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~A Year Later
"Can you just take her and leave?!" Nami pleaded, tears streaming from her eyes.
"Fine!" Zoro answered holding up his arms in defeat.
He turned and stormed down the hall leaving Nami crying on the steps.
"Ryu," he began as he picked the tiny baby up.
The red headed baby began to cry as Zoro rocked her back and forth in an attempt to stop her tears. The door opened revealing a red eyed Nami.
"Please, just for a few hours?! The you can bring her back."
"Don't worry, we're leaving," Zoro stormed past her the now settled Ryu cradled in his arms.
After they'd left the room, Nami sank to the floor, letting the tears fall from her eyes as she heard the door slam shut.
Zoro opened his coat and let the sleeping Ryu snuggle into him before zipping it up again. He could feel the baby's cold hands through his t-shirt and silently prayed that she'd be warm enough until they got there.
Nami rocked herself herself back and fourth, her tears seeminly never ending. Why did they have to constantly fight and about such trivial things.
Sanji opened the door to the moss haired man, welcoming him inside.
"What did you guys fight about this time?" Sanji asked as he took Ryu from Zoro.
"She's freezing," Sanji mumbled as he went off in search of a blanket.
Zoro sat down on the sofa and ran a hand through his hair. This fighting wasn't good for them much less Ryu.
"So what was it?" Sanji asked when he'd returned.
Ryu was still asleep and little sighs erupted from her mouth as Sanji rocked her in his arms. Zoro sighed.
"I said something stupid."
"Argh!" Zoro screamed. "Can you get her to shut up already!?"
"It's not her fault, she's only little," Nami replied hoisting the baby onto her shoulder and rubbing her back."
"It would have been better if we'd never slept together!" Zoro yelled turning away from them.
"Zoro please don't say that," Nami mumbled as she felt the tears well up in her eyes.
"What?! Don't act as if you've never thought of our life if that dare never happened!?"
A tear trickled down Nami's cheek.
"I have never wanted to think about my life had we never had sex."
"Ppft."
Nami placed Ryu down in her cot.
"Because of that night I have you and Ryu. I never want to think of a life in which either of you isn't present. Excuse me."
Nami ran past him, tears streaming down her face.
"Nami!" Zoro cried after her.
"Can you just take her and leave?!"
"You idiot," Sanji scolded.
"Is it any better if I say I regret it?!" Zoro asked running a hand once again through his hair.
"Not unless you say it to Nami," Sanji answered looking down.
Ryu had woken up and was now smiling up at the blonde man.
"Awww!" Sanji cooed. "She's so cute when she wakes up."
Ryu yawned stretching out her arms towards the man's face.
"She'll be hungry," Zoro said standing up. "Is her formula still in the first cupboard?"
Sanji nodded.
Zoro mixed up a bottle of her formula and handed it to Sanji.
"How long did she kick you out for?" he asked his gaze drifting between Ryu and Zoro.
"A few hours."
"Alright then," Sanji said standing up.
He removed the bottle from Ryu mouth and passed it to Zoro. Ryu began to cry her face going red in the process.
"Shh, little one. Daddy's going to feed you," Sanji whispered passing her into her dad's arms.
"I'll guess I'll be making a start on lunch," he said walking into his kitchen.
The bottle was nearly empty by the time Zoro sat down. He looked down at his precious daughter nestled in his arms and smiled. How had he even began to think about a life without her. He bowed his head kissing her rosy cheek as she drifted back off to sleep.
