My entry for this round!
Kinda late, but happy new year folks!
Sure was hard squeezing this ficlet into the word limit, but I managed. Whew.
Title: Of Brown Fur and Bright Dots
Media: Fic
Word Count: 300
Rating: Gen
Prompt: Dots
Characters: Straw Hat Pirates
“Reindeers don’t get chicken pox, huh.”
Chopper had the decency to look sheepish.
Nami’s stern demeanor softened. “Oh well, you won’t be getting any rest if I keep scolding you like this. Now say Aaah.”
The boy obediently let her take his temperature without fuss. The navigator-turned-temporary-nurse still frowned as she looked at the reading. Chopper shrank a little further down into the blankets.
A crash sounded from somewhere above them and Nami twitched.
Luffy aka Patient 1 was already fully recovered and bounding about the ship as usual. Chopper had wanted to keep him in the sickbay for longer, but the captain’s whining had been keeping the youngest himself from rest, so Nami had ordered him out. Anyway, everyone else swore that they had the sickness as a child, so the rubber man really was only a danger to himself. (But then again when was he not?)
The door opened. “Oi, witch, I’m-” before the newcomer could complete his sentence, a foot aimed at his head made him duck.
“Don’t talk to Nami-san like that, idiot marimo!” The cook’s beaming face appeared in the doorway. “Nami-swan, lunch is served!”
Nami kicked both men straight back out of the infirmary. “Quiet! He just fell asleep!” She peeked back into the room, relieved to see the reindeer still sleeping, albeit rather fitfully.
“I brought some broth for the kid too, but if he’s sleeping I’ll warm it up later.”
“Yes, thank you, Sanji-kun.”
Zoro grunted. “I’ll just go in then.”
Luffy bounced down the corridor. “Me too!”
Before Nami could launch into an angry tirade, Usopp and Brook had each grabbed one arm to haul their captain away. A pair of feet sprouted under Luffy’s aided them along.
Nami huffed, exasperated, then smiled.
Just another day on the Thousand Sunny.