30 ZoLu One Shots
Hello again. Here is chapter 3 so enjoy. Happy Friday everybody. :D
Chapter 3
Title: Sick Luffy
Paring: LuffyxZoro, Slight ZoroxSanjixLuffy Nakamaship
Theme: Cure
Rating: T
Time line: Post-Whiskey Peek Arc, Pre-Little Garden Arc
Warning: Slight Zoro OOCness
Disclaimer(s): I will never, in a hundred years, own One Piece
As the crew races against time to get to Alabasta and help Vivi save her country, they made a quick pit stop at the next island to restock on supplies. But, unfortunately for Luffy, he got unnaturally sick…well unnatural to him anyways. Even though it was a minor flu, the crew convinced him to stay on Merry and he, reluctantly, did so and Zoro stayed behind to keep him company.
Luffy was left in the Men's Headquarters as Zoro was outside keeping watch, coming in to check his captain every once in a while to see if he needed anything. "Do you need something to eat or drink, Luffy?" Zoro asked as he entered the room.
Luffy was just laying in his hammock, face in his pillow and his whole body covered with his blanket. "Chicken soup sounds good right now," he mumbled, his voice hoarse. "Okay," his swordsman said and, then, went to the kitchen, looking for the ingredients.
"I don't know how ero-cook does it," Zoro mumbled to himself as soon as he was finished, "but it's better than nothing." He, then, took the bowl of soup into the cabin. As the young swordsman entered, he sees his captain still laying in the same position when he left.
"Hey, buddy," Zoro said lightly as he walked over to Luffy, "you feeling any better?" Just then, he heard a groan, indicating that that was a no.
"Well here's some soup that you wanted," he continued, "it may not be as good as dartbrow's soup, but it's all I could do." He, then, heard some mumbling. "What was that?" "Feed me," Luffy whined a little, which made his first mate sigh.
Zoro, then, places the bowl onto the nightstand and then gently picks Luffy up and carried him to the couch and sat the sick captain up, making Luffy groan more.
"Okay, Luffy. Now open wide," the young swordsman instructed after getting the bowl of soup, only gaining a small whimper from his captain. "You won't feel better anytime soon if you don't eat this," Zoro said, a bit worried about Luffy's current condition.
While putting some effort into it, the young captain opened his mouth wide enough for Zoro to place the tip of the spoon in his mouth, having Luffy sip the soup. 'If only we had a doctor on board,' he thought, 'that way Luffy could be better in no time at all.' As soon as he was done with the soup, Zoro started to head back to the kitchen.
"Don't leave, Zoro," Luffy hoarsely said before the said swordsman left the room. "I'm gonna come right back, Luffy," he assured, "I'm just gonna go to the kitchen real quick and wash these dishes."
"But I don't want Zoro to leave. I want Zoro to stay with me." The said first mate sighed again, but followed, what sounded like to him, captain's orders, putting the empty bowl back on the nightstand and went to sit next to Luffy.
"Luffy, you really should get some more rest," Zoro said, placing the back of his hand on Luffy's forehead, "your fever seems to have not gone down." The young captain just sat there and whined. "I hate being sick," he whimpered.
"I know, buddy. Why don't you go back to bed and rest for a while." Luffy sadly sighed. So he just laid on the couch with his head on Zoro's lap and the young swordsman slightly blushed. "Arigatou, Zoro, for taking care of me." Zoro, then, gave him a sweet smile that he rarely gives to his captain and pushes a loose strand of hair behind his captain's ear.
"Anything for you, Sencho." Luffy, then, sat up to give Zoro a tight embrace, which made the young swordsman blush even more, but he returned the hug. "I'm glad Zoro became my first mate," Luffy said with a smile.
The young swordsman felt all warm inside when he heard that and smiled. "Well, thanks for recruiting me in the first place," he chuckled, "and thanks for saving my life that day." Luffy weakly giggled and then sneezed.
"Ugh, somebody must be talking about me behind my back," he complained and Zoro laughed but then he sneezed which made them both laugh. "It's probably those bakas that are doing that," Zoro said and Luffy giggled. "Hey, it sounds like your getting better already."
The young captain still laughed. "Well, I have the best cure here," he said, placing his forehead against Zoro's and his swordsman laughed with him. "Thanks for making me better, Zoro." "No problem, Luffy," Zoro said, pecking his captain on the tip of his nose, making the younger giggle.
But, before they pulled away from each other, Luffy smashed his lips against Zoro's. The older was shocked at first, but then kissed him back. "Love you, Zoro," the young captain said. "Love you, too, Luffy," the young swordsman replied. Then, hours later, the rest of the crew came back with supplies, seeing the same thing that they saw right when they left.
*The next day*
"Yay! I'm feeling a lot better!" Luffy cheered as soon as he and most of the crew woke up. He, then, went to Zoro, who was still sleeping. "Hey, Zoro. Wake up!" he called, but only heard his swordsman grunt.
"Nani? Zoro?" "What's going on with marimo?" Sanji asked as he went down to see what his captain doing there instead of the kitchen. Luffy shrugged. So he puts his hand on Zoro's forehead, feeling that he is burning up.
"Zoro's burning up," he said casually and his chef sweat dropped. "Well, I could see where he got sick," he said. "Yosh! I'm gonna help Zoro feel better the way he did for me!" Luffy, then, ran up the ladder and started to head towards the kitchen.
"Oi, Luffy! If you want to make soup then let me help you!" Sanji yelled, worried that his captain would either eat all the food supply while he's up there, make a mess out of the kitchen, or catch the whole ship on fire.
"You better watch Luffy," Zoro hoarsely commanded Sanji, "he's a good kid and all, but who knows what kind of trouble he can cause. If something really bad happens to him that practically kills him, then you're the first person I'm going after."
Sanji just rolled his visible eye. "Che. Whatever, moss head," he said, "you could barely do anything in this condition." And, with that, he left the room. "Thanks, Luffy," Zoro mumbled a thank you before he went back to sleep.
A/N: Somewhat the weirdest thing: everytime I see the word hammock, I keep on thinking about the time where Luffy used to call Hancock that. I don't know why. But it's funny, though. XD
Yeah, I know Zoro is a bit OOC in this story, due to him being worried and all that, but I want to show that caring side of him, especially towards Luffy.
Anyways R&R please. :D