Crimson Chivalry: Sanji x Reader

Chapter 10: The Monstrous Quartet?

There is a reference in here and past chapters, but from now on I am no longer saying if there are references in any of my books. You just have to keep your eye open more from now on.

"Mornin'" Nami grinned as a few heads of the Straw Hat crew popped into the kitchen ready for breakfast. The trio took a seat at the dining table expecting their breakfast to be served within the second. Just to realize that their cook had yet to finish it. Sanji's head bobbed, as did his eyelids that felt weighed down by lead. "Sanji?" Nami arched her eyebrows in confusion.

"Oh..." Sanji perked back wiping off what felt to be stray drool trying to escape from the corner of his mouth. "Good morning Nami," Sanji greeted the woman of his dreams with a tired jaw breaking yawn not once taking his eyes from the stove. Despite how little of the crew were accounted for, everyone found the tired salutation off when normally one look towards Sanji's Nami-swan would perk him up to the point where he'd be bouncing off the walls.

"How come you weren't in bed last night Sanji? Then again neither was Chopper," Usopp asked rather than the others since it was only him and the girls at the dining table. The girls don't ever bother to enter the boy's dorm so how could they know of Sanji's absence? Everyone else was taking care of matters of their own before the first big meal of the day.

Sanji looked over his shoulder to the long nosed liar, he had black rings around his half lidded eyes. "Chopper woke me up... Couldn't get back to sleep afterwards," Sanji yawned again with a hand before his mouth.

"Explains why Chopper is still asleep," Usopp shrugs letting the conversation go. Zoro made a silent entrance not all that long afterwards, the silence and lack of crew members even got him by surprise.

The swordsman's attention was immediately drawn to Sanji just out of boredom alone, it always made his day to tease and provoke the cook. And today looked to be his lucky day. "You look like a wreck," Zoro snickered with a pleased smirk. "Did (Y/n) put up a fight again?" Zoro asked with utmost curiosity but most of all as a joke.

"She actually didn't," Sanji answered without a second thought. "Wait!" Sanji spun around waving his knife within the air in Zoro's direction. "How the hell did you know I had to take care of the problem!?"

"Chopper told me you and (Y/n) had a sleep-"

"Shut it," Sanji snapped.

"What's up with the secrecy Shit Cook?" Zoro knew exactly what was up no thanks to Sanji's unnecessary hostility. Sanji hadn't a clue as to why Zoro had to press on the subject so hard to begin with.

"Come with me outside," Sanji glared at the Mosshead. A look that could kill upon contact. Zoro refused to follow him out. "I'm tired, cooperate with me just this once."

"Fine," Zoro followed Sanji outside.

The trio couldn't take their gazes away from the door as the two rivals bickered on their way out of the kitchen. "What the hell was that about?" Usopp exclaimed.

"Embarrassed you had a sleepover with a girl?" Zoro teased.

"That's not the problem," Sanji growled. "I don't need Nami or Usopp or anyone else getting their nose all up and in my business any further than they already are. I've noticed that they both trust (Y/n) the least around here, and if they heard I slept with her last night..."

"I see where you're going," Zoro wore a deadpan expression. "My mouth is shut."

Sanji eased up. "Really?"

"Yeah," Zoro crossed his arms leaning his weight all on one foot easing himself up all on his own. "You've been taking all the shots ever since (Y/n) joined up with us. I knew girls were difficult but damn..."