Robin rubbed Nami's back as more tears fell from her brown eyes. There was a knock on the door and Nami wiped her eyes as the door was pushed open.
"Robin, Franky wants you!? Something about explosives?!" Zoro said.
Robin cursed as she jumped to her feet, assuring Nami that she would come back before leaving the bathroom. Nami lowered her head as Zoro loitered at the door.
"What happened?" Zoro asked sitting on the tiles next to Nami.
She lifted her head and looked towards Zoro. The swordsman could see that the red head's eyes were bloodshot. She moved closer to him before resting her head on his shoulder and closing her eyes.
"Can I just stay like this?" she asked. "At least for a little while?!"
Zoro nodded even though the girl couldn't see him.
"Zoro said what?!" Franky said his voice raised.
"Explosives, where are they?" Robin demanded putting a hand on her hip.
Usopp covered his mouth but he couldn't suppress his giggles and burst out laughing. Robin glared at Usopp and he immediately shut up.
"Gomen ne," Usopp said. "But Zoro is terrible with excuses."
He began to laugh again.
"So that was a lie?" Usopp nodded.
Robin sighed sitting down at the table. Luffy pushed his chair away from the table and stood up.
"Robin I need to talk to you," he said before walking towards the boys dorm.
Robin got up and followed after him.
"I don't love him, but I can't do anything about that," Nami said.
Zoro knew it was better to just let Nami talk and stay quiet for now.
"He loves me, for me. Isn't it important to have someone like that!? But if I don't love him I can't help the feeling that I'm holding him back. People do crazy things when they're in love. They lie, they cheat,they keep secrets. I should know that better than anyone."
Zoro chuckled.
"This is my fault," Luffy said after Robin had closed the door.
"I shouldn't have put her in that position," he turned to face the woman. "Could you tell her that I'm sorry?"
Nami stood up and walked over to the door before looking back at Zoro.
"Thanks," she said. "For listening."
Then she walked out. Zoro sat on the tiles for a little longer before leaving the Thousand Sunny house. He avoided the others by taking a different route than through the common room. He then made his way up to the roof.