Hey! here's chapter 2~^^


Bam! Pak! Bling!...dak…. Bang!

"What the-..?" Sanji immediately rushed upstairs to see what in the world happen. As the room came into view, he saw a bundle of Christmas light struggling the green-haired 10 year old. Sanji burst into laughter at the scene. "w..What are you.. doing?" he asked between laughs.

Flashback

"so what were you doing outside in the snow dressed like that?" Sanji was still amazed that the boy didn't froze to death. Zoro remained silent at the question, eyes only stared down at the cup of hot chocolate in his hands.

"….do you want me to send you home? Your mother must be worried" Sanji changed the subject.

"I… don…." Nearly a whisper was heard. Sanji frown ..this isn't getting anywhere.

"c-can..can I stay here for a while?" the boy looked up with hopeful eyes. "I don't have anywhere else to go.." Sanji's eyes soften a little. "Sure! But you'll have to help me with chores." Hearing that answer, Zoro's face immediately lightened up.

"you can start by helping to put on the Christmas lights on the tree" Sanji pointed at the direction of the "naked" tree. "really?" " what? You've never done that before?" the boy shook his head. Sanji started to feel a little pity for the boy. "ok then, go upstairs to the first room on the right. You'll find a closet, search for a box with "lights" written on it"

End of Flashback

"Argh…Sanji! Help!" Zoro still trying to get the light monster off , but only made it worse. "Stop moving, you're making it harder to get off" Sanji kneeled down to the boy and slowly trying to figure out which one is which. "how did you get yourself into this mess anyway?" "the box fell on top of me, and the next thing I knew I was like this" he unhappily replied. Sanji chuckled.

At last , after an hour, the lights were finally off and ready to be put onto the tree where they were supposed to belong. Sanji started to twirl the lights around the tree and Zoro continued at the bottom of the tree. Inside the box there was another smaller box, labeled "ornaments". " can I put this on top?" Zoro asked holding out a golden star. Sanji nodded and lifted the boy up. As the final touch the Christmas tree was now completed. Sanji turned on the switch and the tree lighted up. Zoro looked at the tree as an admiration of their hard work.

Zoro gave a small yawn. Sanji looked at the clock beside the tree " I think we should go to bed now" Zoro gave a small nod in reply. He went to the couch and laid down when long arms lifted him up. He was very light. "w-what?" surprised to see it was Sanji. "you're sleeping with me" he said with a smile. Zoro was too tired to complain. "but before that, you should take a bath!" hearing that made the boy blushed a little.

Filling the tub with warm water, Sanji stripped the boy to his boxers. Zoro shivered as the cold air hit his unprotected skin. Sanji started to wash his hair and soap his body. Something caught his eyes, a long scar ran across the boy's chest. After rinsing Zoro's body, the scar became more visible. "hey, what's with the scar Zoro?...Zoro?" but the boy was already asleep. "guess I'll have to find out tomorrow…"

While dressing Zoro in some of his old clothes, a yellow shirt with a red star in front and a pair of black pants, he noticed a small mark that resembles a hawk on the boy's shoulder, it was almost unnoticeable. Sanji gave himself another mental note to ask the boy, there were a lot of things he wanted to ask. Where did he come from? Was he abused? Is he really an ordinary kid? Those questions crowded his mind until he finally fell asleep with Zoro snoring soundly beside him.

NEXT MORNING

As the sunlight shone through the windows, Sanji woke up rubbing his eyes followed with a yawn, and stretched lazily. He looked at the other sleeping form beside him who was still sounding asleep like nothing happened. "Kuina…" the boy mumbled in his sleep. Sanji looked at the digital clock next to the bed "hmm…. 7.13a.m..have to help out at Baratie at 9a.m…can't I have a day off? It's school holiday.. and Christmas!.." he lazily got out of bed, washed and dressed himself. Making sure he didn't wake up Zoro, he went down stairs to prepare breakfast.

Sanji turned on the radio as he went to the fridge to get some eggs. " Arittake no yume wo kakiatsume ,Sagashi mono wo sagashi ni yuku no sa~, pokketo no koin, soreto you wanna be my friend? WE ARE, WE ARE ON THE CRUISE! WE ARE! ...that was "We are!" by Hiroshi Kitadani… we now bring you the 8a.m news." Sanji listened to the boring news while frying some eggs and hotdogs. "isn't there anything out of the ordinary?"

He was about to turn the radio off when this came into his ears " yesterday, a boy age of 10 went missing from the Thousand Sunny Orphanage, it was reported that he went missing at 2p.m. He ha-…..-een hair….. if any- ….found hi-…report t-…" the reception suddenly went bad. Sanji harshly hit the radio a few times but he missed out the important information. "was it Zoro?"

" …. Nemuranai kono machi mo, ima dake- … hello NAMI-SWAAAN!" Sanji picked up his cell phone. "Sanji-kun! Don't forget we have a meeting at 3p.m to discuss about the party!" a bossy voice came from the other end "Haii! Nami-Swaaan!" " don't be late. 1 minute 50 beli, get it?" "Of course my sweet angle~" the conversation ended. Sanji looked at the clock on his cell phone, "8.30? " he quickly ate the breakfast and rushed upstairs to call Zoro who was still sleeping.

"ZORO! WAKE UUUUP!" Sanji shouted, he doesn't want to be late and ruin Zeff's mood or he'll have to find another way to bring Zoro with him without having an argument. A groan came from the blankets. Sanji pulled the blankets away, Zoro opened one eye in protest of the warmth that was taken away. "come on! I'm late for work!" Sanji picked Zoro up and help him put on a yellow jacket he found with the rest of his old clothes. Zoro was still half asleep.

A FEW MOMENTS LATER (Sanji's POV)

"8.55 .*pant*…*pant*.. got here.. in time. Carrying a child while running is hard…" I had no choice, Zoro won't budge, and was cranky that he was woken up from his sleep. " I see you're on time today, little eggplant. Who's the shitty kid?" Zeff looked beside me, where Zoro stood unhappily." he's a boy I found in the snow near my house, he's staying with me for a while." " make sure he doesn't get in the way, or he's going outside." I nodded. "that went well.."

" are you hungry? Since you didn't get breakfast" I kneeled down, Zoro shook his head stubbornly but like on cue, his stomach made a growl. "he really is stubborn.." "I'll make you some onigiri, sounds nice?" Zoro's face lighten up a little and followed me into the kitchen. I found out that he really likes onigiri. Simple guy I guess. Customers were coming in. " do you want to watch me cook or sit by the corner?" Zoro choose to sit by the corner to have a nap, I was a little disappointed.

Zoro's POV

I woke up and stretched , watching the chefs rush here and there preparing the orders from the customers. Different kinds of smell filled the kitchen. I watched Sanji cooking with a serious face, focusing deeply into the food. To be honest, he's skills were amazing. Is the restaurant really that famous? What is it called again? Bat.. basa….bara… barate?

I went out of the kitchen to have a look, the customers weren't your everyday people. Mostly people with lots of green. I went back and sat on the chair at the corner, continued to watch Sanji cook and slowly drifted back to sleep.

Before long someone shook me, "Zoro" I opened an eye to see Sanji. " what?" I asked to show I'm awake. "we're leaving, come on" Sanji went to take his jacket. I looked at the clock, 2.30p.m? I slept longer than I expected. Sanji came back and told me to follow him. "where are we going?" "you'll know when we get there." Don't tell me he's bringing me back to that place! Did he found out already? I need to be careful.


that's it! hope you like the chapter. bad or good, pls review. i'm planning on finishing the story tomorrow, hope it'll work out well^^

P.S do you like short or long chapters?