𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 ➤ 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞

ᴄʜᴀᴩᴛᴇʀ ɪɪɪ

"What are you going on about?" Zoro asked.

Celestia noticed that she had caught his attention as she kept her gaze on him. Her eyes a bit teary. "I was forced to leave Shimotsuki Village." She spoke. "A part of me wanted to stay or at least say goodbye to you but.. I couldn't. That would have meant you'd be at high risk for danger." She explained. "It's stupid, I know.."

Zoro listened as he calmed down a bit as he noticed her teary eyes. He hated seeing her that way. Especially because of him asking her why. Knowing deep inside that she wasn't faking it. He knew her too well.

Celestia took a deep breath as she glanced at her shoes. "I was left here two years ago. To make my own life and I had no way of contacting you. I have let that thought torture me every waking moment. Wondering if we had fled for no reason. If you were safe."

"Safe from what exactly?" Zoro asked.

"I can't-."

"Tell me what you're hiding."

"You'll hate me even more. I want you to hate me and leave but.. I don't want to lose you at the same time."

"You won't lose me."

"I will though." Celestia spoke as she glanced his way. "And things might never be the same again after." She sniffed a bit more.

"You have my word that nothing of that sort will happen. I swear." Zoro spoke.

Celestia listened before trusting him like she always had. "My family was murdered before I had arrived to Shimotsuki Village. That woman wasn't my mother. We ran away from a pirate crew that invaded our homes and killed our people but we escaped while my parents held him back. She was in charge of keeping me safe. I watched the whole thing that night and had to be silent about it. One sound would give us away so she covered my mouth as we sailed away. Just the two of us, we were the only ones who got out..." She spoke.

Zoro didn't say a word. Letting her get out what she wanted to say before anything else. He had never been aware of what had happened to her and the story she carried on her shoulders.

"That night.. I was on my way to give you something in your room. With everything we had been through I was going to tell you something important but she came into my room in such a panicked state. Told me to pack because she had gotten word that someone who resembled the man who killed my family were close by." She took a small breath before continuing. "I had to run before they found me if it was them that night."

"You were in danger?" Zoro asked quietly.

Celestia stayed quiet as she was hesitant to answer him.

"Answer me Celestia." Zoro spoke up a bit.

"Yes. I was in danger. Maybe I still am. Which is why you should hate me and stay far away from me. I don't want to lose you too. I can't."

Zoro listened as he thought about it. "When we get out of here." He began to speak. Thinking carefully about what he wanted to tell her. "Stay close to me."

"What?" Celestia asked.

"I said-."

"I heard what you said.. why are you..?"

"You did it to keep me safe, right? Leaving and all that. Well I guess it is my turn to keep you safe. As long as you stay close to me. No pirate will kill you while I am still breathing." He declared.

"I don't know what to say."

"A thank you should be enough."

"Thank you Zoro."