Zoro seems to be having a bit of a problem with his love life. He wants to try and be more romantic with Robin so he can get the spark back in their love life, and a day at the beach may be just what he needs for it.

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Blizzard belongs to XfangheartX

As of now, the Sunny was quietly drifting through the water as the millions of stars glowed in the black sky. Most of the crew were asleep, with the exception of three. One of which was Usopp who was taking watch tonight, and the other two were Zoro and Robin. You see, ever since Luffy and Nami had got their own room on their anniversary, an empty bed had been left in the women's quarters, and Robin couldn't help but feel lonely without Nami's company. Which is why after she and Zoro confessed their love for each other it wasn't long before she invited him to 'move in with her'. Of course he was more than happy to, although while Sanji had grown comfortable with Luffy and Nami being together, he still wasn't quite over losing Robin to Zoro (his rival) of all people, so the crew had to hold him back when the swordsman and archaeologist had stated they'd now be sharing the same room. The former's response to Sanji forbidding him to step foot in the women's quarters was to flip him off before kicking the door shut with a smirk. But anyway, the two of them were currently sitting in their new king sized bed; Robin was casually reading her latest book, while Zoro was leaning against the back of the bed, with his hands behind his head. While his face seemed casual, he was actually bored. Of course he didn't mind Robin keeping the bedside light on so she could read (after all he could sleep in broad daylight, so a little lamp was nothing), but the fact of the matter was, the swordsman felt like having a bit of 'fun' with his lover. Deciding to go for it, Zoro leaned in towards Robin and began to lightly trail small pecks up her arm. The raven haired woman giggled at the contact before gently pushing him away.

"Zoro, I'm reading~" she chuckled with a warm smile.

"Sorry." Zoro blushed from embarrassment, rubbing the back of his head. "I just thought maybe we could…um…have a little fun tonight?" he stumbled slightly over the choice of words, being that he wasn't very good at talking 'sexy'. Robin chuckled again before giving him a soft kiss and teasingly ruffled his hair.

"Perhaps when we have more time. I'd just like to read my book tonight, if that's okay." She smiled. While inside Zoro felt disappointed, he smiled understandingly before lying down in the bed, with his back to her.

"Okay, goodnight. Love you." He said.

"Love you too, moss head." Robin laughed before going back to reading. Now the reason that Zoro felt disappointed was because it had actually been a few months since they'd last made love. Of course they cuddled often, but Zoro was beginning to grow hungry again for something more. But being the man he was, he'd never force Robin to do something she wouldn't want, so he'd tried to 'persuade' her in more gentle ways such as tonight, but all attempts had proved futile, and truth be told, he was beginning to get worried that Robin may be getting bored of him and that the spark in their love life was inches from going out, unless he found a way to be more erotic. But he had no idea what to do anymore. He clearly needed advice, and he knew just the fellow non-virgin to talk to.

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The next morning Zoro made his way to the lower part of the ship where Luffy and Nami's room was located. Knowing that Luffy had a very strong love life with Nami, he was certain that his captain would be able to offer him at least some sort of advice on how to be more romantic with Robin. As he rounded the corner to the captain and navigator's love nest, he accidentally bumped into Nami who was donned in a fluffy dressing gown, and even though Zoro didn't notice, it looked like she wasn't wearing anything underneath.

"Oops, sorry, Zoro." She grinned sheepishly as she began to back away.

"Sorry, do you need to see Luffy too?" Zoro asked.

"Nope." She said quickly before walking away. Shrugging, Zoro opened the door and upon entering, his expression turned grim. Luffy was lying on the bed in front of him with his head in his hand and his back to him, wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts, and as he turned his head to face Zoro, there was a rose clenched in his teeth.

"Well helloooooo~-MMPH!" Luffy instantly sucked the rose into his mouth (which luckily had been trimmed of its thorns) and his eyes bulged when he noticed, it wasn't his hot secret fiancé that was standing in the doorway. "Uh Z-Zoro! Yes, why would I be expecting anyone else?" he said before uncomfortably swallowing the rose and coughing out a petal. "So what do you need?" he then said, trying to quickly direct his first mate away from knowing his captain and navigator had been intending to have sex.

"Look, this is gonna be awkward," Zoro began. "But then things already are, so this shouldn't be too difficult." He muttered under his breath, before continuing. "But I need advice."

"Advice?" Luffy repeated. "For what?"

"The thing is…I'm worried Robin might be bored of me."

"Bored? Of you? HA!" Luffy quickly laughed. "Come on Zoro, that's ridiculous, how are you boring?" the swordsman just frowned at him, annoyed. "Okay, you're a little boring, but Robin fell in love with you remember? You thought it wasn't true at first, but it was. She must enjoy spending time with you, if she fell in love with you first."

"That's not what I mean." Zoro said before sighing. "I'm just gonna come out with it. We haven't had any 'fun' in our love life for months now, and I'm worried we may have lost the spark, and I just don't know how to get it going again, so I wanted to ask you for advice on how to be romantic, cause you and Nami are practically enjoying each other's company all the time. You can make her heart melt almost instantly, so how do you do it?" Luffy looked at Zoro inquisitively before scratching his head.

"You know…I've never really thought about it. It's just sort of natural for me." He said. "It's hard to explain, but usually we just both know when the time's right. In fact, I'd have to say it's Nami who knows how to get me in the mood for it." He then grinned. "Mainly because she promises me it to persuade me to do work for her now and then. I really am hopeless sometimes. Shishishishishi!" Zoro was now looking at Luffy in a very puzzled way. It seemed that Nami was the dominant one in her and Luffy's love life, but then when he thought about it, that didn't surprise him. After all she was smart and authoritative and Luffy was naïve and impulsive.

"But I've seen you get her in the mood before. You sometimes just hug her from behind and the next minute you're both making out. You make it look easy." Zoro said.

"I know. That's just cause she finds me cute. I'm her dumb little goofball and she's my sweet tangerine. You know what they say: opposites attract." Luffy smiled proudly. "You just have to find what it is about you that Robin loves so much. Trust me, there's no way she's bored of you, and she never will be." Luffy grinned.

"Thanks, captain. That helps a lot." Zoro smiled.

"You're welcome thanks for stopping by." Luffy said quickly before ushering Zoro out of the room. He waited for about three seconds before poking his head out of the door.

"Nami." He called quietly, but then noticed Zoro was still there and whistled innocently as the swordsman rolled his eyes and walked away.

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Later that day, Zoro was up in the crow's nest thinking about what Luffy had said. When he got down to it, Luffy was right. Robin had been the first to fall for him since she enjoyed teasing and subtly flirting with him before they got together. So what was it about him that Robin loved so much? From what he could gather, he assumed it was either his naivety, or how he could be blunt about certain subjects, which Robin seemed to find refreshing rather than hearing the same answer from everyone else. But despite that, he couldn't seem to find out how that would help him reignite the spark. Deciding to seek more advise, he went to look for Nami, who he found trimming her tangerine grove, while humming merrily to herself. As Zoro approached her, she turned to face him with a small friendly smile.

"Hi, Zoro." She said. "Do you need something?"

"Sort of." Zoro muttered. Nami looked at him in a way that said 'continue'. "I don't know if Luffy's told you yet, but I'm worried about my relationship with Robin. We haven't done anything exciting in our love life for months and I'm worried she may be bored with me. Luffy told me that she's not and that I just need to find out what it is about me she loves so much so I can learn to be more romantic. Since you're the dominant one in your and Luffy's romance, and that you're also Robin's closest friend, I figure you could help me." Zoro explained. Nami looked at him for a few seconds as she processed what she'd heard, before smiling.

"Well you came to the right person. And first of all Luffy's right; Robin's not bored of you so don't go jumping to conclusions." Zoro rubbed the back of his head awkwardly before Nami continued. "As to what she likes about you; she really enjoys how peaceful and quiet you are. You're a book girl's fondest dream, you are." She chuckled, as Zoro frowned slightly at the comment. "Not only that but she also finds your dopiness really cute, just like I do with Luffy." She then laughed, Zoro now looking annoyed. "And of course, she always feels safe around you cause you're so strong. There's plenty about you she likes."

"Well that's all great. But the problem is how can I get her in the mood so I can get our romance back on track?" Zoro asked. "I've tried everything: rubbing her shoulders, kissing her neck playfully, everything, but she just chuckles and politely says no. How does it work with you and Luffy?"

"Well for us, we just find the right moment to do it. As to what you could try, to be more romantic, maybe take her out once in a while to get her relaxed. When was the last time you two went out?"

"Quite a while actually. I guess Robin's just never asked me for anything like that. I never knew."

"Well this is perfect. We're actually not too far off from an island and judging by this warm weather, there's bound to be a beach. I think a nice long beach day is just what we need and just the thing you need to show Robin a good time. Do everything you can: help her with the sun block, go for a walk with her, get her an ice cream maybe. But even then, you're bound to find your own way of being romantic with her. I know you will, Zoro, cause you make Robin the happiest archaeologist alive." Zoro smiled at Nami as she finished.

"Thanks a lot Nami. You've really given me confidence." He said.

"You're very welcome. My service is 10,000 berries, please." She grinned.

"Very funny." Zoro grumbled as he walked off, hearing Nami's laughter behind him.

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About an hour passed before the Thousand sunny arrived at her destination. Just as Nami had expected, there was an incredibly large beach on the island, and quite a few people were occupying it, so the Straw-hats had to hide the Sunny behind a large cluster of rocks so she wouldn't be stolen. After which the crew disembarked the ship after changing into their beach outfits. Luffy was wearing his common red trunks and decided to give Nami his hat for the day which earned him a kiss from his red-haired secret fiancé who was donned in a yellow and orange two piece, which made him blush. Sanji was wearing his light blue trunks and 'Mr Prince' sunglasses, while Usopp was wearing a pair of yellow swim shorts and his white sun-hat. Chopper had left his hat and helmet back on the ship and was wearing a pair of small purple swim shorts, while riding Blizzard who was wearing a pair of round sunglasses and an orange bandanna with the kanji for 'hound dog' on it in green. Franky was just wearing his usual outfit while Brook was wearing a pair of sunflower sunglasses and a pair of black swim shorts. As for Zoro, he was donned in a pair of green trunks and Robin was wearing a violet one piece and a floral beach shawl. Looking at Nami in Luffy's hat, Zoro couldn't help but wonder if Robin would like wearing his bandanna. Deciding to go for it, he untied his bandanna from his arm and gently tied it around Robin's head. She looked at him slightly puzzled.

"It'll help keep the sun out of your eyes and stop it from burning your forehead." Zoro explained. "It looks good on you." He added. The archaeologist smiled and pecked his cheek.

"Thank you, Zoro. You never let anyone wear your bandanna. It's very touching knowing you trust it to me." She said. Zoro gently took her hand in his before looking at Nami who winked at him and flashed him a thumbs up, as did Luffy who was holding her hand. As they made it onto the wide sandy shore, the crew weren't surprised that Brook, Chopper and Franky drew a lot of the other people's attention, but by this point they were used to it and after setting up their deck chairs, parasols and towels, Nami, Brook, Franky and Robin decided to spend a good hour soaking up the rays, while Sanji had ran off to hit on the other women occupying the beach. Nami lifted her sunglasses to see Luffy, Usopp, Chopper and Blizzard wondering off.

"Where you going, boys?" she asked.

"Rock-pooling." Usopp answered. "I saw a huge stretch of rock pools at the other end of the beach. Goes on for miles."

"Yeah, we're gonna catch all sorts of cool sea critters." Luffy grinned.

"I just hope a hermit crab doesn't nip my nose again." Chopper said.

"Well you were the one sticking your face in its shell in the first place." Blizzard snickered as Chopper stuck his little pink tongue out at him.

"Just don't be gone for too long guys. Sanji brought the barbeque with him." Nami said.

"That is if he even comes back to cook, what with all the women he's chasing after." Zoro snorted.

"Okay, well see you later Nami~!" Luffy said giving her a peck on the cheek before chasing after Usopp, Chopper and Blizzard. As Robin stretched out on her beach towel, after applying her sun block to any reachable areas, Zoro decided to take the first part of Nami's advice.

"Do you want help you with your back?" he asked. Robin turned her gaze to him and smiled.

"I'd really appreciate it. Plus I don't have to put any on my forehead thanks to your bandanna." She said. Zoro nodded before taking the sun block and gently massaging it into her back, causing her to shiver slightly from how cold it was before moaning contentedly. "Thank you, Zoro. That feels really nice." She said soothingly her eyes closed. The swordsman blushed slightly at the cute relaxed smile she was wearing as she lay on her back. Nami once again smirked at him before going back to her sunbathing.

XXX

Meanwhile, at the other end of the beach, Luffy, Blizzard, Chopper and Usopp had a arrived at a large, wide landscape of black and grey rocks, many were coated with knobbly mussels and pointy barnacles, as well as hundreds of medium sized pools of water.

"Alright gang." Usopp began. "Whoever catches the most interesting sea animals will be the winner. So Luffy, don't eat them." He said to his captain, who pouted. "Ok, let's go, but don't go out of sight. I don't want Luffy or Chopper wandering off and falling in the water where Blizzard or I can't see them." Usopp said. With that the group of friends raised their buckets and fishing nets and cheered before they went off in different directions to begin their hunt. Wroing! Luffy stretched his arm out to a nearby rock and shot over to it before landing on top at the edge of a large rock pool, and as he peered in he could sense many small movements within it. He grinned.

"Time to go fishing." He smiled before he quickly stuck his fishing net into the water. Swish! He swished the net thought the water before pulling it out, grinning at the little creature, which he'd caught, wriggling inside it, before he gently dropped it into his bucket with a plop. When he looked in, he smiled at a large crab which was 'glaring' up at him with red eyes. It only had one claw and the pincer was snapping at the raven haired boy menacingly.

"Shishishi! You're a fighter, aren't you? You remind me of Zoro." Luffy said to the crab as he teasingly stuck his finger in the bucket, only to yelp as the crab pinched his finger tightly. "OW!" he cried as he quickly pulled his finger away from the hot-tempered crustacean. "You remind me of Nami too." He muttered as he sucked his finger before picking up his bucket and moving onto the next pool.

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Usopp gently picked his way over the rocks, careful not to slip on any seaweed, like he had done a few minutes ago and landed on a pile of sharp hard barnacles in the process. He'd need to see chopper later about his butt otherwise he may not be able to sit down for a week. As he came to nearby pool, he saw what looked like a small octopus with a red body and orange spots hiding on rock. Noticing Usopp it changed colour to try and hide itself, but it had already been spotted.

"Ah my old nemesis." He smirked at the memory of almost being drowned by a group of octopi in the aquarium. "You won't get away this time, you little sucker." Swish! He scooped up the octopus before dropping it into his bucket. "I'd like to see Luffy and the others beat this." SPURT! The angry octopi squirted a splash of ink in Usopp's face. "You little jerk!" he barked. "Do that again and I'll have Sanji fry you into octopus balls!"

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Blizzard padded across the rocks as he peered into pools along the way to see what he could catch. He really liked the fresh salty smell of the sea water which was really clearing out his nose, so it was much easier for him to catch scent of anything. But just then something caught his eye.

"I could've sworn I saw that seaweed move." He thought until he looked closer and gasped. The 'seaweed' was moving. In fact it was shining many bright colours, and it had a long pointed snout. "A sea dragon." Blizzard gasped. "They're really hard to find. She's beautiful. Looks like I've got this contest in the bag, or bucket." He grinned before picking up his net in his teeth. "I'll need to be careful not to hurt her. These are meant to be very delicate animals." Very slowly he scooped up the sea dragon and gently lowered it into his bucket before gazing at the beautiful animal. "There's no way the others can beat a sea dragon."

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After about an hour, the friends regrouped at the point where they'd split up, each carrying their buckets. For some reason, Chopper had a large rock covering the top of his.

"Ok, gentlemen. What have you to present?" Usopp said. Luffy went first as he showed Usopp his bucket. The sniper looked into it before looking back at Luffy, rather confused.

"A crab with one claw? Really?"

"No this guy's no ordinary crab. He's super tough. He beat up any other sea creatures I put in with him." Luffy said.

"Come on, Luffy. I know crabs can pinch, but how tough can he be with just one claw?" Blizzard asked.

"Watch." Luffy said before he reached into a pool and picked out a small shrimp before dropping it into the bucket. A few seconds passed and some water splashed out of the bucket before the group looked in to see the shrimp had completely vanished, and the crab was still there cleaning its claw.

"Big whoop. One shrimp doesn't prove any-YOW!" Usopp cried as the crab suddenly leapt out of the bucket and latched onto his nose with its claw. "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!"

"Haha! Looks like you pissed him off, Usopp." Chopper laughed as Luffy yanked the crab off Usopp's nose and put it back in his bucket.

"Okay, I admit he's tough for a crab with one claw. But that's nothing compared to my catch." Usopp said as he rubbed his nose and showed his bucket to the others.

"Ooh~!" Luffy and Chopper both said as they saw an assortment of small colourful fish and the octopus, that was now purple with yellow spots.

"Wow. It's like you caught a rainbow." Chopper said as he looked at all the colourful animals in awe.

"Yep. Let's see you or Blizzard beat that." Usopp grinned confidently. The wolf-dog padded forward before setting down his bucket. Usopp looked in before his eyes widened in disbelief. "No way…" he whispered.

"What? What is it?" Luffy asked as he looked in as well. "Seaweed? That's not an animal, Blizzard."

"Look closer." Blizzard said. Luffy did so before he gasped as well.

"The seaweed's alive!" he yelped.

"No, you dope! It's a sea dragon!" Usopp corrected him.

"What? But it has no wings. And it's tiny." Luffy said. Usopp sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"No it's not a real dragon, it just looks like one. It's a breed of sea horse, and they're very hard to find. It's like the golden Hercules beetle of fish." Usopp explained.

"Really?! Then that's incredible! She sure is pretty. I think Blizzard's got us both beat." Luffy grinned, as Blizzard smiled proudly at his catch.

"My turn." Chopper piped up as he brought his bucket over.

"Yeah, why do you have a rock on top of your bucket, Chopper?" Usopp asked.

"Oh he doesn't like it in there very much, so he tried to jump out. I had to find a way to keep him in the bucket." Chopper explained before he gently lifted the rock off the bucket. A couple of seconds passed before a medium sized creature leapt out of the bucket and landed back in.

"What was that?!" Luffy exclaimed in surprise. He, Usopp and Blizzard cautiously looked over the bucket before all of their jaws dropped. The creature was lemon yellow with bulbous green eyes and pointed fins, as well a line of spines on its back.

"Chopper? Do you know what you've just caught?" Usopp said. The little reindeer shook his head. "It's a baby sea king! You found a baby sea king!"

"A sea king?!" Chopper yelped in shock.

"Who'd have thought you'd find one in a rock pool. You're amazing, little bro!" Blizzard said with an open smile.

"Cut it out~! That won't make me happy~!" Chopper giggled as he clapped his hooves.

"So who's the winner?" Luffy asked.

"You know, I can't decide." Usopp said. "Let's take our catch back to the others and have them decide." He then suggested.

"Great idea. I bet everyone's gonna be amazed at what we found!" Chopper said as the friends picked up their buckets and began to make their way back to the beach.

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While Luffy and the others were out exploring, Zoro decided to try something else with Robin who was quietly reading another book in her deck chair.

"Hey Robin," he said, gaining her attention.

"Yes, dear?" she said.

"Do you…wanna go for a walk? The weather's great." Zoro suggested.

"Hmm…that would be nice, but I'm quite relaxed right now. How about we take a walk later?" she smiled.

"…Sure." Zoro murmured, as he glanced at Nami, who only shrugged. "Hey, it's not over yet, you can still do this." He thought. "Well is there anything I can get you? A drink maybe?" he offered.

"No thank you, Zoro, I'll be fine." Robin replied. Again with that friendly smile. Even though he knew she meant well, he couldn't help but see that smile as her way of just blowing him off. No. Her smile was one the things he loved most about her, just as Luffy loved Nami's smile so much. He wasn't beat yet. He would romance Robin before this day was out.

"OI~! GUYS~!" Zoro and the others turned to see Luffy, Usopp, Chopper and Blizzard approaching.

"Did you have fun, boys?" Nami asked.

"Yeah! Just wait till you see what we caught." Usopp said as the four of them set their buckets down.

"Robin, Look what I found." Chopper said as he heald out a shiny brown conch shell with yellow swirls.

"What a pretty shell. That's a good find, Chopper." She said.

"I'd like you to have it. It'll look good on your desk." Chopper smiled as he handed it to her.

"That's so sweet of you, Chopper. Thank you." Robin said as she took the shell before giving the little reindeer a kiss on the cheek, making him shuffle bashfully with a small grin as he touched his cheek. Zoro, noticing this, couldn't help but feel jealous, despite knowing Chopper was just being friendly and Robin was just showing her motherly side.

"So what did you catch?" he asked, to redirect the conversation.

"Oh yeah, you're right." Usopp said. "Check this out." he showed the bucket to the other crew members.

"Wow! That's a SUPER colourful catch, there, Usopp!" Franky grinned at the many fish and the camouflaging octopus.

"Just beautiful~" Nami said in awe.

"They'll look so wonderful in the aquarium." Brook sang.

"Me next!" Luffy said, as he showed his bucket to the crew.

"A crab?" Nami said, confused.

"I know it looks like nothing, but this crab is super strong. He beat up all the sea animals I put in the bucket with him." Luffy said.

"It's true. He pinched my nose as well." Usopp said.

"It does look pretty tough." Zoro agreed as he looked at the crab which snapped it's pincer up at him.

"Well I'll take your word for it, guys." Nami said.

"You'll see. Just wait till I put him in the aquarium." Luffy grinned at the crustacean.

"Now it's Blizzard's turn." Chopper said, as the aforementioned wolf-dog stepped forward with his catch. "He says 'You won't believe your eyes.'" Chopper then translated, as Blizzard showed the others what he'd caught. Their mouths fell open.

"A sea dragon!" Robin gasped.

"They're really rare!" Nami said in equal shock.

"Amazing! You're a spectacular fisherman, or 'fisherdog', Blizzard." Brook said, as Blizzard barked happily at the compliment.

"So what did you catch, Chopper?" Robin asked.

"A baby sea king." Chopper replied.

"Get out of here." Franky said. Chopper lifted the rock off his bucket and the crew gasped as the medium sized yellow and green fish leapt out of the bucket and landed back in, snapping it's jaws.

"WHOAH! You weren't kidding, Chopper!" Nami exclaimed.

"I thought my heart was going to leap out of my chest. Ah, I don't have one. Yohohohoho!" Brook laughed.

"You should probably let it go, Chopper. Sea kings don't belong in buckets." Nami said.

"I know. I was going to let him go, after you've decided who the winner is." Chopper said.

"Winner?

"Yeah, see we were having a contest to who could catch the best sea creature, but we couldn't decide ourselves so we thought you should decide." Luffy explained.

"Well you all seemed to catch some pretty neat animals. It'd be too difficult to decide between the four of you." Nami said.

"Yeah, I say you call it a draw." Franky agreed.

"Really?" Chopper asked.

"Yeah, you're all great rock-poolers." Nami smiled.

"YEAH!" Luffy, Usopp, Chopper and Blizzard cheered, while the rest of the crew smiled.

"I'm back." The group then turned to see Sanji finally arrive back from his women hunt, a red palm mark on one of his cheeks.

"So they finally slapped some sense into ya?" Zoro smirked.

"No! They politely asked me to leave and I obliged." Sanji replied.

"Yeah, but what they didn't tell you, was that they plan on having a restraining order written for them." Zoro said back.

"That's just cause I'm too overwhelming for them!" Sanji argued back.

"Yeah, you are."

"Yeah that's ri-WAIT A MINUTE!" Sanji realised.

"Okay, enough fighting. We're here to enjoy ourselves, remember?" Nami said.

"Yeah, how 'bout you fire up the barbeque? I'm starving." Luffy said.

"Right, I'm on it." Sanji said as he got started preparing dinner. After the crew had eaten, a few large waves began to appear at one end of the beach. This, of course, got the misfit quartet in the mood for surfing, with Luffy pairing with Blizzard and Chopper pairing with Usopp. But as Zoro watched his friends enjoying themselves in the water, that's when he got an idea. The perfect idea to romance Robin, and the timing couldn't be better.

"Hey, Zoro." He turned to see his lover smiling at him. "I think I could go for that walk now." He smiled back at her before offering his hand to her, which she accepted, before the two of them began to quietly walk along the shore together, neither one speaking, just enjoying the many sounds around them; the gulls, the lapping of the waves, the soft wind and the laughter of their friends.

"This has been a wonderful day." Robin said, breaking the silence.

"Yeah. It's always nice to take a break from it all once in a while." Zoro agreed, until he spotted a really large pool of sea water nearby, surrounded by a ring of rocks. "Perfect." He thought. "Hey, Robin?"

"Hmm?"

"I've actually gotten rather warm from all this sun today. Not to mention you're picking up quite a tan yourself." The archaeologist blushed at the comment. "So how 'bout we cool off a little?" Zoro smiled as he began to lead her toward the pool.

"You mean…in the sea?" Robin said a little hesitant. Zoro didn't reply as he stepped over the rocks and into the pool, the water reaching up just below his arm pits.

"Come on, the water's fine."

"Um, I'm not sure that's safe for me, Zoro." Robin said.

"Don't worry, it's not that deep. Just take my hand. I won't let you go." Zoro said as he held out to her. Robin looked at his hand for a few moments before she took off her shawl and slowly made her way towards him and tentatively took his hand, as she stepped onto the rocks. As she gently stuck one of her feet in, she flinched at the sea water beginning to take its toll.

"It's alright. Trust me." Zoro smiled as he took her other hand and slowly brought her into the water. At first she trembled from the sea water sapping her energy, but as Zoro held her close and gently kissed her, she found herself no longer feeling weak, but relaxed, and so safe within his arms. She gently hugged him and ticked her head into the crook of his neck. Zoro smiled at this and tightened his hold on her.

"Zoro…" she could only murmur.

"Yeah, I bet you never thought I could think up something this romantic." Zoro smirked.

"I've never felt so safe in my entire life. I never want this feeling to end." Robin whispered.

"It never has. You'll always be safe with us…with me." Zoro breathed. They stayed like that for what felt like an eternity, until Robin fell asleep in his embrace. The swordsman then carried her back to the sunny where the others were just boarding. Noticing them, Nami and Luffy smiled.

"So how'd it go?" Luffy grinned.

"You were right. You both were." The captain and navigator both smiled again as Zoro carried Robin onto the ship, before following them and setting sale.

XXX

After leaving, Luffy, Usopp and Blizzard added their rock pool creatures to the aquarium (except for Chopper who had to let the sea king pup go).

"Wow. You were right, Luffy. That crab is tough." Usopp said as they watched the one clawed crab stand victorious over a much larger crab which it had just had a fight with.

"Yep. This guy won't beaten till he's eaten." Luffy snickered.

"And he won't be eaten till he's beaten." Chopper giggled.

"You're dragon seems to be enjoying herself as well, buddy." Luffy said to Blizzard who was proudly gazing at the colourful sea horse which had been floating in front of the glass for a while, looking back at him.

"I think she likes you, big brother." Chopper grinned.

"What?!" Blizzard spluttered.

"Well you did say she was beautiful and you rescued her from that tiny rock pool. You're her knight, Blizzard." Luffy laughed.

"Looks like you've got a girlfriend, Blizzy." Usopp snickered.

"Oh screw you guys!" Blizzard barked as he stomped off in embarrassment.

"Aw come on, we were just messing with ya~." Luffy pouted sarcastically while Chopper and Usopp rolled on the floor laughing. Meanwhile, Zoro and Robin were sitting at one of the bar couches watching the childish trio teasing Blizzard. Robin chuckled while Zoro rolled his eyes.

"Those boys." Robin smiled.

"Yeah, when are they ever gonna grow up?" Zoro said

"Hmm…"

"Don't answer that." Zoro added quickly causing her to chuckle again. "But changing the subject, there's something I need to tell you."

"And what's that?" Robin asked.

"Robin…do you think I'm boring?"

"What?" Robin asked, showing a hint of laughter in her voice.

"I asked, do you think I'm boring?"

"Really?" Robin laughed at the question.

"Same reaction as Luffy and Nami." Zoro thought.

"Zoro, where would you get an idea like that?" Robin said.

"It's just that…we haven't really had any…um…fun in love life for a while and I was worried you were bored of me, and that we'd lost the spark. So I asked Luffy and Nami for advice on how to be more romantic with you. That's why I offered to help you with your sun block, get you a drink or take you for that walk."

"But that moment we spent in the rock pool was your idea wasn't it?" Robin asked.

"Oh yes, that part was my thinking." Zoro said.

"Then there's your answer. You knew how to be romantic all along. You just had to wait for the right moment." Those last words echoed in Zoro's mind as he recalled Luffy and Nami saying the same thing about their love life. "And as for why I haven't been more intimate with you recently…well that was just because I was too caught up with my reading. I can't pretend none of this is my fault. I'm sorry if I made you feel left out and I'm sorry I got you worried about our spark. But I want you to know that it never went out. If anything, you just made it stronger. But I promise you, from now on I will make more time for our love life."

"Thank's Robin. I love you." Zoro said.

"I love you too. So much." Robin replied as she kissed him sweetly, but then a small glint of lust appeared in her eye. "You know. You were right. All that sun today has really warmed me up. I feel a little stuffy in all this clothing." She said seductively as she pressed her chest against Zoro's, making him blush as he looked away from her cleavage. "Do you think, maybe…you could come help me change into something a little…lighter~?" she asked as she pressed up against him again, wrapping her arms around his neck forcing him to look deep into her beautiful, azure eyes. Zoro stared lustfully into them before he grinned and gently picked her up, bridal style, and began to make his way out of the aquarium bar, but not before turning aback.

"Hey, Luffy?!" he called to his captain who looked at him, as did Usopp, Chopper and Blizzard. "I'm afraid one of you guys will have to take my watch for tonight." Luffy looked at his first mate for a few seconds before her grinned cheekily at him and flashed him a wink and a thumbs up.

"I've got ya covered, Zoro." He said, as Zoro smiled back at him and continued on to his and Robin's room to begin a night that would take their love life to the next level.

The End