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"What from earth is born, in earth shall become."
The legend says that when an earthborn falls for a seaborn, the world itself intervenes. The earth, selfish and stubborn, demands its love be returned. The sea, vast and unyielding, does not change its course for anyone. And so, unrequited love turns into rot, drowning lungs and molding hearts.
Zoro never meant to fall. Not for the ocean, and sure as hell not for Sanji. But fate doesn’t ask permission. It sinks its teeth in deep, twisting inside his ribs, rooting in his chest like an infection he can’t cut out. And Sanji—oblivious, unreachable—only twists the knife deeper.
By the time Sanji realizes something is wrong, Zoro is already slipping away, his body betraying him breath by breath. And the worst part? Sanji isn’t sure why the thought of losing him makes his own lungs burn.
But the sea does not wait. And neither does death.
That unfortunate night on which Usopp dared a drunk-as-hell Sanji to kiss Zoro. The same night Sanji bet Zoro was not coming back to the party. And the same night on which all this mess started to unravel.