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Part 16 of Smoke and Tangerines , Part 54 of Conversations and Scenes We Didn't Have in One Piece
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Rattled Nerves

Summary:

It takes a well-placed, firm shove to the chest from Zoro to keep Sanji from falling onto his face on the deck of the Thousand Sunny from shock.

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Nami's nearing the end of her pregnancy with her and Sanji's first child and everything terrifies the cook in the days leading up to the birth of their baby. Fortunately they has the Straw Hat Pirate crew to help support them. Set sometime after Luffy becomes King of the Pirates.

Based on the drabble prompt "scare".

Notes:

Disclaimer: These characters belong to Eiichiro Oda, and the Funimation English Dub series. Also, I just wanted it to be known that I watch the show in the English dub, so those are the voices I imagine for the characters. No monetary gain is being made from this drabble. Set sometime in a future world sometime soon after Luffy becomes King of the Pirates, whatever age the Straw Hats would be at that point in time. (My shipper heart can dream and this is the canon that I am imagining for the world when Luffy becomes King of the Pirates and the rest of the crew achieves their respective dreams as well!) Based on the drabble prompt “scare”.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Sanji is currently far beyond the criteria that normally qualifies someone as a nervous wreck. Currently he is pacing the deck of the Thousand Sunny with so much determination and ferocity that the soles of his feet and black leather shoes are nearly set ablaze like they do with Black Leg Sanji’s signature moves. He continues to pace despite the discomfort.

“Bro, will you give it a rest?” comes Franky’s voice from the helm. “You’re going to wear a hold in the Sunny’s deck!” the cyborg cautions, causing Usopp to nod along in agreement.

“We all know that you’re worried about Nami,” Brook admits, offering Sanji a mug of tea as the cook’s hands struggle to light his umpteenth cigarette.

“However, you should realize that Chopper and Law are brilliant doctors and will do everything in their power to take excellent care of Nami,” Jinbei offers some reassurance, resting one of his large, webbed hands on Sanji’s shoulder, effectively forcing the cook to stand still longer than two seconds.

“Besides,” comes Zoro’s voice as he comes into view, his biceps curling as he lifts weights. “Women have been doing this for thousands of years. I’m sure Nami is strong enough to handle everything. She’s quite tough if you haven’t noticed,” the swordsman nonchalantly remarks.

“Oh, yeah? And when did you get to be oh so wise, marimo?!?” Sanji snaps.

“I asked Robin some questions where I’d know for when it’s our turn.”

            After a painstakingly long time, Nami exits the medical room, Chopper and Robin flanking either side with Law trailing behind her.

“Nami-swan!” Sanji shouts, running up to embrace his heavily pregnant wife. “What happened?!? Are you---? Is the baby---?” he questions, his mind rushing.

“I’m fine, Sanji! Really. I’m sorry I scared you by thinking I was going into labor,” Nami blushes, kissing her husband’s lips.

“She just had Braxton Hicks contractions,” Chopper begins to explain.

“They’re not strong enough for real labor, but it does mean her body is preparing for birth,” Law adds.

It takes a well-placed, firm shove to the chest from Zoro to keep Sanji from falling onto his face on the deck of the Thousand Sunny from shock that his and Nami’s baby would be making his or her grand appearance into the world so soon.

 

Notes:

Author’s Note: Author’s Note: As much as Nami acts frustrated with Sanji in the manga and anime, I do believe he would eventually wear her down and make her realize that he does actually, genuinely care for her. Sanji, despite being quite the ladies’ man does hold Nami in extremely high regard and manages to convince her to be his girlfriend and, later on down the line, his wife in my personal headcanon. Anyway, I definitely love the changing relationship between Nami and Sanji in the show from where they grew from Nami simply taking advantage of Sanji all the time to the point where they both equally rely on one another and can trust one another. (Also, you can’t convince me that in the alternate Boss Luffy world that they aren’t married when they run the restaurant together…) I hope you all enjoyed this little drabble. Kudos, likes, and comments are always appreciated. Until next time, dear readers! Have an amazing day, afternoon, or night!

Edit 5/19/2025: I changed the timeline around for this entire series, so I went back through all of the 17 posted stories I have written as of today and either edited small details (how many months it had been since Sanji and Nami first get together romantically, when they start having interactions together like this, etc.) or switched the order of a few of the stories. Nothing major is changing, so do not worry! I just want to create a more cohesive story since I have written these out of order and I am trying to create a big interconnected storyline between my ZoRobin, SaNami, Law/OC, and Gen stories.