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Theme - X me "x-me crocodile x zoro please, um it can be an AU were zoro is getting into a street fight and crocodile sees this"
Requested By: An anonymous
Characters: CrocodilexZoro; a little bit of Doflamingo-Crocodile.
Crocodile wasn't in a good mood. His coworkers were slacking off, but he knew that yelling at them would worsen the situation. His annoying (but helpful) acquaintance asked him out to dinner for the umpteenth time. Crocodile hadn't been replying to his calls, but he did listen to them. So, when the man said he was storming into his office at a certain time, this was the time to leave the building. He liked the man, but occasionally the man got a bit too clingy.
He opened the window of his office and slowly crept out of it. His office was on the ninth floor, but there was a building with a height a head shorter than his. So, he leaped across and landed on the roof. He stepped over quietly to not startle the people inside (he used this building a few times, so they probably thought he was a fat cat), and jumped over to the next building.
The next one had an elegant patio for a roof, so Crocodile took the stairs. Naturally, he had the keys to the building, so he was able to unlock the door. Before he entered, he heard faint shouts in the distance. He closed his eyes to listen to the sounds more carefully. It appeared to be nearby this building. A fight perhaps. Good, he liked seeing idiots fight against idiots. If he was lucky, there might be a good idiot he could recruit into his association. He quickly unlocked the doors and used the elevator as if he was a regular guest.
The outside was cold and the air was damp from the humidity. A puff of air floated around his face as he breathed. The shouts were loud but were growing faint too. Crocodile hurried to the source of the sound; slowly realizing that the voices were growing faint because the idiots were being knocked out one by one. A small flame ignited Crocodile's heart. Tonight might be his lucky day; he should thank the pink bird later.
Walking down the narrow alley, it opened up to a wide, perfectly square space, a nice place for another new building. Currently, however, it was a space for fights to take place. The area was littered in trash on every corner touching the walls. Apparently, trash that were shaped like humans sprawled all over, twenty in all. Upon closer examination, they were actually real human idiots groaning and bruised up.
One young man threw a final punch right into a face of a larger man. Pathetic how the brute crumbled to the floor with his face covered in blood. His reputation by his peers would be ruined by a threefold. Out of all of the men he could've picked a fight with, he chose the shorter, slimmer built, but quite belligerent. Why did Crocodile know this? The man was famous around these parts.
"Roronoa, again with you?"
The young man straightened up upon the voice, surprised he had a spectator. Then, the eyes narrowed as he squinted in the dark to recognize the voice and physique.
"...Crocodile?"
"Yes, that's me."
"You're running away from your boyfriend again?"
"Acquaintance," Crocodile corrected, "You've picked another fight with a gang? When will you get used to the rules?"
"Until I beat the shit of every one of them, so they'll learn."
"You can't change the rules of the city-" Crocodile stopped in mid-sentence because Zoro gave him a confident look of 'oh, yes I can.' The older man chuckled at how pompous the young man was. Zoro got away with this because he was extremely good looking.
Crocodile lit a cigar and gestured a hand, "Hungry Roronoa?"
Zoro put a hand over his stomach, "I guess." He pulled a smug grin, "Hmmm, asking me out? Someone's going to be jealous that you're having an affair."
"If you remind me about Bird one more time, we're going to one cheap fast food down the block."
"I know you won't," Zoro chuckled as he walked up to Crocodile and hooked his hands around the older man's arm, "You hate those kinds of places."
