~ Chapter I - Restless ~

Setting+

Zoro has the most night shifts where he is on watch for storms and other threats. During this time he sleeps soundly, drinks, and does other things. In his free time, Zoro trains in the crow s nest then drinks copious quantities of sake- then sleeps sounder than a rock.

Luffy spends his days playing, emptying the ship s food supply & sleeping, he is only occasionally on watch for no longer than an hour and a half- as he is both restless and easily distracted. Luffy s favourite food is MEAT!

While on night-watch Zoro falls into a deep sleep while leaning against the main mast of the Sunny.

Wondering around the ship late at night as he could not fall asleep, Luffy sighed out of boredom. Hearing obnoxious snoring the goofy captain snuck up to Zoro's soundly sleeping form [while slightly jealous of the man's ability to sleep at any given time].

Sitting criss-cross apple-sauce in front of Zoro, Luffy studied his first mate's features intently. Bringing himself closer to look in more detail, Luffy was being oddly observant and reserved in his actions.

With every rise and fall of Zoro's chest along with the accompanying snores Luffy found himself dozing off and, finding that he could not hold himself upright without face-planting, sluggishly draped himself over Zoro's lap with his head in the older man s lap.

The two slept deeply throughout the night without as much as a stir.

~ Morning ~

Yawning, Nami walked out of the dining area and rubbed the sleep from her eyes while leaning against the nearby railing. Once her vision cleared a bit, Nami's eyes nearly fell out of their sockets at the sight before her.

Humming quietly to himself, Sanji waltzed out of the dining area holding two cups of freshly brewed tea. Upon seeing a shaking Nami [Chan!] Sanji quickly asked her what was wrong while trying to think of who he would have to beat up.

Turning to face the cook Nami clamped a hand over her nose which had started to bleed profusely. Alarmed, Sanji rushed to Nami after placing the two cups on a small ledge and listened to her explanation.

"I-it s so- cute!" Nami stuttered much to the blonde's surprise and gestured to the deck of the Sunny. Turning his head the cook almost dropped his cigarette and, though he caught it with his left hand, Sanji still managed to burn a small portion of his palm.

"Ouch!..." putting out his smoke Sanji blew on his hand. "Well this is not what I was expecting Nami-chan"

"Hah!? But they are so cute!..." Looking at the sleeping pair for a while Sanji, much to his surprise, felt blood rush to his own nose.

Nami smirked now that she had found another person to gush about all things BL besides her best friend Robin.

"You're scaring me Nami-chan!.."

~ Delicious aroma of breakfast being cooked wafts out of the kitchen to all corners of the ship. ~

Four pairs of frantic feet rush to sit at the table for breakfast while a certain pair began to wake-up.

"!-hwuahh~" the green-haired swordsman drew out a yawn after jerking awake from being nudged.

"Ne! Zoro come on let s go have breakfast!" Luffy tugged on Zoro's sleeve while still wonky from sleep. Not paying any mind to his captain being on his lap Zoro nodded, yawned once again, and after standing up & gathering his swords- followed the excited captain to the dining area.

Luffy jumped into his seat and banged his knife & fork on the tabletop while shouting "Meshi-meshi~!" [Food-food!]. The childish captain was soon joined by Usopp, Chopper & Brooke.

Zoro sat down on Luffy's right and waited quietly for breakfast to be served.

After setting everyone's plates down, Sanji sat next to Brooke and the Straw hat crew dug in simultaneously.

"Oi! Ero-cook what did you do to your hand?" the swordsman asked the blonde.

Avoiding eye-contact with both Zoro and Luffy, Sanji responded while holding up his lightly-bandaged hand "Just got distracted by my lovely Nami-chan!"

Being the idiot that he is, Luffy ended up choking on a large bone and frantically trying to get it out.

Turning to the struggling captain, Zoro hit him on the back- allowing Luffy to cough-up the bone and gasp for air while rubbing his sore throat.

The crew watched with concern as Luffy recovered and the green-haired swordsman knocked him upside the head for being such a reckless eater. Resulting in the two arguing with each other until Nami whacked them both- causing them to go back to eating with aching heads and undisguised grumbles & complaints.