Chapter 5- Why Did You Leave?
De-Ji was up in the mast, waiting for Zoro to join her. Then, when she heard the creaking of the wood saying that Zoro was heading up the mast, her heart leapt for joy. When Zoro poked his head over the mast, De-Ji couldn't help but smile. As Zoro climbed up and looked over the edge of the crows mast, he saw De-Ji smiling, and couldn't resist smiling as well. De-Ji saw Zoro smiling and her smile became even wider. Zoro finished climbing over the edge and sat down by De-Ji. Smiling, the two happily fell asleep leaning on each other.
After awhile, De-Ji woke up. She wasn't able to sleep for too long, and the only reason she was able to take that nap earlier was because she had had a bad night's sleep earlier. She didn't want to sit up here with nothing to do, so she climbed down to borrow a book from Robin. She tried finding the WQ(Women's Quarters) but got lost on the ship again. She didn't know the ship that well, even though it was a quite small caravel. So as she wandered around the caravel, Robin found her. De-Ji was relieved that she had found Robin, now she could get a book and get back to the crow's nest.
Zoro woke up soon after De-Ji left, and seeing her gone, assumed that she had left him. And so, he sadly left the crow's nest, and went all the way down to the mens' quarters. He was relieved that nobody was there, and just sat on his bed. Eventually, he made himself so frustrated and angry, that he had grabbed something and threw it against the wall. It turned out to be a lamp once he had regained his sight from his anger. He cleaned up the mess, and fell asleep on his bed.
De-Ji went back to the crow's nest (it was the highest point on the ship, very easy to find) and climbed up, and finding Zoro not there, put down her borrowed book, and set off to find where he had went. And, still thinking that the men's quarters were off limits to girls, didn't look down there. Once she had looked everywhere she thought she was allowed, she sadly wandered the ship. But she didn't show her sadness, for fear of any of the crew to worry about her.
"DINNER!!" cried Sanji, loudly so everybody could hear. De-Ji was the first in, and she quietly waited for the other members of the crew to arrive, especially Zoro. First to enter was Usopp, next was Luffy, then Chopper, then Nami and Robin arrived at the same time, every time the door opened, De-Ji's heart leaped and her head looked up quickly, thinking it was Zoro. They all waited a little more for Zoro to come, but he didn't and so they ate without him. It was a delicious meal composed of steak (for Luffy) and lots of vegetables like potatoes and greens, and also with some fruits. For the ladies, dessert was an lovely chocolate cake. As soon as De-Ji had finished eating, she went back up to the crow's nest, expecting Zoro to be there. He wasn't. now De-Ji was seriously worried about him, he was missing most of the afternoon, and he didn't show up to dinner. Of what she knew of him, this wasn't like him at all. She finally decided to enter into what she thought was the forbidden zone, the men's quarters.
As she climbed all the way down the mast, she spied a small patch of green on a pillow not too far away form the mast. Slowly and silently she walked over to Zoro. She shook his shoulder slightly, to find out he wasn't asleep at all. He looked up at her pitifully with slightly red, puffy eyes, which had been from crying a little. "Zoro, are you okay?" asked De-Ji worriedly. "Why did you leave me?" he asked, trusting her to see him like this. "I went to go get a book, because I couldn't sleep." De-Ji answered him, still worried a little. "Oh. I thought you didn't want to be with me." He said, but he looked happier. And so they climbed back up the mast together.