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- Chapter 20 / Can't Make You Mine

Sanji stared at himself in the bathroom mirror of his new home, the ship titled Thousand Sunny. His blue eyes were locked on the bruise on the side of his face. It sure enough had been a fracture Chopper had confirmed, and even with it now having been a month, the fucker was still there, very lightly, but an ugly faded darkness, and hints of yellow. God that yellow coloring just grossed him out. It made him feel like he was rotting or something. At that thought Sanji added a bit more of the make-up concealer to the area, making sure to blend it in well. The point after all to wearing any kind of make-up was to it make it look like you were not wearing any. It was not like he was some drag queen or anything, a man could still be a man, and wear make-up. All he really used was concealer for those needed times like now to hide marks, and eye liner sometimes because it made his eyes look even more amazing. From time to time he as well used some mascara, oh and of course he used chap stick. Because how nasty would it be for him to kiss someone with chapped lips. If you didn't think chap stick was a make-up accessory then you were just in denial. After all what was chap stick? You put it on your face to better enhance yourself. That's make-up!

After screwing the cap back on the bottle of concealer, Sanji used a bit of tissue to clean his hands off, as he kept one of his long legs stretched out, with his foot to the door. No he was not exercising, he was trying to make sure the bathroom door stayed closed. Since having moved in he could not even count the number of times he has been walked in on. Be him on the shit pot, in the shower, trying take a bathe, getting dressed, or at the mirror like now. It was just fucking ridiculous! It was not all from Zoro and Ace either. Though he knew damn well with those two it was no accident. Fuckers had to be timing it when he was in the shower! He really needed to get someone to add a lock to this fucking door.

Of course bathroom troubles were not the only problem he had with his new home. There had been the roommate issue. He nearly freaked out …ok he had freaked out when he had been told he had to have a roommate, due to the space on the ship. Sanji had always had his own room. Be it with his birth parents, when he first moved in with Zeff and in his mansion, or even when they became poor after going into hiding, HELL even as a slave he had, had his own room, had his own fucking apt.

Never the less he had sucked it up, and asked to be roommates with Chopper. The young doctor had then in turn freaked out, yelling all kinds of words Sanji didn't even knew the man knew, but basically claiming, 'there is no way in hell I'm sharing a room with that pervert'. So that idea went out of the window. Sanji really only had himself to blame for that, as maybe it had not been a good idea to have jumped on the doctor claiming they could share a bed to save room space. Still it had been kinda of worth it to see that shade of red come to Chopper's face.

In the end it came down to who had the free bed in their room. That was only Nami and Zoro. Sanji tried to talk Nami into the idea, but it was a no go, and he had been stuck moving in with Zoro, much to his distress, and Ace's horror. Zoro however was fucking as happy as could be, and kept pushing their beds together. Fucking asshole. It had lead to many mornings of Sanji waking up beside the drooling green-top, which would then lead to Sanji kicking the swordsman's ass across the room, and the fighting would start waking everyone. Ok so maybe it was not so bad waking up next to Zoro, but when he fucking drooled in your hair …eww!

Sanji picked up his chap stick, and popped the cap only then to run the balm over his pink full lips as he watched himself do so in the mirror. There were also bigger problems then roommate issues. One being … he still was having trouble with his performance. OH GOD NO! Not like that at all! His sex drive was fine! He had fucked both Ace and Zoro a few times now within the month he had been living here. His sex life in his mind was just fine. No trouble there at all. It was his performance in cooking. Try as he might he just could not get the nerve to cook again. Every time he tried his mind went back to seeing Zeff dead in the parking lot. He had pushed himself one morning, and ended up a crying mess which had him following up with putting cereal and milk on the table for everyone. Luffy was kind about it, and had said he could take the time he needed, but Sanji honestly didn't know if he would ever be able to cook again.

There was also someone that thought his sex life was not fine. Chopper kept trying to talk to him about that night after he had gone back to Doflamingo, before the day Zeff had died. It really had started to make Sanji nervous that Chopper might truly suspect what had happened, and in trying to get Chopper to shut up about it all, Sanji had agreed to see a therapist, some friend of Chooper's that would have free time next month or so to come over and talk to him. Lovely.

Sanji sat the chap stick down, and smoothed his hands over his golden hair, making sure not a hair was out of place. His bangs falling over the left side of his face like always, as now they had more of a mess to hide. He no longer had to wear a bandage on his face, but the wounds were still healing, being bright pink, and bumpy to the touch, with flesh over flesh in folds trying to still heal. The stitches were out as well, making it clear there would be ugly scars there for the rest of his life. Maybe if he saved up money he could get work done on his face, but that shit cost an arm and a leg, and if you could not get the best doctors to do it was not worth having done.

Speaking of wasted money, another problem was his party favors, his drugs. Ace kept going through his things throwing them out, and had even got Zoro now in on the project of helping him out, and Zoro was fucking worse then Ace about it! The moss-head would even throw away his cigarettes if he found them laying around. Fucking assholes! It had lead to Sanji having to come up with very creative ways of hiding his stuff.

His new life however was not all problems. Many solutions came from him being here on this ship. Like the big one of getting away from Doflamingo. Of course it also turned out Doflamingo when were this ship was. Yet with the ever skillful help of Nami, Sanji had blackmailed Doflamingo into not being able to talk about, nor give information on where the ship was to anyone. Doflamingo had been doing some side business with Mihawk that had been cheating on his dealings with that shity Croc. With not wanting those dealings to come to light, Doflamingo had caved in making a contract with Nami to make it official, but the man also promised he would get Sanji back as his property. Sanji was not so worried. There was nothing Doflamingo could do now that his old tricks would not work on them anymore. Still to be on the safe side due to not wanting any unwanted visitors showing up, Franky had taken up this crazy new project of security, having Usopp to help him in building these creepy ass robot animals.

Then the matter of Zeff gone had been a hard one to deal with, and Doflamingo had made it worse by publicly outing the news Sanji was Zeff's protégé and the two had been hiding. Yet that had backfired on Doflamingo, as all kinds of new fame was coming to Sanji, be it fan clubs, interview requests, fan sites and even some t-shirts had come out. Sanji after getting over the shock of it all, had started to grow to love it, big shocker there him liking the attention and being worshiped. As to Zeff's body Sanji, and the gang, along with some other select friends, had sent Zeff off with a sea farewell funeral, like the old man always had wanted. With the old geezer burned, and now at the bottom of the sea somewhere, Sanji would not need to worry about Zeff getting stuffed like some house pet, and put on display somewhere. There had been one more affaire of Zeff's after that. The restaurant and the rest of what little Zeff had owned. The old geezer had left it all to him. Thing was Sanji could not bring himself to go back into Baratie, but had shelled out tons of his money to have it fixed up, and moved it to a better location to be ran by Patty and his life partner Carne. Sanji was even making money from it, as many people now wanted to eat at the famous ship where Red Leg Zeff had lived and hidden on. As well many had hopes they would see Sanji himself if they went, though that would not be happening anytime soon.

The blonde now lowered his leg down from holding the door closed, and took a step back from the counter so he could better see more of himself in the large mirror. He looked good if he did say so himself. Black ass tight jeans, with sneakers, and a desirer dark blue tank top that cut off at mid tummy, showing off his well formed abs. The top was one of Sanji's favorites, it being in swirls of black and hints of silver outline some street night life picture by water on the front of the top.

Sanji then picked up his chap stick and stuffed it in his pocket, and took a deep breath. He looked prefect, now for his date to the movies. With this date it would fix the war between Ace and Zoro making it so they would not be able to fight over him anymore, since Sanji had finally chosen. Yet it was all just a very big step Sanji, which had him all kinds of nervous.

Thinking it best to get it over since he was sure his date was waiting on him, Sanji turned, and opened the bathroom door, and headed out.

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Smoker narrowed his dark eyes as he watched Doflamingo head into Garp's office, with the Captain's smiling approval. Garp then shut the door behind them, and closed the blinds, to the window for privacy. What the fuck was going on now, Smoker questioned to himself, as he leaned back in his chair where he was seated at his desk in the down town police station.

Tashigi at that moment stepped off the elevator with a case file in her hands and made a beeline to Smoker's side. "Smoker you know that pet shop case?" she question.

Smoker crossed his arms his eyes still held to Garp's office staring hard at the door wanting badly to know what was going on in there right now. Yet was aware of his partner, and the annoying case of which she spoke off. "Hmm." was his only reply.

Tashigi frowned, "The guy that was shoved in the hamster bin, and chewed up by the little furballs?"

"Hmm." again came the only reply from Smoker lost in his own thoughts.

"We got an ID on him" she said thinking surly this would get his attention.

"Hmm." yet again was the reply.

Wanting to get the man's attention she finally leaned over the man's desk to put her face in his view, and blocking whatever the hell he was staring at. "It's Thatch!" she then said her brown eyes searching in Smoker's for the realization to hit.

It took a moment for the name to click in Smoker's head, but once it did, he sat up with wide eyes, and questioned, "Thatch? The forth strongest member in Whitebeard's gang ranked by Water 7?"

Tashigi nodded, and stood back up handing Smoker the case file to prove the findings.

At once Smoker took it, and opened it flipping through the papers with in it. He shook his head. "Oh shit…" This was going to cause all kinds of problems. "No leads still to who did it?"

The woman shook her head no. "Nothing confirmed yet, but I…" she paused as she looked down to her waist, and pulled off her pager looking at the number on it. "Fuck… I need to take this."

Smoker looked up in worry for her. There was only one thing that would ever get his partner to stop talking about a case like that. It had to be about her twin sister Kuina. This was not the first time Tashigi had gotten a call about her sister acting up in the mental ward they had her in. He was betting it would not be the last either.

As Tashigi moved over to her desk, that was next to Smoker's to use her phone, Smoker turned his eyes back down to the new findings about the pet shop hamster case.

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Doflamingo had his feet pushed off Garp's desk, and it made the blonde grin all the more at the older man.

"I might be thankful for your help, but what in hell makes you think I would want there to be more copies of that tape floating around?" Garp asked frowning hard at the man.

"For the simple fact if you don't, I will need to make it known to the world who Ace's real father is." replied Doflamingo. There was always more then one way to skin a cat. Sanji had been foolish yet again making that new contract with him. Now with being sure the fuck toy would not open his mouth to his Crocie, he could just slowly make the blonde's life a living hell till he gave in. There were so many more secrets Mr. Prince had, and Doflamingo would show them all to the world till he had what was his back once more. Plus after all there had been a reason why he had set up Sanji with such high fame now.

Garp stiffened, "There is no way you could know that … at lest not have proof."

Doflamingo's lips curled to a wide smile, and he lifted a hand to push up his sunglasses from his face, as he leaned in over Garp's desk to put his face in the older man's face, and whispered, "Try me."

The Captain stared at the monarch, and cursed himself for ever getting involved with the man. There was little now he could do, but make a copy of that tape Mr. Prince had gave him, just like Doflamingo wanted.

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Ace frowned at the large screen, "Oh that is just a cheep shot!" he whined out.

"Tch only because you don't have the skill to dodge it." mocked Zoro.

The two men sat in the living room on board their ship home, in the middle of a video game. Each man looking like they could use a shower, and dressed like the bums they had been acting like for the day.

Zoro was in a pair of dark grey sweat pants, and nothing more, showing off his darkly tanned, perfectly sculpted, flawless chest. While Ace was in pair of dark blue sweat pants that had been cut off at the knees, with nothing else on other then his orange cowboy hat, letting his ever sexy bare chest flash like always showing off that hot six pack of his.

"Oh fuck you, I got skill!" Ace replied back and grinned, "Check out this move." He then leaned to his side towards Zoro, and let one of his hands come off his controller, and reach over to Zoro's to try and mess him up.

"Hey knock it off!" whined out Zoro stretching his arms to the side to try and keep the controller out of reach from Ace.

Someone then cleared their throat behind them.

Ace and Zoro paused to look behind them, and had to do a double take. Sanji stood in the archway looking fucking delicious and mouth watering as all hell.

"I'm not interrupting you both now am I?" Sanji asked playfully, as one of his hands came up to run in his golden locks on the right side of his head, and flick the hair back making it bounce back into place perfectly.

"Not at all." Zoro smirked, and tossed his control to Ace, letting him have the controller, as the swordsman got up to his feet.

Ace grunted, and shoved both controllers to the floor as he quickly got up, and stepped forward to try and block Zoro from Sanji. "Your looking good Sanji." purred the fire shooter, and mentally patted him self on the back for parsing the blonde before Zoro could.

"I know." smirked Sanji watching them.

Zoro stepped around Ace shoving the other man a bit, "You look like you're all ready to go out." smiled the swordsman.

"That I'm" replied the blonde, and then added, "After all I want to look good for my date." His tongue ran over his lips looking to the two men.

Sanji's words got both Zoro, and Ace to stop in their tracks, and turned to each other pointing a finger accusingly at each other, as the both then frowned, and in union saying, "You!"

Their frowns then deepened, and they jerked a thumb back to themselves.

"I'm not ..." said Zoro to Ace.

"Well neither am I!" Ace said in alarm.

Both men turned their heads back to the blonde who looked like a cat who had just been fed rich cream.

"Sorry boys nothing personal." Sanji smiled, then sauntered across the living room, and opened the door to head out onto deck, but paused, and looked back over his half bare shoulder giving a lustful look to them both, "Don't' wait up." He then turned back around and headed out.

Zoro and Ace just stood there, and stared for a moment at the door, then turned their heads to look at each again, this time with what the fuck faces masked on them each. Both fully dumbfounded at what just happened here. Sanji had just blown them both off! And for who!

The question must have hit them both at once because now both fire shooter and swordsman rushed to the door, and after Sanji who was already walking on the beach.

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Along East St. about a block away from the white mansion home of Usopp and Kaya Sogeking, sat an unmarked car, and inside it hidden in the shadows of the slowly growing late evening was a man. His presence unknown to all as he kept himself very well out of sight as he looked through a pair of binoculars at the parked black mustang Enel Electric 77' near by the mansion, and as well the sight of three figures walking along the beach towards it.

Putting down the binoculars he picked up his cell phone and made a call.

"Hello…Mihawk?" he questioned, and waited for confirmation that he had the man, and once he got it he continued.

"I found him, and you're not going to believe who he is with." A wide happy smile pulled to the man's lips, which were surrounded lightly in dark stubble.

"That sounds prefect. Hey though, break out the rum, I'm coming over." he laughed out, and started up the car as he listened to the Monarch, and laughed again at what was being said to him while he now drove away.

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At seeing Sanji coming, Gin got out of his mustang, and came around the car.

Sanji laughed, and stopped looking back to the two men who had been following him along the beach, nipping at his heels like dogs, as they both tried to make him change his mind about going off with Gin.

"Knock it of both of you. Look neither one of you owns me. I'm a free person, and I will be with who I want to be with. Gin loves me, and I need someone that loves me…" Sanji put a hand up stopping Ace, as the man had opened his mouth, "I need someone that loves me, who I believe loves me." Sanji added then, making the fire shooter's face fall that much more to match the look on Zoro's face. "You both are great … but as friends ok?" Sanji shrugged and then turned, and head up the rest of the way to where Gin was waiting.

Gin pulled in the blonde to tight hug, and a deep kiss, as Zoro and Ace could do nothing but now just stare yet again.

Sanji kissed Gin back sucking on the other man's tongue before pulling back, and then allowed Gin to help him in the car, only then to wait for Gin to get in.

Gin had been doing well for himself. After a week of recovering, and with Don Krieg dead, he had taken control of the gang as it's new leader, and cut it's alliances with Doflamingo. It had been a very bold move, and still was risky for his health having no other big dog backing him up, but Gin was firm about it, and everyone in the gang respected him, and would have followed the man through hell if he asked them to. The man had worked hard this past month re-shaping the gang, and just a few days ago had called Sanji telling him about the news of it all, and declaring he had done it all to prove further how much he loved Sanji. Gin had not stopped there, he boldly then asked Sanji out on a date. Sanji had at first refused, but Gin had begged for a second chance with the blonde. Sanji had then finally caved in saying just one date. The blonde had figured he could use this as chance to get both Ace and Zoro from chasing after him, so he could keep his friendship with them both, not wanting to lose either man. It was a very big step for Sanji as the only real friendship Sanji had with anyone now days that didn't include sex was Chopper. Sure there were people from the restaurant, but that was like another life time ago for Sanji.

Gin shut the car door after getting in, and started up the car when Sanji placed a hand on the man's arm.

"Gin… you need to know I don't love you." Sanji said, the guilt now hitting him hard for using Gin like this.

Gin turned, and looked to the blonde giving him a sad smile. "I know baby. I lost that love you once had for me, but if you just give me the chance, I know I can get it back."

Sanji removed his hand from the other man, and looked down to his lap as he rested both of his hands now there.

"You agreed to go out with me to make those two jealous?" Gin then questioned.

Sanji kept his head down and shook his head no. "I just… I don't want to lose anyone else. I don't want their fighting to end up making them hate each other."

Gin leaned back in his seat, and watched the blonde, then after some time he said softly, "You won't ever lose me baby. I love you, and I know you. I also know I can't make you mine, but I can have the pleasure of making you fall in love with me all over again."

Sanji blushed at the sweet words coming from Gin, and looked up at the other man., looking into those dark shining eyes. This was wrong, this was so very wrong. How could he use this man like this? To make his own self feel good?

Gin reached out, and cupped one of Sanji's cheeks, "It's ok baby, we can go slow if that's what you want. I will take any crumbs you throw at me. I just need you Sanji. I need to be a part of your life again, and for you to be a part of mine."

Oh fuck, Sanji thought feeling the tears burn at his eyes. Fuck Gin, and his sliver tongue. He had forgotten how hard it was to say no to the man when Sanji was not hating him. Sure Gin had fucked up his life, but he had also risked his own life to fix his wrongs. How could Sanji turn his back on something like that? Still to use him like this? The blonde bit on his bottom lip.

"Hey! I almost forgot. I got you a gift." Gin smiled. Hoping this would help, and gain him Sanji's favor he sought after so desperately for.

Sanji's heart broke again. Gin was trying so hard to please him. God he was such an asshole. Why could he just not love Gin? It would make things so much more simple, he thought as he watched Gin reach over his lap to open the glove box.

Gin opened the glove box and let the lid hang down as he pulled the wood box out from it, and then sat it on top of the glove box lid, and opened the box up for Sanji to see the offering.

Sanji's eyes widen at what Gin had laid out before him.

Gin then pulled back, and leaned over more or less cuddling to Sanji's side as the blonde stared with desire at the gift. "Like I said baby, I know you. We both live for the moment. I'm in love you Sanji that won't ever change."

Sanji swallowed hard as he reached out, and picked up the needle and small bottle of heroine.

"It's from our new line we are selling. Top grade shit like always for you baby." Gin whispered in Sanji's ear.

Gin didn't want him to go clean, didn't want to change, loved him just the way he was dirt or not, and would die for him, what really was so wrong about giving such a person another chance? It would be wrong if he didn't, Sanji told himself, and looked up at Gin.

"You wanna just skip the movie, and go back to your place lover?" Sanji asked, and smiled softly. It would be ok. It was not using Gin if he was really giving their relationship another chance. If things didn't work out he could just call it all off, and everything would be ok.

Gin smiled and leaned in closer to Sanji as he whispered to the blonde's lips, "Baby we can do anything you want to do." Gin then let his lips melt into Sanji's, pulling the blonde into his hold, and wrapping his arms around Sanji, as the sun went down a bit more causing less light to shine into the car, and a shade of darkness to surround around the couple.

Addiction, be it drugs, sex, a person, pain, or other, it was all hard to break away from, and plentiful reasons always seemed to offer themselves as to, why not to try and break from them. Some people were just in the end gluttons for punishment.

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Zoro and Ace stood in the sand, where the blonde had left them, neither one of them having said a word the whole time, as they just stared at the car till it finally did take off. Slowly then the pair walked together to the roadside and looked down the road where the car had taken off.

"Hey Zoro?" Ace questioned.

"Humm?" replied the swordsman.

"Truce till we get that son of a bitch out of the way?" Ace offered along with a hand.

"Oh fuck yeah." Zoro agreed taking the offered hand, and they both shook on it.

The fire shooter and swordsman were no way going to stand for this, and let Sanji further hurt himself, and end up with a bastard like Gin. Both men felt like if it was not one of them that got the blonde, no one else would be good enough for Sanji, especially not some fucking dick that had almost got Sanji killed many times over.

Ace gripped tighter at his friend's hand as the late setting sun's last ray of light could just be seen over the ocean top behind them.

"Think Sanji would be pissed if we just killed him?" Ace questioned, and looked to Zoro now with a smiling grin.

A smile tugged at Zoro's own lips as his hand tightened on Ace's hand, and he looked over to his friend, "Most likely, but only if he finds the body."

Both men laughed knowing they would not kill Gin, but it was a fun idea all the same. Still they would work out something together to get the blonde away from the man. It was only a matter of time.

The End

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A/N's: Well surprise, surprise, turns out neither Ace nor Zoro got Sanji. BUT! Fear not for though Ace and Zoro might have lost the battle this story, the war is still not over!

As promised here is summary for the next story in the Lovers A to Z series, before anyone else gets to see it.

Consequences - Summary: A Sex tape of Sanji is made public and to add to his troubles someone is now trying to kill him! However Sanji is not the only one with secrets being uncovered for all to see. Yaoi / AU / AcexSanji & ZoroxSanji / 2nd in the series Lovers A to Z

This story will come out after I finish these two others.

The Laws of Love - Summary: A badly in debt cook gets mixed up in a secret war of Vampires vs. Werewolves causing his life to be put on the line. Will Law's love be enough to save Sanji or will the vampire turn a blind eye and keep ignoring his cold dead heart? AU / Yaoi / LawxSanji ~ This is my new main project, I will be working on now, and as well the first chapter is to be posted today so maybe you all would like to come check it out? I might be making this one into a series to if it seems people are enjoying it. I really hope people will give this story a try, as I'm trying to pull in people for support of LawxSanji pairing.

These Hands - No summary at his time. ~ Will be getting to this one after the story above. It will be the second story in the series, Sea of Emotions. This is NOT an AU!

IF you all are interested I also have a side project going on. It will not be updated much however. This one is also NOT an AU!

Know Yourself - Summary: A person has many secrets in their heart and often music can be used as a gateway to help with those secrets but what happens when it's used as a curse against the Mugiwara crew? LuffyxSanji / ZoroxSanji / Musical

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Reviewer Replies:

AnimeFan - You can only get better with practice. I'm sure you will do great! Awe and I'm glad I can put a smile in your day.

tazx x x - *blushes* Awe! Thank you so very much. Hey! Sanji was also reminded of Ace lol. ^.^

vivaciousRingo - *finds said tear and bottles it* It's mine now! xD You're so sweet hon, but I don't know if I would call myself epic yet in anything. LOL!

Barablu - Lol yeah sorry Zeff needed to kick the bucket so Sanji didn't have that safety net anymore for the next story. Plus Gin is needed big time for the next story hehe. And while Sanji didn't fall for Gin he did fall for the drugs, and freedom Gin tempted him with. Heh no matter what Donflamingo will always be one step ahead ... maybe hehe. Humm well in a way there was some happy parts not sure if you would call this a happy ending though. ^.^;

School Escapee - Sqweee! I adore your question! No one has ever asked me this! Though as to the answer it's a bit hard to give as there is no straight answer. It is many things like with every person; no one thought defines a person's actions. Often Sanji uses sex as a drug substitute helping him to deal with things, yet as well thinks people only want him for as much as they can get out of him, if he fucks them they will like him and keep liking him, yet this alters his thinking about on how he sees sex as he more links it to fun and pleasure rather then love, not to say he does not think sex is for love just he is to hard on himself to fully think he can keep a person by such things, thus needing to do the kinky dirty things to keep a person into him. He is even like this for women, yes in this story Sanji is bi he is not fully gay. He just leans more towards men as he feels not so comfortable around women, but admires women, but that whole issue has more to do with his mother. Also the one real meaningful relationship he has is with Chopper because Chopper refuses sex with him, and yells at him for being a prev. One of the main reasons Sanji teases Chopper so much is because he likes that reaction he gets and it is almost like a reassurance of saying "Yes I still like you don't need to hump my leg!" xD Erm I hope I have answered your question … did the best as I could with out giving to much away lol … we should see more of the inner workings of Sanji's mind next story due to therapy meetings xD If I can get Sanji to do them T.T

Adelaide - Yay I'm so happy you enjoyed! I hope I didn't let you down with this chapter. I know I didn't answer many questions but rather poured on more questions on. xD

Lady Geuna - I'm so happy you're enjoying the story and hope you like the end! Awe don't worry Crocie shows up next story for a bit, and he will be playing a HUGE role in the 4th story of this series. Scary I plan so far ahead huh? xD

datErdbeerschn - Yeah sad stuff with Zeff and … ohh did I surprise you again with this chapter? Fear not, maybe one day Sanji and Luffy will have their moment maybe. ^.~

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What? You all are still here reading? Well fuck me side ways. I guess for that, and having read all my other notes I should give you some other reward? Would you all like to know a bit more for what is to come in the 2nd Lovers A to Z story "Consequences" …?

Okies I will give some gossip up!

~ Side plot! Sanji helps Zoro see Kuina.

~ Someone gets kidnapped.

~ Someone dies!

~ Sanji really does pick this time between Zoro and Ace.

~ More NEW sex partners for Sanji!

~ Whitebeard shows up.

~ Luffy's gang makes it into Water 7 Arena.

Mihawk shows up.

~ And much, much more!

Hope that wets your appetite for the next story in this series. I really had fun writing this story as it was also my first big project, and I feel like I have grown a bit as a writer having written it. T.T Still I'm sad this story is over, but we all have the next story in the series to look forward to. I hope to see you all at my other stories. It has been a pleasure to write for you all.

Don't forget to review, and tell me what you thought about this chapter, and the story. I will do my best to reply back to each of you personally.

See ya next story! ^.~