1 - 20 of 94 Bookmarks
Navigation
List of Bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
“Great,” Sanji sighed, “So he entered the shitty cave that kills people?”
When Zoro enters a cave that lures people to their death, it's up to Sanji to find him and bring him back.
Series
- Part 19 of Febuwhump 2021
-
Bookmark Tags:
Bookmark Notes:
Ch1
Life's Distraction
three_days_late
Summary:
“Great,” Sanji sighed, “So he entered the shitty cave that kills people?”When Zoro enters a cave that lures people to their death, it's up to Sanji to find him and bring him back.
-“Please, Zoro,” she was saying as Sanji got closer, “Come with me.”
Zoro shook his head, eye wide, “I can’t. Not yet. I have things I need to do.”
“That’s the beauty of crossing over. You realize none of that matters,” she reached out and touched his face, her fingers trailing on his earrings, “All of the worries you have in that world vanish. You can finally be at peace.”
“Kuina,” he said as he leaned into her touch, his eye growing more distant.
“You can fight Mihawk, once he gets here,” she continued, “You can fight me too. We can find out who truly is the best.”
Sanji rushed forward as fast as he could, but the water seemed thicker and became harder to move in the closer he got to Zoro.
“We can be together again,” she said softly, offering him her hand, “Please, come with me.”
Slowly, he reached out to her hand.
“Hey, Marimo,” Sanji shouted once he got close enough, stopping him in his tracks. “Let’s go. The others are waiting.”
He tried to get closer, to reach out and touch him, but something was preventing him. He’d have to bring Zoro back with words.
“You can see them again,” Kuina was saying, “Your friends. You’ll all be together again over here.” She thrust out her hand more insistently, “Just come with me, and get a head start.”
“We need you, Marimo,” Sanji said as Zoro reached towards her again, “I need you. Please.”
Zoro’s hand faltered halfway.
“He’ll never love you,” Kuina said, causing Sanji’s heart to stop in his chest. “Not the way you love him. He’ll never want you the way you want him. Why stay here and continue to suffer?”
Zoro reached for her again, fingers hovering over her hand.
“Zoro, don’t. Please don’t go. We need you. I need you.” He hated how desperate his voice sounded, but this was important. He swallowed, steeling himself to reveal the secret feelings he kept burred down deep in his heart and refused to acknowledge. The ones he could never ever voice, because saying them aloud would surely end him, “I love you.”
Zoro stopped and turned to face him, his eye locking on him as if he just realized he was here, “Sanji...”
“He’s lying,” a scowl cut across Kuina’s small face, “He’s just saying that to make you go, to make you suffer more. If you truly want peace, come with me.”
“I wouldn’t say that to you if it wasn’t true.” Sanji got down on his knees too, the chilly water soaking right through his pants, but he ignored it as he extended his hand, “Zoro, please, come back with me.”
Almost too slowly, Zoro reached out and grabbed his hand, clutching it tight in his own like a lifeline. As Sanji stood and pulled him up to his feet, he saw Kuina close her eyes and vanish into mist.
“Sanji,” Zoro repeated his name like a prayer. He was cold and shaking as his head fell to Sanji’s shoulder.
Sanji held him tight, trying to comfort him with just his presence.
Eventually Zoro pulled back and reached out a shaky hand to touch his face. “Is this, real?”
“Yeah,” he answered, lacing their fingers together and giving his hand a confirming squeeze, “Yeah, it’s real.”
He glanced down at their hands, and when Zoro squeezed back, something tight in his chest loosened.
“This fucking cave is so weird,” Zoro grumbled.
Sanji couldn’t help but laugh, “Let’s get out of here then.”
-
It was a tempting offer, he had so many worries, but, “My friends...”“You’ll see them again,” she said. His hand moved towards hers on its own volition, “I promise. They’ll all be there eventually, even that swordsman.”
Zoro? That’s right, hadn’t he just...?
“Sanji, please!” He heard Zoro shout desperately, almost begging. Why was Zoro begging? “I just got you, I can’t lose you like this!”
He started to turn towards him, but his mom’s eyes grew wide and sad. He couldn’t leave her, could he?
“Sanji,” she whispered.
“I love you,” Zoro shouted like his life depended on it, “Please come back.”
Sanji turned to Zoro and grabbed his outstretched hand.
The mist around him grew dark and cold. When he looked, his mother and the grassy plain she was tempting him towards were gone.
“Zoro?”
Zoro grabbed his face and leaned their foreheads together, “Don’t leave me again."
-
Bookmark Notes:
Quick and good
-
Bookmark Tags:
-
Bookmark Collections: