Chapter 2

When Zoro woke up the next morning, he had a bad feeling. His gut was telling him that something bad was going to happen and he preferred not to take any chances because of last time. Zoro got up quickly and started getting dressed in his usual attire. He then left the room. He didn't need to check if the babies were in the cribs. He knew they weren't. Sanji always took them in the mornings.

Arriving on the deck, Zoro saw that he was up pretty early. Usually the girls were out on the deck but since they were no where to be seen, Zoro guessed that they were still asleep. He shrugged and continued towards the kitchen.

When he entered the kitchen, Zoro couldn't help but smile. Both the twins were in their seats on the counter. Sanji was currently making faces at them, causing them to laugh. Upon further inspections, Zoro saw that their bottles were empty meaning that they would be sleep again in a few.

Sighing with relief, Zoro turned to walk away. He was relieved that the kids were fine but he still had that feeling in his gut.

" Hey Marimo?"

Zoro turned to Sanji with a bored face.

" What?"

Handing the twins their stuffed toys, Sanji looked up at Zoro and spoke. "Did you look at the time? It's pretty early for you to be up."

Zoro stared at Sanji for a moment before answering. "Yeah well, I couldn't sleep."

"That's not like you." Sanji commented curiously.

Zoro scoffed and glared at Sanji. He suddenly felt a surge of anger. "Your one to talk."

Sanji felt taken back for a second. He recovered after a moment and threw a glare back at Zoro. "What's that suppose to mean?"

"I mean that you haven't been acting like yourself lately Shit Cook." Zoro said as he moved a little towards Sanji.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Sanji asked. He fought to keep his voice down to not disrupt the now sleeping twins. "Nothing about me is different."

Zoro snorted. " You don't think I notice your earlier mornings and later nights in the past month? Or the fact that you've moved your chair closer to the girls at meals? Or maybe that you keep your distance from me? And lets not forget the most important. No sexual contract at all. Not even a small peck."

Zoro waited for an answer but was greeted with silence. Sanji stayed quiet. He knew what he had done. He just didn't think it was noticeable.

"Do you not want to be with me Sanji?"

Sanji stared at Zoro in shock. He remained quiet the entire time resulting in Zoro asking the question more clearly.

"Is that it? It's that you don't want to be together, isnt it? You feel forced to be with me and the kids? If that's the case then-"

Sanji cut Zoro off off quickly. "How could you even think that?" The slowness in the way Sanji asked made Zoro cautious. To him it was a little taste of deja vu.

Zoro heard movement on the deck and tried to end their conversation. "Look. Jus- Just forget I said anything."

Zoro turned to exit the kitchen and missed the sound of Sanji's footfalls. As soon as Zoros hand touched the knob, Sanji swung him around. He wasn't even in the right state of mind to notice what he was doing. And where he was doing it.

"What the hell Sanji?!" Zoro asked shocked and angry.

He cursed when he saw the look in Sanji's eyes. He was past the stage of being spoken to. However, Zoro didn't care much about that at the second. Zoro looked over the cooks shoulder and watched the kids throwing a fit. Without a doubt, they were looking for one of their parents.

Zoro tried to push pass Sanji but was shocked when the cook pushed him hard causing his back to hit the door. Balling his fists, Zoro yelled at Sanji.

"What the fu-move cook. The kids ar-"

"How could you even ask that?" Sanji said ignoring Zoro's plead for him to move. "You cant just come in here and tell me to forget you said those things. You cant just question our relationship. I risked a lot going into this with you and I'll be damned if-"

A second later, the wall beside the door was torn down. Before either Zoro or Sanji could do anything, a voice spoke up.

"What's going on in here?" Luffys voice rang through the air.

Zoro didn't answer and instead pushed passed a dumbfounded Sanji to get to the babies. Sanji just stared at his crew members who looked shocked at the situation. Remembering what was going on before, Sanji turned towards Zoro.

"Zoro. I'm so sor-"

"Save it."

Zoros voice made everyone flinch from its hardness. Sanji was the first to recover.

"Zor-"

"Just shut up!" Zoro yelled towards Sanji who became speechless. He was now carring both kids in their seats. "I don't know whats wrong with you and right now, I don't care. What I do know, Cook, is that your problem is getting out of hand. You didn't even care that our kids were crying. " Zoro started to leave but stopped and spoke again. "You need to see a therapist on the island. Cuz' I think your fucked up in the head right now cook."

With that, Zoro left. He was no longer hungry and he didnt want the kids anywhere near Sanji and the way he was now.

Everyone stood in the kitchen stunned. They heard some of what was going on but never would they had thought it would escalate the way it did. The girls moved away from the other crew members and walked in the direction Zoro had gone. It signalled for everyone else to go back to what they were doing. They wanted to talk to Sanji but from the look on his face, he needed some time alone.

When the girls reached Zoro's room, they walked right inside. In the room, the babies were in their crib, drifting to sleep slowly. Zoro stood watching them drift off before they finally did fall a sleep. He turned towards his bed and walked to it, knowing the girls were watching him. When he got to it, he laid down on his back and closed his eyes.

A moment later, Zoro felt the bed dip on both sides of him before he felt 2 bodies lay beside him. They laid in silence for a while before someone spoke.

"What was that about?" Nami whispered.

Zoro sighed. "I don't really know. I only confronted him about his behavior ."

Robin turned her head a little and whispered to Zoro. "Did you ask him if he didn't want to be with you?"

Zoro nodded his head and both girls sighed.

"You hurt his feeling Zoro. You doubted his own judgement." Nami whispered.

"It was weird though." Zoro said, ignoring what Nami said. "It felt like deja vu."

Both girls turned towards Zoro and asked "How?"

"Do you remember that dream I told you about?The one where the crews on the beach and stuff." Zoro asked amd waited until he felt the girls nod before continuing. "Well it almost felt the same. He kind of asked the same question in the same tone and everything. It was weird."

"I see." Robin whispered.

The room was quiet for a moment until Nami spoke. "Are you guys over?"

Zoro contemplated the question. He spoke after coming to a conclusion. "No. Neither of us want that."

Both girls turned to him and waited for him to continue. Sighing, he did just that. "Its just weird the way things are now but at the same time it's normal. I've never seen him like that before and it wasn't an experience I want to see again. I just want him to get better, you know. It just hurts a little right now to see him act so.. and the kids...-" Zoro trailed off and chuckled tiredly. "I don't know."

The girls nodded. They knew Zoro was in love with Sanji and only wanted the best for their relationship. But at the same time, he wanted what was best for the kids. And that's what was the most important. The kids.

Getting up, the girls told Zoro they would check up on him later. They were hungry and even though Zoro wasn't, they told him they would bring his food to him. He thanked them and decided to just take a small nap. Maybe then the feeling in his stomach would leave.