Sanji's Secret

chapter 1

It was a normal day on the merry. Sanji was enjoying his cooking, finally free from Luffy-who Nami was hitting up side the head across the ship. Sanji could hear Luffy asking Zoro to save him. Sanji didn't hear Zoro's answer, so he asumed that Zoro replied with his normal grunt.

'Zoro...'

Sanji's face flushed as he drove the cutting knife down on the board, hitting his fingers.

"Ahhh!"

Sanji stared at his hand in shock, blood trailed down his arm, he felt tears try to spill.

"Shit" he whimpered. He'd never cut himself before. Stupid Moss head.

The door busted open and Zoro ran in the kitchen, followed by Luffy, Robin and Nami, who drug Ussop and chopper behind her.

"What happened? Raid?" Zoro asked, cicking open one of his three swords. Then seeing Sanji's hand, closed it and grabbed Sanji's hand. "Shitty cook cut himself" he muttered

Sanji flushed and tried to pull his hand away. "I didn't mean to."

Zoro looked at him and he realized that he had said it quietly and like a child who was trying not to cry.

Sanji yanked his hand away "Shitty lime"

"Give me your hand Sanji." Chopper said. Sanji nodded and handed it to him. The group watched Chooper do his thing. The little deer gave him a worrying look while fixing his hand.

"Sanji?"

"Yes Chooper?"

"Are you okay?"

"It was just a tiny cut" Sanji looked at the group confused

"He's not talking about your cut, Sanji" Robin said "you always seemed sad but now even you fawning over me and Nami is sad."

"It was always sad, now he just is sad while doing it."Zoro grumbled.

Sanji stared at him. Zoro seemed almost worried about him. Sanji smiled one of his few real smiles and flipped the stupid Swordsman off.

"I'm fine." Sanji took out a cigarette and placed it in his mouth with his freshly wrapped hand. "I need to finish cooking dinner. Please leave so I can work."

"What about us, Sanji?" Nami said as she pulled Robin over. The others left.

Sanji smiled at the girls. "Sorry not this time."

Nami's face turned to shock. Sanji was rejecting them? First time for everything, she guessed

"Fine but I need to real fast ask you to do something."

"What?"

"Tomorrow is Zoro's birthday..."she was taken back by Sanji's laughter.

"Nami I know that. I've been working and planning all day." Okay so he lied. He'd been planning this since he found out Zoro's birthday. "I got it covered"

"You've been working all day?" Nami stared at him "but you and Zoro hate each other!"

"So I love birthdays." He played with his hands, not quite looking at the girls

"Oh" Nami walked off with Robin.

"You know what I think?"

Nami shook her head "poor Sanji"

Few minutes later Sanji called all them to dinner.