Chapter 7

Luffy sighed as he laid his head on his two front paws. He felt like taking a nap at the moment, but also wanted to stay awake so that he could think about the nightmare he had before falling into the ocean. The Straw Hat captain hadn't had time to do this when he was on the island with Zoro and Sanji, he was too distracted by that weird woman named Wendy.

She had been the one to put him in that dreadful dress, he hated her for that reason. Luffy hadn't even realized how embarrassing the outfit was until his friends started to laugh at him. It made him want to just curl up into a ball in a dark corner and disappear. Chopper had been the only kind soul to actually help him get out of the thing and also not laugh at him. Other than Zoro of course, if he had been a human at that moment, he wouldn't have made fun of his captain and would have helped him out.

The black cat's tail flicked as he realized this wouldn't be his usual reaction to this sort of situation. The normal Luffy would either ignore them, or just not care at all. Maybe it was because of that dream.

His ears perked up a bit as he heard something coming towards the couch he laid under. Luffy's eyes drifted to the small crack where he could see out from under the piece of furniture. He spotted four fuzzy green paws, and a second later Zoro's face. The first mate pushed his nose underneath and stared at his captain.

"Hey Luffy." He greeted.

"Uh… Hi…"

Zoro slid the rest of his body into the small space.

"Are you ok? You don't usually act like this when people make fun of you." He asked with concern.

"I don't know… I feel sort of sad all of a sudden…" Luffy admitted.

In most cases, he would not share something like that with his friends. He was the captain of the Straw Hats, so if he was sad, it might make his crew sad as well. That's why he wouldn't tell them. But he was speaking to his first mate, the person who had first got to join his crew. Luffy felt like he could be more open to him for these reasons, plus they were both going through a similar problem at the moment. (Yes, being a cat is technically a problem…)

Zoro quickly curled up next to Luffy's side, his tail slightly wrapping around him. He licked his rough tongue gently over the black cat's head.

"We all can get sad every once in awhile… Is there something that you might need to talk about?" The green cat said calmly.

He was trying his best to comfort him, and it made him feel like Robin.

Luffy seemed to appreciate this and leaned against his friend.

"Well… I had this dream, before I fell off the Merry. It was actually the reason why I ended up falling off…"

Zoro nodded, signaling for him to continue explaining.

"I was hunting this mouse, and when I caught it, it transformed into a dog and attacked me. I couldn't move when it did this, and I couldn't even breathe. It was like I was touching sea prism stone or sinking in water… I woke up and started scrambling around and lost my grip on the head figure."

Zoro closed his eyes for a minute, processing Luffy's words.

He opened them again slowly, "I see… This nightmare must have unnerved you. It could mean something, or it could just be some bad dream you happened to get. Why don't you sleep a little? Maybe if you rest a bit it will get it off your mind."

"Alright…"

Zoro rose up, about to leave Luffy to nap, when the cat stopped him.

"Wait… Don't go… Can you… Can you stay here with me? If I have another nightmare, I don't want to be alone…"

Zoro purred, "I can do that."

He sat back down next the furball, who relaxed and slowly drifted to sleep.

…

"Where is Kuro and Midori? Dinner's ready and they're going to miss it!" Sanji questioned the friends who sat around the table.

He was definitely going to be using those names on them for a while.

Robin replied, "I don't think we should bother them, they're probably just tired from what happened to them."

"Shouldn't I be tired too?" The cook grumbled under his breathe.

"But if we don't tell them that there is food, then Luffy is going to be mad at us!" Chopper pointed out.

"Let's just not tell them about it. If he doesn't know he missed a meal, then there shouldn't be a problem." Nami said.

"I'm sure his stomach is going to tell him about it…" Usopp chuckled.

"Oh, Sanji, I was wondering if you could tell us what happened on that island, maybe why Luffy and Zoro were in dresses?" Robin asked curiously.

"Of course I can Robin!"

The blonde explained to them about getting captured by the marine captain Wendy, and how he was able to retrieve them.

"That must have been interesting for them." Usopp commented.

Sanji laughed, "It sure was funny!"

Note: Sorry for a short chapter...

I hope I was able to make you imagine Luffy and Zoro being cute :)

By the way, person who reviewd my story and said they felt faint, I'm sorry, but I wasn't able to catch you :( ...You fell hard on your face...

-Luffy Cat