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I'm in the highest spirit! So here comes the second chapt~
More story with Luffy and Zoro 😃
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CURSED or BLESSED [2] : Booze Lovers
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The next day, Sanji couldn't forget what had happened the night before. He just couldn't get that beaming smiling boy out of his head. It would be very nice to be his friend. With a cigarette dangling over his mouth, the blond strolled towards his work place, Rain Base restaurant.
"Good morning, my little sunshine~~! Your beauty beats even the wonderful day today!"
"Ah good morning to you too, Sanji-san," replied the purple-haired beauty. "Did you rest well yesterday?"
"Sort of. It was a pleasant night yesterday."
"Oh.. did something happen?"
"Well, accidentally I met a boy with his pet and they were idiotic funny."
"I-idiotic funny?"
"Haha yeah. They seem fun."
"Good morning Carina-chan. Morning blondie," greeted the spectacled chef upon entering the restaurant.
"Good morning, Billy-san."
"Yo~"
"I hope there will be a crowd today too, like yesterday."
"Yea.. minus the mess," said Sanji smirking.
"I agree. Minus the mess. It's hard to handle the guests, you know," pouted Carina, getting a playful pat on her head.
"I know, I know. We count on you on that," laughed Billy, scooting away, disappearing behind the kitchen door.
"Well, I'd better help him to prepare," grinned the blond.
"Yea, you should. I also need to brief those waiters," smiled the dusty purple-haired girl. Sanji then followed the chef into the kitchen, leaving the girl as she shouted at the waiters in the dining hall.
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"Sanji-san, are you busy?" asked one of the waiters with a curly dark hair.
The blond glanced to his side and replied, "Not really. What can I do for you?"
"There is a boy who wants to meet you."
"A boy? Is he with a big dog?"
"Dog? I didn't see any. Are you waiting for someone?"
"Oh. No, nobody. Can you please tell him I'll meet him in a minute? Tell him to wait at the back door."
"Sure, no problem."
"Thank you."
The waiter grinned and left to take the message.
"Hey guys, I'll take my break first," Sanji shouted to the other chefs.
"Yeah okay. Hey, boy if you're going out, can you please get me some beers?"
"Yeah! I want one too."
"Hey! Me too!"
"Fine, I'll buy a pack for you guys." Sanji rolled his eyes and left the kitchen, while the crowd cheered to his offer, and later a shout from the head chef. Sanji smirked.
They were good guys. It was nice to stay with them, but would they treat him the same if they found out his true identity? Sanji cringed while walking towards the back door. He stepped out and saw that the one who requested his presence was…
"Y-You! Luffy, right? What are you doing here?"
"Yosh! Sanji I heard you're a chef! I want to try your dish!"
"The hell? Just order the food! You can eat the dish if you come as a guest properly."
"But I want to taste your food! If I come as a guest, how do I know you are the one who made it?"
"… You have a point, but is there any difference?"
"Yeah! I have my reason."
"Well, if you say s-… wait! How do you know I work here?"
"Zoro t-" his words were cut off by a sudden low snarl.
"Oh, there he is. I thought you're alone," said Sanji, quirking his only visible curly eyebrow. Luffy laughed.
"No, he will hate me if I leave him alone. But it'll be fine if I go to the class."
"Class? How old are you anyway?"
"I'm 18 turning 19 this year. So, I have to go to college. How 'bout you?"
"Uh.. me? I'm two- twenty one, yeah twenty one." The blond gritted his teeth. [Phew! That was close!] In fact, he was easily (?)could easily be more than two hundred years old, not that it made any difference to them whether he was two hundred or twenty; he had lost count anyway.
"Ahh! Zoro is- OOUUWWW! The hell Zoro, that hurts!" he shouted when the beast bit him again.
[What the hell is wrong with this dog? Every time Luffy talks about it, it seems pissed off about something. Oh. Wait. It can understand what we're talking about? Well, it does seem like it to me, but… hmmm,. don't tell me…] Sanji was lost in his thoughts, frowning deeply.
"Hey Sanjii…. Sanjii… are you there?" called the noirette, waving his hand vigorously in front of Sanji's pale face. The blond snapped.
"A-ah. Sorry I zoned out for a moment there. Did you say something?"
"Yeah. I asked whether you want to come hang out with us or not later tonight. I know of a good place."
"Uh.. yeah. If I'm not busy, I'll sure go."
"Hell YEAH!" the boy shouted happily, jumping around like little puppy getting his first chewing toy. Sanji snorted at his antics.
[Why do I get a feeling that I'm getting myself into deep trouble?] He let a small smile adorn his beautiful face.
"Hey Sanji, does this mean we're friends now?" the boy asked, tilting his head to the side. Sanji's face twitched and – holy hell! – he could have sworn he heard the dog let out a heavy sigh.
"Maybe. I don't know. How should I know?" answered the chef, rolling his eyes.
"It's decided then! Yes, we are! And now, Sanji! Can I ask you to make me some food? I really want to try your dish!" the absurd boy grinned widely, nearly tearing his face in two. Sanji face-palmed himself, very sure that he was really getting himself into a deep deep deeeeppp trouble.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Order anything you want inside, I'll make it for you."
"Anything?!" Luffy's eyes now were as wide as his mouth. How was that even possible?
"Yeah.. anything."
"YEAH! You're the best, Sanji!" he squealed energetically.
Sanji sighed, averting his gaze away from Luffy, but coincidentally made eye contact with the dog beside him, just to be sucked in to those enigmatic dark brown cold beads, which stared back at him in shock. Huh wait, shocked? It was shock?
[But why? Was it because.. oh no, shit!]
The blond realized he needed to do something about what he had said earlier.
"You still need to pay." He deadpanned, while fishing for a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one up and inhaling from that cursed stick. The loud scream stopped, changed into whines and pouts. Sanji smirked, and deliberately averted his gaze to the big dog again. Oh, now it looked relieved though he still could catch its disappointment.
[Ok, at least I rectified that one.]
Well, he was sure – by now – the dog was able to understand what they were saying. Wait, was it a real dog?
"Fine… I'll pay. But you must be the one who makes it for me!" Luffy stated. Sanji puffed out some smoke, then put the cigarette back in between his lips, leaving it there.
"Yeah. I keep my promise," he said with a smirk.
"See, Zoro.. I told you he is a nice guy! Shishishishi!" Luffy giggled whilst ruffling his dark brown mane. He growled low then shoved his head to the side.
"Can I bring Zoro in?"
"Uh.. I don't mind, but the others surely will make a fuss about it."
"Eeehh…. But why? Then Zoro can't taste your food," whined the noirette.
Then he suddenly lit up.
"Zoro! I have an idea! Why don't you turn - GYAAAOOO! STOP IT! SERIOUSLY!" Luffy complained while rubbing his sore ass. Sanji blinked in confusion. They sure were big idiots, but something was odd with the dog. Sanji was sure about it.
"I'll take care of him. Just order anything. I'll personally hand it over to him," the blond said at last, reassuring the bright youth.
"You will?" Luffy asked happily.
"Yeah … Oh shit! I forgot I have to buy booze for those idiots."
"Booze?"
"You wait inside and order your food. I'll be back in a minute."
"Oh, you're going out?"
"Actually, it's my break time. So yeah, I'm going out a bit," said the blonde, pulling the cancer stick from his lips and threw the butt onto the ground before stepping on it to stub out the fire.
"Zoro will accompany you then. Besides, Zoro also loves booze, maybe he wants one too? You will, right, Zoro?" said the noirette giggly, while asking the dark brown dog who sulked but now was wagging his tail in excitement upon hearing word "booze".
"The fuck? You give your dog booze?"
"He likes it anyway, so why not?"
"You are crazy indeed."
"But he won't get drunk. So, I don't mind," laughed Luffy. Sanji stared to the duo with a kind of helpless stare.
[These two were beyond salvation indeed.]
"Well then, I'll pick the food first." Luffy showed his trademark shit-eating grin and then walked away, leaving the blond and the dog. Sanji glanced to the dark brown dog in front of him, who was now frozen on the spot.
"Well, looks like we're stuck with each other. Let's not waste my time," Sanji said, casually grazing the dog's head, beckoning it to follow. The dog obeyed.
"You're quite nice actually. I thought you're more rebellious." Sanji giggled in between his stroll. The dog growled low.
"So, hey Zoro, I suppose you do understand human language, right?"
The dog snorted.
"That's rare, you know. Believe me, out of all my years, I've never known a dog like you." No response from the dog, surprisingly.
"And you're quite big yourself. Are you really a dog?" Still no response.
"Or are you something else?"
The dog twitched. Sanji should have seen that crumbling apathetic demeanor.
"A werewolf maybe?" and now Sanji stopped and turned around with a smug smile plastered on his face.
The dog froze right on the spot. The beast tensed up, claws clenching harder, teeth gritted, giving a deep throaty growl, its tail tensing out in between its hind legs. It was on alert. Sanji eyed the beast and, deciding not to attack its pride even further, he backed down. Besides, they were in a broad daylight. It was the most dangerous place to start a fight.
"C'mon big guy… I'm just joking. Look at you. You don't even look like one. If I'm correct, you're the German shepherd type, aren't you?" joked Sanji, showing his white teeth while stretching his hand towards the beast. He still growled dangerously. Then a bark when Sanji nearly pet the head.
"Uh.. I'm not allowed to touch you now?" Sanji sulked. "Fine then."
Then the blond continued to where he was heading. The dog focused his eyes on the puzzling blond. But then he decided to tail him wherever he went, as what Luffy asked him to.
"We're here~ stay here. I'll be quick."
Sanji frowned as he thought, stole a quick glance at the dog, and then smirked. Without saying anything, he disappeared inside a big glassy automatic door with a big "WELCOME TO NANOHANA" written on it.
Zoro sulked. He knew he couldn't enter the supermarket. Well, the supermarket clearly displayed the "No Pets Allowed" sign on the wall. He glanced around, walked around and spotted a shady corner not far from the entrance. He walked there lazily and plopped down, relaxing himself. Several seconds later, he was in a steady rhythm of breathing, sleeping peacefully.
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"Well, if you say so. He will be back maybe in about half an hour?" said the waiter smiling politely to him.
The boy pouted, but well, it was his break time, and he couldn't be an egoistic bastard, could he?
"Okay then. I'll wait. In the meantime, please make me a cool refreshing drink. I'll take anything the chef recommends for me."
"Sure. Would that be all?"
"Yeap!"
"I'll be back with your order."
"Thank you Shishishishi~!"
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Sanji walked directly to the beer corner. He looked around and then spotted the usual beer brand that they loved to drink, Yuba. He took a pack, thought for a moment, and then he took another pack. Well, better more than less, right? Without wasting time, he walked towards the cashier, and put the packs on the steel table.
"Good day sir. Are these all?"
"Good day. Oh yeah, please give me two packs of Sky Walk*1 please."
"Anything else?"
"That's all."
"Alright." The cashier scanned both beer packs, turned towards him and said, "It will be 1,500 Beri, sir."
Sanji fished into his pocket and handed him a 5,000 Beri note. After packing up his purchase, he hurriedly exited the supermarket. He walked towards the way they came. After three steps, he stopped. He had a feeling that something was missing.
He checked his pocket. Phone, check. Money, check. Beer, check.
That was strange, everything was there but why was he feeling that he had missed something? Oh! Yeah, he did miss something. He sighed and look around.
"FUCK!" he cursed. He couldn't find the dog. Luffy's Zoro was gone.
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So, in this chapt we got no foot note, how good is that~~
Oh wait! We have one…
*1 Sky Walk was Sanji's favs brand of cigarette (C'mon, its AU after all)
And so how was it? Good bad? Haha~ please do review so, I could do others better.
Jyaa~ 'till next time ^o^/
HnO