Sanji returned from the kitchen with their food one by one. Using it as an excuse to be able to chat with Venus while he dropped the food off. Bringing the last plate to their table before setting it down before Venus.
"It's on the house." Sanji spoke before giving his charming smile.
Venus listened before she chuckled. "Thank you. You didn't have to do that." She replied.
"Well it would be my loss if I didn't. Enjoy your dinner." Sanji smiled.
Zoro moved her hands out of reach from him before glancing up at him. "I think we have everything we ordered." He spoke.
"Of course." Sanji spoke as he took notice. "See you around Lady Venus." He spoke teasingly before walking away.
Venus listened as she thanked him before glancing back at the others.
"I'm going to cut that guy into pieces and feed him to the fishes." Zoro grumbled.
Venus glanced at him as she placed her hand on his head. "You and cutting people up." She joked.
"He was a bit flirty." Nami spoke. "Kind of like you are V."
"I am quite gifted with my skills." Venus grinned.
"I can tell." Nami smiled. "Let's make a bet."
"You guys are seriously going to make a bet about that guy?" Vex asked.
"Why not? Sounds like fun. What are your terms?" Venus asked intrigued.
"Let's see.. I will bet you that waiter will not last more than ten seconds with your flirting. If I win then you have to buy me drinks as my treat."
"Fine." Venus spoke. "But if he's able to last more than two minutes then you have to buy my grumpy swordsman as many drinks as he likes."
"Deal." Nami spoke as she felt confident that she wouldn't lose against her. Seeing how she made people flustered with one sentence.
Venus turned to Zoro. "What do you think about the terms?" She asked.
Zoro listened to her as he kept his arms crossed. "I do like my drinks." He simply spoke. "You will definitely win this one."
Venus grinned. "It's settled then. Let's eat." She smiled at the moment.
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The dinner had been going well as Luffy continued to eat while Nami huffed and leaned back in her seat. "Ugh. I feel like I'll be full for a whole week." She spoke.
"I can't handle another bite but it's too good to not eat it." Usopp chimed in.
"You said it." Zoro spoke as he opened his beer to take another sip.
"Maybe we should order dessert." Luffy spoke up, still hungry.
"Already got mine here." Zoro spoke as he glanced at his girlfriend besides him. Placing his arm around her once more as he drank his beer.
"He means his beer." Venus replied with a red blush coating her cheeks.
"How are you still going?" Vex asked Luffy as he watched him eating away.
"I have a big stomach." Luffy shrugged. "Oh, that reminds me. We should do a toast." He cleaned his hands as he grabbed his glass. "To the best crew sailing on the sea and our great victory!" He cheered.
Zoro and Usopp joining him as Venus joined in after. Raising her glass before drinking from it.
"Woah woah woah. What victory?" Nami spoke up as she stopped Vex from raising his drink too.
"Against the marines of course. We were able to crush them and escape successfully." Luffy explained.
"Look, I don't know how many naval battles you guys have been a part of-" Nami spoke before Usopp interfered.
"I've been in at least two dozen of them."
Nami ignored him as she glanced at the others. "It was a total disaster." She finished her sentence. "We were totally unprepared, uncoordinated. Usopp dropped all our cannonballs and we got hit. By all rights, we should be at the bottom of the ocean right now."
"But we aren't and that's a good thing." Luffy replied.
"Yeah. We're not because Luffy saved us." Usopp spoke. "Oh and Venus too. With her throws and hitting the marines." He added.
Venus gave a small smile as she listened to him.
Nami glanced at him before glancing at Luffy. "Are we all really going to ignore the elephant in the room?"
"What are you talking about?" Luffy asked.
"She means that you didn't mention to any of us that your grandfather happens to be a marine. Especially one that is after us." Venus spoke. "I don't remember ever seeing him when we were younger..."
"You met him once." Luffy answered.
"A vice admiral of all." Nami interrupted their small chat. "Which I didn't sign up for."
"You did raid a marine base. Of course that would make you a target as well." Zoro chimed in.
"Well if I had stolen the map alone they would've never discovered me." Nami replied. "Unlike wrecking a base commander's office."
"Your bill, Sir." Sanji spoke up as he set the bill down on the table.
Luffy listened to Nami before glancing at the check as he raised a hand to her to wait.
Nami huffed before she gave a small look towards Venus as Venus noticed before glancing at Sanji. "Sanji, right? May I call you that or do you have a nickname?"
Sanji listened to her speak as he smiled immediately her way. "Why, of course you can. I am open to earning a nickname from such beauty."
"Great, you can call me Venus. My friends call me V." Venus spoke as she smiled back.
"V. What lovely nickname. What do 'more than friends' call you?" Sanji asked.
"Depends. Why do you want to know?" Venus asked as she stood her ground.
"I want to know what to call you when you're mine." Sanji spoke as he stood his own ground. Unaware of the bet but he did find it amusing how Zoro was trying to control himself.
"What makes you think I'll be yours?" Venus asked teasingly.
"Well, I am good at what I do and do know how to get to a girl's heart." Sanji shrugged.
"Is that so? I'll have you know that I don't have an easy heart to catch." Venus leaned her chin on her palm. "You have beautiful eyes though. As mesmerizing blue as the ocean and deeper than words can touch a person. A true masterpiece, you know?"
Sanji smiled a bit more. "Yet you're eyes reflect off a true beauty. Sculpted by the gods themselves." He flirted back.
Zoro kept his eyes on him as he glanced at Nami. "How much longer does she have to keep up her act?" He mumbled.
Nami listened to him as she glanced at the two before glancing back. "Just a few more seconds. I'm sure you can hold yourself back." She teased.
Zoro grumbled under his breath hearing her before going back to watching the two of them.
Venus listened to Sanji as she knew she had time to make him flustered. "I happened to see how you fought those guys earlier. Maybe you can teach me how you were able to do that." She spoke as she traced a finger up his sleeve.
Sanji turned a bit pink to the face as he watched her hand before glancing back at her. "I'd be more than happy to." He spoke. A flustered smile replacing his flirty one.
"I look forward to it then." Venus spoke as she gave him a wink before Luffy gave him the check back. Watching him look at the check amused before giving her one last wink and heading back to the kitchen.
"I am so killing him after those drinks." Zoro mumbled as he pulled Venus closer to him.
"You get as many drinks as you want." Venus replied.
Nami was speechless in her seat. "How? You just managed to make the most flirty type of guy flustered. In exactly two minutes. How?"
"Don't question it. You might be next if you ask the wrong things." Venus joked as she watched Nami grow flustered. "And I proved my point." She chuckled.