he thought he was doing fine. . .

whatever. doesn’t matter. not like trying to impress any woman is a goal of his. he doesn’t care.

hey, at least they both have something that happened to the other that they can’t look back on very fondly. comforting.

“respectable? think that depends on who you ask.”

another shrug at the thought process followed, brows knitting together for a moment. “sure, but. . he doesn’t. so, we just kind of deal. it’s fine. long as i eat.”

. . clearly not. she’s right, is that what she wants to hear?

it’s— refreshing to know someone still cares about what happened then. but, he’s sorry she witnessed it, has been affected by it. he didn’t know a lot of things about that fight, but he didn’t even think about something like that.

+ before it fell overboard. he lunged, grabbing one of the swords he’d abandoned on deck to go get her and unsheathing it before lunging and stabbing through it.

huff. huff. huff.

the way that he flopped her onto the boat was comical enough to make the damned animal come out, for sure. eyes widened a little when he was ordered to do something whilst also juggling being annoyed as hell.

but, captain said jump. so, off he went, unable to do anything but stab the damn thing +

no, not at all. last thing he’d do is try to make a woman feel important. 💢

does she. . really have a grudge against him for that? hell, nami didn’t seem to have that issue with him, so. . why would he expect sanji to? he’s kind of the biggest pain in the ass she knows.

finally, he makes it to her, an arm winding around the brunette’s middle and legs kicking to get them quickly to the surface.

she was weak too, limp, damn idiot. . and as soon as he could get air, and she could hear him—

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?? DON’T BE STUPID.”

. . WHY IS SHE—

in he goes, practically yelling on the way into the water.

+ did, he’d simply be dismissive of it, like he didn’t care.

“shut up, don’t ruin it.” the words were muffled since he had turned his head, roronoa giving one minuscule squeeze before letting his arms fall away.

+ would always be special.

his silence swathed him, the first mate trying to keep himself level-headed with her arms hugged about his shoulders. zoro turned his head a little, breathing in the scent of her hair. hopefully, for once, she wouldn’t make some comment about how he smelled. but, if she +

the idea of her admiring him. maybe not romantically, but in general? enough to get him something like this, make it, even. . zoro would always be appreciative of food, even when he didn’t express it. he’d gone hungry for years, so to have someone care enough to feed him without prompting? it +

he chuckled when the bottle appeared practically out of thin air, and zoro took it carefully.

“you didn’t have to do that. you just got me a big one.”

+ the chewed food was swallowed before he stood up. with a swiping of his hands over his robes, leaving the onigiri resting on the deck. eventually, he’d return the sentiment, but for now. .

arms wound around her, giving her a solid bear hug.

hearing the reasoning, and hearing a fair enough excuse not to question why he was given something, roronoa grabbed another piece. though, there was a flush to his cheeks, very light.

“does that. . so you—“ he blinked, popping the piece into his mouth to chew. after a few seconds, “thank you.” +

he approached her, pulling his bag off of his back. reaching his hand in, he pulled out a box of cured meats.

“went to grab a pick up order.” it was then held out to her, slinging his bag back over his shoulder. “happy late valentine’s day. we had to dock before i could get something.”

he entered the stairwell, emerging on deck moments later.

“i worried you? how’d i do that?”

up he comes from the docking bay.

“hey, elly. morning.”

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yeah? i think i can manage that. extra warm tonight.

// it would be awful, but THANKFULLY, he never thinks things people think is embarrassing is embarrassing. lol

// it’s okay, they’re so cute.

he’s just smitten by her food as always and is happy to be eating. and the view is lovely.