21

"It was one of those unexplainable

Moments of eye contact,

That is immediately overanalyzed

And inevitably misread"

Caroline

OnePiece Season 7

The rest of that night I had to stay up to make sure I wouldn't go into a coma or something I wasn't sure what Chopper was telling me I was dazed. Everybody was eating in the kitchen and I had already ate so I just waited in my bed with a heating blanket wrapped around me and reading one of Robin's books without falling asleep. However, instead of eating with the rest of the crew Zoro claimed that he would stay in the girl's room with me and make sure that I wouldn't fall asleep, however, that failed because he instantly just falls asleep.

I assumed that he tried to make an honest effort to keep awake and make sure I don't fall asleep forever, but I guess he's had a really long day. I've also had a long day but I guess getting shot, getting hypothermia, having your father not say good bye for the eighth millionth time, and almost drowning by saving my captain.

So just watched him sleep, but watching him sleep did not make me want to sleep necessarily. Because watching Zoro sleep is like a watching tiny little child dream about candy. He was just so peaceful.

I grabbed my cup of coffee and closed Robin's book. Then Maurice looked up at me from sitting on my lap. "How long are you going to keep starring at Moss-head?"

"He was supposed to make sure I didn't fall asleep." I snickered.

"Yea, well you know what he's tired. We all are, you put us through one hell of a time, and I really don't understand why you just happened onto England's ship. Because if you didn't you wouldn't be such a broken-ass mess," Maurice piped at me.

I then said still watching Zoro obviously, "It's not my fault I got taken away,"

"Why would he want you in the first place, man if I was going to torture somebody I wouldn't want somebody who bitches about it all the time," Maurice snorted putting his head down and resting it on my lap.

"Why are you so grumpy," I asked.

"Do you know what time it is?" Maurice asked me actually getting up from my lap and jumping off of my lap and onto the floor. "It is 4 am we have been looking for you for 2 hours and it took Mihawk at least a half an hour to finish England. I wanted to ask him to make me with him, but he only spoke to Olie, stupid bitch," he mumbled to himself and before I could even say anything he went over to Zoro jumped onto his lap, his crotch actually, and Zoro jumped up and Maurice headed up stairs.

"Oh, I wasn't supposed fall asleep," he mumbled as he realized what he had done.

"No, it's fine," I sighed as I sat myself up to lean against the wall to face him.

He got up left his swords against the wall and came and sat by me on the bed. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah, a lot, earlier Chopper came in and told me I could go to sleep in about an hour. But I've been drinking so much coffee, I don't think I'll fall asleep until tomorrow." I laugh to myself.

He smirked, "It that a challenge?"

"Oh please, you wouldn't be able to stay awake through anything," I laughed at him.

"That's not what I'm challenging you to," he told me getting up from my bed and going over to the liquor cabinet. "It's been over 24 hours,"

"Oh, no I shouldn't." I told him as he bent over and grabbed a bottle of something.

"Why not?" he asked.

"I just don't think I should get drunk right now," I told him as he grabbed the bottle and just took a swig from it.

"You don't have to," he clarified, "I just wanted somebody to drink with," he took another swig.

"You better slow down there," I commented.

"Nah, I'm a heavy weight," he told me unconcerned.

Considering the circumstances I figured I might as well if Zoro doesn't get drunk ever. He just likes the taste of alcohol. "See that bottle hidden behind all that other stuff, the white wine,"

He bent back over into the liquor cabinet and grabbed it and handed me a wine glass and pulled out the wine stopper. I held out the glass as he poured into it. He then sat the bottle down picked back up whatever he was drinking and sat right back by me.

"You're pretty classy aren't you?" I commented on him just drinking from the bottle of what it seemed to be brandy.

He laughed and then said, "It's not like I'm not going to finish it,"

"You're going to finish that entire bottle?" I asked amazed at him drinking ability. "How often to you get your stomach pumped?"

"Yeah, I'm the reason this ship hardly has any booze, other than wine, because I don't drink with that and Sanji just cooks with it." He told me as I took a sip from my glass.

"They make words for people like you and it's called an alcoholic," I told him laughing.

"Whatever," he just takes another swig.

And how he could just drink that straight just boggles me because that stuff is nasty.

After a while of drinking and speaking with him the alcohol really just started to get flowing and I was starting to lose control of my inhibitions. When I start to drink a moderate amount I start to get word vomity, and then I get tired and I then I pass out.

"You seem different then from the last time I spoke to you seriously," Zoro commented.

"You mean, the time after you told me how you felt about me and I kicked you?" I wondered.

"Yes,"

I looked at him as I uncontrollably say, "Well after a while of watching you struggle to even look at me I realized something."

Almost afraid to ask he goes, "What?"

"I'm probably going to be the only girl you'll ever really truly, ever feel this way about. Because honestly, I thought you couldn't have feelings for another human being. So I decided to let my heart be open. And I saw it, when you were fighting back trying to fight me when that sword was possessing you. The way you felt after that. Those were your honest feelings and that's what I like about you. And then when I save Luffy but got trapped under a crab net. You and Olie seriously thought I was going to die, and so did I. And I saw your face and for once it showed some sort of emotion that you actually cared. I just love your honest moments,"

He looked at me with those soft brown eyes and I could almost for certain tell he was feeling something. "You know, I can't be like that always for you I do have a tough guy reputation."

"That's fine," I smiled and took another sip of wine as I leaned closer towards him. I then yawned as he pulled his arm around me.

"You don't feel as cold anymore," he noticed as he felt my bare arm.

"Nah, I'd say, that I'm getting better thanks to you and Chopper," I told him laying closer in his warm arms.

"You really had us for a scare you know," he told me looking down at me.

"I was even more scared, being on Edward England's ship. He told me he would spare me if I joined his crew. I told him not a snowball in hell, I would rather die than be a part of that nasty pirate crew."

He didn't say anything he just smiled in agreement.

We just continued talking for I'm not sure how long but then I drifted into sleep and I don't remember anything until the next morning when I woke up. I woke up in my bed with Maurice sleeping by me wrapped up in a ball. I had a huge headache so I made it up the kitchen to get some coffee.