Love, what is it?

This question resonates in my heart. When the person who can speak whispers a word...

'But I... must have fallen in love with you.'

'Alcohol causes quarrels and crimes. Therefore, all you lovely young readers Please use your discretion when reading and please don't take Zoro and Nami for granted. Kiss kiss.'

-With love from

Pamicy-

"Tonight, stars so beautiful."

If it happens one day...

The one person who was always by your side is no longer your friend, or at least you don't want to be just her friend anymore.

What to do?

'Sigh...' The young man sighed.

...How long must this matter be closed?

Crazy!

"Kampai"

And they...drank their eighth glass.

Amidst the dark blue sea that was now only dark shadows surrounding the ship, everything seemed calm. There was no storm. The wind was blowing as usual. And the moon that is dimly lit...

But above all else

On the Sunny in the middle of the night, when everyone should be asleep, there are still two sailors drinking together. Another person was downing a tenth of a glass. Another was still staring at the ninth glass of liquor reflecting on his strange green hair like it was the most interesting thing in the world.

The party was over and everyone was asleep.

...except for the two of them.

"What's going on? "Zoro," the woman sitting next to him asked.

"No, I was just...thinking a little."

The young swordsman answered her question blankly before returning to staring thoughtfully at the wine in his glass.

But the young man had to pull away from his glass of wine when the female pilot stood up and faced him aggressively.

"Are you still thinking too much about that?"

Maybe she was too good at guessing.

And yes, she was right...he was really thinking about that.

But who will tell?

"nothing"

"You don't have to come for nothing. You can't lie half as much as Usopp."

That's how lying to a crafty person like Nami would be impossible.

Huh, I'll say that.

After thinking about it carefully

Where did these things start from?

...alcohol?

'Would you like some more liquor, Mom?'

'Um...then give me two more bottles...'

'Wait a moment'

The shop owner's footsteps faded away as he walked past the thick wooden door behind the counter to pick up more rum.

'What kind of woman is this good at drinking?' he muttered out loud.

'Are you jealous?' Nami smiled a little mockingly at the person next to her.

'Who is jealous of this kind of thing?'

'Whenever you drink together, I always see you drunk and folded first.'

'A-just a little more. I must be a better drinker than you.'

'Yes, I'll wait and see.'

Soon the shop owner's uncle returned with two bottles of rum as Nami had ordered amidst the quiet atmosphere. There is soft music playing in the background. Makes the liquor you drink taste a lot better than before.

'Are we... dating?'

Food!

...but enough to choke Good tasting liquor It's meaningless.

'W-What?!?"

'Are you stupid and still deaf? I ask...are we dating?'

'Are you crazy?!' Zoro's ears became more and more red.

'You guys, just shut up.'

Zoro looked for the shop owner's uncle who was originally standing behind the counter wiping beer glasses but had now disappeared.

Especially in this situation.

Nami downed the rum in her glass before leaning towards the young swordsman until they were close together.

Then she whispered softly in his ear...

'...Don't think I don't know that you secretly kissed me.'

And at that moment, Zoro's face was so red that it looked like he was on the verge of a full-blown explosion. His brain was completely white and there was no argument for a moment.

Even more so when looking up at the beautiful face of the charming navigator who was smiling like a superior...

But because it's true...

Just a little bit!

'Pay one hundred thousand...no. Two hundred thousand berries! This doesn't even multiply how many times you've done it.'

'Who is going to have to pay for her, you crazy girl!'

'Then let's get together, but if you don't want the Luffys to know. Then we can keep the matter of our relationship under wraps, okay?'

With this kind of punch...how can I deny it?

This is what they say: when liquor enters your mouth, your consciousness will dissolve with the liquor.

But it will be like that later. They did not intend to end this relationship at all.

Or maybe it's because people think that the relationship they have now isn't much different from before.

And love and this stupid matter seem to be something that he doesn't quite understand.

Plus, it had already been a long time ago.

...but after a long time

At first, Zoro himself thought there would be no problem with keeping this a secret. Even though it was good, he was too lazy to explain his origins to the rest of the group, or else they might get teased and teased throughout the trip. It's annoying.

But...it's just 'thinking'.

In the beginning, keeping secrets was not a problem. But as the days go by Secrets that he thought weren't a problem made him more and more unwilling to keep them.

Zoro knew that giving in to something like this would make his concentration in his daily training even weaker and weaker as a result.

But wasn't it because of her that he became so agitated that he could hardly maintain his composure?

"...Don't act like what you think is my fault, okay?"

"It was your fault from the beginning, wasn't it!"

Both punching hands and being spoiled...

"I don't know. 'You're my girlfriend!' Therefore, I have the right to command you an additional thirty-five percent. No negotiation."

You're crazy about power.

"Why are you repeating this?"

"Repeat? What's the matter?"

"Oh, or...'You're my girlfriend'?"

"What is this...Red Broker?"

The cat thief's teasing smile made him almost want to bury his face in the glass of wine in front of him, but when he thought about it, how could the dim light from the lamp be enough for her to see that he was blushing?

Damn it, was he right or wrong in agreeing to be involved with this girl?

"I know...part of you probably doesn't feel good about Sanji-kun being around me so often, right?"

Nami could easily guess what was on the ship that would make him feel bad, but she kind of forgot...

It was you too that made him so annoyed with that shitty cook.

"...but you didn't say anything, right?"

He muttered softly.

"That's it! You admit you're jealous."

"W-what the hell are you jealous of?" Zoro stammered.

"Mr. Jealous"

"I'm not jealous."

"Mr. Jealous"

"I'm not jealous."

"Mr-"

"I'm not jealous at all!"

Zoro gasped softly as he argued with Nami, the female navigator. When the young swordsman scolded him, he froze in shock. Zoro looked up and saw the woman's face and felt guilty.

"Alright. I'm...jealous."

Zoro was silent for a moment before answering again.

"...but you don't see what's wrong with that kook with his eyebrows curled."

"Well, Sanji-kun, he's always been like this." She shrugged softly, not distressed. It was as if the shocked face just a moment ago was just a dream.

Zoro could only sigh at Nami's demeanor. She didn't seem troubled by having a perverted cook (?) like that, almost always worrying about it. He thought that it was even more in her favor that someone came. Do this and that to please yourself like that.

Even though the young swordsman liked to complain every time the beautiful navigator used him to do this, carry that, carry that. And sometimes he used old debts to claim (threate) at him, but one day someone came in to do almost everything for him, he started to get annoyed and dissatisfied like that.

How could he not do the same to pamper that young woman? Until Zoro himself started to get a little worried that...

The two of them could only be... friends.

'What are we worrying about?' The young swordsman's thoughts began to race.

But while Zoro was lost in his own thoughts, the cat thief smiled a little at the corner of her mouth before pulling the unsuspecting young swordsman into her lap.

The moss-headed young man's face revealed a slight shock as he made to sit up but was pressed back by Nami's head in her lap.

"What are you doing to her?"

"Go to sleep."

"I am not sleepy yet"

"This is an order...as I have the right to order an increase of thirty-five percent from you."

I thought about it myself...when did he ever say that he would give her such stupid rights that he was at such a disadvantage?

But Zoro didn't argue.

"So what are you going to do? Roll on your lap until you fall asleep?"

"What's in your brain? Try looking up..."

The young swordsman looked up at the sky as she had said. Zoro's pitch black eyes slowly reflected the dazzled light in the sky. Nami looked up and said softly.

"The stars are beautiful tonight..."

What Zoro saw were millions of stars in the sky. The lights that competed with each other shimmered until they all began to blur. This was probably because today was a moonless night, so there was no light from the moon to obscure them, and the sky was open.

And it's really beautiful from Nami.

And when he began to think of the word beautiful, his eyes slowly moved to the sweet face that was looking up at the night sky.

To be honest, all he could see from Nami's lap was the tip of his chin. But I don't know if it was because I saw Nami's face every day or because she always seemed dissatisfied with him, so Nami's face popped up in my head like that.

Those mocha-colored eyes that were always shining were sometimes mischievous. Sometimes it looks serious. Sometimes he looks irritated and sometimes he looks bright and cheerful. When she turned to meet his eyes, it was like there was some kind of spell that made the young man want to keep staring, and he didn't want to admit that for himself.

It became like liquor... That he 'likes' to drink and can't 'quit' anymore.

"Are you okay, Zoro?"

A smile appeared on her thin lips, capturing his eyes again as if she had magic and was casting a spell.

"Um...beautiful."

"You mean me?"

"narcissistic"

At first, Zoro thought that a deadly punch from the beautiful navigator was definitely going to hit his face, but as he prepared himself, there was no sign of the punch being sent out at all.

But suddenly, the thin lips that the young swordsman was thinking about suddenly bent down and gently rested on his forehead. Slowly and meaningfully before moving down to lightly rest on the left side of his cheek. Without realizing it, he

Zoro felt lucky that Nami was closing her eyes.

Because no matter how dim the lamp light was, she must have noticed how red his face was.

The female navigator slowly parted her lips before bending down to smile at the person on her lap in a good mood, as if what she had done was just an ordinary matter. That smile began to change into amusement and affection when Nami He began to notice the colored face of the swordsman in his lap.

"You're... shy and cute. Haha."

"Be quiet!"

Zoro quickly stood up and sat up straight, glancing at his undrinked ninth glass of wine, he immediately picked it up and downed it to relieve his embarrassment, followed by the tenth glass. Eleventh glass Fourteenth glass Sixteenth glass...

Until he had to put down his glass when he realized that About to exceed your own limits...

"I'm not carrying you back to your room, Zoro."

"I'm not drunk yet."

People who weren't yet drunk argued side-by-side with the person next to them, knowing full well that if they drank a few more drinks they would probably lie on the floor of the boat.

But who would admit it when your mother, sitting next to him, continued drinking without seeming drunk at all, even though he knew how stiff she was?

After a while, silence enveloped, leaving only the sound of the sea hitting the bottom of the boat, keeping the atmosphere around them from being too quiet. Both Nami and Zoro looked intently at the other side of the dark sea. It was as if he was trying to absorb this atmosphere.

Because the future is uncertain.

"Why did you...do it?"

"You mean that kiss?" Nami asked.

"...Um," Zoro answered softly in his throat.

"How can you not?" The beautiful navigator's face began to show a slight annoyance.

"No...it's just that you never did." The young swordsman leaned away slowly. Try to be aware of possible dangers.

But until then, Nami didn't have any response (or raised a fist), or even answered a question. The face that had turned to look at the young interlocutor a moment ago slowly turned to look at the dark sea ahead. A small surprise for Zoro.

But after a long time passed, she replied...

With an answer that sounded like someone acting with a fleeting thought.

"Well...the atmosphere takes you there."

Hearing that answer, the young swordsman immediately sighed at the vague answer.

Damn it, I guess he's starting to get drunk...he thought to himself.

"Don't you want to know the meaning of it?"

"Didn't you just do it out of a fleeting thought?"

Phew!

"Ouch! What the hell are you doing, why are you attacking me?" Zoro rubbed his arm lightly.

"Punishment for being dishonest! You're stupid! And you don't understand women!"

Who is this idiot? The thought of arguing floats into his head like your mother. Why did you come and scold him like this?

But Zoro chose to keep the words that he wanted to argue with.

"Sigh...so what happened?" Zoro sighed in resignation.

"Come closer," Nami beckoned to him.

Whether it was because the young swordsman really didn't think of it or he was just being too naive like the female navigator said, Zoro slowly moved to sit next to Nami. Suddenly, the woman grabbed her by the neck. He immediately lowered the level.

before placing a soft kiss on his forehead again.

"Right here...thank you for being by my side."

And before he could even prepare, she planted another kiss on his left cheek.

"And here..." Nami slowly turned her head away as her cheeks started to heat up.

Zoro, on the other hand, listened intently to the woman in front of him.

"I mean...I...like you a lot."

And the young swordsman's heart suddenly swelled and his heartbeat increased until the blood in his body was pumping and his face was red.

Nami, who didn't even dare meet the young man's eyes, hurriedly covered her face in embarrassment. As for his mouth, he began to curse the person in front of him to correct his embarrassment.

"Is this still not clear enough? You idiot! You're a stupid, naive idiot with the face of a dead fish and the head of a mo-"

Phew!

"S..Zolo"

"Um, I know."

Suddenly, before the female navigator had finished speaking, the young swordsman's calloused hand grabbed her soft arm. Then he pulled Nami into an embrace.

His two strong arms hugged the girl as gently as he could. His sharp, dark eyes met the mocha-colored eyes of the person in his arms 'meaningfully', but this time the person with the face Red to the point of having to hide her face on her strong chest, it turned out to be Nami.

"Crazy eyes...I just want you to stop worrying."

Now Zoro knew that very well.

Since they'd been together, they had never felt jealous or possessive at all, probably because there were only their friends on the ship. Therefore, it is difficult for this kind of feeling to be revealed.

But it doesn't mean there won't be any.

Nami must feel that she is responsible for his feelings because even though Zoro felt like he wanted to drag Nami away from Sanji the moment he saw that guy clinging to her, we all know that San. Ji is a friend...and he has no ill intentions.

"I'm probably not as worried as you are, you idiot."

"No, I'm ashamed to death. Please pay for my kiss. Three hundred thousand berries!"

“Who can afford to pay? You bloody-faced bastard!” Zoro frowned as he thought of such a large amount of money.

"I don't know. If you don't pay, I'll charge you interest per second!" Compound compound -"

tight!

Seriously~

...and in that second

The last thing Nami would feel was the empty liquor bottle that fell as the young swordsman leaned his eloquent face closer to hers...

before placing a kiss on Nami's lips

The first thing that shot through her emotions before anyone else was panic...but after that It turned out to be gentle in his own way, even though it never seemed like it. But the gentleness that seemed to come from another person's heart easily lulled the young navigator into the deep emotions he gave.

Sweet mocha-colored eyes slowly closed, accepting the touch that the young man willingly offered, his slender arms raised up to wrap around the neck of the man in front of him, spellbound, while the young swordsman's thick hand left his waist and came up to caress. Holding the back of the neck under the orange hair, tightening this sweet kiss to continue...

The sweet, soft taste grew even more intense as Zoro's instincts continued to beg for what he was doing, his hot tongue trying to invade the sweet hollow of his mouth. It made him crazy when he himself wasn't the only one who reacted to this.

The more his 'navigator' kissed back, the more the young swordsman was delighted, reaching in like he had never done before, but thinking about the possibility of some hurting his lips. Zoro slowly pulled away from his lips with a look in his eyes that showed he still wanted it.

...We've been together for a long time. But how could he never taste these lips?

Zoro closed his eyes and suppressed that thought.

Are you drunk already?...

"I think I've paid in full," he sighed and said in a slow voice.

"This guy is..." Nami glared at the person in front of her with a red face.

Before...

Pork!

"Ouch! Why are you hitting my head, you idiot?!”

"Because of you! M-Come and make me blush! Pay with a kiss like this..."

Zoro, who was holding his green head, said, “Say it like that. Does that mean I don't have to pay the debt anymore?"

"No! Anyway, you-you-have-to-pay!”

"Oh, wait. Next time I'll come pay." Zoro said while yawning.

“Did you really listen to what I said? Crazy eyes...what are you going to do?!"

Phew!

"Please be quiet. My ears are already strained."

"Then why are you carrying me 'over your shoulders'?!" Are you drunk?!"

I doubt he'll get drunk...

...Well, what's the matter?

"I'm sleepy...go to bed."

"D-Wait! Let me down first! Crazy eyes! Zoro!"

However, he ignored the sound of the baby raven on Zoro's shoulder coming up to his regular training room. Then spread the mattress on the floor. Pick up the pillow and blanket and place it on the mattress with one hand. before placing the thin body of Sunny's navigator and immediately lay down on the mattress.

"You're just going to sleep like this...wow!"

Zoro looked like he wanted to sleep and pulled Nami down to sleep on the same mattress as him. before pulling the body into a tight embrace even though the eyelids were closed.

"What the hell are you doing to me?!" Let go, Zoro!"

"Shut up and lie down quietly."

"But Robin..."

"That girl has been asleep for a long time now, so don't worry about it," the young swordsman said in a voice laced with frustration, like someone who just wanted to sleep, unconsciously tightening the thin body in his embrace closer.

But...it's warm too.

Nami was starting to feel dazed by the warm embrace of the young man next to her. The weather was a little colder today too. When we hug each other like this...it's not so bad.

Leave it to me for now, stupid eyes...Nami planned the punishment in her heart.

The female navigator slowly adjusted her sleeping position to be more comfortable before burying herself in the embrace of the person in front of her and closing her eyes, letting sleepiness take over until she slowly drifted off to sleep.

...Floating in a dream at night with a whisper so faint it could hardly be heard.

What is love?

This question echoed in my heart when the person who spoke whispered a single word...

'But I... must have fallen in love with you.'

(The End)