Sorry to keep you waiting! I really do wanna finish this fic as soon as possible but something in my real life had to be completed first. I mean school task, school task, and school task!

This second chapter is about Zoro's flashback about how he and Nami got together like now.

Enjoy!

True Feelings

-chapter 2-

Zoro waked up very early in the next morning. The incident last night didn't give him a good sleep. He decided to walk around the ship finding some fresh air.

"Ch, girls are so hard to understand." He sputtered to himself. "Is gift really that important? I never received a gift for my entire life. And I don't care. Even if she didn't give me anything, I don't care either. I got her."

Zoro grumbled all way down the deck.

"And she got me..."

He came back to the memories of couples of month ago.

:Flashback:

"Finish!" Nami smiled widely. She laid her palm to her cheek. "Hmmm...This will taste great!"

Nami had just finished making orange cookies. Sanji made it for her few days before. She loved the taste so much and decided to ask the recipe to Sanji. Of course, Sanji would be very happy to give the recipe to Nami-San.

Crunch...

"Hmm...it's so crunchy." Nami tasted her cookies for a bite. She licked her lips. "It's not as good Sanji's but... munch munch this is not bad either...munch munch...everyone will love this."

Then, she went outside the kitchen looking for her friends. Her friends were sitting and relaxing on the edge of the ship. Their hands were flapping up and down as a fan. They were hot because of the weather. It was a sunny day. No one would like to stay in a room on a hot day like this.

"Everyone! Look what I just made!" Nami grined "Tadaaaaaaa! A sexy orange cookies special by Nami." She hand out the plate with her right hand while the other hand laid on her hip.

"Wow! Is this the cookies you made from my FULL OF LOVE recipe!" Sanji response in a quick motion. His eyes gleamed into loveballs (again...).

"U-huh." Nami nodded full of superiority.

"Ohhhh...I just can't hardly wait to taste." Sanji's eyes grew into a bigger loveballs.

"Yeah yeah! I want to taste too!" Luffy said.

"Me too!" Said Usopp and Chopper. "Hmm...me too!" Vivi closed her eyes and sniffed the cookies. Everyone was looking at the cookies and they were just starting to grab the cookies when suddenly...

"I will never eat those thing" Zoro let out a word.

Everyone turned to Zoro.

"I'm not offering it to you." Nami said in a peevish tone. She stuck out her tongue.

"Maybe it's good outside but I'm sure the sugar is switch with salt." Zoro said again.

"How would you know? You haven't try it yet."

"Don't need to try. But I know"

"Shut up, you dumbass"

"I'll get stomach-ache by eating that."

"Shut up, you..." Nami was now angry. Her teeth were chattering. "Fine! Give me back my money! You still owe me two thousand berry!" She stomped ahead to Zoro, trying to clutch his shirt. Zoro seemed to be frightened by Nami's possessed action. He reacted fast. Too fast...

"Hey! Back Off!" He swiped off Nami's hand. The situation was so fast that he didn't realized if he had swiped Nami's hand which was still holding the plate.

CRANCK! CRATTLE...CRATTLE...

The plate slipped off from Nami's hand followed with the cookies sliding down the plate. Spreading everywhere...

A few second of silence.

"Uh-oh..." Zoro swallowed his throat. And followed by his mates. "Uh-oh..."

"It...wasn't an...accident..." Zoro was very confused now.

Nami was looking down at her cookies. She was silent. But then her eyes started to glisten.

Vivi tried to calm the situation. "Un...Nami...It's Ok...Everything will be all-"

"I HATE YOU, ZORO!" Nami shouted to Zoro and ran back to her room. Her shadow slowly disappeared into the spot. After she was completely disappeared, the straw pirates began make furious comments to Zoro

"Oh, God! You're such a dumbass!" Sanji started first. "Don't you ever know how to treat girls right?"

"Yeah! You should apologize to Nami!" Usopp said next.

Followed by Luffy. "You've made Nami sad! That's not good!"

"Nami will get sick if she's hurt..." Chopper said.

Vivi who was watching the guys could only say to herself. "Zoro, you're such a fool...!" she smacked her forehead.

:Back to the present:

Zoro smiled at the memory. Before they were as now, they were an enemy to each other. They always argue. Even for a tiny single thing. But it was all a camouflage. They knew that there was some sort of weird chemistry between them. First, they didn't know that the thing between them was something called love. But in a situation full of pressure made them realized.

:Flashback again:

Nami hadn't come out from her room since the afternoon incident. Zoro was getting uncomfortable with this situation. He was under pressure now. His pals seemed to be mad at him.

"I've made her missed her lunch." He sighed. He was sitting alone, leaning back against the ship. He ducked his head. His hand was busy with his sword. Opening the case...then closed it...and then opened it again...then closed it...and so on. Vivi who watched him from the other edge of the ship giggled. She knew that Zoro was very sorry.

He breathed again. "I should apologize..."

But suddenly his tone grew stronger. "Hey, why should I make an apology? It was her fault anyway." He shrugged his shoulder.

His voice came back into a soft tone. "But what fault..." He started to remember all the things that happened that afternoon. "I guess, she didn't do anything wrong."

I HATE YOU ZORO!

He remembered how Nami shouted at him. He saw Nami's eyes and knew that she was very hurt.

"Ok. Roronoa Zoro, you should apologize." He said to himself. He stood up wiping his shirt from dust.

It was your fault...It was your fault...It was your fault...

He tried to convince himself that he was wrong anyway.

Zoro walked straight to Nami's room. He was surprised to find Nami outside her room watching the sea. She seemed to be observing the sea so she didn't realized that Zoro was standing 2 meters across her.

"Ahem..." Zoro began.

Nami turned her head to the form across her but quickly turned her head again to an opposite direction when she knew who was standing there.

"Um...still mad?"

She didn't reply.

"I'm sorry if it hurts you..."

No reply.

"I didn't mean that..."

A few seconds of silence but enough to make Zoro perplexed. He had no idea what to do.

Nami's head suddenly turned to face him. She let out a smile. "It's Ok!"

Zoro was startled. "Really?" His face curious.

She nodded. "I forgive you. It was just a cookie anyway." She was still smiling.

"Nami, I'm really sorry."

"I know. I'm glad to see you're sorry. That's enough." Her smiled started to grow bigger. "I'll make another cookies someday."

He smiled.

Silence.

"Uh...you know...your cookies is not bad at all..." Zoro tried to break the silence.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Nami gave a flustered look.

"Yeah...it's delicious." He tried to stay as cool as he could but it was helpless. His face started to burn.

"What! You mean your eating cookies which had scattered on the floor!"

Zoro face really turned red. Very red. Damn!

"Yeah, I picked it." He said, still trying to stay cool. "I..."

Nami smiled. Her face was also turning into a slight pink. "Zoro...you don't have to be like that." Her hand reached for his. "It was just a cookie..."

Zoro knew there was something wrong with his heart. He couldn't breath. His heart was beating very fast, squeezing his lungs.

Stay cool, Zoro...It's just Nami...

They were staring at each other for quite a long time.

"Ouch!" Zoro suddenly groaned in pain.

"Oh my God! What was that?" Nami released her grab. She was squeezing his fingers too hard.

"It's Ok...It's just..."

"Oh my God, you're bleeding. What happened?"

"It's the plate."

"Huh?"

"Yeah, when I picked out your cookies my hand step on the shards of the plate." He winced.

"Zoro...you poor..." She gave a sympathetic look. Then, she reached to her pocket. "Look." She waved out a bandage.

Nami opened the seal. She took Zoro's hand very carefully. She examined for a second. Then, she sticked the bandage to Zoro's finger. Very carefully. She caressed it softly and gave a little blew to his finger.

This seemed last forever to Zoro. He was very, very, very red now. He noticed the only little gap between them.

He cleared his throat. "Nami..."

"Hm?" She gazed upward.

"I..." He cleared his throat again. "Let's say that this will be our last stupid fight."

Nami opened her mouth, trying to say something. But she was lost for words.

"And stop to pretend." He continued.

"Pretend..." She repeated his words.

"Yeah. I mean, wouldn't it be nicer if there's nothing to hide?"

Nami twisted an eyebrow. "What am I hiding?"

"Yourself." He answered. "From me."

Her face grew red.

"See." He grinned. "You're turning red."

"As if you're not." She scowled.

"Then we have something in common." His grin grew larger.

"Zoro, I think..."

"I want a better relationship."

She blinked. Unsure of what she'd just heard. Her eyes blinked once again. "Like..."

"A much better relationship." He lowered his head and whispered to her. "A closer relationship, more than a friend."

Nami's feet were nailed on the ground. She couldn't believe that the words come out from Zoro's rude mouth.

"So?" He asked. He was calm now. His expression was smoother than before.

She smiled.

And nodded.

Zoro smiled too. He shot his most honest smile, very honest. Nami was lucky because no one ever seen he smile like this before.

"So...you mean...we're..." She asked sheepishly.

"Yeah." His smiled turned awkwardly. He rubbed the back of his hair. "Yeah, we're now..."

"DINNER'S READY!" An announcement from Sanji broke the atmosphere between them.

"Well," Zoro said, neutralizing the changing atmosphere. "Let's go to dinner."

Nami nodded.

He let out his hand and grabbed her fingers lightly. They walked together to the dinner. Holding hands.

"You know, maybe I should have done this a long time ago to you." Zoro said.

"Uh-huh. Maybe we wouldn't fight to much."

"Na, I change my mind." He smirked. "You looked stupid when you're angry. I like it."

She smacked his head. "You're the one who's stupid enough to make a girl like me angry!"

"Ouch! I'm joking!"

:End of flashback:

"That's it." Zoro's mind came back to present. "I really need some help."

He walked away.

-End of chapter 2-