My Darling Wife

9

Six thirty rolled around, and the trio of brothers finally arrived. The boy with the straw hat was very excited. "I may or may not have gone a little overboard, but please enjoy and eat your fill." Sanji gestured to all the food on the table. "Thanks!" The straw hat boy happily plopped down in a seat and began eating. The other two politely joined. Finally, Sanji and Zoro sat in their seats and got some food. "This is the best food I've ever had!!!" The straw hat boy said every excitedly and continued to stuff his face. "It really is!" Sabo exclaimed. Suddenly, a loud bang startled the two hosts. Ace had fallen face first into his food. Snores soon erupted from the freckled man. "Is he okay?" Zoro asked. "He has narcolepsy." Sabo simply said and went back to eating. The straw hat boy went to steal his brother's food, but his wrist was caught by the now awake man. "Back off, Luffy!" He said. Sanji couldn't help but laugh. There was food stuck to Ace's face. He handed him a napkin and sighed with a smile. He loved it when people complimented his food. This smile did not go unnoticed from Zoro. His heart felt warm as he watched the happy cook converse with their guests with a bright smile.

Around an hour and a half later, the trio bid their hosts good day. "Thanks for the food!!" The straw hat boy, later learned as Luffy, waved hyperly. "Of course! Thank you for coming over." Sanji waved goodbye with a happy smile. Zoro allowed himself to smile as well. Once the door was closed and the house was peaceful yet again, Sanji started on the dishes. "Oi, let me do those dart brow." Zoro moved Sanji out of the way and took over the dishes. "Hey! I can do it." Sanji protested, but Zoro did not budge. "You need to rest." Was all he said. "No I don't! I'm fine. Completely fine." Sanji growled, but Zoro just continued to clean the dishes. "Relax, Sanji. I've got this. You've done enough things for today." The blond was taken back by these words. "I... don't want to be alone." He felt embarrassed telling this to his partner. Hearing this, Zoro stopped what he was doing and turned to the smaller man. "What's wrong?" He dried his hands on the back of his pants and waited for Sanji to respond. He burst into tears. This caused the tan man to panic slightly.

Zoro rushed to his partner and brought him into a tight embrace. "Hey, why are you crying? Was it something I did or said?" The greenette gently wiped away Sanji's tears. Snot was running from his nose. Zoro sighed and used his sleeve to wipe his partner's nose. "You'll get snot on it!" Wailed Sanji as he tried to stop Zoro. "I don't care. You are more important than a shirt. Let's go sit down and you can tell me what's wrong." Zoro scooped up the blond with ease and walked over to the couch. He sat down with his partner on his lap. He held him close and drew tiny circles on his hip. Sanji sniffed and buried his face into Zoro's big chest. "All my trauma is coming back. You keep making me feel happy and sometimes even loved. I've never felt that, nor have I ever been loved before. I can't get it out of my head of what happened." Sanji said, but it was muffled due to his face being in Zoro's chest. Zoro took a deep breath and sighed. "None of that will happen as long as I'm with you. I'll make sure you feel like the most loved person. I will be there if you ever need me. If you want to be a bratty little shit, then be a bratty little shit. If you want attention, I'll give you all the attention you want. Anything you want, I'll try to do my best to provide you." This made Sanji cry again. "What have I done to deserve this?" He clutched onto his partner's shirt. "Being you." Zoro brought the blond closer to his body and held him.

After a while, Sanji stopped crying. He was struggling to come to terms on what Zoro said. 'He loves me.' He thought as he sat up. Zoro looked at the blond and raised an eyebrow. 'Why else would he do this?' Sanji looked into his partner's onyx eye and saw concern and love welling up in it. 'Do I love him?' He finally asked himself. He's always found the greenette attractive, no matter how much he denied it. He would silently admit that he sometimes would imagine what he would look like on top of him. 'These thoughts are just lustful.' He internally scolded himself. He did like being held by his partner, and that he showed he cared. He liked it when he watched his partner's face light up whenever he ate his food. 'I think I like him. Maybe one day I'll love him.' Sanji finally concluded and smiled softly at the greenette. "What's got you smiling all of a sudden?" Zoro asked and Sanji giggled. "Just how mossy your hair looks." He ran his fingers through the green locks and smirked. Zoro was unamused and showed it. "Seems like you're feeling better, eh dart brow?" Zoro smirked and now it was Sanji's turn to be unamused. "So mean! I'm not cooking for you tomorrow." Sanji pouted and pulled away from the man. "Funny how you say that, but I know you are still going to cook." Zoro pulled the blond back and whispered in his ear. Sanji's face exploded red all the way up to his ears. "Damnit marimo! Don't say something like that in a seductive way!" Sanji pulled back and covered his ear. "Oh? Someone's a little excited." Zoro chuckled and this made Sanji try to escape. "Where do you think you're going, hm?" Sanji froze and silently accepted his fate. Zoro simply gave Sanji's neck a little kiss before snuggling into it. Sanji, again, was left speechless and redder than a tomato.