-Tangled Web-
A role-play/joint-fic by Digitaldreamer and Constable Remington
Chapter Sixteen: Girls are Scary
You know what I just realized? Last chapter was insanely short, and so was this chapter. I should have just crammed them both together…
Um…whoops?
Ah…well, here's the second part of the chapter! (runs) Enjoy!
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Going out into the parking lot, Zoro once again found his precious motorcycle. "Alright, let's go get you fitted," he muttered, reluctantly letting go of the younger boy's hand.
Luffy inwardly sagged a tiny bit when the swordsman let go of his hand, but he perked up at the mention of the uniform. "Uniforms! Woot!" he repeated, punching his fist in the air as he vaulted onto the motorcycle, waiting for Zoro to get on.
Making a face at him, Zoro climbed onto the motorcycle, waiting for Luffy to grab a hold of him before they were speeding away from the school and into the downtown of the small city.
Zoro parked his motorcycle in front of a cute-looking store, where uniforms hung in the window. The building was painted bright colors, and Zoro shook his head at the sight of it, sliding from his ride and beginning to walk towards the door. He paused before opening it, however, glancing towards Luffy. "Maybe you should go in first," he offered. "They pounce the first person they see."
The boy blinked up at the store. Wow, it sure was…bright. That was cool! He glanced back at Zoro, raising an eyebrow. "'They'?" he repeated, but he didn't wait for answer as he was already pushing open the door. The tiny bell above the door tinkled as Luffy stepped in, glancing around. "Um….hello?"
"OH NO!" a feminine voice shrieked, and before Luffy could even have any idea what was happening, a thin, pale pair of arms had reached out and grabbed him around the neck, pulling him tightly in to the warmth and softness of a very female chest. The voice continued, squealing. "We have another one, sis! And look how cute he is!"
Another girl appeared from behind a counter, blinking, and when she saw what her sister had "caught", she cried out in protest. "No fair, sis! You took him all to yourself! Didn't we say you had to share! He's mine!" And within moments, she had vaulted herself over the counter and caught Luffy around the waist, snuggling up to him. "Aww, he's so soft!"
Luffy yelped in surprised as he suddenly found himself being hugged by not one, but two girls, both of whom seemed rather content to gush over him while he suffocated from their spine-crushing hugs.
"M-miss….you're…crushing my spine…" he managed to choke out.
Zoro slowly, slowly opened the door, watching the two girls practically fondle and claim his friend.
He only hoped they wouldn't notice him.
And then the third one came up from behind Zoro, catching him in a flying kamikaze style tackle-glomp around the waist. "Squeee! Zoro-kun has come back to play with us!" she squealed.
Zoro cried out in surprise as the girl grabbed him, trying to shake her off. "Damnit, I'm not here to play with anyone!" he cried, exasperated. "We're just here to get Luffy a uniform!"
The girls seemed to have ignored Luffy's comments, as they both just squealed in happiness and pulled him closer.
"You mean we get to fit this little doll!" one cried.
Luffy choked as he suddenly found himself hugged even tighter. "Can't….breathe…" he gasped.
The third girl laughed, reaching up to ruffle Zoro's hair. "Awwww, so Zoro-kun doesn't want to play today? Well, as long as we get to fit the other one…" She gave another squeal of delight, releasing Zoro and rushing over to Luffy. She edged the two girls aside a bit so she could hug him as well!
Zoro grimaced, looking towards the pile of girls that used to be Luffy. He forcefully pulled them aside, trying to get to Luffy.
"Give him some air!" he cried.
"He's so cute... Zoro-kun, is he your baby brother?" one asked, ignoring that she had been pulled away and latching back on.
"No," Zoro said grufly. "He's my..." A pause. "My roommate."
"Oh..." The girl who worked behind the counter quirked a brow. "So he's yours, then?"
He stared blankly, unsure where this was leading.
"Uhm, yes..." he finally answered. "He's my roommate." And that was that.
"Not fair!" The girl cried. "Zoro-kun is hogging him all to himself!" And with that, she grabbed Luffy's arm, tugging him forward. "C'mon, let's measure him!"
Luffy--whom had been still be recovering from the spine-crushing hugs—let out a yelp as he was dragged further into the store. "Ack!"
These girls scared him.
The one who had snuck up on Zoro beamed, pushing Luffy along from behind. "Come on, come on! The less time this takes, the more time you have to actually try things on!" she cooed.
Following, Zoro watched with a rather blank expression, unsure how to respond.
The girls hurried him onto a stool in front of a very large mirror, one beginning to get a tape measurer from a nearby drawer. She tugged Luffy's arms up, beginning to take measurements, fully touching him with her well-manicured hands each chance she got, giggling and skipping around.
Luffy just blinked, watching his reflection in the mirror blink back at him. This was….really weird. And these girls were really scary. He craned his head back to glance at Zoro, giving him a frightened look.
One of the girls glared at him, flicking him in the forehead. "Eyes forward!" she insisted, wagging a finger at him.
Luffy pouted, squirming a bit. He hated standing still, and these girls and their measuring hands tickled.
Finally, when all the measurements had been taken down, one of the girls rushed off to find him the uniform he needed while another pulled out some pins to make alterations if they were needed.
Luffy's eyes bugged out a bit at the pins. Geez, he had just gotten poked with a needle yesterday!
The girl whose hands were free promptly gave Luffy a quick, bone-crushing hug. "Don't worry honey, the pins aren't going to poke you!" she cooed as she squeezed him particularly tight.
The boy choked, eyes bugging out even more. He would have preferred the pins.
The girl returned with the normal male uniform, the same one Luffy had seen Zoro wearing when he had had to leave the boy alone for school. She thrusted it to him.
"Here you go!" she said happily. "You can change right behind that curtain." She pointed to a shower curtain which had been strung up to act as a dressing room. The shower curtain was bright and decorated with the images of the Powerpuff Girls.
Luffy blinked down at the uniform, then blinked at the shower curtain. Then he grinned. "Squee, uniform!" he cheered, rushing behind the shower curtain. There were several zipping and shuffling noises, which was followed by the interesting image of Luffy's khaki's and hoodie being thrown over the curtain in his haste.
One girl stared blankly at the discarded clothes for a moment before giggling. "Awww, he's so kawaii!" she cooed. "So happy and enthusiastic too!"
Zoro scoffed a bit and shook his head, crossing his arms over his chest.
Luffy flung open the curtain, now clad in the uniform of Yume High. "Well? What do you think? Zoro, what do you think?" he asked, twirling and jumping up and down.
The girls shrieked with glee, but Zoro only stood there, looking Luffy up and down once, and then twice.
"Looks good," he finally said, smiling a little. "Now get changed back and we'll go."
"Yosh!" Luffy cheered, taking a few moments to do the 'Zoro said it looks good!' dance before grabbing his discarded clothes from the floor and rushing back into the changing area.
He came rushing out a few moments earlier, waving the uniform in the air. "Kay, let's go!"
The girls seemed disappointed, and one grabbed the uniform from the boy with a resounding "aww" as she took it to the cash register to bag it and ring it up. "You can always come back, you know," she giggled happily. "We do alterations and repairs on all kinds of clothes, too!"
Zoro sighed. "I don't think you'll have to worry about seeing us around, girls," he muttered.
Luffy gave a nod of agreement, though he was grinning. These girls scared him; no matter how nice they were nothing would change that fact. The sooner he got away from the scary girls and their high-pitched squeals, the better. He held out his hand for the bag, shifting from foot to foot.
The girl was about to hand him the bag, when she blinked, then grinned cheerfully. "First, you gotta give me a kiss!" she demanded, poking Luffy's nose.
Zoro just stared. This again? What was wrong with women!
"He doesn't want to," Zoro answered for Luffy, grabbing the bag from the girl's hands. "C'mon, let's go."
Luffy nodded, grin wider than it had been before. Not only did he now have a school uniform and he was getting lunch, but the swordsman had just saved him from having to kiss one of the scary girls! He shot Zoro a grateful look before waving to the girls. "Bye!"
However, before they could leave another girl snatched the bag with the uniform from Zoro's grasp. "I don't think so! If you're not gonna let him kiss her, then you gotta kiss him!" she declared, putting the bag behind her back and pointing at Luffy with a mischievous grin.
"What!" Zoro eyes went to Luffy. He shook his head. "I don't think so," he muttered, annoyed. These girls were weird.
The girl's grin widened, eyes glinting. "Then he's not getting his uniform."
Luffy's face fell a bit at this. He really wanted his uniform.
"I paid for it!" Zoro cried, twitching a bit. This had to be against some kind of law.
The girl giggled. "Not entirely! Ever heard the saying 'sealed with a kiss'?"
Zoro sighed and frowned, leaning down an placing a quick kiss against Luffy's forehead. "Alright, now we're leaving."
The girl pouted, folding her arms and shaking her head. "I don't think so! That wasn't a real kiss, you cheater! Kiss him for real!"
Looking down at Luffy, the swordsman tensed. "Do you mind?" he finally asked. "I really just want to get out of here."
The girl shook her head again, giggling. "If you want to get of here so bad then you you'd better get to the smooching, ne?"
Luffy glanced back at Zoro, blinking up at him with large, innocent orbs of dark chocolate. Well, he did really want his uniform.
He smiled before stepping a bit closer and standing on his tip-toes. Putting his hands on the swordsman's shoulders for balance he planted a soft kiss on the older mans lips.
Zoro felt panic rising in his cheeks. He quickly pulled away from the boy, staring down at him with slightly wide eyes.
"Okay," he finally said, reaching a hand out for the bag. "Okay, now let us go."
The girl beamed, holding out the bad. "Here you go! Now that wasn't so hard, was it?" She gave another mischievous grin. "You know you liked it, Zoro-kun."
Luffy just laughed, a blush appearing on his cheeks as he scratched his head, saying nothing.
"Yeah right," he muttered, snatching the bag. "Whatever..." And with that he had grabbed Luffy's hand, pulling him out the door.
The high-pitched, shrill laughter of the girls followed them out, only falling silent when the glass door closed behind them.
"Yosh! I finally have a school uniform!" Luffy cheered, jumping up and down with Zoro's hand still holding his. After doing a few jumps in celebration he gave a carefree laugh, hugging the older man around the waist. "Thank you Zoro!"
Zoro couldn't help but smile faintly, rustling Luffy's hair and then pulling away from him. "Yeah, you're welcome," he muttered. "It's not like we can have you going to school in that thing Nami bought for you."
Luffy blinked in confusion. "This?" he asked, pulling on the end of the hoodie. "But I like this!" Then he recalled the other things Nami had bought for him. He cocked his head to the side, looking up at Zoro questioningly. "What about the skirt?" He still wasn't quite sure if he wasn't supposed to wear that article of clothing or not, Nami had bought it so didn't that mean he should wear it?
"That's what I'm talking about," Zoro grumbled. "You don't ever need to wear that stupid thing." He paused, handing Luffy the bag and sliding onto his motorcycle. "Ever." With a sigh, Zoro glanced about the street. "So, what do you want to eat?"
Luffy blinked in confusion as he hopped onto the bike behind Zoro. He wasn't supposed to wear the skirt? But he didn't really mind the skirt. Then again, Luffy could really care less what he was wearing as long as it was comfy, he could run around in the nude and wouldn't really care.
…Oh well, if Zoro said not to then he wouldn't.
He glanced around the street as well, putting his arms around the swordsman's waist. His mouth watered a bit as he glanced at the signs for various restaurants. "There's so many, and everything sounds so yummy! How can I choose?" he asked with a grin. The boy squeezed Zoro's waist, turning back to him. "I don't know what to pick! Everything looks yummy, how about you choose lunch this time?"
Zoro blinked, thinking for a moment. "Pizza?" he suggested. "Do you like it?"
Luffy laughed out loud, squeezing Zoro again. "Yup! I love pizza! It's one of my favorite-est foods EVER!" Never mind that just about every food was one of Luffy's favorite-est foods ever.
Zoro grinned a bit. "Good. I'll take you to Pizza Hut, then." The motorcycle started off, cruising through the streets until the two reached the restaurant. Zoro parked and swung off the cycle, looking towards Luffy.
Luffy hopped off as well, grinning widely as his sneakers hit the sidewalk. "Woot! Pizza!" he cried happily, doing a small jig. Apparently this was the 'Pizza, yay!' dance.
Shaking his head, the man began walking inside, making sure Luffy was behind them. A hostess seated them at a small booth with a large window at their side, leading out to the busy street, and handed them both menus before disappearing again.
Luffy beamed at the hostess and nodded in thanks as he settled into the booth. He picked up a menu and flipped through it. "It all looks so yummy…" he murmured, drooling a bit.
Zoro watched him warily, sighing, before flipping through the menu himself.
"Oh oh!" Luffy got on his knees in his seat so he could lean across the table and pull down Zoro's menu, pointing at the large pepperoni pizza on it. "Can we get this? The really big pepperoni pizza? I like pepperoni!" he babbled.
Zoro blinked up at him, but nodded. "Yeah, all right. Sounds fine."
"Yosh!" Luffy cheered, clearly happy about this.
So they ordered the pepperoni pizza and there was much glee on Luffy's part. Then they ate the pizza, and there was more glee on Luffy's part. As a matter-of-fact there was so much glee on Luffy's part he succeeded in knocking over his drink and somehow splashing it all over the nice waitress. She wasn't too happy about getting Pepsi all over her shirt, and she expressed this fact by giving the two high-schoolers dirty looks every time she passed.
Eventually it was decided that they should probably leave if they wished to keep their skulls intact without any pizza cutting utensils jammed into them, so the two ate quickly (even faster for Luffy's speed, which was quite amazing to watch) and went home.
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To be continued…
Yes, I know it's short. I'm sorry! It was just a good place to leave off! And I won't be able to update again until I come back from camping, I'm really sorry!
Um…reviews!
KuroKame: I envy him too. I wish I had a voice in my head. ;; It's still hard to believe this a role-play? Wow, that's good. Yes it is.
Dark Angel Kira: Wow, a compliment from Spike. I feel special.
Mai Hayami: Eeep! I'd better fix that. We have potential? Um…yay!
KairiQueen: I do not spout off sarcasm in every conversation. Shut up. And the italics not my fault, messes the chapter up on it's own. I'll have only two words formatted, then I'll edit something and save the edits and an entire paragraph will suddenly be in italics. So it's not my fault. And I'm sure all kinds of questions were on the test…I just didn't feel like writing them. And as for how he passed, it was because the voice told him the answers. And yes, that scene would be good…without the spoons and monkeys. I have no idea where you got that. And the Spongebob Squarepants thing rules.
Griever5: Yes, he is more hyper. Cause he's a morning person. Yeah.
Raikou Ikazuchi: Wow, you're that addicted to this fic? O.o Um…wow. I feel special. And Luffy doesn't have a Yami. Or maybe he does. Or maybe he doesn't. You'll see!
IcySapphire15: It does deserve to burn. Yes it does. Except for my school, because my school is cool.
poxmaker: I call you dudes because I call everyone dudes. Just because. As for the sisters…well, what do you think? And it's good that you like school. I like it too, just not the work it comes with.
eclipse-moon: Wow, you imagine at night what will happen next? Um…wow. I'm flattered…hope you can get some sleep now.
AlibisDragon: Well…I hope you liked this chapter!
Griffingurl: Smoker at school would be weird. I mean, he's like…thirty or so. Kinda old for high school…
Hasuko: No, don't stop reviewing! The next chapter will be longer, I promise!
Xeora: Woot, plushie! There, I updated. Gimme something good!
Kai: Wow…you stayed up until four reading this fic? Um…wow.
Katiiey: Congratulations, captain obvious.
WhiteTigeress666: Heh, I'm glad last chapter amused you. I hope this chapter did the same.
Lamia Metisou: Um…oh my…
Next chapter: Will actually be longer than this one, I promise! Anyway, the entire house seems to be conspiring against Zoro…what are they planning? And Robin has a little something for Luffy…