I know this is a short interlude, but I also have to say that I'm going to finish writing this story before I post more chapters because events are getting more complicated from those original intentions. I've appreciated all of your lovely comments so far and hope to be done with it soon. Thank you for your patience.


There were benefits to Sanji being less lustful. The passing two days were still filled with pampering the girls, but Sanji definitely had a lack of response to Nami wearing a tank top. Not that Sanji didn't comment on both women being beautiful or cute.

Usopp questioned if Sanji was sick with some sort of contagious disease but Zoro assured him that Sanji would be back to his more annoying, drooling self over women soon enough. He could already sense the stirring libido making energy as each thing caught Sanji's attention. It had not yet crested past modest interest so it did come off a bit more as polite and respectable gestures of affection and may have seemed odd when it was not joined with the added lustful passion.

For Zoro, it was a relief to his ears and eyes. There were less flirty hearts towards the girls and no embarrassing perverted faces. Zoro didn't even need to feed for those two days since he'd cached on Sanji's lust. When he had given Sanji that pile of carrots he had not been exaggerating the deep well of energy that Sanji could store. He was able to let all of his nakama rest from his constant drain and everyone seemed happier for it in their own ways.

Though on the third day, Sanji was back to his pirouetting service for the women and the faint wafts of lust rolled off of Sanji like a natural cologne. He wondered for maybe a moment how someone could recover so fast but never dwelled on it for long. A normal person could take a week to even think about sex after a incubus feeding but Sanji had done it in three, and in access. Just sensing it piqued Zoro's interest.

Zoro wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth but he'd definitely be willing to harass a cook for another kiss later in the day.