ZoLu Imagines II 🏖

Blind Date | 5 🥀

"I suppose it is safe to assume you two already knew each other before, am I wrong?" The waiter asked, handing both Luffy and the other male a menu.

"Longer than you think..."

"But I don't get it, why are YOU my blind date?" Luffy asked, looking over at a tall, elegant man with a soft white suit on and a bouquet of roses in his right hand.

"Are you disappointed that it's me?" The man asked with a smirk, making Luffy regret having spoken so irrationally.

"No... No, that's not what I meant, sorry. I'm just surprised because I already know you, you know?" He chuckled, nervously.

His ears turned red all of a sudden when a rose was tucked behind one of them and placed on the side of his head.

"Then let's pretend we don't know each other tonight, Captain. Tell me a little bit about yourself."

This reaction was as unexpected as his blind date itself, but Luffy decided to play along and accepted the older man's challenge.

"I'm Luffy, what's your name?" The young man asked, acting as if he had never met his 'blind date' before.

"How rude of me, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Roronoa Zoro, it's a pleasure to be here with you tonight... petite fleur." Placing a kiss on the boy's hand, his admirer nearly broke character after embarrassing himself in front of Luffy.

"That blonde bastard... I don't even know what 'petite fleur' even means. Why did he tell me this could make anyone 'fall in love'." The taller man thought to himself, seeing a faded blush appear on either side of Luffy's cheeks.

"Clockwise! I- I MEAN, likewise. It's a pleasure in meeting you too, Zoro." While mentioning his name at the end, the Captain winked, making a faint smile appear on Zoro's face.

"Nami and that Cook really outdid themselves with this interior decoration." Zoro commented, shifting his head towards all of the accommodations that had been installed within the restaurant.

"Oh, absolutely." The tone of Luffy's voice sounded a bit deeper than it did to Zoro this morning.

However, he didn't find anything odd about it at first sight.

"Tonight, we present to you the Chef's special dish dedicated especially for his Captain and date. Please, enjoy." The two young men were surprised by the waiter when he brought them a deliciously cooked meal with additional details that no other dish has ever had.

"Thank you, this looks amazing!" Luffy complimented, attempting to keep himself calm all the while admiring how appetizing his meal looked.

While Zoro dug right into his dish, the younger male was aiming his eyes at all of the different silverware that had been neatly placed on top of a soft napkin, within a specific order.

Each of the forks, spoons, and knives were shaped differently and gave Luffy's busy mind a hard time when it came to remembering what Robin had told him before they left the ship.

"Let's see... This tiny fork was for what again? Maybe this knife is for cutting the steak." Reaching for a stainless steel knife, the boy carefully began to slice into his steak.

Unfortunately, after about fifteen tries, his meat was still intact and not a single piece had been sliced successfully.

"It won't cut!" He breathed out, giggling. Suddenly, his face flushed when a pair of hands were placed softly on top of his own.

"That's because you were cutting it with a butter knife. Here, use this one instead." After replacing the wrong cutlery for the right one Luffy needed, Zoro held his hands over the younger man's own palms, successfully slicing through the beef steak.

"Thank you, what a gentleman." Luffy complimented through a short, submissive chuckle while deciding on which fork to grab next.

Aiming at the first one would have been his first instinct... But after being trained so well by Robin, he ended up taking the right fork used for eating chicken, steaks, and other poultry dishes.

"U...um.. This one, perhaps?" He gulped, gently poking through the steak with his fork and placing it into his mouth.

The tastes were heavenly to him, but so was the view he was getting from Zoro who was dressed with such an elegant suit that brought out his dewy, butterscotch skin.

Getting a closer look at Luffy, the Swordsman realized how different he appeared to him without his regular clothing and straw hat.

"How did Robin convince you to leave your hat back in the ship?" The man teased, softly caressing Luffy's hair and realizing how silky smooth it actually was.

"It took her a while to get it off of my head... Mainly because I kept on running around with it on. I feel naked without it on." The Captain frowned, lowering his head.

"If you feel naked now, wait 'til we get back home, later on." Nearly choking on his drink, Luffy's eyes widened to the point of almost popping out of their socket.

"How presumptuous!" He cleared his throat. "What makes you think I'm 'those kind' of people, Zoro?"

"My mistake. Why don't you tell me what kind of person you really are then?" Taking a sip of his drink, the two elegant 'strangers' got to know each other all over again.

"You first." Chuckling at the older male with a smile worth millions, Luffy insisted in letting Zoro speak.

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"A bounty hunter, you say? How did such a dangerous man like you get to a place like this?" He asked, getting flashbacks to the first time he met Zoro.

"A brave man, about your height... Maybe a little shorter than you, at the time, was the one who set me free. In return of my freedom, he wanted me to become a pirate." Luffy gasped at the story such a mysterious Swordsman was telling him.

"Really? But didn't you try to capture him? I heard that he was the son of a revolutionary man named Monkey D. Dragon." He teased.

Seeing the way he removed Zoro's fork out of his hand, the man thought that Luffy wanted to take a bite of his dinner... But instead, he turned the fork towards his lips and fed it to the man, making his cheeks glow a dark, burning red.

"He's so different, is this really Luffy?" After downing the bite of food he was fed, the man wiped his lips and shook his head at the younger boy.

"I don't care if he's the son of Satan or God himself."

"And why is that?" The boy questioned with curiosity.

"Because this man is worth much more to me than the bounty he has on his head."

Taking a freshly baked breadstick in his hand, the Swordsman pressed it closely into the gap that was left in Luffy's mouth after he heard what he had said to him.

"Zoro, it really does feel like we're meeting each other for the first time. I'm falling for you all over again..."

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