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Part 5 of Smoke and Tangerines , Part 40 of Conversations and Scenes We Didn't Have in One Piece
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2024-07-16
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My Sails Are Set

Summary:

Nami teaches Sanji how to sail via a private lesson. Based on the drabble prompt "sailing". Title taken from the One Piece live action song of the same name since it was denoted as Nami's unofficial theme song.

Set some undisclosed time post Wano.

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. This story could also work well with the live-action cast. 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 “sailing”.

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

Work Text:

Nami decides to take him sailing one day early after they’ve declared themselves to be an official couple. Of course, with all his years as a senior Straw Hat Pirate crew member, Sanji has learned how to adequately sail as he obviously needs to know how to turn between port and starboard, especially during escapes from the Marines. Nami had early on instilled the lessons of port versus starboard, how to use the rudder, and a few other “must knows” for sailors because she learned that none of the boys knew anything about sailing the high seas. How they had managed to sail to Coco Village to save her from Arlong Park all those years ago still mystifies her…

            The sun is just starting to rise and Sanji and Nami step onto the small sailboat she plans to teach the cook to sail with. As the sky slowly starts to fill with orange, pink, and purple, Sanji grabs Nami’s hand, squeezing it gently but assuredly.

“What a beautiful sight, spending the sunrise with my sweet,” Sanji softly says, cradling Nami’s cheek in his other hand.

Nami beams, her smile rivaling the sun as she casts off their lines, untethering the two of them from the Thousand Sunny and the Straw Hat crew for a few hours.

            To his credit, Sanji learns quickly. He, of course, chalks it up to the experience of his teacher, but Nami can see his desire to learn and motivation to better his sailing skills. Together, they learn that Sanji loves to sail fast, unfurling the whole sail more often than not, the wind catching them and propelling the little sailboat further away from the Sunny. Each time the navigator and the cook scramble to the other side of the sailboat, opposite the sail to distribute the weight, they share a small kiss. After a few hours of sailing, Nami drops the sail, bringing them to a stop. Nami and Sanji lie on their sides, facing each other and kissing as the waves lap alongside the sailboat.

“I think I like sailing,” Sanji admits.

“I bet you do,” Nami teases, immediately kissing Sanji passionately on the lips, eliciting a small moan from the cook’s lips.

 

Notes:

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.