Summary: Drabbles and Prompts and Quotes.
Warning: I do not own any of this. The quotes belong to F. Gabdon.
Breathing Just A Little
Some days,
I do not want to smile.
Some days I am solemn,
for no reason at all.
And all I want is
to sit at the furthest corner
of a busy room and watch.
That is all.
Just watch.
Sometimes that is enough.
- Solemn
Zoro lays down, comfortable enough and able to watch the entire crew go through with their antics and conserve his energy at the same time.
He strokes Wado Ichimonj gently, not a spec of dirt or rustiness found.
Zoro still does it anyway.
It's funny to him, that a second ago you were having heart-to-heart with someone and the next second they're gone.
Gone.
Just like that.
You wake up, expect to see them, battle them and argue with them, live with them.
Everyone's crying and Zoro realizes half-way through the entire ceremony of Kuina's death that she's actually gone.
Somewhere he can't venture.
The the promise comes, the burden and the realization that he just let someone amazing slip away.
Zoro just lost his friend and partner.
The only person he couldn't beat.
(But death can beat her and Zoro decided that he won't let death beat him).
"LUFFY!"
It's an automatic reaction, running and jumping over the ship.
Cold water and people depending on you.
(Their warmth, their hope, their brightness and their love and everything well and his as well).
They surface and Zoro climbs up.
"Thanks, Zoro."
A grin and a tilt of a hat along with a small chuckle.
And trust.
A lot of trust where the crew only scold Luffy and some don't even turn-but all are aware.
Zoro walks back to his swords and lays back down, allowing the heat of the sun to dry his clothes and though he isn't the best swimmer on the ship, he'll be the first to react because he would never let Luffy die from something like a lack of air when he himself is right here.
Just like Kuina died from falling down the stars.
Zoro promises to be there, no matter what.
He won't let them die.
And so he closes his eyes and welcomes the darkness.
"ISLAND!"
Or not.