Zoro watched in curiosity as the cook jumped off the boat onto the land. Frankie followed, rousing even more curiosity. He was watching from afar, still sore from the other day when they got ambushed. Sanji lit a cigarette and began trudging through the thick snow. He glanced up, directly at Zoro. The swordsman didn't break the intense stare. They had both vowed to stop fighting completely, and so far it worked. Zoro has been more relaxed and calm, and Sanji had cut back on the amount of Cigarettes he smoked. Sanji finally looked away and continued to walk into the forest with the man.
Zoro hopped down, and was instantly greeted by the smiling captain.
"Oi Zoro! Let's go fishing!" He cackled.
"the water's iced over!" Zoro pointed to the water. Luffy's face sudden;y went blank.
"That's why we're not moving?" He cried. Zoro chuckled and nodded He was still sore from being tied to Sanji earlier today. He yawned and stretched.
"Oi, where is the shitty cook going?" He asked.
"hm?" Luffy asked, his finger up his nose. "To go hunting!" He chirped.
"Okay." Zoro nodded. He turned around and walked to where the others were. Nami smiled up to him, and Brook kept playing his violin, cracking 'skull' jokes. Robin put her book down and looked up to him.
"Oi Zoro!" Usopp laughed, holding up a mug. "Sake!" He laughed. Zoro took it and gulped it.
"So, Zoro," Nami began, stifling a giggle. "Do you really like Sanji-! EEI!" she got spewed on. Zoro had spit the Sake out on her, choking on most of it. He put the cup down and looked at her with deadly eyes.
"What?" He hissed as darkly as he could manage. She cringed and skittered backwards in her chair.
"NOTHING!" she screamed. Everyone was silent, too scared to say anything.
"One day." He held up his finger, trying to harness his anger. "I'm nice to him to him for one day, and you all jump the boat and think I like him!" Zoro screamed, and stormed out of the room, slamming the door, almost breaking.
Silence filled the room, Nami was trying to calm her speeding heart. Zoro has never done that to her before. She looked to Robin who looked just as shocked. Chopper was hiding under Robin's chair, hugging her leg and Usopp was hiding behind a barrel.
"S-S-S-Scary!" Nami whispered hoarsely.
Zoro was still fuming with anger as he heard Sanji call it was lunch time. He decided not to act different, and still treat the cook nicely, but that didn't mean he was going to put up with Nami. He walked down and entered the kitchen, and nami stood up.
"I'm sorry!" She said quickly to Zoro.
"Bout what?" He asked, taking his plate from Sanji.
"Hm? Did you hurt Nami-Chan?" Sanji snapped at Zoro.
"NO!" Zoro defended himself.
"…Nothing." Nami sat down, confused.
"Nami-Chan~ if he hurt you, I can hurt him back." Sanji flirted. She giggled and Zoro glanced between them.
'Why would she think I liked Sanji? Is it really because I treated him so nicely? I barely did anything nice besides helping him with a few things… maybe they all think that. Hell if I know why. Che, I don't go up to her saying, 'Nami do you like Robin?' Take a hint Nami! It's strange!...Though…..' Zoro made his thoughts stop as he found himself getting more and more mad at Nami as she continued to flirt with Sanji. 'Why….am….i…'
"MAD?" He screamed and stormed from the kitchen, leaving everyone in a complete daze. Sanji was the first to react. He jumped up and walked out too, chasing after the man.
"Hey! You can't just leave like that!" Sanji screamed, and tried to kick Zoro in the back, but He turned around and grabbed the cook's foot.
"…." Zoro opened his mouth, but nothing came out. He wasn't mad at Sanji, so why yell at him. He tightened his grip until pain was visible on Sanji's face, but the cook didn't say anything about it. He knew something was bothering the Swordsman, was it the food? Sanji Sighed.
"If my food makes you that mad, tell me what you want next time, okay?" Sanji asked, looking at Zoro. The man let go of Sanji's leg and turned around.
"Thanks for the food. It was good." Zoro muttered and continued down the stairs.
"you barely ate any, you should eat more. You'll end up dying." Sanji called after him, but Zoro just waved. "Now really, what's wrong?" Sanji added in a softer voice, hoping it would reach Zoro, but frowned when it didn't.
"SANJI-SAN!" luffy screamed. "I WANT MEAT!"
"yeah yeah!" Sanji called back. He sighed and watched Zoro vanish around the corner. The man was acting weird again.
'He's going to get annoying if he keeps up this strange attitude!' Sanji thought gruffly. He whirled around and twitched. Nami was standing right behind him, staring at him, confused.
"Are you okay, Sanji-San?" She asked softly.
"I-I'm fine~ Nami-Chan~~!" He sang. She smiled, very well knowing it was a fake smile for both of them.
Zoro was laying in his bed, looking up at the one above his. He couldn't get Nami's words out of his head, it's not like he was like that, but it was bothering him to no end. He sighed and closed his eyes, kicking his shoes off.
'Like….dislike… the two are so far away. it's like east blue and north blue. There's a middle ground somewhere between them… All blue. So, where's the fucking middle ground between like and dislike?' Zoro though and groaned loudly, rolling over.
He hadn't meant to fall asleep, but the dream he had was something spectacular. He had a dream that felt realistic, but it was so different. He was with Sanji… and they were 'together'.
"Zoro-San! Hand me that knife please." Sanji smiled over to Zoro who grabbed the thin knife and passed it over to him.
"What are you making, Sanji?" Zoro asked, and wrapped his arms around Sanji's middle. "C'mon already, I'm bored." Zoro complained and kissed the cook's neck, making the man shiver. Zoro smiled playfully. "Let's go play."
"I'm cooking..!" Sanji defended.
"So? It can wait a few minutes." Zoro smiled, groping the man. "We can do it right here if you don't want to leave." He said, backing up with the man in his arms. He sat on the table and turned Sanji around.
"Zoro…Zoro….Zoro….ZORO!"
"ZOOOORRRROO!" And he was pushed from his bed, landing on his face. "Good, you're up," luffy sat down beside the steaming mad Zoro.
"What?" Zoro snapped sitting up, rubbing his sore face.
"Chopper was wondering if you were sick, so he sent me in here with this!" Luffy held up a thermometer, but quickly frowned. "How do I use this..?" He asked himself.
"I'm not sick, Luffy!" Zoro sighed, standing up. "Why did you have to wake me up for that?"
"Because, he's worried." Luffy shrugged, looking up to Zoro. Zoro remembered his dream and frowned, he wondered why he had such a strange yet erotic dream.
They sat in Silence, Luffy playing with the thermometer for a bit while Zoro looked out the window, watching the dark clouds pass. Luffy looked over his shoulder to the window as well.
"I like it when it storms." Luffy said suddenly softly. His goofy tone was dulled down to a calm one. "It makes me remember a lot of things. And even if they're sad things, I don't cry about them."
"Why not?" Zoro asked.
"Because, even the saddest things are good memories. If it's a death, then I remember all the fun we had, not all the fun we could have had." He smiled to Zoro.
"LUFFY! DID YOU EAT ALL OF THE MEAT!" Sanji screamed, Luffy laughed, jumping up. He pushed the Thermometer in Zoro's hands.
"anyways, Zoro! Don't get worry about the present or the past, no matter what happens you'll still be the number one swordsman of the world!" He laughed and ran from the room, yelling back at Sanji. Zoro found himself moved, but happy. He laid back down, looking out the window.
"ZORO-SAN! Come help us with the sails!" Nami hollered. Zoro put the Thermometer on the bed and walked out, getting ready to port at the next town.
