Crossing Lines (ZoRobin Fanfic)

Hanging

Sanji let out a long exhale of smoke, looking somewhat thoughtful as he turned his gaze to the sky.

The weather had been most gracious to their crew for the last few days. The sky was mostly clear and the ocean was still, making their journey a lot more secure than it had been for a long time. Everybody on board had very little to complain about, as they were all catching up on rest, and fixing whatever it was that had been broken from their last exciting, albeit, dangerous encounters at sea.

Though he was thankful for the break, he also can't help but feel bored from doing nothing. He longed to set foot on a town again, shop for local, not-to-be-found-anywhere foods and ingredients, dine in a local restaurant where he gets to be the customer (an experience he finds amusing being the crew's own chef), and make merry with the pretty ladies the town has to offer. The blonde chef had been most excited for such an experience that he almost jumped into the water when Nami announced that they'll be landing on a habited island within the day.

As soon as the Thousand Sunny hit the shore, Sanji was already out before anybody else had the chance to review their plans for the day. He would be going exploring on his own, and he swore not even Luffy could stop him from fulfilling his soul's desire. No one could.

That was what he thought.

Apparently, Sanji has a soft spot for women, especially for the women of the Strawhat crew. He would do anything and everything, even set aside meeting a thousand local beauties, if only to make sure that Nami and Robin are always happy.

So it was no surprise that he made it his business to set things straight when he saw Robin come out of the crow's nest looking sullen, with tears obviously glazing her eyes.

It was uncharacteristic of the raven-haired beauty to be emotional. Sanji could even count with his fingers the rare occasions that Robin had shown emotions deviating from her usual level-headed attitude. She's always been calm, collected and not easily angered, so it's no easy task for anyone to know the reason behind her unusual behavior.

Fortunately (or not) for Sanji, he knows full well the few things that triggers Robin; Those that threatens to harm the crew's well-being, lewd people taking over Chopper's body*, and a certain moss-head meat-brain.

Seeing how their past few days had gone without Luffy picking a fight with some big-shot name, and no soul-swapping had been performed on anyone, it was a no-brainer that the blame would fall on Roronoa Zoro. Despite actually being clueless on what might have gone between his two crewmates, Sanji was already sure of Zoro being at fault. The young swordsman was the exact opposite of Robin; tactless, hot-headed, and an overall idiot.

"I'm going to kill that fucking Marimo." Sanji muttered to himself in annoyance before taking another lungful of smoke from his cigarette.

"Kill who?"

"N-nami?" Sanji turned at the voice that crept from behind him and was met by a piercing glare courtesy of the crew's navigator.

"If you're going to cause trouble, make sure you leave the ship alone." Nami warned, puffing her cheeks. "You and Zoro keeps on making trouble for everyone every time you two decide to be idiots."

"But Nami, that marimo made Rob-" Sanji paused after realizing that it would probably better if he doesn't tell the others about what he saw. He assumed it would inconvenience Robin to have everybody flock around her because of his tattletale mouth.

"Zoro made Robin what?" Nami prodded.

"Ah Nami-san. What I mean is, that marimo made Robin go up the nest only to refuse the offer to go with us. He wasted Robin's energy and for that he must be punished, right?"