Becoming One

Leaving Paradise

Sanji opens his eyes first, he smiles as he finds Zoro happily sleeping next to him. Sanji lets out a yawn. Felt like in the back of his mind he should know something but he doesn't know what. Sanji shrugs. If it's important he'll remember.

"Morning." Zoro yawns as he wakes up, hand coming up to rub his eyes.

"Morning." Sanji says back, smiling as he moves to kiss Zoro. The swordsman moves to meet him halfway. Kiss passionate. Sanji moves to lay kisses on his neck. Zoro let out small puff of a chuckle.

"Tickles." Zoro smiles. Sanji smiles back, moving to look at Zoro's face. While his facial hair has grown, nothing has changed for Zoro. Maybe he's gotten more pretty. Zoro looks at Sanji, who now looks like a mountain man. Zoro raises his hands to play with his growing beard. Zoro sits up abruptly. "Someone's here." He says out loud. Sanji, now caution, also sits up, quietly he moves to collect their clothes. He hands Zoro his, the marimo taking it to start getting dressed. They move fast and silent.

When Zoro is dressed he reaches for his swords pausing when they hear "Luffy, that was my snowman!" being yelled by Usopp. Zoro turns to Sanji, wanting to make sure the blonde also heard that. From how shocked both look, they can say it's not in their head. Sanji rushes to put on his suit not caring he miss some buttons. Zoro abandons his swords and makes his way to the door.

He slams it open to come face to face with a rush of cold air but he paid no mind to that as he sees his crew in front of him again. The boys have gone into a snowball fight, Brook sat watching as the girls made their own snowmen away from the boys. Zoro's eyes zero in on Luffy. It feels like it's been forever since he saw that raven hair, that straw hat, the scar, the large childish brown eyes to fit the childish face. Zoro smiles. He really thought he and Sanji would be living on this island forever. "Luffy!" Zoro shouts happily, all attention on him. Luffy is the first to react. Stretching his arms to wrap around Zoro, then launching his body to Zoro, hugging the swordsman. Zoro takes one step back at the impact.

"Zoro!" Luffy shouts happily.

"You found us." Zoro hugs Luffy back, slightly awkward with how Luffy latch onto him. Neither cared.

"It took forever!" Chopper shouts running to hug Zoro next. He ends up hugging Zoro's leg.

"We thought we would be here forever." Sanji says with a smile on his face though it is hard to see with the overgrown beard.

"Sanji! Make me food." Luffy yells as a demand, throwing both arms in the air as his legs continue to wrap around Zoro. Sanji rolls his eyes but the smile doesn't fade.

"We just woke up." Sanji says turning around. He walks into the small kitchen to start cooking. He can hear Luffy letting go of Zoro and rush into the small hut. Zoro tells Luffy to take his shoes off. The others joining in.

Since they can they look around taking in the detail of this small hut. It's amazing but where did they get some of this stuff? Sanji starts cooking, Zoro drag Chopper to the table, sitting down slowly to allow the small reindeer to let go. Chopper instead sat down on his lap happily. Zoro just smiled down at the little doctor.

Usopp look at both Sanji and Zoro. "You haven't changed at all Zoro." he points out. Sanji has changed, only his facial hair growing out in the five to six months they've been separated, then there is Zoro who looks exactly like he did when they last saw him. Zoro is glowing more than before, don't know what's that about. Not that it really mattered.

Sanji lets out a loud and deep laugh, Zoro just rolls his eyes. Yeah, Sanji has been questioning and teasing him after the first month. Zoro shrugs. He doesn't care, it seems more trouble than it's worth, he's not complaining.