Characters: Sanji, Zeff

(First Times) If at first you don't succeed...

Food was not to be wasted. It was possibly the only thing about life that Zeff hadn't had to kick into Sanji's skull, and the only thing they really agreed on.

So the first time Sanji deemed his curry good enough to be presented to him, and did so with a flourish and a hopeful expression, it was nothing but a burning disappointment that the Head Chef finished every last grain of rice, because after he was done he looked at him with an expression that very clearly meant "So what?".

Such was their relationship that it only made him try harder, again and again.

Until one day, finally, the shitty old man finished, looked at him, and silently held out the plate for more.