The Words I Love You

Broken Hearts

"What?" Sanji aks.

"Before you did, I went to visit Brandon. Talking to you made me realize that I didn't need the club to test my strength, plus I really liked hanging out with you and wanted to hang out at school so I quit. I told him I didn't care about being in the club anymore, I didn't want to have sex with anyone. Plus, tournaments are almost done. If he didn't let me in by now then I wouldn't be in it no matter what. This is my last year, if he let me back in after Christmas then I still wouldn't have been able to play. Third years quit to focus on finals exams." Zoro says. Sanji nods, yeah he knows.

So it wasn't entirely his fault but still, "sorry. It may not have been because of me but I did make it worse." Sanji says. "I should have helped you instead of just standing there like a bystander and I'm sorry for that." Zoro just looked at him. He doesn't know what to say. He doesn't like the feeling of people staring at him, laughing at him, throwing things, and calling him names.

Silence falls. Sanji doesn't know if now is the time to confess and Zoro doesn't know what to talk about now. Or should he talk about something? Sure, Sanji was just trying to help with that stupid video but he could have helped after. But he was the one to ignore Sanji, at least he got the hint and didn't come near him, even when people were being assholes. "Is that all you came for? To say sorry?" Zoro asks.

"I just wanted you to know why I did what I did. I want us to be friends again. I know I messed things up like I did back then but I really did enjoy hanging out with you, talking and playing. I want to do those things again and..." Sanji pauses. He almost blurted it out. Zoro raises his eyebrow at Sanji who just stopped talking. But Zoro doesn't seem to hate him anymore, or is mad so maybe he should just say it. It's not like Zoro is going to be mean about it. Maybe Zoro would reject him gently? And hopefully they could still be friends after. "I want us to be friends but more than friends," the cooks face starts to get red, "I want to... Zoro I like you... will you go out with me?" Zoro's eyes widen with fear for some reason. Abruptly Zoro stand up.

"Get out!!" Zoro shouts at him. "I don't need this again!! Get out!!" Zoro says grabbing Sanji and his things trying to shove him to a door any door.

"Is that a no?" Sanji asks but Zoro just shouts at him to get out. "Can't we still be friends at least?" Sanji asks. He didn't want to stop hanging out with Zoro, it's so nice.

"Leave!!!" Zoro shouts as he pushes Sanji out the closet door, at least in his head.

Sanji is not going to leave without a clear answer. "Wait!! I haven't gotten a clear answer. Do you want to go out or stay friends." Sanji says sliding across the hard wood floors as Zoro pushes him but he's pushing back.

"Why would I with a liar!" Zoro shouts. Sanji almost slips and falls.

"What are you talking about? I haven't lied to you. Sure I recorded you without consent but I really did want to know why my body reacted to you. I didn't lie about that." Sanji says as they continues their push war.

"You're just like..." Zoro's voice cracks. Was he going to cry? He hears the marimo breath deeply, he's trying really hard not to cry.

"Like who?" Sanji asks. Zoro looks up at Sanji and he gasps. Zoro's eyebrows are furrowed up, eyes dewy with tears, his eye expressing pain and sadness.

"Like that time." Zoro says in almost a whisper but Sanji was able to hear it with how close their faces are to each other.

"Zoro what happened?" He asks softly and caringly. Just what is going on? What made Zoro so upset? No one gets that upset over a confession, which Sanji still hasn't gotten an answer to but he's not going to push Zoro at the moment, not when something seems wrong.

Sanji feels Zoro's push weaken, he does to but stands his ground. Feet firm on the floor just in case this muscled man decides to push him again. "It was a while that Brandon made me..." Sanji just nods. He knows what he'll say, it's an easy quess to where he was going with that. "I was getting use to it and one of the guys from the club, Charles says he like me even though he knew but I still..." Zoro takes a deep breath again. This is really getting to him. What happened? "We went out." Zoro start to shake and his face grew red. "Everything was fine and I really liked him but then I go to pick him up after club practice and it was a lie! He didn't like me. He planned a big way on humiliating me in front of the whole club. Laughing at me calling me names." Sanji looked down at Zoro who had squared to hide his face. "I was their sex toy. A walking glory hole for them. It hurts to know he could lie so easily about it. To string me along. I did everything he asked without a second thought. I did so many... things for him." Zoro got silent and Sanji is in denial.

All that really happened? How can they all be so mean? Didn't they hurt him more than enough? Damn, the words 'I love you' sure can make or break someone. Shit, Sanji grit his teeth. He really should have check on Zoro when he left school. Being surrounded by people, getting laughed at, called names and things being thrown must have felt a lot like this. "Zoro I-"

"Just leave... please." Sanji frowned. Zoro actually said please. Zoro pulled his knees closer to his chest. He just could go through that again. Having his trust broken like that.

"Fine. I'm leaving but only because you said please and you told me what happened, I see now that it really upset you." Sanji fixes himself. "I'm not lying though. I do like you and hope you will consider my confession." Sanji says as he leaves. For now he'll let Zoro be. Let him deal with his emotions.