In The World of One Piece (VariousxReader)

Zoro x Reader

A/N~ Hey everyone I'm back! There is still one more birthday I have to deal with this month but most of the chaos is over for now. I finally got the wifi set up in my apartment earlier today and only just finished this chapter. In the meantime the picture in this chapter was found on zerochan. Enjoy!~

He awoke to the sound of his crewmates shouting and groggily stood to join them at the ship's railing. Usopp was pointing towards something in the sky which seemed to be rapidly falling. Out of curiosity he took the binoculars from around Usopp's neck without much care to the fact that he was now straggling his long-nosed friend and gazed at the falling object. For a moment as the blurry view of the binoculars cleared he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Some random woman was falling from the sky. Before their ginger haired navigator could point out how this should be impossible he found himself dropping the binoculars, and an unconscious Usopp, to the ground and running along a nearby rock fixture to the cliff edge at its other end.

Once he reached the edge he jumped and managed to launch himself far enough to catch you, his body curling up into a ball instinctively to brace for the water's impact as he started to fall. But instead he felt two rubber arms wrap around you both before launching you at full speed back toward the ship's deck.

He held onto you tightly the whole time you were flying through the air but as soon as he hit the deck he finally let go. Instantly, his reindeer friend was checking on him and you while asking a flurry of questions regarding how he physically felt. It was then as he caught his breath that he finally took a good look at you. And he felt captivated as he gazed at you, to the point that he didn't even hear his crewmates bombarding more questions at him. And even as they started to talk amongst each other he didn't hear, until they were discussing who would watch over you until you woke up. At that moment, while the cries of your friend who followed you were finally being heard, he nonverbally volunteered for the job by picking you up and carrying you to the infirmary.

~a few months later~

You had made yourself a place in the crew assisting Chopper soon after joining and got along with just about everyone. However, Zoro seemed to avoid you whenever possible, which broke your heart more than a little bit. So any moment to get close to him, be it keeping him from getting lost or even to treat injuries like the ones he suffered at Thiller Bark, were cherished. You had always admired him and thought that he was just so darn cool while watching the show, and those months actually spending time with everyone had not diminished that. If anything it had caused you to develop special feelings for him.

Now you were stuck on Kuraigana Island watching him train after having helped clean up a little around the castle. You remembered when you first arrived with the moss head in tow, he did everything he could to protect you from those crazy apes, only to end up getting even more injured. It hurt you to sit back and let him fight on but you knew that you shouldn't intervene even if you could. But when it came to Mihawk's attitude towards you and him you couldn't quite hold in your feelings and left the whole room completely astonished as you got real close and looked the legendary swordsman straight into his piercing golden eyes as you proceeded to lecture him about his manners. Before eventually being dragged away by Perona to help her treat Zoro's injuries.

But now despite you're current reminiscing you still heard Mihawk enter the room behind you.

"Miss (y/n)" he addressed you.

"Hawk-eyes" you replied while gazing out the window at Zoro, who was training.

It only took two strides for him to join you at your perch and after a few moments observing his student he spoke again.

"Do you have feelings for Roronoa?"

A blush exploded on your face as you continued looking at Zoro. Though you contemplated whether it was even Mihawk's business, you figured that lying or avoiding the question would not be the best idea.