Love is Worth a Chance (ZoRobin)

Chapter 18- How do i fix this

Hearing those words come out of his mouth...it was indescribable. Her heart exploded, time seemed to stop, she didn't even know how to respond. All she could do was keep her mouth agape. It was such an intense but lovely feeling.

Zoro finished putting the necklace around her. The words just flowed out of him, he wasn't even sure of it himself but something just felt so right saying those words in that moment.

He pulled back from her and their eyes locked.

Both of their faces were red, Robin's mouth was wide open and Zoro held her gaze even though his eyes felt like they wanted to run away.

Robin couldn't take it anymore.

Her heart felt like it was about to jump out of her chest.

She grabbed Zoro's robe, closed her eyes and pulled him in.

Time unfroze, the sounds of the world flooded back into her ears in an instant. The wind flowing in her hair, the whistling of the grass, the rustling of the tree above, the waves crashing against the cliff, she could hear everything so clearly. Their lips were locked together.

Zoro didn't even know how to react, he was stunned by Robins sudden move, but he too closed his eyes and gave in. This feeling, it was amazing, he didn't even know something so good existed.

The two kept their lips locked. Eventually they pulled away from each other, their breathing was heavy.

"I-I'm sorry!" Robin instantly apologized, "I don't know what came over me!"

"I-It's fine" Zoro said nervously, what should he even say after something like that?

What does Robin think about him after that?

The rest of the night was akward as the 2 were incredibly nervous. No one knew what to say or how to say it. They did manage to fall asleep though, and so the two slept peacefully next to each other under the moon lit tree.

"ROBIN ZORO YOUR BACKKKKK!" Koala exclaimed seeing them at the door, "I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU! YOU GUYS COME HERE THEYRE BACKKKK!" Koala ran and gave them both a huge hug.

"I'm happy to see you too Koala" Robin said smiling at her friends kindness.

"Holy crap Zoro Robin where have you guys been?!" Sabo said arriving at the door.

"It's a long story" Zoro said giving him a short chuckle. Sabo came over and gave him punch on the shoulder expressing his concern.

The final one to show up to the door was Perona, she wasn't sure if she could even look Zoro in the eyes.

"I was worried about you two!" Perona said getting tearful.

Turns out she couldn't suppress her feelings as well as she thought she could.

She joined Koala in the group hug while Sabo stood a little off to the side. Although the reunion was happy, Sabo could tell something was off...Robin and Zoro, they were barely talking?!

After the two had settled in, Sabo Koala and Perona were curious as to what they had done for so long away, but no matter what they did their answers were always vague.

"Something's going on here..." Sabo thought to himself.

Robin and Zoro got up and went to their rooms. Sabo looked at Koala with a concerned look on his face and she returned it back.

As for Perona she was convinced more than anything that something had happened, and she was going to find out what!

"Damn it!" Zoro thought to himself, "Im hopeless!"

He put his hand over his head as he stared at the ceiling.

Things between him and Robin had been different, he couldn't find the courage to speak to her at all after what happened the previous night and to make it worse she wouldn't talk to him either and there was only 2 days until the festival! If things continued like this there's no way he'd be able to tell her his feelings.

So many questions flashed through his mind. Why wasn't she talking to him?

As for Robin she sat on the edge of her bed. She let out an irritated groan as she scratched her head.

"Stupid stupid stupid!" She thought to herself, "why did I have to do that!"

She replayed the memory of their sweet kiss under the tree, it was such an amazing feeling, but this however was not.

Her chest felt tight, the two had barely talked after the kiss.

"Did he not like it? Does he never want to speak to me again? I don't know what to do!"

She fell back ontop her bed and gripped a pillow tightly.

"Why?..." she thought to herself hopelessly.

The rest of the night was sleepless, the two couldn't fall asleep as they were too distressed to fall asleep. Although in the end they did end up falling asleep it wasn't until hours after they usually do.

The next morning

"Hey koala," Sabo called out to her.

The two were outside on a "shopping trip."

"Yeah?" replied Koala.

"Don't you think that Robin and Zoro have been acting strange around eachother ever since they got back?" Sabo asked for her opinion on the matter.

"Definitely," Koala replied, "Something had to have happened while they were gone right?"

"Well that's what I was thinking but what could it be?" Sabo asked trying to think of what could have happened.

"You guysssss!" Someone called out from above them.

"Perona?!" Sabo and Koala exclaimed as they saw their friend descend from above.

"I was wondering where you two went!" Perona said frustrated, "you don't intend to leave me out of this do you?"

"What do you mean?" Koala and Sabo said giving big dumb grins.

"I know you guys have been playing matchmaker for Zoro and Robin, and I know you guys feel the how different things feel between them," Perona started. Sabo and Koala looked towards eachother guiltily. Perona continued, "it's not fair to leave me out of this you know,"

"N-no Perona we would never," Sabo said flustered, "it's just that..."

"Was it that obvious?" Perona asked with a hint of red on her face.

"We're so sorry Perona. It was so insensitive of us to say all that stuff in front of you about Zoro and Robin and-" Koala started before she was cut off.

"It's ok you guys, you don't need to apologize," Perona said in a sweet but sad tone, "you guys didn't know, and besides they do make a cute couple."

"Perona..." Koala said in a sad voice.

"I haven't given up just yet though!" Perona said in a determined voice, "even if he loves her, I still want him to know that I love him!"

"When do you intend to tell him?" Sabo asked intrigued.

"You'll see." Perona responded determined to let Zoro know her true feelings.