It was a breezy , dark night on Kuraigana Island . The , now three residents of the castle had not long ago gone to bed .
Master Mihawk in his master bedroom . Zoro in his little bedroom , and Perona in her bedroom along with her little plushie .
Perona was tired but she could not fall asleep . She felt .. scared . Actually it wasn't a scared feeling . She wasn't comfortable . It just didn't feel like home . So , she got up and went to see what Zoro was doing .
She slithered to his door , wich she could find much easier than he could , crept inside and whispered :
''Swordsman , um , Zoro . Are you asleep ? ''
No response .
''Psssst .''
Zoro mumbled something , so Perona approached .
''C-can I sleep with you tonight ? I ...um... Can I ? ''
Zoro opened one of his eyes . He looked up and nodded . So he went a little further , and she lay next to him . Soon enough they were asleep .
In the morning , Zoro found Perona resting her head on his shoulder . Without thinking he smiled .
After they both woke up , they each went to attend to their business . Zoro would train and Perona would ... do whatever she did .
Night came again . Perona lay in her own bed , but could not fall asleep. Though she slept so well the last night . So she took her clothes , went to Zoro's room , put the clothes in a drawer and sat herself next to him . Then she whispered :
''I'll just sleep with you from now on . ''