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"I'm for you, only."
Zoro always thinks back to that moment when she said that to him. Back when they were just a couple of stupid teenagers in love, making simple promises that held enough power to fuel the both of them. It's cliché but, he wonders if that's the moment he fell in love with her. He almost disregards that thought, he had loved her before then but that moment certainly transpired something deeper between them.
He remembered it vividly, it's the one memory he had no trouble recalling. In his moments of contentment, he would reel back his memories to replay the scenario over and over again. To hear her words that guarded his heart.
"Zoro you idiot! Why do you keep getting into these fights for me? You know I won't let them do anything," how her cheeks puffed in anger, the faint hint of a blush painting her beautiful complexion.
"It's not you that I'm worried about, I just know how guys think! I can't let them say whatever they want about you, I feel it's a sense of duty for me to protect you!" He really was a rebel back then...
"Zoro, look at me. Who am I with right now? Who am I taking care of after a fight? I'm taking care of the one who came out hardly scathed, I should be helping the people out there who are unconscious but I'm here with you," she forced him to look at her, not that he minded. He remembers thinking back then, why? Why did she care so much about him?
"...I don't get this..." he grumbled. He didn't understand this at all.
"Zoro, you don't have to worry because no matter what, I'm here for you only. I-" He'd grasped her hand suddenly, and he recalled how it shook madly. That shaking took over his whole body, what she had just said poured over him like a cold waterfall.
He... absolutely needed to hear that again.
"Say, say that again..." He begged, face contorted in slight agony. His hand grasped hers like a lifeline, like it was the monitor that kept his heart pumping.
She rested her other hand over his, leaned in and kissed the center of his forehead. Pulling back and smiling at him, but it felt more than that. It felt like the purest form of love to ever be bestowed upon him.
"I'm for you, only."
He opened his eyes then, that's what that moment was. Unification. The syncing of two souls finding that strange comfort they had no idea they desired, but found it in each other.
He has no idea how, but Nami had grasped his heart and cared for it like it was her own. His heart felt better in her hands. It might as well be hers, he was hers as much as she was his.
"I'm for you, only," He whispered softly, dragging his thumb over her cheek. Her eyes opened, and she smiled. She leaned in and kissed the center of his forehead.
"I'm for you, only," She whispered back.
The words came from her heart, and nestled in his.
A sweet short fic. I've been on writer's block for a bit, but I'm slowly getting back into it. I hope you guys like this small fic I've left for you. As always, I don't know when I'll be updating this, but see you in the next chapter.
