.Just Friends. [[ Zoro X Reader ]]

Not Friends

Loud whistles pierced your ear drums as you entered The Redline Pub. Zoro furrowed his brow at your idiot cousins as they made their way to greet you.

"It's about time the two of you got together." Shanks piped up from the bar.

You turned frowning at the crimson haired man.

"What?" His grin fell.

"It isn't like that." Zoro grunted pinching the bridge of his nose.

You felt your stomach drop a bit. His clear displeasure at the assumption that you had gotten together dashed any hope you might've harbored.

"Sorry." Shanks offered looking rather confused.

"Zorrrooooooo!" Luffy shouted hopping on the greenette's back.

"Oi. Get off you little shit." He reached back to grab the kid.

"So mean!" Luffy cried jumping down.

"How can someone who just got laid be so grumpy?" Ace grinned slapping Zoro's back.

"Stop spreading rumors." You flicked your freckled cousin's ear.

"Ow! What the hell F/N?!" He whimpered.

"Nobody got laid. Nobody is together." Zoro barked.

"Ooh." Ace rubbed his ear, "Luffy must've misunderstood."

"I need a drink." You sighed turning back to Shanks.

"I can make that happen." He smiled and waved the barkeep over.

"F/N!" You heard your friend Nami call walking up from behind.

She placed her hand on your shoulder and squeezed as her friend Robin joined you.

"Congrats. Ace said you and Zoro finally did the deed." She giggled.

Ugh.

That's how your night went; chugging drinks and tediously explaining to everyone that your cousins were morons and had misunderstood the situation.

You were now being dragged down the sidewalk.

"I c-an d-do iiiit." You slurred trying to shrug out of your chaperone's grasp.

"Stop wiggling around." Zoro snorted struggling to hold you up and follow the GPS on his phone.

"I'm hungry." You whimpered.

"We'll eat when we get home." He huffed.

He tugged you up the steps to the apartment building.

"You could help a little." He sighed, "What's the number again?"

"I...am helping." You argued putting as much effort into your steps as you could muster, "It's 24A. At the end of the hall to the left."

After fumbling with your keys for an eternity he finally unlocked the door and pulled you inside.

"Just leave me on the floor to die." You laughed as he rounded the sofa and sat you down.

You leaned against the couch violently trying to kick your converse off. He'd disappeared into the kitchen. The room spun every time you blinked and it was suddenly very hot.

"Zoro! Zo-ro!" You called louder than intended.

"What!?" He peeked out of the kitchen.

His annoyed expression dropped when he caught sight of how pale you'd gotten.

"T-rash can. I-I need ..." You gagged.

He sprinted into the room with a small bin you kept under the sink. Just in time for you to vomit. He shushed you and rubbed your back as you lost your dinner. After watching you throw up he cleaned up and set your small oscillating fan in front of you.