Instead of posting these as separate things. I decided to post then as a series of drabbles. This is going to be a series of 10 prompts for the Violet Set on 7rainbowprompts on LJ.
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Books
"Out of all places. Why does he have to be in a bookstore?" Sergeant Tashigi muttered. She had been trying to pick out a book to read when she saw him. Roronoa Zoro.
She had a predicament on her hands. It would be unwise to start a commotion. Besides, she was off duty. However, it would not hurt to spy on him.
Hiding behind bookshelves, she followed him through the store. At one point, she had to duck behind a cart. When she got up, she tripped on the wheel and fell to the ground, taking some books with her. People's heads popped out of aisles to see what was going on. To Tashigi's horror, Zoro had turned around. He groaned and held out his hand to help her up.
"Thank you." she said with her usual blush of embarrassment. He fixed her glasses and brushed off her clothes.
"You should be more careful." he said.
As she began to walk away, she stumbled.
"I can't seem to walk. I sprained my ankle." she laughed nervously. Zoro put one arm underneath her knees and the other arm under her abdomen. Lifting her off the ground, he carried her out of the store. Placing her on a bench, he took off her shoe.
"Damn. No bandages." He thought for a moment and decided to his bandana. "How far away is your ship?"
"Not very far."
"I'll see if one of the shops has crutches and bandages." He disappeared into the crowd.
"Why is he doing this?" she wondered. Unwrapping the bandana, she held it in her hands. For some reason, she had the urge to smell it. Holding it to her face, she smelled it. It was covered in his masculine scent. Hearing a noise behind her, she immediately dropped the bandana.
"Here." The swordsman handed her crutches and rewrapped her ankle with the bandages.
"Why are you helping me?" She looked up and saw that he was gone.
While going back to the ship, her thoughts drifted to Zoro.
"He was so nice. How can it be possible for him to be a pirate?" The smell of his bandana was still in her nostrils. "What am I thinking?"
At the ship, she was greeted by Smoker. He rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"What happened to you?" he demanded.
"Sorry sir! I was looking for a book."
As she got on the ship, she turned around. Zoro was leaning against a building with his arms crossed and looking at her.
"Something wrong?" Smoker asked.
"No, sir."
She turned around to look again, but saw that he was gone.
"Did he follow me to make sure I got to the ship okay?" she wondered.
One thing was for sure. Roronoa Zoro would always be like a book she could not understand, but that is what made it more interesting.
"What took you so long, Zoro?" Nami inquired.
"I was at the bookstore." he answered gruffly.
"You mean you got sidetracked by a book?"
"No, something better."
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