Nap Time
Zoro sensed rather than expected his crew mate walking towards him (clockclockclock,the sound of hooves on wooden boards—acidic, sour, the smell of disinfectant—sweet, melted, the smell of cotton candy) before something landed in his lap.
He didn't open his eyes, but reached one hand from behind his head to pat a head gently before yawning. "What do you need, Chopper?"
"I wanna nap here," the reindeer mumbled into his haramaki, little hooves clutching into his green coat.
Zoro yawned again. "I don't mind you being here, but I going to go train soon."
"No, you're not," Chopper said stubbornly, nuzzling his face further into the swordsman's haramaki.
Zoro rolled his eyes at the reindeer's childish behavior with a small smile. "And why not?"
"'Cause you're injured," Chopper said simply, as if that answered all of Zoro's questions. And usually, it did (sort of).
Except that the swordsman wasn't injured.
Zoro frowned in confusion. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said honestly, indicating towards himself to show that, for once, he wasn't injured. There hadn't been any fights in a while. "I'm not hurt."
"Not for very long if you don't let me nap here," Chopper said nonchalantly, glaring at him underneath the blue hat, a dark promise of pain underneath the casual words. "Now shut up and let me sleep, asshole."
Zoro blinked stupidly before bursting out laughing, his mirth carrying over the ship; the reaction of the crew was to automatically smile and laugh along, because there was all the pride and love and devotion in the world in that laugh of a 'demon'.
Calming down, Zoro chuckled and grinned proudly down at Chopper. First Usopp threatening him and now Chopper? Honestly, how could he not be? "Fine, you can nap here with me,"
"Bastard! That doesn't make me happy at all!" Cchopper exclaimed, face getting red but trying to hide it by nuzzling his face further into the swordsman's side. Zoro just laughed again before leaning against the railing, falling asleep in seconds.
And if Zoro didn't train that day, well, then nobody mentioned it.
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Author Note:
The relationship between Chopper and Zoro is so fucking cute—I'm not even joking.
Somehow, I just love the crew screwing around with Zoro without them noticing it. I just love how Zoro would kill anybody who would do the same, but turns into a complete softy with his crew. And I think Chopper brings out that little I'm-a-big-sibling-I-must-protect vibe out of him. I know I always get it whenever I talk to people behaving younger than me (which is an awful lot of people because I'm quite mature for my age-I just rather like to smile and laugh).
Anyway, I couldn't resist. Thank you so much for reviewing-it means a lot to me :) The next chapter will be related to Sanji/Luffy because Deadly In Pink challenged me to write about them without mentioning or involving food. YOU'RE ON!
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