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"Oie love-cook, what took you so long?" Zoro grunted at his lover as he hauled their bags onto the trolley.
"I do like to look decent when I'm out, Marimo. Unlike you." Sanji said while giving his lover an once-over.
They might be together but both differ too much when it comes to personal grooming and fashion. The green haired man prefer comfortable clothes, so he was dressed in his usual white cotton tee and his favourite rugged pair of jeans. Paired with his combat boots, the swordsman looked as though he was prepared for the army. The blonde cook, on the other hand, preferred suits to anything else. And today he was dressed in a green button down shirt with silver cufflinks paired with an Armani black and grey stripped jacket and pants set. Together with his polished black shoes, Sanji looked like he just stepped out of an Armani magazine advertisement.
Both men looked completely the opposite of each other, but both were handsome in their own way. Sanji, the suave, blonde gentleman. Zoro, the rugged, gruff man with exotic green hair. They were getting a lot of attention from passing females just by standing there together in the same space, arguing with each other. Men too had given the pair looks but filled with envy wishing they were like the odd pair.
"Che, sissy cook. Beginning to sound exactly like a woman. Getting ready to be my wife?" The green haired couldn't help it, but irritate the cook to at least make himself feel better after a long flight.
"In your dreams, baka-Marimo." Sanji was ready to head home, take a long bath, enjoy some wine with cigarettes and have a good night's sleep.
Collecting the last of their belongings, the couple stepped out to the arrival hall. Seeing no one familiar, Sanji sighed in relief. Although, they had made sure not to inform anyone, Sanji had half expected to see Ace and the rest of the gang at the airport replaying the nightmare from when they departed.
"Looks like Ace had finally given up. Let's head home now, ero-cook." The blonde cook nodded and followed his lover out to hail a taxi home.
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"Ero-cook!"
"What baka-Marimo?"
"What the fuck is this?"
Peering over Zoro's shoulder, Sanji saw that he was looking at a bill while they were waiting for the elevator. On closer inspection, Sanji realized it was his phone bill.
"How is this fucking possible? $300?" Sanji saw what Zoro was staring at.
"Yea, ero-cook. What did you do? Surf porn on your cellphone? Call sex hotlines? What, cook?"
"Let me see, mosshead!" Snatching the bill from Zoro's hands as the elevator door opened.
Stepping into the elevator, "Fucking roaming charges!"
"Told you, you shouldn't be using your cellphone when we were there." Zoro was unimpressed. The cook deserved it for not switching his cellphone off.
"I had to keep my cellphone on, baka-Marimo. In case anything happens at the restaurant. But these charges are outrages!"
"Would have helped if you didn't keep calling back to check on Patty and the restaurant."
"Ugh! Shut up baka-Marimo. You're not helping."
The lovers were still arguing as they opened their front door and were surprised with a loud "Welcome home!"
Sanji and Zoro were dumbfounded. They stood at the door, staring at all their friends, shocked. Sanji was the first to response when Ace walked over and shrugged his arm over the cook's shoulder.
"Surprised?" Ace was smirking over his win.
"Fucking hell, Ace! How did you find out?"
"It was easy. Did you forget that our dear Robin works with Zoro and it's easy for her to find out?"
The blonde cook smacked his head, remembering. "Ugh. And all that trouble to keep it from you. Well at least you guys didn't turn up at the airport like the last time."
"Well, I figured you would have thought we would. So a surprise at home was a better idea."
"You know you're going to get kicked and probably sliced up by doing this, right?"
"Yea, but its so worth it!" Ace ran away, avoiding Sanji's kick.
"Sanji~~~~~~ You're home! I've missed you! Please don't go on any adventures from now on." Luffy came running, hugging Sanji into a tight embrace.
"Hey there Lu, you seem energetic."
"Oie Luffy! Get off Sanji." And Zoro started to peel the overly happy Luffy off Sanji.
"Hey Zoro, how was your honeymoon?" Luffy looked to a very red swordsman. Zoro was saved when Nami came to grab Luffy.
"Sorry. He's just excited Sanji's home to cook." And Luffy earned a smack to his head.
After placing all their bags and belongings into the bedroom, the couple went back to join in the party. All their friends were over at their house, celebrating their return. Looking around, Zoro noticed they even decorated the house. A 'Welcom Back' banner was hanging across the living room. The banner must have been made by Luffy with the help of others as the banner had a badly drawn strawhat on it. Zoro laughed looking at it. Colourful balloons and streamers were decorated throughout the living room area. It seemed as though the lovers had gone a really long trip instead of two weeks for their friends to decorate so elaborately.
"Nice, isn't it?" The swordsman smelt a familiar cigarette smoke.
"Yea."
"Hey Zoro, did you buy any sweets back?" Chopper was tugging at Zoro's sleeve.
"Hey Chopper! Yea, I did." Zoro looked at the young doctor and ruffled his brown hair.
"Wait let me go get it. And the other gifts." The young doctor smiled and followed the green haired man into the bedroom.
"Sanji-kun, did you like the gift?"
"Oh Nami-swan, my angel!" Nami didn't fail to notice the slight tinge of pink that appeared on the cook's face.
"Robin and I picked it out. We thought it suit you best!"
"Oh, Nami-swan, you must be joking. The gift must have been a prank and Ace made you do it right?"
"Oh no. It was the best gift for a honeymoon couple, don't you think Navigator-san?" Robin had joined in the conversation.
"Yea, did you take pictures Sanji-kun?" The girls were bent on embarrassing the cook even further.
"Robin-chwan~~ What's this I hear about you and Franky getting engaged?" Sanji had heard this from Luffy and hoped to change the topic away from that tiny piece of cloth.
"He proposed over the weekend. We're planning for a summer wedding. Anyway back to the gift. Did you like it, cook-san?" So much for trying to change topic.
"Oh, I better go help that Marimo with the gifts. See you girls later." And Sanji left to the bedroom, escaping the girls questions.
Nami and Robin smiled, knowing their gift was put to good use and returned to where Vivi had been sitting to share with her this new gossip.
"Sanji~~~~ Did you buy any food back?"
"Is that all you ever think about, Lu?"
"Anything for me?" Usopp asked from behind Luffy. The younger boys were excited over the idea of gifts.
"Yes, we got something for everyone." Zor said trying to balance the gifts in his hands and also avoiding Luffy's invading hands.
"My sweet angels, I've bought you some delicate snacks from Japan." Sanji said as he passed on some beautifully wrapped boxes to the girls. Each had their own. Nami's was a box of orange flavoured snacks wrapped in a pale orange box with ribbons. Robin received a purple box filled with red bean moochi. Vivi got a box of daifuku wrapped in a ocean blue box. The girls thanked the blonde cook and that sent the cook into a wiggly heart frenzy.
"Brook, I've got you something good!" Sanji said to the tall, afro musician. He pulled him aside and passed him a book wrapped with brown paper.
"What is it, Sanji-san?"
"Open it! You'll love it!"
Unwrapping the gift, Brook's eyes opened wide with excitement.
"Whoa! Thank you Sanji-san." Sanji had bought a book of a collection of girls' panties and upskirts for Brook's perverted mind. Zoro had given Sanji that look of disgust when he bought it.
"You're welcome!"
"Sanji~~~ What about me?" Luffy was pouting when he hadn't been given a gift yet.
"You're gift's with Zoro. Go bother him."
"Yosh!" And Luffy ran to where Zoro sat with Chopper and Usopp.
"Hey Franky, this is for you."
"Thanks bro! This is SUPER!" The lovers had bought Franky two Hawaiian shirts with flower prints with Japanese koi.
"Glad you like it. Oh, congratulations! But if I hear you doing anything to break Robin-chwan's heart, I will personally see that you won't have the need of those speedos again. Zoro will too."
"Whoa whoa. Relax bro. I won't. I promise!"
"Good." And Sanji walked to join his lover and the boys.
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"Here Chopper, this is yours."
"Asshole, giving me gifts won't make me happy!" Despite saying that, Chopper was smiling and blushing.
"Zoro Zoro. Where's mine? Is it meat?"
"No Luffy, it isn't."
"Usopp that's yours."
"You serious? Thanks!"
The lovers had decided to give the boys a box of chocolates each plus individual items. Chopper received a blue backpack with a white cross on the front flap. Usopp had gotten a slingshot and goggles. Luffy received a toy pirate ship.
"Given them their gifts, baka-Marimo?"
"Yea, just left with Ace's. You've seen him?"
"Think he's out at the balcony." Zoro stood to walk out to the balcony with his lover. However Luffy had other plans for the blonde cook.
"Sanji~~~ could you cook something for me? Ace's cooking sucks! Everything is burnt!"
"Ha ha. Later, Lu. After we've given this to Ace."
"But Sanji~~~~~ you've been away for two weeks." Luffy was giving his signature puppy eyes to the blonde cook and Zoro couldn't resist it either.
"Nah, it's okay love-cook. I'll go find Ace myself, just make some rice balls too okay?
"Yeah!" With that Sanji was ushered into his own kitchen by a very happy Luffy.
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Sliding open the balcony door, Zoro found Ace leaning against the railing overlooking the crowd below.
"Hey, this for you."
"Thanks." Ace was not his usual happy self, something was wrong.
"Something bothering you? Want me to go get Sanji?" Although they were friends, Zoro wasn't that close to Ace.
"No, it's okay. Actually I have something to talk to you about. Would you mind closing that door? I don't want the others to hear."
"Sure." Zoro went over to close the door, shutting the party off.
"What is it you want to talk about?"
"It's about you and Sanji."