Unspoken Love

It's been late. Sanji looked at the clock. It's been midnight already. Zorro and Nami haven't come back yet. He steps to the cabin to see another Straw Pirates.

"So, they aren't come back yet?" Sanji asked Robin. She shook her head. At her lap, Luffy already fell asleep. Her finger rubs on Luffy's hair gently while her extended hand held an open book at her front. The other men can't be seen anywhere, probably they are on their own room, sleep already. Sighed, Sanji took a seat besides Robin.

"Don't worry Sanji, I know that they'll be okay. Zorro and Nami, they are not weak fella." Robin tried to calm Sanji. The cook just nodded once, and then he took out a cigarette and burns it. Robin continued, "If there's anything happen, Zorro will know what to do with his swords. And do not ever underestimate Nami's skill, you know; after all they're always carrying their weapon anywhere."

"Robin, I have no doubt that they'll be okay if they're facing anything ambushed. But I just worried about Nami. Well, she seems not in her best condition lately."

"Hmm, I think there is nothing to worry about. Nah, would you like to help me to get Luffy to his room? My feet already get muted!" Robin smiled at him. Sanji nodded and drag Luffy to his room. The minutes later he's back to the cabin to accompany Robin.

Suddenly they heard footsteps at the ship's stairs. Sanji and Robin jumps out from their sitting position. Sanji opens the door quickly. Zorro and Nami stood there.

"Where have you been, guys? We've been worried of you two!" Sanji asked them.

"I'm sorry! This is my fault!" Nami speak first before Zorro could utter any reason. She grabs Sanji's hands. "Please, forgive us! We won't make you worry anymore! I promise!" Nami glanced at Sanji with her puppy eyes.

"Okay, now go to bed! I'm tired!" Robin locked the door and went off to her own room. Nami followed her. But just before she reaches the path's door, she turned her back and smiled to Zorro and Sanji. "Good night Zorro, have a nice dream!" then she's gone.

Sanji narrows his eyes to Zorro. "Have a nice dream, eh? Sure you will!" Zorro frowns and returned his gaze.

"What do you mean?"

"What are you doing with her? You know what time is it?"

"There is nothing important for you to know. You won't happy to hear that." Sanji walks closer to Zorro.

Clutching Zorro's shirt, "I'm sure that I need to know! I want to know because it's about Nami, not about you! Tell me!" Zorro snapped Sanji's hand from his shirt.

"Fine, she had confessed her feeling against me! She said that she loves me, and that was the reason why she had been act very strangely lately. We've been on the park until the night fell. Then we go to the restaurant to have dinner together, and have another talk until the chief on the restaurant tell us that the restaurant will be closed. So we made our way back and here I am." He turns his back and gave Sanji cold shoulders.

"Well, having some talk? May I know the result?" Sanji crossed his arms.

"You might not like to hear that." Zorro makes his way towards the path's door.

"May I know the result?" Sanji repeated with more pressure on his tone. Zorro didn't stop.

Then without turning back, he said; "Now she's my girl."

"Whoa! I can't believe it!" Luffy roared in the dining room when they are having breakfast together in the next morning. "You two are now lovers!" Quite impressive though, he can say the words correctly while his mouth full of bacon and eggs.

"I hope it won't make you angry, Luffy." Nami smile at him shyly.

"It doesn't matter." Luffy grinned. He's really an easygoing person after all.

"So, that means we have to congrats you two, eh?" Ussopp grinned and teased them. Zorro's put an irritated face.

"Oh come on, don't make it such a thing!" He drops his mug at the table a little hard to silence them but it doesn't work. Ussopp went crazy so all he can do is only to hold his patience. Nami just grins at Zorro's red face. Sanji comes out from the kitchen.

"Well, we have to celebrate it, don't we?" He grinned. His hands keep serving the bread and more eggs as quickly as Luffy's mouth finish them off. "I'll cook special meals for dinner! How's 'bout that?"

"Good idea, Sanji! I'll wait for night comes!" Luffy laughed. "So let's have fun today!" He grabbed Robin's shoulder and pulls her closer to him. "I think I'll go to the town and will be back at evening." Robin blushed but she's giggling a bit.

Zorro just silence. He knows that the words comes out from Sanji wasn't real. He knows that Sanji wouldn't celebrate anything. He would not want to celebrate about this.

"Zorro?" Nami's voice made him back to earth.

"Yeah?"

"Do you have a plan to do this morning?" She smiled at him.

Zorro put his glass of beer, sipping it a little before answering Nami, "No. Why?" She stands up from her sitting position.

"Maybe we could have some fresh air?"

"Do you asking me for a date?"

Nami's smile was all the answer.

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"Ussopp? Did you see Sanji around?" Chopper asked his teammate. The Pinocchio simply just shook his head. "I wonder where he's gone. I didn't saw him since the breakfast done; maybe he stayed at the kitchen all day long? I've checked his room but he wasn't there . . . hey, Ussopp?! Do you hear me?!!!" Chopper screamed. But Ussopp answers him with his snores.

Sanji was gone.

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Notes: Super short, well. . .

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