Chapter four is complete... it took awhile my apologies but it is a bit longer than the others so I hope that appeases you. Parts might be slightly M-ish so ye be warned!
High school Horrors
Confessions
It wasn't long before the end of the week rolled around and Zoro was sitting through his last History class before the weekend. The, by now, familiar voice of the young TA washed over him and he was surprised to find that he understood what she was saying and was following along with it.In front of him Nami sat lost in thought but Zoro was oblivious to her. As far as he was concerned Friday had started off as normal as usual. He had woken up to the cacophony of alarms, showered and had breakfast before running out to meet Nami. Zoro hadn't noticed that Luffy had been chattering about his Spanish presentation with more excitement than he usually showed for school work or that as on Thursday there had been a slight tension between Nami and Luffy. Zoro normally would have picked up on this but a certain raven-haired TA had been hounding his mind ever since Wednesday's tutorial.
Robin's suggestive promise of a reward had certainly caught the attention of his dormant imagination. Normally Zoro didn't fantasize, there was no point in imagining things that could be; if you want something go and make it happen. Fantasies were just a waste of time. So it irritated him that with one sentence this woman who was quite frankly an enigma had managed to cause fantasy after fantasy to pop into his head. Zoro found himself waking up from erotic fantasies with raging hard-on and even found himself looking forward to history class just so that he could see her. He had discovered yesterday that his usual class naps had become more dangerous when he had woken up in English class partially aroused. At least the stupid ero-cook hadn't noticed. That would have been too much for him.
The rest of the class passed by and Zoro even answered a question and managed to get it right. The bell rang echoing through the classroom and spurring the half-asleep students into motion. Zoro stood up and gathered his things together and was about to leave when he noticed that Nami hadn't moved from her seat her books still spread across the desk.
"Oi Nami! Class is done." Zoro said nudging her shoulder.
"Huh? Oh class is done? Shit! I'm going to be late for my English test."
Nami jumped up and shoved her books into her bag running out of the classroom leaving Zoro standing there confused. Nami was almost never frazzled and she never zoned out so completely in class. Worry traveled through him and Zoro wondered what it was that had her so distracted. His worry was quickly pushed to the backburner however when a sweet voice called out to him.
"Mr Roronoa, could I talk to you a moment?"
Zoro walked up to her desk where she stood leaning against it, he had a scowl on his face. Robin gave him that same mysterious smile that Zoro found himself both loving and hating.
"You're going to make me late for gym again woman" he growled.
"With an attitude like that you'll never get a reward" Robin replied with a chuckle.
"Maybe I don't want your reward" Zoro said for lack of better comment.
"I doubt that but the reason I want to talk to you is to see if we could perhaps meet elsewhere today."
"Sure where?"
"Meet me here after school and I'll drive. Now hurry on to class before you get detention and miss out on our tutorial."
Zoro didn't really care where they met but he was still curious as to where she had in mind. He considered asking her but he recognized that she had efficiently dismissed him so he muttered something about bossy women and stalked out.
He ended up being late for gym class after all since he had gotten lost getting there and then by the time he had changed into the mandatory pants and shirt the rest of the class were halfway through their laps. The gym teacher had indeed given him a detention as Robin had suggested he might and Zoro groaned. Zoro however did manage to convince the teacher to let him serve it at lunch so as not to miss his tutorial. Zoro grumbled to himself as he set off on his laps, an extra couple added in for being tardy while the rest of the class split off into groups for a soccer scrimmage.
Nami absent-mindedly walked through the cafeteria line picking out some items of food and putting them on her tray. She paid for her lunch and headed to their usual table as if on auto-pilot. She sat down barely noticing that Vivi was already there and had said hello.
"Nami? Are you okay?"
"Oh sorry Vivi, I was just thinking. Yeah I'm fine."
Her answer didn't seem to satisfy the blunette however and Vivi continued to stare at her. Nami sighed she should have known that Vivi would pick up on her distractedness after all they were best friends and Vivi understood her better than almost anyone. Vivi might let one day slide but today was day two and Nami knew that she wouldn't let up until Nami confided in her.
"Something happened between Luffy and I Wednesday when I was tutoring him and it shouldn't have."
"Did you do something or did he?" Vivi asked not bothering her with specifics of what happened.
"It was me."
"Then apologize. Explain what happened and Luffy will forgive you."
"I know he will he's always so forgiving of his nakama."
"Then what's the problem?"
"I'm not sure if it shouldn't have happened. Maybe it should have but then again it could mess everything up and I really need to be focusing on my studies anyways I need to get that scholarship for OPU."
"I have faith that you will get it Nami-swan! Nami-swan is one of the most brilliant students in the world." Sanji cooed joining them at the table.
Nami glared at Sanji for interrupting her conversation but he was too busy complimenting Vivi to notice. Nami let out another sigh she was no closer to figuring out whether the kiss had been a colossal mistake or not or if she even wanted it to be one and now was definitely not the time to discuss it with Vivi. Though she could really use her best friend's perspective on this one. As if reading her mind Vivi leaned in and spoke softly in her ear.
"After school we'll go out for coffee and finish this okay?"
Nami nodded and went back to eating, her inner turmoil not easing up.
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"Que tengan un buen fin de semana, terminen los ejercicios J-M para el Lunes, Hasta Luego."
Nami marked down the assigned exercises in her planner before packing up her books. Only one more class to go she thought with relief. Today had been a long day and she wanted nothing more than for classes to be over for the weekend. She didn't even have to worry about tutoring Luffy since his presentation was today and she had decided they would cut back to only a couple days a week now. She waved goodbye to Kana and headed into the hallway keeping an eye out for the boy on her mind. His Spanish class was next and she wanted to wish him luck and remind him to speak clearly.
She was looking down the hall when all of a sudden a hand snatched onto her wrist and pulled her into a nearby janitor's closet. She opened her mouth to scream when a familiar straw-hat and cheery smile appeared in front of her.
"Luffy! What the hell do you think you're doing? You can't just pull people into closets and you're going to be late for your presentation."
"Aww Nami it was fun besides he never starts class on time anyways."
Nami took a deep breath trying to calm herself down and keep from strangling the kid on the spot.
"Why did you drag me in here Luffy?"
"To exercise."
"What?"
"I have my presentation and I want to do well so I thought you could help me exercise my tongue again."
Nami felt herself blushing as he spoke so matter-of-factly. He grinned at her but she could tell that he was being completely serious; he really wanted to kiss her to help his presentation.
"No!"
"Naaamiii..." he pouted.
Nami took one look at his expression and nearly pounced on him there but she restrained herself. She found herself wanting to kiss Luffy again and not just for 'exercise'. Not that he should ever know that though, that would be too embarrassing for her. Finally she figured that as long as he thought it was only to help him prepare for his presentation it wouldn't hurt, he never had to know that she secretly longed to do so.
So in the semi-dark of the closet Nami leaned forward and brushed her lips against Luffy's for the second time. A jolt went through her and her lips tingled as his tongue poked at her lips forcing them open. Tongues slipped into warm caverns and Nami mapped out the ridges of Luffy's mouth in her mind. Then suddenly that extra warmth was gone and Luffy was pulling back. He grinned at her his hat hanging around his neck having been knocked off.
"Thanks Nami"
Then he was gone leaving Nami flushed and bewildered.
Luffy ran into the Spanish classroom and took his seat ignoring the teacher's disapproving glare. His head was still spinning from the kiss and he almost didn't hear Usopp talking to him.
"Where'd you go? One minute I am talking to you and I turn around mid-sentence and you are gone. I was talking to myself in the middle of the hallway!" Usopp said.
"Sorry Usopp I saw Nami and I needed to go over something about the presentation."
Usopp might have argued further but Luffy was saved by the teacher starting the class. Luffy wasn't worried about his presentation, not that he had been the first time but Nami had made sure he memorized the whole thing and by now he could repeat it in his sleep. So when he was called to the front he happily went without a care or any notes. The teacher looked at him sceptically but Luffy was used to people underestimating him and he figured it didn't matter. In the end he would accomplish what he could and if he couldn't do it then that was okay at least he tried.
"Hoy voy a hablar de una persona en mi vida que me inspira y él es mi héroe. Cuando era joven encontré un exploradora famoso que se llama Shanks."
Luffy went through his entire presentation his Spanish flowing smoothly and only making some minor mistakes. Part way through the presentation he had taken his hat off his head and he now held it lovingly in his hands. He gently traced over the holes that Nami had stitched up for him as he finished his presentation telling the class of his promise to meet Shanks again and return the treasured hat. There was a silence throughout the class as Luffy finished his tale and Luffy looked at the hat seeing his past and that last farewell to Shanks. Then shoving the hat back onto his head he beamed at the class and headed back to his seat.
The teacher recovered from his shock and quickly moved on to the day's lesson bringing the class out of their trance. Once he started talking about the use of the preterit as opposed to the imperfect Luffy zoned out. Nami would explain it all to him anyways. He thought back to the kiss in the closet and couldn't help but smile. For a moment he thought that she was actually going to refuse him and he was glad that she hadn't. Though he was going to have to come up with a new excuse after today. He decided that he liked kissing. Especially if it was with Nami and he wanted to keep doing it but he could sense that she wasn't so sure about it. He knew that she enjoyed it he could tell by her reaction and he sensed her turmoil at whether she should or not but there was something holding her back. He had figured if she had a reason to do it, so it was a favour instead of her own desire that she would so at lunch he had come up with the reason why. Now he had to come up with a new one since the presentation was done. Maybe he could tell her that the presentation had got moved to Monday. He spent the rest of the class trying to come up with reasons for Nami to kiss him.
Zoro waved goodbye to the girls before heading to meet Robin. Nami had rushed into Math class late her face red and a slightly guilty look in her eye. Once again he had wondered what was on her mind but her and Vivi were going out now so he figured Vivi would help her sort it all out and he didn't need to worry. He had other thing to worry about anyways like what had happened in English class today. Their English teacher had called in sick so another teacher was filling in and Zoro had immediately put his head down for a nap. What happened next still unnerved him.
English class
Zoro walked into the history classroom just as he had for every day this week and with a grumble and a scowl took a seat. Robin smiled at him in greeting and he pulled out his textbook.
"Which chapters today?" he asked begrudgingly.
"No reading today. I thought you should get some more hands-on experience"
Zoro looked up warily from where he had been flipping through the textbook. Robin's voice had dripped with something Zoro couldn't quite pinpoint but whatever it was it had his blood boiling. He met her eyes with his and tried to discern what it was he saw in the clear orbs but as usual they were simply a mirror reflecting back what he projected giving no indication to what she was feeling. Robin was propped seductively against the desk long legs stretched in front of her. She was supporting herself with her arms behind her on the desk and the pose pushed her chest outwards her ample breasts straining against the constraints of her tight blouse.
Zoro felt his mouth go dry and he licked his lips trying not to stare. She brought one arm forward and then cocked a finger at him indicating he should come forward and Zoro was powerless to resist her. As if in a trance he found himself rising from his chair and walking over to her stopping just in front of her. Robin slid onto the desk in one fluid movement reaching out for him as she did. Her finger hooked into his collar dragging him forward so he was standing between her legs which she had opened to bring him closer. He looked into her crystal blue eyes and was able to pick out one emotion shining through like his own personal homing beacon; desire. The heat radiating from her gaze was too much for Zoro and he found himself slotting his lips over hers.
He wound his arms around her slender frame and his fingers weaved through her thick ebony hair as their lips met in an electrifying kiss. Robin pressed into him her legs wrapping around his waist and Zoro pushed back bringing them even closer. Robin let out a near silent moan that vibrated against their lips and sent tingles down Zoro's spine. He prodded at her lips with his tongue and she opened her mouth for his exploration slanting them for better access. When they broke apart for air Robin's eyes had clouded over with passion and he could only imagine his were the same. He looked at her appreciatively as he sucked in some air; her hair was tousled and her face flushed. With lips swollen and red she looked wanton and irresistible. Zoro lowered his head to suck at her neck and when he reached the juncture between her neck and shoulder he was rewarded with a breathy moan.
Before Zoro could register what was happening Robin had cleared the desk of items and was pulling him down on to it. He wasn't sure how she had managed to clear it since it felt like her hands were on him the whole time, roaming stroking and clutching. It didn't take long before they were both rid of their restricting clothing and heated flesh was pressed up against heated flesh. Zoro paused above her, hesitating for a brief second his eyes searching hers. Her eyes responded to his unspoken question and she let out a faint whimper so Zoro pushed forward entering her in one swift movement. The sound that passed through her swollen lips was primal and heady with desire and Zoro started to pound into her welcoming body.
Robin's legs came up hooking over his waist and her heel ground into his lower back urging him deeper. Zoro continued to thrust into her and she rose her hips to meet each thrust their bodies finding that perfectly synchronised rhythm that sent them both rocketing over the edge.
Robin climaxed her entire body humming with the intensity of her orgasm and she tightened around him and it was all Zoro needed to join her. His vision blurred as the intense pleasure rocked his body and he collapsed forward being sure to support most of his weight with his forearms as not to crush Robin. Once his vision cleared he pulled out of Robin and rolled awkwardly to the side being careful to not fall off the desk. He gathered Robin to his body and she came willingly pressing a soft kiss to his collarbone. Tilting her chin up he placed a soft kiss on her lips before shifting so that he was on his back with Robin partially on him her head pillowed on his shoulder. He ran his hand tenderly through her hair feeling at peace in the moment.
"Mr Roronoa?"
Zoro blinked at Robin's voice; it sounded far too polite.
"Mr Roronoa wake up!"
Zoro opened his eyes groggily and slowly Robin came into view. She was standing in front of him and she did not look impressed. He blinked a few more times and the rest of his English class came into view complete with a snickering Sanji. He sat up in his chair and looked back at Robin. How could he have not realized that she had come in? It was customary that when other teachers were filling in they only stayed for half a period so as not to miss out completely on their planning periods. Robin must have been assigned to cover the second half.
"Sorry Miss Nico" he mumbled slightly.
Robin nodded her head and turned back to the front of the class the faintest of smiles tugging at her lips.
After school
Zoro had spent the rest of the English class working on his essay like he was supposed to but he didn't get much done between memories of the dream and Robin's presence. It wasn't the fantasy of sex with Robin that had him unnerved after all he had been having those for the last couple days in some variation. Sex dreams he could handle, he could even deal with the humiliation of being woken from them by the leading lady. What had his nerves frazzled and his head spinning was the tenderness at the end of the dream. The way he had gently caressed her hair or the soft kisses as they cuddled had Zoro's instincts telling him to run for cover.
Then to top it all off when he was pretending to concentrate on his paper he had felt a soft gaze on him and when he looked up he had met Robin's eyes. Her gaze on him wasn't all that unnerving after all she could have just been making sure he hadn't dozed off again. That's what he had assumed when he looked up anyways but what he had seen in her eyes briefly had him shell shocked. Zoro had looked into Robin's guarded azure eyes and seen vulnerability.
Robin busied herself wiping the chalkboard and rearranging papers on her desk as she waited for Zoro to arrive. She felt slightly apprehensive about today's tutorial which was what was causing her restlessness. The prospect of starting something with Zoro was quite appealing and as each day wore on Robin was finding it harder to resist the sullen boy. Hence the suggestive promise of a reward for his good marks. When Robin had opened her mouth and said those words she could tell she had shocked him but she had also shocked herself. It had been a slip of the tongue, not something she had planned on saying out loud and that had surprised her even more. Robin was nothing if not in control of her actions and emotions. She prided herself on only showing what she allowed to show yet a week around the green-haired teen and she felt like she was unravelling at the seams.
Like Zoro she had also made a startling discovery in the twenty or so minutes she had supervised his English class. She had gone in to the classroom without even thinking about him. Okay that was a slight exaggeration, she did have today's tutorial session on her mind but she had never expected him to be a student in the class she was supervising. She had walked in exchanged a few words with the other teacher and then done a peremptory scan of the classroom as she took her seat. He had been impossible to miss; slumped forward on his desk the earrings dangling from his ear blinking in the light and the full head of mossy green hair. Her heart had skipped a little at the sight of him and she told herself it was from surprise and nothing else. At first she was glad to see it wasn't only her class he was prone to sleeping in but then a part of her had nagged not wanting him to be asleep when she was there. It was a selfish petty thought and she had tried to ignore it but then she had noticed the look on his face.
English class
Robin looked up from the papers she was attempting to grade, Zoro was still sound asleep on his desk. She let her eyes slowly scan the room to make sure the others were doing their work before resting on his figure once again. His head shifted slightly on the desk and the pendants in his ear twinkled and Robin couldn't help thinking that they made him look utterly sexy.
Zoro drew his bottom lip between his teeth sucking on it lightly and the look of pleasure that crossed his face had Robin's pulse quickening and leaving no doubt in her mind as to what kind of dream was running through his mind's eye. Robin found it oddly attractive watching Zoro as he had an erotic dream. She wondered if anyone else in the class noticed but they were either too preoccupied with their work or simply weren't as attuned to his every nuance as she found herself becoming.
Then Zoro's entire body relaxed and he released his lip a calm coming over him. He looked completely at peace and Robin felt a strange stirring within her and she wanted nothing more than to let him sleep on but it had already been almost ten minutes and as a teacher she really ought to wake him. So she slowly got up and walked over to his desk stopping in front of it.
"Mr Roronoa?" she said politely forcing any emotions out of her voice.
Zoro stirred slightly his eyelids fluttering but still remaining closed.
"Mr Roronoa wake up!" she said more sharply.
Zoro finally woke blinking his eyes sleepily and Robin watched as he slowly orientated himself and god help her she found it endearing. She masked off this new emotion and watched as he sat up and met her eyes.
"Sorry Miss Nico" he mumbled.
Robin nodded in acceptance of his apology and walked back to the front. There was a small smile tugging at her lips and she let it peek though for a moment before neutralizing her features once more. Sitting back down she pondered this new stirring inside her that made all these new feelings pop up. She would think she was figuring things out then it seemed to slip away from her, teasing her and frustrating her. She looked up and studied him for what was probably the hundredth time; his head was bent down focused on the paper in front of him as he wrote out a few lines before stopping. As she watched him write she realized that she was more than just attracted to Zoro. Robin was falling for him.
After school
Robin's hand shook slightly and she put the eraser brush down. Walking back over to her desk she took a healthy sip of coffee to calm her nerves. She heard the door open behind her and Zoro's presence filled the room but she resisted turning around and instead took another sip of her coffee. She dug her keys out of her purse and collected her bag and purse.
"Ready to go?"
Zoro nodded and followed her out of the room and out to her car which she unlocked with a beep letting him in. He slid into the sleek car placing his book bag between his feet.
"Where we going?"
"You'll see."
They drove on in silence Robin smoothly switching lanes and turning on to side streets. After about ten minutes Robin pulled into a plaza that looked vaguely familiar. It wasn't until he followed the older woman into a small cafe that Zoro realized it was the same cafe he had been in with her a couple weeks ago. He felt the corner of his mouth curve up in a smile.
Once they were seated and ordered drinks he moved to take out his textbook. Might as well get this unconventional tutorial under way.
"No reading today Mr Roronoa" she said softly.
Zoro's eyes darted to meet hers and she prayed he couldn't read what was going through her mind. Something flickered in his dark emerald orbs and she forced herself to continue with the tutorial.
"This quiz will be a bit longer and it is review of everything up until now. It will show if you are truly understanding things for longer than these sessions."
"A longer quiz?" Zoro grumbled
The familiarity of his grumblings put Robin at ease and she offered him a smile as well as the sheet of paper. Zoro took it and got started his focus on the questions in front of him. Robin glanced out the window the quiz gave her some much needed time to figure out what she wanted to do when it came to Zoro and she couldn't help but hope he wanted to collect on his reward.