Zoro dove into the cold water that stung his burning skin. Everyone else was still dead asleep, but he has been working out all night, and now he wanted to cool off in the arctic waters. He opened his eyes and kicked off a rock to surface again. He skimmed his hand along the boat as he moved up, and once he did resurface, he leaned his head against the hard wood. His body was beginning to tremble from the cold. The sun was blotted out by the dark clouds that covered the sky. He desperately wanted rain, but he knew that it would only cause more snow to coat the already snow-crested ground. He shook his head and looked up and twitched. Sanji was leaning on the rail, looking down to him, but for once, he wasn't smoking.

"So, is it cold?" Sanji asked. Zoro heard to mocking in his tone, but the man was acting stranger than normal.

"No." Zoro responded. Sanji was still watching him, no emption was shown on his pale skin. Zoro swam over to the land and hoisted himself up. Sanji turned around and moved over to the other side so he could look at Zoro. Zoro took his shirt off and wrung it out, trying to dry off. He glanced up and saw the cook was gone, but, he shrugged and continued to wring his clothes out. Sanji and Zoro had never gotten along well, they could never hold a conversation for long before arguing, and they never tried to be friends. They're just crewmates, nothing more, nothing less.

Zoro was caught up in his thoughts that he jumped slightly when a towel was dropped down onto him. He looked up and Sanji was there, smoking.

"Use that, it works better." Sanji spoke calmly and clearly, but his eyes never once met Zoro's. "Everyone will be waking up soon, I'll go start breakfast." He said, straightening out. "Finish drying off and change or you'll die of hypothermia." He ordered, and vanished from Zoro's sight.

Zoro sighed and rubbed his hair with the towel, his body wanted to shake violently, but he kept it calm somehow. He rubbed his face, arms and chest off before climbing back into the boat's deck. It began to snow lightly as he made his way to the room where their clothes were kept. He kept wondering about Sanji, he was acting weirder than normal.

Once he had on clothes, he moved towards the kitchen, but was stopped when a light voice whispered,

"He's crying. Don't go in there."

Zoro looked up to see robin leaning on the rail, holding a book. She was above the kitchen. He wanted to barge in there, but he kept looking up to her in question.

"How do you know?" Zoro asked. She held one long, pale, finger to her lips, making him go silent.

They both waited for what seemed like forever, but once the wind ceased, he heard someone sniffling. He scowled and knocked on the kitchen door to Robin's dismay.

"I'm not done cooking." Sanji said back, his voice even.

"So? I need to ask you a question!" Zoro snapped. Robin shook her head and went back to reading her book. Zoro pushed the Kitchen door open, making Sanji sigh and look over to him. only his eyes were slightly red.

"What?" He asked, agitated. Zoro looked at him skeptically and moved over to him.

"Have a nightmare or something?" the words were meant as a taunt, but to Zoro's dismay, it came out sympathetic. Sanji ignored him and scooped up the chopped vegetables and dropped them in a large pot. "Hey," He grabbed Sanji's hand, making him stop with a sigh. "I asked you a question."

"What if I did? Why the hell should I inform you about it! When did you turn into a caring person?" Sanji snapped. Zoro growled, bringing their faces close together.

"Shitty cook! Why can't you accept someone trying to care?" Zoro hissed.

"Why can't you accept I hate you?" Sanji screamed and the ship seemed to echo with a long silence, but nothing but anger crossed Zoro's face. Sanji's face drooped, he was stuttering now. "I-I-I…Zo….N…." He couldn't get out a full word.

"I accept it." Zoro said bluntly and walked from the kitchen. He instantly saw Robin, who looked at him with apathetic eyes.

"He doesn't mean it. He said it in the heat of the moment." She muttered.

"whatever." He shook his head and walked around her.

Robin walked into the kitchen to see Sanji looking down at his feet. She didn't know how to address this, but she knew Sanji didn't mean that. If Zoro could see this, he'd know Sanji didn't mean those words.

"….Excuse me for intruding," She began, making him look up. He put on a fake smile.

"Robin-Chan! You're awake!" He smiled. "Breakfast is almost done!" He sang.

"Sanji-San," she shook her head slightly. "This is our Nakama." She extended her arms. Sanji watched her with curious eyes. "We all live together, and we're a family. We've been through thick and thin." She nodded. "I know there are no hate boundaries, I'm certain," She glanced up to see Sanji's eyes diverted back to the ground. "But in the heat of the moment, you let your anger take control, knowing very well it was going to end wrong. The words came out ith no command and no you regret them. Why not apologize?" She asked.

"So…you heard that?" He asked. Robin nodded, stepping closer.

"Sanji-San…." She whispered, putting her book on the table.

Luffy busted into the kitchen just moments after Sanji called that breakfast was done. Nami followed as luffy began chanting, 'Food! Food!' Sanji plated the food for everyone ask they all walked in. He turned around, holding seven plates. Everyone cheered as the plates were put down in front of them, but his heart seemed to be in his throat as he put Zoro's plate down, only to see an empty seat.

"..Eh? where's Zoro?" Luffy asked through a mouthful of food. He jumped up and ran out of the kitchen.

He looked around and saw the man sweating, walking back towards his workout area.

"ZORO!" Luffy screamed and shot his arms. Zoro dropped his swords and turned around, only to be jerked from his spot. He screamed out as he whizzed past Luffy and slammed into the wall of the boat."Oh, sorry." Luffy looked over his shoulder. "didn't you hear Sanji say it was breakfast?" Luffy pouted as Zoro managed to get up from the impact.

"OW!" He screamed at Luffy. "I'm not hungry!" He snapped.

"Hm? What's wrong?" Luffy asked, dropping down the rail in front of Zoro now.

"I'm not hungry." He shrugged. Luffy crocked his head.

"Hm, something's wrong!" Luffy accused, pointing his finger at Zoro.

"There's nothing wrong..!" Zoro said back.

"IS TOO!" Luffy snapped.

"NO!" The swordsman argued.

Soon they were fuming with annoyance, their foreheads touching. They were growling and wanting to smack the other off the boat. Luffy suddenly pulled back, and held up his finger. Zoro fell face first on the ground, he had been using Luffy as a stand.

"SANJI!" He screamed, launching himself over the rail. He busted open the door and charged over to his heaping pile of food. "You guys had a fight!" He said, stuffing his face.

"Huh?" Sanji asked, confused.

"Yeah yeah! Usually," He swallowed the food. "When he's not hungry, he'll say, 'I'm not hungry, Tell Sanji I'll come later to eat,' but," Luffy paused to stuff his face again. "He didn't say that this time! You should go talk to him!" Luffy nodded, and continued to stuff his face.

"You two had a fight this serious?" Nami asked resting her head on her hand. "That's pretty strange." She closed her eyes. "I agree with Luffy-Kun, you two should make up."

"We didn't fight. Excuse me." Sanji said and left the kitchen quickly. Nami opened one eye, looking to Robin.

"They got into it pretty bad, huh?" She asked.

"Sanji-San said he hated Zoro-San by accident, and he refuses to apologize." She mumbled slowly.

"Sabotage." Luffy said through his food.

"hm?" Robin and Nami said together.

Sanji was sitting next to Luffy who was sitting on the head of boat. He watched the fish swim below them and blew out a thin of smoke.

"ZORO-KUN!" the girls screamed frantically. Sanji almost chocked on his smoke. The cigarette dropped to the water.

"SANJI-KUN!" Nami wailed. Sanji took off running, Luffy looking over his shoulder.

Sanji skidded around a corner and Nami hit him in the back of the head with her pole. He fell to the ground unconscious. She folded it back up and heard a loud thump on the other side of the deck as well.

"Phase one: Complete!" She smiled, bending down. She grabbed Sanji's hands and tied them behind his back. Luffy walked around the corner. He was dragging Zoro, who was also tied up and unconscious, behind him. He smiled.

"Okay." He nodded and moved Sanji so he was side by side to Zoro, and Nami bent down, tying them together. Robin walked up behind Luffy.

"I feel bad for tricking them like that, though." Robin muttered sheepishly.

"Nah, they need to make up." Luffy chuckled, sitting them up.

Sanji was the first to come around, and when he felt his head throbbing and he couldn't move his arms, he freaked out. He moved wildly until Zoro groaned. He stopped, their hands were tied together, and so were their bodies.

"REALLY?" He screamed.

"Not so loud!" Zoro hissed, he had a head ache from Robin. "I should have guessed." He added. "This is your fault."

"HOW IS IT MY FAULT?"

"IF YOU DON'T STOP YELLING I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU!"Zoro threatened. Sanji bit his lip, not wanting to say something bad again. He bowed his head and sighed.

"Sorry." He said bluntly.

"huh?" Zoro asked, shocked.

"I said I'm sorry okay? I don't hate you!" He snapped, but looked over to the sea. "Robin's right. No matter how hard I try I can't hate you."

Zoro was silent, he didn't know what to say. He could apologize for provoking him, but he could find the right words. He looked in the same direction Sanji did and sighed.

"Sorry." He shrugged.

"Hm?"

"Sorry! I mean, yeah I yelled first, so I have to apologize as well I guess." Zoro muttered. "BUT WHO'S GOING TO UNTIE US?" He screamed.

After five minutes of squirming Sanji gave up and leaned against Zoro. He closed his eyes, craving the nicotine of his cigarette.

"Nami-Chan hit me with a pole." He stated.

"Robin punched me." Zoro stated as well.

"We're pathetic." They both groaned.