"Wait a minute!" Nami gasped as Luffy secured the bandage on her hand. He blinked up at her with owlish eyes. Nami sat on the couch in his spacious living room, Luffy kneeling in front of her.

"This is not why I came here!"

"Then why are you here?"

"Your stupid decorations are in my trees!"

"Hey! They aren't stupid!"

"It is the second of November!"

"So!"

Nami threw her arms up in defeat, "Either way, it is your fault, and you are going to remove them."

"How is it my fault?!" he protested.

"It's your Santa in my tree."

"Your tree is around my Santa."

"That is not a valid argument!"

"Why not?!"

"Because!" she hit him on the head.

"Ow! Why'd you hit me?!" he yelped, grabbing the growing bump on his head.

"B-Because!" she mentally kicked herself for not having a better answer.

"Fine~" he whined, "let me grab my ladder, and I'll get it out." Luffy cleaned up the first aid kit and left the room.

With nothing better to do, Nami wondered around the room. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed an archway with a large floor fan blowing into a room to her left. With a quick glance towards the door he had just exited, she went to go investigate. Its freezing in here! Why would he need a fan blowing too?

The room was hexagonal, a beautiful bay window facing the backyard. High-tech gym equipment and weights filled the room, save for a trophy case in the far corner. Oddly enough, the case was stuffed with trophies, medals, awards, and celebratory pictures.

Who the hell is this guy!? she demanded.

"Are you just going to stand there?"

The man's sudden question made her jump. "Ah um … Why so many trophies?" Nice save there Nami. What is wrong with me? Why did I ask such a stupid question?! she put a smile on, chastising herself in her head.

"I'm a professional mixed martial arts fighter," he explained with a huge grin.

"Is that why you have so much work out equipment?"

"Nah! I'm just testing them out before putting them in my gym. That way whoever uses them will be happy."

This guy owns a gym!?

"Where's the tree?" Luffy asked, changing the topic. "Oh. Um. I-In my backyard." Her stuttering self arose again.

She lead him through her house and into her backyard. At least twenty trees covered in big, juicy, oranges spread throughout the yard, all of them in pristine condition; none had any damage to the tree's bark, nor any hanging dead limbs.

They came up to one of the trees lining the fence between their houses. The Santa engulfed a large portion of the branches, tangled in with the fruits and leaves.

"You better be careful when handling my mikans! They won't be ready to be picked until December!"

"Yeah yeah."

"Don't 'yeah yeah' me! These are very precious!" Luffy just shrugged his shoulders, setting up his ladder.

He angled himself at the top, reaching over the tree as far as he could. The sun stood high in the sky, beating down on his bare back.

Crap… He forgot to put a shirt on… Nami thought when Luffy pulled a certain way, making his back muscles flex. The sweat from the heat made his tanned skin shimmer.

Damn he's hot. Why didn't he put a shirt on? She tried her hardest not to stare. It wasn't working.

A sudden gust blew, the plushy fabric caught in Luffy's hands. Forcing him backwards like a tug of a balloon, he fell off the later.

"Oh my god! Are you okay!?" she ran up to him and checked for any visible injuries. Her hands rubbed over his glistening toned abs. His face scrunched into a pained wince. Luffy opened his eyes, only to find the girl and her long orange locks taking up his entire vision.

"Such beautiful eyes …" he mumbled. Nami turned pink when she noticed how close they were.

"W-what?" she sputtered out, helping him sit up on the grass.

"I've never seen such pretty eyes before," he spoke a little louder this time, his stare not wavering from hers. "I … wh-… but they're just plain brown! What's so pretty about them?" she kept getting more red and confused, a situation she did not prefer.

"I dunno know. They're just really pretty to me, for some reason." Luffy just continued to gaze into her eyes. He longer cared about the itchy grass or the fact that his Santa decoration tangled in one her tree ― all he cared about was getting lost in her brown eyes.

What Luffy didn't know is that Nami spent an awful amount of time thinking about her eyes. She always got jealous of others who had pretty and colorful eyes, even if she didn't act like it. For Nami, this was the first compliment she had ever gotten directed towards her eyes. Not her eye makeup or her long lashes ― but her eyes themselves. The very thought of someone thinking her eyes, her plain brown eyes as something pretty ― let alone the prettiest they have seen ― made her heart soar. To top it off, he said they were beautiful. This meant a lot to her.

"I'd like it if you stayed."

The words came out of her mouth before she could think. "I-I mean, well, uh…" she stumbled trying to save herself. "Let's get to know each other ... over dinner?" she suggested. Nami let out a deep breath she withheld the whole time.

"That sounds great!" Luffy cheered. Nami gazed back at him with a relieved grin.

Muwahahahaha~ cliffhangers~ Jk. Was this too short compared to the wait?

Trying to keep Luffy IC is a pain. Oh well, I liked how this turned out. Depending on the reviews, I plan to continue this.