[ Nami knows that isn't what Luffy's getting at, and she shakes her head at her joke, her fingers toying with a rose petal she's caught, more giddy than nervous - which is weird, but not worth noting while they're both bathed in this golden light and he's smiling at her like that. She hasn't had the luxury of mattering to anyone in a long time, at least not in a way that was as weighty and real as this. Hearing that she matters to him makes her heart feel full. ]
You too. Everyone on the crew means the world to me, but, you... [ And she can't even panic about the absence of panic she's experiencing from being so blunt about the way she feels, which will irk her when she looks back on this in hindsight. ]
I guess the world is a little bigger when I look at you.
[ That's corny to the point that she does regain her senses long enough to make a face, distantly conscious of the fact that she's as bad at things like this as she had been with friendly banter back in Kaya's room, even though she's certain that right now that doesn't matter. All that matters is that Luffy hears how she feels. ]
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[ Nami knows that isn't what Luffy's getting at, and she shakes her head at her joke, her fingers toying with a rose petal she's caught, more giddy than nervous - which is weird, but not worth noting while they're both bathed in this golden light and he's smiling at her like that. She hasn't had the luxury of mattering to anyone in a long time, at least not in a way that was as weighty and real as this. Hearing that she matters to him makes her heart feel full. ]
You too. Everyone on the crew means the world to me, but, you... [ And she can't even panic about the absence of panic she's experiencing from being so blunt about the way she feels, which will irk her when she looks back on this in hindsight. ]
I guess the world is a little bigger when I look at you.
[ That's corny to the point that she does regain her senses long enough to make a face, distantly conscious of the fact that she's as bad at things like this as she had been with friendly banter back in Kaya's room, even though she's certain that right now that doesn't matter. All that matters is that Luffy hears how she feels. ]