I don't own One Piece or any of the characters. Sorry this chapter is a bit short as well.
Zoro stumbled into his apartment, leaning heavily on the door he had just inadvertently slammed open. When did the lock become so difficult? He had probably slammed one too many beer back at the cemetery. He knew that alcohol wasn't the answer to his crushing feeling of guilt and grief, but damned if he wasn't going to try. He closed the door, kicked his shoes off and let his coat fall to the floor in the entrance way. He made his way to the living room to pass out on the couch. Until he saw the 2 water glasses he still hadn't moved sitting on the coffee table. One still had her lipstick marks around the rim.
Zoro felt something tighten deep in his heart. He had been avoiding looking at those glasses for days and now he couldn't keep his eyes off the lipstick smudges. His vision went blurry before a single tear rolled down his cheek. And then another. He let them fall, his hands lead weights by his sides.
Alone in his apartment, he finally released the floodgates. So many emotions caught hold of him and swept him away. The tears continued to roll down his face, belatedly, he realized that he was sobbing. A deep guttural cry that started at the very pit of his being. He didn't know if it was sadness or anger. Because he was very, very angry. That realization surprised him into silence. He clung to the anger, for it was better than the desperate hopelessness that threatened to swallow him whole. He took 2 strides across the small room and swept his arm across the coffee table sending the glasses flying and shattering against a cabinet . He was angry at himself for not saving her. He was angry at the bastard that stabbed her. He was angry that she was gone. Forever.
He grabbed the coffee table itself and flipped it across the room, sending a huge crashing echo through his apartment. Darkness encroached on the edges of his vision as he continued his mindless destruction. Unaware of what he was destroying he lashed out while the darkness took over.
Thank you for reading. Again, sorry we're heading down angst alley. But we are nearly wrapped up now. Hoping to have the next chapters up by the weekend at the latest.
Until then,
~Tanima