A/N: This was written as a prompt for a flash fic ( 1000 words) challenge. (993. just made the cut!)
"Zoro! Wake up!"
"Huh?"
Wham!
"Gahhhhhhh!" Luffy clutched the front of his forehead where it had collided with the same part of Zoro's, albeit Luffy's head was upside down, "That hurt!"
"What the hell, Luffy?!" Zoro roared. He kept his head bowed as he swung his legs over the side of his bed. He planted his feet on the ground and tried to breathe through the pain. "Did you coat your forehead with Haki or something? Your head was hard as hell!"
"Shishishi. Sorry," Luffy shouted as he righted himself up and jumped off his top bunk, "I didn't expect you to turn this way. You usually wake up on the other side of the bed."
"Yeah, well, you usually don't poke your head down and scream into my ear," Zoro grunted. He rubbed a hand over his eyes, "What's the deal, Luffy?"
"Shishishi. Did you forget? Today is a big day!" Luffy grinned.
"What? Is it Christmas?" Zoro asked.
"Nope."
"Your birthday."
"Nope."
"Someone else's birthday."
"Nope."
Without moving his head, Zoro's hand shot out and grabbed Luffy by the vest. He pulled the rubber man dangerously close to him. "Then what is it?" he snarled.
"Shishishishi. Today is the day we get to have the barbecued Sea King!" Luffy cheered, "Sanji said it would take two days to marinate and today is the day!"
Zoro's hand released Luffy's clothes. He suddenly lost the will to fight or even shout at his idiotic, simple minded, meat obsessed captain. "Just...get out, Luffy."
"Huh? Zoro, don't you get it?" Luffy asked, confused by the swordsman's lack of enthusiasm, "Today is-"
"I get it! Meat! Meat! It's all about the meat!" Zoro shouted, his head finally popping up along with the vein in his neck, "God! Just get out and go eat it already!"
"Okay!" Luffy said brightly and rushed off, reaching out an arm to shake the other bunk beds he passed, "Wake up, guys! Wake up! It's meat day! It's meat day!"
The remaining sleeping Straw Hats started to appear from beneath their blankets and they blinked sleepily at their captain's back. Usopp, who slept on the bottom bunk next to Zoro, turned towards the swordsman. "What's up with Luffy?" he asked groggily.
"Hell if I knew!" Zoro roared. The violent aura that exuded out of the swordsman woke Usopp up and made all the hairs on his body stick straight up, including his usual curly black hair.
"Eeeek," Usopp whimpered, cowering into his pillow, "What's gotten into you, Zoro? You wake up on the wrong side of the bed?"
"Ask Luffy!" Zoro snapped and stood up sharply. In his haste, the top of his skull cracked against the bottom of Luffy's bed, "Mother of-"
"Ow! Let's super get out of here, bros," Franky said with a smile, still clad in a blue and yellow rubber ducky printed pajamas. He ushered Chopper and Usopp out of the room, "Give Zoro some breathing room."
"I don't need to breathe," Zoro huffed with his back turned to the room, "I need to switch bunkmates."
"Er, Zoro-san?"
"WHAT?!" Zoro spun around to glare at the skeleton and he whacked his face against the side of Luffy's bed, "Holy-"
"I was just wondering if you wanted us to save you some breakfast," Brook said kindly while backing away slowly towards the door.
"No! Don't do anything for me. Don't talk to me. Don't even look at me. Just get out!" Zoro thundered and Brook hurriedly rushed off, shutting the door behind him, "AND TELL THE OTHERS TO LEAVE ME ALONE TOO!"
Zoro sank to his knees and put his head in between it. It felt like he was experiencing the world's worst hangover but with no previous night of drinking, which made it that much worse.
There was a soft knock on the door.
"What did I just say, Brook?!"
"It's not Brook. It's me…"
Zoro heaved a heavy sigh and rubbed a hand over his face again. "Not now, Know It All," he groaned and then buried his face into both his hands.
"I'm having a really bad day," he mumbled into them.
He heard the door creak open and cautious squeaking of the floor boards. Behind his fingers, Zoro fought the urge to let out a smile despite his foul mood. The Know It All was quieter than that and always moved quicker too so he knew she was doing this deliberately. She was giving him a chance to tell her off.
"What do you want, Know It All?" he asked, his voice less gruff than before.
The footsteps stilled. "Did you forget that today was-?"
"Meat day. Yeah, I know," he said as he dropped his hands and started to stand back up, unknowingly pushing his bed back a little as he did so, "Just because Luffy's excited about it doesn't make it a big deal. You should-"
Thwack!
He turned in surprise to see Rei standing between him and the swinging bunk bed, holding it just inches away from colliding into his face.
"You should be more careful. Bunk beds can be dangerous," Rei stated calmly and then she looked at him, "And I'm not sure what you mean by Meat Day. What is Meat Day?"
"Not important. What day is it today then?" he asked.
"You said you would teach me how to care for my blades today," Rei said with a frown, "Do you not remember? You are the expert when it comes to sword care after all."
"Ah. Right. I remember now," Zoro said, a casual smirk curling up on his lips. He took the three katanas that were leaning against the corner of the room and then headed for the door.
Rei blinked back at him. Unsure of what his answer could mean. "So...does this mean you'll help me? Or Is today not a good day?"
"No," Zoro said without looking back, "Today is a good day."
