Chapter 6

Luffy burst through the door, as soon as Zoro had unlocked it.

"Your home!" Luffy stated gleefully. It had so much character, from the coffee stain on the cream carpet to the shirt draping from a skewed lampshade. "I like it!"

"That's nice," Zoro tossed his jacket onto an armchair and his car keys in a bowl of random items. Luffy remained standing at the door, arms crossed over his chest, and nodding as he took everything in.

"Hey Zoro," the raven-haired male hollered, "Where's the toilet. I really need to go!" Groping the crotch of his trousers, he switched from foot to foot, eagerly awaiting his answer.

"The room to your right." replied Zoro, slightly perturbed by the spectacle before him.

"Thanks," Luffy raced to the bathroom, faster than any person that Zoro had ever seen. But then again, he hadn't ever met someone like Luffy.

Going into the kitchen, Zoro's face lit up as the fridge light switched on. Rummaging through various packets of food that he had never found the time or patience to make, he reached to the very back and grabbed a bottle of beer. With finesse, he popped the cap open using only the side counter. Even though he'd already had a drink, Zoro felt like he'd regret not having another later on.

Slamming over the fridge door, Zoro entered the lounge to find his detainee sitting like a pretzel on the floor. His wide eyes glinted as the light hit them. Taking a final chug from his beer, he placed it carelessly on a small cabinet, knocking over various trinkets in the process.

"Tomorrow," Zoro slurred, "You are going to contact Sanji and arrange for us to meet him. But for now, we're going to sleep. I'm tired."

As Zoro shuffled into what must have been the bedroom, Luffy willingly followed, guessing that he would have to go too.

By the time he reached the room, Zoro was already fast asleep. Pacing inaudibly to the other side of the bed, Luffy lay down to face the sound cop. In a strange way, the guy actually looked cute, with his mouth hanging open and deep snores emitting from his maw. Smoothing a finger along the man's chin, Luffy gathered the saliva trail onto his fingertip. Sniffing it, he then put his finger in his mouth, and sucked the dribble from it. Drawing it back, he smacked his chops disdainfully, not at all sure whether he liked the flavour or not. He then figured, that it would taste better with some flesh. Everything tasted better with a bit of skin along with it.

Settling down onto the pillow, he rested an arm over Zoro's waist, but gentle enough not to wake him. Positive that he wouldn't wake, Luffy shut his eyes, and dreamed of what the next day would bring.

Barely able to open his heavy lids, Zoro was stirred by an alarm sounding by his ear. Something slid across his belly, and created a shadow over his face. Smashing his alarm clock, he looked to his left to see Luffy stretching his arms in the air, and yawning like there was no tomorrow. He figured that the guy's arm must have slipped around him by accident. That sort of thing had happened to him before. But…wait a minute…WHAT THE HELL!

Sitting quickly upright, Zoro had to take a double take of Luffy. Why was he here in the same bed as him!

"Eh, Luffy?"

"Yup," Luffy said through yet another yawn.

"Why are you here?"

"Because you brought me here silly," Luffy slouched across the bed, his face just a little away from Zoro's crotch.

Swinging his legs to suspend over the edge of the bed, Zoro put his head in his hands, "What do you mean 'I brought you here'?"

Scurrying to sit at Zoro's side Luffy leaned against his elbows and sent him a gleaming smile, "You said you were tired, so we came in here and slept together."

"How could I do that? I mean, I didn't drink that much. Just a couple of bottles, the usual. I shouldn't have, fuck!"

"Why are you so angry? Everyone needs to catch some sleep sometimes," Zoro turned his head to face Luffy, "Nothing to get your panties twisted about."

"You mean, that when you said that we slept together, we just fell asleep.?" Zoro prayed that nothing had happened the previous night. The migraine that he had woken up with was blurring his memory of the previous night.

"Well yeah. That's what sleeping together is right?" Luffy asked innocently.

Smirking Zoro threw his arms to his sides and steered himself to a standing position, "Thank god for that!" Luffy looked up at Zoro with a puzzled expression, "You can go get yourself something to eat and drink if you want, while I go for a shower."

"Yay! FOOD!" Luffy cheered, and barged pass Zoro, almost knocking him over.

With an amused grunt, Zoro went to the bathroom to get a well needed shower. He just prayed that Luffy wouldn't eat his whole food supply while he was gone.

"Aha!" he had came across a rather large piece of chicken leg in the fridge, which looked rather tempting. Snatching it out, he tore away the wrapping, threw it to the side and then took a large chunk out of the raw birds appendage, "glarf This is gooooood meat! shlurp" his mouth churned the bird into smaller pieces, then swallowed them when they were swallowable.

Once finished with the meat, Luffy looked around for something to wash it down with. There was a bit of bone poking at his throat, which had been too stubborn to be swallowed down. On one of the counters, there was a dark red liquid. It looked like blood, so it had to be tasty.

Scampering to it, he hastily unwound the screw top and took a large swig. As soon as it had entered his mouth, he spat it out into the sink.

"Plah pah hack" wiping his mouth, he put the bottle top back on, and looked at the liquid in awe, "What the hell was that! That was disgusting!"

"You're meant to dilute that with water you know," the green haired man stood in the door way, ruffling his tresses with a grey towel, "It's blackcurrant juice."

Almost salivating, Luffy examined the man in front of him, wearing only a towel around his waist. Those muscles on his chest and arms were…were…were…

"Hey Luffy!" Zoro snapped, as if he had been calling his name forever, "You ready for today?"

Looking himself up and down, he then patted his chest and replied, "Yep. Sure am."

"Don't you want something fresh to wear?" Zoro noticed that he was still wearing the red top and blue denims that he had been wearing the previous day.

"I'm fine with this. It's what I always wear." Luffy admitted.

It was a mystery how the guy didn't wreak then, Zoro thought.

"I'm just gonna get changed, so I won't be long," he threw the towel he was drying his hair with in some sort of basket, "If you're done in here, feel free to wait in the living room."

Stepping away, Zoro left a stunned boy in his wake. Luffy felt a terrible pang for real meat again. That policeman was just asking for it! But, he had to restrain himself…for now…

Sitting in his usual pose, Luffy waited impatiently for Zoro to come out of the bedroom. He could see through the crack left by the door, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, there he was, searching through some drawers for something. The wonderful thing was, that he hadn't even put on one piece of clothing. Luffy was once again drooling insanely, whilst he stared at Zoro's bare behind. It was the kind of arse that was well sculpted and firm. Very appealing. His well defined back muscles were exceptionally alluring.

He was immersed in the way Zoro slid his boxers up his thighs and hugged his butt as it clung. Then, how he hoisted up a pair of black trousers and fumbled with the belt, wrenching it roughly as he tightened it around his waist. Sliding on a white shirt, then loosely putting on his black tie.

As the cop turned around, Luffy swiftly dragged his lingering eyes away, pretending to be engrossed by the coffee table situated in the centre of the room.

With a chink of keys, Luffy knew it was safe to look again.

"Let's go then," said Zoro, whilst swirling the keys around his index finger.

Chuckling to himself, Luffy tagged along, thankful that the cop was completely oblivious to what he had only moments ago witnessed.

Twirling her glasses on one of it's legs, Nami awaited Zoro's arrival. He was late…again! Ever since he had been assigned the Zeff case, he had been late every single day. And to think, she had arrived five minutes earlier than usual to show him her big find. She should have chosen to stay in bed five minutes more than to get up and race to work. Why did she even bother?

Bobbing up and down behind a notice board, was the familiar pistachio green hair. Glowering at him, she was too annoyed to notice the young man walking behind him.

"Well it's about time you showed up!" taking note of the fellow standing behind him, she decided to taunt him even further, "Been too busy with your boyfriend back there?"

Zoro flustered slightly, and retorted with a solemn voice, "Ergh no. This is Luffy, you know," he bent down and whispered in Nami's ear, "the cannibal…"

The female cop looked up at her co-worker in disbelief. Her gaze then shifted to Luffy, who was now sitting on her desk and playing with the random things on it.

"Could I have a word with you in private for a moment Zoro?"

"Sure thing."

Dragging him towards the coffee dispenser, Nami began to rant at Zoro.

"What the hell are you doing bringing in violent criminals into the workplace?"

His eyebrow twitched slightly, before he said, "We bring criminals in here all the time Nami. It's our job, remember?"

Punching him harshly in the arm, she fumed, "Don't mock me asshole! You know what I mean. It's all fine and well for you to let him stay in your home, but risking the lives of fellow officers with a guy like that…" she pointed over at the raven-haired boy, who was still rattling things about on her desk, "…is not very clever now is it?"

Grabbing her wrists, Zoro grumbled, "Look Nami. Luffy isn't all that bad. And if you can't deal with him, you can quit working on this case. Right now, he's our only hope for cracking this case Nami. I don't need a liability like you. So, what will it be? Treat the guy with a shred of dignity and help me out, or are you gonna go running home and leave me hanging dry?"

Pondering for a brief moment, she replied, "Fine. But he's straight out of here if he tries anything funny."

"Whatever."

When they arrived back at Nami's desk, the red-head shoved the boy from her desk and removed some things from a drawer. Scattering the items neatly across the desktop, she picked up a clear bag.

"This," she shook the bag around, "Is a ring which belonged to no other than 'Red Shoes'."

Luffy shot a confused look over to Zoro, "She's talking about Zeff, Luffy."

"Oh right! I get it now." he declared.

Rolling her eyes, Nami continued, "I found it at a pig farm which I was sent to investigate, after a fire was instigated there. The forensics team dug up a lot of other stuff too. Like this fingernail here." She lifted another bag into the air, this time with the nail in question inside, "They too all belonged to Zeff. But something else was found." Removing a separate bag from yet another drawer, she placed it on the desk in front of Zoro. It appeared to be empty, "Inside this, there's a strand of hair. Now, it happens to belong to Zeff's stepson."

"Sanji!" Luffy cried, causing the others about them to stop and stare for a moment, before turning their faces back to their computer screens, "But why would he have been there? It makes no sense."

"Sorry Luffy, but we had suspicions all along that Sanji had murdered Zeff himself." Zoro placed a comforting hand on Luffy's shoulder.

"But, Sanji admired Zeff so much. How could he? I mean, he was like a father to him."

"Looks like your friend Sanji didn't like his stepfather as much as he claimed he did," Nami said unsympathetically.

"At least we now have a lead on Sanji. But, it's not enough to get him locked up. And we shouldn't bring him in for questioning. That won't get us anywhere, and then he'll know we're onto him. He's gonna start covering his tracks better."

"You're right Zoro," the girl concurred, "What are we going to do then?"

"I have a plan," Zoro stated, "Luffy's gonna be a major part in it. It's gonna be extremely risky, but if all goes smoothly, we'll bust that bastards ass, and then it's case closed. So listen up, you too Luffy," the black-haired boy looked pensively into Zoro's eyes, "I'm only going to go over this once, so, listen carefully…"

I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who's reviewed so far. I love writing for the fun of it, but it's even better when you hear that someone out there enjoys reading it too. Makes all unhappy thoughts and insecurities seem less important, so thank you!

Speaking of insecurities, something happened to me last Friday night. Although I'm a year too young to be going out drinking, I went out with some others to celebrate my sis and her friend's birthdays which were in the same week(I'm such a naughty girl). I thought I'd really hate it, but I had such a good time. I felt very confident and I smiled just about the whole night (people who know me would be shocked – I never usually smile in public). I honestly feel like I've changed, as if I'm a new person. So, yay! I ain't been happy for a huge chunk of my life, so I'm lovin' the change. I hope it lasts, and I hope that anyone else out there who feels like shit can find their own happiness, you all deserve it.

Sorry for the more personal author's note (like you wanna hear about my crap! More yaoi godammit!). Well, only one person has told me who's their fave character, which happens to be a tie between Zoro and Luffy, the rest of you are baaaaaaad peoples – just kidding! – hee.

Love and yaoi folks!