IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOU
A/N: I'm currently having trouble with my pc I don't know when i will be posting the next chapter but i'll try to update as soon as I can. thank you all for reading this fic i hope you enjoy this chapter ;)
CHAPTER 4
"I never really noticed how handsome you are especially when you're not wearing your uniform." Robin was really crocked after a few rounds of drinking wine. She doesn't drink often and thus, have little tolerance to alcohol.
Zoro was surprised and slightly amused with her. She was usually quiet and calm but tonight she was quite the opposite. He remembered the first time he saw her when she arrived at the Manor. He had never seen anyone so graceful and beautiful as her before. Ever since that day he was infatuated by her. But she was a lady and he's just a bodyguard.
"I like you Zoro. You're really a marvelous kisser." she drunkenly spoke.
"I think you had too much wine my lady. Let me escort you back to your chamber." Zoro snatched the wine from her and tried to help her stand.
"I'm fine I'm just a little bit-" she suddenly threw up and passed out.
"She passed out... She even ruined her dress." Zoro sighed and scratched his head. He lifted her up and went back inside to her room.
Robin regained consciousness as they entered. "You're really strong man Mr. Swordsman."
"You're awake. Good. I will take my leave." He put her down.
"Dont." Robin stood by the door, blocking his way.
"I wonder how it feels like," She slowly came closer to him and placed her hand in his chest. Zoro took a few steps back.
"I'm sure you've had a few." She gripped his shirt and pulled him closer and pushed him to her bed.
" You're not in you're right mind right now my lady." he tried to protest. "Please call me Robin." Robin started to strip off her clothes and threw it just sat there, looking at her, drinking her body with his eyes.
"I want you Mr. Swordsman." She seductively whispered in his ear before pushing him again. Robin came closer to cup his face and kissed him.
Zoro pushed her to his side and stood up. "I cant. I will not take advantage of a lady when she's drunk."
"I want the real Robin. Come to me when you're sober." he said before leaving.
Disappointed, Robin laid down her bed and slowly drifted to unconsciousness. The next thing she knew, it was already morning. She woke up with a terrible head ache and last night's events were a bit blur. The last thing that she remembered was kissing Zoro. She noticed that she was only wearing her corset and underwear and that her dress was on the floor full of god knows what.
"How did I get back to my room?" she thought. She didn't remember retiring to her chamber last night.
Nami suddenly barged in her room and started pacing around ranting.
"Hey are you listening?"
"I'm sorry. What is it?" She responded.
"Why did you leave the party so early last night?" the orange haired maiden was concerned with her mistress.
"I felt tired so I decided to go back to my room." She answered while she roused out of bed and put on her dressing gown.
"You were certainly not in your room last night. I checked." Nami disagreed.
"Where were you really?" she was really worried of Robin. Even though she just met her, she liked her. Robin doesn't treat her as a servant but as a companion. To Nami she was like an older sister that she never had.
Robin paused and tried to recollect the events that happened last night. "I was at the garden. I went there because I was upset."
"Why were you upset? Did something happen between you and Cavendish?" She asked.
"After leaving the party, I accidentally entered a room and he was there." Robin explained.
"What did he say to you?" Nami wondered what Cavendish could have said to her to make her upset.
"He said nothing. I just hid after I saw him kissing another girl."
"WHAT?" Nami exclaimed. "What happened afterwards? Did you slap him?" she curiously inquired.
"No, I sneaked out and went to the gardens. I saw Zoro there drinking so I stayed for awhile. I was upset; he probably eloped with that girl." She replied and sat down the dresser. Robin's head was hurting; she tried to massage it to ease the pain but it was no use. She had a terrible hangover.
"I think I drank too much wine last night, my head hurts."
"Shall I get you something warm to drink? Coffee perhaps?" She asked.
Robin nodded and Nami hurriedly went out. She later came back with a cup of coffee. She gave it to her and later helped her bathe and change clothes. Robin told her the full story of what happened last night. Well, not entirely; she didn't tell her about what happened between her and the swordsman, Zoro. She was quite confused herself of what really occurred that night. "So the engagement is off then?" the orange haired maiden asked.
"There was no engagement from the beginning since he didn't even propose." She answered.
"And besides, I still have to talk to my father about his plan." She brushed her hair. The two ladies continued to talk but was interrupted by someone who came knocking at the door. The door creaked open and a green haired swordsman entered.
"Your father wanted to see you my lady." he announced.
Robin stood up followed Zoro as he escorted her to her father. She felt uneasy seeing him. She noticed he was not wearing his usual uniform; instead he was wearing an embroidered doublet that made him look charming.
Zoro could sense that something is wrong with his mistress. She seemed agitated around him."Is there something bothering you my lady?" He inquired.
Robin was hesitant but he's the only person that could answer her question of how she got back to her room last night.
"About last night?" she was reluctant to ask him.
"What about last night?" He wondered. He thought it was just a one night thing and they will never speak of it again.
"The last thing I remembered was that kiss. What happen to us after that?" she shyly asked. She didn't want to assume that something happened to them but she was confused of how she manage to get back to her quarters and why she slept with her corset on.
"Don't you remember?" He stopped walking.
"Remember what?" Robin was completely clueless. It seems that every memory of last night night was probably erased from her mind.
Zoro chuckled. "You were so drunk last night that you puked all over your dress and passed out."
"Really? I'm sorry that was so unladylike of me to get drunk." the dark haired lady regretted ever drinking that much.
"Yeah it was, and you tried to seduce me when we got back to your room. You stripped off your dress and..." Zoro recalled as they continued walking.
Robin was mortified and ashamed that she stopped walking. She didn't know what or how to respond after hearing the story.
Zoro turned around to check on her. "Don't worry nothing happened. Its wrong to take advantage of a lady when she's drunk." He smiled and reassured her."
"I'm really sorry about all the trouble I caused you through last night." She apologized again. She was relieved that nothing happened between them. She was glad that he was the one who took care of her last opened the door to a room and gestured her to enter. "You were really troublesome but I was glad to see the other side of Robin." He whispered to her ear.
She turned around, flushed. Zoro smirked as he closed the door.
"I have something to tell you Robin." James' stern voice snapped Robin back to reality.
"Yes father?" She politely answered.
"I want you to go home and take care of the Manor while I am away." he ordered.
"Where will you be going?" she asked.
"I am going to Goa, to negotiate business with the Earl."
"The earl?" she thought. She tried to recall who was the Earl of Goa and remembered that Fire fist Ace was the new Earl. What business do her father have with the Earl of Goa?
"You will be accompanied by Zoro to be safe." He spoke. Robin waited for her father to mention Cavendish but he didn't. It seems that he has broken the agreement with the Duke.
"Be safe on your journey father." She said before leaving.
Robin was excited to go home and leave that place. They finally arrived home went back to normal or so she thought. Robin does her daily routine of reading and going to the garden to tend the flowers herself. But where ever she goes Zoro was always there guarding her. Every time their eyes would meet they would feel aflutter and she didn't know why. There were times she would lie awake at night thinking of that night. She had few recollection of what happened and she is still trying to piece it all together.