Chapter Twelve: Sexy time?
Orange had to go back to her hotel for the night. The departure wasn't as tearful as Bikki thought it would be. Orange would visit again later during her stay in New York. Zoro finally woke up from his "nap". He seemed like he was bothered by something.
"What's the matter with you?" Bikki asked as she got into bed. Zoro didn't budge from his position on the bed. He stared Bikki down with his stern eyes. She stared back, her eye brows arched in bemusement.
"I haven't had the chance…" Zoro said as he sat up and inched over to Bikki. His lips turned into a smirk. His arms wrapped around Bikki's waist and she gave him a look of surprise. Though it has been a little while, she was still having trouble comprehending such madness. If Zoro was open about his love life in the canon story line, he sure as hell wouldn't like someone so stupid, hypocritical, and insecure like Bikki. Her hazel eyes stared wildly into Zoro's jet black eyes as his face encroached on her personal space. "To do this kind of thing…" Zoro's lips met with hers in a soft kiss. No tongue, not yet at least. The usual case of a soft pink blush in her cheeks happened upon Bikki. Zoro took a moment before kissing her again, to gaze upon her oval face. She was still a bit shocked. He rolled his eyes at her and decided against trying to be mushy with her.
"Hey hey, I wanted you to keep going…" She said while he unraveled himself from her body. He was back in his sleeping position now, hands behind the back of his head and a disinterested expression on his face.
"You need to stop that…" Zoro said suddenly. Bikki made a face.
"Stop what?"
"That whole…I'm-not-good-enough thing…"
"I can't help it. I'm conditioned that way."
"Condition yourself not to be that way. Have some self esteem."
Bikki pouted. She did have self esteem. Okay, not that much but it was still there. She turned on her side so she wasn't facing Zoro. He was right though. It's been said many a time, both verbally and in those silly women's magazines, that men don't like it when a girl has no self esteem. Her head dropped when she realized how lucky she was to get this far in a relationship and with Zoro at that.
"Okay… I'll be good…" She said suddenly. She turned over and didn't see Zoro lying on her bed. Her brows rose and she turned back around and saw Zoro standing before her in boxers.
"Good, as in good to yourself…and me…right?" He said. Without warning, Zoro tackled her and she became lost in one of those sexy time moments. That's one of those times when writers get lazy and don't want to expand on how the manhood enters the womanhood and does dirty things. This writer will say there was some S&M involved.
The next morning, Bikki woke up, sore all over and decided not to get out of bed. Zoro on the other hand seemed perfectly fine. Lying in bed, staring at the ceiling Bikki wasn't expecting to see Taco and Nobu standing in front of her with anger seething from them.
"What?" Bikki said when she finally directed her sight on the two. Taco had her arms crossed and she leaned forward as she spoke, like she was on some television series or something.
"'What' is right. What the hell are you doing in bed when we have business to conduct?" She said, getting angrier by the second. Nobu looked less angry.
"Uh, don't take out your anger on her…" Nobu said. He became the opposite of angry. "We'll get to play some other time…"
"IT'S NOT FAIR!" Taco said as she smacked Nobu's arm. He recoiled. She hit pretty damn hard. "JUST CAUSE SHE'S THE MAIN CHARACTER DOESN'T MEAN SHE CAN HAVE SEX IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS!"
"Oi, keep your voice down!" Zoro said from the living room. Another voice accompanied him.
"Yeah, no one needs to know all of that!"
Bikki's face became more confused. Nobu put his hand on his face and shook his head slowly.
"My sister's here. We have a lead on Ryuu's wife." He said. He smiled weakly. "She's the one who can't have kids and…that's why Ryuu suggested you for a surrogate." Taco mumbled something about being pregnant already. Nobu gave her a look and then went back to explaining. "Now, don't be a moron and try something stupid. You'll just get kidnapped and we'll have to save you…"
"It's going to happen anyway." Taco said. Bikki nodded.
"Yeah, I'm like Princess Peach or something." She said. Nobu walked out the room for a lack of a good reply. Taco laughed and went over to the bed to drag Bikki out of it.
"You're an idiot…" She said. Bikki frowned.
"And you're not?" She said. Taco punched Bikki in the arm when she stood up beside her and walked out the bedroom. Bikki sighed and followed her out the room.
In the living room, Zoro and Arisa were sitting on the couch drinking beer together. Bikki tilted her head in bemusement.
"Aren't you a little young to be drinking alcoholic beverages?" She asked. Arisa looked at the bottle as if she was reading the ingredients.
"It's not a big deal…It's not like I'm going to be driving or anything…" She said. Nobu was standing in the kitchen and a fork was sent flying from his hand and landed on Arisa's head.
"NO DRINKING!" He said and she had some trouble getting the fork out of her head. Taco took a seat beside Arisa, snickering. Zoro was shaking his head before drinking more.
"Okay…since we're all here…" Nobu began as he stood in front of the T.V. with green smoke diffusing around him. Arisa rolled her eyes. He was using his magic just to be cool. Another fork went flying and she smacked it away and it hit Zoro in the head. His eyes darkened but he didn't act on his emotion, except he broke the beer bottle in his hand.
"That's enough you three!" Bikki said as she took a seat on the arm of the couch next to the angered swordsman. She motioned to Nobu. "Go on with your…spiel." Nobu nodded, as he eyed Zoro warily.
"Uh, ok… So, Lethe, Ryuunosuke's wife, is here. She's looking for William." Nobu said. "Which means, she'll probably yell at him for losing you," He pointed to Bikki as if they all didn't know that already. "And then she'll come looking for us to kick our asses."
"You said "kick our asses" as if she really is going to kick our asses." Zoro said while Bikki started to pick the glass shards out of his left hand.
"You're the only strong person here." Nobu said monotonously. Arisa raised her hand like a kid at school. Nobu nodded to her.
"Umm, Sensei… I am taught well in the art of magicks." She said. Nobu threw a fork at her and she smacked it away again and it hit Zoro in the head…again. He picked up a bottle of beer and threw it at Nobu with his right hand and Bikki started to yell at everyone. Nobu caught the bottle with his magic and then placed it down.
"Y'all need to stop playing around." Taco said.
William stared up at Lethe as she hovered over him with a whip in hand.
"Either you go and get that girl, or I'll kill you and then get her myself." She said her mouth twisted in a grotesque frown. William scrambled to his feet and did a small bow as Lethe crossed her arms and smirked evilly. He puffed away in red smoke and Lethe puffed away as well, in her black plumes.
