Title: Thread Holding the Button Fast
Author: Chibimono Akuno
Fandom: One Piece
Pairing: Zoro x Luffy :3
Rating: G
Word Count: 579
Warnings: Fluff. And again with red thread. I've already used that theme before.
Disclaimers: Not mine. Just pretending. Odachi is god.
A/N: For 101kisses, theme #20: A bit of colour.

Thread Holding the Button Fast
by Chibimono Akuno

With great concentration and skill, the wet tip of a red thread slipped easily through the itty bitty slit of a tiny silver pokey-thing. Luffy added the little pokey-thing to the list of sharp objects that Zoro could handle excellently. That put the list to a grand total of four now, but that was still impressive in the captain's eyes. After all, there was no way in all the Grand Line that he would be able to get the thread through the teeny tiny hole. But it was awesome watching Zoro do it, because he got it right every time.

"And just what in the hell are you two shitheads doing with Nami-san's sewing kit?" demanded a growl behind the captain and his first mate.

"Hi, Sanji! Is dinner ready? I'm hungry!" Luffy smiled with a wave. He received a kick to the head.

"You didn't answer my question, idiot!"

Luffy whined and rubbed his head. "Mou... But you didn't answer mine, either..."

"Luffy lost a button," Zoro said without looking up from his task. "I'm putting it back on his shirt." The shirt-less rubber boy nodded in emphasis. "Besides, this is actually my needle, and my spool of red thread."

"My my, a man that sews," Robin smiled as she stepped up along side the three, ignoring the cook's swooning to talk to her captain. "Such a becoming trait, wouldn't you agree, Sencho-san?"

"I just like it that Zoro puts my buttons back on," Luffy smiled. "He does it fast, and he puts it on just right, and then I'm ready to go. Ever since we left Coby behind."

"That's when I got it," Zoro grinned, gesturing with a nod towards the half-used spool.

Sanji let out a slow cloud of smoke. "So, you working towards being Luffy's wife or something?" Zoro reached out with the needle to poke the cook in the leg.

"You know, it wouldn't hurt you to learn to sew," Zoro growled as he knotted the thread on Luffy's shirt. "I'd think it would be embarrassing to have the harpy mend my shitty socks."

Color flushed Sanji's face as he sputtered, then growled. "She-! You-! It's out of love! Nami-swan does for me out of love!"

Robin only tittered behind a delicate hand.

"Yeah, uh-huh," Zoro laid down the sarcasm as he twisted the red thread around his pinky finger before bitting it free with his teeth. "Now are you done running your mouth? Because Luffy's 'bout to get his shirt back and you know the first thing he's gonna want."

"FOOD!" Luffy cheered, as if the cook did not already know.

"Yes, cook-san," Robin smiled as she linked her arm with Sanji and turned him towards the galley before an argument could really begin. "And I would like a cup of coffee at the moment, myself."

Testing the strength of the thread holding the button fast, Zoro seemed pleased with his work and gave it a nod. He held it out to his captain and let the boy shrug it on and button it up.

"Good as new!" Luffy smiled, patting the button where it sat against his chest. He leaned in to give the swordsman a quick, chaste peck on the cheek. "Thanks, Zoro!" And he was off in the direction of the galley as well.

Zoro picked up his spool and slipped his needle in among the red threads.

"No problem, Captain."

- owari -