*creeps out of her hiding place* Uhm... hello guys! I'm sorry you all had to wait so long! I know it has been ages and I've been back from Norway since ages, but it took me a while to finish this chapter and then I had to wait for my friends to pre-read and... I know, just stupid excuses. :P

Anyway, I'm back! And this chapter is more than 3 times as long as the other chapters! So I hope that makes up a bit for the long time I've been away.

So thank you for still following my story and thanks to my pre-readers! I hope you all enjoy the chapter!


Chapter 12

"Vivi!" Zoro shouted when he walked towards his friends sitting in the canteen. "Why the hell didn't you wake me up?!"

The blue haired girl looked up at him, her face shocked because of Zoro's hostile tone. "I-I thought, you seemed tired, I couldn't bring myself to wake you. I thought it wouldn't do any harm if I'd let you sleep. Did something happen? Did you get scolded by a teacher or something?"

The swordsman growled: "That would have been better." Then he noticed Robin. "And where the hell have you been?" he asked. The woman had left the house before him, but had been absent from their first class that day, which was strange for her.

"Crocodile's office," she answered simply.

Zoro was surprised. "The faculty boss? What were you doing there?"

"He hired me as his new personal assistant," Robin said as if such a thing happened every day.

Her friends – being Vivi, Usopp, Luffy and Zoro – gawked at her. "What?! Why?!" they all exclaimed, though not exactly at the same time, so it just sounded like a lot of shouting. But Robin understood them.

"Please sit down," she said to Zoro and as he did so, she began to tell: "As Sabo told us, his former assistant had graduated, so he needed a new one. And I was interested, so –"

"Why? I don't like him!" Luffy said, frowning.

Robin smiled at him. "As a personal assistant you get more access to archives and other areas you won't get as a normal student. Besides, it pays well."

Luffy scoffed and crossed his arms. Usopp laughed. "Luffy is probably just afraid you'll get to see how many complains there will be about him."

The boy with the straw hat grinned. "Like I care." He stood up so abruptly that his chair fell on its back. "Usopp, let's do an eating-contest!"

"What?" the long nosed guy said, confused by the sudden change of subject. However, he quickly recovered himself and looked over to the kitchen. "I would love to, I mean, I would obviously win, but the catering isn't open yet."

Luffy's mood immediately dropped and his stomach growled. "Aww, I'm hungry." The others laughed.

Vivi looked a while at Usopp. "Your hair is getting pretty long, Usopp," she said. "Compared to the picture with you and Kaya you showed me yesterday, your hair now is already quite a few inch longer."

The man blushed slightly. "Yeah, Kaya likes it, so I'm not planning on a haircut any time soon."

"I'm sure she likes the muscles you're building too." Ace and Sabo had appeared behind them, the former laying his hand down on Usopp's shoulder.

The younger man blushed even more. "You noticed? I-I have been working out a bit lately…"

Zoro snickered. He'd noticed too, but it was sure Ace-like to say something about it.

"You know, actually…" Usopp began a little shyly. "Kaya says she would like to see me with a goatee, but I'm not so sure about that. What do you think?"

"I think it would look good on you!" Vivi said.

"Yeah, you should try it!" was Ace's opinion. He and his brother sat down. "And Zoro likes goatees too." He said with a wink to the swordsman.

The green haired man smirked. "Shut up, Ace."

"So, no one's against it?" Usopp asked a little surprised. Everyone shook their head or shrugged, so the man sighed. "All right, I'll try it then."

"Good. Now we're all here,…" Zoro began. "We decided to throw a housewarming party and you're all invited!"

Luffy's face was all happy again. "Woohoo! A party! With lots of food!"

Zoro smiled. "I'm sure you'll love my cook. Er, our cook." A blush crept up his cheeks because of the slip of the tongue he'd made.

The others chuckled, but Luffy's eyes shone in awe. "You've got your own cook?!"

"Yeah, Sanji's a chef, so he always cooks for us," Zoro explained.

"That's awesome! Tell him I like meat!" The black haired boy started drooling, probably from the thought of the food.

The swordsman laughed. "Sure. Anyway, you can bring your boyfriends, girlfriends or just good friends too, if you want."

"When will it be?" Sabo asked.

Zoro looked at Robin. "We didn't decide yet. I guess when most people are free." The woman nodded approving.

"Tomorrow!" Luffy shouted enthusiastically.

"That's too soon!" Zoro pointed out.

Usopp shrugged. "I'm free tomorrow."

Vivi nodded. "Me too."

Ace thought for a moment. "I've planned to see Marco, but since he can come too, I guess there won't be a problem for me either."

"Yeah, I've got nothing to do either," Sabo commented.

Zoro looked a little perplexed at Robin again to see what she thought of it. She chuckled and shrugged. "It seems like everyone here is available. But If I'm right, Cook-san works on Friday evening."

Just at that moment Zoro saw the blonde chef walking on the other side of the canteen, as if it was on cue. He stood up and brought his hands up to his mouth. "OI, DART-BROW!"

"You know, Zoro, I don't think that's the way to win his heart. Or his ass or whatever you're after," Ace advised him.

The green haired man watched as Sanji turned to face him, a deep scowl on his face. Zoro beckoned him to come over. When he saw the blonde drawing closer, he smirked at Ace. "Just because I've got another approach than you, doesn't mean it doesn't work."

"What do you want, Marimo?" Sanji said annoyed when he was close enough.

'You,' Zoro had almost answered. But he didn't. "You gotta work tomorrow evening?"

The cook looked him in the eyes. Zoro felt the tension rise between them and he had to keep reminding himself that they were not at home and that he could not kiss him within the company of the others. The eye-contact remained for a few silent seconds and Zoro started to doubt his lover would answer the question.

Just as he wanted to ask him again, Sanji spoke. "No, I've got the week off." He looked away and saw the others sitting at the table. "Hi, Vivi-chan, Robin-chwan~! You look so lovely today!" He said adoring. Then he turned back to Zoro. "Why did you wanna know?"

"They all wanna hold the housewarming tomorrow, so if your friends are free as well…" Zoro explained.

"And Nami-swan! I told her she could come too!" Sanji said and he took his phone out of his pocket. "I'll ask my friends. If you give me Nami's number, I'll send a message to her too."

"I don't have her number," Zoro argued.

"I have!" Vivi put in. "I'll call her." She got up and walked over to a more quiet place, her phone already in her hand.

"Sanji, I want meat!" Luffy said, looking seriously at the blonde.

The cook raised his eyebrows and then smiled. "Sure, I'll make some meat snacks tomorrow."

"I don't think that'll be enough," Zoro, Ace, Sabo and Usopp said in unison.

"OK… I'll make a lot of them then." Sanji send out a message and within a minute his phone beeped two times. Both of his friends seemed to be available and when Vivi came back she told them even Nami could come.

So it was decided. The party would be tomorrow.


The next day Zoro and Sanji went to do the shopping together. When they arrived at the supermarket they both got a cart.

"Alright, I'll get the food, you'll get the drinks?" Sanji suggested.

Zoro nodded. "Sounds good. You might need an extra cart though, Luffy really eats a lot. At least five times as much as I."

The cook's eyes widened. "FIVE TIMES?!"

"At least," the swordsman answered.

"But he's smaller and less muscular then you! Oh well," Sanji sighed. "I will keep it in mind."

Zoro smirked. The other man had gotten a slight blush on his cheeks when he talked about Zoro's muscles. So he likes them, hm? The green haired men took one step to close the distance between them and kissed Sanji on his lips.

He was roughly pushed away almost immediately. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, SHITTY MOSS-HEAD?!" Sanji looked around panicky. There were almost no other costumers at this time of the day, and only one looked up when he heard the cook shout. The blonde scowled at the man and hissed to Zoro: "We're in a freaking supermarket! Everybody can see us here!"

The swordsman scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, I forgot."

"You forgot?!" Sanji repeated disbelieving.

"Well, I'm not an idiot who's scared of anyone seeing anything!" Zoro scowled at him.

Sanji scoffed and padded his pocket to get a cigarette. "Of course not, you've got only moss for brains, so you can't think of something like that." He placed a cigarette between his lips and lit it.

Zoro gritted his teeth. "Shut up, Dart-Brow! You're not even allowed to smoke in here!"

"I don't care." Sanji took a long drag which seemed to calm him down a little.

"I'm sorry, Sir," A young woman, wearing the supermarket uniform, immediately came walking towards them. "Sir, you are not allowed smoke inside the building."

"Ah, I'm sorry, my beautiful flower!" Sanji smiled at her. "I wasn't thinking. I'll put it out right away." He took one other drag and then put his cigarette out in his pack, which was empty beside the one he'd returned just now.

The girl looked a little confused from Sanji to Zoro and back, but then nodded approving. "Thank you."

Zoro grunted. "Let's do the shopping."

They decided to meet again at the same place they started, within half an hour. However, it took Zoro a little while to find the department with drinks – when would they start organizing supermarkets in a logical fashion? – and some more time when he needed to get extra carts, so he arrived just a little later.

When he arrived at the spot they agreed on, Sanji was looking bored, doing something on his smartphone. He looked up when he noticed Zoro nearing and his jaw dropped. "Three carts?! Don't you think that's a little exaggerated?" He scanned the contains of the carts and shook his head in disbelieve. "I shouldn't have let you take care of the drinks."

"What? Don't like it?" Zoro asked. "Of course we need this much, it's a party."

"Even IF we would need this much – which we don't – don't you think you've forgotten something?" Sanji seemed to try really hard to keep calm.

The green haired man looked into his carts, but couldn't find anything that they needed but wasn't there.

The cook grunted. "Please tell me you hid something non-alcoholic under that pile of beer and sake."

Zoro raised his eyebrows. "Why? It's a party!"

"That doesn't mean everyone likes to drink alcohol!" Sanji had lost his patience. "I swear, you're like a little child I need to take care of, sometimes. Go empty at least one of these and fill it with cola and milk and other kinds of NON-ALCOHOLIC drinks."

Zoro complained a bit more before doing as he was told, but more because he thought it was funny to see Sanji all worked up, than that he really didn't want to do it.


"Oi, Moss-Head," Sanji said that evening when he was finished preparing the food for the party. He cleaned his hands and sat down on the couch next to Zoro. "Just to make sure, you're not gonna say or do anything inappropriate tonight, right?"

The green haired man looked up at him with a bored look. "Yeah, yeah, no one may know, I get it already. You should worry more about yourself." He smirked. "If you're gonna get drunk again and say things like how beautiful I am…"

"Shut up, shitty swordsman! That was the first and the last time someone ever called you beautiful!" Sanji exclaimed with a bright red face while he jumped up.

Zoro did the same. "How can you criticize my swordsmanship if you've never seen it, shit cook?!"

"Ha, then show it to me, Grass-Head!" the cook challenged him.

"With pleasure!" Zoro turned towards his room to get his swords. "It'll be your funeral, though."

"Boys!" Robin had suddenly appeared in the living room too. "Can you please save your lovers-quarrel for another time? The guests will be arriving at any minute."

"It's not a lovers-quarrel! He's just a fucking moron!" Zoro shouted, while Sanji practically sang:

"Haaai, Robin-chwaaan!" after which he gave his lover a dark look. "You'll have to show me another time, Moss-Head."

"Fine." The swordsman sat down again and took a deep breath to calm himself. "So you've got friends from Shells Town coming?"

For a moment Sanji looked as if he wasn't going to talk to him anymore, but then he too sat down again. "Yes, one." As if on cue, the doorbell rang. "I'll get it."

A short while after, a tall man entered the room, slightly bowing his head to fit through the door. Zoro blinked a few times to get adjusted to the rather strange appearance of the man. As said, he was incredibly tall, but also terribly scrawny – Zoro could swear he saw his bones through his skin – and had a huge afro with a top-hat resting on it.

"Yohohohoo, what a fantastic place you've got, Sanji!" the man said as he looked around.

The blonde smiled. "Thanks Brook, but it's all because of the lovely Robin-chwan, who bought this place and was so kind to rent out some rooms!" He danced towards the black haired woman as if to present her to his friend.

The tall man walked towards her and bowed to her. "That's very kind of you, Miss Robin. My name is Brook. May I please see your panties?"

"Brook, work on your manners already!" Sanji scolded him. He kicked him towards Zoro, while murmuring an apology to Robin. "And the green head is Zoro, but you can call him Marimo too."

"Oi, you're the only one who's calling me that! And no one said you could!" The swordsman protested.

The tall man introduced himself: "I'm Brook. Nice to meet you, Zoro."

The green haired man smiled at him, glad he didn't take over Sanji's ridiculous nickname for him.

Soon after that, Vivi came in, shortly followed by Sabo and Luffy. Sanji was doing his best to keep the latter from eating the food already, since he only wanted to serve it when all the guests were present. Zoro smiled at the sight of the two of them wrestling with each other.

"Ah, you must be Kaya," he heard Robin say at the door. Zoro looked aside and saw Usopp standing with his arm around a slim blond girl.

"Yes, and you must be Robin." The girl smiled. "Usopp has told me a lot about you."

Only then Zoro noticed a boy hiding half behind the couple. Or rather, he probably thought he was hiding, but his body was in the space beside them, instead of behind them, so everyone could see him just fine.

Robin smiled at the boy. "And who might you be?" she asked friendly.

The guy looked surprised and a little scared that she'd seen him so easily. "Ah, I-I'm Chopper." He shook her hand shyly.

"Chopper is a good friend of mine," Usopp said as the trio came inside. "He started medical school this year together with Kaya."

"Really?" Robin asked. "You still look very young. How old are you?"

The boy had followed his friends cautiously. Zoro thought he was actually kind of cute, in a childish way, or like a young animal.

"I'm fifteen," he said, already a little more comfortable.

"Oh, you must be very smart then," Sanji commented.

Chopper smiled with a blush on his cheeks and did some sort of happy dance. "Shut up! Your compliments don't make me happy at all, bastard!"

Sanji looked confused at the others, who shared his look, except for Usopp, Kaya and Luffy. The latter just laughed and walked towards the young boy. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy, let's be friends."

Chopper looked a little insecure to Usopp and then to Luffy. "You wanna be my friend?"

"I told you, they'd like you," Usopp smiled.

"This is going to be a Suuperr party!" Franky's voice reached them even before he'd entered the apartment.

Zoro flinched when he heard the man say 'super' since it immediately reminded him of the last time he'd heard that. He looked at Sanji and if the uncomfortable look on his face was anything to go by, he was thinking the same.

The new guests sat down, but Luffy walked restless up and down. "Sanji, is everyone here yet? Can we eat yet?"

"Are you stupid?" Sabo looked at his younger brother and shook his head. "Ace isn't even here yet, so how could we be complete?"

Sanji sighed. "Alright, at least wait until Nami-san arrives. I want to be sure she gets to taste my cooking~!"

Meanwhile, the hosts served their guests drinks. The others would probably arrive soon. Zoro noticed that Franky asked for cola and Brook ordered milk, exactly the two non-alcoholic drinks Sanji had specifically ordered him to get, earlier that day. The blonde must have known those were their favorite beverages.

Just when everyone was sipping their drinks, the doorbell rang again and Nami and Kohza came in. Apparently they'd met on their way to the party.

Luffy went over to the newly arrived guests and placed his hand on the woman's shoulder to get her attention. "Oi, are you Nami?"

"Huh?" she looked at the seriously looking boy in front of her. "I am. Why?"

"YES!" Luffy pulled the surprised girl into a hug. "SANJI! FOOD!"

"Oi, get off me," Nami said a little annoyed and pushed him away.

Zoro couldn't suppress a laugh. This was to be expected from the always hungry Luffy. The green haired man looked at Sanji while emptying his first bottle of beer.

The cook did as he had promised and after taking Nami's coat and greeting his fellow student-assistant he went to the kitchen to get the first food for the evening, a cake in the shape of a house, pink and decorated with whipped cream and strawberries.

Really? And that guy still pretends he's not gay? Zoro thought. The cook had made a fucking pink cake!

"YAY, CAKE!" Chopper squeaked happily, almost drooling at the sight of it. Zoro was a little surprised. How could you be so happy with something that looks that sweet and probably tastes that way too?

Luffy's eyes started to shine too. "Ooh! That looks delicious~!"

"It is delicious," Sanji corrected him. "Just save a piece for the ones who have yet to come." He made sure everyone got a piece, before he put the last part back into the fridge. Of course he served the women first, giving them the best parts and he served Zoro as last.

The swordsman looked from the plate containing the piece of cake in the cook's hand to Sanji's face. "It's pink," he commented.

"So what?" The blonde asked, his eyebrow raised. "It matches the taste of it."

Zoro sighed. "Yeah, I was afraid of that."

"What? Don't like sweet things?" Sanji asked. He seemed a little offended.

"Not really," his lover answered, but he grabbed the plate anyway, before the cook could pull it back. Sanji had made it, so even if it was sweet, it had to be good.

The blond student-assistant smiled and sat down with his own piece, when the doorbell rang again.

"That must be Ace," Sabo commented. "He's usually one of the first to show up at parties, so he's pretty late for his doing."

Zoro pressed the button to open the front door downstairs and opened the door to their apartment. He soon saw a head full of freckles coming up the stairs. "Hey, Zoro! I'm sorry we're late! I hope Luffy hasn't eaten everything already!"

The green haired man chuckled. "You're lucky. Sanji saved you some." He let Ace walk past him, into the room. He was followed by Marco, who still looked at him as if he didn't fully trust him yet.

"Oh, and I've brought a friend too," Ace said from behind him.

And sure enough, when Marco was inside, Zoro stood face to face with Trafalgar Law. They looked at each other emotionless for a few seconds, but then a small grin appeared on Law's lips. "Hey, you're still alive."

"Of course I am," Zoro said a little annoyed. "But not because of your boyfriend."

The medical student chuckled. "Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Though he's not my boyfriend."

The swordsman rolled his eyes. "Whatever, you know what I mean," he said and gestured the man to come inside.

"Well, that would make us complete, doesn't it?" Robin said.

Zoro grinned. "Let's drink to that!"

"More food!" Luffy screamed.

Sanji did his best to keep Luffy away from the fridge, while serving the new guests their piece of the cake. Meanwhile Zoro gave them their drinks and got a new beer for himself in the process.

When Ace got his cake, he looked at it with a funny look and then looked at Zoro knowingly. "It's pink…" he whispered, so that Sanji wouldn't hear it.

"I know, he's an idiot," the green haired man said quietly, but louder than Ace.

"Who's an idiot?" Sanji asked, giving him a dark look. He probably had a very good idea whom they were talking about.

"Oh, no one!" Ace said casually. "Just someone Zoro likes."

"Shut up, Ace." The swordsman could kick the man's ass for saying he liked Sanji. "I don't like him that much." The cook didn't need to know how much he actually liked him.

A small smirk crept up the blonde's face. "So you like an idiot… you must be pretty stupid yourself then."

Zoro glared at him, but before he could say anything back Sabo called out from off the couch. "Oi, Ace, why are you late?"

The green haired man chose to ignore Sanji for now and listen to the conversation of his friends.

"Oh, well, after Marco and I went shopping, we first had to pick up Law," Ace started his explanation, while walking towards the living room and joining his brother on the couch. "But when we were on our way here, we had a little interruption…"

Sabo raised his eyebrows. "An interruption?" he asked in need of an explanation.

"A fire truck passed by with alarms on," Law answered while he sat down on a chair.

"You know how it goes," Marco added, sitting down on the empty spot beside Ace.

Apparently Sabo knew, because he sighed deeply. However, Zoro didn't have a clue about why that explained the story. When he looked at Ace, a weird kind of glister had appeared in his eyes. "So… what happened?" the swordsman asked.

Marco turned to him. "When Ace sees a fire truck going to an emergency, he always has to follow to see where the fire is."

"It was magnificent," Ace sighed.

"It was a freaking house burning down, Ace!" his boyfriend said, shaking his head in disbelief. "Someone's lost their entire home. You really enjoyed it too much."

"Of course I don't like it that someone's lost their home!" Ace said in defense. "But it still looked beautiful! The all-consuming flames climbing up high in the sky, the warmth coming from them…"

"Oi, Marco," Sabo interrupted his brothers dreamy description of the fire. "He was with you the whole afternoon, right?"

"Hey, what are you implying?!" Ace said a little offended.

Marco chuckled. "It wouldn't be the first time you set something on fire. But yes, I've kept my eye on him the whole time," he answered Sabo's question.

"Those were accidents!" the black haired man protested.

"Ha, accidents you enjoyed!" Sabo accused him.

Zoro shook his head, laughing.

"So Ace," Luffy began, chewing on something he eventually had gotten from Sanji. "What did you buy?"

Ace smirked. "I've bought a new phone! I'll call him Little Ace 2."

"Two?" Zoro asked curiously. "Than what's Little –" At that moment he realized what Little Ace 1 must be and the cheeky grin on the freckled man's face confirmed this thought. "Never mind. I didn't ask. So what kind of phone is it?"

Ace chuckled while getting his brand new phone from his pocket to show to his friends. "It's a Samsung Galaxy Ace!" He proudly presented it to Zoro.

The green haired man laughed. "Let me guess, you only bought it because of the name, didn't you?"

"No, it's really a good phone!" Ace protested.

But Marco looked at Zoro and said with a nod: "He did. As soon as he saw the name, he had decided this would be the one."

"Well, the add said 'smart and sexy', so it's just like me! I had to buy it!" Ace said in defense.

Marco snorted. "The sexy part might be true, but…" he said with a small, teasing smile.

"Oi, oi," Ace protested and they continued bickering until Marco kissed the younger man.

Zoro laughed and looked around to see if anyone needed a new drink. Nami and Vivi were talking with Kohza – Zoro remembered Vivi saying that she and Kohza were childhood friends – Usopp was talking with Franky and Robin, and Kaya, Chopper and Law were also chatting, probably about something medical. Sanji just put some snacks on the table and he and Brook were the only ones currently not in a conversation. The skinny man was looking a little surprised at Marco and Ace, as if he had never seen two kissing men before. He probably hadn't, Zoro figured. He watched the look on Brook's face carefully. It wasn't a disapproving look, but it wasn't approving either.

The green haired man walked towards him and stood next to him. "So you're from Shells Town, right?"

"That is correct," Brook confirmed.

"So…" Zoro was pretty curious about this and so he just had to ask. "What do you think about them, two guys together?" He saw Sanji stiffen from out the corner of his eyes. He was obviously listening to their conversation and taking a lot more time than necessary for whatever he was doing.

Brook was a little caught off guard by this question, but recovered quickly. "Well, it's their decision… they must do what they judge to be good."

Tsk, decision. As if you just decide to be gay, Zoro thought a little disappointed. But before he could say something Brook continued.

"It's not that I am against it, but it is just not very natural." Zoro had to keep telling himself to stay calm and let Brook finish his talking. "I mean, a man's body is made to love a woman, right? Not to love another man."

"That is not true," Law, who apparently also had been listening to the conversation, meddled in. "If you're talking about sex, a man's body is perfectly fit to have very enjoyable gay sex for both partners," the medical student told them. "In fact, if you study medicine, you'll learn in your first year how gay sex exactly works." Zoro noted how almost every other conversation had fallen quiet. Only Vivi and Kohza were still talking, the rest listening to what the doctor-to-be had to say. However, said man didn't plan on telling everything himself. "Chopper, you must have learned it already. Tell them how it works," he said with a small grin on his face.

"Eh?! Me?" Chopper said a little surprised, but when Law nodded, he began to tell anyway. "Well, if you penetrate the man's anus with, for example, a finger or a penis, you can touch the prostate, causing pleasurable vibes, which can get a man to his climax. Also, the sphincter muscle that controls the opening and closing of the anus, is very sensitive and can be the cause of pleasure too, though it can also be the cause of pain. For the man penetrating the anus, it could be compared to penetrating the vagina of a woman, just a little different. For example, you have to pay attention that –"

"Aah, Chopper, that's already too much information!" Usopp interrupted him, covering his ears with his hands.

Meanwhile Ace was laughing his ass off. "I don't think I've ever heard someone talk so innocently, yet so detailed about sex!" Zoro couldn't help but chuckle a little too.

"Thank you, Chopper," Law said with a wide smirk on his face. "You'll become a great doctor."

While the youngest of them said something offensive to Law because he complimented him, the dark haired medical student turned back to Brook, smirk still in place. "You see, how could this be possible if it was against the nature of the male body?"

Brook was speechless for a few moments but then said: "I'm sorry. I realize I wasn't informed enough," he said, to Zoro's surprise. "But still, two men cannot give birth to children."

"As is the case with traditional couples of which the man or the woman is infertile. Some people are just not meant to get children of their own. Besides, don't you think there are enough people on this earth already?" Law laid his hands behind his head.

"There… might be a point in that," Brook admitted. He smiled at the tattooed man. "I take it you like men too?"

"Still got a problem with that?" Law said as an answer.

"Oh no, I think you must have misunderstood me. I've never had a problem with it," the man with the afro defended himself . "I just didn't understand it very well. Though I still don't understand how someone could not be attracted by the beauty of the female body, right Sanji?"

Zoro couldn't suppress a chuckle. If someone was to understand that, it was probably the blond cook.

Sanji was still standing beside the table he had put the snacks – already half of them were gone – on. "Yes… No…" He didn't seem to know what the right answer was and his face was slightly flushed. "I- I agree with you, Brook," he eventually said.

"Heh, sure," Zoro heard coming from the direction of Ace. It was said quietly, but just loud enough for the swordsman to hear and probably for Sanji to catch too, because Zoro could see the panic creeping up his face. However, Ace quickly spoke again. "Oi, Zoro, are we getting another drink, or not?"

"Yeah, yeah," Zoro said, deciding not to dwell any longer on the subject of same sex relations. "Another beer?"

"This is a house full of Japanologists, you must have sake and chopsticks, right?" Ace asked, a smile forming on his face.

"Eh, yeah, but what the hell do you want with that combination?" Zoro asked a little confused.

The freckled man looked at Sabo and both guys yelled in unison: "Sake bomb!"

Zoro was a little surprised by their outburst. "What?"

"Che, you don't know sake bomb, Marimo?" Sanji said while walking towards the kitchen. He opened the cabinet containing glasses. "I'm surprised. I thought an alcoholic like you would know." He got three pint glasses out of the cabinet and then turned around. "Who's up for a sake bomb?"

Ace, Sabo, Marco, Law, Kohza and Nami raised their hands. "Usopp will join us too!" Ace said.

"What? I don't even know what it is!" the long nosed man complained.

"Oh, come on, it's fun!" Ace said. "I'm sure you'll like it."

"OK, well give me one too, then."

As Sanji began to collect more glasses, Zoro walked towards him. "I'll join them too, Curly."

"I was already counting on that, Moss-Head."

Zoro was now so close to the cook that their bodies almost touched. The swordsman leaned in and said, right next to the blonde's ear: "Good."

Sanji took a deep breath. "Ever heard of personal space?"

"Like you mind it when I come too close," Zoro said almost whispering, but without moving away.

"I do. Now step aside or I'll kick you away from me."

Zoro grunted but did what Sanji said. "We need chopsticks?" He asked, while moving to the drawer containing the cutlery.

"Yes, one pair each," the cook answered. "So eight pairs."

Zoro got the chopsticks from the drawer, while his lover got eight sake cups , sake and beer. The chef brought everything to the table and gave everyone a filled pint glass, chopsticks and a filled sake cup.

Zoro sat down by the table as Ace began to explain. "Alright, everyone who doesn't drink this, would better remove his or her drink from the table for the time being." When the others carefully picked up their drinks, the freckled man continued. "You place the chopsticks on top of your pint." Some of the other drinkers who were already familiar with it, demonstrated what Ace was telling. "Exactly wide enough to let your sake cup just balance on it." When he had made sure everyone had his cup balancing right on top of the chopsticks, he said: "Now we repeat 'sake' three times and then yell 'bomb' while slamming our fists on the table. Then we can drink." He smiled broadly. "Everyone understood?"

When they nodded, Ace gave the sign to start and they all chanted in unison: "Sake… sake… sake… BOMB!" Sixteen fists hit the table at the same time, making it tremble and making the sake fall into the beer.

Zoro grinned and raised his glass. "Kanpai!"

The others followed him after which they all began drinking the still fizzing beverage. Ace and Zoro finished their drinks as first, exactly at the same time. The black haired man put down his glass, now only containing an empty sake cup, but suddenly his body went limp and he dropped face down on the table.

Vivi couldn't suppress a short squeak and a few other friends looked worried at the lifeless looking student. However, Marco didn't look the least bit shocked or worried. In fact he was a little surprised that most of the others looked that way. Chopper already began to shout that they should get a doctor, when the blonde said to the other guests: "What, you've never seen this happen before?"

A few of them shook their heads. "Y-You mean this is n-normal?" Usopp asked, joining his young friend in the panic.

"Calm down, Chopper!" Law said eventually. "You want to become a doctor, right? You should at least see he isn't dead." This seemed to calm the youngest medical student down a bit. "Ace is narcoleptic, he tends to fall asleep at random moments."

Zoro let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. So he's only fallen asleep.

"He could be awake within minutes, but it could also easily take half an hour," Marco explained while he lifted his boyfriend from the table and let him rest against his own body. "Zoro, would it be OK if I laid him down on your bed for the moment?"

Zoro nodded. "Sure, it's the middle room."

Marco lifted the freckled man up in bridal position as if he didn't weight a thing and brought him to Zoro's room.

Meanwhile everybody resumed their conversations or started new ones and the three hosts kept serving their guests drinks and food every now and then. It was only after Zoro's seventh beer, about half an hour later, that he noticed something. "Hey, Marco never came back, did he?" He asked to no one in particular.

Only Sabo and Law, who just had a short silence in their conversation, seemed to hear him. "Nope," the blonde said.

"Does he always stays with Ace while he's asleep?" Zoro asked. "I mean, he could come back to the party, right? Ace will join us again when he wakes up."

Sabo chuckled. "I think it means that Ace must already be awake for quite some time and they're enjoying a few moments alone." That comment made Law chuckle as well.

"What?" Zoro was confused for a short moment, until he fully registered Sabo's words. "Oh come on, Ace!" He stood up and walked towards his bedroom. He didn't want to have to clean his bed sheets before going to sleep tonight.

"Are you sure you want to interrupt them while they might be… busy?" Law asked him.

Zoro turned and gave the dark haired man an unimpressed look. "Don't worry, I'm getting used to it."

He took the last step to his bedroom and opened the door, prepared for whatever he might see. To his surprise and relieve, they both still had their pants on. However, they were lying on the bed, kissing passionately and their hands were all over each other. That is to say, Marco had one hand on the back of his boyfriends head and one inside the back of his pants, while Ace already had his hand inside the front of Marco's half open trousers.

As soon as Zoro was noticed, the kiss was broken and the blonde quickly retreated his hands. However, Ace didn't make an attempt to do the same and just smirked. "Hey, Zoro, decided to join us after all?"

"Join?" Marco repeated, asking Ace for explanation. He removed his boyfriend's hand from his pants.

"Yeah, I kinda, sort of invited him to a threesome," the freckled man explained.

Marco buttoned up his trousers. "What makes you think I would ever want to share you?"

Ace smiled. "That's cute!"

"No, it's not."

"Both of you," Zoro said with stern voice. "Get out of my room. Now."

Marco quickly stood up from the bed and pulled Ace with him. When he walked out of the room he murmured some apology. Zoro nodded at him, but send Ace a dead glare. He just knew this had been the freckled man's idea.

The raven haired man bowed his head. "I'm sorry, Zoro. I didn't think you would mind."

The honest apology made Zoro's anger disappear almost immediately. "Well, think again, next time."

"I will," Ace promised him. He walked back at the others. "Guys, let's do a drinking game!"

Zoro chuckled because of the sudden change of mood. He agreed with him, though. He was always in for a drinking game. Besides, he wanted to learn some more about his friends, so he said: "Yeah, let's play 'Never have I ever'!"

They agreed that everyone would compete in the game, though a few of them did it with non-alcoholic drinks. Zoro sat down between Usopp and Sabo and started to tell the rules for the few of them that didn't know the game. "It's very simple. One says 'Never have I ever' and then something he or she has never done. Anyone who has done that, needs to drink. You don't have to tell the story behind it, unless someone else drinks to it." He smirked. "The oldest may begin."

"Ah, that would probably be me," Brook said, making Zoro wonder how old the man actually was. The skinny man cleared his throat. "OK, Never have I ever… worn a dress."

Obviously all the girls had to drink. The guys were watching each other carefully but nothing seemed to be happening until one of them reached forward to pick up his wine glass. "You're a mean bastard, Brook."

Zoro looked with widened eyes at the cook, who drank some of his wine. Then he pictured the blonde wearing a pink dress and he started laughing. "You've worn a dress? You like cross-dressing?" the swordsman asked in between his laughs. Some of the others also chuckled.

"I didn't like it, Moss-for-Brains!" Sanji yelled, his face the color of a tomato.

Ace raised his bottle of beer. "I'll drink to your story!"

Zoro followed his friend's example. "With details!"

The cook rolled his eyes. "There's not much to it. I just did it because a lady practically begged me to do it. That's all."

"Only that lady turned out to be a man," Brook, who obviously already knew the story, added. This made Zoro and some others laugh even harder.

"Shut up, Brook! I didn't know that at the time!" Sanji looked away. "Next one. Luffy's turn."

"Alright!" The boy with the straw-hat put on a look as if he was thinking very hard. "Never have I ever… eaten a shark!" he said as if it was the best idea he'd ever had.

Of course it is about food, Zoro thought chuckling. However, he wondered if anyone ever had eaten a shark.

"At this rate I'm gonna get drunk in no time," Sanji said, as he took another sip from his wine.

Luffy's eyes started to shine and he sat at the edge of his chair. "Sanji, you've eaten shark meat?!"

The blonde chuckled, probably glad the subject had changed so easily. "Are you drinking on that question?"

"I am! I am!" Luffy said enthusiastically. He picked up his glass of cola and emptied it in one go. "Now tell me! Was it good?"

"It… wasn't really my favorite taste," the cook answered. "But it was a delicacy when I visited Iceland, so I couldn't leave without tasting it. The shark meat first needs to rot for about two till three months inside the ground before it can be prepared any further. Most people here wouldn't like it."

Luffy looked a little disappointed. "Naw, that's a pity. Though I would still want to try it!" He smiled again. "Do you have more food?"

"Sure." Sanji stood up and changed the empty snack plate with a full, nice smelling one and put a bottle of cola next to the boy to refill his glass himself. "OK, my turn." He sat down again. "Never have I ever woken up next to someone I didn't know."

Zoro wasn't the least surprised when he saw Ace slowly reaching for his drink. He was followed by Law and Franky.

"Ooh, you're bad guys," Kohza commented with a grin.

"I was drunk!" the three of them said in unison. But only Law added: "And stoned."

Robin picked up her glass. "Did they have the same sex you usually sleep with? Or was it a girl for you two and a man for Franky?" Smiling she sipped from her wine.

"Oh god, no. Apparently I was sober enough to choose a guy," Ace answered. And Law nodded too.

"Robin, I would never sleep with a guy!" Franky said surprised.

She shrugged, her smile never leaving her face. "It could have been, if you were drunk."

"No, don't worry, it was a girl."

Next up was Kaya. After a few moments of thinking she said: "Never have I ever dyed my hair."

Vivi, Franky, Sabo and Luffy started drinking immediately and a few moments later Marco joined them, as if he had forgotten about it. A few of the group looked expectantly at Zoro.

"Oi, Zoro, you don't want to say you were born green, do you?" Ace joked.

The swordsman shrugged. "Well, yeah, this is my natural hair color."

"Unbelievable, but true," Sanji helped him out.

That comment caught Ace's attention. He turned to face the cook with narrowed eyes. "How can you be so sure?"

Just then the blonde seemed to realize his mistake. "I've seen him… with stubble on his chin. It was green." His eyes flickered to Zoro and said green haired man smirked at him.

However, the swordsman had a question of his own and with that he changed the person they were talking about. "Oi, Luffy. Your hair is black… how could you have dyed it?"

The boy looked confused. "What do you mean? I was painting in art class and then I decided I wanted red hair, so I just painted it red!"

"Can you believe it?" Ace said. "It took a week to get every bit of paint out of his hair."

While some chuckled because of Luffy's idiocy, Kaya asked, nodding towards Sabo and Marco: "What color did you dye your hair? Or aren't you real blondes?"

"I was pretty rebellious as a teenager," Sabo explained. "So I painted my hair black when I was thirteen."

"I have had black hair for a very short period too," Marco answered. Zoro tried to picture the two of them with black hair. It just looked weird and he thought it was good they were back to being blond.

"Alright, now me," Usopp grinned evilly at Zoro and then at Ace. "Never have I ever done anything sexual with someone of the same sex!"

Zoro reached towards his bottle of beer – glad he finally got to drink – while his eyes never left the blonde chef a few seats away from him. He was immensely curious if he would be honest about this one. Sanji met his stare and though he leaned forward a bit, he didn't seem to have plans to drink on this one.

"What?! Sabo?!" Ace said in shock. "Why the hell didn't you tell me you were gay?"

Zoro looked aside and indeed saw Sabo drinking from his beer. When he put down his drink again he shot his brother an annoyed look. "Because I'm not!"

"But then why…" Ace quickly emptied his bottle. "I'm drinking to Sabo's story."

"I'm drinking to Robin's story!" Usopp said. Zoro looked surprised at the black haired woman. Had she been drinking too? He hadn't even noticed. Apparently Franky was just as surprised as he was, since his jaw was almost hitting the ground.

They heard a soft but evil chuckle. "Then I will be drinking to Sanji-kun's story," Nami smirked. Now everyone in the room looked at Sanji, surprised or just in shock. Zoro smiled. So he had drunken after all, just at a moment he thought no one was looking. Too bad for him Nami had caught him.

The cook looked a little shocked that he had been caught, but tried to hide it. "Alright, first Sabo," he said. He looked even paler than normal.

"Right, come on, Sabo, tell me!" Ace whined.

"OK, OK." Sabo leaned back into the cushions of the couch. "It was a one-time thing. I just think you should have experienced everything at least once in your life," he explained. "Though I might not have been very sober at the time either."

"When?" Ace asked curiously.

The blonde didn't dare to look his brother in the eyes. "At New Year's."

"At my fucking birthday?! You've got gay sex on my birthday and you don't even tell me?!" Ace said upset. However, he quickly recovered as his curiosity took over again. "How far did you go? Did you go all the way?"

"Yes," Sabo said, not bothering to hide it anymore.

"Who? Who was it with?"

"I… can't tell you that." Sabo still looked down as if he was afraid to make eye-contact with anyone. "We agreed to keep it a secret."

"Alright, let's move on to Robin then," Usopp said before Ace could complain again. "I want to hear her story."

The raven haired woman chuckled. "It is actually pretty similar to Sabo's story." Zoro decided he could empty his bottle in the meantime and got a new one for himself and Ace from the crate he had put under the table. Robin continued: "It was just an experiment. It was nice, but I missed something."

"A dick," Ace guessed. "Yeah, that's what you get with girls. They don't have a dick."

"They got breasts though," Sanji said with an admiring tone to his voice.

"OK, mister I-love-breasts, then tell us what you did with a guy." Ace smirked at him.

The cook's face turned red. "I-I was very drunk when it happened. And it wasn't much anyway, just some touching and stuff."

"But did you like it?" the freckled man asked.

"Of course not!" Sanji's eyes met Zoro's and the swordsman looked at him with a face that screamed 'liar'. The blonde looked away and added: "It's not something I like to talk about. Let's continue."

Zoro nodded. He had already thought about what he would say. "OK. Never have I ever seduced a police officer to avoid getting a penalty."

Ace coughed a little ashamed and then grabbed his bottle, followed by Nami.

"Nami!" Vivi seemed a little shocked by her friends confession.

The orange haired girl put her hands up in the air as sign of defense. "We didn't actually do anything! I just seduced him so he thought we were going to do something. And it worked!" She said smiling.

"And Ace, did it work for you too?" Kaya asked chuckling.

"Oh, yeah, it did. I was taken to the police station… however, the punishment I got was definitely not a bad thing," Ace told smirking.

Marco looked a little cautiously at him. "This was before you met me, right?"

"Of course," his boyfriend answered. "I love you, that officer was just hot and nice for a night at the police station. Before I met you."

A short silence followed and Sabo decided to continue the game. "Never have I ever had sex inside a university building." He stuck out his tongue at Ace and Marco, who both needed to drink at this one.

Of course, Law drunk too, though it surprised Ace. "Really, Law? Have you finally made progress with Kidd or was it someone else?"

The doctor-to-be smirked. "It was Kidd. We had sex. Inside a classroom."

Che, I'm glad you didn't stop because of me, Zoro thought, rolling his eyes. The guy even seemed proud of it!

"Now that we're talking about it…" Law continued. "Never have I ever caught someone in the act." He smirked at Zoro.

"You really aren't ashamed of anything, are you?" The swordsman said, after which he drank half of the beer in his bottle.

"Nope," was the answer he got.

"Zoro caught you?" Usopp asked, his eyes wide.

"Yeah," Law answered. "What were you doing there, by the way?" He took a sip of his beer, to show that he expected a good answer to that question.

Zoro sighed. "I was listening to a lecture when I fell asleep. When I woke up, the lecture was over and you and that Kidd-guy were there."

"Oh!" Vivi covered her mouth with her hand in shock, though she also couldn't suppress a giggle. "I'm so sorry, Zoro. I should have woken you up!"

"Yes, you should," The green haired man said. "But it's OK, don't worry."

"Right, never have I ever kissed a girl!" Ace said smiling.

Zoro drank the other half of his beer, while looking around. The only one he was surprised to see drinking too, was Nami. However, he didn't have time to say anything about it, because Sanji and Ace both looked surprised at him. "You've kissed a girl?"

"I thought you hadn't kissed anyone bef-" Sanji said, quickly cutting off his sentence before he talked too much again.

"I did sort of kiss with a girl once," Zoro nodded, already reaching for another beer bottle.

Sanji drank from his wine, his eyebrows raised. "Tell me about it."

Zoro smiled when he remembered that day, both Kuina and he wanting to get some experience. "We were kids, we wanted to try what it was to kiss. She was my best friend."

"But… she isn't here, right?" Vivi asked him cautiously.

"She died a few weeks after the kissing incident," he explained. The others remained quiet, so Zoro said: "But let that not kill the mood, it's been a long time ago. So Nami, tell us your story." He began drinking again.

"Oh, well, it was with a friend and we'd had quite a few drinks already and yeah, we kissed. Nothing really interesting," she explained. "So, now's Marco's turn."

Said man leaned back, thinking. Then a small smirk appeared on his face. "Never have I ever fallen asleep during sex. Foreplay counts too."

Ace snorted. "You wanna get me drunk, don't you?" He was the only one who had to drink.

Marco smiled. "Maybe."

"Oi, Marco, are you that bad?" Law asked grinning.

"No!" Ace said. "It was because of my narcolepsy! I couldn't help it! Marco isn't bad at all! You would be jealous if you knew how good he was!"

"Thank you, Ace," Marco said with closed eyes, obviously a bit embarrassed by his boyfriend's outburst.

Said boyfriend chuckled and then whispered something into the blonde's ear, which made the smile return to his face.

The game continued with Vivi, who said she'd never stolen anything. The three brothers, Nami and Law had to drink. When asked what they had stolen, Sabo told them that the three of them used to do eat-'n-run quit often when they were younger.

"And even now sometimes, though much less than we used to," Ace admitted with a grin.

When the group looked expecting to Nami, she put on her most innocent smile. "Just little things… nothing that would be missed… immediately."

"So, what did you steal?" Kohza asked Law.

The medical student smiled. "Someone's heart."

A few of them chuckled, but Usopp said: "That doesn't count. You really must have stolen something. Something physical, material."

"I did." Law's face was serious. "I have stolen someone's heart. The most important muscle in the human body."

"He really did," Ace confirmed. "He keeps it in a jar in his room. Pretty creepy."

"That's just gross," Nami said. The others looked at him with horror on their faces, except for Robin, who seemed to find it quite funny.

"Right…" Kohza started. "Never have I ever…." He had to think a bit, but then grinned. "Never have I ever used SM toys."

No one seemed to be very surprised anymore when Law was the only one who had to drink on that. However, nobody needed to know the details of his story, so they quickly continued.

"Never have I ever fooled around…" Nami began, "… with someone else in this room."

Zoro looked Sanji in the eye as he already leaned forward with the intention to grab his drink. However, Sanji gave him a look that promised him certain death if he would pick up his beer, so he decided against it. He didn't like to lie to his friends, but he also understood that if they would drink, they would easily be found out.

Of course the three couples in the room had to drink, but when Ace saw that Sabo was drinking too, he quickly looked around the circle of friends, his gaze ending at Law, who just put back his beer. It didn't took him long to connect the dots. "Oh my fucking god, Law! You fucked my brother on my birthday?!"

Both Sabo and Law laughed sheepishly. "I guess we've been found out after all," the blonde said.

"I can't believe you guys!" Ace said with his hands in his hair. "Why has not even one of you told me this?"

Sabo looked a little annoyed now. "You don't need to know everything, you know."

"Not everything, but this?!" Ace shook his head and decided to drink some more from his beer.

"Well, you know now, so problem solved, right?" Before Ace could complain again, Sabo turned to the black haired woman next to him. "Go ahead, Robin."

She smiled. "Thank you. Never have I ever had my sexual experiences filmed." Zoro could see the surprise on her face when Franky reached for his drink.

Ace, who still had his beer bottle in his hand, drank the whole remaining content. "Hm, Marco, you should drink too."

The blond man looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Ace, why don't I know I have to drink on this one?"

Now it was Ace's time to laugh sheepishly. "Oh, because I filmed it secretly. I knew you would behave differently if I'd told you."

The look on Marco's face was dark when he brought his drink to his mouth. "When we get home tonight…"

"Yes, you should keep that for tonight," Franky winked at them and continued with the game. "Never have I ever had a sexual fantasy concerning a teacher. And with teacher I mean anyone who teaches, so it could be a student-assistant or a sport-instructor too." The blue haired man grinned when Robin drank the last of her wine.

Zoro smirked when he drank from his beer and send Sanji a short wink. The cook blushed and quickly looked away.

A little shyly Vivi picked up her drink too. Usopp saw it and said: "Oh, Vivi, tell me about the man!"

"No, I'd rather not." She laughed a little uncomfortable. But when Usopp said he'd drink to it, she said: "All I can say is that he is pretty hot and in his early twenties."

"Do you know him from the university?" Zoro asked, just to have a reason to be drinking again.

"I can't say that."

They accepted that she didn't want to tell any more about the subject and continued. Chopper, the last one before they'd start another round, probably wanted to join in with the sexual questions, because none of them had expected this from him.

"Never have I ever seen a porn movie!" He said enthusiastically.

Every one of them – except Kaya, Vivi and Chopper – reached for their drinks and they all laughed when they put them down again.


Soo, that was it for today! Please please please let me know what you thought about the chapter! I'm very curious! You can be honest with me even if you didn't like it!

I will try to get the next chapter done within two weeks again, but since university started again I'm very busy lately, so I can't promise it'll be done in that time, but I'll try anyway.

As I said, please leave a review, I love to read them!