---------------- Chapter 5 / It's Not a Date
Sanji stepped out of his apt building the next day a little after noon looking rather stunning if he did say so himself. Another black 2 piece suit this time with a bright blood red silk thread dress shirt that was left unbutton on most of his chest to show off the pale skin as the shirt collar flared riding over top of the black suit jacket. In his suit chest pocket laid a red handkerchief that matched the shirt color perfectly. He looked marvelous not a hair out of place and he was feeling as high as a kite thanks to a little pick-me-upper of the white powder variety.
A roll of his shoulders then he was off as he let his keys jiggle in his hand as he headed down the sidewalk to his car but stopped … walked backwards a few feet and blinked at what he saw across the street. There in a late 2039 Electric Enel black car, which was in really nice condition he could not help but think, was that moss-head! "What the …" his words trailed off and he stepped off the sidewalk to cross the street and over to the car. Sanji bent over and looked in the slightly tinted window and an evil smirk came to his face as he then pounded on the window to disrupt the sleep of the occupant.
Zoro jerked up like if he had been shot and looked around hand going to his side for a sword that was not there but in the back seat with the other two. After the group meeting yesterday he had finally found Sanji's apt building somewhere past 2 AM. If fucking Chopper would have just given him normal directions and not made him use that stupid GPS thing built into his car he would have not been lost all night. The swordsman used the back of one of his hands to wipe some drool from the corner of his mouth. He had fallen asleep about after five mins of being parked here last night rather tried from driving around all night. Zoro now stared out the side window at the jackass motioning for him to roll down his window. He weighed the pros and cons of doing this. He really felt like just sitting there and watch the prick make a fool of himself but since he had been caught might as well tell him about the stupid party. So Zoro rolled down his window and looked up at Sanji. "What?" He questioned.
The blonde placed a hand to his narrow waistline and raised one of his ridiculous curly brows at Zoro. "I think that's my line seaweed-head. What the hell are you doing camping out in front of my place?"
"Was waiting for you." Zoro simply used the truth.
"Well that's not all stalker like or nothing." mocked Sanji. "What do you want?"
Zoro grumbled. "To invite you a party."
Sanji blinked really rather surprised, "You mean … like a date?"
Zoro widen his eyes at that, "W-what?! No! Damn are you that full of yourself?"
"Hey you're the one camped almost on my front step here." Sanji struck back with.
"I was sent by the others to invite you. They want to get to know ya." Zoro ignored the other comment.
Sanji thought about this then asked. "When?"
"When what?" asked Zoro blankly.
"When is the party? Pay attention to the conversation!" Sanji huffed.
Zoro glared at that but answered. "Tonight around 4PM."
Sanji eyed his watch. "Alright." Then he simple walked off.
"Arrogant bastard." Zoro muttered and then looked out the window planning to watch the cook drive away to see which way he went when suddenly the front passenger door of his car was opened and Sanji got in. Zoro turned his head to look at the man and frowned. "What the hell do you think you're doing ero-cook?"
"Well if you're going to follow me around no since in using two cars." Sanji leered towards Zoro "That's what you're doing after all right? Tailing me?"
Zoro fumed. Maybe he should have found a better place to park but at night it had been prefect though not so much now with the cover of darkness gone.
"I will take your silence as a yes now step on it to the corner store I'm out of smokes." Sanji leaned back in the seat putting on his seatbelt.
"I'm not your goddamn chauffeur." Zoro barked at him.
"Would you rather I drive?" Sanji simply offered.
Zoro thought about his options then with a grunt he pulled out his keys and started up the car. "Fucking witch is gunna pay for this shit." Zoro muttered under his breath and strapped on his own seatbelt before pulling out onto the road heading down to the corner store.
They sat in silence on the drive over to the store then Zoro waited in the car as Sanji went in and time ticked on by.
"This is fucking bullshit." Zoro grumbled to himself gripping the wheel tightly waiting and growing very impatient. How long does it take to buy cigarettes anyways? Suddenly the thought of maybe Sanji had given him the slip crossed his mind. He could have gone out the back exit and just as Zoro had started the car the asshole came out of the front door of the store with a bag in his arms.
Zoro waited for the blonde to get back in before turning to him and asked, "What the fuck took you so long? What were you doing sucking off the owner as payment of the damn things?"
Sanji narrowed his one visible eye at the swordsman as he put the bag in back then looked away turning in his seat. "And what if I said I was?"
Zoro's checks tinted a bit and he looked away as well. "I would not be surprised."
"Hn." came Sanji as a reply and lighted up a cigarette.
"Oi!" Zoro jerked his head back around to him. "You're not smoking that in here."
"I will roll a window down." And Sanji proceeded to do just that.
"No. I don't want your shitty smoke stinking up my car." Zoro reached over to make a grab at the cigarette and Sanji stretched his arm out the window.
"Don't be such a …" Sanji blinked and looked to his arm as he found it now stuck. While Zoro had been reaching for the cigarette he had also used his other hand to push the auto window roll on the control panel on his side of the car.
Zoro smirked at him, "I told you you're not smoking in here."
The blonde tried rolling down the window but Zoro must have had it on lock since it was not coming down. Sanji would not be made of a fool of dammit. If he had to deal with stalkers it would be on his terms. Sanji raised and smacked a leg in Zoro's chest so fast it was like a black blur, though not nearly as hard as he could have though, had he not been limited with the tight space to work with. As Zoro was grabbing that leg Sanji twisted in his seat awkwardly due to his hand trapped and brought the other foot up to slip in under the steering wheel and over Zoro's lap.
Zoro's first reaction had been to go for his swords again but they were not at his side and besides they would have not been much help in this small space anyways. So he managed with what he could and gripped the cook's leg and forced it to bend at the knee pushing it back to the man when he noticed the other leg trying to sneak in and get to the controls on his side. Zoro unhooked his seat belt and used his upper body to pin down the one leg he had to the man as he supported himself propping a hand on Sanji's thigh as his other scooped up Sanji's other leg pinning it with only his arm to his own body.
Sanji gripped the headrest of his seat with his free hand and went wild at having his legs pinned and started to buck his hips to try and throw Zoro off. "Get the fuck off me you bastard!"
"Not till you drop the cigarette." Zoro said smugly feeling as he had already won this seeing as how the guy could not do anything with his legs pinned.
"Like hell I will you shitty bastard!" Another buck gave him just the inch he needed and Sanji drew back the leg Zoro had pinned with his body and lifted it higher twisting himself in ways Zoro had never seen before. Sanji then brought his leg down over Zoro's shoulder and curled it in to bring the man closer to his face trapping there pelvises together as Zoro's balance on Sanji's thigh was lost. "Roll down the fucking window asshole." Sanji growled in Zoro's face.
Zoro glared right back in Sanji's face and struggled to try and free himself from Sanji's powerful leg. Then something from the corner of his eye caught his attention and he turned his head toward the front window where they now were being watched by a wide eyed Detective Smoker and a bright red faced Detective Tashigi.
The detective duo had stopped awhile ago for lunch at a diner a few doors down and were going to get back in their car to take off when they noticed the shaking car behind them. In this city the team had seen many things so not much surprised them, however public acts of indecent behavior still was one of the shocking things that could throw you for a loop for a minute or two. So there they stood shockingly witnessing two perverts in the middle of daylight parked on a busy street going at it like they were in the privacy of there own home. As one of the males turned his head Detective Tashigi recognized him right away. She dropped the takeout coffee cup she held in her hand to point bluntly at green haired man as she called out, "Halt right there Roronoa Zoro!"
"Oh shit!" Zoro gapped. Sanji then turned his head to see what all the fuss was about and Sanji quickly pieced it all together and grimaced as his legs went slack.
With Zoro free he at once pulled away and took the car out of park. The car then jerked forward and nearly ran over Detective Tashigi.
"Oi you asshole watch it that's a lady!" yelled out Sanji and to help make his point he used his foot to push Zoro's head to the car door for a moment.
"Dammit you're not helping kuso-cook." Zoro yelled right back at him as he pealed out leaving the detectives to scrabble in their car and take off after him and Sanji.
"Shut up and roll down the fucking window already!" came Sanji's reply.
And since Zoro could not afford to fight with the bastard at the moment he rolled down the window as he weaved in and out of traffic.
With his hand now free Sanji pulled it in and frowned as the cigarette he held was nearly burned down to the butt. He tossed it out the window and lighted up another daring Zoro to just say something as he fixed himself right in his seat. Holding the cigarette between his teeth he growled as he rubbed his sore wrist. "It's going to bruise. Thanks a lot asshole."
"Tsh… maybe it will make you think twice before you try smoking in my car again." Zoro then noticed the new cigarette in the cook's mouth and frowned turning his eyes back to the road to dodge an oncoming car.
Sanji smirked and put his seatbelt on and fully enjoyed his cigarette as Zoro worked to shake the detectives.
After awhile once Sanji's cigarette was spent he started to get bored as Zoro still had not managed to shake them off. "Persistent aren't they." Sanji sighed.
"You don't know the half of it." Zoro grumbled checking his review mirror.
"Oh?" Sanji questioned. "I take it you have had many run-ins with them?"
"Not just me most of the gang with warrants on them." Zoro snickered adding "Ace knows Detective Smoker however better then any of us since they use to be fucking on a regular basses."
That got Sanji's attention and the blonde turned straining in his seat to look back trying to see the people in the car and asked. "They are dating?"
"At one time. He gave up Ace though so he would not be conflicted with his job." Suddenly Zoro realized just how interested Sanji seemed to be in this topic, which left Zoro not so sure how he felt about that. Zoro frowned and gunned the car around a corner. He was only worried because he didn't think his buddy Ace should get mixed up with an ass like this though. No way was he jealous. No fucking way. Sure Sanji was hot but he was, he was… A vein twitched on the side of Zoro's head as he could no longer think thanks due to Sanji who was now messing with the radio.
"What do you think you're doing asshole?" growled Zoro irritated wanting to rationalize these thoughts out before they got out of hand and he could not do that while Sanji played with the radio like he was fucking five!
"Atmosphere is everything! We need good chase music." Sanji snickered. Maybe he would be taking things a little more serious if he had not done another line in the bathroom of the store. As well as being high he was also trying to do anything to not think about Ace fucking someone else.
Zoro looked at Sanji like he had lost his fucking mind but remembered this time to keep his eyes on the road.
Sanji then found a station he liked or so Zoro was guessing since the fucker turned it ungodly loud and started to sing along with it.
"Could you get anymore annoying?!" Zoro grinded his teeth and for what good it would do turned off the radio. Of course the asshole just turned it right back on though. So Zoro turned it down and Sanji seemed to settle for this.
Sanji stuck out his tongue at Zoro then felt a metallic taste drip onto his tongue. He reached up and found his nose bleeding. He pulled out his handkerchief and dabbed at it.
Zoro breathed a sigh of relief as it finally seemed he had lost the unmarked car and snuck a glance over at Sanji. "Oi what's wrong?" He had seen a bit of the blood and it was enough to make him somewhat concerned if only for not wanting to get blood in his car or so he told himself.
Sanji looked at Zoro. "Just a nosebleed." his voice came out a little muffed by the hankie as his stomach was starting to cramp. "Did we lose them?" he asked then as he leaned forward a bit.
At the question Zoro did a double check to make sure. "Yeah."
"Good lets stop somewhere for a bite." Sanji pulled the hankie away and used the side mirror on the car to make sure all the blood was gone before neatly folding his hankie and tucking it away.
Zoro eyed Sanji. It was kinda a surprise the toothpick was asking for food but Zoro knew he would get his ass kicked by Chopper if he refused the man due to his problem and all with not normally eating that Zoro and the others had learned about yesterday at the gang meeting about Sanji.
"Fine." came the one worded reply from Zoro.
A little while later they pulled into a fast food drive-threw and they were greeted by the little box asking to take there order. "Give me a number five, no onions or pickles with a coke." Zoro then looked to Sanji, "What do you want?"
Sanji stared at Zoro like he had grown a second head then after he seemed to realize Zoro was being serious Sanji looked away and crossed his arms in a huff.
Zoro didn't get what Sanji's problem was. "What? You're hungry right?"
"A bit…" Sanji admitted.
"Then order some food baka." Zoro waited then as Sanji looked back at him.
"From here?" Sanji questioned looking back to the green haired man.
"That's the idea." Zoro found himself grinding his teeth again.
"I will just have a soft drink." Sanji huffed looking away again.
"What the fuck?" he shook his head. "You know what fine! What do you want to drink?" Zoro questioned. He was not going to force the fucker to eat let him starve for all he cared, besides Chopper and Ace would most likely get him to eat at the party later tonight anyways.
"One part 7-up other part HiC light on the ice." was Sanji's reply.
Zoro stared at him "Do you have to be a pain in the ass at everything you do?"
"I have been told I'm very enjoyable in the ass however if you keep experiencing pain maybe you should get a doctor to look at that." Sanji shot back as the person over the voice box intercom busted out into laughter.
"That's not what…dammit …sonvabitch ... gunna kill…. fucking blonde bastard…" Zoro grumbled but turned to the box. "Half 7-up half HiC light on the fucking ice." With a giggle the person gave Zoro a total and told him to drive around.
After Zoro paid he handed Sanji his drink and sat his own drink in the cup holder and the bag of food in his lap. Soon they were on the freeway heading to the beach.
Fuck it if it's too early, if I spend anymore time alone with this asshole I'm gunna kill him, thought Zoro. Taking a deep breath and letting it out, Zoro basked in the silence and then opened the bag in his lap, pulling out his hamburger and started unwrapped it.
"Oh god! You're not really going to eat that in here are you?" Sanji asked him with a look of horror on his face.
"Of course what do you think I bought it for, to fucking look at it?" Zoro questioned then to prove the point took a big juicy bite out of it.
Sanji paled at the sight and turned his head to the side holding up a hand as if to fend off the vision of it. "That's just disgusting."
"Tch." Zoro rolled his eyes, and went on eating.
Sanji lit up another cigarette and sipped on his drink.
"Oi what did I tell you about smoking in here?!" Zoro growled.
"If I have to stand smelling that and listening to you smack your mouth on that nasty trash then you can deal with my smoking shitty-swordsman!" Spat the now once again feisty blonde and turned up the radio full blast to drown out Zoro's now bitching so he could not hear the man.
Zoro was half tempted to shove the food in Sanji's face but was not wanting to deal with the blonde puking in his car so he ate, Sanji smoked, and the radio blasted all the way home … or at lest till they noticed Zoro had gotten them lost.
A/N: As promised here is some more Zoro as he gets alone time with our fav blonde. For the Zoro and Sanji romance it's going to happen a bit slower then the Ace and Sanji one were they have a first sight attraction with each other but don't worry their is still tons and tons more to this story so there is time ^.^
Getting a bit worried as I'm not getting anymore feedback but it seems someone out there is reading this so I will keep on! I have one more chapter left to edit then you guys will be caught up to me and the chapter I'm currently working on writing. I just need to find my muse to write more =/
Ah well, I might be able to get that out tonight too just need to do some other things first around the house but I will try. We all know how sucky I'm at editing anyways. ^.^ ;