Title: 7 Days till Christmas.
Made by: MardukeDye Deviantart
A collection of one-shots the seven days before Christmas until Christmas day.
Pairing: Zoro x Sanji (One Piece)
The last day of work was going smoothly for the blonde, taking every order and getting it out even before the customers could realize they had actually ordered something. Of course the owner Zeff was in a good mood about the said blonde working hard, wishing silently in his mind that said man would work like this every day before changing his mind thinking he would drop dead from stress within three days.
When walking and asking the customers if they enjoyed the food, they were very happy about the fast serving and still getting excellent food on their plates.
This made of course the working hours go by fast for Sanji, he was eager to get home and prepare things for Christmas and also for a certain someone coming home tomorrow morning. He was in such a happy mood he thought he was going to break something for not focusing fully but the day went well, serving delicious food to all the guests. He didn't even flirt around with the ladies in the restaurant, he was too worked up and wanted to finish so he could get his break from work without feeling bad about it.
Some hours later into the evening, Zeff gave him his pay and Christmas bonus and let him go off in to the holiday semester. Sanji told him goodbye and wished everyone in the kitchen a merry Christmas and happy new years before leaving the restaurant.
He decided to take a walk in town before heading home, looking through some shops and stands in case he had missed to buy something when he went shopping the day before today.
He sighed out lightly, feeling slightly tired now and probably thought it was about all the work he had done today, feeling almost a bit ill. He shook his head, he didn't want to be sick now he had too much things to do and wouldn't let anything ruin it. So, he decided to go straight home and look through the fridge and freezer instead tomorrow and just take it easy tonight.
He yawned big as he was walking out from the town and towards his house, feeling beaten and tired all at once and his body had started to ache slightly. He regretted that he had put so much energy into work today and made a heavy sigh. In the distance he could see his house, smiling as he felt the warmth already from it. He was a bit sad though too, since no one would be home to greet him tonight either just like yesterday and the nine nights before. He tried to think positive.
"Tomorrow he's back" He smiled to himself, grabbing the key in his pocket and unlocking the door to the house and walking inside. He took off his coat and shoes, leaving them in the hallway before moving to the kitchen.
He made some hot chocolate before moving into the living room, he glanced slightly at the tree that still was very green but hadn't been decorated. He smiled, thinking that now he had something to do that wasn't too hard and make some hours pass. He put the cup down on the living room table before getting some boxes from the guest room filled with Christmas decorations. Getting all the boxes to the living room and sitting down on the floor among them he looks them through to find the best things to put up around the house.
Ornaments in wonderful colors and different shapes, he smiled in liking to all the decorations in the boxes and started to work. Leaving the Christmas tree for last he put up some Santa Claus statues, one on the living room table and one in the guest room window for a nice jolly feeling.
On the top of two of the four paintings in the living room he hang over garlands, making more color with red and gold. He found also a plastic Christmas flower that he put on the table in the kitchen.
Then it was just to begin on the Christmas tree which was the most exciting part for the blonde. Looking through more in the boxes he found some nice ornaments to hang in the tree, balls, squares, mostly every shape possible.
He put up and around the tree garlands in different colors, golden, red, white but tried to hold himself to not exaggerate on the poor tree. He wondered for a moment as he felt something was missing on it, "Candy?" He hummed as he moved towards the kitchen to see what he had. He found some candy wrapped in nice looking paper and was glad he had remembered to buy candy canes as well. But still when he saw the candy hanging it still felt like something was missing on it. He thought hard for a long moment before remembering.
"But it can wait till he comes home, he reaches better" He mumbles to himself and smiled. Then he remembered something else and thought he was just too stupid.
He pulled out the Christmas lights from another box and put them up around the tree, he smiled big at the huge improvement. "Now it looks better" He sighed happily and turned the light on. Smiling more to how nice it looked he walked back to sit on the couch, happy about his work he sipped on his warm chocolate.
Sometime later he looked at the clock, seeing it was 11:48 PM. He yawned big, turning off the television he had put on a few hours back during the evening and after decorating. He stretched his arms and moved away from the couch. Turning all the lights except the tree off, locking the door and walked to the bedroom.
Changing into sleep wear and crawling under the sheets, he shivered at the cold but soon it warmed up and he sighed happily as he closed his eyes. He mumbled some words quietly as he fell asleep.
"Today is 17th of December, only seven days left until Christmas."