If there is still anyone reading this, this and the next chapter conclude the story. Thank you for following it until now. And sorry for the feels, but I was inspired to write more of a sad story. I hope you enjoy the conclusion.
Zoro looked down at his feet. There was a dizzying amount of nothing below them. He closed his eyes and took a breath. He looked again. The ground was a long way down. From the bedroom window of his 15th floor apartment, there was no way he would survive. He sat in the windowsill staring at the alley below him.
A pungent whiff of cigarette smoke caught his attention. A curl of smoke and a familiar blond head poked out of the window a few feet to his right.
"What do you want." Zoro growled at his neighbour.
"Look, I just wanted to check on you. There was…" Sanji took his cigarette out and blew long stream of smoke into the chilly air. "Quite the racket. But then it stopped."
Zoro looked over at Sanji. The man casually looked out at the view, his cigarette hanging from his lips, arms crossed leaning on his own bedroom windowsill. His air was almost casual, as if they were chatting over coffee. But Zoro noticed that his one hand was gripping on the windowsill; so tight that his knuckles were white.
"I contemplated calling the cops," the blond man continued, ignoring Zoro's stare. "but I figured you probably didn't want them to know about this." He offhandedly waved his other hand in Zoro's general direction.
"Yeah. Thanks." it was gruff but sincere.
"So. She was really special."
"Yeah." Zoro felt his voice crack. "She was one of a kind."
"The silence dragged out for several moments, as if they were at the edge of something big, yet neither man spoke.
Finally Zoro confessed. "I- I don't know what to do."
Sanji removed the cigarette from his mouth again and blew the smoke toward the building across the parking lot. He turned to Zoro with an uncharacteristically serious face.
"You need to get help."
Zoro sighed and let his body sag. "Yeah"
"I'm sure there's someone at the police station for stuff like this"
