Chapter 9: Thirsty?

One morning Zoro came over to pick me up for school. He does this all the time now and I think we're starting to draw some attention to the girls at our school. I remembered how much the ladies love Zoro because of his looks and quiet demeanor. I hoped they didn't suspect any thing. Or worse: Nami told them. I shuttered at the thought.

"You ready to go?" Zoro asked as I ran downstairs.

"Yep! Let's go!" I cheered enthusiastically. I looked up at Zoro who was walking along side me. He looked kind of different today. His eyes looked darker than usual. I mean really dark. I can barely see the green anymore. He also had dark shadows under them. "Zoro, are you ok?"

"I'm fine." He answered. I gave him a skeptical look. He sighed. "It's just that I haven't been…feeding as much as I need to." He explained.

"Huh? Why?"

"I don't know, usually Red wine or any other liquid that's red could hold off our blood thirst, but it's just not appealing to me anymore. It's been like that ever since…" Zoro's voice faded. I waited for him to finish his sentence, but he didn't.

"Ever since what?"

Zoro shook his head dismissively. "You wouldn't understand."

"I can try." I gripped his sleeve. He frowned keeping his eyes in front as we walked.

"I-I'll explain later. I still need to sort it out myself." He seemed stiffened by me so close to him. He didn't look at me either. I figured he just might be hungry. Or thirsty?

I didn't see Zoro again till ninth period where we have Biology together. "Class today we will be dissecting fetal pigs." Our teacher Buggy sensei said. He never really liked me, because I always make fun of his big red nose that resembles a clown's nose. "Everyone pair up and we'll get started." He said. I immediately clung on to Zoro. We were always partners unless Buggy sensei decides to make the pairs himself.

"Let me cut it, you'll just hurt yourself."

"Hey! Watch," I took the scalpel away from him. "I have a steady hand." I cut down the middle of the pig's belly.

"Luffy you're just sawing threw the thing."

"I don't tell you how to do your job!"

"What are you talking about? Give me this thing, your doing it wrong." Zoro reached towards the scalpel.

"No! I can do it!"

"Give it to me!" we fought over the sharp object until I felt a sharp pain across my palm.

"Yow!" I yelped. Blood streamed down my arm and dripped onto the table. Zoro leaped back so fast that he knocked his stool over. His hand covered his face.

All attention was on us. I had my hand under water and wrapped in bandages immediately. I saw Zoro go out the door while everyone was distracted by me. "Zoro!" I followed him despite Buggy sensei yelling for me to come back.

Zoro disappeared into the men's bathroom. Once there I tried to ask him. "What's wrong-?"

"Stay back!" he snarled. He was on the far end of the bathroom. His back was turned. I stepped closer to him ignoring his warnings. "Luffy! Stop, go away!"

"No! I'm not leaving you!" I stated firmly. I wasn't afraid of Zoro, there was no reason for me to be. As I got closer Zoro's breath became more shallow and labored. I put a hand on his shoulder. Zoro spun around and forced me onto the wall knocking the breath from me. I caught a glimpse of Zoro's eyes. The irises were pitch black orbs that took up most of the white part of the eye.

Zoro made an inhuman noise then bit down on my exposed neck. "Ah!" I gasped. My eyes rolled to the back of my head. I almost forgot the thrill of a demon's bite. Shivers of pleasure and ecstasy ran through my body. Each time Zoro's fangs went a little deeper I'd moan out silently. I felt my own blood trickle down my neck. The sound of his drinking was deafening.

Zoro dethatched from me gasping. Not for air, but in shock. I felt a bit light headed from all this blood loss. "Luffy! Are you ok? I'm so sorry!"

I touched the space where he sunk his teeth into me. It was still bleeding a tiny bit. I looked up at Zoro who had regret written all over his face. At least his eyes were back to normal. I smiled weakly at him. "It's ok Zoro, I'm fine really."

"Your still bleeding." He pointed out. "Let me see." He took a cautious step towards me. I tilted my head showing him the bite mark. He leaned down and swiped his tongue across it. My breath hitched when he did that. "That helps."

I touched the wound and it felt like it was back to normal. "Zoro…" I reached out towards him, but he backed away.

"No, Luffy. I-I'm a monster. I cant let you near me again. I'll just end up hurting you!" Zoro's shook. I ignored him as I stepped closer to him putting my hands on his chest. Zoro stiffened.

"Is this why you've stopped feeding Zoro?" I wrapped my arms around him in a hug resting my forehead on his shoulder. "Is it my blood you want?"

"Yes…" he whispered roughly. I felt his lips tracing along my neck.

"Then go ahead. You won't hurt me." I looked back at his face we stared at each other for a moment. His eyes were black again, but this time it didn't have the same blood lust as before.

I held him close to me. "Eat." Zoro's breathing became unsteady again. It wasn't long until I felt his razor like fangs pierce my flesh once again.

Mihawk left a decent sized lump on Zoro's head. "Baka!" he huffed. "How come you didn't tell me that you fed off of Luffy-san? You can't deal with this kind of stuff on your own you know."

"I said I was sorry." Zoro grumbled rubbing his head. "I didn't think it was to much a big deal." Zoro got a second lump added to his first one.

"You idiot! Once you feed off of the one you imprinted on, you won't want to drink any other liquids, but his blood!" he said harshly.

"Well, you could have given me a heads up or something." Zoro received another lump. "Would you quit hitting me!"

"Shut it, boy!" they were both head to head.

"Yohoho! Should I sing a song to lighten the mood?" Book said lifting his violen ready to play.

"Go away Brook."

"Don't go on talking to you elders in such that way!" Mihawk snapped.

"I can do whatever the hell I want!"

Brook sweat dropped at the two squabbling family members. "What are those two arguing about now?" Sanji walked into the room.

"Zoro-san accidently fed off of Luffy-san." Brook explained calmly. Sanji's cigarette fell out of his mouth.

"He did what?" Sanji shrieked. Sanji threw a kick towards the green haired teen.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing blonde!" Zoro demanded getting back on his feet.

"Why the hell did you feed off of Luffy? I knew you'd crack someday!" Sanji blamed.

"What! What is that suppose to mean? It's not like I did it on purpose!"

"Oh really? So you're saying you 'accidentally' plunged your filthy fangs into his jugular?"

"No! It wasn't like that! Ugh! Your tiny brain wouldn't understand!" Zoro threw his hands in the air.

"What was that!" Sanji jumped him. Thus the fight began between the rival cousins. The fight didn't last long when Mihawk grabbed both of them and collided there heads together.

"You both are acting like children." He scolded them. "This is a serious matter that we have to discuss."

"He started it." Zoro said rubbing his face. When they all settled down, Mihawk explained everything to Sanji.

"So you mean this idiot imprinted on the other idiot. Sounds about right."

"I'm gonna kick your ass!"

"Focus please!" the hawkeyed man gained there attention before they could fight again. "Zoro, you have two options: Continue to feed off of Luffy as a food source, or spare Luffy a break and force yourself to drink other liquids."

"You mean I have the right to choose?"

"Well I'm not going to tell you what to do. I'm just asking you what you want to do."

That one was a hard one for Zoro. He didn't want to drain Luffy's life source, but he also didn't want to live with a bad taste in his mouth. It sounded selfish, but that issue has led him to not drink at all. Zoro was surely stuck in between a rock and a hard place.

"Here Zoro, have a drink." Mihawk slid a glass of red wine towards the green swordsman. Zoro scowled in disgust. He took it anyway picking it up reluctantly. He took a swig, but ended up sitting it back into the glass. It was so fowl!

"Ew, there called manners, use them Zoro." Sanji sneered.

"Can it! This shit is disgusting!" Zoro pushed the glass away from him like a kid who refused to eat vegetables. "I'm going to bed!" he marched off upstairs without another word.

"It's only 5 pm!" Brook called after him

Zoro laid motionless in his bed unable to sleep. His throat burned for something to drink. Preferably Luffy's blood. He shook the thought away knowing that he couldn't possibly do something like that.

Zoro laid there a bit longer trying to figure out what he was going to do. Ok, what if I drink from him, but only a tiny bit? That way I could avoid another episode! Yeah, that's it. The thirst was starting to get the best of him. He decided that he was going to sneak out. It took a lot of convincing, but he finally got himself to actually go through with it.

He climbed out his window jumping swiftly to the ground from his two story window. He then hopped from building to building on his way towards Luffy's apartment. He leaped silently onto a tree that was near Luffy's window.

He saw Luffy entering the room with only a towel around his waist. Zoro rose an eyebrow with interest. When Luffy's back was turned, Zoro suck into his room quickly undetected by the boy. Zoro lay casually down on his bed with his hands behind his head.

Luffy turned around and literally almost jumped out of his skin. "Oh my god, Zoro you scared the shit out of me!" he hissed. "What are you doing here?"

"Cant I come for a visit?"

"At least warn me before you go sneaking through people's windows!" Luffy sat down next to the green haired demon. Zoro wrapped his arms around the other's waist and buried his face in his neck.

"Are you…thirsty?" Luffy asked timidly. Zoro nodded his head with out looking up. "Go ahead Zoro, I don't mind." Luffy turned so that he was facing him. The green haired leaned down. Luffy closed his eyes waiting for teeth to sink into him. Instead he felt soft lips his. Luffy was surprised by this, but kissed back anyway. Luffy loved it when they kissed. It was so surreal like he was floating on air.

Luffy combed his fingers throw Zoro's hair affectionately as they both lay down with Zoro on top. When Zoro moved to nibble on the younger's neck the nibbles turned into a bite. Luffy gasped.

Zoro felt the deliciously warm blood flow down his throat. Somewhere in his mind he knew he'd be regretting this after. But right now, he closed his eyes savoring the taste. He pushed his fangs a little deeper causing sound to come from Luffy's lips.

Zoro hoped that Luffy wouldn't get addicted to his bites. He's heard of that happen before, where a human would enjoy the sensation of getting bitten by a demon. It was creepy for Zoro to think about.

Zoro was about to pull back until he felt a hand in his hair pushing him deeper. Zoro was surprised by this but he continued feeding. This is the most full he's been in weeks. He was very thankful, but he knew humans had limits in how much blood they could lose. He detached himself from Luffy's neck and licked the wound. He made a sound of frustration. "Luffy, if I drink anymore I could bleed you dry." He pointed out.

"Um..Zoro…" Luffy's face was flushing. How was he doing that when he just had the life sucked out of him?

"What?"

"I..uh..have a problem…" Luffy gestured towards the tent forming through his towel. Zoro looked at Luffy with an excusing expression. The younger smiled innocently.

"Nice try." Zoro said getting up. Luffy's expression turned into that of distress.

"Wh-wher are you going? You're not going to leave me like this?" he asked frantically.

"I'm not having sex with you Luffy." He sighed.

"What? How come?" he whined.

"It's just that I don't want to hurt you. You don't understand what would happen if I…" Zoro stopped himself before he could even think about it.

"Zoro please…" Luffy begged. Zoro couldn't ignore that face. Zoro could just take him now if he wanted to. From all the bad things he's done in his life time, Zoro tried his hardest to control his urges. Luffy looked so vulnerable and his towel could fall right off, and the way he was begging like that…

Zoro took luffy's hands and put them in his lap. "Maybe next time. Just...not now ok." Zoro forced himself to say. Zoro wanted nothing more, but to plow him until the bed breaks, but he eventually convinced himself not to.

Luffy crossed his arms over his chest and puffed out his cheeks stubbornly. Zoro ruffled his hair and chuckled. "Good night Luffy. I know your tired."

Luffy's shoulders slumped and he sighed in defeat. "Alright. But you owe me!"

"Don't worry. I will saticfy you as soon as possible."

"How about now?"

"Nice try."

Little that they knew, someone was spying in the trees. "Looks like I found a weakness for the green haired one." The square nose spy mumbled to himself. He slipped away before the other pure blood could be aware of his presence.

Gasp! I know what you're thinking. A lot of shits gonna go down. And you're probably right. But maybe your not! We'll just see in the next episode. O.e