The Words I Love You

Desperate

Sanji grinned from ear to ear as he walked down the street. It was time to pick up Zoro from work. It had been a few days since the first time he dropped and picked up Zoro. He had to say he enjoyed it. It gave them time to talk to each other and be in each others presences, since this is the only time they could see each other. While Zoro works Sanji does too, as much as he could until Zeff comes over and smacks him back up to his room where he studies a little and works on things to do to help Zoro in his school work.

Sanji stopped instantly in shock. What were they doing here? The others stood in a circle talking, about what? He found that he didn't care. He looked away, he shouldn't care for them. They had really hurt Zoro. Zoro avoids talking about them because he gets sad, he thinks about their funny memories and remembers the fact that they turned their back on him when he needed it the most. That hurt him the most, to see his friends not think the same way. Zoro knew that they didn't think of him like a friends anymore. He had been through that once already he knew not to even try.  

Sanji walked past them, ignoring them and looking forward. He wants to see Zoro so that's what he'll do. Sanji stops at the four way crosswalk.

"Sanji!!" He hears his name being called, and he knows whose it coming from. Chopper, Usopp and Luffy called him at the same time. Sanji turned his head towards them, he saw them sprinting to him. They froze, he's never given them that look before, a look that showed how much he was not pleased, almost pure hatred.

"What?"

"Can you please tell us where Zoro lives? Please?" Nami asks, in her usual way, shaking her hips and showing her breasts. It shocked Sanji that it didn't work on him, of course he stared for a second but he didn't feel like telling her everything. She stood shocked as he just gave a sigh instead of his usual gushing.

"I'm not going to."

"Then is he okay, is he better?" Chopper asks. 

"I won't tell you that either. If you want to talk to him, talk to him yourself. I'm not going to tell you anything about Zoro, that's for you to find out yourself." Sanji say, turning forward, then walking since the light turned green for them to walk across the street.

Nami frowned and followed him, the others following after. "Can you at least give us a hint. We've been trying to find him but we have no idea where to look." She says as she follows him.

"Sorry but that's not my problem." Sanji just shrugs his shoulders as he continue to walk forward. She frowned and growled.

"Why won't you help us?!!" Nami yells. Sanji stops and looks at her.

Calmly Sanji says, "what reason would I have to help? You all stopped talking to us. If you want to talk to him then that's on you, your problem not mine." Sanji turns away from them then walk forward. 

They stared after him walking away but they were shocked because he turned into a store. They all ran and looked into the store, Sanji stood there talking to a man behind the counter. They seemed to be chummy with each other.

Sanji was smiling like he would with friends, so that's what he must be.

Sanji smiled at Eliot. "Does Zoro know you smoke?" Elliot says setting a pack of cigarettes on the counter.

"Yeah. He knows." Sanji says taking out his wallet.

"Good, don't keep secret from each other." Elliot smiles, he takes the money from Sanji.

"Of course." Sanji gave him a smile. "Where is Zoro?" Sanji puts his wallet away. 

"Changing. You came a little late today." Elliot says. Sanji shrugs.

"Was stopped by some classmates." Sanji says. Elliot frowns. That was to vague for his taste, he didn't like that.

"Listen Sanji, I know I'm not as close to Zoro as you are and his friends, but I do care for him. I've never met someone like him and if you hurt him I will come after you." Elliot threatens him. Sanji looks at him shocked but then smiles at him.

"That's good to know. But it really was classmates of ours, or ex-friends. They stopped talking to us after an incident that we were involved in."

"Sounds like horrible friends. Zoro told me about what happened, not in detail."

"I know they had a reason, and it might be hypocritical of me but it still makes me upset with their decision. They wanted to see him again but I don't want them to see him."

"It's not your choice." 

"I know, I've decided to let them be. I can't stop them but I won't help them." Sanji says.

"Elliot." Zoro says as he comes up to him, "Zephyr just told me that Julia called in sick and someone named Gg will be filling in." Elliots face scrunched up in displeasure.

"Not Gg."

"That's what I was told."

"Are you sure you can't stay." Elliot pleads as he hold onto Zoro.

"I have things to do after this sorry. It can't be bad." 

"It's bad. She filled in for you when you were gone. It was hell. She didn't shut up and she thought she was better than everyone, but it was just the two of us. She was lazy and try to boss me around. She didn't do anything. I might as well have been by myself." Elliot rested his head on the counter in defeat. Zoro gave him a sneaky grin.

"I'll tell you something." Zoro says, he bends down to Elliot's ear and whispers something to him. Elliot looks up at him. 

"Really?"

"You could try." Zoro says.

"I will!" Elliot yells .

"Bye, see you tomorrow." Zoro says with a wave as he headed out the door, Sanji following him, also waving bye.

"See you tomorrow." Elliot says with a wave back. The others look up to see Zoro and Sanji out. Their eyes open wide. There was Zoro, who looked just as shocked as them.