Zoro woke up uncomfortable. It took time but he got up and got dressed. He staggered to the kitchen where he saw the table set. Megumi smiling up at the cook. Zoro grins, he hasn't seen her like this in a while. It was a little selfish of him to take her away from Sanji even if she did agree. He watches as Sanji smiles down at her. They both notice Zoro standing there. Megumi hops off the chair she stood on, she runs to Zoro hugging him. She's extremely happy.
"Mommy! You woke up!" She says happily making contact with Zoro. Zoro grunts in pain but recovers quickly to smile down at her. Sanji notices though.
"Well, I promised to drop you off today at school." Zoro pats her head. Sanji watches as Zoro limps his way to the table. He sits down with Megumi as Sanji brings the food over to the table. Zoro serves Megumi at least he tries, he winces as he reaches over.
"I'll do it." Sanji announces. Zoro looks at him and nods. He sits back as Sanji serves them both including himself. They ate in silence, well Megumi was happy, she couldn't sit still. She's happy to be back. Zoro is too, but wont show it obviously.
Zoro does Megumi's hair and they all walk together to the car. Zoro straggling behind. Sanji helps Megumi as Zoro slowly sits in the front passenger seat. He buckles himself in as Sanji sits in the drivers seat getting comfortable. The ride is filled with Sanji and Megumi discussing what's for dinner, Zoro is preoccupied thinking about something else. He's in a lot more pain than last night.
"Alright, chicken, broccoli, alfredo pasta it is." Sanji declares as he puts the car in park. Zoro is knocked out of his daze. He looks behind him to Megumi with a fake smile, Sanji notices this.
"Well another day of first grade." Zoro grunts as he moves to unbuckle the seat-belt.
"How about I walk you in today. Its been a while." Sanji smiles at Zoro then Megumi. His eye telling Zoro he knows.
"Ok." Megumi unbuckled herself out. Sanji takes one last glance at Zoro before getting out the car. He walks around to join Megumi on the curb. Zoro watches from the car window as Sanji takes Megumi's hand in his and they walk to the front gate to great the teacher. Zoro let's out a painful groan as he lets his forehead rest against the glass.
"Oh Mr. Vinsmoke." The teacher calls out. Sanji walks to her. "I'm so glad Megumi was found yesterday." She says with a smile. "We haven't seen you in a while."
"Well with everything that happened yesterday Zoro is tired." He points to his car where they spot Zoro leaning against the window, seemingly asleep.
"I hope everything is worked out?"
"Yes. We talked." Sanji walks away with a smile and wave bye. Sanji continued walking with Megumi.
"Dad," she says softly. Sanji looks down.
"Yes."
"I'm sorry I troubled everyone yesterday." Sanji stops them and gets down on one knee facing Megumi.
"You didn't cause trouble you just made us all worry. And if you didn't do what you did yesterday me and mommy wouldn't have talked, and you both wouldn't have come back home. Ok"
"Ok." Megumi smiles and gives Sanji a slight nod. Sanji drops off Megumi at her class. Happy to have her again.
Zoro is startled by the driver side door opening. He opens his eyes and turns his head to see Sanji staring at him. "Pull up you shirt." He commands.
"What?" Zoro asks looking at Sanji like he's gone crazy.
"Pull up your shirt." He commands again. Zoro just sits there. "Fine then I'll do it."
"Do wh-" before Zoro could finish Sanji reaches over, unbuckled the seat-belt and grabs the hem of Zoro shirt. "What are you doing!?" Zoro shouts as he holds Sanji's hands in place.
"Don't think I haven't noticed! I know something is wrong, now let me see!" Sanji explains as he and Zoro struggle. Sanji wins and successfully pulls Zoro's shirt up. "Oh my- holy!- Zoro!" Sanji says. "That looks really bad. The bruise looks worse." Sanji catches Zoro's eyes.
"It's not-"
"Don't you dare! I don't want to hear your 'its not as bad it looks' bullshit. You could barely move."
"Ok fine it hurts a little. So what?"
"I'm having Chopper look at it."
"No need to bother him so-"
"Damn it Zoro! Do you think I don't care about you?! Yes we're not in a relationship other than co parenting but still. I'm your friend at least right or do you not trust me!?" Sanji shouts. Zoro just stares at Sanji wide eyed.
"You care about me?"
"Of course I do. I may not love you but you're still Megumi's mom. I don't want anything to happen to you." Sanji says and Zoro know's it's the truth. Sanji's eye has a fire in them he's only ever seen when the group got into fights. Sanji has never lied to him and in return he's never lied back.
"Ok." Zoro nods sitting properly, facing forward. Sanji huffs as he faces forward in triumph. They both buckle up and Sanji drives. They ride is silence. Sanji was going to just drop Zoro off at the apartment but he decided to call and wait for Chopper at home with Zoro. He sat on the couch as Sanji called Zeff about his tardiness. The cook just paced back and forth as he waited. "I do trust you." Zoro says quietly as he fumbles with his hands. Sanji still heard him.
"You do?" Sanji stops to look at the green haired man. This is extremely new to both. Talking their feelings out. The only thing they've ever done as communication is fight every time they saw each other.
"If I didn't trust you Megumi never would've been born." Zoro tells Sanji as he lifts his head up.
"You mean..."
"The reason I just went with you at the party that night was because I trusted you enough to take my virginity." Zoro blushes a vermilion as he slaps his hand over his mouth. He didn't mean to tell Sanji that.
"Virgin- you were a virgin?" Sanji asks. He didn't know. "That's how you knew? Knew that I was her father."
"Yeah. I was a virgin before you. After the party I didn't have sex with anyone else so the father could only be one person."
"Damn it!" Sanji says bringing his hand to his forehead as he paces back and forth again. "If I had known I would have done things differently. I wouldn't have been so rough." Sanji says his curly eyebrow furrowed up in worry. Zoro just shrugged.
"I would have lost it eventually at that party." This sparked Sanji's curiosity.
"What do you mean?"
"At the party, before you picked me up I was with someone else" Sanji already knew that but didn't say anything, didn't want to upset Zoro, "but I learned he and his friends made a bet that he couldn't get me into bed. At first I thought he was actually interesting but I over heard them talking. We had a fight and I beat the crap out of him." Sanji chuckles at that. So that's what happened. "If not him or you then someone else would have. Don't worry about it, its not like you can change it now considering I'm far from a virgin now."
"I know but still. I have code Zoro about virgins." Sanji goes to sit on the couch. He can't imagine how Zoro felt after. He must have felt dirty, or uncomfortable in his own skin. Girls have told him that they feel self conscious, that everyone was staring and was paranoid that everyone knew. "Please tell me how you felt. I want the truth." Sanji says.
"Why?"
"I need to know. Please?" Sanji sounded to desperate when he asked.
"Fine." Zoro turns away from Sanji to embarrassed to look at him. "I couldn't walk right. I also felt sluggish, like my skin wasn't mine. I didn't want anyone near me or touch me. No one was aloud to see my skin. I didn't even want anyone to see me half naked, like how I use to train. I thought I was having anxiety about it because I was throwing up randomly and for no reason so the caretaker got me to the hospital. That's where I learned that I am a carrier and pregnant." Zoro remembers freezing as the doctor told him the results. He was shocked to say the least but he was scarred the most. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know how to take care of a small human being. Yes he watched and cared for the small ones at the foster home, him being one of the eldest but he had help, that wasn't the same as being pregnant for nine months and raising a child by himself. And he was right it wasn't the same, it was a hundred times harder.
"What happened next?" Sanji asks. Yes he felt guilty about it but he did want to know what Zoro went through.
"You want to hear more?" Zoro ask looking him. Sanji just nods almost looking like Megumi when he's reading her a story. "I was shocked and scared as I walked to the waiting room where she was waiting for me. She asked and asked but I was in a daze so she just took me back home and took care of me the whole day till I came back to my senses. That night I told them and they got into a big fight about what to do with me. One caretaker didn't want to throw me out but she would have lost her job so I said I would leave if they gave me a few more days. That's when I talked to the teachers and they helped me."
"What about me?" Sanji finds himself asking. Did he really want to know? Well to late he already asked.
"After I moved into the dorm I wanted to talk to you about it. The doctor said something about an abortion and I wanted to tell and discuss that with you."
"You wanted an abortion?" Sanji asks shocked, with the way Zoro is now he would never have thought.
"What no. I didn't want that, it sounded to cruel. It wasn't the babies, it wasn't Megumi's fault was my thinking but I thought you might so I tried to talk to you but..." Yeah Zoro didn't need to finish that sentence. He's right. Sanji might have told him to get one. He's kind of glad now that he ignored Zoro. If he did... He stopped thinking about it.
Sanji rushed to the door when the door is knocked. He got so invested with the talk he forgot about Chopper. Chopper obviously freaks out but gets into doctor mode as fast.
