel free to comment on your own thoughts.

Now I do touch on some assumptions around Nami's background with Arlong's fishmen, and the ordeals she went through to raise money. Some readers may not like that, but bear in mind it is my view of what happened only. And I only touch on it and not go into any detail, so hopefully it won't offend anyone.

"Booooo" the captain expressed his unhappiness with his lips pouted, sitting on a small stool in the Thousand Sunny's spacious bathroom, energetically scrubbing shampoo into his short black hair.

"Enough of that Luffy!" Nami shouted from behind the door in the adjacent changing room of the bathroom, as she carefully removed her garments and folded them neatly into a basket. "Just because we made the mistake of letting you use the kitchen once to cook, doesn't mean you should do it again!"

"Boooooooooo" Luffy retorted, dumping the pail of water he had ready over his head to rinse the shampoo out, shaking his head vigorously with a lively 'grrrrrr' sound like a dog shaking water out of its fur, sending water droplets everywhere. "I want to cook too!"

"Enough Luffy! Sanji asked me very specifically to keep you out of the kitchen, he's cooking up a big feast for us tonight and you'll just ruin everything!" Nami retorted as she wrapped a bath towel securely around herself, and a smaller towel to contain her waist length hair in a turban style before opening the door to the bathroom. "Oh cover yourself with a towel at least Luffy!" she exclaimed exasperatedly, as Luffy's bare behinid came into sight on the stool he was crouching on, whilst he reached forwards towards the soap. Luffy reluctantly reached to the small towel he had haphazardly thrown on the floor earlier, and laid it across his lap. "And I agree with Sanji! I didn't even charge him beli for the request! I am looking forward to a good meal tonight."

Ever since successfully fleeing from Whole Cake Island, the crew has had to be careful with the ship's rations, partly due to limited supplies but mainly because a recovering from injury Luffy had largely increased nutrition requirements which reflected in his significantly increased appetite. His primal need for food had shown itself even while he was sleeping, managing to sleepwalk to the Sunny's pantry and eating everything within reach, including all the dry uncooked goods. He was found early the next morning sleeping amongst ruined rice sacks and flour barrels by a furious Sanji ready to make breakfast, and had proceeded to beat him black and blue re-opening all his injuries. They had only just managed to replenish the losses through some fortunate luck whilst fishing, and chancing upon a small inhabited island willing to sell them stock. Tonight, they planned on celebrating their end of hunger with a feast!

"But why do I have take a bath with you? You already took a bath today didn't you?" Luffy answered in a disgruntled voice, as he scrubbed himself all over with soap, turning around to frown at Nami as she stepped carefully across the wet floor towards him.

"Because if I take my eyes off you for even a second you're gonna run off to the kitchen, and Sanji will just kick you out again." She explained curtly, as she grabbed another stool stacked neatly besides the taps and placed it a few paces behind Luffy. "After Chopper finally cleared you well recovered enough to allow you to wash yourself, I don't want Sanji re-opening the wounds again. And quite frankly you smell after so many days of not washing yourself, I will not be able to enjoy the feast tonight with you stinking up the place."

"Booooo, fine" Luffy replied in a disheartened manner, stretching his arm with the empty pail over to the bathtub to fill it up, and dumping the contents over himself again.

"So enough of that whining, it's not everyday someone gets to take a bath with me without being charged a fortune! Consider yourself lucky, I'll make an exception for you this time. I never want to go through that experience of your cooking and the hunger that followed again!" Nami sat down purposefully and reached out to grab a nearby washcloth and the soap Luffy had let fall onto the floor. "Now turn around so I can wash your back for you. And why didn't you use the tap to fill your pail?"

"But I can reach my back myse-" Luffy began to retort, but seeing the stern expression on Nami's face, he quickly turned around back to facing away from Nami. "And this is how I washed myself back at home when I was a kid, it's more satisfying when the water comes all at onc-, hey that tickles!" Luffy shouted as Nami rubbed gently along his back with the cloth.

"Whatever you say, just stay still Luffy," Nami replied, only half listening. She was focusing carefully on his back, noting the deep marks that had already healed to a raw pink colour from where Katakuri, one of Big Mom's fearsome three Sweet Commanders had impaled him, marvelling at how quick Luffy's regenerative ability was. "Does it hurt?" Nami asked, softening her voice as she dabbed gingerly at the area.

"Na, it did before but all fine now. Ignore there, Chopper cleans there everyday, he makes me stay very still for him, even when it stings!" Luffy replied, wiggling his back away from her tickling light touches.

"I'm surprised you were willing to stay still for him," Nami replied playfully, as she moved the wash cloth to the middle of his back, tracing the firm muscles outlined there.

"Chopper can be very scary when it comes to his doctor stuff," Luffy replied, he rotated his head around to grin cheekily at her. Nami smiled back at him, Luffy turned back around to try out the taps to fill his pail.

Nami had gone quiet as she focused on his back, with Luffy distracted with playing with the taps, he had stopped talking for a moment, allowing her to concentrate. Nami carefully ran her cloth over the numerous wounds and scars, seeing it all up close involuntarily brought all sorts of emotions to her. She remembered always looking at this back recently, looking much broader now up close than she remembered. The same back she had watched as he, without any hesitation, put himself between her and the fearsome Charlotte Cracker, another one of the three Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom pirates with a bounty of 860 million beli. The same back that she stood fearfully behind feeling the same emotional pain as her captain, as she could do nothing but watch helplessly as Luffy took a beating from a clearly upset Sanji, till his face was a bloody pulp. The same back she had leaned against for reassurance, if not she would've definitely panicked in terror as they prepared to face the full wrath of the Big Mom pirates after they had taken out one of their commanders, Charlotte Cracker, together. The same back that had run off determinedly, after Luffy had desperately tried to save her from threat of torture while locked in a book. He had almost torn his own arms off for her, if it wasn't for the fishman Jinbei who surprised them out of the blue to save them. It was only when Luffy knew she would be safe with Jinbei, that he ran off to find his chef companion again.

He did all this for her, was always there for her, yet when he needed her the most she wasn't there for him. When he lost his only surviving brother (that they knew of at that time at least) in the great battle, she was stuck far away literally in the clouds, without a chance of being there to comfort him. When he disappeared off into the ocean from the fight with Hody, he returned close to death from severe blood loss. It wasn't even her blood that could save him, but that fishman Jinbei again. When she was again separated from him at Zou, Sanji was forcefully taken away, and all she could do was tearfully cry in his arms. When he disappeared off into the mirror world, her first sight of him when he came back was slumped limply over Sanji's arm as blood dripped from his near fatal wounds. Nami had decided bad things happen when Luffy is away from her, so she was unwilling to even let him out of her sight in the hopes of preventing such things from happening again. Nami, instead had been trying her best to show her appreciation for him ever since reuniting at Saobody, though it was hard to hold back from wanting to hit him particularly when he became too goofy, so suitable opportunities to thank him were few and far in between.

Nami felt tears welling up in her eyes as the thoughts went through her head, and a rush of emotion ran through her. She leaned forward to rest herself against Luffy's broad and reliable back, leaning her head on the crook of his shoulders as her arms unconsciously wrapped themselves around him.

"Nami?" Luffy asked enquiringly, stopping what he was doing to look at the strands of orange hair next to him that had escaped from the towel wrapped around her head

"Thank you Luffy.." Nami whispered out softly, as she fought to keep her feelings in check.

"For what?" Luffy asked confused, being rather concerned at her sudden change of mood. He had learnt to be wary of her mood swings after all their time together.

"For doing your best all the time and saving me." Nami mumbled into his shoulder.

"Shishishi, don't mind don't mind," Luffy grinned cheekily as he replied, patting her hand she had placed near his abdomen affectionately.

Nami stayed like this for a while, thinking of the lengths her captain had gone for herself, for the entire crew. Just a few examples such as when he had set her and her hometown free of the terror of the Arlong pirates. At that time he barely knew her, yet had trusted her completely even when she had betrayed him. He even went so far as to declare war on the entire World Government just to get Robin back, and just recently he even willingly starved himself till Sanji returned. Yet the only thing she could do for him is to navigate his way for him and the rest of the crew. She could barely support him in most fights, just being able to helplessly watch him from the side lines. Though she did remember her role in helping Luffy against Cracker and how absolutely essential she was, and was just about to grin and praise herself silently when suddenly, a very unlikely statement came out of Luffy.

"Nami, I can feel your boobs."