Hey guys. This is a story about Zoro and Sanji. (No surprise there) But hey! Zoro has kids, he's Sanji's neighbor and he's in love at first sight. Hope you enjoy!
~Rebecca
Next Heart
Chapter 1
Tetsu and Shu race of before he has the chance to grab either of their shirts. Their feet stomp up the stairs and he sighs as he goes after them. He hears a shriek and a pair of dull thuds, wondering just what both boys ran into. He rushes up the stairs and freezes. Tetsu and Shu have tackled a blonde. The guy he sometimes sees when he gets home, late from work with the boys on his arms. The blonde is tense, and he is too. His muscles begin to work again when he sees Wado look disapproving at her brothers.
Wado spots him, and flicks her gaze back at the boys with a growl. He chuckles and calls to them, moving, finally.
"Kare o oroshite," he growls. (1)
Both boys freeze and scramble of the blond man. The man stands and he stares for a minute at his legs. They seem to go on forever and he swallows. The blonde turns to him with a passive face, though he notes surprise there as well.
"Ikagen'ni shite," he says. (2)
Tetsu and Shu shuffle towards him and look up with pouty faces. They cling to him with sad faces and he has to relent. He already knows that they like the blonde from that small encounter.
"Baka, hontoni." (3)
The twins smile and Wado crack a small one as well. Then, the twelve year old sets her attention on the blue eyed man. He does too.
"Hey, sorry about them," he says in fluent English.
The blonde seems startled that he switched so fast and he smiles.
"Their mostly well behaved, so sorry. Wado's the civil child, but the twins rub off on her," he continues. "Did she startle you?" he asks.
The blonde nods, but then smiles. "A little, she was sleeping, I think. But then she woke up when I wanted to ask her where her parents where. But now that you're here, it seems that I don't have to worry."
He feels himself flush at the sentence and quickly covers up by extending his hand to the blonde. "Name's Zoro," he says. "This is Tetsu," he gestures to the black haired boy with golden eyes. "This is Shu, his twin brother, and that's Wado." He finishes by motioning to the red haired boy and to his white haired daughter.
The blonde smiles and takes his hand, shaking it. "I'm Sanji, nice to meet you Zoro."
Zoro smiles and let's go of Sanji's, surprisingly warm, hand. He looks at Tetsu and Shu, who have been tugging at the sleeves of his jacket.
"Wakatta, wakatta," he says and squats down, giving Shu the key to the apartment. (4)
The three children scuttle off and into their house.
"Haven't seen you around, just moved in?" Sanji asks.
Zoro nods, turning back to the blond. "Yeah, two months ago actually. It's a little hard on the kids but they'll be fine."
Sanji quirks a brow and chuckles a bit dryly. "Hard on them, huh? Why's that?"
He realizes the mistake after he's said it. His eyes widen, but Zoro isn't affected anymore, it was a long time ago.
"I'm so sorry," the blond blurts. "I have no right to ask."
Zoro laughs softly and shoots a glance at his door, which is slightly ajar. He sighs, then turns back to Sanji.
"It's nothing, you can ask. Shu and Tetsu aren't my kids, their my sisters. But she's ... Not around anymore. Wado is mine though, but her mother, well, she isn't either."
Sanji's face is stricken with guilt. He opens his mouth to speak but Zoro shakes his head. Sanji's mouth snaps shut with an audible click. His face is still guilty but he doesn't say anything.
"You can make it up to me though," he says.
Sanji quirks a brow and crosses his arms over his chest. "How then?" he asks with a smirk.
Zoro doesn't know why but he feels like his face flushes. "Drink with me sometime?" he asks.
Sanji grins and turns to his door, opening it. "Sure, I'll let you know when I have time, sound good?"
Zoro snorts, nods and moves to his door. "See ya," he mutters.
Sanji giggles and shuts his door. And Zoro is frozen because that giggle made him tingle in all the wrong places. He shudders and opens the door. Wado is looking at him with a way too smug face for a twelve year old.
"Damare Wado, shinken ni." (5)
Wado grins and turns, padding of into the living room. Zoro sighs hard, running a hand through his hair as he walks after her. His heart is pounding in his ears and Zoro knows it, he's smitten and nothing will help him now.
"Kuso!" he slams his fist into the wall. (6)
Tetsu and Shu stick their head in the hallway and he curses again for having them heard.
"Koko kare deteike!" he snaps in an affectionate tone. (7)
They giggle and scurry off. Zoro calms his racing pulse and groans at the thoughts that fly through his head.
He's in love.
Fuck him and his broken heart.
(1) Get of him
(2) Come here
(3) Idiots really
(4) I get it, I get it
(5) Shut up, Wado. Seriously
(6) Shit
(7) Get out of here
Hope you enjoyed!
~Rebecca