What's Not To Love

Chapter 2

When Zoro woke up the next morning, he had a bad feeling. His gut was telling him that something bad was going to happen and he preferred not to take any chances because of last time. Zoro got up quickly and started getting dressed in his usual attire. He then left the room. He didn't need to check if the babies were in the cribs. He knew they weren't. Sanji always took them in the mornings.

Arriving on the deck, Zoro saw that he was up pretty early. Usually the girls were out on the deck but since they were no where to be seen, Zoro guessed that they were still asleep. He shrugged and continued towards the kitchen.

When he entered the kitchen, Zoro couldn't help but smile. Both the twins were in their seats on the counter. Sanji was currently making faces at them, causing them to laugh. Upon further inspections, Zoro saw that their bottles were empty meaning that they would be sleep again in a few.

Sighing with relief, Zoro turned to walk away. He was relieved that the kids were fine but he still had that feeling in his gut.

" Hey Marimo?"

Zoro turned to Sanji with a bored face.

" What?"

Handing the twins their stuffed toys, Sanji looked up at Zoro and spoke. "Did you look at the time? It's pretty early for you to be up."

Zoro stared at Sanji for a moment before answering. "Yeah well, I couldn't sleep."

"That's not like you." Sanji commented curiously.

Zoro scoffed and glared at Sanji. He suddenly felt a surge of anger. "Your one to talk."

Sanji was taken back for a second. He recovered after a moment and threw a glare back at Zoro. "What's that suppose to mean?"

"I mean that you haven't been acting like yourself lately Shit Cook." Zoro said as he moved a little towards Sanji.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Sanji asked. He fought to keep his voice down to not disrupt the now sleeping twins. "Nothing about me is different."

Zoro snorted. " You don't think I notice your earlier mornings and later nights in the past month? Or the fact that you've moved your chair closer to the girls at meals? Or maybe that you keep your distance from me? And lets not forget the most important. No sexual contract at all. Not even a small peck."

Zoro waited for an answer but was greeted with silence. Sanji stayed quiet. He knew what he had done. He just didn't think it was noticeable.

"Do you not want to be with me Sanji?"

Sanji stared at Zoro in shock. He remained quiet the entire time resulting in Zoro asking the question more clearly.

"Is that it? It's that you don't want to be together, isnt it? You feel forced to be with me and the kids? If that's the case then-"

Sanji cut Zoro off off quickly. "How could you even think that?" The slowness in the way Sanji asked made Zoro cautious. To him it was a little taste of deja vu.

Zoro heard movement on the deck and tried to end their conversation. "Look. Jus- Just forget I said anything."

Zoro turned to exit the kitchen and missed the sound of Sanji's footfalls. As soon as Zoros hand touched the knob, Sanji swung him around. He wasn't even in the right state of mind to notice what he was doing. And where he was doing it.

"What the hell Sanji?!" Zoro asked shocked and angry.

He cursed when he saw the look in Sanji's eyes. He was past the stage of being spoken to. However, Zoro didn't care much about that at the second. Zoro looked over the cooks shoulder and saw that the small commotion had scared them awake. He watched the kids as they began to throw a fit out of fear. Without a doubt, they were looking for one of their parents.