Chapter Three

Cosy Blanket

Robin just simply waved her hand as she felt happy that Nami finally accepted Lassy, or that's what she thought. Nami could learn a lot from him. Her attention quickly went towards Alex as he moved closer to her. Feeling a little awkward with her only presence, the raven-haired swordsman scratched his head and asked "Uhh… Now what?" as he looked down, thinking for the right words. He can't even look at her straight in the eyes. "What are your plans for today?" He asked as he rubbed the back of his head.

She took a deep breath and placed her hands behind her, letting her figure to stand out. She knew why Alex has this awkward feeling towards her and she wished she could shake it off too. "For now, none; but I need to get a blanket from our room, do you want to join me?" She asked as she started to walk slowly towards the girls' quarters.

Alex was wondering. What was the blanket for? Is she going to rest outside? "Blanket? What for?" He followed beside her, looking at her confusedly.

"For warmth, of course." She giggled and held the door knob. "Just wait here, okay? Boys are not allowed inside." She said as she smiled.

"Take your time." He stepped back a little and leaned back on the railings.

As soon as Robin opened the door, Lassy was the first one she noticed. He was sitting across Nami at their comfy couch with different kinds of maps and papers on the table. They were talking about the navigations around the New World. "Nami, I thought boys are not allowed here?" She smiled and went inside.

"Hey! That hurts! I'm a woman too, Robin!" Lassy complained as he pouted, earning a chuckle from Nami.

"Ahh yes. I forgot." She giggled and opened her cabinet, getting her maroon blanket before closing it.

"What's the blanket for?" Nami curiously asked as she and Lassy curiously looked at her.

"Don't mind me. Continue with your topic." She walked out of the room and closed the door.


While Robin was gone, Alex was thinking of her. How stupid he was when she was still with them. He was thinking that maybe, if he didn't mess things up, maybe he still had a chance. But before he could even continue his thoughts, Robin already went out of the room. He shook his head quickly and walked towards her. "What are you going to do with that?" he asked.

"I'm going to use its purpose." She smiled and started to walk down the deck. She looked for a certain swordsman and she was glad that she found him still asleep from his initial position. "I'll just do something very quick." with that she left Alex and went towards Zoro. He couldn't help but to follow her from behind even if she left him.

Robin bent down in front of the sleeping swordsman. She unfolded the blanket and slowly placed it on him, covering him up. As she carefully placed the blanket on him, Zoro's eyebrows suddenly twitched, making her to pause. After a while, he started snoring, letting her to continue. A sweet smile spread upon her lips as soon as she was done fixing the blanket on him. She actually wanted to be beside him with the blanket over them, if only she could. She was enjoying his presence earlier, if only she can continue it again. Robin stood up and went back to Alex.

"So that's what the blanket is for. Do you usually do that?" Alex teased as he walked beside her. He actually felt a thump in his chest when he saw what she did. He just learned to fake he didn't feel it.

"Whenever we have a banquet, I was the one who usually does that. But I never get the chance to do that to him on casual days." She sat on the seat around the foremast and crossed her legs.

"Good thing you didn't wake him up." He joked as he sat beside her.

"He's actually awake." She smiled and looked up in the sky, enjoying the cloudy weather.

"How did you know? And why didn't he react?" Alex looked curiously at her.

"Nothing, I just felt he was awake. And I don't know why he didn't react." Her mind was starting to be occupied by the clouds with different shapes and sizes. She remembered the faint shade of pink on Zoro's cheeks earlier while she was placing the blanket on him.


As soon as the green-haired swordsman felt that Robin's presence was gone, he stopped snoring. She was right, he was awake. He woke up when he felt her presence gone when she went to get a blanket. He didn't expect that she would cover him up with it. She tried once before, when she heard him sneeze while he was sleeping outside, but he already declined it because he didn't trust her yet and he didn't want her to think that he was letting his guard down. But he didn't know she will do it again. And now he didn't react at all.

Actually, he was about to react as soon as he felt her soft hands fixing the blanket on him. But then he thought how would he react? It would be very awkward if he will open his functioning eye to stop her. He didn't even realize that he was faintly blushing. So he tried threatening her by twitching his eyebrows but she didn't give up at all. So he was the one who gave up. Besides, he was feeling a little cold, although he believed that it would be a good exercise for him to test his endurance, and she was already done fixing it on him. It actually made him relaxed. It was toasty and her scent still lingered on the blanket. He didn't know why but it made him calm. It felt like her arms were wrapped around his body, sharing her warmth with him. "Tch! What am I thinking!?" he said to himself as he was starting to get addicted with Robin's scent on the blanket.

Zoro slowly opened his right eye, not moving any muscle but only his eyelid, and tried to find Robin with the limited sight he has. He spotted her sitting along the foremast with Alex and he slowly closed his eye. "Tch!" He shrugged and went back to enjoy his sleep.


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