Shaetil asked: You should totally have Tony come. XD maybe have Zoro agonize over the fact that he forgot to ask Sanji if Tony was included in that invite? Only for Sanji to text and ask if a restaurant that serves burgers and ice cream would be okay for Tony… Then Sanji will mercilessly tease Zoro all night about the text because Zoro blushes each time, and Tony keeps trying to figure out what they're talking about because Sanji is talking in code, and Zoro keeps trying to change the subject to learning about Sanji…
Shit.
You have me headcanoning the crap outta this AU. XD I hate you!

After a few shortly exchanged texts, Sanji and Zoro had decided on Sunday being the day for their date. This wouldn't have been a problem if it hadn't been the very next day after sending that god awful text and Zoro had had no chance to find Tony an appropriate babysitter; Robin and Franky had both come down with a heavy cold, Nami was going to charge him extortionate prices if he asked her, and the last time he left Tony at Perona's his son had come home in an ugly bear costume which the pink haired girl had insisted was cute.

Out of options, Zoro had ran Tony a bath and pulled out his smarter looking clothes from the wardrobe. Tony was currently in the bath tub splashing the water with his hands and watching it slosh about. He giggled and then called out, "Dad?"

Zoro paused in looking for the house keys in his own bedroom, "What, Tony?"

"Can I go as Doctor Chopper?"

"Not to- ah hah!" Zoro seized his keys from the foot of the bed, "Not tonight, Tony!"

He heard the thud of two little feet and the rattle of the towel rack as Tony got out of the bath. His son padded barefoot down the hall and appeared in the bedroom doorway with the towel wrapped around him and his face in a sour looking pout. His curly brown hair had become damp from the steam of the bath water and it flopped into his large eyes, "Why not?"

"Just not tonight, okay? No arguments." Zoro finished buttoning up the last few buttons on his black shirt and folded the collar neatly down.

"Where are we even going?"

"We're going to dinner."

"Is it with Luffy?" Tony said warily, "Last time he nearly ate everything!"

Zoro smiled, "No, not with Luffy. We're going to dinner with Mr. Black."

Tony looked at him blankly a moment before recognition widened his eyes and a big, hopeful grin spread on his face, "My teacher?"

"Yes, your teacher."

"Yes!" Tony chirped and proceeded to run off down the hall as fast as he could with a towel wrapped around him towards his bedroom.

"Your clothes are on your bed, Tony!" Zoro called after him, a soft smile on his lips at seeing the delight on his son's face. He just hoped Sanji would be okay with Tony coming along.

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The door was knocked a few minutes after 5pm and by then Tony was in an excited, fitful mood and Zoro was struggling to get him to sit still on the sofa for ten minutes. Zoro opened the door, too preoccupied with Tony's demands that he open the door to be nervous.

Sanji looked… stunning. There was no other word Zoro could think of. The teacher wasn't over dressed but the tight black jeans with the light blue button up with the sleeves rolled to the elbow have the impression of casual but smart. His blond hair looked recently straightened and he was wearing a pair of thick framed black glasses over his soft blue eyes.

"Hi." He said, a confident smile and posture to his body that told Zoro that this probably wasn't the first date he'd ever been on with a guy. For Zoro this was the first time he'd ever dated another man, so busy was he with Tony that he hadn't the time to date, not even casually. He wasn't even sure how dates went anymore.

"Hi," Zoro said, holding Tony back with one hand to stop the little boy from launching himself onto the teacher he loved so much, "Um, I'm really sorry to ask this but can- can Tony come along? I couldn't find a babysitter at such short notice and-"

Sanji smiled and cut him off, "Yeah, of course he can, it's fine."

Zoro stalled, "Y-you're sure?"

"Sure thing, we can go somewhere kid friendly if you want?"

Sanji sounded sincere and cheery about the fact Tony was coming and it threw Zoro off slightly. He hadn't expected such a positive response to his son coming along let alone an offer to go somewhere family friendly. But Sanji just kept surprising him like that, didn't he?

"Why don't we go to that pizza place? It's got a play area and stuff." The blond asked.

"Pizzaaa!" Tony yelled from behind his father and pushed past Zoro to bound down the front step and onto the drive, "I want pizza!"

Zoro, embarrassed by his son's behaviour, chided him, "Er, where are your manners, Tony?"

"Oh," The little boy blinked before roaring, "I want pizzaaa!… Please."

Sanji laughed and Tony giggled. Zoro sighed, but a smile had crept it's way onto his face as he watched Sanji open the back car door and help buckle Tony into his seat. Zoro locked the door behind him and got into the front passenger seat, Sanji sliding into the driver's after him. The teacher smiled at him warmly, "It's okay you know," He said quietly, "I don't mind that Tony's coming."

Zoro shrugged, "Try saying that to the other guys who were interested in me."

Zoro remembered the way they had looked at Tony as if he was some sort of unwanted spare baggage and he remembered how angry it had made him to see them react like that to his own son which he loved entirely. He almost started when Sanji's hand touched his shoulder. The teacher was looking at him with an oddly tender look in his blue eyes, "Well, they don't know what they're missing out on."

Zoro flushed hotly as Sanji started the car and pulled off into the road. Sanji seemed almost too good to be true.