18th chapter! Yay! :D Nothing more to say this time around, I guess? Please enjoy! :)

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"You? Bringing me food?" Sanji asked with stunned tone.

"Yeah?" Zoro voiced out.

Sanji seemed to think about it for a while. He stared at the food and then he gazed at the swordman. "Is it poisoned?"

"Of course it isn't!" Zoro hissed and shoved the bowl to the blond's hands. "I wouldn't do something as low as that!"

Sanji blinked but took a spoonfull of soup. "This isn't half bad."

"Of course it isn't when it's made by your lovely ladies,idiot," Zoro hissed.

Sanji totally skipped the fact Zoro had called him 'idiot'. "ROBIN-SWAN AND NAMI-SAN MADE THIS?! OH I AM THE HAPPIEST GUY ON EARTH!" Then he blocked his own ears because his shout made his ears ring.

"Idiot. That's what you get," Zoro almost chuckled.

"Just shut your mouth, will you?" Sanji whispered an almost-beg which surprised Zoro.

"Should I get Chopper?" Zoro asked, genuinely worried for a change.

"He doesn't need to be bothered with my monsterous headache. Besides, he won't give me more painkillers," Sanji noted and rubbed his temples.

"Why do you have to be so stubborn?" Zoro asked, trying to annoy the chef a little bit: he knew that if the chef was angry, he would forget about the pain for a while at least.

"That coming from Mr Stubborness himself?" Sanji returned the half-tease and chuckled slightly.

Zoro was about to leave the infirmary when he suddenly remembered the face of that woman. He didn't want to return there to see her face and try to keep calm in her company. "Do you mind if I stay a little bit longer?" Zoro asked politely which caused Sanji's jaw to drop.

"You want to stay here?! The world might end!" Sanji almost laughed and put the empty soup bowl on the table. "You really hate her so much?"

Zoro couldn't understand why it was so obvious to everyone. How did they know that he hated the woman? "Yeah. I can't stand her."

"Just because you have this 'feeling about her'?" Sanji asked seriously.

"It's not that..." Zoro started but didn't know how to go on.

"Is she your first crush, perhaps?" Sanji suggested with a grin.

"NO WAY!" Zoro shouted but regretted it the moment the chef blocked his ears again. "It's not that..."

"But it's actually pretty common that you feel annoyed in the presence of someone you fancy..." Sanji explained and considered smoking.

"IT'S NOT THAT, I ALREADY TOLD YOU!" Zoro shouted and regretted it again. "It's not that..."

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Other members of the Strawhat crew had fallen deeper in their seats as soon as Zoro had excused himself from the kitchen.

"World is going beserk, isnt' it?" Robin chuckled.

"This is way beyond our understanding!" Usopp sighed and everyone nodded.

"What's so weird about that?" Sara asked. She was an outsider so she had no idea of how Zoro and Sanji usually were.

"You haven't noticed? Those two are each other's biggest rivals!" Nami hissed and crossed her arms. Even Luffy had forgotten how to eat.

"Really? I highly doubt that..." Sara wondered. She had seen a totally different side of both of them than the others.

"But their fights are lots of fun!" Luffy laughed and got punched by Nami.

"THEY HAVE ALMOST DESTROYED OUR SHIP, YOU IDIOT!" Nami shouted, worrying over their ship.

"That's right! I have used more time fixing the ship after their fight than I used while building the ship!" Franky counted quickly.

"You haven't noticed?" Sara blinked.

"Noticed what?" Brook inquired before anyone else could interrupt.

Sara had planned to reveal her visions but then she decided to stay quiet. "Just forget it..."

Everyone blinked but didn't want to force the woman to reveal something she wanted to hide.

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"Then what is it?" Sanji inquired when he saw the serious face of the certain swordman.

"It's...not that simple..." Zoro almost whispered.

"Why you hate her so much?" Sanji asked a sensitive guestion and he knew it.

"I don't know," Zoro answered, this time calmly. "She is just..."

"...just...?" Sanji tried to cheer the man to continue his explanation.

"JUST FORGET IT!" Zoro shouted again and turned towards the door when Sanji grabbed his arm.

"I don't want you to attack her, is that clear?" Sanji said in a threatening tone and it was enough to trigger Zoro's anger yet again. But this time he didn't shout, he didn't punch the idiot, he didn't start a fight: he pressed his lips firmly against the blonds and pressed him against the wall.

Sanji gasped when he felt the lips touching his own but he didn't or couldn't pull away from the somehow familiar feeling. Oh yeah, I think I can remember someone kissing me...was it Zoro? Well, he didn't even mind. The whole situation was somehow absurd but at the same time it made him feel extremely happy. There were no butterflies in his stomach or their surroundings didn't seem all pink: it was just pure excitement and bliss.

Zoro pulled away and their eyes met. Sanji was blushing slightly and Zoro found it somehow cute ( not like he was going to admit it, though ).

"Well...that explains some things..." Sanji chuckled slightly and realised the reason behind Zoro's actions: Zoro, of all the people, was jealous over something.

"You are not...feeling disgusted about me?" Zoro asked, sounding somehow sad.

"Disgusted? Why would I?" Sanji answered with another guestion.

"It's jus that..." Zoro paused for a while, trying to think how to explain his thoughts with words. "You are all-the-ladies-man and yet you are kissed by someone like me..."

"Someone like you? What's so special about you?" Sanji inquired with a smirk. The idea of them talking calmly was as weird as the though of them kissing so why wouldn't they talk now?

"Well..." Zoro hesitated for a while. "If you haven't realised, I am a man." There was a small bit of tease in his voice and the usual joking had returned.

"It...doesn't matter I guess?" Sanji staggered."I mean...I could never even dream of kissing a girl since it would end into a ridiculous nosebleed or something like that...I have trouble acting normally around women..."

"Oh really?" Zoro teased and Sanji blushed.

There was a small silence before Sanji realised what the swordman was probably waiting from him. "I am not going to push you away, okay? I might be a little bit confused about this for a while but don't mind it."

Zoro stared at the blond and gulped. A huge wave of relief passed trough him when he realised the other man was not going to despise him because of what he did. He didn't even know why he had done it but he realised he was really happy that he did what he did.

Zoro pressed his head against Sanji's chest and sighed deeply. "Thank you, Ero-cook."

"You are welcome, baka-Marimo."

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Robin chuckled by herself in the kitchen corner. Everyone else had focused on finishing their meal but Robin had took her time and spied on the two male. The scene she had seen was somehow really absurd but at the same time she found herself thinking:

"This is the New World. We have seen legendary Kraken and Mermaid princess so those guys falling for each other wouldn't be much of a miracle, would it?"

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Author's note:

Aww! Somehow I love this chapter! I think I am not too good at writing these sort of sweet moments but I am trying my best! :D