Galley Romance Part 7

Ratting T

Romance/fluff

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.


A Second Hand Confession.

~X~

A day pased since Zoro accidently broke Sanji's hand. Things seemed to go by smoothly after that and to the crew's surprise. Everyone had thought there was going to be murder on the Sunny after that horrible event. But after Zoro apologized and Sanji understood why Zoro got so angry things went by smoothly.

Now Zoro was in the galley helping the cook out with dinner. He was forced to put on the panda apron and got to work chopping vegetables while the cook prepared the meat. Zoro was a bit disappointed that he couldn't use his swords though, but got over it when he seen the knife he was allowed to use.

He was standing in front of the counter with several carrots, tomatoes, and onions in front of him. He took one carrot in his hand and placed it to the side like Sanji had instructed and held the knife out. "One Knife style chopping attack!" he shouted and quickly started to dice the orange vegetable into pieces. It wasn't long after that did he finish all the carrots and started on the tomatoes.

"This is easy," he said with a grin, sliding all the carrots into a white bole and grabbed a tomato.

"Is it now?" Sanji said when he made his way over, a pot with his good hand. He gently placed it on the stove. It was filled with tons of chopped seaking meat. He reached over and grabbed the white bole and glanced inside at the carrots and nodded his approval. "Not bad," he said, and reached for a pan. "Can you do the onions next? Then slide them into this pan when you are done?" He asked with a soft smile.

"Ok, what are you going to do?" Zoro asked, moving the tomato aside and he grabbed the onions instead.

"I'm going to start on the meat. So cut fast because I would like to fry the onions along with the meat as it all cooks."

"Ok," Zoro said and chopped an onion in half and quickly started to dice it up just as Sanji asked. Once he was done with the first onion he slid it right into the pan FOR Sanji, and watched as the cook quickly mixed it in with the meat.

"I'll need about four onions," Sanji said, answering Zoro's unspoken question.

"Ok," Zoro quickly got to work.

Once the meat was fried and onions were cut, Sanji let Zoro work on the tomatoes he wanted as he worked on his meat souse for the curry. He noted Zoro was working a bit slower now and he frowned. "What's wrong Zoro?"

"Huh? Nothing, watching Chopper and the others outside. Seems like they might have caught something big," Zoro said, pointing to the kitchen porthole.

Sanji glanced outside and grinned. "Ah, good, we are running a bit low on food," he said, and put the burner to the rice on low. He washed his hand gently in the sink and turned to Zoro, wrapping his arms around the other's waist from behind. He leaned his chin on Zoro's shoulder and smiled.

Zoro didn't stop his work as he felt Sanji hold onto him. He felt butterflies deep in his stomach, and he shivered lightly from the soft touch. He tried to ignore it and just focused on his tomato. He shivered again when he felt Sanji's good hand run gently up his arm and side. "Uh, you need something?" he blushed.

Sanji chuckled and kissed Zoro's cheek, slowly backing away from the other man, but staying close enough that he can run his hands through Zoro's green hair, his hip leaning against the counter. "No, I just enjoy holding you."

"So blunt," Zoro couched some, sliding the last tomato into the bowl. "You, um really like me?"

Sanji chuckled. "Yep, weird huh?" He grinned, dropping his hand to the side. "Do you mind?"

Zoro shook his head, trying not to show the blush on his cheeks. He turned to Sanji and shrugged. "I think I feel the same…."

End?