Chapter Eighteen

Morning Exercise

At Alex and Robin's room…

Robin's eyes shot open as she sat down in order to shake-off the remainder of her dream. She was covered in a cold sweat and was panting heavily. Her body felt hot and she could tell that her cheeks were flushed. "Was it really a dream?" She asked herself, gazing at the person sleeping next to her, only to be disappointed. She slid her fingers through her raven hair as she tried to recall her trance.

"Zoro…" She whispered his name, looking deeply into his able eye. It was dark. The light piercing through the window made the room dim enough for her to recognize his face. They were naked, his erection pressing against her wet folds.

The devil's child smirked and grasped her hair as she enjoyed recalling her unconscious fantasy, his voice still ringing in her ear.

"Robin…" He moaned, his hips rocking back and forth against hers.

She chuckled quietly, slapping her aching cheeks gently from smiling too much.

"I love you." He whispered and buried his face in the crook of her neck as he lay against her bare body.

Robin decided to get up and take a cold shower in hopes of halting her fantasies. She also needed to prepare herself since Luffy invited her and Zoro for a jog. It was already four in the morning and all she wanted was for time to move faster so she could be with him again. She took the sword she wielded last night and hid it beneath her clothes in the cabinet before heading to the bathroom.


At Zoro and Nami's room…

"Shit…" Zoro cursed to himself as he held his head, trying to catch his breath. He had just woken up from a dream and he could still remember the silhouette of the raven-haired female in his mind. She was naked and they were making love. He didn't expect his subconscious could even think of something like that. Due to that, he was now pretty aware of the erection that sensitively wanted to get out from his pants. It was annoying.

The swordsman got up and fixed his stuff. He wanted to take his mind off what happened in his trance. A warm-up exercise would be nice since it was still early and his friends might still be asleep. He lay on his chest and started doing push-ups. But every time he propelled himself downwards, his mind kept on picturing Robin's naked body beneath him. It was becoming annoying and he was starting to lose his focus. Zoro flipped over, his back resting on the floor with his legs bent inward as he started doing sit-ups. This was better, there wasn't any part of his dream wherein Robin was on top of him, or so he thought. But even though there wasn't any scene similar to that, he could not stop thinking about her. It was like his mind decided to run a film and she was the only character.

The green-headed man gave up and decided to lie down on the floor, panting. He missed her. "Damn… we were just together last night and I'm already feeling like this." He sighed, covering his face with a towel.


At the Thousand Sunny ship…

"Seriously…" Franky raised a brow as he stared at the bird tilting its head. "What kind of crap do you eat?" He asked, gazing at the poop all over the deck.

"Croo?" Pico chirped as it blinked.

The blue-haired shipwright was astonished as soon he got out of the men's quarters, shit was everywhere on the ship: on the deck, railings, the slide, and all over where the bird was. It was hell of a mess. Even so, Pico seemed to be innocent enough to greet him with a wondering face.

"Aw! We have to suuuper clean this mess up! Pico, help me out!" He raised his bulbous arms up to strike his signature pose.

"Croo, croo." The bird shook its head while crossing its wings on its chest as it looked away.

"Hah? What do you mean you're not helping me out? You made this mess!" He exclaimed. After a day of spending time with the gigantic bird, he was finally able to understand a little about it.

"Croo." Pico flew and landed on top of the crow's nest to sleep.

"Ehh?! Don't fly away from me you bird-pooper!"

"Croo." The bird stuck out its tongue in response.

"I am suuuper not feeding you!" He walked away to get cleaning supplies.


At the park…

"Woohoo~!" Luffy cheered as he saw a Saint Bernard dog along with its owner, whom was sitting on the bench and he ran as quickly as he could to it.

"Oi, Luffy! Wait for us!" Chopper and Usopp cried while running towards the dog as well.

"Yohohoho~! I don't even know why I joined them in their jogging session; I have no muscles to train! Yohohoho~!" Brook commented as he ran as well.

As always, Luffy, Chopper, Usopp, and Brook were out exploring the island. They decided for all of their nakama to jog together at the park since all they did yesterday was to play. Luffy was dressed in a matching red jacket and jogging pants with white running shoes, sweatband wrapped around his forehead and a towel dangling around his neck. His straw hat was on his back, hanging on the string which was tied around his neck. Usopp, Chopper and Brook were wearing matching red shorts and white tank tops and wristbands on their arms. They purchased their outfits the day before after deciding the agenda for the next day.

Luffy invited Nami and the others to come along but Nami, Lassy, Sanji, and Alex declined because they were too tired to wake up that early; the rubber captain decided to invite Zoro and Robin instead who easily accepted it. Alex wasn't able to complain since he already declined the offer, so he had no choice but to let her be.

"There he goes again with his amusement for dogs." Zoro commented as he jogged next to Robin, making their way towards the others. He was wearing a matching green jacket and jogging pants and running shoes similar to Luffy.

Zoro was impressed. Even though he never saw her workout, she was able to maintain her pace with them without getting tired easily. With that, she could probably workout with him whenever he is doing his basic regimen. Aside from that, she still looked good even though she was sweating and panting a lot; he could not stop glancing at her. Plus, he liked her shirt.

"I don't blame him." The raven-haired archaeologist chuckled as she jogged, gazing at the dog from afar. She was wearing purple shorts and white t-shirt that had a sword print on it along with black running shoes. Her hair was pulled up into a ponytail with a sweatband that was wrapped around her forehead.

"Sit." Luffy commanded as he pointed at the dog.

The dog sat on the ground while panting.

"Shake!" Luffy ordered as he outstretched his hand to the dog.

The dog stared at his hand and placed his paw on it.

"Beg!" The rubber man ordered as placed his fists like a dog.

"Woof!" The dog stood on two legs with its paws raised on its chest.

"Woah! He is smart! Good boy." The rubber captain praised and patted the dog's head as it sat back.

"How did you know it's a he?" Usopp asked as he jogged in his place.

Luffy looked back at the sniper and said "Balls." along with Zoro, and Robin.

"Don't say it so casually!" The long-nosed sniper exclaimed as he slapped the air.

"Yohohoho~! I didn't even notice!" Brook laughed.

"Hahaha. It seems Kevin likes you." The old man laughed as he stroked Kevin's fur.

"He's smart, Ossan!" The raven-headed captain complimented.

"He knows a lot of tricks." He smiled.

"Let me try! Kevin, speak!" Usopp commanded.

"Woof-woof!" The dog obeyed.

Chopper can't help but to fall on the ground and laughed after hearing the dog bark.

"What did he say?" Usopp asked.

"You are an idiot." The blue-nosed doctor translated before laughing again with everyone.

"I'm going to kill you!" The sniper threatened the dog with steam coming out of his ears while Brook and Chopper held him.

"Shishishi~! Usopp's an idiot!" Luffy laughed.

"Look who's talking!?" The long-nosed yelled.

"We're heading off now before Usopp explodes." Chopper started to jog again and bid his goodbye to Kevin and the old man.

"Yosh! Let's go!" Luffy jogged on his place before moving forward.

"Yohohoho~ Robin-san, may I see yo— Ehh?!" Brook gasped as Robin and Zoro had already jogged ahead before he could even ask for her panties. "Wait for me!" He ran while waving his bony arms.

The Straw-hat pirates jogged their way around the park with Luffy's directions. Robin had to keep an eye on Zoro because from time-to-time, his track differs with the others which made their captain to laugh at him. After a few laps, they decided to take a few minutes break on the grassy meadow.

Luffy wiped off his sweat and drank out of the bottled water they brought. "Phew! That was a good run! I'm hungry~!"

"Sanji packed us something to eat." Robin stated as she wiped her head with her towel and sat between Zoro and Chopper while they opened their packed breakfast.

"Yummy~!" Luffy, Chopper, Brook, and Usopp complimented in chorus with their cheeks full of food, except for the musician.

"Zoro, is that a piece of glass?" The raven-haired archaeologist questioned as she took the shard out his food using her chopsticks.

"Shishishi! Sanji got mad at him." Their captain laughed.

"Ehh?! Don't eat that Zoro!" Chopper worriedly took the swordsman's breakfast.

"What the hell am I going to eat then?" He asked as he chewed his food, the sound of glass breaking in his mouth made the sniper, musician and doctor to cringe.

"Spit that out!" The blue-nosed reindeer shouted as he transformed into heavy point and hit the back of the green-haired man's head.

"I hope the glass did not pierce through your cheeks." Robin said blankly.

"Stop saying that so casually!" Usopp yelled as Chopper shivered at the thought.

"Ahh! My cheek hurts… even though I have no cheeks to begin with, skull-joke! Yohohoho~!" Brook joked which made Luffy laugh.

"Tch! Damn it." Zoro cursed under his breath and drank water.

"Here, we can share my food. I can't finish this all." The raven-haired female said, offering her breakfast to him.

"I want some too, Robin!" Luffy salivated with the thought of more food.

"You have your own!" Usopp chopped his captain's head while he ate his food.

"I already threw away my chopsticks." The swordsman replied.

"Here." Robin took a piece of meat with her chopsticks and aimed for Zoro's mouth.

"Tch!" He looked away from her as his cheeks started to flush faintly.

"I'm waiting."

"Fine." Zoro took the meat to his mouth.

"How sweet~ Yohohoho~" Brook commented.

"An indirect kiss." Usopp thought to himself.

"Hahaha! Zoro's like a baby!" Luffy made fun of him.

"She fed you once too!" The swordsman exclaimed with his cheeks flushed.

"Another one." She picked the sushi from her bento and pointed it again at his mouth.

"Tch!" The swordsman took it again with his mouth as he looked away.

The Straw-hat crew fell silent as a pair of shadows approached them. "Excuse me, but can we talk to you people for a minute?" A stranger asked with his hand entwined with his partner's hand while Robin still fed Zoro in the background.


I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE! Due to my busy schedule and up coming major exams, the next update will be a month or so from now. I really need to study for this exam. Actually, chapter 19 is already finished but I can't post it yet because I need to finish chapter 20 first. In short, they are connected. So if I have to make adjustments in writing chapter 20, I have to make an adjustment in chapter 19 as well. I might decide in the end as well not to make both chapters related. I still don't know. XD But I am telling you guys, chapter 19 is worth the wait! Even if it's not the best chapter yet! I still haven't written the reason why this story is rated M. But I will eventually write it soon! I'm excited, at the same time nervous! I might disappoint you guys. XD And there you have it! Chapter 18! Just full of fluff. XD Well I hope you liked it! And I'm very happy for the feedback on the last chapter! I'm glad I still have readers! Hahaha! Anyways, review please! ^_^