What's Not To Love

Chapter 32

Sanji stared at the retreating body in shock. He watched his green haired crew member disappear into the room but never moved. His eyes felt dry,and the hairs on the back of his neck were beginning to stand up. He glanced behind him at the now empty hall and saw nothing. He folded one arm around his body and leaned the other on top of it as he rubbed his chin in slight thought.

Was something wrong with him? He let his eyes fall onto the room again. It wasn't like he didn't like the change of pace or the hint of hope. As a matter of fact, he loved it to the point that he wished Zoro would always act like that. But the thing is, that's not how Zoro is. Zoro would never let it be known that he still wanted to be with him. Hell, the man made it known that he could care less about anything that didn't directly involve the twins.

His eyes trailed to the floor as he thought. Should he even go into the room and figure out what the hell just happened?

He stared at the door for a few more moments before turning towards the bathroom. No matter whether he was going to venture into this new world of Zoro or not, he needed to have a clear mind and a less jumpy heart to be rational.

Zoro let the door close behind him softly before leaning against it. Air escaped throuh his lips as he clutched at his heart. A part of him wanted to peak out the door and see how Sanji reacted to his little switch up but the other part of him was embarrassed that he actually went through with it. With Sanji being nice and all to him, he couldn't help but feel sad when he was too. They both want the same thing:

To be happy.

Zoro slid down the door and crossed his legs and arms. A thump could be heard in the quiet room a he let his head fall against the door. He closed his eyes tight before staring at the dark ceiling.

Never in his life did he ever have to deal with something so hard. This wasn't like a fight where he could just get what he wanted by force or just leave with a few bruises that would heal in no time. Not to mention that the other person wasn't even someone he disliked in any way. Zoro let his eyes trail along the ceiling and down the wall across from him as he kept thinking. The only way that the crew would be happy was if he was happy, but he couldn't be happy if the kids and Sanji weren't happy, but Sanji won't be happy unless they're a family again.

"Fucking Cook," Zoro said into the empty space. If Sanji had just been honest with himself from the beginning, they wouldn't even be in this mess. He wouldn't be fighting himself to put logic in front of his heart in an attempt to keep himself from getting hurt, and Sanji wouldn't be walking on eggshells every time they're together. It was literally like the beginning all over again where Zoro would have to take the first step to give Sani courage to do what he wanted.

Zoro stood up and dusted off his pants. But if Zoro made the first move to their recovery, wouldn't he be letting Sanji off a little too easy?

He sighed loud this time and looked at the crib. Nothing's easy anymore, huh? He thought to himself, slowly letting a small smile grace his lips when an image of the twins laughing at him came to mind.

A soft knock on the door broke his thoughts and he walked the short distance to answer it.

"Oh...Hi," Sanji said as soon as the door opened. His hand was still in the pose to knock for a few more seconds before he cleared his thoat and brought his arm to his side.

"You know this is your room right." Zoro said as he stepped aside to let Sanji in. "You didn't have to knock."

Sanji walked towards the closet, assuming that that was where the babies things were. "Ah, right." He took a quick glance at Zoro. "But I'm technically not allowed here while you stay here, remember."

Zoro moved beside Sanji and grabbed a few boxes out of the small closet. Sanji followed suite after and they both remained quiet as they went through the boxes. Sanji found tons of clothes, soap, small storage food and books in the boxes.

Sanji looked over at Zoro who had his face screwed up. "Theres no diapers in these boxes."

His voice came out soft and light, more as a question than a statement.

It was quiet for a moment before an annoyed sigh left Zoro's lips. It made Sanji jump slightly, as he has decided to pick up on of the books and read while waiting on Zoro. His head whipped to Zoro and he quickly spoke. "What? What's wrong?"

Zoro practically ripped the box before regainig his composure. He stood up calmly and smiled at Sanji. "We low on diapers."

Sanji stared at Zoro, confused. He stood up slowly. "You're happy that we're low on diapers?"

Zoro let out a loud laugh. A laugh that made shivers run down Sanji's spine, and not in a pleasant way.

"Oh, Sanji," Zoro said as he looked into the blue eyes of the cook. "I'm furious."

Zoro spun around and walked out of the room, leaving a stunned Sanji behind. He went to go after Zoro but decided to look at the boxes Zoro had quickly. As he touched each box, he realized that there were labels on them. 4 of the boxes that Zoro had were labeled Diapers but they didn't have diapers in them. Well, at least not complete ones. And some of the other boxes carried more clothes and toys, some of which were also damaged.

Once Sanji put two and two together, he ran after Zoro. It would seem that the boys hadn't just wrecked the room, but they had also destroyed some of the baby's things.