Ah, the second chapter is here my friends. First I want to thank all those lovely readers who reviewed, favourited and followed (and just read) this story. I had no idea that this story would gather so many followers. So thank you SO much!~ You all make me so happy! But now I will shut up and let you read this brand new chapter. ^^

And I still don't own One Piece.

Chapter 2

Days passed and Sanji still hadn't come back home. He didn't even answer Zoro's calls. The only thing Zoro knew was that Sanji was staying at Usopp's place. Usopp had called him the next day after Zoro and Sanji's fight. One day Usopp came to pick up some fresh clothes for Sanji. He said that Sanji had to go to work so he didn't have time to get them by himself. But Zoro knew better; Sanji just didn't want to come.

About one week after their fight Zoro gave up with trying to call Sanji and leaving messages. Then he started to think about his own behaviour. He had pleaded and begged like a shitty over-dramatic woman so that Sanji would stay with him. That wasn't like Zoro, not at all. Now he felt himself so stupid.

'Shit! I'm becoming too soft! I can't let that happen!' Zoro thought furiously when he was picking up the phone to call Sanji again. 'Damn that shit-cook, it's all his fault that I'm like this!' he grunted and left the phone on the table. 'If he doesn't want to make up, then fine!' And after that Zoro didn't call Sanji even once.

Zoro's days passed quickly. He would go to work and teach some kids at the local dojo. After work he would train like crazy until he almost passed out. And after his extreme training session he would go back home to drink booze until he fell asleep. Almost every night Zoro first had a happy dream where he was with Sanji but that always turned into a nightmare where they yelled at each other.

Zoro would always wake up in an empty and cold bed, empty booze bottles as his only company and a heavy feeling of loneliness in his chest. He would curl up under the blanket and stare at the empty space next to him where Sanji used to sleep. But now there were just empty sheets which still smelled like Sanji. At moments like these, Zoro would snap back to reality and wave it all off thinking that yearning for someone was for weak people. And he wasn't weak.

After one and a half weeks had passed after "the fight", Zoro came home, dead tired as usual after his extreme training. He threw himself onto the couch and turned the TV on. They were airing some stupid action movie. And because Zoro didn't have anything else to do he decided to watch the movie. But soon his phone rang. Zoro groaned and picked up the phone.

"Hnh..?" Zoro answered, not really caring who was calling.

"Oi, Zoro! It's Luffy!" Luffy's voice yelled.

Zoro groaned again. He wasn't in the mood to listen Luffy's childish ranting about his behavior during the last few days. Well, telling the truth, he never was in that mood. Luffy and his other friends kept calling him, asking if he was still alive and telling him to go out with them. But Zoro would always say that he's busy; he has work to do, he needs to train and etc. And this time wasn't going to be an exception.

"What do you want?" Zoro grunted.

"Hey, don't sound like that! I know you miss Sanji and all but at least try to sound happy," Luffy answered.

"I don't miss that curly brow! And I am happy!" Zoro almost yelled.

"Right… But anyways! We were planning to hang out on this Saturday. You should come too. We are going to stay at my place. Let's just watch movies and eat!" Luffy cried out.

"Thanks Luffy but I can't come, I have wo-"

"Cut the crap. I know that you have a day off on Saturday. Ace told me. You seriously need to have some fun. We are going to pick you up at 3pm. See you in two days then!" Luffy said and hung up.

"Well fuck… Now I HAVE TO go…" Zoro mumbled and buried his face in a cushion.

'I wonder if he is going to be there too… But well, I don't give a shit…' Zoro thought and fell asleep, TV still on and showing the action movie where a muscular man just saved some chick from a burning building.

AT THE SAME TIME ELSEWHERE

Usopp opened his front door and walked into his apartment. He just came from Luffy's place and was full of excitement because of the up-coming weekend. Luffy had called Zoro and demanded him to come. Now it was Usopp's turn to make Sanji join them too.

Usopp looked around his apartment; his roommate, Chopper, wasn't home yet. But his guest was. Sanji was lying on the couch with an almost empty wine bottle on the coffee table. Usopp sighed at the sight.

"Sanji what are you doing?" Usopp asked, taking his jacket off.

"Drinking. Having some fun," Sanji said, slurring a little bit.

"I can see that… Shouldn't you be at work tonight?" Usopp asked and sat next to Sanji, turning the TV on.

"Nope. I have a day off. And then I found this little buddy!~" Sanji said happily, pouring more wine into his glass.

Usopp sighed again. One and a half weeks ago, Sanji had appeared behind their door, his face all messed up because of the tears and red eyes. Sanji asked if he could stay with Usopp and Chopper for awhile. And when Usopp asked what had happened Sanji just said bluntly that he broke up with Zoro. Usopp and Chopper were both shocked. They knew that Sanji and Zoro argued a lot but they never thought that those two would actually break up.

"Hey man, you have to cheer up! You can't be like this forever," Usopp said, looking at Sanji's miserable being. "We are going to have a movie night on Saturday. You should join us," he continued and smiled.

"Well yeah, I guess so…" Sanji mumbled.

"Zoro would be there too…" Usopp said warily.

"…"

"I think I have an evening shift then. Sorry, maybe next time," Sanji rushed to say.

"Sanji, you can't avoid him forever!" Usopp said, getting frustrated because of his friend's behaviour.

"Yes I can! I can avoid that shitty marimo as much as I want!" Sanji snapped and drank more wine.

"Hey, could you at least tell me what happened to you two? You didn't give me any reasons back then. It could make you feel better if you talked about it," Usopp said, looking at Sanji.

"Fine… I guess I can talk about it…" Sanji finally said after a little pause. "I broke up with Zoro because he cheated on me," Sanji stated bluntly, staring at his wine glass.

"WHAT?!" Usopp shouted. Now he was shocked! He would never even think that Zoro, of all people, would cheat on his lover. Zoro was the most loyal guy Usopp knew, but maybe he was wrong.

"Wha-? Why? When?" Usopp stuttered, staring at Sanji with wide eyes.

"Remember that weekend when I had that Baratie's business trip in the other town? Well it happened then. I called him a couple of times to make sure if he was okay while I was gone because I knew that he had a rough week at work. Some kids hurt themselves pretty badly during Zoro's classes," Sanji said and took a deep breath. Usopp didn't dare interrupt him so he remained silent.

"That moss head just told me to stop calling him because he was fine. 'I'm not a damn kid anymore'," Sanji mimicked Zoro. "So I didn't call him anymore. But I had no idea what he really was doing…" Sanji mumbled and tears started to fall on his cheeks.

"I had no idea that he would go to bar and hit on some random woman and bring her with him! I couldn't even think that he would HAVE SEX with some random chick! In our house! In the same bed where we used to sleep in!" Sanji started to sob hard and almost dropped his wine glass. Usopp managed to catch it just in time.

Sanji buried his face in his hands and sobbed. Usopp wrapped his arms around Sanji's shaking shoulders and hugged him, letting him cry all the bad feelings away. Usopp felt sorry for Sanji. Zoro hurt him pretty bad, in the worst way. When Sanji calmed down a little bit Usopp spoke out.

"Sanji, I'm so sorry. I had no idea… But I'm glad that you told me about it. You don't need to suffer alone. We all will help you to get over this," Usopp said quietly and rubbed Sanji's back.

Sanji nodded and dried his eyes. "Thank you…" he whispered.

"No problem," Usopp smiled. "Everything will be alright, sooner or later. And we all are there for you","Usopp continued.

"Yeah…" Sanji mumbled, starting to doze off. The alcohol started to kick in more. He lay on the couch and was soon fast asleep.

Usopp stood up and turned the TV off. He spread a blanket over Sanji and went to the kitchen to make a couple of calls to his friends. He thought that it would be the best if they knew the real situation too. They decided that maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to force Sanji join them on Saturday. He can come when he's ready.

BACK TO ZORO'S

Before Zoro even knew it, it was already Saturday. He woke up earlier than usual. He made for himself a cup of coffee and a quick sandwich. After the small breakfast he went to have his usual morning jog.

It was still pretty early so there weren't so many people around. And that was fine by Zoro. He tried to take his thoughts away from that day but it was easier said than done. He constantly wondered that would Sanji be at Luffy's place too…

But soon Zoro snapped out of his thoughts when he realised that he had no idea where he was. He looked around and picked one random direction, continuing his jogging.

'Damn roads, moving by themselves…'

In the end Zoro found his way back home. He went to the bathroom and took a shower. His thoughts started wandering again. Sometimes he and Sanji used to take a shower together. It was really nice. And sometimes it led into something more… Zoro woke up from his fantasies when he noticed that he had "a manly problem" down there.

'Shit… I got carried away…' Zoro sighed but decided to take care of his "problem".

After his satisfying shower Zoro lay on the couch, watching TV. Somewhere around 2.30pm the doorbell rang. Zoro stood up and dragged himself to the door and opened it.

"Zoroooo!" Luffy yelled and bumped into him.

"Oi! Watch out!" Zoro grunted and pushed Luffy off of him.

"Luffy calm down. We need Zoro alive today," chuckled a black-haired man behind Luffy. Ace came to pick up Zoro too. For some reason he had a little frown on.

"Can we go now? I'm hungry," Luffy whined, causing Ace to smack the back of his brother's head.

"I told you earlier that I want to speak with Zoro first. You even agreed with that so hold your horses", Ace sighed and walked inside too, closing the door.

"What do you want to talk about?" Zoro asked, looking confused. But he had an idea what was coming.

"We need to talk about Sanji," Luffy and Ace said in unison. Even Luffy was serious now.

Zoro groaned and sat on the couch, gesturing the two brothers sit down too.

"There's nothing to talk about," Zoro said and looked away, avoiding Ace's eyes.

"No, there is. You're an idiot!" Ace said, almost yelling. Zoro flinched at the sudden change of his friend's tone.

"I don't know what you're talking about…" Zoro lied, trying to act cool.

"Oh, you know perfectly well what I'm talking about! What on Earth were you thinking when you decide to fuck some other woman?! I thought that you and Sanji were in love with each other!" Ace said, raising his voice a little bit. He was so pissed off because his friend did something that stupid.

Zoro started to get angry. It was enough that the shit-cook blamed him but now his friends too! And how did they even know about that? Zoro hadn't told a single soul what really happened.

"How do you even know about this?! Did that shit-cook come to you and cry on your shoulder, huh?!" Zoro snapped. Okay, that sounded a bit cruel. He was the one who cheated on Sanji after all. But still!

"Hey, nobody cried on my shoulder!" Ace said firmly.

"Usopp called me two days ago and told me. He said that Sanji finally talked about things that happened. Usopp said that it would be better if we knew too. Sanji is all broken down…" Luffy spoke out. He has been quiet until this. Now he had a serious expression on which showed worry and a bit of disappointment.

"Oh…" was all what Zoro could say at the moment.

"So what were you thinking? Don't you like Sanji anymore? Luffy added.

"Of course I like him! It was a mistake, okay?! I was drunk and it just happened. I already apologised like hundred times. Everybody makes mistakes. If he can't understand that then there's nothing I can do," Zoro explained. Of course he wanted that Sanji would understand and forgive him, or at least talk to him.

"You just have to try harder. Your mistake was pretty big so you need to do big things to fix it up. So do you really love him?" Ace said this time.

"Yes, I love him…" Zoro said, calming down a little bit.

"Well that's all I wanted to hear. We will help you to fix this up," Ace said now smiling and patted Zoro's back. Luffy was also grinning again. Zoro had to smile too. It was good to know that his friends were willing to help him.

After their little man-to-man conversation all three of t,hem drove to Ace and Luffy's apartment. When they arrived Zoro noticed that others were already there, excluding Brook, Franky… and Sanji…

They gathered into the living room. Usopp told that Brook had some concert, Franky was sick and Sanji had to be at work. But Zoro had a feeling that Sanji just didn't want to come.

Before they started their movie marathon Nami lectured Zoro with a heavy fist. Zoro had to listen more ranting about how idiot he was and etc. But in the end they all promised to help him with his "Sanji-problem". They were going to help both of them because without their help Zoro and Sanji would probably just mess things up even more.

Who knows, maybe everything will turn out well after all.

~~ To be continued ~~

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