Tenth chapter! :D To make myself clear, there will be "proper" ZoSan pairing in this chapter so if someone doesn't like it - leave now! And if you love ZoSan like I do, please enjoy! :3 It's really difficult for me to write these yaoi-scenes because I am blushing and laughing all the time :_D But I hope I succeeded :3

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There was few days of silence between Zoro and Sanji. Neither of them knew what had happened but they knew something was wrong with them. Everyone else noticed it too since they had already somehow gotten used to the two of them being closer to each other. But nobody dared to say anything. They had to deal with the matter by themselves.

Sanji didn't want to talk about it. Maybe they were just returning back to the way they were? Fighting with each other, teasing each other, annoying each other and making each other angry. Yeah, maybe it was for the best. Why would it be any different? Zoro had been nice to him just because he was injured and he had experienced the same thing and knew how it felt. Sanji was just too tired and hurt to fight Zoro in his state so he had tried to act nice. Somehow Sanji tried to assure himself it had to be like that even though he knew there was something else bothering him.

Zoro was the one to approach Sanji and discuss about the matter.

"Sanji..." Zoro breathed.

"What, Muscle-brain? Got something to say? Say it quickly because I have a dinner to prepare." Sanji stated.

"I would like to talk to you," Zoro said calmly.

"I have no time to talk to you," Sanji blurted.

"Listen to me!" Zoro shouted but it resembled of a beg. The tone of his voice made Sanji stir.

"Look, if you could just wait - -" Sanji's sentence was cut short when Zoro grabbed his arms and pushed him against the table so that they were close, too close for Sanji to land a proper kick to send Zoro flying. Sanji couldn't back off.

"Say it quickly so that I can do my job!" Sanji said strictly but felt a little sorry for their swordman when he saw the look on his face.

"I know we...haven't behaved like we normally would, okay?" Zoro said and Sanji opened his mouth to say something but he felt like interrupting Zoro's sentence would be the worst thing to do,"Something has been seriously off with us...and expecially with me...maybe you haven't noticed it and I don't know if you feel the same, but I don't want to go back to the fighting trio we were before." Zoro stared at Sanji seriously and Sanji gulped,"It's like...I see you differently now..." It was totally weird seeing Zoro like this, speaking about emotial stuff,"It's like...I don't know...you are not the Sanji as you used to be..." Sanji chuckled a little.

"Well, you would change too if you would spend two years in hell..." Sanji defended himself.

"It's not only that...I have changed too...I can't bring myself to fight you seriously, it's like I...can't hurt you anymore..." Zoro said, "I don't want to fight with you anymore,Sanji." The look on Zoro's face made Sanji almost blush.

"You have learned my name?" Sanji tried to joke but realised Zoro's serious look,"I...know something has changed but...I can't say what has changed so much that we can't return back to the normal idiot trio..."

Zoro looked at Sanji who turned his face to stare at the wall.

I don't want to face him at the moment...Why does he have to bother me just now?!

"Sanji, look at me," Zoro almost begged. Sanji looked at Zoro quickly but turned his face again because he couldn't stand the hurt look on Zoro's face.

There was a moment of silence and neither of them said anything. It was a painful moment full of waiting for other to say something.

The silence which felt like forever ended pretty odly when Sanji felt sudden kiss on his ear.

"Zoro, what the hell are you - - "

"You learned my name?" Zoro returned the joke.

"Tsk, don't think I am some sort of - -" his sentence was cut short when Zoro pressed his lips against Sanji's.

What the hell is going on?!

Neither of them knew what was going on. It had surprised Zoro too, who eagerly continued kissing Sanji. Sanji didn't know how to react but he still returned the kiss with equal power. The kiss was something confusing, something really new and something extremely overhelming. They were rivals yet they felt this strange affection towards each other. It wasn't a fight of the stronger one - it was an equal passion driving them both insane. Both of them had do admit that they liked it even thought they didn't want to.

Sanji was about to end the kiss when Zoro started to kiss him in a even more passionate way if it was even possible. The chef felt like losing all the strength to refuse the sweet kisses he accepted. Those kisses tasted like Marimo.

Zoro ended the kiss and Sanji took a deep breath only to notice Zoro had moved elsewhere and started to kiss his ears and neck. The chef felt like a puddle of nerves.

"Zoro...what the hell are you doing?" Sanji inquired carefully between his breaths. He was getting turned on.

"Isn't it obvious? I thought you had more brains compared to a plant like me," Zoro grinned and continued to tease Sanji with small kisses - His lips were merely touching his skin.

"Don't you dare mock me in a situation like this!" Sanji hissed," I have a dinner to prepare!"

"The dinner can wait. I have other plans," Zoro said and continued molesting Sanji whose breathing was getting out of hand. Sanji didn't want to be weak and give up like some sort of horny slut so he pushed Zoro a little further away from himself.

"Don't think you can order me around!" Sanji said and Zoro's gaze moved lower on Sanji's body and soon the swordman grinned widely seeing the visible bulge.

"Oh?" He said and stared back at Sanji who blushed slightly.

"Just. Get. Out. Of. My. Kitchen!" Sanji shouted and kicked Zoro out of the kitchen. He had been too close of losing it and he had to get rid of the swordman before it was too late.

"DINNER WILL BE READY IN TEN MINUTES!" Sanji yelled to make sure everyone knew it and the swordman knew he had lost his change to return back to where his sexual harrasment was left off to.

What the hell is wong with us?! Really? Me turning gay after all these years of admiring women?! This must be some ugly twist of fate!

Outside the kitchen Zoro rubbed his head and got up. Their captain headed towards him.

"Did you fight with Sanji?" Luffy asked with a stupid grin on his face.

"Well, something of sort..." Zoro answered but didn't bother to explain it.

"You know Zoro, you can fight with Sanji all you want, but don't bother him when he is preparing food! You understand?! That's captain's order!" Luffy ordered and Zoro rolled his eyes.

"Roger that," Zoro promised but he didn't think of keeping his promise since it had been so rewarding to molest Sanji while he was trying to concentrate on cooking.

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The dinner went as any dinner on their ship. Well, Sanji was more quiet and maybe a little out of the situation so everyone got to protect their own share of food by themselves. Of course Zoro behaved odly too - it looked like he had learned some table manners in a short period of time.

Is the idiot Marimo testing me?

Everyone ate quickly because they had constant fight over the food. Sanji was left off to clean the kitchen but soon one Marimo volunteered to help him. They cleaned in silence.

"I am...sorry", Zoro managed to say,"I know I surprised you and maybe I pushed my feelings for you a little bit too quickly..."

Sanji took a deep breath,"Look, I don't know how you feel about me but I know I returned the kiss, okay?"

Zoro managed a small and hopeful smile.

"So...does that mean you would like to try this out too?" Zoro asked bluntly.

"Ah?" Sanji voiced because he had never thought that Zoro could be so straigh-forward. He also doubted if he had heard right,"Yeah, why not? I mean, we have nothing to lose since we are pirates," Sanji stated and grinned widely. He saw an unbelievalbe happy smile on Zoro's face and he blushed.

Soon Sanji felt a pair of strong arms holding him.

"What are you doing?" Sanji asked seriously. He was trying to wash the dishes.

"Hugging you, isn't that obvious?" Zoro teased.

"Get off me, I can't do my job like this!" Sanji ordered and managed to push a smiling Zoro away.

It's almost creepy how he can smile like that...

"Are you really okay with this?" Zoro asked and saw a confused look on Sanji's face.

"What do you mean?" Sanji inquired.

"Well, the ladies-man you have been all these years...is it okay to turn gay for some Marimo?"

Sanji would have never thought that Zoro would be so good with emotional stuff. Somehow it surprised him and he didn't pay attention to the actual guestion for a while.

"Well, you have seen me...nowadays ladies are the cause of my massive nosebleeds and as a matter of fact, I am not really that popular with ladies..." Sanji sighed and Zoro chuckled slightly," So I guess it's okay then?"

"But how about the crew? How will they react?" Zoro worried.

"I think that if we won't tell them, Robin will..." Sanji said and pointed out to the wall where there was a blue eye staring at them and an ear next to it - There would be no secrets on this ship as long as there was Nico Robin and her hana hana no mi on board.

"That woman..." Zoro cursed and took a plate only to throw it on the wall.

"THAT WAS AN EXPENSIVE PLATE, YOU IDIOT!" Sanji screamed and kicked the idiot out of the kitchen the second time that day.

Without Zoro's teasing he could focus on cleaning properly. The lazy bastard had done pretty much nothing else but broken one of his favourite plates. He must have went to sleep somewhere, probably up in the crows nest since it was his favourite place on the ship and no-one dared to bother him since they thought he was training. Sometimes the members were scared of if their ship would be able to hold the weight of Zoro's abnormal weights but Franky assured Sunny-Go would be able to do so.

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Soon it was already late evening and everyone were preparing to go to sleep. Usopp was telling bed-time stories of his hero-moments during his two years of separation from the crew but only Luffy and Chopper were fool enough to believe his stories. Well, the other members enjoyed his stories even though they didn't believe a word he said. Everyone felt pretty tired expect Sanji who knew it was Zoro's turn to keep watch over the night. He was only waiting for everyone fall asleep and the steady snoring to fill the room before he sneaked out of the room.

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Author's note: sorry to leave it like this, but there will be "proper action " in the next chapter! It will be also the final chapter so I hope you have enjoyed so far and I hope I won't let you down on the last chapter either. :D