Sanji looked out onto the jet black sea, ran his hand through his hair and threw his cigarette into the inky depths muttered her name to himself, numerous times, taking the joy those two syllables gave him. He looked up to the moon and began to sing
"when the night has come, and the land is dark and the moon is the light we'll see. No i wont be afraid, no i wont be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me. So darling darling stand by me, woah stand by me, woah stand, stand by me, stand by me."
At that moment, a female voice accompanied him, taking over the next verse.
"if the sky that we look upon, should tumble and fall, or the mountains should crumble to the sea, i wont cry, i wont cry, no i wont shed a tear, just as long as you stand, stand by me, and darling darling, stand by me, woah stand by me, woah stand now, stand by me, stand by me
Sanji turned around, to see none other than Nico Robin, the woman he was singing about, he smiled and she returned said smile, and began quietly humming the violin part of the song with him, until the chorus came again and they both began to sing
"darlin' darlin' stand by me, oohh stand by me oh stand now, stand by me stand by me, whenever your in trouble wont you stand by me, woah stand by me woah, wont you stand now, stand by me."
"How do you know that song Robin-chan, thats a song that my mother used to sing to me when i was very little." asked sanji
"my mother sang it to me when i was a child also, you never told me about your mother, cook-san."
"shes not really my mother, when i joined the baratie, i had the shitty old geezer for a father, but there was a female chef there who was like a mother to me, she used to sing that song to me when i was little, of course, shes gone now, she was only there a short while you see, well now i have one important lady and one really important lady in my life, so im pretty happy!" he smiled
Cook-san, you interest me much more than you think. I'd like to get to know you more intimately, of course, I'd never let you know that...
Well not for a while anyway...