The Lying Game

By Darkkinkachu

Summary: Because it is so much easier to pretend the navigator is just the navigator and these feelings mean nothing at all. Love is just another painful scar to hide and nothing more.

Disclaimer: I do not claim any of the characters portrayed within as my own.

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It was almost comically easy to hide it. Really, who would expect him to fall so hard for the money-loving navigator? No one even noticed him sitting on the soft turf of the Thousand Sunny only a few feet away.

Robin was currently amusing herself by making hands pop out and whack Luffy in the head who, in turn, would get 'angry' and try to catch them. Not far off Ussop and Nami were laughing and enjoying the spectacle.

He sighed heavily, forcing the air out through his nose. He loved her laugh. The man wasn't about to wax poetic about her laugh being like 'heavenly silver bells' or some such nonsense. He would leave that to the ero-cook. But her laugh really was music to his ears. Not because it was rich and bubbly and made his stomach twist itself in knots or the way her whole lithe frame quivered when she was really all out laughing. It was just because it was her laugh…

He sighed again, rubbing the back of his head in mild embarrassment. What a stupid thing to think. But it was the truth. He couldn't help loving every thing about her, as cliché as it sounded. The fire in her eyes, no matter how much it scared him, also entrance in. Rather like a moth to a flame. He knew he would get burned but…maybe going down in flames wasn't such a bad thing…

But there were so many reasons why he could never tell her how he felt. Mostly because it would throw the whole crew into chaos. It just wasn't like him. He had his dream and his Namaki so nothing else should have mattered. Love really was a troublesome thing.

The man took a deep breath, catching a brief whiff of money and tangerines. It made his head spin a little. He loved her natural crisp citrus smell and what it did to him. Maybe he would join them so he could get closer to that wonderful aroma…

"HEY!"

"GYUWAAH!" The poor creature almost jumped out of his skin, "Z-Zoro! You scared me!"

The swordsman blinked down at the Zoan DF user, "Sorry…" he said, not sounding the part at all, "I got a splinter helping with the repairs. Can you get it out for me?"

"Sure!" Chopper smiled, shifting to his human form and leading the green haired man to his medical room, "C'mon, I'll have it out in a jiffy!"

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Darkkinkachu: Because my Chopper/Nami pwnz all your LuNa…but seriously guys, One Piece is the most monotonous and boring fandom I've ever seen! Don't you poor people know about Crack!Pairings? I demand PaulieNami NAO bitches…or when ever you have some free time 8D Mmm but this really wasn't written that well. I'll have to try again later...

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