Sanji walked out the restaurants, keys in one hand his suit coat in the other. His goal was to pick up a pack or two of cigarettes and then go home and sleep until the next day repeated the day prior. No he wasn`t a negative man, life was boring at the moment and living in the world was hard at the moment with all the money issues.
None of that happened though because as soon as he started his car his father called and requested his presence at the main house. Of course Sanji had to go or else something bad would happen, that something could mean anything and anything was quite terrifying. So two and a half hours later Sanji arrives at the main house and leaves not even an hour later.
He was pissed. One because he had no smokes. Two, his father was a complete and utter jackass whom Sanji hated. Three was because he was arranged to marry a girl for money. Money that wasn`t his but his fathers and there was nothing to be done about this arranged marriage either, it was set in stone.
To prove how pissed he was Sanji kicked down his father's mailbox, right off the wooden post. No shame and regret there only that the mailbox flew off somewhere far. The blonde cook pulled out his keys and jumped into his Subaru and began the long drive home. Tired and hungry Sanji was tempted to pull over and just grab a bite to eat or even stop and take a nap. But money was tight and rent had to be paid somehow.
A red blinking noise indicted and notified Sanji that he was running low on gas and so when he came upon the first gas station he saw and man was he furious. They wanted two fifty for a gallon, that's where the rest of his money was going, gas prices. Sadly this place had no convenience store add on, just a lonely little stop and fill gas station. Disappointed about not getting a pack or two of smokes by now Sanji got into the blue vehicle and pulled out of the gas station and down the roads.
Before he knew it nine o` clock rolled around and he knew it was going to be another little to no sleep night for him, but that's how it is living in the modern world with money prices askew and the cost of living seeming unfair.
Sanji was doing good on time and thought he would make it home early unfortunately he jinxed his luck because at that moment a tiger walked out in front of his car. He cursed like an angry sailor as he hit the cat dead on. Ruining his front bumper and injuring the endangered cat species. "Shit." Was the only word Sanji could mutter when he saw the damage. His bumper alone would cost a pretty penny to be fixed and a wild tiger that was bleeding from a huge gash along its chest. Well that was going to be pricey anyways since it was a tiger.
He fumbled with his blue dress shirt as he contemplated what he should do. Deciding to help the wounded cat he picked it up, or more like dragged it in a way, and placed it in his trunk on the painting tarp that has always been there. Wiping his hands on his pants he closed the trunk and then proceeded to pick up his damaged bumper and threw it in the backseat, thanking several gods that none of his tires were damaged.
Change of plans…again.
"Time to pay Law a visit." Sanji said as he slicked back his hair for a second before letting it fall again, covering the right side of his face. He turned on the radio and practically laughed when he heard Ozzy Osbourne's song Crazy Train begin to play. He hummed along and headed towards the office of Trafalgar Law.
At ten twenty Sanji pulled into the parking lot of the surgeon. Though the closed sign was up he knew that the doc was still here because there are two other cars in the lot besides his. He took no time in opening the door and once he did made it a mission to help the cat in his trunk, who he accidently hit.
Sanji walked into the small clinics waiting room and marched onwards towards Laws office. Opening the door his eyes widened in both fear and shock. Law was bent over on his desk with the red haired chrysanthemum looming above him in a seductive pose. It must have clicked that he was staring because he covered his eyes and backed out of the room. "Jesus Christ Law! You could lock the door or close the clinic for shits sake!" I removed my hands from my eyes and saw the surgeon walk over to me as he fixed his disheveled clothes and hair.
"Says the one who barged into my office as if his ass was on fire." The surgeon had a mile wide grin at the snarky comment all while Sanji just simply tsk back. The chrysanthemum walked out of the office and leaned against the door frame his one arm grabbing Law and pulling him in for an embrace. "So why you here?" It was said in a rude and brute fashion which was expected from the brute flower.
"Shit! I almost forget, I hit a tiger with my car and I-"
"Wait a tiger?" Law chuckled and continued speaking. "I`m not a big cat specialist Sanji. I`m a surgeon who operates on humans." Sanji fumbled with his pockets as he itched for a cigarette.
"Look, I`ve had a shitty day and am out of cigarettes. I just want to go get some and go home and sleep. I can`t go anywhere else because there is no one I could go to in this city." Sanji sighed and plopped himself down in one of the waiting room chairs.
Law looked close and could see the dark bags forming under the man's eyes. His neat appearance looked really messed up, like he`d ran a 40 mile marathon nonstop for days. The darker haired man removed his lovers arm and walked over to the door. "Show me the cat and then I`ll think about it."
Sanji lifted his head up and smiled as he ran for the door and to his car. The blonde popped the trunk and sure enough the big cat still laid inside, only this time it was staring back at the two with lazy eyes.
It yawned and that was enough for Sanji to kick the trunk closed with his leg. Law was also shocked and so he swallowed thickly and told the blonde that he had to get some tranquilizing substance to put the thing back to bed.
"Okay open the trunk and I`ll inject this into the cat and we wait it fall asleep before I do anything else." Sanji nodded and opened the trunk, the surgeon ran towards the cat and quickly inserted the needle into its neck and backed up, afraid to remove the needle he`d wait till the beast was asleep.
Eventually the red haired man came outside and told Sanji that his name was Kidd, Eustass Kidd. Sanji just nodded and told the man that he was Sanji, just Sanji. As Sanji had no want or need to tell Kidd about his last name and the heavy burden it carries and how much it pisses Sanji off. The cook shrugged off the feeling when Law opened the trunk and ushered for Kidd to help with carrying the cat inside.
Kidd was able to bring the cat in and Law was able to check up on the cat. Everything was normal for the most part, except for the fact that it would be sporting a life time scar thanks to the chest wound. "It wasn`t me. I hit him but didn`t injure him…much." Sanji didn`t want to admit it but the tiger really had him worried for some reason, maybe it was guilt. Hitting it with the car was mean but then again it was an accident.
The sound of tools and the metal tray hitting the floor caught his attention and brought him out from his thoughts. "Sanji! Kidd!" Laws frantic scream pulled me out that waiting room chair like the building was on fire. Screeching to a halt in front of the door I stood next to kid who was leaning on the frame. Both of us stared in disbelief at the sight before us.
The tiger sat on the ground and stared at Law sitting close by him, his big paws rested on Laws lap as his tail swished back and forth on the ground. "Its tame?" The blonde asked trying to convince himself more than anyone that this was real. "Seems so." Was the only response he got and it was from Law of course.
He assumed that Eustass Kidd wasn`t one to talk much and that was understandable, what wasn`t understandable was why the big cat was purring. "Is he purring?"
"No Sanji big cats cannot purr. Hes chuffing." Law smiled and rubbed the tigers head. It was clearly friendly. "Care to explain?" This time it was Eustass who asked and Sanji was thankful he was as lost as he was. "Chuffing is simply their way of purring, like their happy sound. It's a friendly and non-threating noise by them practically snorting through their nostrils."
"Wow. Never knew you were a tiger expert Law." Sanji said his comment dripping with sarcasm. Law chuckled and gestured for Sanji to come towards him and the man eater. His face cringed and declined saying that he was a cook not a dish to be cooked.
Though it was useless because the tiger caught Sanjis gaze and for a moment they stared at each other. Ocean blue eyes meeting kiwi green ones. Sanji felt as if he was in a trance, lost in the tigers eyes. Only he snapped back to reality when the four hundred pound big cat came sauntering towards him. He stumbled over and fell to the floor, with the tiger now in his face and practically staring him down. He cringed his face in fear. Expecting something, anything or not.
Because when a pink wet and sticky tongue licked Sanjis face he flipped out and simply wiped the tiger spit off and flung it to the side. "That hurt. You have a got barbs on your tongue yet you still lick me." Sanji smiled still and patted the big cats head.
"Sanji he seems really tame and I can`t have him in the clinic tomorrow when people start to show up. It would freak them out, so you should take it with you." Law stood and began to pick up the fallen equipment. "Dude my landlord would kill me." Sanji tensed as the big cat laid down in his lap and began to chuff once more.
"Sneak him in like you sneak ladies in. Seems like hes taken a shine to you, plus you hit him with your car." Law had a point and so Sanji sighed and shook his head. "Why not. And I don`t sneak ladies in. I would love to, but I don`t got time." The doctor laughed and whispered something to Kidd as he passed him.
"What did he say?" Sanji demanded an answer as to why Kidd was now laughing. "He said you might not swing that way, you like men." Law emerged from the back room with a leash and handed it to Sanji. "Use this its an old one I found once after a patient left it here."
Sanji placed it over the tigers neck and clicked the leash on. "Like I said no major wounds, that cut on his chest is an old scar that reopened, it will scab up in a few days." Sanji patted the big cat and let him get up first and then he proceed to stand and stretch his muscles. The tiger shook his head and body before stretching and yawing, showing his big teeth and making Sanji regret his choice all over again.
"Good luck." Eustass said as he pushed Sanji out of the clinic and into the parking lot, tiger in tow. "Now if you don`t mind we have something to do." The clinic door closed behind kid and there Sanji stood. Out in the parking lot with a tiger in the middle of the city late at night looking like a victim of one too many sleepless nights.
He put the tiger in the trunk and decided to stop by and pick up a dog cage Franky owned, but never used. It was large enough for the cat to fit into for one night. After getting the cage Sanji stopped by the convenience store and grabbed three packs of cigarettes and a lock for his bedroom door, just in case.