Sanji sat in the hospital cafe eating a surprisingly nice lunch, he wiped the soup bowl with the last of his bread and sat back. It shouldn't be too much longer until Law was finished with the swordsman, he wanted to do a thorough check up and the surgery could be done with a local anesthetic. The hospital Law worked at was a large modern building, lots of windows and to be honest when you first entered you could easily mistake it for a shopping centre. No one batted an eye at Law bringing in a random patient, making him wonder just how many off the book surgeries he did.
A tap on the shoulder pulled him out of his thoughts.
'Mr Black, Dr Law has asked that you meet him in the car park' from the look of his uniform he appeared to be a nurse.
'Yea sure' he got up slightly confused, it seemed to be an odd request.
He walked quickly the unease of the odd request building more the further he got.
He exited the building on the second floor of the car park and could see Law's distinct outline down by his car. As he got closer he could see Zoro leaning against the side door, his eye covered with clean gauze.
'Cook-ya there's some Marines showed up at the hospital. I don't know if they're here for you two but best you get ahead of them anyway' Law glanced at Zoro 'He's quite drugged up, I advise you take him home and let him sleep it off'
Zoro looked like he was about to interrupt the surgeon.
'You can see your father this evening swordsman-ya. You need to sleep first but he's your problem now' he handed a thick envelope with Chopper written neatly on it to Sanji and walked back in the direction of the hospital.
Sanji pressed the unlock button on his keys and went round to help Zoro in, slipping then envelope into the glove box.
Zoro looked pale and tired but that damn stubborn look was in place.
'Look Marimo if you can stay awake on the drive over I'll take you to your dads but if you fall asleep then we'll go home. Then I'll call your dad and he can come over tonight so you can talk ok?'
Zoro gave a weak nod and got in the car, Sanji felt relieved he had been worried he'd put up a more of a fight. As he got in the car, he got a closer look at Zoro. He wondered just what the surgeon had given the swordsman to make him so out of it.
He hadn't even made it halfway to the dojo when he heard the snoring next to him, he passed the turn off that would have taken him there and headed towards home.
The more he drove the more relaxed he got, no matter what happened now Zoro was home, where he belonged. He wasn't sure how life would settle down now but at least the group was finally complete.
He pulled into the drive and gently shook Zoro but was met with more snoring, even shaking harder and calling him a variety of names didn't work. He sighed and got out the car.
Thankfully Franky had heard the car pull up and came out.
'Law called ahead, thought you might need a hand bro' Franky called over.
'Thanks Franky, Zoro's out cold I was just working out how to get him inside.' he went round and opened Zoros door. Franky leaned in unclipped the sleeping swordsman and easily lifted him out.
'Where to Sanji-bro?' Franky asked a he headed for the front door.
'My…. Well I guess it's our room now ' Sanji followed Franky into the house but let him head upstairs alone. He needed to make a start on dinner and call Koshiro.
The phone call to Koshiro was a lot shorter than he'd expected or wanted but as soon as he'd said Zoro remembered everything the father had said he was coming over and hung up.
He hadn't even had the chance to explain everything that had happened since the last time they'd seen him.
Nami came in just after he put the phone away.
'Koshiro?' she asked leaning against the worktop.
'Yea he's on his way over. Didn't manage to catch him up though'
He went over to the fridge and started pulling out the makings of dinner.
'Sanji don't worry bout dinner Luffy says he wants a pizza night' Nami spoke softer than normal.
That was usually Luffy's way of giving him a break when he thought he needed one, which of course he never did. He wasn't quite sure how to take it anytime Luffy suggested it as he adored cooking but it did allow him more time with his friends. They usually placed bets on which of the pizza places would deliver first, though Nami had a knack for always winning.
'Sounds good Nami-swan' he always made sure never to let the bit of disappointment show infront of his beautiful ladies, he suspected that's why they usually told him.
He spent the time until dinner pottering about in his greenhouse, it was long built but he was looking forward to cooking with his own vegetables once they were in season.
It had been Chopper who had came down to tell him dinner had been ordered, he headed up he didn't need to place his bet he always chose the same restaurant.
When he walked in he wasn't completely surprised to see Koshiro sitting next to Zoro. He felt relief when he saw how relaxed Zoro was the conversation with his dad must have went well.
The group chatted loudly, keeping conversations light or about the good old days. Usually their pizza or party nights would go on well into the early hours but Koshiro left just before midnight and the group decided to take this as a signal to go to bed as well.
Sanji headed upstairs Zoro following closely behind, they both got ready in peace. It wasn't until he clicked the light of that he heard 'Night shitty cook' he chuckled lightly 'Night stupid swordsman'.