What's Not To Love

Chapter 23

The mood in the gallery was anything but normal. Instead of the boisterous and noisy atmosphere, there was a calm, almost soothing mood around everyone. No one spoke loudly as they were too fascinated by the current situation.

"Say ah for Daddy Kai"

Sanji delicately fed Kai a spoonful of mash potatoes with a huge smile on his face. He had made the kids a very organic and baby approved menu. He looked over at Dai and fed him a spoonful of mashed carrots. The menu had a lot of color and was edible for them all at the same time.

Everyone stared at Sanji in amazement. The entire time the babies were on board, the crew had never seen Sanji take care of both babies during dinner time. Usually, Zoro would want to do it, claiming he could handle it better,which he proved he could do several times when the kids got too rowdy for the cook. Dinner time was when they were the most upset and intolerable. But somehow, Sanji was making it work today.

The girls stole a glance at Zoro who looked both happy and uncomfortable. Usually, the babies were closest to him but for today they were closer to the girls and Sanji. Apparently, Sanji wanted Zoro to peacefully eat his meal, something that rarely happened these days. Though he felt uncomfortable, Zoro couldn't help but stare with admiration and a touch of pride (very small because he was mad at Sanji until further notice of course).

Sanji continued to feed the kids naturally, ignoring the crew. He was beyond happy to be around the kids again. Since Zoro was being stubborn with the time he could have with him, he was trying to swoon him by showing his parental skills. Making a quick glance at Zoro, Sanji smirked when he saw the latter turn and focus on his food after their eyes met.

"It seems Dai prefers greens." Robin commented, as she watched Dai continuously try and dig his hand into the soft peas and baby broccoli that Sanji made for them.

Sanji glanced towards Dai and cooed at him as he gave him a spoonful of peas. "Is miss Robin-chwan right Dai? Do you like the veggies daddy cooked for you?" Sanji was rewarded with continuous claps and excited sounds from Dai.

"And Kai likes meat," Luffy added with a huge smile. " Just like me hehe"

Indeed Kai did. She kept lifting the brown substance into her mouth with her hands, much to Sanji's dismay.

"Kai sweetie, we don't eat with our hands. We're not animals like some people" Sanji commented with a direct gaze to Luffy. He glanced at Chopper with a smile and added "no offense."

Watching Luffy fling food around on his plate, Chopper replied. "Non taken."

With a mouth full of food, Luffy turned to Zoro.

"Hey Zoro," The first mate locked eyes with his captain. "If Sanji's 'daddy' and you're not 'mommy', what do they call you?"

The entire table grew silent once again, curious for the answer as well. Zoro, on the other hand, was a bit flustered. He hadn't quite thought that far.

"There's a lot of names they could call us." Sanji commented as he cleaned the twins faces and gave them their Franky-approved sippy cups. He turned back to the crew and spoke. "I mean, one of us can be Dad, DaDa,Daddy,Papa,etc. It doesn't really matter what they call me in the end. You got a preference?"

Sanji directed the question at Zoro who had a mouth full of food in an attempt to avoid talking to him. He shook his head and looked back at his plate.

Sanji smiled wide and looked at Luffy. "See. Problem solved."

The crew drank in the calm atmosphere afterwards. The three troublemakers started to huddle together and listen to Usopp's new design that he was making. Nami and Zoro both glared at them for this. Lately, the things that Usopp had been making were just making the ship a mess.