A One Piece Twist (ZoSan)

A One Piece Twist: Chapter Six

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A One Piece Twist

Chapter 6

Sanji groaned as he turned over in his bed, and buried half his face into the pillow. He opened his eye into a slit, looking around his room. Except... this was not his room...

He shot up into a sitting position. What the hell? Where was he? The hair on the back of his neck rose, memories-or dreams?- flashing through his mind in lightning fast images.

Clutching his head, Sanji shivered violently. He tried steady his shaky breaths as his half asleep mind tried to process the last 24 hours.

Okay, he had woken up...then Carmen came, then Zoro and...then...then... Sanji mind failed to remember as he shivered again.

God, he couldn't even think, he was so freaking cold-oh yeah! He had gone into the freezer! He relaxed, realizing he was at the clinic.

"Hey, there, man. You okay?" a soft voice asked.

He nearly jumped out of his skin, and starred in surprise at the young man in the bed across from him.

"Yeah...thanks..." the blonde replied, a little skeptical of talking to the unknown teen.

He looked young, probably 18, and was relatively thin, with short scruffy hair, and a beard. The dark circles under his eyes made Sanji think that the man hadn't had a proper nights sleep in days.

He wore a simple olive green tank top and a pair of grey jeans. Grey sweat bands with blue stripes occupied his wrists, making his olive skin look darker. Or maybe that was just the sunburn...

The man tilted his head to the side, a questioning look on his face. The two spherical red earrings in each of his ears caught Sanji's eyes, drawing him from his rude starring.

"I'm sorry. Did you ask me something?" the blonde asked embarrassed.

"Yeah," the teen said, laughing lightly. "I asked what your name is."

He blushed."Oh," then after a moment, "I'm Sanji."

The man nodded, smiling. "I'm Gin."*

An awkward silence filled the room.

"So," Gin said after a few minutes, "what are you in here for?"

Sanji shook his head, and blushed again. "If I tell you, you'll laugh at me."

Gin's big eyes smiled at the cook. "Nah. I'm sure it's not as bad as what got me placed here." The laugh was barely contained in the other mans voice.

Sanji found himself smiling,too, the awkwardness quickly disappearing. "Oh, really? I doubt that."

The brunette laughed out loud this time. "Wouldn't doubt it. It's the most pathetic and embarrassing reason to end up in the hospital."

The cook laughed as well. "Try me."

Gin shifted from slouching against his wall to sitting up straight, and crossing his legs Indian style.

"Well, it all started this morning, actually, when I slept through my early morning training. When I get up, my friends are already out the door and piling into the car, howling at me to hurry up. I barely manage to get ready in time before they left me behind. They tell me that we are heading to town for breakfast, and of course, in my hurry to get down to them, I forgot my fucking wallet!"

The young man shakes his head at his own foolishness, face palming himself.

"So, when i get there, the others leave me to go across the street while I get out the emergency credit card, then headed over to the dinner myself. Crisis averted, right, but no! When I'm about to cross the street, the old lady I was walking behind gets mugged!"