[Roronoa Zoro] ~ Remembering You ~ ||Fanfiction||

~ Chapter 10 ~

Your ears pick up on the growing sounds of birds chirping. Your skin felt the blanket of warmth lay over you along with your eyelids exposed to the light of the sunrise over you. Normally, you wouldn't be opposed to some warmth while you slept, however you found yourself beginning to overheat. You scrunch your brows feeling the heat continue to seep into your skin. Begrudgingly opening your eyes slowly, you do your best to scope your surroundings with minimal movement. You couldn't quite figure out why you're feeling so hot right now...until you felt the shimmy of a foreign object across your waist.

Slowly bringing your chin down to inspect, you see a lightly tan arm wrapped around you. At first you let out a sigh of relief that you didn't feel any danger posed with the arm and you certainly felt relief when you realized it was just Zoro's arm. You smile to yourself before slowly closing your eyes in the hopes to return to your peaceful slumber.

'Zoro's arms around me...'

...

'HIS ARM IS AROUND ME???'

Your eyes gape open in the span of 0.00001 seconds, your cheeks begin to heat up as you try to keep your heart calm. Even perspiration wasn't your friend in this situation. You looked back down at the arm gripping your waist, keeping your arms tightly tucked into your chest like a praying mantis. Your ears potentially picked up on the gentle snores that came from him, your back picking up on the steady breathing that's coming from his chest.

You didn't want to wake him up but at the same time, you didn't want him to wake up to this and feel the anxiety he described to you. You had to ensure that you protected Zoro's wellbeing as much as he protected everyone else's. Taking a deep quiet breath, you bring your right hand down to gently pry his arm away.

Amidst your efforts to avoid waking up sleeping beauty, you'd forgotten one small detail about him; he had this uncanny ability to sense any disturbance in his sleep.

Zoro: "Y/N, stop moving so much." Zoro mumbled out. You sucked in a breath.

'He's awake.'

Y/N: "M'sorry but you're literally a furnace. Please get off me." You almost pleaded, you didn't want him to feel anxious the moment he woke up and saw you.

Relief flooded you as you felt the heat lift off your skin and the ability to move yourself around. He didn't seem too bothered by the sleeping arrangement, but you remembered how good he was at hiding his true feelings. You turned to look at him on his side as he napped, the gentle inhalation of quiet breaths that filled his chest. Your eyes zoned onto the sunlight perched on his tan skin, deepening his light caramel complexion. Your eyes crept up to his face and the peaceful expression of his closed eyes and solemn lips, the curvature of his nose and the apples of his cheeks.

Ignoring the growing heat in your cheeks, you move to bring yourself to stand off the ground and gently stretch your sore body, the soil on the ground now not quite as soft as you'd remembered it before passing out from exhaustion. You took a few steps away from Zoro, looking around the trees and over the lake to refresh yourself on your surroundings.

Y/N"When should we go back?'' You broke the silence as you continued looking around.

Zoro: "Gimme five min.''

You rolled your eyes.

'Typical Zoro'

Y/N: "You can nap on the ship.'' You counter argue. You knew five minutes would turn into at least an hour.

Zoro: "I know.''

Y/N: "Then...what's stopping us from going home earlier?" You persisted.

Zoro: "You.''