[ She drops her book down on the bed before climbing in after it, her lips taut with a scowl as she settles back against her pillows. ]
There? Are you happy? [ Pulling the blanket up with one hand she gestures down at herself, now stretched out beside him with the other, obviously annoyed. ]
Now I can not sleep and listen to you snore at the same time. My lucky day.
[ to his credit, zoro barely flinches when the book drops down suddenly, only giving her an irritated grunt as nami climbs in, fussing over the pillows as she settles. ]
Get earplugs. Bet you there's a vending machine somewhere.
[ bed is for sleeping, remember? not that nami is looking like she's going to do that anytime soon ...
anyway, why does he even care what she does? zoro is going to make a show of yawning, before glancing sideways up at her from where he is fully laying down, crooking an eyebrow. ]
So quit your worrying, and get some sleep already.
I'm finishing a chapter. [ He's right about her needing to get to sleep, but she isn't going to do him the favor of acknowledging that. That, and, she isn't quiet prepared to lay in the quiet with the quietly simmering anxiety that must come part and parcel with waking up in space, covered in goo. Right now, having Zoro beside her is comforting, despite that Nami would never acknowledge as much. the secret part of her that values that about him isn't willing to risk ruining it by laying sleeplessly beside him.
In a disgusting way, listening to him snore while she plows through the novel in front of her sounds more appealing. ]
[ at least it was enough to get her into the bed, so he should consider that a small win, at least. she is just as stubborn as he is when it came down to it, and zoro has had too long a day to keep playing the babysitter -- they'd both taken a shower as soon as they could, but like her he could still feel the phantom slick-slide of the goo, and it bothers him in ways that zoro can't explain.
he turns his gaze back to stare up at the ceiling above them. silently ticks the numbers out in his head, slowing his breathing the way he was taught at the dojo. tries to not think about the way that he still can't fall asleep, not used to the stillness of the air around that feels like they're at a standstill. 72. 65. 57. 81.
[ Eyebrows pitching upward at the question, Nami frowns, seemingly perplexed by the question while she shifts her hold on the book in her hand, turning it so he can see the spine and cover for himself. ]
Something about the weather in space. One of those little crab robots found it for me.
[ Information is its own kind of treasure, she's always thought, and all the more so right now when being in over her head doesn't even do the overwhelmed feeling she's been wading through justice. ]
Kinda thing that would make anyone but me fall asleep, I guess.
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cartographie) wrote2026-07-28 09:49 pm
text because they refuse to mindread;
[ it's not that long since she was literally dying?? ]
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whatever. just don't get sick again.
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anyway, i don't get sick.
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Space germs could be different, the last thing anyone needs is for you to get cocky.
[ how this went from him grouchily worrying about her, to an uno reverse no one may ever know. ]
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you sound worried.
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There? Are you happy? [ Pulling the blanket up with one hand she gestures down at herself, now stretched out beside him with the other, obviously annoyed. ]
Now I can not sleep and listen to you snore at the same time. My lucky day.
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Get earplugs. Bet you there's a vending machine somewhere.
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Might have to.
[ She settles herself against his side and flips her book open while sliding her glasses onto her nose. ]
Not like me sleeping is going to stop you from doing something stupid, or risking getting sick.
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[ bed is for sleeping, remember? not that nami is looking like she's going to do that anytime soon ...
anyway, why does he even care what she does? zoro is going to make a show of yawning, before glancing sideways up at her from where he is fully laying down, crooking an eyebrow. ]
So quit your worrying, and get some sleep already.
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In a disgusting way, listening to him snore while she plows through the novel in front of her sounds more appealing. ]
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he turns his gaze back to stare up at the ceiling above them. silently ticks the numbers out in his head, slowing his breathing the way he was taught at the dojo. tries to not think about the way that he still can't fall asleep, not used to the stillness of the air around that feels like they're at a standstill. 72. 65. 57. 81.
fuck. ]
What're you reading?
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Something about the weather in space. One of those little crab robots found it for me.
[ Information is its own kind of treasure, she's always thought, and all the more so right now when being in over her head doesn't even do the overwhelmed feeling she's been wading through justice. ]
Kinda thing that would make anyone but me fall asleep, I guess.