A loud bang woke Nami from her sleep. She sat up and similarly saw Robin getting out of her bed.
“What was that?” Nami asked as she stood.
“I’m not sure. But we should probably go check it out,” Robin said. Nami nodded and grabbed her robe, slipping it on over her pajamas.
They met up with the rest of the crew on deck, minus Usopp and Franky; they appeared to be chipper and laughing amongst themselves.
Nami raised an eyebrow. “Is everything okay? What was that bang?”
“That was our idiot captain breaking his bed,” Sanji said. As if he could guess what Nami was going to ask next, he continued. “We’re out here because Franky said it wouldn’t take long to fix but asked us to wait elsewhere so we weren’t in the way. Usopp’s helping him.”
“Do we want to know how Luffy broke the bed?” Nami said.
“Well —,” Luffy started but was quickly kicked in the head by Sanji and fell flat on his back.
Sanji turned to Nami and Robin and took a puff from his cigarette. “No.”
Luffy got back to his feet while rubbing his head. “Ow. That hurt, Sanji,” he said, pouting. He was about to say something else but stopped short when he glanced at Nami. He looked her up and down and tilted his head.
“What?” Nami asked.
Luffy approached her and felt the end of her robe sleeve and his eyes widened. “Wow! This feels so nice! I want one!”
Sanji snickered. “That’s a woman’s dressing gown, Luffy.”
“So?” Luffy said, not getting his point.
Robin smiled knowingly. “I didn’t think that would faze you, Sanji.”
Sanji’s cheeks lit up bright red and he shut his mouth. Nami would have to ask Robin for details later on what that was about. She returned her attention to Luffy who was still feeling the sleeve of her silk dressing gown between his fingers. “I have a spare… I can give it to you for, I don’t know, 5000 Beri?” she said.
“Eh!? Stingy Nami!” Luffy said, immediately letting go. He crossed his arms and puffed his cheeks out. “Nami gets all the good things.”
“I have a spare you can have,” Robin said. Luffy cheered.
Nami turned to her, jaw-dropped. “Robin! You’re meant to help me!”
“I am. You’ll see.” Robin turned to Luffy. “Come this way.” With both Luffy and Nami in tow, Robin led them to the ladies’ bedroom.
Nami watched as Robin went to her wardrobe and withdrew two items of clothing that Nami had never seen her wear. One item was a silk robe but unlike Nami’s pink robe it was more akin to a kimono — albeit shorter in length, and more revealing, than an actual one. It was green with a red tiger design. The other item she had was a long purple dressing gown that looked to be thick and of velvet material. She held them both up to Luffy.
“Which one would you prefer?” she asked.
Luffy’s eyes lit up like he’d won the jackpot. He immediately reached for them both, feeling the difference in the material. “This one looks and feels really cozy!” he said, bringing the sleeve of the velvet dressing gown to his face. “But this one has that smooth feeling like Nami’s and has a really cool design!” he said, turning his attention to the kimono-style robe. He nodded to himself like he’d made his decision. “Yup. I want this one.”
Robin handed the kimono-style robe to him and put the velvet one back in her wardrobe.
“Shall I show you the most effective way to wear it?” Robin asked Luffy. Luffy nodded with a grin. Nami frowned, not understanding. The most effective way? For fighting or something else? What was Robin on about? Regardless, Nami remained quiet and observed as Robin instructed Luffy to strip so he was just in his mid-thigh pajama shorts.
Once Luffy had the robe on, Robin made some quick adjustments. She opened it up at the front to reveal more of Luffy’s chest and pulled it down ensuring it was covering his pajama shorts. Nami had to muffle her snort. She could finally see what Robin was doing. The woman truly was too devious.
“And voila! You are good to go,” Robin said, smiling.
Luffy grinned. “Thanks, Robin!”
Nami smirked. “Oh, I think that’s Zoro calling for you, Luffy!” Nami lied through her teeth.
“Oh? I better go. Thanks again, Robin!” Luffy said and walked out of the women’s bedroom.
Nami and Robin followed behind him and glanced at one another, amused glints in their eyes.
On deck, only Zoro remained. Nami and Robin opted to stay out of sight as Luffy ran forward to meet him.
“Zoro! What do you think?” Luffy asked, striking a classic hands-on-hips pose with the kimono sitting just right.
Zoro turned around to face him and his eyes just about popped out of his head. “Fuck, Luffy. You look… You look…”
“Eh, Zoro? Your nose is bleeding a little bit,” Luffy said.
Nami had to stifle her laugh at that. Zoro with a bloody nose? Looks like Sanji wasn’t the only sinful one. There was a first for everything!
Zoro grabbed hold of Luffy’s hand and pulled him close to his body. “You’re killing me,” Zoro said into Luffy’s ear. Luffy grinned.
“That’s our cue to leave,” Nami whispered to Robin. Robin nodded and the two quietly made their way back to their shared bedroom.
Once they were back, Nami laid back on her bed. “That was amusing, but I don’t see how it’s gonna benefit us,” she said.
Robin chuckled. “Wait until the morning. You’ll see.”
—
The morning came and with it came the results Robin had promised her. She was hounded by Sanji, Usopp, and Franky. They looked up to her with pleading eyes.
“Please never let Luffy wear that kimono thing ever again. We will pay you double the amount to burn it!” Sanji said.
“It wasn’t me who gave it to him. It was Robin,” Nami said.
Franky nodded. “She said to sort it out with you.”
Nami grinned. Well in that case… but she was curious. “What was so bad about him wearing the kimono-robe? He seemed to really like it.”
Usopp gulped. “He wasn’t the only one who really liked it.”
Oh. That’s right. Zoro. Nami cackled. Just what did Zoro and Luffy subject their poor nakama to exactly? No, on second thoughts, she didn’t want to know. She thanked the pirate king she shared a room with just Robin.
“Okay. You’ve got yourselves a deal.”
The three let out simultaneous sighs of relief.
However, little did they know that Zoro would catch her in the act of stealing the kimono robe back and offer her double what they’d offered if she would let Luffy keep it.
It was how Nami liked her gambles: a win-win.