The Lucky Ones

by Chibimono Akuno

Modern AU. Shipped from one foster home to the next, Zoro finally found a friend that cares for him. And as Luffy finally gains a loving home, neither wants to let go of the other. [budding ZoLu relationship]

4. Part the Fourth

Title: The Lucky Ones (4/?)
Author: Chibimono Akuno
Fandom: One Piece
Pairing: Zoro x Luffy, Shanks x Ben
Rating: PG
Word Count: 311
Warnings: Foster-children situation. Highschool dropout. Gay relatives having custody of a minor. A budding romance between two male friends. If any of this bothers you, please don't read.
Disclaimers: Not mine. Just pretending. I love Oda with all my heart.
A/N: A modern-ish AU. This is unedited/unbeta'ed and was written over a span of time. None of the parts are written in the same exact style. If you see any glaring errors, feel free to point them out.

The Lucky Ones
- Part Four -
by Chibimono Akuno

Zoro had to blink a few times and think hard just to remember where he was. He then thought of where he needed to be and made to move, but found he was thoroughly pinned down by warm deadweight.

"Hey... gotta go..."

An arm tightened around Zoro's waist. "Nmmm... Zoro stays..."

Zoro rubbed gently at Luffy's back. "... move?"

"Ngnnn..." If Luffy could move any closer...

"But I gotta pee..."

It took a moment, but Luffy finally shuffled away from Zoro long enough for him to get up, and then curled right up in Zoro's warm, vacant spot.

Zoro's return trip from the bathroom found him lost as to which room was his friend's. He had found the spare room where his knapsack was stored. Apparently, that was the room he should have been sleeping in.

Luffy's bed, on the other hand... That was warm. And even with Luffy's constant move to be against him, it was comfortable. Zoro wondered if that's why people slept with other people; because of the warmth and feeling of ease.

After an odd debate with himself over propriety and comfort, Zoro shut the door to the spare room and tried another, luckily finding Luffy's room. He climbed into Luffy's abandoned side of the bed and laid with his back to his friend.

No sooner than he had settled, Luffy had rolled into the spot against Zoro's back, curling against him for his heat. Zoro was still for a moment before attempting to turn on his back. Luffy shuffled away, only to wiggle his way to Zoro when he stopped moving. Easing his arm around Luffy's shoulder, he resigned to his fate of being a human pillow.

As Luffy eased out a sleepy sigh of contentment, Zoro wondered why the boy had never wandered his way to Zoro's bed across the room they shared at Makino's house.

- to be concluded -