One Piece (Love Story) [Part One]

Chapter Seventy [Rewritten]

-Time Skip-

"Aw, man" Luffy loudly groaned as he slumped over the kitchen table.

"Something a matter, Luffy?" I hummed, curiously glancing over the book I was ready and towards the sulking captain.

"Argh! When is this stupid rain going to stop?!" he suddenly and angrily shouted, causing me to smile

"Is that it? I quite like the rain, it's very calming" I confessed, causing the captain to grumble in return before he looked toward Usopp.

"Hey, Usopp, do you have anything we can have fun with?" he asked as I closed my book and handed it to Nami who hummed and looked away from the newspaper she had been reading with a raised brow.

"With him like this, I'm not going to be able to concentrate—I'll read it sometime later, but thank you for letting me borrow it" I explained.

"No problem, you can borrow it whenever you like" she nodded in understanding, taking the book and setting it off to the side before turning back to the newspaper she was reading.

"I do have a firework we could shoot off if you like want to" Usopp answered, digging around inside his pocket before pulling out a small firework that honestly didn't look that well made at all.

"Do I?!" Luffy brightened.

"That's not a good idea, guys—for all we know, there could be hostile ships nearby" Nami butted in.

"Yeah, you got a point there" Usopp agreed, already putting the firework away and causing Luffy to slump over once again with a heavy sigh.

"Don't worry, Luffy, I'm sure you'll find something fun to do" I assured him, propping my chin up with the palm of my hand as I reached over and gave his back a comforting pat. He grunted before eventually humming in thought as he suddenly leaned over towards Robin who was busy reading...I wish I could have that same level of concentration as she does, but it was sometimes difficult for me to focus whenever there was too much noise.

"Hey, Robin, what's that book you've had your nose in all this time?" Luffy curiously asked, startling everyone. "What? Is something wrong?" he asked when he saw that nearly everyone was now looking at him.

"No, it's nothing" they responded, quickly diverting their attention.

"It's called Rainbow Mist—it's an incredible, fascinating read" Robin answered as she showed the captain her book.

"Sounds interesting, what's it about?" I asked, deciding to join in on the conversation as I leaned against the table.

"It's about an adventure someone had in a part of the sea known as an unusual phenomenon" she vaguely answered.

"An adventure, huh?" Luffy hummed, tilting his head in thought. "Sounds pretty cool" he smiled, picking the book up the minute Robin sat it down which in return took everyone by surprise once again.

"Uh...so I saw an island" Zoro said, lowering the hood of his raincoat as he came walking into the kitchen.

"An island? Yahoo!" Luffy cheered, instantly dropping the book as he took off running out of the room. I laughed as the others gave sighs of relief, the tension in the room now dissipating as they relaxed.

"Okay, what's wrong with you guys?" Zoro asked with a raised brow.

"Nothing" they responded.

-Later-

"Keep a close eye on the ship while we're gone, okay?" Nami called back from the island's shore.

"Yeah, okay—I got it" Zoro responded.