Back to Water Seven
Chapter 2
"Fancy seeing you here, Franky."
Nico Robin smiled at the rather lovely prospect of spending alone time with the crew's perverted shipwright. Or was it transforming now? Anyway, he was her favorite person to bug time after time, and a great opportunity presented itself before her. She found it refreshing that a person older than her would have such innocence that her captain exudes, although not too much like Brook since he always seemed to know more than what he claimed.
Franky was wearing his usual attire, a red jacket with yellow coconut tree silhouettes dotting the front and back. His distracting - no, ubiquitous speedo was also there. She distinctly remembered Franky boasting about it having the capacity to survive all kinds of danger. Her eyes traveled over his hair, or what used to be there. He said it was a sign of change, that he had done it for the better, but so far she still hadn't understood what change it brought, what purpose it served. She didn't doubt her nakama though, even if she didn't really understand a man's romance.
The waitress who served Franky earlier returned to the table and asked Robin what she would like. She was a little different now, her voice had a hint of confidence in it. Franky was smiling at the girl's direction, just what did he ..?
"Ground coffee please. Make it black."
Franky didn't understand what made Robin so attracted over horrifying things. Things like calling a zombie dog with three heads cute, or joking that the sea would turn red if that super huge ship fell on Fishman Island. But maybe it was that crucial element, that something making her different from all the others. Maybe, just maybe, it was that weirdness that attracted him to her in the first place.
"So, Nico Robin," started Franky, attempting conversation. "What brings you here to my adopted hometown of Water Seven?"
Robin's sapphire-like eyes seemed to drill deep into Franky's own. He could only guess what was going on in the archaeologist's mind at that moment. She suddenly smiled in an enigmatic way.
"I just wanted to go back here, this place is rich in history," Robin replied, her face trying and failing to lie. "I mean, so many things happened here -"
Franky held a hand up. This wouldn't be the first time he read her feelings, and this certainly wouldn't be the last. The hand came from inside the larger hand though. Given the brevity of the situation, Robin didn't know whether to continue on with the apathy, to reveal her surprise, or to laugh at the ridiculousness of it.
"First of all, this place isn't rich in history, it's just a city full of water and idiot shipbuilders. Second, your smile isn't reaching your eyes, it's creepy. Lastly, it's not super lying to me, Nico Robin. I'm not bragging, but I can read you like a book."
Franky almost melted when Robin's face suddenly softened up. The sunset was reflected on her face, giving her an aura of indescribable sadness with a dash of relief. When Robin smiled, Franky was ready to propose right then and there.
"I suppose there's no use hiding things from you. Well, I sought company since it was boring on the ship. Yes Franky, I am bored sometimes," Robin added when the cyborg showed a look of incredulity.
"Well then," Franky replied, a little hesitation on his part. "If you ever feel bored the next time we're on the ship, I'll gladly entertain you ... if that's what you want, I mean ... man, this isn't super of me," he lamely finished, scratching his head and accidentally getting his hair out, eliciting statements of shock from the other customers.
Robin smiled knowingly. Was this his way of asking him out? I guess I'll take him up on his offer. He was her favorite after all.
"Arara. Nico Robin, what are you doing here?"
Her eyes widened in shock. That familiar voice, it couldn't be ..?!
Franky craned his neck at the direction of the doorway. He saw there, standing on the Welcome mat, the former member of the greatest fighting force the Marines had, the Blue Pheasant.
"Aokiji," whispered Robin, her eyes widening and her hands shaking.
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A/N: There Lili, Aokiji is out! xd
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