iggysgirl89 said: Do you think you might be able to do another chapter for the creepy neighbor Doffy, where Doffy bumps into Sanji and Zoro, He makes a grab at Sanji, and after seeing how bad he gets Zoro makes himself really known?! (work your magic)

Creepy neighbor Doffy returns

Rated T
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Sanji hummed as he put the finishing touches on Zoro's breakfast. He was feeling great. Better than great, he felt amazing. Zoro had been playing watchdog for the past few nights, and Sanji had never slept so well. Sure, it was a little in convenient to have to share his bed with the marimo (who slept like a log and tended to hog the blankets) but the point was he could sleep, which was a massive step up from the way he'd been living before. Having Zoro there was a comfort. He could sleep knowing if Doflamingo tried anything in the night, he'd have to get through the moss head first.

Sanji tore off a piece of saran wrap around the plate of omelets and slipped it into the fridge. Zoro worked odd hours, and most of the time he didn't need to be up as early as Sanji was. Sanji still did him the courtesy of making breakfast; it was just up to Zoro to reheat it.

Sanji was still humming as he put his coat and shoes on. He no longer had to leave so early, he could leave at his usual time, which gave him hours more to sleep. Having Zoro around seemed to make a world of difference. Not only did Sanji feel safer inside his own home, he felt safer outside of it as well. He used to see Doflamingo everywhere he went, but since Zoro had come around, things had been nice and flamingo free for Sanji. He felt awesome.

As he was tying the laces of his shoes, Sanji thought he could hear a faint knocking against the wall next door. He froze for a second, pausing to listen carefully. The noise continues, an erratic tapping sound from the other side of the wall, but Sanji shrugged it off. It was amazing how the little things that would have frightened him so much before were so easy to dismiss now. He assumed the noise was just his neighbor stirring something or perhaps brushing something off. There were any number of plausible reasons for the sound, and now that Sanji's fear had vanished he found them much more reasonable. He was starting to wonder if maybe he'd been making it all up in his head the whole time.

Sanji grabbed his keys and unlocked the door, opening it and slipping out as quietly as possible so as not to wake Zoro. Just as his apartment door fell shut, he heard the click of his neighbors lock sliding open.

"Why, good morning," Doflamingo said, stepping out into the hallway from his building.

Sanji froze. His confidence from just a few minutes ago vanished in a cloud of smoke. Here, face to face with the man he feared, Sanji didn't feel safe anymore. He tried to brush it off as a coincidence, but Doflamingo was shirtless and wearing a pair of pajama pants. There was no reason for him to leave the house like that except to bump into Sanji.

Doflamingo towered over him, seeming to cast a shadow over Sanji.

"Good morning," Sanji replied. He tried to keep his voice casual, but it sounded forced, even to him. He was dying for a cigarette, if only just to keep his hands busy for a moment. But his apartment building had a strict "no smoking in the hallways" rule, so instead his hands hung uselessly at his sides. He shoved them in his pockets to keep them from shaking.

"It's been a while since I last saw you," Doflamingo commented. He took another step closer to Sanji. It was a slow, deliberate step. Sanji wanted to flee, but the stairwell was blocked by the bird man's oversized, stooping figure, and stepping backwards felt like he was admitting weakness. He didn't want to seem submissive or afraid in front of his neighbor, it might give the man an opportunity to strike.

"Yeah," Sanji replied. He wasn't sure if that meant it had been a long time since Sanji had been in his apartment of if it had been a while since Doflamingo had seen him around town.

Another slow, deliberate step. He was uncomfortably close to Sanji now.

"I didn't forget about you," Doflamingo said. His voice was smooth and deadly. "I thought about you all the time, actually."

As he spoke, his hand moved, his fingers brushing against Sanji's arm. Sanji flinched, and warning bells went off in his mind. He had to get out of there, now.

"All the things I could do to you…"

Before Doflamingo could elaborate, Sanji's apartment door flew open. Sanji startled, jumping backwards, and the bird man's fingers fell away.

"Hey, Sanji," Zoro said. His face red on one side and imprinted with the creases of Sanji's sheets. He was shirtless as well, and his eyes were red rimmed and watery. He looked like he had just woken up. "Where's breakfast?"

Doflamingo frowned, staring at Zoro through the ever present sunglasses. Sanji could see a vein pop on his forehead.

"Who are you?" Doflamingo asked. His voice was demanding and lethally sharp.

Zoro looked as if he had just noticed someone was there for the first time.

"Oh, nice to meet you," Zoro said, holding out his hand. "I'm his boyfriend."

Doflamingo stared at the hand Zoro offered as if it were an insect. After a moment, Zoro pulled his hand away and shrugged.

"Anyway," Zoro said to Sanji. "Get back in here and cook for me." He grabbed Sanji by the wrist and pulled him back into the apartment, shutting the door firmly behind them.

For a moment, Sanji and Zoro leaned against the door together in silence. On the other side, they could hear Doflamingo walk back down the hall. Only when the door shut behind him did they speak.

"My boyfriend?" Sanji asked, disgust written plainly on his face.

Zoro chuckled. "You wouldn't be my first choice either, cook, but it worked didn't it?"

It did work. The tapping on the wall had stopped. The apartment next door was quiet.

"Yeah," Sanji said, a faint smile on his face. Having Zoro around really was turning out to be a good thing.

"Now get to work, cook," Zoro said. "You wouldn't want to be late."

Sanji opened the door and stepped out into the hall again. This time, the door next to his remained firmly closed, and Sanji couldn't help but smile as he walked past it.