After much protest, Zoro let the irritated Chopper examine his lip. Chopper made a big fuss out of it, even though he knew that there was nothing to worry about. Zoro was grumpy the entire time.
"Hold this on the swelling," Chopper instructed handing Zoro a bag of ice.
"Thanks Doc," Zoro grumbled as Chopper began to inspect Sanji.
Chopper applied a special salve he said would stop infection before putting a small bandage on the cut.
"I can't imagine Nami wanting to kiss a face like that," Franky remarked and the rest of them burst out in laughter.
"Maybe she'll show me her panties!?" Brook said.
Zoro's expression twisted before he punched Brook in his face. Chopper couldn't help but think that even though he was the oldest at nineteen he was still the most insensitive. Brook laughed as he rubbed the forming bruise on his cheek.
"Zoro!" Chopper moaned walking over to Brook.
"Aitsu deserved it," he answered, not talking to anyone in particular.
Suddenly there was a loud crash in the kitchen and the boys turned around to see Luffy sprawled on the floor next to broken plates and dented pots.
"Hara heta!" Luffy yelled. "Meat!"
Sanji ran over to Luffy and kicked him over the head, "Get out of the kitchen baka!"
Luffy was not phased after being kicked by Sanji but he crawled back to the others all the same.
"Need. Meat," Luffy moaned, tongue dangling from his mouth.
"I'm not cooking for you bastard," Sanji snarled as he began to sort through the mess Luffy had made.
Zoro got up and went into the kitchen.
"What are you doing marimo?" Sanji grumbled as the swordsman stood next to him.
"Chotto ii?!" Zoro whispered.
Sanji's breath hitched, he was always hoping for the best ever since this moss-head had invaded his private thoughts. Sanji nodded putting the last pieces of broken china into the bin.
"Look, I know we fight a lot but really we're nakama. So I need you to know that when you don't feel like your normal self you can come talk to me. Alright, eroi cook?" he asked.
Again the cook nodded. Nakama, he thought. That was better than nothing he guessed. Zoro smiled returning back to sit next to Usopp. They sat there for the following hours, Sanji listening as Zoro, Usopp and Franky whined about their girlfriends. He'd met them all; Nami obviously, and Robin was part of their group but recently the guys had been introduced to Usopp's girlfriend Kaya. She was lovely, Sanji thought. Kaya wanted to become a doctor like Chopper, and although she was two years older they were in the same class. As the conversations continued he glanced at his wrist watch; it was 8:58, the first bell was about to go.
People who had still been in the dorms or loitering in the common room began to leave going to their respected classrooms. Nami, Robin and Kaya stopped on passing the boys.
"Are we all gonna walk to class?" Franky asked.
He received a series of "Yes"s and "Uh-huh"s as a response as the group stood up. The group excluding Sanji and Zoro.