hey there guys have an update i've got plans to update soon so no worries

wrote this when i was upset btw. also not edited as per norm ya kno

Something felt wrong today.

Zoro stared out the window of his apartment, frowning and trying to make sense of what exactly was wrong in this moment. He hadn't forgotten anything, he had already did his training and Sanji was out hanging out with Robin and Franky.

So what was wrong?

There was a heavy feeling in his chest, like he should be doing something, but what? This was something he couldn't place, and despite trying to focus on the rain for the last hour, the heavy feeling still stayed.

Maybe it was because his strange text-only friend hadn't responded to him all day despite multiple texts? That could it be it.

"…Whatever." Zoro grumbled, grabbing his jacket and an umbrella and setting out to go for a walk. Maybe that would clear his head. The park nearby would be pretty clear by now, considering it was pouring. Maybe he could just wander down there for a while.

It had taken him 20 minutes to walk to the park, despite it being 10 minutes away, and he will furiously refuse anyone who suggests he got lost.

Finally at the park now and launching into full wander-mode, he noticed the rain had gotten impossibly harder from earlier and was pounding furiously on his umbrella with big wet drops that made him wish he had brought his headphones to tune it out.

He was about to go lament further about this situation until he something stopped him out of the corner of his eye.

Down the other path, he noticed someone sitting on the bench with their knees pulled up and their forehead rested on them. They were gripping jean shorts with a very tight looking grip and their shoulders were shaking visibly.

They were also soaked to the bone.

Zoro blinked, wondering if it was someone homeless or someone who had gotten lost and separated from whoever they were with. Whoever they were, they looked cold and soaked to the very bone. Zoro turned, not really knowing what was coming over him but he walked over with quick strides to the lonely looking stranger.

Finally close enough to them, Zoro held out his umbrella over their head.

The person's shoulders became less tense as they looked up at the umbrella suddenly placed over them. Zoro noticed that they must've been out in the rain for a while, there was water dripping all down their face and their black hair was flat to their head, curling slightly in the bangs as they moved some out of their eyes, looking at Zoro now.

The stranger sniffled, and Zoro felt increasingly awkward as they just stared. He took this moment of silence to notice they were hardly dressed the part to walk in this weather, barefoot and in a red tank top that was now sticking to their skin. Around their neck was a worn out strawhat. They didn't look to be younger than 17, with tan skin and a strangely placed scar under their eye.

"Who…" The stranger started, their voice wavering as if they had just been crying, "Are you?"

Zoro hesitated. "Just a passerby." He grunted, before moving closer so his arm wasn't that far out and more relaxed as he continued to get himself soaked while covering the stranger with the umbrella. "Aren't you cold?"

The stranger paused before nodding.

"Do you live far away?"

Another nod.

Zoro sighed, really hoping this wasn't going to end badly or turn out creepy. "I live close by, so you can hang out there until the rain stops. If you want to, at least."

The stranger seemed to contemplate this for a little bit, closing their eyes and focusing on something in the distance for a bit, before nodding and standing. "Just lead the way." They smiled. "Lead the way, uh…"

"Zoro."

"I'm Luffy. You're getting soaked by the way."

Zoro just passed him the umbrella and pulled up his hood, starting off to his apartment. They were walking in silence, save for the rain and their footsteps, when Zoro suddenly frowned at Luffy.

"You trust too easily. How do you know I'm not a murderer?"

Luffy blinked wide (and slightly red and puffy) eyes at him. "Are you a murderer?"

"No, I'm a…" Zoro stopped, realizing the familiarity of this conversation. "I'm a college student." He finished. Luffy offered him a warm smile, stepping a bit closer so he could hold the umbrella over both of them. (It wasn't really working that well considering Zoro was at least 8 inches taller than Luffy.)

Zoro didn't mention at any moment on the walk home how he could see sadness in Luffy's eyes, and how something about him felt so familiar. He wasn't about to ask.

However, he did notice how that heavy feeling in his chest was now replaced with a warm one.

Wonder why?

B)