Here goes chapter six! Please review, I will keep on writing! :D Sorry this chapter took so long and I think the other chapters will take as long as this one since they are harder to work with since I have to add some cute stuff into them .
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Sanji vomited blood for almost two hours before the attack ended. He was covered in sweat and shaking badly, not being able to control his body and his reactions any longer.
It feels horrible. I want to rest.
"Sanji, I will give you some sedative so that you can rest, okay? It might feel pretty uncomfortable at first, but try to bear it, okay?I will also put oxygen mask on so that you will have no trouble breathing."Chopper informed Sanji as if he had read the chef's thoughts but Sanji didn't answer. He was ready to fall asleep any moment and a proper night of sleep was more than welcome.
Chopper gave him sedative, put the oxygen mask on Sanji's face and left the infirmary since there was nothing else he could do at the moment but let the blond gather some strength.
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"Chopper, is Sanji doing alright?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah, he had another attack but I gave him sedative so that he could sleep a little. So please don't fuss around insisting to have your daily extra snack, okay?" Luffy's smile disappeared at the thought of loosing his snack but he promised not to cause any havoc. It was the least he could do for his nakama and nakama was more important than snack. Besides, he needed Sanji to get better soon so that they could celebrate. Celebration always includes food, you know?
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It was late evening. Zoro was keeping a watch. Everyone else had already went to sleep. It had already been three days after Sanji's second attack and Sanji was already allowed to move a little with walking stick. Well, his latest attempt to walk had ended up on the floor but still, he was making recovery.
Zoro heard door opening and he saw Sanji getting out of the infirmary. They hadn't talked since their fight and maybe they had a chance to fix things between the two of them now.
"What are you doing out here, Ero-cook? You should be resting." Zoro disturbed the silence, trying to lighten the atmosphere with the usual nick-naming.
"I just wanted to have some fresh air that's all." Sanji explained and looked at the horizon. His feet were hurting but he didn't mind the pain: it was much less than it had been couple of days ago and the pain was also an indicator which told him he was pretty much alive.
They stood there in the silence before Sanji spoke.
"Hey Zoro, I am...sorry about the other day. I know I shouldn't have yelled at you. But...I can't tell you. At least not now," Sanji got straight to business.
Zoro looked at Sanji. He couldn't see what face the cook was making.
"It's okay. I am not that fragile, you know? But could you at least tell me, why can't you tell me?" Zoro asked, scared that Sanji would get angry again. But he didn't.
"I don't know why...maybe it's the same what happened to you back in Thriller Bark. You wouldn't like to share it too, would you?" Sanji answered calmly and even in the darkness surrounding them, he saw the green-haired man nod.
They stood there silently for a while before Sanji thought it was a high time for him to return to bed-rest. His feet were starting to ache more than they should and he felt slightly dizzy from standing for too long.
"Okay, I will go back now, have a nice watch", Sanji said,"dream boy~" he added to the end of his sentence with a teaseful sound.
"What was...!" Zoro started but Sanji shut the door behind him before he could finish his sentence. Well, it was a good thing for the stubborn swordsman who didn't need to stand the shame of his rival seeing him blushing even the slightest.
It was good things were starting to get back to normal. Well, at least somehow normal...
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Sanji was starting to spend more time outside the infirmary room. Next day he went to see his kitchen and was surprised to find it perfectly clean. Even his kitchen knifes had been sharpened and there was no dirty dishes hiding behind closed doors. Chopper rushed in because he though Sanji was making food but was surprised to find our Sanji was obeying his orders.
"This is why you are a better patient than Zoro. You listen to doctor's orders." Sanji chuckled a little.
"Well, I am more intelligent than a plant as you could expect, doctor Chopper" Sanji said smirking.
"Calling me 'doctor' won't make me happy, fool!" Chopper answered smiling while his eyes shut.
Soon Luffy rushed in to the kitchen and shouted "SANJII! MAKE ME FOOD!" and he got a punch to his head from Chopper while Sanji just looked thunderstruck.
Nami came to the kitchen to see what was the ruckus about and tears glistered in her eyes when she saw Sanji there. She gave Sanji a hug and a kiss to his cheek. "Sanji! Are you okay?"
Sanji started to bleed.
He had a nosebleed.
"SANJI! DON'T YOU DARE TO LOSE ANYMORE BLOOD FROM SOME STUPID REASON LIKE THAT!" Chopper shouted angrily but in fact he was pretty happy to see their chef so energetic.
Zoro rushed in and yelled: "IS THE IDIOT BLEEDING AGAIN?" Everyone looked dumbfounded but ended up laughing. Zoro did not understand what was so funny.
"Who is the idiot here?" Nami asked, looking at the monster trio.
Everyone was happy to see their chef out of the infirmary, even though he had some nasty looking bruises in his legs and hands. They decided to celebrate, but then there was the question: who is going to make the food? Sanji said he could give instructions but he would not disobey Chopper's orders. Then Nami reminded everyone that they had no more money so they had to wait for the party up till they would find a treasure.
Sanji was really happy to just be out of the bed so he didn't mind if they celebrated or not. Luffy tried to persuade Nami to have a party but as Luffy said, "Nami is cruel!"
Instead they decided to tell some stories of their past. Of course Usopp got too excited to tell stories of the great warrior Usopp-sama who had killed a humongous sized monster bee with his nose.
"Oi yoi, Usopp, we want to hear realistic stories, not lies only!" Zoro insisted.
"Oi yoi, man, don't be so cruel!" Usopp said, scared at Zoro who had a bored look on his face,"Besides, you were sleeping!"
"I wasn't! I just shut my eyes for a second there!"
"Yes you were! You were snoring!" Usopp argued,"Look who is the liar now!"
"You better watch your mouth, long-nose!" Zoro said and started to chase Usopp.
"LEAVE YOUR SWORDS OUT OF THIS, ZORO-KUN!" Usopp shouted in panic. Everyone laughed. Luckily for Usopp he managed to get away because Zoro got lost - on their own ship.
Yep, this is how our crew is.
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Author's note:
Hehe, there will be two chapters more and I think in the next chapters there will be some cute stuff :3 I like to give pairings some proper time to develop! :D Or would you like an extra chapter which would go on the story at least slightly? ( This question for those who have read the original one :D )