Sacrifice

Slipping

       Slowly I open my eyes. Looking around, I see we're on a island. Hmmm...that's werid. I thought we were on the ship. I look up to see Zoro. Smiling, healthy, and happy? I gawck at him in amazement. I get up quickly and tackle him into a hug. I whimper as I take a good look at him feeling all over his face as tears well in my eyes.

"Z-Zoro. Y-You're okay! I-I thought-" I get cut off by him questioning me. "Woahhhh babe. Are you okay? I'm fine see?" He says while showing a Luffy size smile. WOAH WOAH WOAH BABE??? SINCE WHEN! "U-Um s-sorry I guess it was a bad dream." I say not truly believeing what is in front of me. "You're okay. I'm not going anywhere any time soon okay?" He says with great confidence in himself. "Y-Yeah." I look back down. This can't be real right? When did I tell him? When did I tell him? When did I tell myself? This can't be.

I'm broken out of my train of thought when I felt lips touch my forhead. "Are you sure you're okay Curly? It looks like you've seen a ghost?" I think I have. "Yeah I'm fine. Just shaken up I guess."

Slowly getting up, I take in my surroundings completely. Robin and Nami sun bathing, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper all playing around laughing, Franky working on something new for the ship, and Brooke playing music softly in the background. Everything looks....fine. I sigh as I see everything look normal. I get off Zoro as he gets up and grabs my hand. I let out a small gasp not being used to the feeling. His hands are rough. Calloused. Strong. Staring at them I realize it fits perfectly into mine. Smiling softly, I let him take me back to the rest of the crew.

"SAAAANJIIIIII. I'm hungry make me some foooooood." I look over and see a rubberman pretending to be wasting away to nothing. "You rubber oaf! I'm about to make something don't worry." I sigh. Some things never change huh? Walking to the mini BBQ that was laid out I grab supplies to start making lunch.

Humming to myself I get ready to plate everything. As I'm getting ready to tunr around, I jump as I feel arms wrap around my waste and a small sigh in my ear. "What's wrong Marimo?" I can hear his heart thumping madly. "You just look good like this~ I can't stop staring." He purred in my ear. I feel my face heating up all the way to my ears. I slowly turn to face him. His smoldering eyes staring as if he's looking into my soul. I cup his face with my one hand while the other is holding his shirt. Leaning in, I feel his lips agaisnt mine. A small sigh escapes my lips as I feel his lips softly with mine. Realizing that everyone was around. I pull away and turn back around to finish lunch. I hear a pouty huff and look over my shoulder to see Zoro pouting.

"What's wrong mossy? I need to finish lunch for everyone then we can finish what we started~" I say with a small smirk playing on my face. "T-That's not fair! You can't just tease me like that!" He says pouting even more. I chuckle at his stance and turn back to acutally finish lunch.

Once I finish about 5 minutes later. All the noises stop. "Guys I know lunch is a little late but you don't need to be waiting silently at the tab-" I turn around. My face falls as I drop the plates I was holding. 5-feet in front of me is a sight I thought I would never have to see again. Zoro. Laying in his own blood. I quickly get over to him I drop to knees pulling his head into my lap. "Z-Zoro what happened?! How could this happen?!" I say as tears are streaming down my face once again.

"I-I'm sorry. I couldn't let them kill you. I needed to protect you and honestly, I don't know if I'll make it from this. I love you Sanji. I-I'm sorry." Thats the last thing he said as I felt his pulse leave.

"Z-Zoro! NO PLEASE YOU CAN'T SAY THAT TO ME AGAIN. Pl-Please.....no" I huddle over his face sobbing into his chest. Why is this happening? Haven't I've gone through enough? I can't do this anymore! T-This is too much. As I'm holding onto him, I hear a small voice calling my name.

"sanji?"

"Sanji?"

"SANJI!!"

Gasping I feel myself jolt up taking in my surroundings once again. Looking around I see that I'm back in the infirmary. Chopper looking at me concerned as I can feel the tears streaming down my face. Shaking I wipe the tears off my face letting go of Zoro's hand that I realize I'm still holding. Getting up, I walk out of the door. Not saying a word and getting ready to make breakfast.

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Getting breakfast ready was a lot harder than I thought it would be. With my mind racing with a million thoughts, making eggs took me 3 TIMES. 3. HOW DOES THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE. Sighing, I plate the food that took me double the time to make. Even after Luffy came barging in I barely could focus on his trying to steal food.

"Food's ready." I call out from the galley. As the crew is piling in, I hand out plates to everyone. After that's done, I walk out of the galley and straight into the infirmary.

Sitting down in the chair I was in before, I stare down at him. Trying to figure out what the hell went on just a few hours before. Picking apart my brain seems like all I do now. Not being able to focus on anything but the thoughts in my head. Being stuck in my thoughts I yet again fail to hear the door open.

"You know Cook, not eating isn't gonna help anything." A soft voice says from the doorway. Turning my head. I can see Robin there with a small face on concern.

"I'm not hungry. I made enough for you guys and that's it. Nothing more. Nothing less." I state emotionless. I turn away from her to avoid the pity in her eyes.

"I don't want to anything right now. Now if you will excuse me. I'm trying to watch a crew mate." I state colder than I ever thought I could be. Hearing the door close, I finally let the tears fall once again.

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Hehe sorry about that guys. I feel like I got everyone's hopes up buuuut the idea of that just came into my mind and I could NOT let that shit go. Annnnyways, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed the surprise double update. I started writing around 10:30pm it is now 12:41am so I was hoping for 2 updates in a day but I got distracted watching OP sooooooo it took a lot longer than usual. Either way thanks for reading!