Zoro walked onto the main deck of the Thousand Sunny. De-Ji was lounging happily in the grass, enjoying the perfect amount of sun. Everybody else was inside, because it was slightly too cold for them.

Her eyes were closed, and she was smiling. Zoro's face softened from it's original hardness, but he didn't smile. Not while in danger of some random crewmate walking out and seeing them. Zoro walked across the grass, and saw De-Ji's eyes open. She had heard him walking. Zoro sat down by her, and she beamed a bright smile at him.

"hello!" she welcomed him happily. Zoro liked her smiling. It seemed as if all the troubles of the world melted away in the simple happiness that consumed her.

Zoro grunted at her. She chuckled a little, then lie down on her back, staring up at the puffy clouds that interrupted the baby blue of the sky. She closed her eyes again, and the only sign that she wasn't sleeping and dreaming happy dreams, was that her breathing hadn't slowed.

Zoro looked around, and didn't want to lay his head on the grass. Sanji would tease him about having "grass hair" Zoro saw De-Ji again, and got an idea. He layed his head down on her stomach. She opened her eyes, and saw Zoro laying on her. She blushed a little, then lay her head back down and closed her eyes to daydream.


De-Ji walked in, and wrinkled her nose in disgust. The room smelled like sweat. She shrugged it off, and went to go sit by Zoro, who was sleeping. She opened the covers of the book she was currently reading, and ran her eyes over the page.

But her mind wasn't focusing on the book. It was focused on watching Zoro out of the corner of her eye. He snored, then turned onto his back. She quietly giggled, then tried to go back to her... "reading".

Her mind refused to focus when Zoro was so close to her.. Their bodies almost touching. She felt her face heating at the unwanted thoughts rampaging through her brain. Zoro leaned in to kiss her. She shook her head. He put his muscled arms around her. She glared at Zoro, mad at him because he was the cause of these random daydreams. Then she stopped glaring at him, and exhaled slowly.

Zoro's chest moved up and down with the deep breaths running through his lungs in his slumber. De-Ji gave into her emotions, and layed her head on his stomach. She smiled, then closed her eyes and fell asleep.