Chapter 4 (Non-filler/back in present day)
The four other blinked in silence at the green-haired male who blinked back at them with a raised eyebrow.
"What?" He grunts slightly but rubs his neck a bit nervously.
"So you don't know?" The raven-haired male asks curiously and Zoro feels himself getting more confused. The four other assemble a bit away from Zoro and whispers. The swordsman twitches his eyebrows in annoyance but stops when the other four looks towards him again.
"How does it feel to move here Ace?" The blonde asks after a while of silence as he has showed the other around campus.
"It's fun, already feels like I belong here!" The raven-haired male answers with a grin. "How do you feel about him being back Sanji?" The question made the blonde blink a bit confused at the other.
"Who?"
"Zoro of course" Ace says and raises an eyebrow at Sanji's reaction.
Sanji just blinks more confused which his friend notices and gets a bit worried. "You know, Zoro! Green hair, trains a lot" he notices that the cook is trying to think.
"I don't…know anyone named Zoro Ace" Sanji says silently as he rubs his neck nervously.
"A car accident!" The other four jumps slightly when Zoro yells.
"Calm down Zoro" The little reindeer walks to the swordsman's side and lays his paw on his shoulder when he had sat down on the floor.
"Why don't I know this!" He asks angrily and loos at Choppes beside him.
"When you were gone we couldn't get in contact with you when it happened, since then he can't remember you…" The small doctor talks in a gentle but serious tone.
"But he remembers you guys?"
"We were there when he woke up at the hospital, reminding him from the beginning" Robin said silently and noticed Zoro's gaze going from angry to a saddened expression.
"This is my fault…"
"The green-haired guy that was with you earlier?" Sanji asks after some time after hearing Ace explain about Zoro.
"Yeah! Don't you recognize him at all?" The raven-haired asks as they walk into another hallway.
The blonde tries to remember the guys face and thinks in silence, not noticing Ace spot Luffy and the others and runs over there. Sanji stops after a moment, still deep in thought.
When Luffy looks up and notices Ace he grins. "Hey again Ace!"
"Yo!" Ace smiles, the others smiles back but he notices the swordsman sulking on the floor, "What's wrong with him?" He raises an eyebrow.
"We told him about Sanji's condition" Usopp answered.
"What condition?" Ace asks a bit confused.
"You know Ace! About the accident?" Ace slowly remembers, "Oh righ-" He cuts himself off as he realizes his mistake. The others look at him curiously.
"Ace? You didn't did you?" Chopper asks a bit trembling and the swordsman looks up.
Ace rubs his neck nervously, "Oops"
Zoro sighs when the others, except Robin starts arguing with Ace about being to careless, he looks past them slightly and notices Sanji staring out in to thin air looking both scared and…
Happy? Zoro thinks slightly as he stands up, walks past the other four and towards the blonde. Robin notices the swordsman walking towards the blonde but smiles and lets him do so. Sanji who's still lost in thought doesn't notice the green-haired male coming up beside him.
Said man, now standing beside the blonde starts to regret his decision that he'd walked up to the other. He freezes slightly, not knowing if he should say something or not. The cook snaps from his thoughts when he feels eyes on him and moves his gaze, now looking into dark-grey eyes. It takes a moment for him to process and when he's done he jerks in surprise which startles the swordsman.
"Sorry! Didn't mean to scare ya!"
"Idiot! Don't plop up from nowhere!"
"Idiot? You're the one daydreaming in the middle of the hallway idiot!"
"You want a piece of me bastard!"
"Bring it!"
They both breathe out slightly and in for air after the shouting and now Sanji see who he is talking to and gets nervous.
"I um…" he starts but hesitates to continue which catches the other's attention.
"What?" The swordsman raises an eyebrow towards the blonde.
"You…seem to know who I 'am but…I don't know or remember knowing you…" The words are said in a low tone, the blonde feels deeply uncomfortable since he just got to know he used to know this green-haired man in front of him which makes him more nervous.
The swordsman keeps his silence, melting the words as he slowly understands that what he had heard was true, Sanji didn't remember him because of the accident. It made his heart ache to know that he couldn't have been there even if he wanted.
As the other gets lost in his thoughts, the blonde tilts his head at the different face expressions, first angry then almost sad or even painful. The faces make him a bit worried. The green-haired males notices the other's worry, he smiles lightly and reaches his hand out which makes the blonde confused.
"I'm Zoro, nice to meet you" The smile is warm and friendly, making the blonde smile back gently and take the hand.
"Sanji, nice to meet you as well" The swordsman gets even happier on the inside, deciding to do this properly and renew his friendship with the cook.
"Sweet name" The blonde blushes.
