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The next morning, Robin woke up fairly early. She sat up in her bed and stretched her arms over her head. She made her way to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She made her way to the deck with a book tucked under her arm. She opened the door to the deck to find a beautiful day just starting. There was a nice breeze blowing. It gently blew her hair about her face as she made her way to her chair. It sat next to the railing so that she could look into the beautiful, blue sea. She sat down and opened the book up to begin reading.

Robin had been so absorbed in her book that she didn't hear the door to the deck open and close.

"Robin-chwan?" She looked up with a start never realizing that Sanji was standing next to her.

"Huh? I'm sorry cook-san. What did you say?" She asked him snapping out of her stupor.

"I asked if you would like some coffee this wonderful morning."

"That would be lovely. Thank you," she smiled. Sanji started off toward the kitchen and Robin looked back down to her book. It was a particular interesting story. It told of an archaeologists' journey to find a lost kingdom. The kingdom had disappeared off the face of the earth. It was as if the people had vanished. There had supposedly been a curse placed on the king that if he did not give him daughter to the banished wizard, that he would lose his kingdom.

Sanji came back with her morning coffee. She thanked him and he went off to finish making breakfast. She decided that it was a good time to take a break from her book to enjoy the morning. She picked up the coffee cup and replaced it with her book. She stood and watched the horizon line for anything to pop out at her. She sipped peacefully at her coffee until she noticed that she wasn't alone. She heard footsteps that stopped right next to her. She kept staring.

"Feeling better this morning?"

"Much better, Zoro. Thanks again for last night. You were right. It helped a lot to talk about it."

"Good." They continued to look toward the horizon until they heard Sanji call everyone to come to the kitchen for breakfast. "We better get there before Luffy eats everything again." Robin giggled and agreed.

"Yes, let's." They made their way to the galley for breakfast.

After breakfast, Robin made her way back to her chair with her book. She sat down and began reading. It truly was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining without a cloud in the sky. It was warm with a gently breeze blowing. Robin threw her head up allowing the wind to play with her hair as she looked into the sky smiling.

While Robin was enjoying the breeze, Zoro was making his way to the mast to begin his morning routine. She put his foot in the first rung of the ladder while grabbing another higher up. He turned to see Robin. Her hair was being gently tossed around her face and she looked genuinely happy. She'd finally begun smiling like that after she proclaimed her desire to live from the top of the Tower at Enies Lobby. She began to enjoy herself more too. She seemed much less distant with everyone in the crew, even himself. He felt guilty about not trusting her throughout the Water 7 fiasco, but he had reasonable doubts right? She had worked for criminal organizations and was an assassin. She undoubtedly had the skills and could hide what she was really thinking. She was dangerous. 'Was. Keyword there,' he told himself. He shook his head hoping to clear his thoughts and climbed the ladder. At least she was much happier now.

Robin went back to reading her book. She couldn't focus on the story for some reason, so her mind wandered. 'Maybe he's right. I should start calling them by their names. I mean we're crewmates and all. They'll always be here. And so will I,' she found herself drifting off with a smile on her face.

She woke to very strong winds throwing her book out of her lap and onto the lawn of the Thousand Sunny. She stood up and looked around. The seas were getting rougher by the second. Waves were crashing into each other. A strong gust blew and knocked her off of her feet. As she fell, she heard someone yell,

"Robin, look out!" She looked up to see a huge wave crashing down. She got up and tried running, but she slipped on the wet grass.

"Robin! Hold your breath!"Someone yelled near her. Something grabbed her around her waist and pulled her out of the way of the wave. To make matters worse, it was pouring now. The next thing she knew she was coughing and soaking wet. She was still on the ship being held down my something strong.

"Oi, are you alright?" She turned her head to come face to face with Zoro. At the last second he dove at Robin to pull her out of the way. He was holding her securely against his chest.

"Yes."

"Zoro! Robin! Get out of there! There's another wave coming!" Nami yelled across the ship. No one else was close enough to be able to help them. They had to move now.

"Luffy! Grab hold and pull." Zoro yelled sticking one hand out in the air.

"Gotcha!" Luffy yelled stretching his arm out to grab Zoro's hand. He grabbed it and pulled as hard as he could. "Hold on!" In an instant Zoro and Robin were flying through the air towards their captain. He held onto her with his other arm wrapped around her pulling her closer to him than before. Robin couldn't help but notice how nice it felt to be held like this. It was something she'd never experienced in her whole life; to feel this safe. Sure she felt safe with the Strawhat crew, but this was a different kind of safe. A kind she never knew was possible to feel.

Zoro landed on the deck next to Luffy.

"Thanks for the save."

"Good thinking." Luffy agreed.

"Yeah, yeah good job. Now get Robin inside." Nami told Zoro. "Go get dried off, both of you."

"Good idea. Let's go. Can you walk?" He asked setting her feet on the ground.

"Yes, I think so." She was standing, but was really wobbly.

"Alright let's get you inside," he said throwing her arm over his shoulder. He helped her make her way to the door to the lower deck. He opened the door for her and they stepped inside. When she knew that they were out of sight of the others, she turned to face him and threw her other arm around his shoulder giving him a hug.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"For not letting me go overboard."

"Yeah, well it's better than having to dive in after you. Those waves looked kinda iffy."

"Iffy?" She asked as she pulled back, but not letting go.

"Yeah, iffy. Wasn't sure I could swim and hold on to you in them," he stammered. His face had a slight red tint to it, but Robin didn't notice. She removed one arm and they continued down the hallway. He stopped in front of her room and opened the door for her. He didn't intend on going into her room but she asked him to help her in to her room. She wasn't so sure about the stability of her own legs. "Sure," was his only reply. He walked her to a chair in her room and she sat down.

"Could you go in my closet and grab a few towels? There should be a few of them in there." He nodded and walked to her closet and grabbed three of them. She took two leaving him confused. "Use the last one for yourself. You got wet too."

"Oh, thanks." He threw the towel over his head and dried off his hair quickly.

"Thank you again for everything."

"Would you stop thanking me, woman!"

"Why? Isn't thanking someone usually a good thing?"

"Sure, but you don't have to say it every time."

"Fine I won't."

"Alright." Robin stood up and took a step towards Zoro. She kissed him on the check.

"I'll show you my appreciation some times. Is that any better?"

"N...No!" he stammered, his face instantly breaking out into a blush. "I'm going to go dry off and change. You should do the same," he said as her walked out her door and closed it behind him. Robin smiled at Zoro's reaction. It was like he'd never been kissed before. Now that she thought about it, had he? She shook the thought from her mind and went into the closet to find some dry clothes.

Zoro stood with his back leaning against Robin's door. 'What the hell was that about?' He yelled in his head. 'And what the hell am I so flustered for?' He wiped the remaining water off of his face and started toward his own room. He opened the door and immediately took off his shirt revealing the well toned chest beneath it. He threw it to the floor. He dried his arms and grabbed a black tank top similar to the one he wore in Skypiea. He took off his haramaki and hung it in his closet to dry. He put on the tank top and made his way back to the deck to help keep the ship sailing.

This chapter felt a little rushed to me, but let me know what you think!