Can't Sleep Love

It had been a few weeks since Ace and Zoro's little scuffle on the deck of The Going Merry, and there were still little giggles about it here and there, much to Zoro's displeasure. One of the more common jokes floating around the ship was that Zoro had a thing for Ace, and that he was just trying to see what Ace's face looked like in the sun without the shade of his hat. And everyone on the ship could already guess who started that one specific rumor about the moss headed swordsman. Nobody other than the ero love cook himself, even though Luffy had no idea what the joke meant anyway, and nobody was willing to explain it to him either.

"Hello? Is anyone on ship? Or didja all have to abandon deck or something?" An all too familiar voice, by this point, rang out through the ship as the Straw Hats were finishing their meal.

"I'll take care of your plate for you Zoro, your boyfriend has returned." Sanji said in a sickeningly sweet voice, as all of the Straw Hats tried to contain their giggles, besides Luffy.

"Boyfriend? What's a boyfriend?" Luffy asked dumbly as Zoro excused himself from everyone.

"I'll make sure to keep everyone away from the boys' room for a couple of hours for you two Zoro! Have Fun!" Sanji called again as the kitchen/dining room door was slammed shut and off of one of its hinges, which made everyone jump a little.

-On Deck-

"Oh, hey. It's you." Ace said, looking up abruptly at Zoro at the sound of the door being slammed shut. "You're still here, pirate hunter?" Ace asked coyly to the moss headed man, making Zoro smirk a little to himself.

"I haven't been called that in forever." Zoro said, reminiscing a little to himself as he was halfway up the stairs to the deck. Soon, the kitchen door was slammed open by Luffy, who was screaming Ace's name, tackling him in a hug again.

"Yeah, yeah, that's my name, and don't wear it out kid." Ace said, smiling to himself and hugging Luffy back.

"I have a competition for you and Zoro, wanna hear it?" Luffy asked, jumping up and down a little.

"Sure kid, why not?" Ace said, making Zoro stop at the bottom of the stairs as he walked towards the tow of them.

"What is it?" Zoro said, looking at his captain with his arms crossed over his chest.

"A sleeping competition!" Luffy exclaimed, looking between the two. "You both are almost always sleeping, and I want to see who can sleep the longest." Luffy said with a huge grin on his face. Both Zoro and Ace looked at each other shocked, then looked at Luffy at the same time. All of which was interrupted by Sanji bursting out with a loud laugh.

"Oh, I'm sorry, don't mind me." Sanji said as he waved a hand at the three males looking at him

"We can do it down in the boys' room, and I will monitor it and have a stop watch and everything! It'll be so official and awesome, come on!" Luffy said as he pulled them both to the guys' room, followed by Chopper with the stop watch in paw. After the boys' were adjusted, Luffy looked at the two boys on opposite beds, then said, "And, GO!" then they both went to sleep, and Chopper started the watch for an accurate time. After three (3) minutes both Luffy and Chopper left the boys room for snacks and to play around for a bit.

"You awake?" Ace asked in a soft voice, to make sure that only Zoro could hear, and looked over to Zoro with one eye, only to see the other male sitting on his hammock already.

"Yep, I can't sleep while I know that I'm being timed, and your excuse?" Zoro said, smirking in Ace's direction.

"I just don't wanna do this." Ace said as he walked across the room and sat on the opposite side of the bed from Zoro. "Let's talk, ok?" Ace said, looking over at Zoro.

"About what?" Zoro said, leaning back against the wall, rocking the hammock a little bit in the process.

"Why is that sword so special to you?" Ace asked with a genuinely curious look on his face.

"I could tell you, but I don't know you well enough to trust you with that information." Zoro said, to which Ace nodded to the response.

"To personal, I get it," Ace said, then looked away for a moment. "We've all got at least one story that we don't like talking about, eh?" Ace said, glancing back to Zoro with a far off look in his eyes that almost made Zoro feel bad for him. Almost.

"Yeah, I guess so." Zoro said, then closed his eyes for a second, only to have another shocking question shot in his direction.

"So, I gotta ask, how big are your abs? I kinda feel like mine are bigger, but I'm just a bit curious to know." Ace said, standing up and flexing his arms a little for more effect. Zoro snarled a little, not really wanted to be outdone, so he stood up and ripped his shirt off with ease, flexing his own arms in return.

Both Zoro and Ace started to flex and trying to outdo each other, until Zoro found himself sitting on the couch in the guys' room, with Ace sitting on top of him with an arm on either side of Zoro's head, pinning him in place.

"What the hell are you doing? Get off of me!" Zoro growled to Ace as he went to go push the black haired male off of his lap.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, where are your manners now, little boy." Ace said, wagging his finger in front of Zoro's face, while grabbing ahold of Zoro's right shoulder with his free hand to stay put. "Now I'm going to have to punish you for not using them like we agreed last time." Ace said with a smirk spread across his face. Zoro gained a questioning look on his face, which soon spread to horror at the various things that were crossing through his head at that very second. Zoro only hoped that if it was going to be painful, that it would also be quick. Then, finally, he decided on what he wanted to be saying at this exact second to the other man who was currently still sitting upon his lap.

"What the fuck are you—" Zoro said, but was cut off by Ace slamming his lips against the green haired mans, completely surprising Zoro, who had yet to react to what was happening to him at that exact moment. Zoro slowly closed his eyes and just sat there for a few seconds, letting this process in his mind for a few seconds. In that little bit of time, Ace got a little bit impatient, and pushed his lips a bit harder on Zoro's lips.

Zoro finally reacted and pushed back a little, deciding to test the waters with how this kiss should be feeling for both of them. Ace slowly moved his arms around Zoro's neck, and Zoro, surprisingly, followed his lead, and put his own arms around the other man's waist, which deepened the kiss that they were sharing. Then, Ace pulled back, his smirk growing a bit more when he looked at the bright pink on the swordsman's cheeks, and the quick rise and fall of both of their chests'.

"Have you learned your lesson yet, bad boy?" Ace asked, getting really smug about the situation.

"No, I don't think I have." Zoro replied. "I think I need to be punished a bit more, don't you?" Zoro said, getting a smug look on his face as well.

"You're right." Ace said, chuckling a little and looking away. "You need a lot more punishment, I think." Ace said, then stood up for a second, looking down at the younger man. "Lay down, and you'll get the rest of your punishment, got it?"

"Make me." Zoro said, only to be pushed down so that he was laying down fully on the couch now.

"Now, let's get started on correcting your behavior little man." Ace said as he laid down on top of Zoro, then started a feverishly kiss the younger man. Ace was supporting himself a little with his left arm, and let his right hand feel over Zoro's abs, and the scar across the other mans' chest with a smirk into the kiss. Zoro had his right hand travel down Ace's back, and travel down to his ass, where it stayed and squeezed every so often. Zoro's left hand mimicked Ace's right, as they were both feeling each other up a little.

Ace pulled back with a smile, then grabbed his hat in his right hand and tossed it somewhere in the room to be forgotten until later. "Like what you feel?" Ace asked, raising an eyebrow for a second.

"I should be asking you that, tough guy." Zoro said, giving him a very smug smirk of his own in return. They both chuckled a little bit before Zoro pulled Ace down with his left hand, and they went back to making out again.

Not long after they started up again, Zoro slowly started to pull Ace's legs so that now Ace was straddling him. They both started to smirk even more into the kiss, as they both had a feeling for what was going to happen next. Zoro bucked his hips up every once in a while, just to test the waters a little bit more with Ace. He was soon rewarded when the black haired male started to return the gesture to the moss head. But, reluctantly, they both pulled away from each other to try and get much needed air that they both desperately needed.

"You're not too bad there, kid." Ace said, still panting for air.

"Neither are you." Zoro complimented, just as out of breath as Ace.

Then, they both heard the one thing that neither of them wanted to hear at that exact moment, Luffy's voice right above the door. They both sprang apart as fast as they could, Ace looking for his hat, and Zoro looking for a shirt. When both items were found and put on, the boys quickly scurried to the beds that they were originally laying on, and turned their backs from each other to hide their risen manhood's from the sight of the world.

"Guys, hey guys!" Luffy yelled, just above the door to the guys' room. "Are you guys still asleep?!" Luffy yelled.

"LUFFY! QUITE YELLING!" Nami screamed, throwing an overly ripe tangerine at her captain. All fell silent as everyone heard loud shuffling from below deck, then the hatch to the boys' room being thrown open to a frantic looking Ace.

"Shoot, I've overstayed my welcome! White Beard is going to be so mad at me for being late!" Ace said as he scurried to his dingy that he rode in. "By guys, see you next visit!" He yelled behind him as he blasted off with his fire power.

Sanji, during all of Ace's commotion, went below deck and saw that Zoro was 'still sleeping' like a rock. Sanji walked over to the forgotten timer, and noticed that Zoro had already pressed pause, and noted the time on it saying "00:30:05" (30 minutes, 5 seconds) and smiled. He looked back over to the swordsman and said, "So, how much of it were you both actually sleeping?" Zoro lifted his left hand and gave Sanji the middle finger.

"Don't ask." Came Zoro's reply to the question, thanking the unknowns that Sanji couldn't see his beet red face at the moment, because he knew that he would never hear the end of it if he had seen.

"I'll ask you again when we have a more private moment alone, sound good?" Sanji said as he was leaving the boys' room and announced the time to the crew, and declared Zoro the winner of this round, and claimed that he was still sleeping and to not disturb the man.