A/N: Chap Two for you, hope you enjoy it. If anyone has any questions let me know.

Disclaimer: Don't own it.

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Chapter Two

The echoes of machine gun fire and explosions greeted Sanji a little after two in the morning. He didn't bother to turn on the nearby light knowing that most likely one of his roommates had fallen asleep on the couch while waiting up for him. From the type of movie playing he would guess that it was Zoro. A woman shrieked and something growled from the opposite side of the room. Some kind of horror flick had light flickering in the room, giving him a small amount of light to navigate by. It would be enough to get to his bedroom and to get some much needed sleep.

Going out had been a huge mistake on his part. There wasn't really anything wrong with Trevor, he just wasn't interested in the guy. Sanji didn't think he was homophobic, he could admit that he was curious. Law was open with his relationship and Sanji had his own thoughts on where the marimo's interests lay. It made him wonder why the two had never gotten together but he could never bring himself to ask them. He would always catch them speaking quietly together and they had a history, so why weren't they together? He also wanted to ask Law a few things because asking the idiot was out of the question. As far as Sanji could recall, Zoro had yet to get himself a steady partner. His guess was that one of his roomies didn't have the mentality to be faithful or the patience.

He should stop worrying over the two and concern himself with his own problem. He had until next Friday to come up with a boyfriend or his father would get his way. It had happened last week, his old man had stopped by the job to speak to him. His mother was ill and had a wish to see all of her children wed and with children before she passed. Sanji was sure she wasn't as sick as she let on, but that meant his old man was on his case since he was the only one left that didn't have a family. His old man had even given him a list of respectable women that he could choose from, all willing to become his bride. When he had thrown the list back in the old man's face, the bastard had decided to play dirty by bringing his mother by the next day. He had sat down and spoken to her, she had grabbed his hand and kindly asked him what was wrong. Why couldn't he find himself a nice girl and start a family? He didn't want to get married, he didn't want children, and he didn't want them interfering with his life. He had blurted out the sure way to get them off his case by claiming to be gay and happily in love with his boyfriend.

Daddy dearest had blown a fuse, until a heeled shoe had come down on his foot. Sanji knew that his mother wouldn't judge him but she had shocked him by becoming happy about the news. She went on how she wanted to meet the boyfriend, she wanted to know all about him, and she wanted him to come over for dinner. His father had cockily grinned, the asshole knew he was lying. Instead of admitting defeat, he had agreed to do just that.

The problem was he wasn't sure who to bring that would pretend to be his boyfriend. He was trying to find one, just for a little while but the search wasn't going easy. Tonight's date had been a cute coworker with a dull personality. Sanji hadn't needed more than thirty minutes to realize that he would never be attracted to his date. There had been nothing there for him to respond with, it was unsettling. He wouldn't say that he was turned off when he thought of being with a guy. He knew about some of it, because the relationship itself was like any other. The only difference was the sex and how it was done, and he was sure he got what it took. Oral was done the same, except it was two blowjobs and he got the double handjob. The idea of anal was foreign, as well as known to him. He'd experimented with a few girls over the years and it was alright. One guy took it up the ass, he just didn't understand what would be the appeal.

He also didn't understand why THAT pissed him off. Who the hell was that? Who was the kid? Zoro was on the far end of the couch with the foot rest out and reclined back, fast asleep. Laying over the rest of the furniture was a very cute guy that couldn't be old enough to drive. The brat was using Zoro's leg as a pillow and sleeping in the fetal position. Since when did Zoro start bringing guys home? The only one that had a boyfriend was Law, and they usually crashed at Ace's place.

After slipping off his shoes, he quietly walked to the sleeping pair. Sanji knew this would piss him off but he didn't care for children being molested in his home. The heel of his foot was lifted and lightly placed on top of the large bulge underneath the cotton pajama pants. A swift nudge had the idiot waking and slapping at the vacant spot his foot had been seconds before.

"What the hell?" Zoro reached down to adjust his junk, sure he had felt some kind of pressure. What was going on? He didn't hurt but what had woken him? Blinking helped to adjust to the bare minimum of light in the room. Oh, it was Sanji. "Did you kick me?"

"I should kick your ass," Sanji raised his voice when the brat threw an arm outwards to drape it across the thick thighs. Couldn't they have taken it into the bedroom? Where the hell was Law? "Isn't he a little young for you?"

"Actually, he is nineteen, so he isn't too young for me." Zoro yawned into his hand and prayed a hand didn't nail him. What time was it? Had Ace checked his phone yet? By now he knew that the kid would be staying the rest of the night and would have to be picked up in the morning. "What time is it?"

"After two, and why didn't you take him to your room, we have rules for a reason." Sanji was glad he hadn't come home to catch them doing anything. Zoro had a television in his bedroom, they should have used that one.

"Because it isn't like that," After two? That meant Sanji's date must have gone well. Zoro roughly slid out from underneath the hard head to stand. He was going to sleep in his bed and leave the kid on the couch. They had sat up watching a movie hoping Ace would reply to the text, but they must have fallen asleep. "How did the date go?"

"Like you care and who is he if he isn't your date?" Sanji sighed in relief hearing the denial on what he had walked in on. It would just be wrong for Zoro to start messing with someone so much younger than himself. The kid looked innocent and the two shouldn't get involved. "I need a smoke."

"I'll get him a blanket," Zoro heard the patio door open from behind. He found a spare blanket in the closet. Luffy didn't stir as he draped it over the thin form, someone was a sound sleeper. It really wasn't like that, he had no interest in his new friend. Luffy was damn cute and had done the impossible and made him laugh constantly, but that was where it ended. He didn't want him sexually or to get closer romantically. The smell of tobacco crept inside because Sanji had left the door cracked. Zoro knew he would want answers and he wanted some of his own. He wanted to know if it had been a male tonight and how well the evening had ended.

Sanji didn't turn hearing the door slide closed. He had taken a seat on one of the lounge chairs next to the pool. His cigarette was lit, the smoke trailing upwards. The chair squeaked when the heavier male sat next to him, it wasn't meant for two people. "Gonna tell me who he is before I kick your teeth out?"

"He's not what you are thinking." Zoro scoffed that Sanji would think that he would try to take advantage of someone. Besides he was only interested in one person, the gorgeous blonde sitting next to him. "Law and I went to a party where he eventually left with Ace. That kid is Ace's little brother, the idiot left him with no ride. I let him come home with me and he sent Ace a text asking to be picked up in the morning when he drops Law off."

"I see," so the two weren't together. Sanji didn't see much resemblance but it was hard to make out with hardly any light. It didn't come as a shock to hear that Ace had been that thoughtless, probably assumed the kid could find his own way. "He's still too young for you."

"Bullshit, he's legal and actually very cute."Zoro said it just to poke holes in Sanji's reason for saying anything. He wasn't a complete bastard, he wouldn't seduce someone that he wasn't dating. "What do you care?"

"I don't, I just think he's too young for you and I'd ask for proof of age in the morning." Sanji inhaled the smoke, knowing he was lying. He had no idea why he was more particular when it came to the marimo. He knew Law wasn't happy with Ace and he had already said his piece on that. He just didn't want to see Zoro getting involved with the wrong person.

Right, but he hadn't fucked him. Zoro wasn't going to keep pressing his innocence on the matter. Sanji was just trying to be a friend and he did appreciate it. "Gonna tell me about this date? Who was she?"

"It was a he, not a she, and it was a guy from work." Sanji flicked the ashes onto the concrete. Just because his best friend had never actually came out and admitted to being gay, Sanji knew he was. Many times while out shopping he'd noticed Zoro checking out ass and not a girl's. Many females had tried to flirt and come onto the brute but none had ever succeeded. "The food was good but the company wasn't what I thought it would be."

"How so?" What had been wrong with the guy? Zoro clenched his fingers, digesting the fact that Sanji had just admitted to going out on a date with another male. Did that mean the blonde was openly bi or was he merely curious about things? His words to Law still rang true, it didn't matter if Sanji had a change of sexuality.

"He's cute and legal, but there was nothing there." Sanji didn't know how to explain it. The end date kiss had been a quick peck on the cheek, because he was a nice person and his meal had been free. There was just no attraction, no connection, and he hadn't wondered what his date looked like in just skin. "No attraction, no pull."

"What did you expect when you accepted a date with a guy?" Zoro rolled his eyes at the huff of indignation. Well, what the hell had made Sanji accept a date from a guy to begin with? "Why the hell would you even consider agreeing to go out when you're straight? What did you think was going to happen? You can't flip a damn switch because you like the place he's taking you to. There is a reason why you're straight, it's because you like the opposite sex."

"Women, you can say it you know." Sanji knew that. He loved women, their softness, their ability to be kind, and he enjoyed having sex with them. "I know I like women, I'm not saying that I'm suddenly gay, because I'm not."

"Then why the hell did you expect there to be some kind of attraction to this coworker?" Zoro snapped, he shouldn't, but his ire grew at the indifferent shrug. This was the reason he wanted to punch Law every time the ass tried to convince him to pursue the blonde. Sanji wasn't into the same sex, the concept was as foreign as a microwave to cook. There was just some things Sanji would never do.

"Because I had to," there was a shortage of gay males. Sanji didn't know many and the pickings were slim. There was Ace, but that one was doing his roomie. Law would be an excellent choice with the future of a doctor, but being taken aside, he was sure Law wasn't into him. There was also Zoro but that wouldn't work either. He knew he wasn't the marimo's type and he had a nagging thought that just wouldn't leave him these days. Why would someone that looked like their friend stay home on the weekends when he could be out with someone? The way Zoro nagged at Law about the relationship with Ace, the way the two would get lost in their own world, leaving him on the outside. Zoro acted like a guy that was harboring deep feelings for someone and was waiting for that person. Zoro did nothing half-assed and that included loving someone. He had a feeling that the person was the one missing tonight.

"Oh come on, you could have paid for your own meal if you wanted to try that place out that much." Zoro watched the embers strike the concrete and die out, like the hope he had allowed to begin to fester all evening. "That is the sorriest excuse I've ever heard and that is a lot because you've told some really bad ones."

"My excuses are priceless and it wasn't an excuse." Sanji wasn't sure if Zoro would understand his problem but it would be nice to tell someone else about the jam he found himself in. "I'm so damn good at fibbing that my mother believed me when I told her that I was gay and that I had a steady boyfriend."

A boyfriend? Why would Sanji tell his parents that? That couldn't have gone over very well with the parents, so why would he risk pissing them off? Zoro wasn't sure what to say or if he should ask why he would say something like that.

"Mom is sick, nothing fatal, but she swears her time is limited. It isn't the first time she played a bad cold out to get what she wants. This time she wants to see all of her son's settled down with a family. She's convinced the other two to give her grands and they got on my case to find a wife." Sanji snuffed the butt into the concrete and placed it near his foot. "I don't why I said it, it just came out. I knew that they wouldn't stop until they got their way and I wanted them off of my back."

"Let me guess, they want to meet your boyfriend." Zoro got it, the old man would want proof that his son was gay and not telling the biggest lie of his life. "Guess you better fess up and find a way to insist that they let you live your own life. Your mom might understand that you aren't ready to settle down if you talk to her."

"No, she won't. The problem is she wants it because she thinks it will make me happy. But that just gives the old man ammunition to try to dictate who I'm going to marry. Her mothering is giving him leeway to interfere because it pisses him off that I walked away from the family and that I'm actually making it on my own." Sanji knew it would never end unless he convinced them that he was gay and the only way to do that would be to have some kind of boyfriend for an extended period. "The only way to get them off of my case is to convince them that a wife and kids can never be in my future."

"So you're trying to quickly find a pretend boyfriend? Good luck with that," Zoro didn't like it. Sanji was pretending to be something he wasn't and it would end badly. "You do realize that whoever you end up dating is going to be pissed when they discover you are using them. They aren't going to appreciate you pretending either."

"I know, but it isn't completely a lie." He wasn't against experimenting to see if it might be something he could get into. Sanji wasn't going to admit that many times he had thought both of his roommates were handsome. Though it was only Zoro he found himself wondering about. It had started the first time his friend had stepped out of the bathroom wearing just a towel. It was horrible to be curious as to just how much of the huge package was balls. "I'm not homophobic and there are a few guys that I've found to be attractive, I've just never dated one before."

"Finding one attractive is different than convincing your parents that you are in love with him." Zoro frowned when another cigarette was lit minutes after the last was finished. It meant Sanji was upset and trying to remain calm. "Do you have any idea how to pull off loving someone?"

What kind of fucking question was that? He knew that neither of his roommates understood his dating methods but that was low. Sanji didn't expect them to accept that he just liked to go out and have fun. Of all the girls he had went out with, he had only slept with three of them. He just liked to take them out and have a great time, he wasn't after the sex. He had never been in love before, "Like you do."

"I know what it means to be in love." Zoro flexed his fingers to get the cramp out. He knew all about being in love, what it meant to want someone more than anything, and he lived with the pain of watching that person every day.

"You've been in love with someone?" Sanji swallowed the lump in his throat at the grunt. Who? Or was it true? Was that the reason Zoro remained home all the time and waited patiently for Law to always return? The jealousy that would appear whenever Law and himself would start discussing places they had gone to while on dates. The longing he would sometimes see on the handsome face when Zoro thought no one was looking. Law was the person his friend was in love with. Why? Why would he wait that long for someone? Was it because the feelings were that strong? "Sorry, it's just you never be with anyone so I didn't realize that you were serious about someone."

"Yeah, well just because I'm not with him doesn't change how I feel." It never would. Zoro knew that no matter what the future held, Sanji would always be special to him. There was just too much to love about the cook, even if he didn't realize it himself. Not wanting Sanji to dig deeper into the identity of said person, he turned the conversation back to topic at hand. "What are you going to do? You can't just ask someone to pretend to be your boyfriend."

"Yes, I can." It could work, couldn't it? Sanji knew he'd be using him in a way but it might be good for both of them. Zoro knew what it was like to be in love and was getting nowhere. It hurt to know that the marimo was pining for someone that was dating a loser. Ace was a funny guy but would never be good enough for Law. Perhaps he could help Zoro win the one he wanted. "This guy you're into, does he know how you feel?"

"No, and I'm not going to tell him." No way in hell, no way was he ever going to admit to it. Hell would freeze over before he admitted to anyone else that he was in love with the blonde. He hadn't meant for Law to find out but it had happened, denying it had made him sound stupid when it was there to see.

"Why not?" Sanji wanted to know why he wouldn't fight for the one he wanted. Zoro wasn't the kind guy to walk away without a fight, he loved to fight. "How do you know that he doesn't feel the same if you don't say something?"

"Because he doesn't, I know he doesn't, and I'm not discussing it. He isn't into me and I'm not ruining our friendship for no reason." Zoro was thankful that they had plenty of friends, so Sanji wouldn't immediately assume it was himself. "He'd never look at me that way."

"Maybe you should give him a reason to notice you." Sanji figured they could help each other out. He could get his parents off his back and Law would finally be made to realize that Zoro was a catch and that he could lose him. "Hear me out, I need help and so do you. I need someone to pretend to be my boyfriend for a few weeks and you need help with this guy."

"I don't need any help with that." There was no help for him. Whatever Sanji was going to suggest, it wasn't happening. Zoro wanted to walk away but a hand came down to grip the area above his knee. Sanji was going to leave a bruise if he squeezed any harder, the blonde wasn't going to allow him to stand without using force.

"I said hear me out," Sanji was sure they could help each other. "You pretend to be my boyfriend, and only you and I will know the truth. We'll go out on a date tomorrow, go somewhere to hang out, and then come back as a couple. This guy, you said he was a friend so there is a good chance we'll run into him if we go to the usual spots to hang out. Think about it, nothing makes a person realize what they can have as when someone else decides that they want the same thing. Use me to make this guy jealous, make him see that you're a catch, and that he can miss out on something good."

"That isn't going to work," it wasn't going to work because the pretend boyfriend would be the guy that would never become jealous over him. Zoro reached down to pry the fingers from his leg, he had heard enough. He couldn't pretend to be in love with Sanji because he couldn't fake faking emotions.

"Why not? I'm telling you that it will. We will pretend to be enamored with each other," Sanji was sure it would work. It would completely get his parents to back off when they began to believe that he loved being with Zoro. They were already close so it wouldn't be too hard to pretend that they were closer than that. "You give me one reason why it won't work."

"I don't know," because it wouldn't. Sure, it might get the parents to back off but would do nothing to help his situation. There was no one to make jealous, no one to notice that he was 'a catch'. The one he wanted to notice was the one asking him to pretend to be together. It was the same guy that was jabbing a fork into his chest by basically informing him that he would never love him. Sanji would have to pretend to be in love with him but there would be no conjuring for himself. His blonde didn't love him and hearing it reinforced what he had always known and it only made him that much more depressed. "I can't pretend to be your fucking boyfriend. Now, let me go before I break your damn fingers."

"Fine, you'd make a terrible boyfriend anyways." Sanji let him go and told himself he didn't give a damn seeing him storm back inside and slide the door so hard it bounced back open. He was a fucking liar and they both knew it. That was the reason he had suddenly decided on Zoro, because he would make the perfect boyfriend. If he had to pick a guy that would be his type, it would be the marimo. Zoro would be the choice for him, if he went with a guy. They were easy to butt heads but he felt a closeness with him that wasn't there with anyone else. The male that had just stormed in was full of piss and fire, the intense emotions rolling off like an invisible steam. Anyone that got pulled into that storm would easily get lost in the force that was Zoro.

A shiver ran down his spine trying to imagine what it would be like to have that kind of lover. The act would no doubt be intense and wild, just like the man himself. Sanji couldn't imagine what this unrequited love found to be lacking, unless the guy was completely straight, but he was pretty sure that it was Law. If not then the guy just probably needed to see that anyone would be envious of the person that managed to win Zoro's devotion. Everything the brute did was over the top and it was just one of the things that made him special.

"Fuck!" What a way to ask him. Sanji stomped on the cigarette, wishing it was his own head. Why had he said that? He had no right to insult him but shit like that always happened between them. It had stung when Zoro had said he couldn't be his boyfriend, like the very idea was too disturbing. It couldn't be because he was a guy, so it was Sanji himself that Zoro had an issue with. What did this mystery love have that he didn't? Whatever, he would just let it go and try to find a boyfriend in time. With luck he could pass off being somewhat happy and just explain to his mother that they were taking things slow.

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What the hell was up with that loud music? Law rubbed his temples going up the steps and before opening the front door. Sanji's car was gone, but Zoro was home it being Saturday. He had two classes this morning so Ace had dropped him off at school after they had woken up. After the night they had, he wasn't in the mood for one of Zoro's moods. He needed to get some sleep and to relieve the tension that lingered after four hours of fucking and fighting. He just wasn't in the mood period.

What was worse, he had flipped on Ace for basically no reason, except one had been given to him. As he dressed, his boyfriend had rolled over to check his phone to read a text. Ace had casually mentioned that he had to go pick up his little brother because the kid found a ride with Zoro BECAUSE Ace had ditched him at the party. So he had demanded to know why he would leave his own sibling stranded when he didn't know anyone. His boyfriend had shrugged and said Luffy was fine and could handle himself. That wasn't the point, it was Ace's total lack of regard for someone else that had caused the remaining sparks from their previous fight to blaze anew. It didn't matter if his brother was the kind of guy to mingle well with others, it was winter, and you shouldn't leave someone that was depending on you in a pinch.

That was his problem with Ace in a nutshell, there was no sense of responsibility. Ace was simply too laid back when he shouldn't be. That had just reinforced his argument about them being too different to work out. Decent sex wasn't enough to base a relationship on, and it was only decent at best. Ace allowed him to top but allowing was different than actually enjoying it. Being able to brush the prostate was different than his lover actually getting into the idea of being penetrated. His lover didn't actually like the idea of having a cock in him, he just allowed it to happen so they could fuck. Ace was meant for top as well, since they both preferred the feel of doing the penetrating. He didn't want another top, he wanted someone that wanted to bottom for him.

Perhaps someone dainty and adorable, with juicy, kissable lips. A cute little ass to open up for him as he stretched and filled his lover. Dammit, Ace even thought it was cute to imply that he did like it. He called bullshit last night when he had proven his point by teasing his boyfriend. Ace had just laid there when he toyed with the prepared opening with the tip of his cock. There had been no noise or impatient movement to get it in. Was it too much to want his lover to act like he couldn't wait to get it?

Ace's car wasn't here so it meant he had already left after picking up his brother. Good, he wasn't ready to see his boyfriend again and from the look of the living room, Zoro wouldn't have been a good host anyways. A cabinet slammed shut as he hung up his coat and put his belongings on the table. What was going on? The dishes weren't done, so Sanji hadn't done his normal morning routine of cleaning the kitchen after breakfast. From the smell of things, Zoro had been the one to cook. "Did you burn something?"

"Your boyfriend had no fucking problem shoving it in his face." Zoro wasn't sure what he wanted for lunch but he had to do something to occupy his mind. Dammit, how dare he say shit like that to him? He'd make a damn good boyfriend if given the chance. He could show the asshole things that would make him as bent as his eyebrows.

"If you are referring to Ace, I've seen him eat dog food, and didn't blink when I informed him it wasn't the hash." Law prayed the coffee maker wasn't fucked up or messy, he needed some caffeine or he was going to crash hard. From the stiff posture that remained, he wouldn't be getting any sleep until Zoro got something off his chest. "Wanna tell me why you cooked breakfast this morning and Sanji didn't? It have anything to do with your mood?"

"He didn't cook because he's a fucking bitch." Zoro snatched a pack of noodles down. He could boil water, so cooking the noodles shouldn't be too hard. "He's pissed off at me because I wouldn't do what he wanted."

"What did he want? Let me do that before you burn the house down next." Law retrieved a clean pot from the dishwasher, something else that hadn't gotten seen to. He would do it after getting some coffee. "How about fix some coffee, that is something even you can do without fucking up."

"Right," All it took was opening a pouch and slapping the thing in the compartment then filling the back up with the right amount of water. Zoro hit the switch to on and got two cups down for their use. If Law was drinking coffee after twelve, then he wasn't the only one that had a bad night. "I'll tell you about it if you want to tell me why Ace asked me if you were seeing someone else at breakfast."

"He did? Fucking figures," he should call him up and tell him to go to hell. Law turned the water on, sprinkled a bit of salt, and then added a dab of butter. There was plenty of sauces to choose from, all homemade by Sanji. Each glass jar was labeled in the fine script to indicate what was inside and some had the letter Z on the side to indicate that it had been specifically created for the picky ass at the table. "We got into a row last night after we left the party. Don't get me wrong, I think he's a great guy, and I care about him."

"But you aren't in love with him," Zoro didn't think he was that great but kept his opinion to himself. Freckles turned him off, he preferred the smooth, flawless skin that adorned Sanji's face. Even the little bit of chin hair that was normally absent didn't distract from Sanji's beauty.

"No, I have never lied and told him that I am." Law went fishing for his caffeine shots that should have been in the basket. Where the hell were they or had they all been used?

"So, what was the fight about?" Besides them not being compatible? Zoro took a seat and waited for everything to get done.

"Us not being compatible, like always." Law almost smiled at the snort, it was the same old story. "Last night's fight was about us not meshing well sexually. First, because he was drunk, he wanted to top. After thirty minutes of hearing how I never compromise, he finally agreed to bottom. Yeah, I'm a selfish bastard but I can't pretend to enjoy something that I don't. It would be one thing if he were gentle but he's worse when he drinks. I didn't want to sit in class today with a torn ass."

"Yeah, that would have sucked." Zoro laughed at the visage of the tall man wincing while adjusting his seat. He knew all about being careful when prepping someone that wasn't use to taking him. He had accidently hurt his first lover by being too excited and going in too fast. "So the sex sucked again?"

"I got off but more or less. I felt like I was fucking a corpse and then he passed out without me realizing. Don't fucking laugh at me," Law eyed the laxative that could be slipped inside the shithole's coffee with ease. "That is how sad it was. I am so use to him just lying there and letting me do my thing that I didn't even notice that he was no longer conscious."

"Man, that is fucking hilarious. Maybe the problem is that you fucking suck in bed." Zoro released the laughter at Law's expense. It was hilarious in a way and he had to laugh because he wasn't the only one in a shitty position. "Okay, so the most likely problem is that you're too small and he can't feel it."

"If you weren't you I would prove otherwise," Law had no complaints when it came to his size, he was large enough. Not as thick as the prick but he had enough to be felt. "I've seen you naked, you are probably smaller."

"That depends on what is more important, length or girth." Zoro would give him the possible inch or two but he was confident in what he had as well. "Back to you being a dead fuck and your boyfriend not being into enough to stay awake."

"Fine, I got irate and woke him up, which put him in a foul mood. I probably shouldn't have thrown the cold water on him," Law dropped the noodles in the boiling water. He hadn't been thinking straight at the time. On the drive home he hadn't been able to get that damn kiss out of his mind. Thinking about it had made him feel guilty, so he had tried to reaffirm his relationship by having a vigorous night of passion with his boyfriend. It hadn't turned out that well.

"I wouldn't be happy either and did anything come out of it?" Like deciding to break up? Zoro wouldn't suggest it again, it would be futile. Law would get rid of him once he realized that he could do better.

Not really, more fighting, more fucking, and then him going to sleep thinking of dark brown eyes and an angelic smile. He'd fallen asleep still unsure of why he remained to stay with Ace. "Not really, I woke up to get ready for school, and we got into another fight. This one was about us being too different when it came to personality. He completely blew off the fact that he ditched his brother at that party. I called him irresponsible and selfish, which he laughed at. I know he's a good guy and that he loves his family, but he is too easy-going for my tastes."

"And you're a stick in the mud," Zoro watched him pour the cup, he didn't want another day in the bathroom.

"I am, which is why I wonder if staying with him is such a good idea. Two years, it is a lot of time invested and I feel like a bastard when I think about ending things." Law sat down after handing the second cup over. "It's clean."

"I watched you," because he had learned his lesson twice already. It had been embarrassing as hell the first week Law had moved in. The ass had put a strong laxative in his coffee, which made it run right through him. The fact that Sanji had been in the house while he blew up the bathroom had been horrifying. There was no way both hadn't heard the sounds echoing as his farts ripped the paint from the walls. The smell had escaped into the hallway and he had stepped out to find that Sanji had opened all the windows and was sitting outside by the pool. "Why does he think you're seeing someone else?"

"Because twice in the fight I mentioned maybe we should end it to find someone more compatible. He accussed me of already having someone else waiting on the side, which I don't."

"I know you don't and I told him so. I wanted to call him a dumbass but his kid brother was sitting at the table too, so I refrained." Zoro had wanted to slug him too but it was enough when Luffy had asked Ace why had he had never mentioned having a boyfriend of two years. "Did you get to meet him at the party?"

"No, I got suckered into a game by Nami. When I found him his brother wasn't with him." Law was sure the sibling would be a lot like Ace. Which was fine but didn't make meeting him a priority. "Why don't you tell me what is up with you and Sanji?"

That, Zoro didn't want to talk about it. "That fuck went out on a date to find a fake boyfriend because he lied to his parents about having one. They are pressuring him to marry and settle down, so he told them he was gay to get them off of his case and now they want to meet this boyfriend."

"Oh, so he isn't really curious," that had to hurt discovering. Law didn't get Sanji when it came to his family. "So why would you two fight about that?"

"We didn't, not really. He wants a fake boyfriend to show off in front of his family and he actually asked me to do it for him. Don't you fucking laugh at me, it isn't funny." Zoro could feel the heat seeping into his fingers and he wouldn't have been shocked if the cup busted with his grip. "Laugh it up, he tried to debate with me. He got me to admit that I had feelings for someone, but I didn't tell him who. So in exchange for helping him fool his parents, he is going to help me make this guy that I like jealous."

"Let me get this right, Sanji wants a pretend boyfriend because he wants to fool his parents into getting off of his case. He wants you to pretend to be that boyfriend. In return for your help, he will help you make himself jealous?" Law had to chuckle at the absurdity of it all.

"Dammit, he doesn't know it is him, and I couldn't tell him. He was going on how the guy will see that he'll miss his chance if I'm taken or some crap. What was I supposed to say? I told him I couldn't pretend to be his boyfriend. For him it would all be pretend but I can't pretend to love him."

"Because you do," Law took a sip of his coffee before standing to stir their lunch. It was a sound plan but Sanji didn't realize what made it impossible. Zoro was in love with him, so he couldn't pretend anything, and there would be no one to get jealous. All Zoro would be doing would be putting himself out there to get a small taste of what he would never have, and come out of it more in love and completely broken. "Have you thought that this might be your chance?"

"Chance at what? A chance to make a complete ass of myself? I can't agree to help him and do it half-assed. I can't act like we are fucking when I do want to fuck him. When we fake breakup it is going to hurt like it is the real thing to me. I can't be helped, I'll be getting nothing out of it."

"Nothing but a chance to be with Sanji." Law put the fork down and hushed the idiot. He was the one with the brains, he would do the talking. "Listen to what I'm about to say. Tell Sanji that you will agree to help him. If he is willing to fake it then he wouldn't be doing it if he knew that he couldn't pretend, right? I mean if he was homophobic he wouldn't agree to allow a guy to touch him, even if it is for show. You've been waiting all this time for a chance to show him how you feel, this could be it. If it doesn't work then he'll never know how you feel anyways, but at least you'll know for sure if he can or cannot feel anything for you. Tell him you will do it but set down some ground rules that will help you."

"Like what?"

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A/N: Please review for me.

Next chapter: Luffy comes face to face with his stranger and Zoro has an answer for Sanji.