o.o~0.0~O.O Ch. 15 - The Cabins O.O~0.0~o.o

So, now they have been here for much longer than a week. Nami was beginning to get irritable because she hadn't been able to spend much time with Luffy as much as she had when they first reunited with the rest of the group. Her butt was still slightly bruised from all of those quills, but at least now she was actually able to sit with crying and flinching. Luffy had been lucky...he had the powers of the Devil's Fruit which allowed him to heal much faster than her, so she didn't forgive him very easily for it.

Nami was currently looking around the rather large cabin that Franky had built. She was pretty much in awe at the fact that he had managed to build this much without much effort. True, they had to chop a few trees up - okay, way more than a few - but looking at the cabin...it seemed worth it. Nami grinned as she looked around. Robin and the others were behind her, admiring the shipwright's handiwork and awing over every little thing possible. Franky had decided to make one large cabin for the first five members of the crew, meaning, Ussop, Luffy, Nami, Zoro, and Sanji were the ones being housed in this cabin. Franky had purposefully made the rooms a bit on the large side because he knew Nami was a little picky when it came to bedroom size. As for the rest of the crew, he was currently building two branches that would connect the main cabin to the two outside cabins. Robin would have her own cabin, which was just as large as the rooms in the main cabin, and Brooke and Franky would share a room on the opposite side of the main cabin, the outside cabin that branched off from the main cabin.

There were two floors for the main cabin. The first floor consisted of the kitchen, the living room, and a spare room that would probably be used as a dining area. The top floor held all of the bedrooms. Franky had even gone as far as creating frames for furniture, though they had no bedding or anything else to place into it. Nami smiled. All they had to do was hunt down a few animals and it would make for perfect decoration for some of the furniture.

Nami made her way up the stairs and to the bedroom on the very end of the hall. This is the room she knew she wanted. It had a balcony outside of it that connected to a set of stairs that allowed you to walk down from there if you wanted to go downstairs. She looked around the room - though it was bare, it was a work in progress. There was a bed frame and a chest of drawers. There was closet space for her clothes. There was a bathroom in it, but the pipes hadn't been fitted in quite yet, so the bathrooms were still unusable. Franky would figure it out, though. Nami grinned at her bedroom - she thought it was the perfect size, too.

Luffy had immediately claimed the bedroom to her left, which connected the balconies and shared the same bathroom. The balcony curved all the way around the corner, so that you could see from the side of the main cabin and the front. Therefore, you could see any approaching dangers from this end. Sanji and Zoro ended up having the two rooms across from theirs. Like Nami's and Luffy's rooms, theirs were joined by a bathroom and a balcony. The balcony, however, didn't have a set of stairs to go down to the main floor. They would have to use the set of stairs to the right of their bedrooms. Their bedrooms were rather spacious as well. All four bedrooms were spaced out evenly. Ussop's bedroom was the only odd bedroom. His didn't have a bathroom, for there was one located right outside the door. Instead, his had a room for all of his...toys...that he liked to tinker with and closet as well. His balcony stretched from his door to a bit around the corner, but nothing further. He had the same closet as everyone else, and he was the closest to the set of stairs that led down to the living room.

Nami smiled. She couldn't wait until the heating system was put in. Then they could comfortably waltz around without having to wear so much clothing. Nami grinned at their current placement, it was all just so...perfect.

They were all sitting around a camp fire in the living room. Franky had kept a small section of the floor un-built specifically for this purpose. They left the windows open to keep the smoke from filling the cabin up and had decided to build a fire right there where the small section was. "You know," Nami commented, "I don't think it's as cold as it was like when we were in that cave that one night, don't you think Luffy?"

"Ah!" Luffy said with a nod and a grin, "That was really cold! Even the snow wasn't doing much to keep the cold air away!"

Nami nodded. "Being in doors is really great..." Nami said with a smile as she warmed up her hands over the fire. They had all decided that they were just going to camp here for the night because it had gotten late on them and they weren't anywhere near Sunny. They ended up having Zoro and Sanji run back to get a bunch of pillows and blankets so they could comfortably sleep on the floor of the living room.

"I think," Ussop said with a long yawn, "I'm going to hit the sack. It's been a long and tiresome day..."

"You didn't even do anything..." Zoro muttered as he got comfortable against one of the walls. Sanji was close by him and was also leaning up against the wall. "Why the hell are you sitting so close to me?"

"Shut up, Marimo," Sanji said through gritted teeth, "everyone knows I was here first anyway!" Sanji yawned, causing Zoro to yawn as well.

The two eventually stopped their bickering and fell right to sleep. Robin had long since ventured off somewhere because of Sanji's and Zoro's loud insults at each other. She had used one of the logs as a torch to give her some lighting and had walked toward one of the outside cabins because the boys' voices echoed throughout the entire main cabin. So, there she sat, with her pillow and her blanket, in her future room cabin. She had just used her extra hands to hold onto the torch on the wall above her and kept the window open a bit to let the smoke out. She smiled...finally...some peace and quiet.

Chopper had long since fell asleep, as did Brooke. The two were currently curled up next to each other as they slept in a corner of the living room. Nami and Luffy were the only two who seemed to still be awake. "Oh, crap," Nami suddenly said, "I think I forgot to shut the balcony door." Luffy brought his eyes from the fire to her brown ones. "I better go close it before some animal decides they want to take a look around. I should probably close the rest of the windows, too." She stood up and carried a make shift torch with her.

"I'll help!" Luffy said.

"Ssssh," Nami scolded, "don't wake everyone up. They just fell asleep. You can come, just stay quiet, okay?"

Luffy nodded, stood, and followed Nami down the hallway and up the stairs. It was rather dark, but it was easy to move around seeing as how there wasn't any furniture just yet. Luffy followed Nami into her room and she handed the torch off to Luffy while she went to the balcony and shut the door. It was freezing up here now that she thought about it. She locked the door and soon after, rubbed her arms to get her blood flowing faster. She then walked toward Luffy and the two walked out of the room and through the adjoining bathroom with Luffy in tow and closed his door as well. Unfortunately, Luffy was standing a little close, and a small gust of wind blew through, effectively cutting off their only source of light. Nami sighed. "Well," Nami said, "it isn't too bad. We'll figure out a way in the dark anyway."

"Yup!" Luffy replied with a nod of his head, tossing the burned out torch to the side of his soon-to-be room. He could barely make out Nami's silhouette by the way the moon's light slowly seeped through the doorway from the room across from his. She smiled at him, even though he couldn't really see, she still smiled at him. It had been a long time since she and him had spent any time with each other.

Nami turned to the balcony window with a sigh. Luffy came up and wrapped his arms around her waist, setting his cheek on her shoulder. "You know," Nami said, "we can't keep up the charades forever."

"I know," Luffy said as he turned his head to nuzzle her neck. "Nami..." He wanted to talk, but...he didn't know what to say.

Nami could feel the vibrations from his words rumble from his mouth and on her neck. Her head lolled to the side and a small moan escaped her lips. Luffy pulled back to stare at her expression for a moment. He didn't know what he just did to get that sort of reaction but...he kind of liked it. It didn't sound like he hurt her or anything, so that must mean that she liked it, too, right? He put his lips back against her neck where he had them before and mumbled her name again. Nami could feel her legs trembling as she leaned more into him, hoping he would support her if she suddenly decided to just go crashing to the ground.

Nami opened her eyes when she felt him plant a few kisses on her neck. She stared out into the darkness, her breaths suddenly becoming labored. "Luffy..." She murmured.

"Huh?" Luffy asked just as breathily.

"I-I," Nami still found it hard to say it, but she knew she would say it, she had the overwhelming need to say it. "I love you," she murmured again.

Luffy smiled against her neck before turning her around and kissing her on the lips. "Shishishi," he chuckled quietly, "I love you, too, Nami."

Nami kissed him back this time, opening her mouth to his tongue to let it glide against hers. The sound of her jacket being unzipped slowly registered in her mind, but the sound was so far away...her mind was too muddled to really understand. Then, she felt Luffy's hands wrap around her waist from the inside of the jacket. He backed them up inch by inch. He felt the back of his leg come into contact with the dresser Franky had built in the room, and slowly slid them around it and into a corner of the room before sliding down to the floor with her securely wrapped in his arms. Never once did either one their lips leave the other's.

When they lost air, Nami rested her forehead on his, both of them panting rather heavily. "Nami?" Luffy finally breathed out.

"Huh?" Nami asked in a huff of air.

"I feel funny," Luffy stated.

Nami giggled. "Funny how?"

"Like," Luffy scrunched his face up in thought, "I don't know. I just feel weird is all."

Nami giggled before sitting up. Somehow, she had managed to straddle his hips with her knees on either side of him as she sat on his thighs. His knees were bent behind her, which had caused her to slide forward toward his hips just that much closer. She had her hands tangled in his hair, which was getting pretty long and would need to be cut soon.

After a little while, Luffy could feel himself beginning to nod off. "Don't fall asleep now," Nami said with a gentle smile, "if you fall asleep, there's no telling what will happen. You and me would end up having to face the consequences."

Luffy only mumbled something unintelligible as he sunk himself into her nice warm jacket. Nami giggled again before pulling away from him and standing up. She straightened her clothes and fixed her jacket, then she looked down at Luffy's barely distinguishable face. It really was hard to see in this light, but if her eyes saw what she think she saw, then Luffy was making his pouty face and looking up at her with big, puppy dog eyes.

Nami frowned and sighed. She stopped her movements and took off her jacket. She pulled Luffy away from the wall and got comfy where he had been sitting. She bent her knees at an angle and looked up at his confused expression. Then, he grinned and snuggled into her almost instantly. With his head now resting on her collar bone and his side fitting perfectly with her arched figure, she wrapped her arms around his neck, cradling his head to her as reached for her jacket and brought it up to both of their shoulders. Nami smiled and placed her cheek on his head. "Mmm..." she said, "goodnight, Luffy."

Nami didn't receive a reply. Luffy was totally out by the time she had even said anything. For a little bit, Nami ran her right hand through his hair, thinking about what the morning would bring. She smiled to herself, her heart beating a little faster at the possibilities of what this may or may not mean. She closed her eyes finally, and fell into one of the best sleeping sessions she had ever had.

Okay, this chapter was actually supposed to have been up New Years' Eve, but my parents surprised me by taking me and the kids downtown for the night before I could update. Then, with yesterday being New Years' and everything, I didn't really have the time to update. Sigh. I owe you guys a nice juicy chapter, however. But for now...it's going to be nothing but fluffiness!

As a side note: I would like to thank all you guys for being patient with me for the past two weeks. At least, I think it's been two weeks. My Sissy has now left the state. There was tons of crying involved and lots of last minute decisions...some of them I wasn't even too happy or even SURE about...but we had fun! Though, now I'm living with the consequences...sigh. Oh well. Anyway, thanks you guys. I remember leaving one of my stories unattended for like forever because of something urgent one time, I got tons of flames for it. In a moment of anger, I deleted the story...which I now regret because I couldn't remember what the plot was and I didn't even save it on my flash drive. Oh well.

But enough of my ramblings...I believe it's come down to a couple of final chapters. What do you guys think? I'm beginning to grow bored with fluffiness...I'm thinking sex. And I know some of you are thinking it too...hehehehe...^_~...you perverted little peoples...^_^...

But anyway...

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