Sanji and Zoro both knew it wasn't going to be easy for Zoro to find a job. Most of the time when he comes home he finds Zoro and Megumi together, with Zoro smiling, no one would know that he's sad. There he sat on the floor brushing Megumi's hair with a smile."How was it?" Sanji asks. Zoro knew what he's talking about. His smile disappears.

"Like the last few weeks." Zoro says.

"Still bad?"

"One guy didn't read my resume before so there we sat in front of each other. I watched as he read it and when he finished he just got up and threw my resume away and told me to leave."

"Are you okay?" Sanji couldn't help himself. That was bad.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Zoro lies. How could he be fine? Here Sanji is working and Zoro is there freeloading. He needed to find something.

Sanji also knew Zoro wasn't fine but he didn't know why.


Sanji cooked dinner and as he cleaned the kitchen Zoro took Megumi a shower. He heard the door being knocked. As fast as he can he cleaned the dish in his hand to open the door. As he puts the dish away he hears the sound of keys opening the door. There's only one other person he knows who has the keys to the apartment besides Zoro.

Lohan. Damn, he had forgotten about her. He hasn't seen her since she freaked out about finding the picture of Zoro and Megumi. Before he could move out the kitchen there she is staring at him. "I came to say... I..." She stops to look around. Child drawings on the refrigerator courtesy of Megumi. She also saw picture frames up. Most are of Megumi but there are some with Zoro in it too but she wasn't focused on that. "What is going on? Why are there so many pictures of her?" He should tell her, it's not right to lie, specially at this point.

"She's my daughter."

"Daughter, how?"

"Sex?" Sanji says not understanding what she's asking.

"No shit, I was wondering what slut you slept with behind my back?"

"Wait, hold on." Sanji says. He didn't like that. That was going to far. "It happened before I met you."

"Why didn't you tell me?" She says crossing her hands over her chest.

"I didn't know until just recently."

"Well it can't be true. She has to be luring, tricking you." She says denying that he has a child. "You can't have a child, that means she'll be around often. I don't like that." She says. Sanji's eyes widen as he realized something, he's always done things to make her happy, given her whatever she wanted even if Sanji didn't want to. "She can't come here. I don't want here and take the photos down." She orders. Sanji is dumbstruck. She's not going to let him see his daughter? His only child because he knows she doesn't want kids. Sanji opens his mouth but can't get anything out because someone beat him to it.

"Daddy!" Sanji turns to Megumi shouting for him as she sprints up to him. She has a smile plastered on her face, she twirls around. "Look it's the new pjs you got me."

"You're hair is also braided already." Sanji points out.

"Mommy just braided it for me. Are you going to read the book with me and mommy?"

"In just a bit." Sanji smiles. Megumi then notices Lohan. Her smile disappears as she sees the way Lohan stare at her.

"Megumi you..." Zoro starts but stops when he sees Lohan. He could see the atmosphere between her and Sanji. He didn't need a college degree to know that she's his girlfriend. It would seem they were discussing them. "Megumi come, you didn't brush your teeth yet." Zoro says. Megumi happily goes with him.

"What about daddy?"

"Uh," Zoro takes a peak at Sanji. "He's busy. He'll join us when he's done." Zoro says picking her up and going down the hallway. When they disappear Sanji looks at Lohan who is glaring at him.

"Mommy's a he and they are living with you."

"They needed help so I helped."


Zoro sat in bed with Megumi, he's reading to her but none of the words are registering in his brain. He couldn't help but think of Sanji and his girlfriend. They got him in trouble. That's the last thing Zoro wanted.

"WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT IT WITH ME!" They hear being shouted by the woman. Megumi holds onto Zoro.

"Hey it's ok." Zoro holds Megumi close to his chest.

"Is it because of me? I disturbed their talking." She looks up at Zoro. He smiles down at her.

"It's not your fault." If anyone should be blamed it should be him. Sanji said it was fine and Zoro agreed. He should have said no. He didn't want to disturb Sanji's life. That is the last thing that he wanted.

"I don't want daddy to get yelled at." Megumi says.

"Do you care about him? About daddy?" Zoro asks looking down at her. She nods.

"Yes."

"Then," Zoro moves closer to whisper in her ear. When he's done whispering he moves to look at her face. "Do you want to you?" He asks.

"Yes," she nods her head.

"Then let's get you to bed. Let's finish this book."

"Can you start from the beginning, I wasn't listening?" Megumi asks looking up at Zoro. Zoro chuckles.

"I wasn't listening either." Zoro says. He flips the book back to the beginning.

He trust Sanji and cares for him deeply but it's different to just come into his life and ruin everything. He didn't know Sanji had a girlfriend, he never hinted at it. Zoro felt guilty for putting Sanji in this situation. She must be confused and upset that Sanji didn't tell her that he's got a child from a one night stand AND that they are living with him. It must have been a shock to just find that out. How could he make things right? He finds himself asking. He only game up with one solution. It's the only thing he could come up with and since he got Megumi's acceptance they'll go through with it.