Well here it is... basically the final part of this whole Sanji's kitchen thing... Once again reading the others isn't a must. I do not own One Piece.

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Third Time's the Charm

Rating: T - I suppose

Sanji scrubbed furiously at the floor of his precious kitchen, the entire kitchen sparkled evident that he had been cleaning for awhile yet he continued to scrub at invisible dirt as he sucked on another cigarette. He wasn't sure what number this one was but he had nearly emptied a new pack in the couple of hours he had been up. As he sucked on the cigarette the nicotine sent a calming sensation through his body and he eased up on the floor slightly. But then the images and the sounds would fill his head once again and he attacked the floor with a renewed vigour.

"First that shitty marimo had to catch Robin-chan's interest that was bad enough did they have to desecrate my kitchen too." He grumbled to himself scrubbing harder. "And then Luffy... "

The sounds of his precious Nami-san moaning the idiot captain's name had undone him. No one had been allowed in the kitchen without him present for weeks after that and he still didn't allow the promiscuous couple in by themselves. But the sounds were the worse, they haunted his dreams, the images floating behind closed eyelids threatening to drive him mad. He had woken this morning early than normal Nami-san breathy moans echoing in his head. It was her voice that drove him to clean the already clean kitchen at 4:30 in the morning.



Satisfied that the floor was clean Sanji moved to get the ingredients he would need for a cake. Today was Luffy's birthday and they were having a party to celebrate. He might as well start on the cake now, it was still too early to start on breakfast. He worked quickly and efficiently measuring and mixing ingredients together adding a dash of this and a sprinkle of that. Finally it was ready to go in the oven. Setting the timer he looked at all the dishes and mixing bowls that had piled up. It looked like he was going to have to do dishes before he even started on the dishes.

The sink was filled and he had piled dishes into the soapy water when an image of a sink filled with bubbles while Zoro and Robin rolled around on the floor popped into his head.

"Shit!" he cursed as he stepped back from the sink looking at it like it was filled with spiders.

Sanji fumbled in his pocket to get his cigarettes, pulling one out he placed it in his mouth and reached for his lighter. His hands shook and he couldn't get the flame to stay lit. He swore some more and shook the lighter. Just then a small flame appeared in front of his face and he looked to see none other than Portgas D. Ace standing there with that roguish grin. Sanji leaned forward and lit his cigarette off of Ace's finger. He took a long drag on the cigarette before exhaling slowly.

"Thanks" he said softly.

"No problem, you looked like you needed it" Ace said as the flame disappeared to a wisp of smoke.

"Didn't sleep well" Sanji replied not wanting to explain the whole sex in the kitchen fiascos.

"It's because you are wound to tight. You need to relax, have some fun."

"I have fun" Sanji bristled stalking over to sit at the table.



Ace laughed and followed lazily. He kicked off his boots and stretched himself out along the table. He threw Sanji a look almost daring him to complain but Sanji just shrugged it off not wanting to get into something with Ace already.

"When did you get here?" he asked instead

"Just now really, I talked with Zoro for a bit. He said you were in here cleaning."

"Shitty swordsman..."

"You know you didn't have to clean it this nice just for me" Ace teased

"It wasn't for you. It's all that shitty swordsman and your idiot brother's fault." Sanji snapped

"Did they have a food fight or something?" Ace asked turning on his side to face Sanji.

"A food fight? I wish. You know Luffy wouldn't waste food like that."

Ace just looked on expectantly, waiting for Sanji to explain. Sanji sighed knowing there was no way around it now. Ace was certainly not going to let it pass and he didn't think food would even distract him.

"They had sex in here. In my precious kitchen."

"Luffy and the swordsman had sex!? I thought Luffy liked Nami." Ace said confused

"No. Not together... first it was the shitty swordsman and Robin then a week later Luffy and Nami get together on my precious floor."

"The floor eh? I would have gone with the table myself"

"Ace!" Sanji growled, his anger heating up again.

"But fun in the kitchen is better with an experienced cook" Ace continued slyly.



Sanji looked up sharply. Ace still lounged on the table his hat pulled low over his eyes and his pants low on his hips. As per usual he wore no shirt and Sanji's eyes were drawn to the smooth muscles of his chest. Ace was quite attractive and he knew it. Unfortunately he also knew that Sanji thought so and would taunt and flirt with him until Sanji would seek refuge in the kitchen. This time he had no refuge to seek, nervously he brought his cigarette to his lips only to have Ace have the end burst into flame. Startled he dropped the cigarette, he quickly stomped it out not wanting to chance a fire.

"Shitty fire bo-" Sanji's grumblings were cut off as he suddenly found a pair of warm lips pressing against his.

Ace urged Sanji up on to the table beside him all the while keeping their lips pressed together. Sanji gladly went craving Ace's unique heat. Ace flicked his tongue across Sanji's lips causing desire to burn through him. His tongue prodded until Sanji opened his mouth to let him in. Ace dove in exploring every inch of Sanji's mouth, sucking lightly on his tongue. Sanji moaned and was surprised to find that somewhere in there Ace had managed to rid him of his tie and shirt. Sanji chuckled lightly and moved to remove Ace's belt. With the belt gone the pants practically slid off and Sanji wasn't surprised to see that Ace wore nothing underneath them. Ace grinned at him with that same roguishly cocky grin that always infuriated him but this time it was different. This time it simply made him even harder and he let out a throaty moan in anticipation of what was to come.

Zoro smiled as a familiar dark head came into view from inside the crow's nest. Robin came over to where he was stretched out and sat down beside him giving him a small kiss.

"Good morning" she said sweetly

"Morning"

"Is Mr Captain's brother here? I thought I saw his boat tied to Sunny."

"Yeah he arrived a couple hours ago. He's in the kitchen with the ero-cook."



"Should we go say hi?"

"Nah, I went down to get some water earlier and well they were busy..." Zoro said with a laugh

"Ahh, looks like the curse has finally worked in Mr Cook's favour."

Just then a loud cry of "FOOD!" could be heard ringing across the deck. Robin and Zoro looked at each other and laughed.

"Here we go again..."