Zoro woke De-Ji up, and told her to get into a casual, but still pretty dress. Then he left the room, and De-Ji climbed out of her hammock. She shrugged at his decision of what she should wear today, but wanting to please him, found a light green cotton dress with a cute sakura pattern on it. To go along with it, she put on some pink sandals. She then came outside, and gasped at what she saw.
They had landed on an island in the night, and it was covered in trees. Spruces, pines, oaks, and many others that she didn't know were everywhere. It was very pretty, and everybody was already leaving the ship to explore the island. She huffed at them for not waiting, then climbed down and started walking behind Zoro.
After a while, De-Ji wasn't paying attention, and Zoro being Zoro, wandered off into a different direction than everybody else. They were both lost. Zoro of course denied being lost, but De-Ji didn't believe him. Would you? Anyway, they were walking along in the forest for a little while, somewhere around forty-five minutes.
Then, they stumbled upon a clearing. There was a red and black checkered blanket with a wicker picnic basket on it in the middle of the clearing. She then understood his interest of clothing today. They were going on a suprise picnic!
Zoro motioned toward the blanket, and they set forward together. When they reached the blanket, De-Ji carefully sat down on the blanket, being unused to dresses as she was. Zoro sat kitty-cornered to her cross-legged, and smiled a little smile. Her heart pumped faster at seeing him happy, and she reached for the basket.
Zoro reached at the same time, and their hands met on the handle of the basket. Neither pulled back, but Zoro gripped her hand a little harder, but still soft, and pulled his hand back, bringing hers with it. He brought her hand up to his face, and placed his lips on the back of her hand. She beamed, unable to control her facial muscles. Another effect of the lost control were the words coming out of her mouth.
"hey koishii," she said to Zoro's, and her own, suprise. They looked at each other, and Zoro grunted, but not in a harsh way. De-Ji knew what it meant. It meant that he was ok with the nickname.
Then, Zoro reached for the basket again, and took out a couple of paper plates. He handed one to her, and reached in again. This time he brought out two cups and a container of iced tea. He put them down and brought two ham sandwiches out of the basket, along with apples.
De-Ji reached for the tea, and poured them some. She took a sip and realized how thirsty she was. The cold tea tasted so good going down her throat, that the whole cup was gone in a flash, or seemed like it to her. She looked into the empty bottom of the cup, then at Zoro.
Zoro was laughing, and poured her some more tea. She drank this more slowly. Then she picked up the sandwiches and put them on the plates, along with the apples. Zoro took a bite out of his sandwich and looked at De-Ji, who was watching him and looking at her sandwich. Zoro chewed and swallowed. Then De-Ji took a bite out of hers, and there was a look of slight suprise on her face.
"I thought Sanji made different sandwiches than this," and she kept eating it. It was just the way she liked it, a little extra meat, lettuce, tomato, miracle whip, and only a little mustard. Sanji always made all of his the same, all of the ingredients of the same amounts. Don't get her wrong, she still liked them, but there was no individuality in them. Zoro shook his head then said,
"He didn't make them. I did." Then he took another bite and enjoyed the shocked look on his girlfriend's face. She looked down again, and took another bite.
"I didn't know you could make sandwiches." She said after she swallowed.
"There's a lot of hidden talents I have." Zoro said, then took the last bite of his sandwich. De-Ji glared at him, and took a bite out of her half finished sandwich.
"big mouth.." she muttered to herself, then continued eating.
Zoro picked up his apple and slowly chewed it. Then took a swig of tea. De-Ji finished her sandwich quicker than she should have, and started hiccuping. Zoro chuckled and took another bite of apple, earning a halfway glare from De-Ji. She started drinking her tea, and when she stopped, she hiccuped one last time and stopped.
She smiled and took a bite out of her apple, watching Zoro as she chewed. Just taking in his appearance. She hadn't noticed before, but he was wearing a t-shirt with blue jeans. It was a nice look for him, and he looked up at her, and she swiftly moved her gaze to the checkered cloth that she was sitting on. Zoro frowned. He had wanted to look into her eyes. He liked doing that. Then he shook his head. 'What am I thinking?!' he asked himself. 'I'm becoming weak if I'm falling for a girl.' He looked at her again. But she wasn't just a girl. She was HIS girl. He smiled and finished his apple.
She chewed, and felt his gaze upon her. She couldn't feel what he was thinking through his gaze, but she could tell that it wasn't bad. She looked up and saw him. He was watching her, almost like a predator. She shivered from the chills running up and down her back. She didn't want to be hunted like an animal, but she did want him chasing her. Now why was that? she wondered at herself. She shook her head and forgot it.
Out of nowhere, a wet spot appeared on the tip of her nose, and she looked into the sky. Rain started pouring down upon them, and they laughed and ran with each other to the tree line, trying to avoid being soaked. It didn't matter though, they were soaked by the time they made it to the trees. They laughed, and Zoro grabbed her hand and pulled her along. In the haste of trying not to be dragged, she didn't notice where they were going until they were there.
There was a sheer dropoff, almost like a cliff. In the distance, there was a waterfall. De-Ji watched the water tumble down the side of the cliff, and smiled. She sat down on the edge, and Zoro sat with her. De-Ji kicked her feet back and forth, feeling like a small child. Zoro looked over at her and smiled. He chuckled a little and looked back at the waterfall.
She looked at him, and got a sudden urge to kiss him on the cheek. She followed her instinct, then looked quickly back at the waterfall.
Zoro looked at her, and she couldn't supress her giggles, and started laughing. Zoro smiled, and stifled her laughter with a warm, heartfelt kiss that lasted for a few minutes. At least that was what it seemed like, but the rain was starting to stop when they stopped kissing. They glanced at the sky, and started walking back to the ship.