ONE PIECE
TITLE: CAUGHT UP BY THE MARIMO'S.
AUTHOR: mrredrum.
PAIRING: ZoroxSanji.
WARNING: PG.
NOTES: None. Except my huge thankyou for kakairupowns for the beta. Again, I have to say that you're indeed one of my precious ladies around. Love you already. Thank you.
Lately, Sanji realized that somehow he always has the tendency for being caught up with everything having relations with the word "Marimo".
First, fate gave him a father and son relationship with Zeff, a pirate-turned-Cook, and a good one too.
And as a good Cook, Zeff always gave his best lessons to his young protégé.
Like how he taught the Little Eggplant to blend a plant called "Marimo" with vegetarian salad sauce.
Oh, how Zeff kicked him in the head so often, just because he put the wrong "Marimo" in the boiler pan.
But Sanji understood well, that Zeff did this because he actually cared about him.
So, if the kid wanted to become a protégé that can be prided upon, then the kid settled for being caught up with his adopted father kicks over the "marimo" vegetables.
And Sanji just did that. Because he knew, it's affected him well for his skill as a number one Cook.
In the future, the Cook proved that this, indeed, is something good for himself.
The second one is not good though. He met an enemy named "Kuromarimo" when he and his Captain had a battle at Chopper's hometown in Drum Kingdom.
And it went badly for his body, especially his legs. The shitty-bastard and his ridiculous moves, throwing out his sticky-weird hair and it actually succeeded to stick to the Cook's legs. Bastard.
Not to mention after that battle, when he had to have his spine operated on by their little Doctor's mentor, Doctorine, who was really giving a new name for treatment by torture.
So, he decided that battle with the "Kuromarimo" bastard was something that went badly for him.
But the last "Marimo" was really the one that stuck on his mind, lately.
He almost can't sleep at night just because, to think about this one, he realizes that this "Marimo" was actually asleep near him, and gets nervous. It made him afraid to sleep, because he'd start to have a dream involving the "Marimo" pinning him down in his hammock, devouring his body.
He almost can't concentrate on his cooking just because every time, after he's done with one of his crazy exercises, this "Marimo" just goes to his kitchen to snatch some good sake from the Cook's booze supply, without realizing that the Cook's eyes were drawn to the "Marimo's" still sweating body.
And the worst part is that he can't give his best defense when this "Marimo", instead of fighting him back with his sword like always, now settled for kissing him during their usual bickering.
He really didn't know how to handle this kind of "Marimo". He didn't know if it was good or bad for him. Because now, though he will never admit it, it's his heart that being caught up by the "Marimo".