(hums happily to herself)
Vivi: There's no stopping her now… (takes a sip)
Enjoy! (spins in place)
Vivi: No more sugar for you.
Meanie!
Chapter 20: Start of the Rainy Day
The next morning, a storm hit on the huge island and everyone in Golden Coast is having a mental issue.
"I can't believe this!" Said one woman who looked like a mole. "I have an appointment and it starts to rain!"
"Uh…" Said a big guy sitting across from her. "You…"
"Oh! Hurry and spit it out! Ya duh!"
"Excuse me…" Zoro said as he went up to their table.
He was wearing a waiter's uniform, which consisted of black, fancy looking pants, black, polished shoes, a long-sleeved, loose white shirt, a dark wine vest, and a black apron around his waist.
((I don't know about you guys, but I thought he looked really good even though he's a waiter.))
"Would you like anything?" He really is trying to be polite, but inside he wanted to be anywhere but here.
"About time!" Said the mole woman as she made her order.
Zoro jot down what she wanted and looked at the man, who spoke really slow.
"Oh hurry up, ya duh!"
Zoro finally got down the orders and walked into the kitchen. "Order for table four!" He called as he slammed the piece of paper in front of one cook.
"How's it going, Marimo?" Sanji said with a teasing sneer.
Zoro growled as he looked at him. "When this bastard gets here, I'm out of here and beat your ass later! Dartbrow!"
"You wanna start something!?"
"That's enough, both of you!" Zeff said. "It's bad enough that we're short on help due to this storm!"
"Order for table ten!" Called out Nami, who was wearing a tight black skirt rather than pants.
"Nami-swan!" The blonde started to call out but was kicked to the wall.
"Focus! Lil' Eggplant!"
Zoro had to keep his laugher in as he walked out of the kitchen in time to see Luffy, in his business attire, with four other men. He checked the chart where the table is and grinned, because he was also serving that table. He went up and greet himself.
"Good morning," He said mostly to Luffy to make it a little easier on himself. "I'm Zoro, I'll be your server this morning. Would anyone want to start off with drinks?"
He was glad that the blonde was unable to see this, otherwise he would never live this down.
After writing down the drink orders he walked to this next table and refilled and filled glasses and also went to the kitchen to serve out the ordered food. When he got back to the table Luffy was in, he jot down all but Luffy's order, seeing that the other was hesitant about ordering his.
"And the usual morning special, Luffy-sama?"
Luffy slightly twitched, that went unnoticed, and nodded. "That would be great, Zoro-san."
Zoro did a slight bow as he went into the kitchen. "Oi! Ero-Cook!" He called to Sanji. "I've got a special order for you!"
"Is it from a group of fine looking ladies?"
Zoro's eye twitched. "No… but there is a group of business men and Luffy is with them."
"Oh…" Sanji said as he sighed. "What did Luffy order?"
"He didn't."
Sanji looked at him oddly.
"He didn't know what to order, so I lied in front of the other men that he would like the 'usual morning special'."
"And that is…?"
"You're the cook."
"Give me on damn good reason why I would slave over the stove to make up a special for Luffy?"
Zoro didn't have to think hard when he heard Nami's voice calling up for another order. "If you make a special that doesn't make Luffy look like an idiot in front of those guys, I bet Nami would really be impressed." He hit home run.
"I'll do it! For Nami's sake!"
'Too easy.' He thought as he heard table four's food was ready.
By the time he got back for Luffy's table orders, he saw that there were four plates.
"I'm almost done with the special!" Sanji said over the stove. "Just take those out and tell Luffy his will be right out!"
He didn't argue and grabbed the tray with the four plates on it and headed for the table. "Here you are, sirs." He said as he put down the four plates. "Oh, Luffy-sama, yours will be out in just a moment."
"Take your time." Luffy said calmly.
'It's creepy to hear Luffy sound so mature.' He thought as he went back into the kitchen to see a plate full of grilled vegetables, eggs, two slices of toast, two big slices of ham, and rice.
"Luffy's Business Special: Morning Style." Sanji said with a look saying 'you-owe-me'.
He picked up the plate and headed back to the table. "Here you are, Luffy-sama." He said as he placed the plate down.
"Thank you, Zoro-san."
He bowed before walking back to the tables. 'Just two more hours.' He thought as he put down another order for a table.
2 Hours Later
"Finally!" Zoro announced as he placed the last of the dirty dishes in the sink. With the ones with some food left over he placed into aluminum boxes for later use. 'Luffy must be going out of his mind by now.' He thought as he packed his fifth box and placed it on top of the other four boxes in the bag.
Once that was done, he took the black apron off as well as the vest. He then saw a bottle of sake on the top shelf. "Huh…" He brought it down and noticed it was dusty on the outside. 'Definitely hasn't been used for a few years.' He thought as he placed it in the bag before walking out just in time to see Luffy watching the four men leaving.
Once the four men were gone, Luffy's posture slacked and held his stomach. "I'm hungry…" He said as Zoro walked up beside him. "Hey Zoro!"
"Hey."
Luffy looked at the bag and tilted his head to the side. "What'cha got there?"
"Some leftover food from the morning rush." Zoro said as he clearly saw the hungry gleam in the other's eyes. "I have a late lesson today, so you can eat this in the room while I do my lesson. Sound good?"
"Hai!"
So they went into the elevator and headed to the room.
Zoro's Assigned Room: An Hour and a Half Later
Zoro came into the room to find the aluminum tin boxes stacked in the trash can and a note on the bed the other was using.
'Off for my lesson! Be back soon! And thanks for saving food for me! –Luffy'
He grinned when he saw the smiley face on the corner of the note. He walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower.
He stripped down and just went in while the water was still cool.
At that time Luffy came in and was wiping sweat off of his face with a red towel. "Stairs need to be swept soon." He said as he looked at his dark grey soles of his feet. He suddenly heard the water going off and looked at the slightly opened bathroom door. 'Zoro's here.' He thought when an idea came up.
He covered his mouth to muffle a giggle as he tip-toed to the door and counted to three before making a loud sound as he jumped into the bathroom and glomped the unsuspecting older teen.
Zoro, since he was drying his hair with a second towel, grabbed whoever jumped on him and slammed the other person to the wall of the shower. "Luffy!?" He said as he got a look who it was.
"Owie…" Luffy said as he rubbed his head. "That hurts!"
"Don't do that!" He said as his adrenaline was going down. "Damn near gave me a fucking heart attack! What the hell did you do that for!?"
"I just wanted to surprise you." Luffy said. "I thought it would be funny."
"Is it?" Zoro said, clearly not amused.
Luffy put his head down in shame. "No… Sorry…"
Zoro sighed heavily and patted the other's head. "You're forgiven… but…" He moved the other's head up and leaned in so their noses almost touched and putting up his best imitating face. "If you ever try that shit again, I'm going to slice and dice your ass. Got it."
"Got it!" Luffy said with a carefree smile, as if not registering the small threat.
'A normal person would be pissing their pants.' Zoro thought as he ruffled the black mop. "Okay then…" He said, but he looked at the other's eyes, felt the other's breathing against his face, the feeling of hair in-between his fingers.
((Takes this moment to do whatever you like to react to this scene))
"Oi! Zoro!" Luffy said as he patted the side of the older teen's face. "You stupid or something?"
"Sorry, lost in thought for a moment."
"With what?"
"I don't know! I forgot!"
Luffy pouted, but let it go. "Whatever." He said. "Can I have my shower?"
"Oh, yeah…" He said as he gathered his sweat-soaked clothes and walked out of the bathroom.
As he dressed into some clean clothes, he couldn't get those eyes, that face out of his mind. 'What the hell!?' He thought. He sighed. "Because I hang out with him too much." He said to himself.
'And you don't have many good friends.' His inner voice said in his mind.
'Shut up.'
"Na, Zoro?"
"Yeah?"
"Could you hand me a towel? We're out in here."
His face started to heat up to almost a boiling point. He grabbed a fairly dry towel and walked to the bathroom door, where he could only see Luffy's head. "Here." He said as he handed the towel.
"Thanks Zoro!" Luffy said cheerfully as he grabbed the towel and closed the door.
He turned to look at himself in the small hallway mirror. 'What the fuck is wrong with me?' He thought
'Figure it out, dumbass!' He saw his reflection talk back.
He shook his head and looked at the mirror again. "I need a nap…" He said as he walked over to the bed and closed his eyes, thus making him fall asleep.
(giggle) I like this chapter so far, don't you agree?
Vivi: Zoro would kill you if you actually put something like that on him.
I know, but he's just so good looking! Shirt on or off!
Vivi: (blush) Cupid!
Come on! You had a crush on him at one time.
Vivi: Only once and I'm over it!
(smirk) Zoro working out shirtless.
Vivi: (blushes like a tomato) Sh-Shut up!
(laughs) Okay! Okay! R&R everyone!