Kidd charged towards Zoro and roughly grabbed his collar.

"I thought I said I don't want to see you anymore, motherfucker" Kidd yelled.

"I was thinking the same too" Zoro grabbed his hand to free himself from Kidd's grip.

Zoro hook Kidd's right leg with his own, lunged forward and pushed Kidd trying to throw him to the ground. The impact made Kidd tumbled back and lost his balance as he fell on the road. Their current position gave leverage to Zoro to hit Kidd's face.

Zoro grabbed Kidd by the collar and pulled him, his other hand balled his fist and landed the blow on Kidd. The first punch landed on his chin, the next blow was hard enough to make Kidd grunted. That double blow was enough to make Kidd's vision obscured.

With all his strength, Kidd used both of his hand and shoved Zoro aside. He threw his body around to reverse their position. He grabbed Zoro's neck but a sudden hit on his back made him fell forward. Kidd rolled and scrambled to his feet. As he glanced up, he saw Zoro already steadied himself.

Both of the man stood straight, giving each other a menacing glare. Panting. Then both of them lunged forward started to throw punches into each other.

Nami stood shocked in terror. She closed her mouth with both of her hands. Everything happened so fast that she barely register what she just saw.

As both of them brawling, Nami could only scream begging them to stop. But, none of the guys listened to her plea. Both of them focused on landing and exchanging hits on each other.

Couldn't be able to watch any longer, Nami jumped between them spreading her arms and closing her eyes waiting for the punches. But none was coming. Slowly she opened her eyes seeing both of the guys stopped on their tracks. Nami was facing Kidd while her back was facing Zoro as it looked like she was protecting Zoro. A gesture she made unconsciously.

"What are you doing, stupid woman?"

"That's dangerous, Nami"

Nami heard Kidd and Zoro hollered at the same time. She saw Kidd had several bruises over his face and she could see blood spilling from his split lips.

"Stop both of you" Nami panted.

"You, stay away from Nami" Kidd shoved Nami aside as he warned Zoro while pointing his point finger at him.

"And who are you to demand? I can be with her for as many times as I want! I don't remember she keeps a stupid dog as a bodyguard?" Zoro took a step forward and knocked Kidd's hand aside.

Feeling insulted, Kidd charged toward him and pulled his collar, "Watch your mouth, or you'll regret that"

"Oohh! Wonder what you can do. I think you never learned you lesson after being beaten badly like the last time?" Zoro mocked him.

"That was past, asshole. You wanna go?

"Fine by me"

"Both of you stop!" Nami yelled "What the hell is wrong with you?" Nami stared at Zoro and Kidd alternately. Nami squeezed between them.

"He's just stupid" Both Zoro and Kidd answered at the same time. Realizing how they called each other, they turned to each others, almost head butt.

"What did you say?" They growled at the same time.

"Both of you are stupid" Nami screamed and pushed them away altogether. The little push made them back away from each other. Nami scowled and pulled Kidd.

"Let's go Kidd. Zoro, you too, you better go home and treat your wounds too" Nami reminded Zoro.

Zoro turned his head to look at the pair who was ready to leave.

"Fuck you!" Kidd shouted and gave middle finger to Zoro before he sped off. Nami hit Kidd on the shoulder.

Zoro was left staring at Nami's back until she disappeared into the night. "Shit" He cursed under his breath.

Nami damped the towel into the warm water and compressed it on Kidd bruised cheek.

Kidd just sat silently on his couch as he let her dab the warm towel on his bruise spots.

"What happened between you two" Nami suddenly asked as she examined the wounds on his nose bridge.

"Nothing"

Nami took out new cotton and damped the cotton in the warm water.

"I thought… he is your friend…"

"Used to…" Kidd cut her off.

Nami stopped a little shock. She stared at Kidd wanting him to focus on her but he just glared somewhere she didn't know.

"You... didn't tell me about that" Nami cleaned the blood on his nose-bridge and the corner of his mouth.

"It's none of your concern"

Nami twitched. She dabbed the ointment a little hard on his wound made Kidd growled and grabbed her wrist "Ouch, be a little gentler, Nami". Slowly he let go of his hold.

Nami didn't say anything, she continued dabbing on his wound and bandaging the wound. She knew, Kidd won't tell her anything even if she begged for it. He's just that type of a guy. A secretive one.

"All done" Nami put all the bandages, ointments and cottons into the first aid box as she made her way to the shelf.

"My handsome face will be ruined" Kidd whined while touching the patch on his nose-bridge.

"You're not that handsome to begin with" Nami replied nonchalantly as she was putting the aid kit box on the shelf.

"Hey… hey… don't say that, you once used to love this not that handsome man" Kidd paused a little regretting his statement.

"What did you say?" Nami turned her head to look at Kidd.

He felt glad she didn't hear his last statement "I said, you don't even know how to put the bandage correctly"

"Shut up! Where's my thank you instead" Nami spat back, irritated and threw the damped towel to Kid.

"What was that you bitch? Can't you see I'm injured? I am an injured man, damn it! Treat me good" Kidd squawked as he pointing the bandage on his nose.

"You should be thanking me I wasn't throwing the cupboard" Nami muttered. She walked towards the door twisting the knob. "I'll be going, you should at least know how to replace the bandage" Nami reminded him before she completely gone.

Kidd lay on the couch pillowing his hands. His mind focused on Nami. They'd been friend since high school, along with Killer. Nami was the only girl who dared to talk to him even when people were scared and trying to avoid him. But Nami didn't see all that, she said she didn't care at all. At first, he did try to push her away simply because he hated her. A feeling he had for every person he met, including her. She was nothing special at all. Nothing so special.

But that girl never gave up messing up his world, and finally, he began to accept her presence and her kindness. Time changed everything, and that happened to him too. Day by day, he felt that she had the place in his heart. The feeling was so strong he wasn't able to contain anymore. He confessed and glad as she reciprocated the feeling. And the confession wasn't really something he wanted to remember, it was embarrassing. That time they were still too young and immature, they argued over small things, sometimes didn't even talk for days until one of them gave up and persuade the other. It was always like that. Broke up and made up. Never really serious in their relationship.

And that kind of relationship lasted until they were in their college. That was the time they came across Zoro's path or was it the other way around. He didn't really close to that bastard at first, not that he even cared. All he knew, that bastard was a cold, distant person, never really opened up to people. Being in the same college, he used to hear his name many times. As far as he could remember, that bastard was a top student in the college. Topping other students, something he didn't ever think of.

But their encounter wasn't a plan. It indeed wasn't. He just happened to be close to Nami since both of them were in the same class and took the same course. Nami always brought Zoro along much to his irritation and the latter really knew how to hit his nerves. But, that was how things started.

He never really got along with Zoro and so did Zoro. The both of them would always find flaws within each other and brought it into some stupid arguments. People might think they were crazy but that was how they acknowledged each other. Even so, he still didn't like some parts of him. Not because Zoro was from a rich family, he didn't give a shit about that, but the fact that he was able to take Nami's attention away from him slowly and unnoticeable.

Maybe part of it was his fault too. It was hard to admit but he took Nami for granted. He wasn't there when Nami needed him the most. Because he thought, she would never change. Alas, he was wrong. When he realized, he was way too late to claim her back. Zoro took his place in her heart. That was one hell of a mistakes he ever done but regretting won't change anything. They back to the way they started. Friends. He was just lucky that Nami still considered him as friend. Nothing more than that.

Seeing her happy, he had to accept that unannounced defeat. Both of them were happy being together. A moment he hoped would not last. And it wouldn't. When he heard Zoro dumped her, he was glad, but seeing her broken down, and ruining herself, he felt hurt too. The night stand he spent with her he noticed her mind was somewhere else. It hurt his ego when she was thinking about that bastard when in fact he was doing her. But he didn't want to let her know that.

So, he decided to meet Zoro few days after just to give him punches for hurting Nami. It turned out to be a big fight between those two. Luckily Killer was there to stop them. He warned Zoro not to show his face in front of him or Nami again. And both of them ended their fights with several bruises and wounds they inflicted on each other.

When she said she wanted to leave, he was afraid she would return as a very different person. He was afraid, he would lose her again. Truth be told, he didn't want her to leave, but didn't say it out loud. For the sake of her happiness, he once again, let her go. When she came back, after three years, he was so glad that he was the one Nami seeking for. She didn't change at all. She was still the same Nami he ever knew. And he would do anything to support her. As long as she needed him, he would be there. He didn't mind to be a shoulder for her to cry on.

The next morning, in the office, all eyes were focused on Zoro as he arrived in the office. Nami didn't really shock as she saw Zoro.

Tashigi was the first one to jump as she was shocked seeing Zoro's bruising cheek "What happened Zoro-san?" concern in her voice.

"Nothing"

Nami watched as Zoro walked towards his office. Tashigi followed after. Zoro took a glance on Nami before he entered his room.

"Zoro-san, what happened?" Tashigi asked as she closed the door behind her. Tashigi walked towards the table and pulled his face with both of her hands to look at the bruises closely.

Zoro grabbed her hand and pushed them away. "I said, nothing happened. Just some brawls with drunkard pig. You don't have to worry" Zoro lied.

"But, Zoro-san… you're not the type to pick a fight"

"Does that mean I don't pick fights?" Zoro raised his voice glaring at her.

Tashigi stayed still and fell silent for a while as she watched Zoro switched his focused on the laptop. She wanted to say something, but her mind couldn't even process a nice word.

Zoro saw Tashigi still stood unmoved and she was just looking at her hands, Zoro spoke, "You don't have to worry. This is just a small injury. Nothing harm…" he stopped when he saw Tashigi was about to cry.

"I was just… I was just... so worried about you... Zoro-san. I've never… never seen you… upset like this" Tashigi spoke between sobs.

Unsure what to do, Zoro got up and walked towards Tashigi. He then placed his hand around her shoulder and pulled her into a hug to calm her down. Zoro didn't know any comforting words to comfort her so he held her in his arms for as long as she needed. Tashigi wrapped her hand around Zoro's waist and buried her face on his chest to muffle her sobs.

After she calmed down a little, grabbing her shoulders, Zoro pulled away to look at her face and wiped her remaining tears with his fingers. He then sat her at the nearest couch and sat next to her still holding her hand. He wanted to say something but, he just couldn't find the right words. Instead, he caressed the back of her hand he just held with his thumb.

Tashigi just looked at Zoro. She could feel that Zoro wanted to say something but was unable to bring it up. Understood, she put her other hand on Zoro's hand. That gesture made Zoro looked up at her. Their eyes met. Tashigi smiled at him.

"Zoro-san… I'm so sorry for being too emotional…"

"You don't have to say sorry. It's not your fault" Zoro cut her off. He looked at her.

Tashigi held his gaze then she put both of her hand, cupping his face as he examined the wounds.

"Those are visible bruises" Tashigi frowned, 'You don't have to come to dinner, I guess. I can just tell my mom you're not that well"

"I'll pick you home later" Zoro implied.

"Are you sure, Zoro-san?"

Zoro just stared at her as a respond. Understood, Tashigi smiled and took hold of his hand and intertwined their fingers.

"Thanks for coming, Zoro-san" She gave him a quick peck on his lips before leaning her head on his shoulder.

"It's nothing" he murmured. He rested his cheek against her hair but his mind was recalling the last night incident, mainly on Nami and Kidd. Are those two, together? He questioned himself.

"Nami-san, let's go home!" Nami looked up to see Vivi who was now standing at the side of her desk.

Massaging her temple, Nami got up and took her handbag. As they were about to step, Zoro and Tashigi exited the room. Both of the girls turned to look at the pair.

"Are you going with us? Just having some tea time" Vivi asked her pointing to her watch.

"Ah… yes. Sure" Tashigi smiled. "You don't mind, Zoro-san?"

Zoro nodded. "Not really"

Nami just stood silence at the side, her eyes drifting to the floor unable to watch the sight in front of her. She didn't know, but seeing Tashigi intertwined her fingers with his, made Nami felt uncomfortable.

Tashigi and Zoro made their way to the lift. Nami and Vivi followed soon.

As the lift stopped, they stepped out walking towards the exit door and went to the nearest café. They saw a table near the corner and decided to sit there. Vivi and Nami sat side by side while Zoro and Tashigi sat at the opposite site. That made Zoro and Nami sat facing each other.

Vivi and Tashigi continued talking. The whole time, Nami stayed silent. Watching Tashigi sat next to Zoro made her stomach uneasy but she tried to ignore the feeling by forcing herself to drink.

"Nami-san, you just kept silent. Are you alright?" Tashigi asked her.

Nami looked up "Yeah, just... a bit tired"

"You pushed yourself too hard Nami-san. You still have plenty of time, why are you in such a hurry?" Vivi asked her.

Processing her mind hard to find an answer, she finally found a very good one, so she thought, "We are going to be very busy in another two or three weeks, didn't we? The anniversary event" Nami smiled raising her brows at Vivi and Tashigi. Satisfied with her own answer.

"Yeah… you're right. Company's anniversary" Tashigi nodded, "I think, Smoker-san will discuss about this sooner or later, isn't that right, Zoro-san?" Tashigi tried to bring Zoro into the conversation as she noticed he was silent from the very beginning.

"We'll be very busy. I wonder, what tasks will be given to us. Last year, we took charge of the props along with some other departments. I'm not sure about this year. Zoro-san, have you heard anything about it from Smoker-san?"Vivi asked him.

"I don't think Smoker had talked about it" Zoro replied.

Nami only listened to their conversation as the three talking about the last year event.

"I'm sorry if I suddenly ask this… but, Nami-san, do you have a boyfriend?" Vivi changed the subject. All of them fell silent and looked at Nami.

Nami flustered and looked at Vivi who was now smiling at her.

That question just right enough to make Zoro turned his attention on Nami. He gave her his sharp glare waiting for her answer.

TBC

Thanks for reading my story. (I don't know why. But I feel sorry for Kidd. I feel like he was so OOC in this chapter though)

Hempo: Your story (red head)… I wish I could understand French that much. It seems interesting. And I like it you love my version of Kidd here.

By the way, I LOOOOVEEE reading your hypothesis… they are interesting! They can be my guidelines in writing my story too.

You already got the idea and concept about my story. I'm so happy :D. Let's see where this story leads us and then you can see how good you are at predicting my thoughts (you are really good at it from the very beginning I started this story though).

Angelazzy: I'm glad you like it and thanks for pointing out my mistakes. I'll be more careful with that later.