Chapter Twenty One

Revelation

The Next Day…

It was still a big deal for Robin that Zoro returned yesterday. She had a hard time sleeping last night because she knew Zoro was sleeping against the door outside her room. After she was done fixing herself, she still had no idea on how will she react with Zoro; whether to be nice or not. To play safe, she will be acting like he was just her friend and nothing more than that. She will just continue what she started— to be a good partner to Franky and a good friend to Zoro.

Robin didn't know that Zoro was still sleeping against the door outside her room. When she opened the door, he fell back on the floor which made him to wake up.

"What the hell was that for!?" Zoro sat up quickly while holding the back of his head.

"Great, he's still here. He never changed." Robin thought sarcastically to herself. She bent down and greeted him with a smile. "Good Morning, Kenshi-san."

"What the fuck!? Did she just call me Kenshi-san!?" he thought to himself. "Good Morning." he said while scratching the back of his neck and looking down.

"Could you tell me, why are you sleeping against the door?"

"I just wanted t— it's none of your business."

"Actually, it is. You're sleeping against my room's door. So, mind telling me why?" she smiled.

"Tch! There are three perverts on the loose."

"Fufufu. Aren't you one of them?" she teased.

"What the f— of course, not!"

"Fufufu. I see. My bed is just there." she pointed towards the direction of her bed. "If you're still sleepy, you can sleep there if you want. But I cannot accompany you because I'm going downstairs." She stood up but her arm was caught by him.

"Wait… We need to talk."

"About what?" she asked calmly even though she was nervous.

"Err…"

"I guess there's nothing to be talked about." She pulled her arm for him to let go but he didn't.

"Tch! Robin, the reason why I sto—

"Zoro! Robin! What's taking you so long!? I'm hungry and Sanji won't let me eat because you're not here yet!" Luffy shouted from downstairs.

She stood up and offered her hand to him to help him stand. "We'll continue this some other time."

Zoro and Robin went downstairs and saw their friends sitting at the dining table waiting for them; they're sitting arrangement was like last night but Franky was nowhere to be found.

"Ugh… I thought you guys would never go down." Nami muttered.

"Good Morning Zoro and Robin! Let's eat!" Luffy and Chopper cheered.

"Robin-chwaan! Breakfast will be served in five minutes!" Sanji swooned to her.

"Boo~" Luffy and Chopper whined.

"Get your ass on the kitchen, cook." Zoro disgusted.

"What did you say Marimo!?"

As Zoro and Sanji continued to clash with each other, Robin asked Nami "Where's Franky?" and sat next to Chopper.

"He's at the comfort room." Nami turned to Zoro and Sanji. "Will you shut the hell up!? Don't ruin my mood this early!" she shouted.

"Tch! Pervert-cook." Zoro mumbled as he went to sit with Luffy and Usopp.

"Zoro!" Nami yelled.

"What now!?"

"Why are you sitting there!?"

"Why do you care!?"

"Don't shout at Nami-san!" Sanji shouted.

"Shut up! It's none of your business!" Zoro shouted back.

"Sanji~ Meat~" Luffy whined.

"I'm hungry too." Chopper complained.

"Shut up and wait!" Sanji and Nami shouted back.

"Yohohoho! What a lively morning." Brook commented.

When Franky went out of the bathroom, he proceeded to where he was supposed to seat but Zoro was already sitting there. The only seat available was the chair in between Nami and Robin. He gladly sat down beside his girlfriend and cheered "Good Morning guys! Suuuupeer morning, isn't it!?" Robin whispered something to Franky and he yelled "Suuuupeeer!"

"There's something you guys need to know." said Robin.

"What is it?" Nami asked.

"Franky and I are in a relationship." Robin leaned against Franky while smiling.

Everyone fell silent while looking at Robin blankly, Zoro's eyes widened while looking at his plate, and Sanji jaw dropped before he fainted. They stared at each other, waiting for someone to react, until Nami broke the silence.

"I'm happy for you!" Nami smiled.

"Congrats!" Usopp said.

"Yohohoho~! Franky-san's very lucky!" Brook cheered.

"Shishishishi! That's good to know!" Luffy grinned.

"Nice!" Chopper smiled at Franky and Robin and frowned at Zoro.

"Since when?" Nami asked.

"Last night, before you called." Robin answered with a smile.

"Shit!" Everyone thought while looking at each other.

"Franky." Zoro said firmly.

Everyone looked at him.

"Congrats. Take good care of her." he smirked.

"You can super count on me!" Franky smiled.

"Enjoy every moment you have with her. 'Cause you'll never know how important someone is to you…" he looked at Robin "unless she's gone…" Zoro stood up and went next to the stairs before saying "Chopper, wake up that cook or you will starve. Tell him to bring me some sake too."

As soon as Chopper went to wake up Sanji. Nami asked Zoro "Where are you going?"

"Taking a nap." he said while walking upstairs.

Robin's stare never left him from the time he talked until he was out of sight. She wanted to stop him from leaving but she couldn't.

Sanji woke up and served food to them. After he finished eating his food, he went at Robin's room and brought Zoro some sake. When he arrived at the room, Zoro was lying on his back at the bed while looking at the ceiling. He noticed Sanji and said "I'm such an idiot."

"You finally admit it." Sanji tossed him the sake.

"Fuck off, I'm serious." Zoro opened the bottle and gulp down the sake. "I'm fucking late."

"You can't blame her. She's been waiting for you for three years."

"Tch! If Luffy didn't interrupt us earlier, I would have told her the truth."

"If you did tell her the truth, do you think it will change anything?"

"Damn it, cook! You're not helping at all!"

"Who said that I'm helping you? It's your problem. Fix it. I'm only here because I know Robin-chan will be happy again because of you."

"Tch! At least tell me what I should do to get her back!?"

"We will need Nami-san for that."

"How is she going to help? Oi, I don't want any debts anymore."

"She will think of plans that will help you. All you have to do is to tell her what happened to you at China. I'm sure she'll help if it's for Robin-chan and if she will know what happened to you."

"Fine. Just make sure this will work."

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