Nami's Hangover - Ch02

The door swung open and down below at knee height was her cuddly reindeer doctor, Tony Tony Chopper.

“There you are, Nami! I came back to check up on you! How are you feeling?”

“Better now that you’re here! But you didn’t have to check up on me. I’m a big girl, I can take care of myself.”

“That’s good to hear. Carrot thought you had a Sulong form because you were so crazy last night! Her fur was in patches and she seemed kinda bruised, but she looked happy. Did you two have a playfight?”

“Hmm? Why would you say that-- AAHH!”

Nami saw herself in the mirror and realized that her face and chest were covered in kiss marks and hickeys. The bite marks had the indentations of two prominent front teeth, so really only one person could have been the culprit.

“Oh! Yeah, we had a little, uhh, late night sparring session. You never know when the bad guys could show up!” Nami leaned in to whisper, “They could even be hiding here on the ship.”

“WHAT?!” Chopper jumped.

“I’m kidding! There’s no danger here.” Nami laughs.

Something took Nami aback. If they were safe here on the ship, then why did she feel strangely lightheaded?

“You okay?” Chopper asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Probably just need to relax. Thanks for the bread, by the way. My stomach still feels kinda woozy but the bread helped.”

“Of course! Sometimes the best medicines are the most natural. Speaking of which, I’m looking for a special medicine I was working on. Have you seen it?”

“I’ll help you look for it. What does it look like?”

“It was sitting right there on my desk but I must’ve misplaced it. It was a small white bottle.”

Nami paused.

“Does it smell like strawberries?”

“Yeah! I thought a little flavor would be nice.”

“...Was it thick like a milkshake?”

“Yeah! Because it’s super concentrated!”

“Just curious but, uhh, what does this medicine do exactly?”

“Some of the mothers in town had trouble producing milk to feed their babies, so I made a special hormone supplement to help them. It’s really potent so that little bottle has fifty doses! Isn’t that cool?”

“F-fifty?!” The color drained from Nami’s face. She stood petrified.

“Be careful, Nami! Your shirt’s wet. Did you spill something? ”

Nami looked down and saw two dark spots had formed on her tank top. White liquid dribbled onto the floor. Plip plip plip.

“Wait! Are you… pregnant?! With who?! Since when?! Nothing leaves my office! Doctor-Patient confidentiality!”

“I’m not pregnant! Not like I ever could ‘cause I only do it with… n-nevermind!”

“If you’re not pregnant, then why are you…” The realization hit Chopper. He became aghast with fear. “Don’t tell me you…”

Nami bashfully revealed the empty bottle.

“...Is this the bottle you’re looking for?”

The room became silent…

“WHAAAT?! NAMI! YOU DRANK THE WHOLE THING?!”

“IT’S YOUR FAULT FOR MAKING IT TASTE SO GOOD!”

“Aww you don’t need to flatter me, you big-- WAIT, DON’T YOU KNOW BETTER NOT TO DRINK STRANGE BOTTLES IN THE MEDICINE CABINET?!”

“I GOT IMPATIENT, OKAY! Oof!”

A dizzy spell struck Nami and she faltered, holding onto the desk for support.

“You wouldn’t happen to have an antidote for this sort of thing, would you?”

“I never thought this would happen so I didn’t even think to make one.”

“What’s gonna happen to me?”

“Well, the medicine was meant to increase milk production so…”

“My chest… it feels like it’s filling up with-- GAHH!”