"Luffy!" Nami exclaimed in flustered shock, her cheeks flushed as she stared up at her cheerfully grinning captain, flaming shadows flickering across his half-shadowed face. Luffy slid his hand up and out from under her arm to place it on her cheek, sliding his fingers a bit into her hair as he kept himself hoisted over her on his elbow. Nami glanced at his hand, her eyes widening more in amazement as her lips fell open slightly. Her one hand remained on his shoulder and the other awkwardly slung over his back in a thoughtless embrace.

After a moment spent smiling down at her, Luffy creased his brows into a curious expression and lightly pinched her cheek, pulling it out an inch.

"Hwah?" Nami let out in surprise.

"Nami," Luffy said, still staring down at her ponderously, "I always wanted to do this."

"Eeh-"

"It's fine now, right?" Luffy went on seriously, proceeding to grip her other cheek and pulling it out to give Nami an involuntary smile.

"Whah-" Nami began, her arms tensing for an instant before she grabbed Luffy's cheeks with her own hands and squeezed his face out a foot to either side, snapping, "Hwat's ze idea!"

"Gwah!" Luffy hollered, letting go of her face as Nami quickly sat up, pushing him up with her. "Why arrrr yuu mad!"

"Just what have you been coming up with!" Nami barked. Still holding his face outstretched, she glared at the distraught captain for a moment in thought before slowly returning his cheeks to him, cupping his face with her hands at the same time. She continued to stare at him for another few moments. Her face suddenly softened and her eyes widened just slightly as she gazed at him further.

Nami slowly, almost jerkingly, and bit by bit, found herself leaning in towards him. In another moment, they were locking lips again, Luffy's cheerfulness immediately returning as he slid his arms around her back and Nami slid hers around his neck. They parted for just a moment, Nami gazing half-lidded into Luffy's eyes as a slight smile began to curl up her cheeks. They quickly returned to each other and Luffy softly tightened his embrace, crumpling her up against him as he leaned her head back and pressed into her.

Nami cupped the back of his shoulder with a hand as the two close-eyed crewmates bonded in a slow passion.

At some point, after some passage of time during which the fire popped and crackled and diminished to embers, and during which an increasingly angry wind whistled past and rattled the windows, Nami found herself briefly washed over by a chill air before her captain, still moving his head gently against hers, laid her down on the bed. Kneeling on the stone floor next to her, Luffy finally broke their warm exchange as, smiling, he grabbed the covers and tossed them over her.

Panting and face completely flushed, Nami, her head turned, stared open-mouthed at Luffy as he propped his chin onto his crossed hands over her bed, grinning at her.

"Luffy…" Nami whispered in a soft voice. "I love you…"

"Oh, me too." Luffy said with a huge grin.

Nami turned onto her side and reached her hand out, stroking his cheek with it.

"It's...just not possible to predict you, is it…"