Chapter 3: A new beginning
Zoro woke up in Franky's room with everyone else. He was face down on the floor next to Ace who was snoring pretty loudly next to his ear.
Yesterday they all agreed to leave the cook in Robin's hands but for whatever reason, the cook never showed up and they got bored and all started drinking and smoking until they apparently passed out.
'Uggh…what time is it?' Marco asked waking up and trying to untangle himself from Luffy. The little bastard was like an octopus.
"Who cares… shut up." Ace said lazily while going back to sleep.
Marco got up looking for his cellphone, after a few minutes he was able to find it inside a Doritos bag. "It's 8:45 am."
Like a bucket full of cold water being thrown at them, they all jumped at once. "What?!"
"I am so going to be late."
"You?! What about me, I have a fucking test!" Zoro took his jacket and ran as fast as he could to his dorm room. He opened his door, noticing that the cook was missing for a minute, then proceeded to change his t-shirt, he quickly brushed his teeth and he left in a heartbeat. He will deal with the fucking cook later, it's his entire fault after all.
Later on…
Sanji stood in front of the cooking room's door. He was freaking out, ok?!
He got up and chose one of Robin's outfits for himself a blue V-neck shirt, black pants and black boots and now he was standing in front of the door, 10 minutes late just because he wasn't sure how people will react to his new look. He was 100% sure that as soon as he walks through that door, the old man would say something shitty about his new look, because he likes to make his life a living hell, and everyone would laugh at him.
"Aaaagh…fuck my life." He placed his forehead against the door.
"What are you waiting for?" another person asked behind him, making Sanji jump and turn around to be face to face with…
"R-Robin?"
Said woman smiled at him. "I had a feeling that you would be having second thoughts and that you would need moral support."
"Well, I am…a bit. Not that you didn't do a marvelous job, my beautiful princess, it's just…well…"
"Sanji, you have nothing to worry about, trust me." With that, Robin waited for no reply from Sanji and instead she knocked at the door and left.
'Robin! How could you?'
A few seconds later, inside the room, Zeff yelled at whoever was at the door to get their fucking ass inside, followed by some insults and how rude it was to interrupt his class.
Sanji entered the class without conviction.
What followed after that was, well…not what he was expecting. All of Zeff's students stared at him, some with curiosity. He saw a few girls blush, blush…at him! And some others asking who he was…
Zeff just stared at him, not saying anything at first but after a few very awkward minutes, he spoke to him. "Hah! About time you got rid of that fucking beard, eggplant. Now, sit your fucking ass down and don't ever interrupt me again, boy."
After that, an explosion of comments could be heard across the room. "Is he really Sanji?" "I couldn't recognize him at all." and to his surprise, some girls and boys? were saying that he looks hot.
Sanji was so focused on trying not to blush too much to think of a comeback to the shitty old geezer, so he just sat. Well, at least no one was laughing so far.
Later on…
Zoro was feeling better now after kicking the asses of all his classmates and passing the test, of course, when he received a message from Ace.
Have you seen Sanji? How he looked like? Where are you guys? We are at the usual spot.
NO…I DON'T KNOW…I'M AT THE GYM…WILL FIND HIM AND GET THERE IN A BIT, K?
Now that Zoro thought about it, Sanji wasn't at their room in the morning and hasn't seen him all day. And so, Zoro dialed Sanji's number.
"Yeah, Marimo?"
"Where are you?"
"At the cooking room, why?"
"Why? Why? You fucker, we waited for you and you never showed up, I almost missed a test! Where were you this morning?"
"How is that my fault, you idiot?! You're the one who probably got wasted there! Oh, you did, huh?"
"Shut up! Anyway…I'm coming over, wait for me."
Zoro walked faster after hanging up. He's so going to kick his ass, making them wait for him and never showing up, really? And why wasn't he at their room this morning, was he with Robin? Zoro stopped.
'What if he was?'
Anyway, why would he care? It's not his business who Sanji fucks or doesn't fuck. Besides, there's no way Sanji would do that to a lady, he was a gentleman after all, right? Zoro's thoughts were getting him angrier by the minute, he had no idea why but he didn't like it one bit.
Zoro ran and spotted Sanji's classroom, slamming the door open. He needed to ask Sanji if he was actually with Robin. He desperately needed to know for some reason.
"Cook!" he yelled.
"Hey, why are you screaming?!"
Zoro looked at the blond man yelling at him. Strong legs that ran for miles trapped in black skinny jeans, a blue v-neck shirt wrapping a nice set of muscles, this man is more of the athletic type, lean and defined, Zoro was not complaining about that at all. Silky messy blond hair, deep blue eyes, curly brows… wait, curly brows?!
"S-Sanji?"
"W-Who else, you idiot?" Sanji was nervous, if there was an opinion that mattered the most to him, it's the one from Zeff, even though he would never admit that to anyone, and Zoro's, even though he would never admit to that one either. And right now, he had no idea, if the look that Zoro was giving him was one of approval or not. "Well, what do you say? Good use of the money you gave us or not, idiot?"
Zoro wanted to reply, he really did. But, Sanji looked like a completely different person and it was shocking. It's been a long time since he was able to see the cook's full face, the unique color of his eyes without those fucking glasses, him in clothes that actually fit him…he looked…he looked…
"Fucking hot."
Zoro saw Sanji blush after his statement and he quickly added,"I mean, for a skinny ass like you that is. Now, you look like a human, Chewbacca." and that did it.
"Eat shit, Mosshead!"Sanji proceeded to decorate the cake he was making, breaking eye contact with Zoro.
'Nice safe.' Zoro thought.
He got a little closer to the cook, watching him work. He couldn't believe that the man standing in front of him was his Sanji...well, not his. His Sanji, he meant his friend Sanji.
Zoro stood next to Sanji, and without being able to avoid it, he smelled him, discreetly of course. He still smelled like the Sanji he knows, a bit of his strawberry shampoo, which Zoro had made fun of him for in the past and still does, a bit of cinnamon and some kind of cologne, he guessed it was something he and Robin had bought yesterday.
"That Robin girl works miracles." Zoro teased.
"Fuck You!"
'Oh, it would be my pleasure…wait what? Oh, no,no,no,no, I can't think like this about Sanji! What's wrong with me? Sure he's hot as hell and being someone he can relate to is a plus but the whole point of this makeover was for him to find a woman, a woman, not to be in bed, making love with his best friend. Wait, making love?!'
Zoro doesn't make love, he fucks and he fucks with people he doesn't care about nor have the need to remember their name the next day. That thought right there, makes him and the cook opposites when it comes to relationships and for some reason, he felt uneasy.
"All done!" Sanji turned to look down at Zoro who looked conflicted all of a sudden. "Marimo, are you ok?"
"Y-Yeah, yeah."
"Well, then, quit it, I need to store the cake for Zeff's birthday in a safe place and I guess we need to see the guys if all of Ace's calls has something to do with it."
Zoro stood up and followed behind Sanji, clearing his head of whatever weird thoughts he may have about his friend and his friend's amazing perky ass…
'Oh shit…I'm fucked aren't I?'
END CHAPTER 3
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