Chapter Twenty Five

Too Afraid to Tell the Truth

Morning came and Robin was the first one to wake up. She looked at the person sleeping next to her and thought that it was too good to be true. She poked his cheeks and pinched it after realizing she's not dreaming at all. When Zoro woke up, he quickly pinned her down and started tickling her.

"Hahaha! S-Stop it!" Robin laughed.

"On one condition." he tickled her tummy.

"W-What? Hahaha~!"

"Morning kiss." he moved his face right in front of hers.

Robin giggled for a moment before looking at him seriously. She pouted her lips and pecked Zoro's lips.

"I don't want that kind of kiss!" he tickled her again.

"Fufufu. How many seconds?"

"One minute." he grinned.

She raised her eyebrows and shook her head.

"Thirty."

Robin planted soft kisses first on his lips before giving him what he wanted. She never imagined doing this again with him after those three lonely years without him. But all of their sweetness turned to panic right after they heard a loud knock on the front door. Her eyes widened and she quickly broke the kiss.

"Robin? Are you awake? I kept on calling your phone but you weren't answering." Franky shouted as he knocked on the door.

Robin quickly grabbed her phone from the table next to her bed and looked at it. "Oh my… Fifteen missed calls."

"Robin?" Franky's knock got even louder.

"Tch! We're in big trouble." Zoro grabbed her hand to help her up.

She quickly ran to the window and looked at the front door. Franky was there, sitting at the side, waiting for her. "Franky! Wait for a moment! I'll just fix myself!" she shouted.

"Okay!" Franky shouted back and gave her thumbs up.

"What are we suppose to do?" Zoro asked.

"Uhm… Hide in my bathroom! He will never look there. Just lock it. I'll take care of everything." she pushed him to the bathroom.

"Wait."

"What!?"

"Put this on first." he handed her a bra.

"Why do you have this!?" she grabbed her bra.

He scratched the back of his head and said "Uhh… It was under your pillow… and you asked me last night to—

"You don't need to bring that up! Thanks!" she blushed and pecked his lips before closing the door. After she fixed her clothes, she quickly ran downstairs and opened the door. Franky was waiting outside with a pleasant expression.

"What took you so long?" He went inside the house and threw himself on the couch.

"I just woke up."

"I called your phone for like fifteen times."

"I told you, I just woke up. Listen, I need to tell you something very important."

"Me too. That's the reason why I came here."

"Okay, you first."

"Baka-burg said that the Galley La Company got picked by one of the biggest companies at Canada to build their commercial tower!" he grinned.

"Really?! That's good!" Robin cheered.

"And you know what the best part is? He said that I will be the one to manage it! I'm going to Canada! I'll be staying there for two years until the work is done."

"I'm so happy for you! But I'm going to miss you."

"No need to miss me! Baka-burg said that I could bring one person with me and I picked you!"

"What?" her smile slowly faded.

"We're going to stay at Canada for two years! He's already fixing our papers!" Franky was so happy.

"W-Wait. What about… What about my work?"

"We'll find you a new job there! Don't you remember? You're in demand to all museums!"

"B-But… What about the others?"

"We'll tell them!"

"This is… This is all so sudden… When are we going to leave?"

"Two weeks from now."

"I see…"

"It's your turn. What do you want to tell me?"

"Uhh… I'm really happy to be your girlfriend." she faked a smile.

"I'm happy too." he smiled. "By the way." he went towards her.

"Hmm?"

"I'm planning to have a farewell party next week… so don't be sad." he touched her cheek.

"Alright." she smiled.

"I have to go. I'll go tell the others." he kissed her cheek before moving out.

Robin locked the door and went upstairs. She threw herself on the bed and covered her eyes with her right arm. She was so mad at herself for not showing any disagreement with Franky about taking her to Canada. Because of that, she and Zoro will be separated again.

Zoro noticed her presence and peeked at the door to ask "Is he gone?" Robin just raised her left hand that signalled thumbs up in response and let it fell back on her tummy. He went out of the bathroom and proceeded to her location.

"What happened?" he laid down next to her with his fingers making little circles on her right arm.

"How am I going to tell you about this?" she thought to herself.

"Oii…" he moved her arm away from her face.

"Uhh… Franky will be gone for two years…" she looked at him. "I'm so sorry…"

"What about it?"

"He's going to Canada. Galley-La got picked by one of the most popular company there to build their commercial tower. He's going to leave two weeks from now."

"Isn't that supposed to be good news for us?"

"I guess so…" she faked a smile at him.

Two days later…

While Robin was doing a research on her study desk, Nami called her phone.

"Robin!?" Nami shouted.

"Hi Nami."

"What is this I am hearing about you staying with Franky in Canada for two years!?"

"That is true."

"Ehh!? You didn't protest? You didn't even say no!?"

"I didn't have a choice."

"I thought you and Zoro were okay now!? You even went home with him two days ago!?"

"That was a mistake. I shouldn't have done it on the first place."

"I know you're still in love with him, Robin. Why can't you just break-up with Franky and get this over with?"

"It's easy to say, Nami, but hard to do."

"Why are you doing this? Why… Why do you keep on hurting yourself?"

"Zoro already had his chance. Now, I want to give Franky his chance. Maybe I was just distracted with the feelings I used to feel for Zoro that's why I don't feel anything for Franky. If we were to be alone, maybe I could finally learn to love him more than what I feel now. Maybe I can be happy with him, if I learned to love him."

"You're making a big mistake, Robin. Think about it."

"I'm really getting tired of this. Goodbye." she hung up.

Robin sighed as she placed her phone on her study table. She was really getting tired of the love triangle she's getting involve in. If she was just dreaming, she wishes to wake up from it. She was still waiting for a sign if she really needed to break up with Franky. But for now, she has to go with what she started to do.

Five days later…

Zoro was on his way to Franky's house for Franky's farewell party. He was quite glad that finally, he and Robin will have lots of quality time together. Maybe Robin will also realize that she still loves him and she will decide to break up with Franky. But at the same time, Zoro was also quite sad because Franky is his friend. He made a few wrong turns before finally making it to Franky's house.

Zoro stopped walking as soon as Franky's house was visible to his sight. His eyes widened, his jaw dropped, and all that he could say was "What the fuck!?"

Yo~! WAAAH! Don't get mad at me! Get mad at Robin! She chose him! XD Anyways, just keep on reading and I'm sure you'll get what you want! ^^ Review Please! ^_^