???: "Hello, are you, Alexander, that Genzo talked about?"
When Alexander heard this voice, he got frozen in place and did not move at all.
Alexander turns around and sees a beautiful woman that made his heart rise to a dangerous level, an hourglass figure with blue hair and tanned skin.
Alex: 'I better make this work, or I might just go into depression.'
Alex: "Yes, that would be me, but you can call me Alex."
Alex: 'My heart feels like it will burst out of my chests at any moment.'
Nojiko: "Haha, cute. No need to be so scared of me. I will not bite yet.
Alexander looks at Nojiko in front of him and sees a mischievous smile coming from her.
Alex: 'Come one man up, you can do this.'
Alex: "Is there something I can help you with?"
Nojiko smiles.
Nojiko: "Well, I hear Genzo talking about this new person that arrived at the village that knew the Straw Hats, so I wanted to meet you in person, and I am happy that I did."
Alex: 'It is now or never.'
Alex: "I was on my way, going for something to eat. Would you care to join me?."
Nojko laughs
Nojiko: "Already taking me to dinner, are we?."
Alex: "Of course, why would I not want to eat with such a beautiful woman, so what do you say?"
Nojiko: "I would love to Mr. Smooth Talker."
Alexander and Nojiko walk into the restaurant. It was not anything fancy, just a simple restaurant.
There were not that many people in the restaurant, so Alexander was pretty free to pick where he wanted to sit, so he chose the best spot where they could sit.
When they reached the table, Alexander pulled out the chair and seated her.
Nojiko sits down and smiles.
Nojiko: "My, what a gentleman."
Alexander got a little embarrassed because he did not know much about what to do or not to do on a date. He at least knew some of the basics.
It took quite the courage of him to ask her to out at first. He did not think she would even accept because they did not even know each other before this. The only thing they had in common before this would be that both of them knew Straw Hats.
But when he got this opportunity, he did not want to miss this chance.
After they sat down, they looked at the menu, but when the waitress came and took the order and left, it was awkward at first, but he calmed himself down and started a conversation, and it seemed to work.
When the waitress comes back to Alexander and Nojiko, she could hear laughter from both of them, so she gave them the food quietly because she did not want to kill the mood and left.
When they had finished, Alexander paid, and they headed out.
Alexander and Nojiko left the restaurant together, and Alexander insisted on walking her home even though It was not late at night.
He still wanted to walk her home.
As they were walking, Alexander felt a chill at the back of his neck. He stopped for a second to look around, but he could not find anything out of place.
Alex: 'That was weird. I swear I it felt as someone was spying on me.'
Nojiko noticed that he had stopped and was looking around.
Nojiko: "Alex, something wrong?"
Alexander: "Oh, sorry, Nojiko, there is nothing wrong I must have imagined things."
Nojiko: "If you say so, Alex."
With that, Alexander and Nojiko start going towards her house again. What Alexander did not notice was Genzo silently watching them.
Genzo gently looks towards Nojiko, but he stares at Alexander with complicated emotions.
Genzo: 'Seems like everyone may leave the nest soon.'
He looks at the newspaper, and if you look carefully, it was the newspaper that Alexander got from the News Coo, and Alexander most have failed to notice.
If you look at the news on his page, it said stated: "Wanted for the crime of helping the Straw Hats Pirates from getting captured."
Alexander and Nojiko are now near her house after a while. They reach her door; he stops with Nojiko.
Nojiko: "Thank you for today, Alex. I had a great time. Thanks to recent events, I have been unable to enjoy myself much, so thank you."
Alexander could see the sadness in her eyes when she remembers all those years in the village when Arlong took over it.
Alex: "I had a lot of fun on our date today. I have never been on a date before, and I am new to this, but I like the time I spent with you a lot and would like to see you again."
Nojiko: " I would love to."
After saying that, Nojiko smiles sweetly with a tiny hint of blush hiding behind her tanned skin.
When he saw that, I fell even deeper in love again with this beautiful woman.
He just stood there in a daze, and Nojiko noticed that, and she smiled, and so she leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek.
Alexander wakes up to see the mischievous smile on her lips, and before he even realized it, Nojiko had already gone inside and closed the door.
He was still in a slight daze and stood there for a while before going back to the inn. People that saw him noticed a big smile on his face.
Nojiko just leaned onto the door with a slight red tint on her cheeks
Nojiko: 'Why did I do that? I do not know what went through my head. I just felt like teasing him cause staring so dumbly at me.'
When Alexander reaches the in, he starts training like a madman with everything he could cause as he felt so energetic.
After calming down, he noticed that it was already late at night, so he went to sleep.
---12 days later---
Alexander wakes up and smiles like an idiot.
These twelve days, his training has been progressing a lot more thanks to the weights every day he felt noticeable stronger, and these eight days he had kept on going on dates with Nojiko, and every day they get closer and closer to each other but still have not taken it to the next step.
He felt it was good as it was, at least for the time being.
In the beginning, only Genzo noticed their relationship, but later on, more and more people started seeing it. In the end, the whole village soon had heard it and rooted for them well, maybe except some guys.
Nojiko was not the only person he got to know more about Genzo would frequently chat with him about stuff like "Do I love Nojiko and are you planning on marrying her and her alone."
Of course, he answered that he loved her and would take this relationship seriously and marry her if she wanted.
Because how can you not love her, she is mature, fun, cute, playful and naughty at times with beautiful tan and a plus is that she is gorgeous Alexander was never one to judge one by the looks it was more a plus than something the person must-have if you love then you do.
Alexander just wanted to tell Nojiko how he feels about her, but It is not the right time for that now. It is still too early and would probably weird her out.
[AU: Imagine forcing this]
So Alexander decides to leave the island to try out his strength because those days he spent training on the merchant ship were not as effective as these 12 days he has been training with weights, so Alexander wanted to check if there was anything new he could discover.
Before Alexander leaves, he tells Nojiko that he will leave the island for a few days.
She seemed a little sad at first, but after Alexander told her it was only for a few days, she became a lot happier.
Her reaction gave him some warmth that at least she appreciated the time they spent together and that there maybe was hope.
After reaching the ship, he takes out his map to find any islands around the area. It did not take him long to find one.
So after he undocks, he set his sails towards the island. The trip was boring as the only thing he did was train because it would make time go faster.
As time went by, he finally arrived at the island that had taken him almost 2 hours to reach.