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Chapter Two
I Don't Want To Be The Blame

Roronoa Zoro arrived an hour earlier than Nico Robin. He checked in a little earlier than Nico Robin.

Robin insisted on staying in separate rooms, but it was summer, and the little city of lights on a mountain top is warmer than regular days. Hotels are fully booked. Zoro managed to get a deluxe room with two separate beds, at a hotel they both used to stay. When Robin arrived, she phoned Zoro, and went directly to the 23rd floor. She was relieved to finally has arrived at their hotel room, she was even more relieved when she saw two separate beds.

When he first saw her on the door, he complimented that she looked lovely, but she replied that he is crazy.

"You could've just pick an island or Bali."

"You came, anyway."

"This place brings back memories."

"We can make new memories here. As friends. Helps ward off unwanted nostalgia the next time we thought of this place."

"What an odd way of thinking. So, what's your plan?"

"Plan?"

"Yes. What are we going to do for today, and tomorrow, and the next day?"

"I don't think of plans. Planning wastes time. I go with the flow."

"I think, first, there are a few rules to set. To avoid foolish things from happening, if you know what I mean."

"Kay, I get you."

"First rule, we will not share beds, no matter what the circumstances are."

"Agreed. Wouldn't risk it."

"Second, no romantic-like interactions between you and me."

"Crucial rule. No flirting. Noted. Can I add a rule?"

"Alright."

"No work-related phone calls, workaholic woman. You come here to spend quality time with me."

"Isn't that our old rule?"

"Still applicable."

"Fourth, do not wake up at noon-"

"That might be a problem, Robin."

"Don't spend your time here sleeping, it's not very nice to sleep till noon on a vacation."

"Fifth, no fighting."

"That, I can promise."

So Zoro and Robin had five rules to abide to, for five days of vacation. As soon as they agreed on the five rules, they both wondered on what kind of conversations they are going to have later – given that twelve months in Germany, Zoro had never contacted Robin at all – and they mentally jot down good points in their head, so that they will have the kind of conversation where you impress your conversation partner, and put yourself a little higher, or rather, the kind of conversation where you will talk about failures and make yourself look a little worse – just because you're afraid that maybe, if you impress your former lover, he or she might have a little crush on you, all over again.