In the morning Robin woke up to an empty bed, Sanji was nowhere in sight. She yawned and pushed the bed sheets aside. The bed was a typical cheesy heart-shaped mattress that hoped to inspire couples to feel romance in their passionate night. However, tonight they were the exception to the rule. The mattress was super comfortable and there were no blankets, probably so couples would depend on each other for any sort of warmth. The room was dark; Robin felt a sense of peaceful stillness. Much to her surprise, her bathrobe was perfectly in a place save for being a little messy since she had to sleep in it.
-I wonder how he had the energy to get up.- she thought sleepily with a small laugh as she remembered the prior night's events. Sanji certainly had been pushed to his limits but she admired how he kept to his word even though the situation offered a lot of temptations.
-It must have been very hard for Cook-san to sleep. After all, a love hotel gives lovers every and any opportunity to expose themselves to each other even if they don't always want to be exposed. Although, I imagine it must have been hard for Cook-san to be quiet when so much was going on.- she thought as she noted that she didn't hear any disturbing sounds while she was sleeping. Robin was a light sleeper and sensitive to noise due to her past which required her to be alert at all moments. She had kind of expected him to knock something down clumsily or mutter to himself at night to keep himself restrained but he didn't. -He's really caring about small details.- she admired.
Suddenly, there was a light knock.
Robin looked up and saw Sanji standing at the opening of the room with his hand gently knocking on the wall. He was already well dressed in his typical suit, orange collared shirt and black tie. It almost seemed like yesterdays incident hadn't happened and that they had woken up in the ship. He always knew around what time she got up and would come to get her for breakfast. However, it felt a bit different and special in the way that they carried themselves; it was almost like a romantic scene of getting treated to a special breakfast after a night of lovemaking. Her expression slightly faltered as this thought ran through her head.
"Ah, Robin swan good morning." He acknowledged with a smile as his eyes met hers, slightly oblivious to the atmosphere but still blatantly excited by the way Robin was still in her bathrobe. Her morning defenseless look was glorious and she seemed to feel way better than she was yesterday.
"Good morning Cook san." She said, staying composed. "Were you out doing something?" she asked as she got up, off of the bed and headed towards him.
"Ah." He nodded and held up a bag of groceries, there was fresh fruits, vegetables, and ingredients. It was a bit full. It looked like it was from a supermarket.
-Did he go out there alone? Of course, a chef always needs ingredients. That's so like him.- "Were they not suspicious?" she guessed curiously, surprised at how Sanji strolled around the town on his own. It would be very suspicious in a honeymoon place for a man to walk alone.
Sanji headed toward the kitchen with the groceries. "They thought it was very romantic that I wanted to cook food for my wife. I'll have breakfast on the table soon Robin chwaaan so feel free to shower or change. I also washed your clothes for now so we can go shopping for some later." He dashed off to cook. Robin smiled to herself slightly and got up to get ready. She felt very happy that right now she had Sanji all to herself but she did also miss the books she had on the ship.
When she was done dressing she headed to the kitchen and watched as Sanji cooked. He always seemed so confident and elegant when he cooked. Cooking always seemed to make him smile but there was something cool about the way he carried himself.
"Robin chwan I got you a book on this island's history." Sanji said as he pointed to the book in the table and continued chopping. It was a thick red book. Robin traced her finger on the book's spine and opened it. She began skimming on the pages. The book seemed very interesting and was filled with many myths and history on the land. This was perfect!
"Thank you very much Cook-san!" she cheerfully beamed. She sat there reading the book and sipping tea while Sanji continued cooking.
-It's not Robin Swan unless she has a book.- noted Sanji as he glanced fondly at her, she always smiled gently whenever she had a book, and then continued cooking.
The room was soon filled with delicious smells. Robin took a whiff of the air as she distractedly tried to change the page.
"Oh!" her tea accidentally spilled onto the table, she quickly saved the book from harm's way.
Sanji noticed what had happened from the corner of his eye and lunged toward the table with a napkin in his hand. "I got it Robin chwan!"
"!?" Robin had used her power to get another hand to clean it since she hadn't counted on Sanji to suddenly pull himself away from his cooking.
"Robin chwan!" Sanji exclaimed. He gently took the napkin away from the hand and kissed it. "Pardon me, mademoiselle but I'll do it since it's a husbands job to help his lovely wife when she's in trouble." He cleaned up the spill in no time and left it squeaky clean. Robin blushed a little and the hand disappeared. "It'd be best if you don't use your powers and depend on me whenever you need anything," said Sanji as he gracefully began serving the food. There was an omelet and freshly baked walnut muffins among the dishes.
"Thank you Cook-San." she murmured as she hungrily looked at the dishes. He always seemed to know just what sort of food to serve; it all looked delicious.
Sanji smiled. "It's a husbands job to keep his wife happy."
Robins' heart began to beat faster, he always seemed to know when to catch her off guard. "R-right."
-Cook san is just being cook san.- she hastily reminded herself. Her eyes then fell upon the line that all couples on honeymoon island must be married and must wear the rings at all times(even during a naughty shower).
"…" She watched as Sanji finished serving her breakfast and stared at his hand. There was no ring on it; it was bare.
-It doesn't have a ring.- she noted as she glanced down and looked at her hand. There was no ring in sight on it. There was no way they could pass for a married couple if they didn't have rings. – Marriage…hmm, I never even considered the possibility. Me? Get married? The poneglyphs are much more important.- She took a sip of her tea and continued to pretend to read the book as her thoughts explored new possibilities. –and with cook san..- she glanced at him, Sanji was eating facing her. -But for the purpose of this island, I suppose it is important that we get a ring and act as a couple. I never thought of what sort of ring I'd like.- she pondered as she watched him. He seemed to be focused on his food and how he could improve the flavors.
-Probably a simple but meaningful design.- she decided finally. Meanwhile, Sanji was muttering things about new combinations and etc when Robin took her fork with a blueberry and fed it into his mouth.
"?" Sanji froze, now concentrating on Robin. Robin froze, realizing what she had done.
Then all of a sudden there was a sudden explosion, BOOM! The door leading to the street from the room broke down. Three men who seemed to be some sort of security forces stepped in. One man was tall and thin, the other short and fat and the third normal build. Their uniform was a ridiculous cupid sort of outfit including the diaper, wings, and bow. Their legs were white and hairy, contrary to the hairless leg traditional cupid so overall they seemed stupid looking. "Where are those liars!? Those who aren't in love cannot stay here!" A Cupid cried out. He was wearing a sort of military uniform and was scanning around searching until his eyes fell upon Robin feeding Sanji.
"?" He looked at them. –Is this really the right place?- he questioned himself, they seemed lovey dovey to him. Sanji refused to move since this was the first time that Robin had ever fed him; it was a joyous and ultimate moment. On the other hand, Robin instantly put down her fork and stood up to face the Cupids. "Can we help you?"
The men jolted when they heard the question.
"You!? Help us?! Do you know who we are!?" the tall and thin cupid man repeated in disbelief and asked her. Robin crossed her arms and put one hand on her cheek as she tried to recall if there was anything about them in the book. She had barely gotten through the first 10 chapters and there were 195. "No." she responded as she held up the book. "Are you mentioned in here?" she questioned
"We are the forces of love!" cried out the normal built Cupid as he struck a ridiculous fighting pose with his useless cupid bow. "We watch peoples love grow carefully and flourish!" yelled the short and fat cupid as he cupped his eyes with his hands as if they were glasses and posed next to the normal built cupid. "We are the guardians of love!" shouted the last cupid and together their pose made a stupid looking heart while they took out bowls filled with rose petals and threw the rose petals.
"We're actually in Chapter 15 right here." chimed in the short Cupid as he took Robin's book in his hands and placed it on the table and quickly flipped through the pages. "Riiiiiiiiiiiiight here!" he pointed to the chapter. "See? Cupids Guardian's of love!" Robin peered at the place he was pointing and nodded. "Ah! I see!" she smiled as she took the book back. "Thank you, I'll be sure to get to it after breakfast. My husband cooked so I'd like to enjoy it.
She placed the book away and picked up the fork to resume feeding Sanji. Hearts practically burst out around Sanji as he lit up with happiness at Robin offering to feed him from her fork. He hadn't moved until this moment.
"You can't just ignore us!" cried out the Cupids in protest. "We have official business!"
"Give me a second. Is this really the right place?" the military Cupid muttered, taking out some documents and quickly looking over them. He was checking if this was the right address while Sanji was crying in the corner as Robin had stopped trying to feed him since the Cupids kept interrupting and Sanji was too struck in the heart to actually eat off of her fork. Robin was now focused on dealing with the Cupids.
-Robin chwan was feeding me! Robin chwaaan! If those men wouldn't have arrived we would have been even more lovey dovey.- His eyes glittered with hatred as he looked at the men.
-They're in the way and I need to get rid of them!- He raged angrily as he stood and was bursting with a murderous aura. Sanji was now ready to respond. Cupids may be the messengers of love but they're a nuisance if they aren't helping.