Sacrifice

Rest

3rd Person POV

Zoro wakes up feeling weight on his chest. He looks down confused then softly smile at the lump of blonde hair he sees on him. He brings his hand up to the hair and being to softly stroke it as he continue to looks down. He zones out staring at the cook and doesn't even notice the blonde adjust to look back at him. Sanji smiles back to him and hums a good morning to Zoro. He tries sitting up but his arms give out and he flops back onto Zoros chest. He grumbles in irritation and tries getting pushing himself just getting the same results in return.

"Cook what's the matter?" Sanji just groans in his failed attempts. "I can't get up. Everytime I try my arms just give out on me. I just feel weak." Zoro gives him a concerning look. "You're body is exhausted. When was the last time you had a real nights rest?" Sanji shifts not looking Zoro in the eyes and stutters out, "The day before we docked on Thiller Bark. Once we got there everything went to shit we all were going on no sleep. Then the whole Kuma thing didn't help I was always trying to keep busy if I wasn't sitting with you and even then other than one night, I stayed up almost the whole night to make sure you were okay." Zoro sighs and bring Sanji closer to him once again.

"You can't do that. You're body is weak because what, you haven't slept well in almost a month?!?!? You're not getting out of this bed yet. You need sleep Sanji." Sanji groans at Zoro telling him what to do but then also realizes that Zoro called him by his name. He gives in to his weakened state and lets himself be wrapped in Zoros warmth. He closes his eyes once more and lets them rest. As they're sitting in a comfortable silence, he feels Zoro begin to move and himself slip off Zoros chest. Sanji opens one eye to see Zoro shift to try to get up. Sanji raises an eyebrow seeing Zoro stand up. "What? I have to pee." Sanji laughs out loud at the blunt statement. "WHAT?" He laughs even harder and just shakes his head. "Go piss you weirdo." Zoro rolls his eyes and start to sulk and mumble to himself while walking towards the bathroom.

While he's doing that, Sanji re-adjusts himself on his side facing the spot Zoro was in. He lets out a soft yawn adn closes his eyes again wating for his green-haired lover to come back. He hears the toilet flush and lets out a breathy laugh. The door opens and soft footsteps can be heard walking towards the bed. Zoro moves to get under the blanket this time laying on his side facing Sanji. He sees Sanjis eyes closed he pulls Sanji in closer by his waist.

Not ready to the contact, Sanji jumps back opening his eyes. Not realizing he jumped too far back, he feels himself slip off the edge of the bed. He braces himself for impact not noticing that Zoro grabbed him before he could fall. Sanji looks up at Zoro who is trying to hold back a laugh. Sanji glares at him and pulls himself on the bed with a pout.

"That is not fair. I wasn't ready for you to grab my waist." Zoro finally loses it and begins laughing out loud. "HAHAHA Oh shit that was funny." Sanji rolls his eyes at the wheezing swordsman and lays back down beginning to turn around to make his back face Zoro. "Hey no! Wait. It's not funny I was just kidding." Sanji hums while looking at Zoro with a slight glare and his arms crossed. He sees Zoro lay back down and move his arms trying to get Sanji back to lay down how he was before. He gives in and turns to lay back down facing Zoro. They sit there in a comfortable silence just staring at each others eyes.

Sanji feels himself becoming tired again and his eyes begin to droop and he starts fighting for his vision to stay focused. "Come on. Let's rest for a little bit longer and we'll get lunch once we wake up again. You need to rest. You're body is demanding it now." Sanjis eyes drop completely at Zoros idea for later. Before slipping into another slumber, Zoro pulls him close and kisses his forehead and says, "I'll be here when you wake up. I promise."