Zoro's POV

Luffy has really done it; he has put himself in trouble for accidentally throwing a cannonball onto the restaurant. Sometimes I'm really wondering why I decided to follow him. Now we'll have to wait that he pays back his debt toward the restaurant for the damages that he has caused. I just hope that it will not be too long, I have my goals to achieve and I'm a little reluctant to put them on hold because of some idiocy done by our Captain. But I know that himself doesn't want to put on hold his own dreams so I know that he'll do everything in his power to make it as short as possible. Plus I think I found something to entertain myself, this guy, who was standing in the middle of the dining room when me, Nami, and Ussop got in, looked like an interesting pal to me. After a day like the one we just lived, I think a few days on the Baratie might not be so boring.

This guy, who was holding this marine by the neck, you could feel strength radiating from him. When we locked eyes it was as if there was a vortex engulfing me in this eye of his with a weird curly brow, I felt a strange feeling that I couldn't describe…who is this guy ?

Then he broke the eye contact and focused on the man in his grip and said: "Don't ever do that again. Wasting food is a bad thing. Most of all remember this: if you try to mess around with a sailor-cook there is a high chance that you'll lose your hide in it."

« Aaah Sanji, you again! » a big hairy cook yelled, "What do you think you're doing with one of our client. Moreover a lieutenant of the marine!"

So his name is Sanji uh…funny name but a name never made the man.

"What is it shitty cook?" replied the blond, "Don't talk to me like that."

"A cook like you doesn't have the right to call me a shitty cook." growled the hairy guy, "In a restaurant the clients are the boss. What are you thinking to dare touch one of our clients eh?"

"This a client?" Sanji snickered, "Not only this guy wasted his meal but he also insults the chef." With that said he lets the marine go and drop on the floor. "That's why I needed to give him a lesson"

Then this lowlife marine talked: "What kind of restaurant is this ? how do you even keep it running by treating your clients like this ?" he growled, "I'm going to destroy it! I'm going to destroy this crap called a restaurant! I'm going to refer this to my superiors immediately!"

"So, that means I can't let you leave from here alive." Sanji said, voice cold and killing intent gradually becoming more intense. Apparently nobody threatens this restaurant without suffering Sanji's wrath. 'Tch this marine's really got nothing in the head or what? He just got his ass handed to him by this guy and he is still trying to make himself look threatening.'

As Sanji was going for the kill, a bunch of cooks grabbed his arms to restrain him saying: "That's enough sous-chef!"

"Let go me now! He's the one who started searching for trouble!" Sanji yelled, fists tight and fuming like an enraged bull, which he pretty much was.

"That's enough! Stop it Sanji !" cried another cook.

"Who do you think you are eh?" Sanji said to this marine who whimpered scared shitless from this cook who looked like a mad man right now.

Suddenly we heard a loud crash and we all turned our heads to see what was happening. After the dust, from the part of the ceiling that fell to floor, dissipated a bit I could identify two people entangled on floor then a familiar voice began to speak.

"Ah! That surprised me!" said the voice of my dumb captain. I mentally hit my forehead, only Luffy could do something like that. The guy next to him had a wooden leg and looked, according to his outfit, like he was the chef of the restaurant my suspicions got confirmed when a cook began to speak.

"Oi chef, exactly is happening?" asked the really confused cook.

Ignoring him, the old man looked up to the hole in the ceiling.

"Damn it, what did you do? You've destroyed my ceiling!" he began to yell, "It's all your fault you gaki!"

"It would be more yours ossan!" Luffy replied facing the other.

While they were arguing, Sanji was still trying to give the marine what he deserved, and the cooks still trying to restrain him.

"What are you doing boss?" cried one of the cooks, "Help us instead to stop Sanji!"

"Oi Sanji!" the chef called, "You started a fight again in my restaurant, you little ingrate?"

"Shut up kusojiji!" the blond replied.

"What! Who do you think you are dealing with?" the old man said, "Are you trying to destroy my restaurant? You insolent brat!" He then kicked him right in the face with his wooden leg.

"And you," the old man continued toward the marine who was smiling from the kick that Sanji received, "you can get out of here!" he said kicking him also.

"Listen Sanji, the client is always right." the hairy cook said again.

"Only those who can appreciate your cooking." Sanji replied.

"Patty, Sanji! If you want to fight each other do not do it in front of the clients." the old chef said.

"Lieutenant Fullbody!" a marine cried running into the dining room, "One of Krieg's pirates escaped."

"What?" the guy named Fullbody said his eyes wide, "This is absurd! When we caught him three days ago he was starving to death, and we didn't feed him yet didn't we?"

Clients in the restaurant began to panic at the sound of Krieg's name, I don't know who this guy is but I have a feeling that he is not a sweetheart. The marine was still trying to explain himself and apologize to his superior when a loud bang was heard and the marine dropped dead on the floor being shot in the back.

Then you could see a figure approaching.

Normal POV

"Another client has arrived." Patty says with an almost bored tone.

"This one better not cause any further trouble in my restaurant." the chef says.

"A pirate uh?" Luffy says smiling.

The figure walking in their direction was a man dressed in a grey pair of pants, green T-shirt and grey vest, with a headband. The poor man (if ou put aside the fact that he's one of Krieg's pirates) looks like he is starving and has blood running down his face. He walks toward one table and sit on a chair.

"Whatever it is bring me food." The man says in a weak voice, "We're in a restaurant right?"

"Welcome jackass," Patty says with the biggest and the most fake smile that you could see.

Everyone gaped at this fearing the reaction of the pirate.

"I won't say it twice, so listen," the pirate says calmly but threateningly, "bring me food."

"Sorry but we would like to know if you have money to pay for your food." Patty says still faking politeness, "Do you have enough?"

"Do you accept bullets?" the other asks pointing his pistol on Patty's head.

"So you don't any money!" Patty resumes his polite face falling, and punching the pirate, which broke the chair at the same time.

"Stupid Patty broke one of my chairs." The chef groans. This was not a good day for the Baratie's furniture.

"If you can't pay, you can't eat." Patty says crossing his arms. Looking pretty proud of himself for having beaten this starved to death guy.

Everyone acclaimed him, everyone except a few such as Sanji left for the kitchen without saying a word.

When he got to the kitchen he pulled up his sleeves and began preparing a meal. When he was little he had to experience to starvation and so knew exactly how it felt to think you'd die from not eating.

'Tch those bastards really have no idea what it is like to starve.' He thought. When he finally finished it, he went outside with it knowing that this pirate guy would there since this is always where Patty throws anyone that gets kicked out of the restaurant, and there he was lying on the floor whimpering and trying to refrain his stomach from growling.

"Here," Sanji says sitting next to him, "eat it."

"Shut up and go away!" the other says, " It's even worse. I don't want you charity."

"Stop playing tough and eat already." Sanji says taking a drag from his cigarette, "To me any starved person is a client.."

"I can't pay." the pirate says his stomach growling again.

Sanji sighed, what a stubborn head.

"This vast ocean can be very cruel." Sanji begins, "The worst is to be deprived of food and water. It's so unbearable…I understand what it is to starve more than anyone. I don't care if you want to die with dignity but if you eat, you'll be able to turn your head to a better day."

With all that said the pirate's resolve failed and he began to eat.

Sanji smiled then grinned cockily when the pirate in tears began thanking him and telling him that the food was delicious.

"Hahahaha! Perfect I've just found my cook!" Luffy exclaims with trademark big grin, "Oi cook are you interested in joining my crew?" He had been watching and listening to the whole interaction between those two and had decided that this guy should be their cook.

But he wasn't the only one listening to the whole scene, a certain swordsman with green hair happened to pass near by the door of the deck where Sanji and the pirate were, when he was searching for the bathroom. You could see him grin, indeed this stay in this restaurant was going to be really interesting.

Sanji's POV

'Damn Mugiwara! It pisses me off that doesn't get the fact that I don't want to join his crew' I thought scowling mentally. That scrawny annoying bastard kept repeating that he wanted me in his crew as a cook which I wouldn't have refused if I didn't want first to be recognized by everyone as a great cook, sure going with them would help me achieve another goal of mine: find All Blue. But I can't go yet, first I need the old geezer to acknowledge my skills.

The pirate that I helped told that his name was Gin, it's really a nice guy when you put aside the fact that he is one of Krieg's pirates, I can't see why a guy like him is in a crew like Don Krieg's.

Fortunately for me, the rambling of the boy stopped when the old geezer yelled at us to go back to work, and I did everything.

The rest of the day went on rather smoothly, except for at one moment, while I was serving a beautiful lady and enjoying his date fuming at me for "flirting" which I sincerely was not it's just the way I treat women, and trust me if I was really flirting that would be a totally different matter. I heard loud shout and some laughter, I turned my head and saw this idiot with the straw hat rolling on the floor with his hands on his throat, and this green hair guy towering him with a scowl on his face. You could almost see the proud smirk about whatever he had just done to this dummy, and behind him were an orange hair woman and a boy with a rather long nose sitting at a table eating laughing like mad trying to breathe normally again.

'That must be his nakamas' I thought

At this moment I made the mistake to look into those dark eyes again, when this guy directed his gaze toward me, looking at me intensely. Without thinking or even knowing what I was doing, I put down the bottle that I was serving down, and walked toward those damn eyes that seemed to make me feel things that I'm not used to feel.

First I was walking at a slow pace toward this man, but my legs wanted to go faster. I was getting closer to him, my heart started to pound so fast I thought it would burst out of my chest, when at the last moment I freaked out when I saw how close we were getting, and decided to go salute the beautiful orange hair girl like a gentleman does.

Zoro's POV

That stupid captain, trying to pull a so obvious prank on me. While I was looking down at him, I sensed someone looking at me, then when I looked up I saw that cook from before called Sanji staring at me. When he met my stare I thought I saw a hint of a blush on his cheeks but he was too far for me to know for sure. I saw him put down the bottle of wine that he was holding and coming forth in my direction.

'Please be that he comes toward me, please be that he comes toward…wait why did I just think that?' I thought, 'I'm not attracted to him or anything, sure I find him interesting, and the conversation that he had with this pirate that he helped was kind of cute but…aargh what's going on with me? Focus Zoro, you can't get distracted like this, you have goals that don't permit you that kind of thing.'

While I was having this internal conversation with myself, he was now closer than before and I couldn't help but wish that he would hurry. Still looking into his eyes, I could see confusion, something like fascination and also something that I couldn't describe, and then suddenly something changed in his eyes. He broke the gaze and changed his direction to go where Nami is and when he arrived next to her; he put one knee down and took out a rose from only Kami knows where..

"Thanks you to have allowing me the meeting!" he began to say in an enchanted voice, "Oh my love! Come on laugh at me if you want. As long as I'm at your side, it doesn't matter if I am to be a pirate or a demon, my heart is overwhelmed!" he finished with hearts in his eyes acting like an idiot.

I don't know why it is bothering me so much, but I couldn't help but want to struggle that witch who was getting that kind of sick attention, I was angry at her for having it, and I kind of felt sad in a way that I wasn't the one receiving the attention from the blond cook.

'Something must be wrong with me.' I thought.

"Unfortunately," Sanji continued, " a huge obstacle raises itself between us!"

Seriously how much of a marshmallow is this toward women I sweatdropped, even though a tiny light of hope that I didn't want to come appeared in my heart after hearing his last phrase.

"And that obstacle would be me isn't it Sanji?" the old chef said coming from the kitchen, "It's time, why don't you run away and become a pirate like them? We don't need you here anymore."

You could hear Sanji grind his teeth together.

"Oi kusojiji am I not the sous-chef?" Sanji replied, "What's this crap about not needing me anymore?"

"You always fight with the clients, you're always paying more attention to girls than anything else," The other said matter-of-factly, "and your cooking is awful. You're nothing but a burden for this restaurant."

"What did you just say?" Sanji growled.

I kind of felt bad for him to be treated this way, but I knew that this old man cared a lot about him and that it was just his way to show it.

"The other cooks don't like you either." the chef added, "You can become a pirate or whatever you want for all I care. It'd be better for you that you get away from here!"

"What? I've never done anything and now you get everything out of your chest old geezer?" Sanji replies with a furrowed brows.

"I don't care about your reasons, but I won't tolerate that we insult my cooking! I don't care about what you think, I'll stay here as a cook. Do you have a problem with that?" he yells at the other grabbing by the collar.

"How dare you raise your hand on your superior?" the old man replies calmly and then throw him on our table, "You are a hundred years too early if you think you're going to overpower me kozo."

He walks out of the dining room leaving a fuming Sanji.

"That's great!" Luffy exclaimed grinning widely, "Now that he said you could leave you can become our nakama!"

"How many times will I have to say no so that you'll get it through your thick skull you moron?" Sanji almost yelled.

He got up and put back the table as it was.

"I'm sorry miss for the disagreement that you witnessed, and to make amends I offer you the fruit salad and some juice on the house." Sanji says sweetly to Nami and giving her the said goods.

"Oi how you are not apologizing to us too and also giving us free food?" Ussop whines.

"I brought you some tea that should do it right?" he replied lazily and then sighed, "Now if you'll excuse me I have something important to do."

He then disappeared through the exit leaving behind him a whining Ussop, and a laughing Luffy.

Me I was registering the scene that just happened I could have swore that this Sanji guy was near to tears or at least not well enough to stay around people for the moment. I knew I should let him be but I really wanted to know more about him and maybe even console him, and when I say that I mean giving a supportive shoulder to rely on. 'What am I saying seriously? Ugh I need to go to the bathroom to splash some water on my face to get my thoughts clear, and most of all prevent this stupid heat to come up on my cheeks before anyone sees it.' While groaning internally about the way I was thinking.

Sanji's POV

'Damn old geezer.' I growled internally, 'Who does he think he's talking to?'

Looking at the ocean, leant on the rail, I was lost in my thoughts pestering about everything and everyone, when I heard some footsteps coming from the door in my direction.

"That's not the bathroom either. Seriously where the hell is it?" a deep voice grumbled. I turned around, this voice, that sounded so familiar and sending chills up through my spine, belonged to that green hair guy who's a member of this Mugiwara boy's group.

As soon as I saw him I couldn't help but feel nervous. "Excuse me but do you know where the bathroom is?" the green hair guy asks grinning sheepishly while rubbing the back of hi head in a sign of embarrassment about asking this question.

I couldn't help but melt a little in front of this grin of his, those lips curving were so tantalizing… wait…what am I saying?

'I can't be falling for him, he looks too much of the unromantic brute with no brain cells type. That's gotta be physical… yes that's it, it's only physical attraction.' I tried to reason myself in my head.

"Um it's on your left at the end of the hallway, just before the kitchen." I say still focused on those lips that I knew were going to move again soon.

"Thanks… Sanji right?" he says smiling with a thankful expression and something that I couldn't decipher.

"Y-yes it is and you're welcome." I reply fighting a blush, "And you, what's your name?"

"Zoro." the other answers, "Nice to meet you." With that said, he went by the door.

I heaved a sigh and put my head in my arms.

"Ugh what is up with me today?" I grumbled.

Ten minutes I heard footsteps again.

"Damn I got lost." said the voice that I could now recognize immediately.

"You got lost trying to find the bathroom?.." I sweat dropped turning to face him.

"It's not my fault! It's this restaurant, it's a labyrinth." Zoro replies trying to defend himself blushing.

"Right…" I say incredulous.

"So um… are you okay?" Zoro asks looking hesitant.

I look at him surprised and a little confused about why he was asking this.

"Uh yes why?" I ask looking at him questioningly.

"Sorry it's just that with what happened earlier I was um… a little … worried about you." he says whispering the last part and averting his eyes away from mine.

My eyes widened a bit at that, did he really say what I think he did?

"Oh…" was the only thing I couldn't help but feel bad that he was worried about me.

Nobody's ever been worried about me or they've never showed it, this thought made me smile a bit.

"You know…" Zoro began interrupting my thoughts, "Your old man doesn't look that mean, it's just his way of expressing things I think."

What nerves this guy has! How does dare stick his nose in matters that doesn't concern him?

"Not that it's any of your concern marimo," I said snickering at the nickname that I've just given him, "but the old geezer and I are not related. Zeff saved my life when I was younger and we just happened to stay together because of our common passion for cooking."

"Marimo?" Zoro repeats eyebrows rose, looking like he hesitated between feeling irritated and amused about the whole nickname thing.

"Well I think that suits you." I reply cheekily.

"If you think so curly brow." He says snickering, knowing that he had pushed a button.

"You feel like losing a limb eggplant?" I growled.

"Bring it on princess." He replies smirking and taking a fighting stance.

"Tch we'll see who's the princess after that." I reply, itching for a good fight and needing to get out all this frustration that I've been feeling lately out of me.

After a good ten minute, I couldn't help but appreciate how good of a fighter this Marimo is without even withdrawing his swords. Ha almost looked like dancing when fighting, even with this muscular mass he looked powerful yet graceful. It had been quite a long time since I had a fight like this one, where you're eyeing carefully your opponent, trying to find a breach in his defenses.

Then, at a moment, right when I though I would be able to place a good kick, Zoro grabbed my leg and pulled on it to make me lose my balance. Not wanting to be the only one falling, I decided to take him with me in my fall.

We landed together on the floor, him on top of me, our face close to each other.

"I think we'll call it a tie." Zoro says breathing a little heavier than normal, a blush adorning his cheeks. I think it looks cute, and those lips look so tempting. I feel my face coming closer and closer to his. I hesitate, I look into his face for any sign and all I see is want and lust that reflect what is in mine.

As in a mute agreement our lips crashed together and I felt a jolt of electricity going through me.

He was such a good kisser, our lips molding to each other, massaging one another. It felt so good that it felt like I would never be able to get enough of it, my head felt dizzy, I couldn't think anymore.

Fortunately when we had to part for air, I could clear my head enough to speak coherently.

"M-my bedroom…now." I whisper while he begins to attack my neck with his mouth leaving trails of kisses and some hickeys.

He groans and keeps his ministrations going, pulling our bodies closer to each other not wanting to let go.

"We can't risk anyone to see us." I say with a steadier and firmer voice this time.

"Hmph fine." he agrees reluctantly.

To be continued

Well here is the second chapter, I hope you liked it. Reviews would be awesome, just to know what you thought of it, if there's something you liked or not. Anyway, this cliffhanger serves the purpose to warn people that in the next chapter there'll be some lemon (it'll be my first attempt at it so I'm sorry in advance if it's not really good, I swear to practice to write some better ones in the future :) ).