A/N: Random One Piece drabbles. Various pairings, various ratings. But mostly would be concerning the Straw Hats, particularly Luffy.. Lots of spoilers. You've been warned.

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Pairing/s: Hinted Zoro x Robin, but has slight Luffy x Robin.

Rating: K+

Spoilers for: Enies Lobby arc

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"You're not alone anymore."

Robin remembered those words clearly. Each one of her nakama said it to her, when she proclaimed her outmost desire to live with them.

Well, not really everyone. Those who can only proclaim it said it, after all. Chopper, Usopp, Nami, and Sanji. There might be one or two, who didn't.

Take the swordsman for example. He's definitely not the type to assure her that, if ever she needs assuring. The assurance of that fact might be against his code of masculinity. He is, obviously, very manly.

With Luffy's case, it's not like he has to say that to make her understand that she's not living in the shadows anymore. By the mere act of asking her to say that she wants to live, it's already similar to saying that she's not alone, and she never was.

And besides, the one who fought the hardest (not that they didn't fight hard, for one, Chopper was even pushing through his limits) is none other than Luffy. To put it bluntly, he overexerted himself just to defeat CP9's strongest assassin. Robin will never forget that. Luffy might not be that straightforward, but he can stress out his point in other ways unimaginable.

However, it's not like the swordsman did not fight as hard as he could. He is, after all, the one who obtained the number 5 key, the key that opened her restrains. Seeing as the strongest assassin of CP9 did not have a key, naturally, the second in line in terms of strength has the key to open her handcuffs. She didn't know whether they realized this or not, but it doesn't really matter anymore.

She will never neglect that fact, even if it wasn't said to her. Even if no one told her about it, she knew. She knew that they both knew this, the swordsman and she, but never had the time to talk about it, since the crew is always jubilant. Having vigorous male crewmates makes it hard to obtain some privacy.

Sometimes, she wishes that what they said to her back then would not be taken so literally.

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A/N: You might not have noticed it, but it was Kaku that had the number 5 key. Jyabura had number 1, Kalifa number 2, Kumadori number 3 and Fukurou number 4. Robin's handcuffs were numbered with 5.

Just so you know, I ship LuNa. But I have a certain weakness for all pairings involving Luffy.