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Everyone at school thought the world was going to end. The coolest and the most popular student in the whole school was entering a class to talk to the Roronoa Zoro-a man. Normally, he would enter a classroom and request a girl for some kissing or asking out. He never even walked into Luffy's classroom and talk to Koune or even say hi-this was Koune's job.

The same girl came out of class and gasped when she heard the request from Sanji the second time. Everyone thought something was going on.

Sanji was surprised to see some bandages on Zoro's face and he felt satisfied. The green haired teen's eyes locked onto the band-aid on Sanji's cheek and those eyes moved to Sanji's sapphire eyes. "What do you want? Another discussion?"

Sanji's tight features softened and he grinned, "That was a great fight. You're probably the first person who gave me injuries!" He was surprised to see the same bewildered expression he saw yesterday. Sanji continued to smile, "So, how are your wounds? I was kind of worried about your asthma-"

Sanji felt his feet leave the ground and he was shoved to a wall, sending painful shocks throughout his body. All of the girls within his range or heard the huge slam shrieked. They watched in horror as the terrifying monster was attempting to tear the prince of the school in half. The girls were begging him to stop but either Zoro didn't hear them or his mind was focused deeply on how to kill Sanji. Sanji's mind was scattered in a million places. What? What did I say to make him this pissed off?

Zoro leaned in towards him; Sanji could almost see his eyes burning in anger."Don't come near me."

"Sanji!" Everyone turned and saw Koune stomping toward them with pure anger in his eyes. Koune wasn't as strong as Sanji, but his kicking techniques were strong enough to kick a person off their feet. To everyone's relief, Zoro quickly released Sanji's hold and the blond slowly slid down the wall. He made groaning sounds as he landed on the tile floor painfully. Zoro looked away and walked back into class, his hand on his chest. Koune immediately rushed to Sanji's side and carefully sat him up. "Are you okay?"

Sanji groaned, "Yeah, I'm fine."

"I told you not to go near him! He's dangerous!"

Sanji made a smile, "It's okay Koune, I'm fine. He didn't slam me that hard."

"Sanji, please don't go near him!"

"Wha-"

"Please."

Sanji took a deep breath. The pain on his back was slowly disappearing. "Okay okay, I won't."

-.-.-

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. He never met such a confusing man. He didn't understand why or how someone would get so angry because he just complimented him. Complimented. Usually people loved to be complimented-Sanji felt happy when Zeff praised him when he cooked or even the littlest things like completing his homework without any distractions.

He never smiles-so annoying.

Nami's words swam through his head. She was right; he didn't smile at all, even though he couldn't really state that because he only met him three times. Zoro's frown was slightly ruining his reputation. Before Sanji met him, everyone's smile stretched through their cheeks and kindly greeted him back. Whenever the green haired man looked at Sanji, his expression looked like as if Sanji was a dangerous animal with sharp teeth, baring out and snapping at the cage that held him down. For some reason, Sanji felt like he wanted to make fun of him-or at least do something outrageous so he can smile. I wonder what he looks like when he laughs or smiles. I bet it's ugly, that's why he doesn't smile.

Sanji planned on going to room 2-4 to investigate on Zoro, but most of his classmates stopped him. He struggled to get out of his own classroom. The girls who saw the surprising morning scene, they all told the whole school about it and everyone was using all of their might to prevent Sanji to meet Roronoa Zoro. All of his girl friends grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the door and some of the men classmates held him down. Sanji howled in rage and brutally kicked the men off of him, but kindly asked the ladies to release him.

"We don't want to see you hurt!" One of the beaten men said weakly, his face swollen from the fierce kicks.

The girl with shiny long hair whined in her sweetest voice possible, "Please stay. Roronoa-kun is too scary! He'll tear you up into pieces!" Sanji wanted to butt in that he and Zoro's power were close to a tie, but that would cause more panic, so he kept his mouth shut. When Koune and Luffy finally arrived, all of his classmates dispersed to their usual spots.

The only one who wasn't shaken about the event was Luffy. "Na, I heard you were slammed to the wall! You screwed up big time, just like the time when you had your fifth girlfriend!" the jolly child laughed at the subject as devoured the box of lunch.

"Luffy, I told you not to remind me of that."

Luffy's eyes glittered, "Na, are you going to meet him later and have a fight? That'll be so fun to watch!"

Koune's eyes flared, "No he's not going to do that Luffy!" he quickly turned to Sanji with a worried look, "Right Sanji?"

Sanji stuttered, "I-I guess."

Luffy whined, "Why! He'll be fun! I know it!"

"No Luffy!" Koune abruptly changed the subject, "Hey Sanji, can I come over to your house after school and help me with my homework? I don't get the quadratic formula."

"Ah, sure. I'm not helping Zeff this week."

"Thanks Sanji!"

"Why?"

-.-.-

Class ended and Zoro was clearing out his desk when his name was called. He grumbled and glared at the girl who came to him a lot these days, "Is it the Ass Blond?" He was in a bad mood especially when everyone was talking behind his back more than ever.

The girl quivered in fear and whispered, but loud enough for him to hear, "T-there's a couple of guys that want to see you."

Good, it's not the Ass Blond. Zoro picked up his backpack and headed to the door. He was greeted by a gang of the toughest athletes of the school. He threw his school bag over his shoulders and glared at the men, "What do you want?"

The man who apparently was the leader of this mob just lifted his thumb and two of his teammates grabbed Zoro's arms. As the mob silently dragged Zoro out of the school building, he couldn't help but sigh. This gang of fighters didn't look as strong as Mr. Curly brow so he knew that these people wouldn't help release his stress.

-.-.-

Before Sanji left school, he snuck out of his class and entered into room 2-4, and saw that the fearsome Zoro was gone. He caught a student who just left room 2-4 and asked where Zoro was.

"Roronoa? He was here a minute ago…Weird, he usually stays after school loitering. I guess he left early because I heard a mob was going out to jump him."

Jump him? I feel sorry for the mob. "Oh, I see. Thanks."

Sanji was right about the mob. There was a pile of badly injured athletes at the front gate. Koune was late and he felt sorry for the athletes moaning in pain and some were crying, so he called Chopper.

-.-.-

"Welcome home Eggplant. Hi Koune." Zeff greeted them from the backdoor of the restaurant.

"Hello Mr. Blakleg and thank you for inviting me to your house. I needed help on the quadratic formula-"

"Don't tell me these things. I don't care or even remember it." Zeff grumbled. Koune laughed and skipped upstairs into Sanji's room.

Sanji's room was near the rooftop, so the ceiling was slanted. A gorgeous window that covered the whole wall of one side; pink, red, and purple lights from the sunset danced around his room. His bed was placed a few feet away from the window to prevent sunlight to wake him up in the morning and to admire the moonlight dancing on his face at night. On the opposite side of the bed, were a drawer and a good sized television. Scattered on the round blue carpet, he had a collection of video game systems and game disks. Near the doorway, there was a tall book shelf with rows of mostly cook books.

Koune opened his backpack and searched for the notebook and other supplies he needed while Sanji reached into his closet for the small table. It was a small round wooden table, big enough for six people to sit around. He laid the table right in the middle of the carpet and Koune spread out the notes he took in Algebra Two. "I can't remember what A was on this problem."

Sanji pointed to the equation and said in a bland tone, "The number before the X and the exponent sign is A, the number before the X is B, and the number only is C."

"Then what about-"

"Welcome customer!" Koune's voice was interrupted by Patty's loud and obnoxious voice.

Sanji made a smile, "I'm sorry. He gets really happy."

-.-.-

For a couple of hours, Sanji helped Koune clear the difficulties and allowed the younger teen have time to finish his work on his own.

Meanwhile, Sanji walked downstairs to see if Zeff or Patty needed any help. He almost crashed into Patty who carried an armful of food-the expensive ones.

Sanji whistled, "Wow, today's a hit! It's been a long time I seen these dishes! Who's buying all these?"

Patty's face went red, "That's rude to the customer! Go upstairs and help your friend! You're not wanted!"

Sanji was hurt, "You're nice."

Sanji trudged upstairs and heard Koune cheering and madly calling his name. Afterwards, Sanji and he played some RPG and two-player gun battles and finally cleaned up his room. When Koune was ready to leave, Zeff offered him some food he made which would be Sanji's dinner too. Koune grinned, "Yes lasagna! Thank you so much Mr. Blakleg!" Zeff just gave a snort.

"See you tomorrow."

"Bye Sanji!"

They waved to Koune until he turned a corner and disappeared out of sight. As Sanji's lowered his hand, his joyous expression melted into a strange glare. "You don't sound happy Zeff. What's wrong?"

"Stupid Patty. Making all those dishes for free…"

"What?" Sanji's eye bulged out of his sockets. He hoped Zeff wasn't talking about the expensive dishes he saw earlier, "D-don't tell me the high-class full course menu…" There was silence and finally Zeff dropped his head down. "What?" This time he shouted, unable to believe what he had just heard. Patty was the stingiest person he had ever seen in his life. The dishes he created were always the same size in volume so no one would have more than the amount. Sanji remembered being scolded by Patty because he would make some delicate decorations on dishes served to the girls.

Sanji finally was able to speak after mentally calculating the amount of money that flew out the window, "…Why?"

Zeff looked tired, but he started to laugh, "He fell in love."

"What?"

"-with a man."

"…Oh. Uh…what?" Sanji froze, "H-how do you know that?"

"The way he acts. It's just like you." Sanji huffed and his father laughed dryly. Zeff walked into the house and Sanji followed shortly after.

Inside, Zeff and Sanji watched Patty dance around the whole restaurant with a mop. It was a weird sight to see. He swept through tables and deftly lifted the chairs away for the mop to clean the wooden floor. He was singing a very happy tune that sounded way too cheesy for a buff man like him. Patty's eyes were half closed as if he was almost sleepwalking. He stopped singing when he noticed Zeff and Sanji at the entrance, "Hey Chef, Sanji. I'm just cleaning around here."

Sanji took a deep breath and an instant he was right in front of Patty twisting his nice suit around his fingers, "What were you thinking?"

Finally, as if Sanji's anger destroyed the spell, Patty's eyes snapped open and he gasped. "What am I doing here-Wait, I was talking to him and-Oh my god! D-Did I serve the high-class full course meal to him?"

Sanji gritted his teeth and whispered dangerously, "Yes, the whole damn full course!"

Patty's eyes widened in shock and immediately flooded in tears, "Oh I'm so sorry Chef! I-I'll never do that again!"

Zeff stroked his braided mustache, "I'll forgive you…but I really hope you don't do this next time…"

"I'm sorry! He looked so ill when he entered the shop, and when I offered to help…"

Sanji's rage was boiling up to a hazardous level, "Don't worry Zeff, he'll never do it again if I'm around. I'll prevent that bastard from entering this restaurant!" the blond glared at Patty, "Patty, who is that bastard that your stupid cheesy gay heart fell in love with!"

Patty wiped his tears and snot with his apron and took a moment to think. "I didn't ask for his name-I thought it was rude, but I do remember he was all battered up-Oh! He had green hair!"

Sanji's anger suddenly vanished, "W-what?"

"I know! His hair was grass green! He didn't look very interested in me…I wonder if that's his real hai-"

"No no, that's not why I was surprised about! He's in my school!"

"Really?"

"Did you tell him that I live here?"

"Of course not! Why would I know you knew about him?" Positive energy flowed through Sanji's body. Yes! This was a great opportunity to understand him more! A thought passed through his mind.

"Hey Patty, did he like the food?"

"Why of course! Why wouldn't he? I used all of the hardest-to-find ingredients!" Suddenly, Patty's face melted in a very perverted snicker that sent shivers down Zeff and Sanji's spines. "He was so beautiful…"

-.-.-

It was past midnight, but Sanji was still up reciting the conversation he had hours ago.

When I told him come again, he replied, sure thing.

Sanji thought about it for a moment, and an idea popped out of his head. He liked the idea; it killed two birds with one stone. Patty would never be able to do the same wasteful act and Zoro would be able to be his…friend?

Sanji still didn't understand why he had this desperate urge to be friends with him. He shook the question out of his mind and dropped dead in the pillows. He slept until morning.

To Be Continued