Title: Stirring in the Wind – Rating: PG

It was autumn in the city and Arabella was waiting by the park for Zoro so they can meet up with the others to see the latest movie for their theatre month which they have once a month. She checked her watch and was a bit concerned.

"He's later than usual, even when he does get lost…" she muttere to herself as she shivered from the wind. She looked down at her feet and thought about her time with Zoro.

Arabella and Zoro have been dating to a close year now and she couldn't be happier with the man she can call a boyfriend without hesitance.

"Oi! Ara!" Zoro called out, bringing her back to the present. "Shit," He stopped as he seemed to be running a cross country marathon. "That session lasted longer than needed, and that asshole of a bus driver dropped me off of the wrong stop!"

'He got lost.' she thought as she let him breathe before telling him that it was okay and that she was just glad that he was okay.

"You're such a wife," he said, making her giggle.

She remembered when he first said that after four months of dating and it was after a movie date when someone opened the theatre door too quickly, hitting him in the face and made his nose bleed. She dragged him to the men's restroom, not caring about the men that were already in there doing their thing.

"I'm fine…" Zoro groaned out in annoyance.

"You're still bleeding like a runny faucet," Arabella stated as she grabbed another few paper towels, doused them a little with water and carefully placed it under his nose while he dully stared at her with hint of annoyance, but not doing anything to stop her.

After fifteen minutes and half a paper towels in the dispenser later, Zoro's nose stopped bleeding and they missed at least five minutes of the movie they were going.

"Are you sure your nose isn't broken?" she asked on their way to the theatre.

"You're such a wife, you know that?" he replied as he looked at her dully.

They were halfway to the movie theatre when the sudden stirring of the wind picked up, making her rub her arms when Zoro wrapped his arm around her shoulders, bringing her close to him. She immediately felt warm, but she was happy as well.

"Better?" he asked as she nodded.

"Thank you Zoro."

"I just don't want you getting sick. But you're welcome," he said as they reached the theatre, where everyone looked a bit annoyed due to both of them being a bit late, but thankfully they've chosen a later timed movie and went to the small pizzeria not far from the theatre and ate there before going to the movie.

Sometime during the movie, Arabella felt a breeze that made her shiver and leaned against Zoro, who wrapped an arm around her and she immediately felt warm. After the movie, Mia was going to drive the girls back to the apartment while Law was doing the same for the guys, which is more of a pain for him because the guys live in separate apartments.

Arabella looked up at Zoro as he looked down at her. "This was fun."

"I guess," he said. "At least it wasn't a cheesy romance." She giggled as he lifted her chin and kissed her. "Good night," he whispered on her lips as he leaned back to see the dusty rose on her cheeks, which made him grin.

"Good night…" she said as the other girls were waiting on her, which he turned her around and playfully pushed her towards them, making her laugh as she waved at him before entering Mia's car and taking off.

That night she closed the bedroom window, due to it being chilly and the air coming into the room has made her feel a little uneasy. She curled up in three blankets, but she still didn't feel comforted. She was used to having Zoro's arm around her to give her the warmth and comfort needed, but she was a somewhat tough girl and can get by a month without that, because it would be like an oasis when they do meet up again. It still surprises her that the small things like that can take on a physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that could drive a normal, single person to go insane.

The next morning she was in the middle of filling in for someone on the cashier desk whom was helping a newbie out with understanding the cashier and how to work the system. While waiting, her second in command boss came out with her cell phone that she left in the back to charge, and told her that the hospital called and that Zoro was in an accident.

At first it took her a moment to process what was just said before going to the back to call Mia, who was on her way to bring lunch to Law and told her what she had been told. Mia quickly came by to pick her up as she told her second boss that she'll call if anything happens. Before she knew it, they were on their way to the hospital.

Once they were there, Mia led the way to Law's office, flipping and bitching at other people off that tried to stop them when they finally found Law who was looking over Zoro on the cot, a bloody bandage over his left eye.

"Zoro!" Running up to him as both men looked at her. "Are you okay? What happened?" She questioned before she looked at Law. "He's going to be okay, right?"

"Calm down. I'm going to look into more of what he may have screwed up, but the only thing that's in critical condition is his eye," He answered as a nurse said there's a room ready for him. He ordered a few nearby doctors and nurses to drag in Zoro to that said room. "Mia! You and Arabella stay in the waiting room!" He called out before disappearing behind the E.R. doors.

Arabella wasn't able to sit still though as she practically walked laps around the waiting room, which might've annoyed everyone there including Mia. No one tried to stop her though or give a complaint as she felt that darn change in the wind coming in from the automatic doors at the front of the hospital. She shivered from it as she stopped for a moment, realizing that her work shoes, not the most comfortable ones, were hurting her soles but that seemed to give her a reason to continue moving. Two hours later, Law finally came out saying that she's able to see him and told her the news about him losing his left eye and things of the like.

She didn't waste any time as she quickly headed over to the recovery room that Zoro was in and saw that he was okay, bored and a bit annoyed with the bandages, but alive and well.

"Hon, quit messing with your bandages," she said as she brought his hand down from the bandages, "Or else the nurses will be all over you." She smiled as the other scoffed.

"Like that will ever happen," he said dully as she giggled.

"You are handsome enough to be drooled over by the younger nurses here," she said as he rolled his one good eye before he looked at her, asking her what Law had to say about his left eye. She told him what Law had told her before silence filled the room for a moment before she gained some courage to ask him if it was going to be okay with him. His answer was only a shrug.

"Sure it's going to be a fucking bitch training with only one good eye, but it's not the end of the world," Zoro answered as he looked her way. "What about you? Will this affect you?"

Arabella was confused for a moment before telling him that she wasn't going to split so easily for something so small, which he chuckled and mentioned on the cot. She blushed but did so, enjoying the embrace she was in while liking the feel of his rough, labored hands go through her hair to the nape of her neck. Then she realized something, the window to the room was open, brining in crisp, warm autumn air into the room. 'Strange weather…' She thought as she enjoyed her visiting hours with him in that position in comfortable silence.