Pups: Behold, Chapter two! Enjoy :)

Chapter 2: The dark truth

"Oi! Shit-cook! Look out!" Zoro exclaimed as he dodged a kick from the enemy.

"I don't need your concern! Idiot Marimo!" Sanji scowled, nearly falling from a slip of his feet while avoiding a hit.

4 hours earlier:

Sanji stirred as he woke up. Half of Zoro's body still laid above him. Feeling a movement below him, Zoro slowly opened his eyes, "Good morning, love." Zoro sat up, slipping out of Sanji as he did so. Sanji winced at the pain.

"I need a shower." Sanji grunted as he slid out of bed, limping towards the bathroom, Zoro followed suit.

Having prepared everything, the duo left their room. It's still hours before the crew had arranged to meet, hence they decided to tour the town.

Present time:

"Why the fuck are these people fighting us?!" the blonde cursed as another group of strong men charged at him.

"I don't know! Maybe they're against pirates?!" Zoro answered, giving a show of his professionally done three sword style.

"That's it! Diable Jambe!" Sanji screamed as he flung his powerful attack at his enemies, however, perhaps it rained last night, Sanji slipped and fall due to the wet ground upon landing, hitting his head really hard on a large sharp rock. Blood spat out of Sanji's mouth as he screamed in pain.

"Oi! Ero-cook!" Zoro called out, "Damn it, three sword style108 pound canon!"

"Oi! Shitty cook, you alright?" Zoro asked as he helped the blonde.

"Fuck... Of course I am. Damn it." Sanji pushed Zoro away as he tried to stand up. His vision was blur and double imaged, but as soon as he stood up, a sharp pain eroded in his head, causing him to see stars before passing out.

"Cook!"

30minutes later: in the inn:

"Damn it. Damn it. Argh, should I go get chopper?! But I can't leave him here alone!" Zoro muttered as he ruffled his hair in annoyance.

Sanji was laid on the bed, however he was still unconscious. Thankfully the blood had stopped bleeding, the blonde's sunshine yellow hair was stained dark red from the bleeding.

"Crap, Cook... " Zoro, muttered as he reached out a hand to caress the blonde's face, but redrew it before touching him, turning away.

"Nngh... Zoro? "

"Cook!" Zoro spun around to see Sanji slowly waking up.

"Thank god!" Zoro exclaimed.

"I thought you didn't believe in God, or gods in any matter." Sanji joked. "Is it night time already?"

Zoro glanced outside. He'd been so freaking worried for the cook that he had not noticed the time. Nightfall had already greeted them.

"Yea." Zoro managed to croak out.

"Baka Marimo! Then why didn't you switch on the lights? Are still we hiding from those asses?!" Sanji retorted.

Lights?... Zoro glanced around the room. All the lights are on. The room is as brightly lit as day. "Sanji.." Zoro's heart sank. The cook was just fooling around right? He waved his hand in front of the cook's face, expecting a kick. No reaction from the blonde. Crap... Serious bull Crap...

Sanji frowned, "Oi! Idiot mosshead!? Why aren't you saying anything?! "

"I- I..." how is he going to break the news to the cook?! He sat down beside the blonde, and held his hands. "Sanji."

Sanji stiffened and sat up. Zoro rarely called him his name other than making out, then again it seems almost never. He began to panic, "Z-zoro?! What has happened?! What the fuck is going wrong with me?!" Tears were on the brink of falling.

A sharp breath was inhaled, "Sanji. Please don't panic. It might be just temporary!" Zoro desperately tried to convince Sanji, as well as himself.

Sanji shook his head wildly, tears already lost their restrain and were falling down his flustered cheek, "NO! No no no! Please! No! It can't be true... Zoro... No..." Sanji hugged Zoro as he cried his heart out. Sanji faced it, the dark truth of not being able to see. Zoro too, was restraining the fact that his eyes were painfully screaming for the release of tears.

."Zoro... What can I do now... I've became a useless piece of shit..." Sanji muttered more than asking a question, still crying, "I can no longer... See..." Harsh cries echoed the silent room.

Zoro pushed the cook backwards and caressed his face with both his hands, "It's not the end of the world... It might be temporary! From that nasty injury earlier! Chopper! We can find Chopper! He's the best doctor! Remember? Please stop scolding yourself..." Zoro teared, he like the cook, couldn't accept the fact that the cook had became blind overnight.

Sanji raised his head, "Zoro, you'll not abandon me right?! You'll love me still?! "

Zoro pulled to cook into a tight embrace. "Cook. No matter what, I've always loved you and I always will."

Sanji let himself melt into Zoro's embrace. Then after a couple minutes of mourning, the cook's harsh cries had turned into whimpers.

"Chopper, no. You said it might be temporary. I will recover, please keep this within us. Zoro! I don't want anyone else to know!" Sanji mentioned.

"But how are you going to hide it?"

"I just have to act normal don't I? Zoro, help me. With my daily activities. I have to act normal, so people don't get suspicious. Will- will you help me? I don't want to worry anyone. And I do not want to be in the way of Luffy's dream of being a pirate king..."

Zoro became silent. He nodded after a while. If this was the cook's decision, he do his best to help him.

"Alright, cook. For now you get some rest. I'll let the others know that we need to stay a night more."

Too tired, the cook just slumped onto the bed and began snoring lightly soon after. Sleep that was interrupted by horrid nightmares. Sanji had began to twist and turn, even crying softly in his sleep.

Zoro left the room to meet the others at the lobby.

"Where is Sanji-kun? " Nami asked.

"That's what I've came to discuss. The cook and I have had a tiring day. Can we stay for a Night more? That ero-cook had already fallen asleep in the room." Zoro explained.

"Swordsman-san, were you crying before this?" Robin inquired after staring into the swordsman's red, puffy eyes.

Shit. "No! Of course not! I told you I was just tired!" Zoro snapped back.

"Zoro, you're always sleeping. Fine, then we don't have much of a choice right? We'll stay for a night more." Nami answered.

Pups: There *Beams* End of chapter 2!

Sanji: Are you fucking smiling?!

Pups: Yea? Of course! I've just typed a whole lot of words! And I'm glad to finish it. Are you unhappy?

Sanji: You Shithead! Of course I am!

Pups: *chuckles* That's because you're blind in the story.

Sanji: I'm not that weak you ass!