He rolled out his bunk, the boat had made port at Dressrosa. He'd already been told that Doflamingo wanted to see him, he couldn't help but wonder how much his boss knew. Even though Franky hadn't found a tracker, his boss always seemed to know where he was and what he was doing.
He took the elevator up, he'd felt uneasy in the docks something about the toys that worked there had creeped him out. He'd never really paid much attention to them before, dammit having emotions again was doing his head in. Maybe he could redo the training, he usually had a lot of spare time between jobs. He just had to hope no one would notice in the meantime.
Mingo, Zoro fought to hide a grin at Luffy's nickname for the man, was lounging in his seat with a twisted grin in place. He'd always thought the man had a sadistic streak, usually he showed it in the creative ways he asked for people to be killed. Zoro couldn't deny that it had rubbed off on him a bit but now he couldn't stand the idea of being anything like his boss.
He had come here hoping that he would feel like he belonged, he'd never questioned his place here before. Being with the gang had felt right but he wasn't who they had been looking for, he'd changed too much. Being on the boat and now being here he knew he'd changed too much to belong here either. Maybe after his next job he could just disappear on his own, train himself so he could beat Mihawk one day to keep his promise to Kuina.
'You've lost your bandana and a sword' Doflamingo's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.
He shrugged he hadn't really come up with an excuse for that.
'Is the cook dead?' Doffy asked.
He nodded.
'Good, I never actually thought you would come back here Zoro' Doflamingo grinned at him.
He kept his face stoic but inside he was worried. He should have known he couldn't keep secrets from his boss. He knew, somehow he always knew everything that was going on. He stared at the ground, he could hear Doflamingo laughing. If only the cook had woken up and stopped him leaving, maybe they wouldn't have rejected him when they found out about Kuina. He looked up at his boss, none of that mattered now He was here and he was going to have to face whatever Doflamingo came up with as punishment.
The repeated thumping at the door woke him up. His arm smacked into something cold next to him but he ignored it as the door flew open propelling Luffy into the room.
'It wasn't locked Luffy' Robin stepped into the room.
'I'm hungry Saaaanji. I want breakfast' Luffy was lying on the floor, staring at the ceiling.
He knew he should be focusing more on Robin's presence in his room or actively ignoring the idiot on the floor but his focus was on the sword stabbed into his bed. He moved the quilt that had built up around it, that asshole had murdered his phone. He'd forgotten to put it back after texting Robin last night. The blade was facing away from him but it was still sheer luck he hadn't cut himself on it.
'Zoro you asshole' he yelled jumping out of bed.
He glared at the empty hammock and stalked angrily towards the bathroom, he kicked the door open but it was empty too.
He went back into the bedroom more confused than angry, Luffy and Robin were still waiting.
'Anyone seen him?' he asked, not that he was worried he kept telling himself.
The pair answered no.
He drew the white sword out of his bed.
'It's not like he'd leave without this' he said as he retrieved the sheath where it was leaning carefully against his cupboard. He slid the blade safely into the sheath.
'Maybe he's waiting downstairs, he might have got lost' Luffy bounced up off the floor.
He walked downstairs with the others in silence, he could feel the tension emanating from the pair. He hoped the idiot was in the kitchen, he would demand to know what his phone had done to deserve being assassinated and they'd all eat together at last.
The kitchen was full, everyone was waiting around for breakfast. His stomach sank, everyone wasn't present, there was no green amongst the group. He could hear Robin explaining the situation, Nami began arranging where people would search. He placed the sword down on the kitchen table and walked over to the fridge. He would need to feed everyone, glancing at the clock breakfast was already late.
He opened the fridge trying to come up with ideas for a quick but filling meal, a flash of white amongst his food caught his attention and he pulled a piece of paper out.
I went back. Can you give Wado back to Koshiro?
He turned it over but that really was all he'd written, no explanation what the fuck was that idiot thinking. He hadn't even signed his name on it.
'Guys, no point in searching' he handed the note over to Nami.
He went back to the fridge and dragged out everything he needed for a fry up and started cooking.
Why the hell had that idiot left? Was it something they'd done or something he'd remembered?
Why was Wado left behind and what the hell had his phone done to deserve a sword through it?
He'd slept through it all. He hadn't woken up whenever the Marimo had, if he had he could have tried to stop him or at least gotten some kind of explanation.
Zoro could have so easily killed him, he would have simply fallen asleep and never woken up. Was that why the sword was stabbed into the bed? Zoro's way of saying I could have killed you but didn't. Was the phone part of that message or just Zoro being an annoying asshole?
'Sanji?' his eyes flicked over to Nami who was talking to him 'Finally' she looked worried. Of course she did he'd let Zoro leave 'Are you ok?'
'Of course' he gave her a forced smile.
'Then why aren't you eating?' she asked
He glanced around, whilst he'd been trying to work everything out in his head, he had not only finished cooking, served the food but was now sitting at the table.
'Sorry my sweet, just caught up in my thoughts' he gave her a half hearted smile.
'You know it's not your fault right?' Luffy said as he finished his breakfast.
His eyes locked with Luffy's, he knew the teen meant well but Zoro had left on his watch. Chopper had trusted him with his patient and he'd lost him.
Luffy reached across taking the plate that was sitting in front of an empty seat. This should have been Zoro's first meal with the whole crew, fuck.
He was still unable to answer Luffy, it felt like it was his fault.
'Don't worry Sanji, we're going to get him back. He's Nakama' Luffy said grinning at him before beginning to eat the spare food.
He gave a quick smile to his boss and began eating, Luffy was right they would go and get their swordsman. Then he would kick his ass for being such an idiot and wandering off in the first place.
He heard a phone chiming and Robin pulled her phone out.
'It appears we're going to be having a guest this afternoon. The ex-gang member has agreed to meet us' Robin said as she read her text.