Be Mine

Listen To My Story

Zoro sat there at the edge of the bed on his side in his pajamas waiting for Sanji to walk in. The triplets already got their bath and are put to sleep. Zoro had already decided at dinner to tell Sanji everything but he's still nervous. Thinking about it what should he say? Well he knows what to say but where does he start? He started to shake his leg, he is so nervous now. Zoro continue to wait and what is thirty minutes felt like three hours to Zoro. Sanji cleaning the kitchen took a long time. Most of the time Zoro either fell asleep or was reading while Sanji cleaned. Zoro lay in the middle of the bed with his eyes closed. He could hear the triplets breathing and babbling in their sleep. It's so quiet that he could hear the wind blowing. He's laying so still that he could feel the Sunny swaying. Then he heard footsteps coming towards the door.

He quickly sits up as he could hear the doorknob turn and the door open. This is it, no turning back, like Zoro ever turns back. Sanji turns to see Zoro sitting in the middle of the bed in his pj's. Sanji closes the door behind him, usually Zoro would be laying down on his side pretending to be asleep. "You're still up?" Sanji says questioning reality. He walk over to the cribs to see the triplets asleep.

"I have something to tell you." Sanji listens to Zoro as he walk to the closet. Zoro lets Sanji go into the closet to change into his pjs for the night. Sanji walks out in his pjs. 

"You have something to tell me?" Sanji says looking at Zoro as he sets his pocket watch down on the nightstand.

"It's about what happened while I was kidnapped." Zoro says and Sanji stops what he's doing to look at him.

"Are you sure?" Sanji asks at Zoro who just nods.

"Yeah. But I can't if you're staring at me so turn around." Zoro commands. Sanji complies and sits down on his side of the bed back facing Zoro. Zoro takes a few deep breaths.

"You don't have to force yourself." Sanji says still looking forward.

"I'm not forcing myself I'm just thinking about where to start." Zoro says back frowning at Sanji's back. He's nervous and still uncertain on how Sanji will act after. Where to start? Where to start? Oh maybe that. "Sorry?" Zoro says, they both look down. Sanji thinks Zoro is saying sorry and will tell him he can't do it. He can't tell him what happened just yet. "I'm sorry. You're trying to make this relationship work by having us be honest with each other and you started by telling me how you feel but I didn't. I even lied about not having something to tell you. I'm sorry." Sanji lifts his head up. He thought Zoro would retract his statement about telling him.

"You don't have to say sorry. We both aren't use to telling others our feeling especially to each other. I've learned it's going to take some errors to make our relationship work." Sanji says.

"What do you mean?" Zoro asks staring at Sanji's back.

"Trial and error, I've never been in a serious relationship and I don't think you have either so it's going to take some trial and errors to make this work. And I want to make this work."

"I do too so I'll tell you what happened. I know I made it seem like it was no big deal but when he first kidnapped me and forced me to have dinner with him I didn't like it. You probably don't want to hear me say this but I wasted the food he made for me trying to get away. I obviously didn't get far. At first Riku tried to warn me not to fight back but I didn't listen. I wanted to get back on the Sunny, to the triplets. When I finally listen to him I started to get stomach pain. Luka didn't care that I was in pain, he didn't check on me often. Riku did and we learned that the baby inside me died and we needed to get the baby out of me, what little grew out of me and that hurt, more than anything else ever did. I was not ready for that. I couldn't look at the baby, Riku cleaned everything up using up his power. I just laid there on the cold floor of the cell trying to forget about what just a happened and when I got out of the daze, thanks to Riku, I learned that a few days have past and that Luka had been taking some of my blood."

"For his devil fruit power no doubt."

"You know his devil fruit powers."

"Yeah, Riku told us. He needs the blood of the person he wants to take control over but you are stronger than he is so he couldn't control you, only cause you pain."

"After learning that days have past I decided to get back to the Sunny so I escaped but I had no idea where you were and Luka got me, punished me and put me back in my cell. The second time Riku helped me but I got caught again and punished again. This time Riku and I talked about a plan, he went to search for you guys and I should lay low and try to heal but Luka didn't let me heal. Then he suddenly came for me telling me it was a perfect time to escape, Luka was asleep and the Sunny was close so we got out but I was tired. Luka had gotten blood from me all night and I didn't stay awake long."

"That's when Riku showed up on the Sunny with you in his arms."

"Yes. I was so happy to back with everyone to be with the triplets and what ever happened on Luka's ship didn't even seem like they actually happened. The triplets helped me forget. I also thought that since no one knew about me being pregnant again there was no need to tell anyone. Even though it hurt, I focused on the triplets. I thought I made the right decision when you confessed to me, but that was just me being selfish. For a while everything seemed right until.."

"Until Luka kidnapped you again."

"Yeah."