"See you later." Sanji says kissing Zoro on the lips.

"See you." Zoro answers back.

"Bye daddy." Megumi says giving him a glance then looking down at her breakfast. Sanji stands there, staring at Megumi. This was... odd. Was she upset that he has to go into work on Valentines day? But they both explained it to her last night, after Sanji at gotten home. She was a little upset but not majorly. Or maybe she was. But he couldn't help it. He himself forgot that the whole day today was booked to the brim with customers. They had made their reservations the year before. It was out of his hands. Zoro understood, they thought Megumi would too.

"You're going to be late." Zoro says getting the blonde out of his daze. Sanji smiles and leaves. As Sanji got in his car he thought about how Megumi would have been. If this was any other day, she would given him a hug with a kiss on the cheek saying how she'll miss him.

She's mad at him.

Megumi smiles. She couldn't contain herself she was so excited. After dinner the day before she and Zoro prept for everyone's dessert.

With them done with breakfast, Zoro and Megumi started on baking. Zoro had started on making them a small tart cup filled with chocolate. Zoro is making three different ones. A milk chocolate, white chocolate and strawberry. He thought the strawberry one is fitting for the day.

Megumi was excited. Last year she wasn't able to help Zoro because she was still to young. Even if she stood on a chair she couldn't reach anything but now she can. It was a good thing she did help. Last year he didn't make that much but this time he's making dozen upon dozens. He's giving six to everyone. Two of each flavor.

When he's done he and Megumi wrapped them up. With Megumi putting them in the small bag and Zoro wrapping the ribbons on them and decorating. When they finally finished they set them aside.

Zoro had to make a plan on how to get them to everyone.

Zoro and Megumi stood there in their winter coats waiting. It had snowed that night so the snow was piled high. They were warm though, with their gloves and scarf on.

Zoro and Megumi turned when they hear the sounds of locks. They watch as the door opens. Zoro smiles. "Hello." He greets. The other person smiles in delight. Surprised but happy to see them.

"Hello to you too. What are you both doing here?" She asks.

"Happy Valentines day!" Megumi shouts holding out in her hand a blue decorated pouch with all the tart cups. The woman seemed surprised.

"I'm shocked to see you both here."

"We have Valentines treats. Better than last year." Zoro says taking his backpack he grabs another pouch, this one decorated with red roses. "As a thanks. You did help me sometimes last year." Zoro explains. She smiles as she takes the pouch from Zoro.

"Would you like to come in? Sapphire would be happy to see you both." She leans in to Zoro and whispers, "Sapphires wants to see both of you. We were baking cookies." She gave him a very apologetic smile. Guesses he shouldn't expect to much from a family that cant cook.

"Yes please!" Megumi shouts holding up her pouch. "I have Sapphires treats." She says. Ruby smiles and steps aside to let them in.

Megumi was excited, she's never been at Sapphires place before. She did hang out with her family sometimes, before Sanji was in the pictures but never been to her friends home. Megumi and Zoro took of their shoes leaving them in front. Ruby just smiled and waited for them.

She lead them in to see everyone cleaning, even the eldest were helping. They waited in the living room as Ruby went and got Sapphire.

"Megumi! You're here! I thought mom was just lying again. Tricking me." Sapphire says hugging her.

"Here." Megumi hands over the blue pouch.

"What is it?"

"Your Valentines. Happy Valentines day." Megumi says with a bright smiles that equalled Sapphires.

"Can I open it?" She asks looking down at it. She looks at Megumi to see her nod.

Sapphire careful unwraps the pouch. Her family had all stopped to watch, curious on what she could have gotten.

As soon as the top was opened they all smelled the sweetness of the chocolate. Carefully Sapphire reaches in and takes one tart cup out. "Wow," all of her sister voices.

"This is for me?" She asks.

"Your mom has her own pouch." Megumi says. Zoro watches as Ruby opens her own.

"Can I eat it?" She asks. Zoro laughs.

"Go ahead." Zoro answers but before either Ruby or Sapphire pop it in their mouth the doorbell rang.

Ruby recovered first. She left the room and headed to the front door. They all heard people talking, happily too. Then they heard Ruby saying "come in." It was silent a moment then Ruby came in with Mary and Kiki behind her.

"Megumi! You're here too!" Kiki shouts joining the two girls with a smiles.

"Funny," Mary starts, "after Sapphire, we were going over to you and Megumi's too. To drop of her Valentines." Mary goes over to Zoro. Zoro gave her a smiles.

"That is funny. We were thinking the same." Zoro tells her. He takes off his backpack and opens it. He goes through all the pouches looking for Kikis' and Mary's.

"Are you alone?" Ruby asks, she just notices that Sanji wasn't with the two.

"Yeah, he's busy at the restaurant." Zoro says. They all nod at that.

"What about you Mary?" Ruby asks.

"Oh," Mary smiles, "one of the privates in his platoon just had a child so he's on brake and my husband is taking over for him. But I have something big planned for him. A spa night. I'm going to run a bath, give him a massage, have some treats out for him. He needs that." Mary says.

"I'm going to help!" Kiki says.

"Here." Zoro hands over Mary's pouch, black with white flowers. Then handed Megumi Kiki's. White with black cat silhouettes. The two watch as they opens it up and see the bite size tarts. Seeing them Sapphire and Ruby remember their own. They all look at them then pop them in their mouth. Is was so good. The texture, the way it melted in their mouths.

"So good." Sapphire praises with a blissful look on her face. Kiki, Mary and Ruby had to nod.

"So wonderful." Mary says.

"Glad you enjoy it. We should get going Megumi. We have others to give." Zoro says.

"Wait! I didn't give Megumi mine." Sapphire says.

"Oh us to." Mary says.

"Oh. Right, but it didn't come yet." Ruby tells Sapphire. Zoro looks at them curiously. Didn't they make cookies? Zoro turns to the person poking him. Pearl, the eldest of the kids.

"We bought Megumi a necklace, chocolate. At first Sapphire thought it was a chocolate necklace but it turns out it was the name of the design. The metal looks like chocolate. It was better this way. Megumi is really harsh when it comes to the food in this household." She whispers. "We have stomachs of steel, but she has taste." Pearl adds. She remembers when she went with them to a parade. Ruby had made lunches for them. It was something they were use to but Megumi couldn't eat it. After one taste she was saying what went wrong and how bad it tasted. They new it was bad but that's just the way their family is.

"Store bought chocolates would have done it." Zoro whispers back.

"It was too late by the time we realized what Sapphire had paid for."

"Here." Mary says handing Zoro and Megumi their valentines. Zoro opened the box to see a small sake set. Megumi got a rose, in an epoxy box. One of those decorative roses. This rose was different, there was one big one, white with two smaller ones, both purple.

"So pretty." Megumi says, mesmerized by how beautiful it looked.

"Here are yours." Mary says handing over Sapphires and Ruby's. Ruby got book. Sapphire got a rose two. But hers was a big blue rose with two peach colored smaller roses. The girls seem to really love their roses.

"Thanks." Zoro says putting his gift carefully in the backpack. "We should go. We have a lot of Valentines to give." Zoro says waving goodbye to everyone.

One bus stop after another, they had made it to their destination. They walk in the building. It was so long since they've been there. They knocked on the door. Soon after the door was opening. "Oh my goodness. My little fairy princess. It's been so long how have you both been?" She asks as she brings both of them in a hug.

"Hi Honey." Zoro says. "It's been a long time." Zoro says hugging her back. "How are you?" Zoro asks, when she let's go he opens his backpack for her pouch.

"It's been okay. I miss seeing you guy around. It's not the same when you guys left. After you did some others too. A couple moved in to your old apartment." She says.

"Well, we only came to give you these." Zoro hands over the pouch.

"For little ol' me?" She asks.

"Yup. Cause we love you." Megumi says. Honey looked like she was about to cry.

"Well I love you too. Have you seen my sister. She's been working too hard." Honey says holding the pouch close.

"She's our next stop." Zoro says. She nods.

"Glad to see you. Thanks for the Valentines. And don't be strangers." She says.

Megumi and Zoro walk in the supermarket. Since living with Sanji they've been going to a different one so they haven't seen Tisha in so long. It felt like forever but he knows it's only been at least ten months since the last time they saw her.

As they walked they searched just to make sure Tisha or Lulu were working, heading to the break room but being meticulous. They spotted Tisha talking to a worker.

"Tisha!" Megumi yelled happily as she ran to the woman, rose still in hand. Tisha turned around like she heard a ghost. She smiled when she saw Megumi running to her. She got down on her knee opening her arms for Megumi to jump into them. She gave Megumi a tight hug.

"My little mermaid princess. How are you?"

"Good. I missed you." Megumi says.

"How about your mama?" She asks Zoro as he walk up to them.

"Good. Really good. Came to give you our Valentine treats."

"Oh so you must be my surprise. Honey texted me about getting a surprise soon."

"We just saw her." Megumi says. Tisha smiles. She lifts Megumi up, standing carrying Megumi in her arms.

"Come with me. There are some people who would love to see you." Tisha says. Zoro follows Tisha to the break room where they found some familiar faces.

"Megumi! Zoro!" They shouts.

"Is it good to see you."

"It's been so long?"

"We've missed you."

They all say going to Zoro and Megumi, who sat in Tishas arms. Zoro answers their questions as he gets Tishas pouch and a bigger bag freeing space in his cramped backpack. "Here. For Tisha." He hands her a sunflower decorated pouch. "And for everyone else." He sets down the bad.

"For us?" Lulu asks.

"Yup." Megumi nods.

"You're the best." Lulu says giving Zoro and Megumi a hug before going into the bag, taking some of the treats and eating it with her co-workers.

It felt nice to see them again.

Zoro and Megumi sat down. They were at their second to last run. They had given a pouch to everyone they knew. From granny Cindy down the hall to Franky and Robin. They've been all over the city delivering their tart cups. It wasn't all that bad. With Kaya and Chopper both working in the hospital they were able to deliver two at the same time. But going from Usopp's work to finding Luffy. Then Ace and Sabo. Nami. Franky. Brook. Vivi. Robin. They were going everywhere and anywhere.

Having taken their break they get up and continue on their journey. They were almost done. They walked into the Baratie. The waiter knew them so they walked to the back. It seemed like it was busy so they carefully made their way past everyone to Zeff's office. Zoro made a note telling them Happy Valentines day and that the treats should be shared with everyone at the restaurant. Megumi even made her own note, saying the same thing as Zoro's, in her slightly messy handwriting.

"Grandpa!" Megumi says hugging Zeff. He hugs her back.

"We were just leaving." Zoro says.

"What were you here for?"

"Just dropping off our Valentines treats for you all. I left them in your office with a note." Zoro takes Megumi hand. "You guys seem busy so we'll leave." Zoro says waving bye to Zeff with Megumi. They didn't even notice the looks they got from some of the chefs. It was already Valentines day. All their planning gone to waste.

Zoro and Megumi made it to their last stop. It had been a busy day, it was becoming late. So good thing this was their last stop. Zoro and Megumi walked in to the All Blue. The waiter stopped and stared shocked. He had not been expected them to walk in. Sanji has been working hard all day, they had all assumed that it was because he wanted to get home faster but maybe it was because of this.

The waiter comes up to them. "How can I help you?"

"We're just here to see Sanji." Zoro answers. Just to see Sanji? That's it.

"He's in the back." the waiter points for them. He still had work to do so he wouldn't walk them there.

Zoro nods and thanks the man. Then he leads them back there. Just like the Baratie, it was busy. People were running around, mixing food, stirring and frying things at the same time. Trying to do as much as they can in such a short time. Sanji sees them and smiles. He brings them into his office. "What a surprise to see you both here."

"Of course. We came to give you our Valentines day treats." Zoro answers handing Sanji his pouch. Sanji takes it and looks at it.

"You made these?" He asks opening it.

"I helped." Megumi adds.

"Thanks." Sanji smiles. He was glad they showed up. They were having some very entitled customers so it was nice to see his family. Zoro leans in and gives Sanji a kiss on the cheek. The chef looking like he needed it.

"Happy Valentines day." Zoro says. Megumi gives Sanji's legs a hug.

"Happy Valentines day." she says herself. Sanji beamed. Zoro's kiss and Megumi's hug. This was ending up to be pretty good day.

"We'll leave you. You seemed busy. And you've still got work right?" Zoro asks.

"Yeah." Sanji deflates.

"Here. Some extra." Zoro hands the rest of his treats. Sanji takes them, for his workers. He sets them in a place he wont forget to give them out. After Zoro left Sanji got back to work.

Zoro and Megumi made their way back home. It was a good Valentines day.