I closed the final gap between the two of us, my breath ghosting over his lips as I whispered:
"You're cute when you're embarrassed Zoro"
And then our lips connected. It was an amazing feeling. I had wanted to feel his luscious lips against my own for such a long time and I wasn't disappointed. They were soft and tasted like the sake he had enjoyed earlier that day along with a slight taste of salt from the water we were sitting in. At first I got no reaction. I couldn't see his face as I had closed my eyes, but I knew that he was probably staring at me wide eyed considering his body still like it was frozen in place. Just as I was about to disconnect from the sweet kiss I pushed onto him, I felt him start to kiss back. The butterflies in my stomach were causing havoc as it was just from having our lips connected but the moment I felt my swordsman start to kiss back I felt my heart thump a million miles an hour.
We carried on like that for what felt like hours but in reality just minutes until we both felt the dire need for air in our lungs so we slowly disconnected from each other. I opened my eyes to look at Zoro and was greeted by an even cuter sight – he was still blushing profusely, maybe even a little more than before but the already adorable sight was added to by the fingers he had touching his lips as if he didn't believe what happened truly happened.
I looked straight into his piercing green eyes once more and this time he met my eyes, his hands dropping to his sides. Time seemed to stop around us, all that was happening was the two of us staring into each other's eyes. I began to close the gap between us once again and Zoro did so too.
"Zoro" I muttered.
"Luffy" Zoro followed suit.
And then our lips met again. But this time it wasn't a sweet touch of the lips, I instantly lapped at Zoro's bottom lips asking for entrance which he quickly granted. Our tongues battled against each other whilst I tilted my head to deepen the kiss as much as possible. As our kiss deepened the pair of us seemed to have the same idea – each grabbing for the others hair. I settled my fingers into his green locks whilst he placed his in my own raven hair. The kiss we were sharing continued to get deeper for minutes until I felt Zoro release his hold in my hair and let his arms travel down towards my hips. I felt myself being suddenly pulled against his body, and I sighed at the close proximity of our bodies. I could feel the heat pour off of my swordsman's body and wrap itself around me.
We parted from the kiss, both of us gasping for breath. The colour in Zoro's cheeks had almost left now, only a slight blush remained. My own cheeks felt extremely hot so I assumed I was blushing myself. I looked down, trying to compose myself and then our eyes connected and I let out a shaky, breathy chuckle.
"Shi shi shi… Zoro's a good kisser." I let a small smile form on my lips, just thinking about those perfect lips on my own made my stomach soar.
The previous bright blush that adorned his cheeks returned once more as he had processed my comment, eliciting another strong of unintelligible stutters from the green-haired man in front of me.
"Umf.. Em… Er… Uh…"
I pushed my lips against Zoro's once more. He didn't seem like he would stop with the stuttering any time soon so I figured it would be the best way to stop it. I was right. He stopped the useless stuttering and leaned into the kiss, trying to lick at my lip to gain entrance. As much as I wanted to carry on this make out session we were currently participating in I wanted to tell him how I really felt about him so I pulled back. I saw what seemed like disappointment flash in Zoro's eyes and it pulled at my heartstrings knowing I was the reason that look was in his eyes. Before I lost the nerve to be honest with my swordsman I pushed myself to address him.
"Zoro, I need to be honest with you." I took a deep breath, and continued, be it rather rushed and quiet.
"I've… loved you for so long now and… I was… content with just having you by my side, even if you never felt the same way for me but… but… but… I never expected that you may feel the same way. I didn't… expect you to kiss me back just then but… but you did… so…so… so do you have feelings for me too?" I knew that there was a hopeful gleam in my eyes, all I'd ever wanted was for Zoro to love me.
He stayed silent for a while and for a minute I actually wondered if he had heard or understood the fast ramblings that fell from my mouth. But then he smiled before opening his mouth, his smooth, deep voice piercing the silence and I heard his words clearer than any words spoken to me before.
"I've always loved you, my Captain." Before he covered my lips with his own, pulling me close to his body once again.
