Zoro X Perona [Just because you were there]

The Soap Bottle of fate

Perona heard him enter the water and slowly turned around. He sat down and let out an "aah". After a long day of training a warm bath felt great. He then felt small hands in his hair. Removing the little pieces that remained. He closed his eye enjoying the feeling. Even after she poured a small bucket of water over his head, It remained closed.

After she had finished washing his hair. She poured some soap into her hand and started at his back. Her small hands trailed over the muscles of his shoulders and down his back. After she finished she got up from the small stool and walked around to do the front. She poured a little more soap in her hand and place the bottle on the ground. Her small hands washed his chest.

As she did it heaved under them. She looked at the calm movement. Then her eyes trailed up his chest to his neck. It had grown broad in the time he was here. The lines glistered because of his browned, wet skin. Her eyes trailed further up his neckline to his jaw. His lips, closed in a straight line. His nose and finally his eyes. Mesmerized she stared at his face. He looked calm but not harmless. Everyone could tell he was a man you shouldn't mess with and yet he didn't scare her. If anything she was curious to what hid behind those grey eyes. Well she hadn't seen his left eye in awhile now.

His eye opened and looked at her. It was so silent and she realized she had stopped washing his chest. Her hands just rest on it now. He opened his mouth. "P-" . "NOTHING!!" she jumped up. An action she immediately regretted, because when in her haste to jump to her feet, the soap bottle fell over and she landed right on it. Not being a suitable foothold it slipped from under her and before she knew what was happening she was falling. An "aah" followed by a loud splash filled the bathroom as she fell into the tub.

She sputtered and came up to catch her breath. As she coughed she was struck by the horrible truth. She slowly turned and looked at Zoro. Said Swordsmen watched her with a smirk and one second after that he busted out into laughter. Perona her face turned red as he laughed, not just because she felt embarrassed, but also because she had never seen him laugh like this. He looked different. "Oi oi oi are you alright? You had quite a fall there". He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Ku, yeah yeah". She said getting up out of the tub in her now drenched gown. "Laugh it up". "Hahahaha, you have to admit that was funny". "Whatever". she said with a small grin. Seeing him laugh made her kind of happy. She didn't know why, but maybe it was because he was always so serious.

After that they grew closer. She still took care of him, but now they talked more. About her powers, his love for wielding katana's and everything they had ever been through. They would do the house chores together and occasionally go fishing, if Zoro felt like it.

"Your wounds are getting less and less with each passing day". "That's a good sign. It means I have become stronger". "I remember when you looked like a mummy" She laughed. "Now look at you. All big and buff". "I'm not that big". "Ow please Zoro. Too bad about your eye though. That's a permanent scar". "It's alright. I'm used to it by now, he ran a hand over it. "It's almost time isn't it?" "Yes, two months left and I'll be going back to the Sabaody archipelago". She frowned a bit. "What's the matter?" "Well". She closed the med box. "I'm kind of going to miss you. I've grown quite fond of you". She hovered into the air and he looked up at her frowning. She smiled at him. "That's okay though. We had fun and even though you're a blockhead"... "Oi!" She giggled. ..we had our fair share of laughter".