Chapter 2: Why did you sleep with me?

By the end of the day, Zoro finally got a chance to corner Nami in the rear cabin when nobody else was around.

"What was wrong with you? ! You stupid woman!" He glowered at her face. He was furious for obvious reason. It was because of her careless remark this morning that everybody now thought they had slept together!

"What?" Nami blinked. She had no clue as to why Zoro was mad at her. If anything she should be the one to get mad. His grip on her shoulders was really starting to hurt.

"You! With your proud little speech of "I HAD SEX ON THE FLOOR"! What was that?"

"What do you mean 'what was that'? It was the truth." Nami stated giving a shrug, which made him angrier.

"The truth? !The one you had to broadcast to all over the world?"

"It's not that a big deal, Zoro. I said I had sex once on the floor. I didn't say it was with you."

In contrast to her calmness, Zoro was now in uncontrollable rage. He shouted:" Guess WHAT? They all figured out!"

"They didn't figure out. They took a guess and made a stupid assumption and that's all—wait! "She stopped her half-hearted speech. Her eyes widened. "Why did they make any assumptions? Zoro, did you…?"

"Yes I did." He nodded, still looking upset. "Right before you came in, I was just telling them I once had sex on the floor because apparently- 'it was the truth.'" He said in an ironical and yet annoyed tone.

Nami shoot him a very displeased glare. Sarcasm was NOT going to help.

She thought for a brief moment and then gave another shrug: "Well, just because you said you had sex on the floor and I said similar stuff, doesn't mean we did it together, right? People have sex on the floor-that's very common! I bet tons of people are doing it right now while we are having this conversation! "She actually felt relieved when she finished her self-persuasion. It was not like she and Zoro were busted. So what if some of her stupid crewmates got a little suspicious?

"Did you NOT hear me say "THEY ALL FIGURED OUT"?" Somehow Nami's composure irritated the swordsman to a greater extent. How could she be like this? Why wasn't she more freaking out, like he was now?

"Well, it was their problem to jump into conclusion too quickly. Guess if I care?" Nami said as she stuck her tongue out. "I don't!"

Zoro loosened his grip on Nami's shoulders and took a step back. He couldn't believe her. She was still smiling, which made him look even more absurd for being this angry.

"In fact-"he began, pulling off a stony face. "I think it's more of your problem, Nami."

"What? Why is that?" Nami frowned, unhappy about his sudden accusing tone.

"Your problem is that you always want the spotlight. You want control over everything and to outshine everybody. Back in there you could've said anything else, but NOOOOO! You just had to burst out details about our sex life so that you could make yourself sound cooler and intimidate them! That was just so typical of you, you self-centered bitch!"

The swordsman finished his accusation. Nami was stunned, to the very core of hers. She wasn't prepared to hear him say such harsh things and it hurt her.

"Zoro-"she breathed in, trying not to reveal what she truly felt at the moment. "If I'm everything you just described, why did you sleep with me?"

After dropping that question, she lowered her head and walked past him and out of the cabin door, leaving the swordsman standing in the shadow casted by the dim light, perplexed and bitten by his own words.

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Why did I sleep with her?

Later that night, the swordsman thought to himself as he tucked in his hammock.

It was not very common for him to still be awake at this hour of the night, but he just couldn't fall asleep.

The words he said to Nami earlier today was replaying themselves in his head over and over again, along with her look-that look of suppressed anger she gave him when he uttered those horrible things right to her face without even thinking.

He didn't know what had got into him. He knew it wasn't Nami's fault and it wasn't sensible of him to have accused her like that. Wait, did he actually call her a self-centered bitch? And she didn't slap him hard in the face for that one because…?

Because it truly hurt her. The swordsman let out an almost inaudible sigh as the guilt flooded within him.

And he couldn't help but ponder on the question she left.

Why did he sleep with her?

It actually surprised him when he realized that he'd never for once, asked himself that same question before tonight.

It just happened. And it felt…natural. Almost too natural that he never doubted for one second that it might be wrong to have been physically involved with one of his longest known nakama.

The swordsman closed his eyes as the memory of their secret rendezvous flashed back in his mind.

"Okay now, put it in."

"What? But I've -This is NOT FUNNY! WOMAN!"

At that moment she was laughing like crazy underneath him but shortly afterwards she was moaning his name instead as he decided she needed to be taught a serious lesson on how men didn't wanna be joked about size.

Zoro cracked his good eye open, slightly surprised to find himself smiling at that piece of memory. Maybe that was it. Maybe that was why he kept seeing her nightly when he was well aware of all the risks of being found out.

She actually made him smile, in a way he'd never expected himself to do so. Being with her did not just feel good, but quite amusing as well. She practically teased him about everything- things which most of his previous partners were too afraid to even think about. And in return for her favor, he remembered making jokes about her being too loud or too demanding, which made her flip out and then give him a punch in the stomach.

Yes, she was the first woman who had dared to punch him during sex. And that punch really hurt. Maybe that was why it was so memorable, and probably why he blurted it out as an answer while he was sure he had had sex in some far less decent places.

As much as he hated to admit it, he actually remembered every time when he was with her. And deep down inside, he knew exactly why he was so furious today: it wasn't because of her being a self-centered bitch. It was because of him being a coward, afraid that this might stop if people found out about them.

The swordsman let out another sigh as he closed his eyes again, allowing himself to gradually drift off into a slumber.

The guilt subsided as sound sleep claimed him eventually.

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The next morning Zoro woke up and found himself alone in the men's cabin. Judging by the dazzling sunlight permitted through the porthole, there was a good chance that he had slept in considerably.

It was weird that Nami hadn't come yelling to "wake his lazy ass up". Maybe she had decided to stop doing that after he called her a bitch last night.

The swordsman uttered a low grunt against that train of thought of his. No, there's no way he was gonna miss that.

He got dressed and walked out of the cabin, heading towards the kitchen in a slightly quicker pace. Hopefully that stupid cook hadn't discarded all the leftovers from breakfast-knowing that his captain had an enormous appetite, Zoro couldn't be optimistic there were any leftover to begin with.

However, he stopped at the doorway when he heard Nami's voice inside the kitchen-

"For the last time, minna, I did NOT sleep with that idiotic swordsman!" That all too familiar voice of hers announced. "In fact, he is definitely the last guy I would sleep with in this crew."

Author's Note: I can't believe I actually came up with the second chapter. Is it because my boss is away for business this week? Anyway, I'm so proud of myself~ (crying off my mascaras T_T)

Thanks to those who reviewed, or put this into their favs, or into alerts. And special thanks to those who have been texting me to discuss with me where the storyline is going. Since they prefer private messages, I 'd better not say their names out.

The other thing I'm worried about (besides those grammar mistakes bla bla bla) is, is this going too cheesy? I tried to put some drama into it but I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do. So let me know how much you hate it(or not), okay?

Oh and minna means "everybody". XD

Minami