Shouldn't Be Falling

Gifts and Night One

A/N: I forgot to mention, Saboace is also featured.

Sanji patted up the stairs with a white box tied off with a green ribbon. He went to his shared room with Zoro and pushed open the door. Zoro kicked something under his bed as Sanji smiled.

"I knew I would find you here." Sanji said.

"But we just met." Zoro said.

"So?"

Sanji approached him and handed him the box. Zoro looked to the box before he pulled off the ribbon and inside. Was sticky rice with mango. He grinned looking up to Sanji.

"This is for me?"

Sanji nodded and handed him a plastic fork. Zoro took it before he dug in. He grinned to the flavor and looked up to Sanji.

"You made this?" Zoro asked.

Sanji nodded, "It's not very good but. I tried. It's in return for showing me the apple and the mango tree's."

Zoro scarfed it down as Sanji blinked watching it disappear. He handed him back the box.

"I want more of your cooking." Zoro said.

"But. That wasn't that good. I made the-"

"I don't care. I want more."

Sanji smiled, "Okay I'll make you more tomorrow."

Zoro smirked, before he turned to his bed and crawled underneath. He grabbed a cook book and handed it to Sanji. The cook smiled taking the book. He opened it flipping through recipe after recipe. Zoro watched his eye flick back in forth and they smiled. They had some happiness as he looked at the book. Then he snapped it closed and looked to Zoro. He embraced him having Zoro stiffen, catching a whiff of the vanilla and the coconut on his form. When Sanji pulled back he put a hand on his shoulder.

"Thank you." He said.

Zoro gave a crooked smiled, "Yeah. I thought you'd like it."

The door opened as a man in his early twenties walked in, "Sanji. I'm here to fit you for your uniform."

Sanji put the book on his bed before he turned to Zoro, "You better not wander off. Or we'll never find you."

Zoro sighed, "You sound like everyone else here."

"Well you have no sense of direction. I would assume."

He stuck his tongue out to Sanji who walked away with the man. Once he figured they left. Zoro got up stuffing his hands in his pocket and headed out of the room. He poked his head out finding a few boys playing ball. The ASL brothers. Three boys who instantly clicked when they arrived. Luffy was the youngest. Sabo the second eldest. And Ace. He was the pitcher, Luffy the batter, and Sabo the catcher. Ace pitched the ball as Luffy hit it. Zoro ducked as the ball zipped by him and bounced off the window. Bulletproof glass.

"Nice try Luffy." Zoro called.

He picked up the ball and tossed it to Ace who caught it. He tossed the ball up and down in his hand as his eyes narrowed to the chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

"Do you think that's shatterproof?" Ace asked.

"One way to find out." Sabo shrugged.

Ace smirked winded up his pitch before it darted from his hand to the glass chandelier. They laughed before Luffy went to their room. Ace and Sabo were freshmen while Luffy was in the seventh grade. Sabo slung the baseball bat over his shoulders as Zoro walked by.

"Whoa hold on there tiger." Sabo said.

Zoro turned to them, they glanced to each other before back to Zoro.

"So you got a dorm mate huh? You got the hots for him?" Ace asked.

He blushed, "I do not!"

"Sure. Well if you need any professional help. We're here for you."

Ace slung his arm over Sabo's shoulder. Then winked to him. Zoro rolled his eyes as he went downstairs. Stepping around the shattered glass where some janitors were cleaning up. Most of the boys were outside while the others were talking to professors. Zoro poked his head inside Robin's classroom. She sat at her desk reading book.

"Pst." Zoro whispered.

She perked up and turned to Zoro, "Oh Zoro. Come in."

He stepped inside shutting the door, he approached her desk. He fiddled with his tie and looked up to Robin.

"How did it go?" She asked.

"He cooked for me, and then I gave him the book. Then he hugged me." Zoro said.

She smiled, "How sweet, now. What are you going to do?"

He shrugged, "I don't know."

Robin hummed, "Maybe get to know him more. See what else he likes. Maybe. You can get to know him better then."

He nodded.

As night fell Sanji poked his head into their room. Zoro was bouncing a ball off the ceiling and back into his hand. Completely unaware of Sanji in the room. Until the blonde finally walked into the room. Zoro turned to him as the ball bounced off the ceiling and onto his head. He grunted as Sanji chuckled. A bell rung going down the hallway earning the boy's attention.

"Five minutes before bedtime!" A man called.

Zoro grumbled getting up and shutting the door. Sanji went to the closet pulling out his suitcase and pulled out his pajamas. But Zoo caught something yellow. He snatched it taking a look at the stuffed duck. Sanji snapped to him reaching for it. But he was shorter than said boy.

"Is this your little stuffed animal?" Zoro said.

"I'm gonna kill you!" Sanji spat.

He jumped up snatching his stuffed duck and held it close pursing his lips. Zoro hummed as Sanji backed away to his suitcase.

"Does someone love his little stuffed animal?" Zoro teased.

"Shut up!" Sanji barked.

He hung up his uniform before changing into his pajamas and went to his bed. His back faced Zoro and clutched his stuffed animal. Zoro pouted to that.

"I was only kidding." Zoro said.

"Your mean." Sanji said.

"I think it's cute."

Sanji turned to him, "Now your just teasing me."

"No honest, I don't have much of anything to remind me of home."

Zoro sat on his bed shrugging off his uniform and tossed it to the floor. He sat in his boxers kicking his feet against the bed.

"Well, we will be home soon." Sanji said.

Zoro looked over to him. He clutched the yellow duck with a soft smile on his face.

"You think we can hang out over the summer?" Zoro asked.

"Totally." Sanji grinned.

The lights shut off as Zoro got under the covers and rested against his pillow.

"Goodnight, Sanji."

"Goodnight, Marimo."