i donβt want to hear any of that from you
( youβre on thin ice, fucko. )
unless you want to piss me off, leave her name out of your perverted mouth
and donβt talk about my gross face after starting that whole mess. youβre the one who dragged me down on top of you in front of everyone!! these people are still talking about it!!!
next time, keep your creepy, dirty desires to yourself!!!!
( youβre on thin ice, fucko. )
unless you want to piss me off, leave her name out of your perverted mouth
and donβt talk about my gross face after starting that whole mess. youβre the one who dragged me down on top of you in front of everyone!! these people are still talking about it!!!
next time, keep your creepy, dirty desires to yourself!!!!
( okay.
enough is enough.
by the time he reads that last bit, heβs steaming. thereβs no way heβs bothering with texting after an accusation like that, so heβs calling. )
HAAAH?! WHO THE HELL WOULD WANT TO KISS A GUY LIKE YOU?!?
( moshi moshi to you, too. )
Kissing you wouldnβt make a difference to me, so stop trying to confess your love and get over yourself!!!
enough is enough.
by the time he reads that last bit, heβs steaming. thereβs no way heβs bothering with texting after an accusation like that, so heβs calling. )
HAAAH?! WHO THE HELL WOULD WANT TO KISS A GUY LIKE YOU?!?
( moshi moshi to you, too. )
Kissing you wouldnβt make a difference to me, so stop trying to confess your love and get over yourself!!!
More than you.
( heβs not sure whatβs compelling to confess this, but it feels important to him in some way. something-something manliness. )
As first mate, Iβll perform any duties the captain asks of me. Including that. Itβs what it means to belong to a crew.
( β¦or maybe heβs still not over the time sanji abandoned them and feels the need to declare his loyalty. unlike some people. )
( heβs not sure whatβs compelling to confess this, but it feels important to him in some way. something-something manliness. )
As first mate, Iβll perform any duties the captain asks of me. Including that. Itβs what it means to belong to a crew.
( β¦or maybe heβs still not over the time sanji abandoned them and feels the need to declare his loyalty. unlike some people. )
( he knows enough. sanji leaving at all is enough to solidify him in zoro's mind. that's not what you do when you swear an oath of loyalty. knowing more than that would probably have zoro declaring sanji an enemy despite everything. )
I'd rather die than kiss you, shitty cook.
But if my captain asked it of me, I'd do it without complaint. Even if I hated every second of it. Even if it made my stomach churn. I'd do it because I'd do anything that my captain asks! I'd never deny him! I'd never turn my back on him! If you can't do that much, how can you call yourself a member of our crew?!
( leave it to zoro to turn a conversation about kissing into something serious. even if he's [mostly] forgiven him, zoro clearly isn't over it. the rage he feels isn't comically overblown like it usually is; it's real and it's immovable. )
Say something for yourself! Tell me that isn't the kind of man you are! Tell me I haven't been fighting alongside someone who speaks empty words alone!
I'd rather die than kiss you, shitty cook.
But if my captain asked it of me, I'd do it without complaint. Even if I hated every second of it. Even if it made my stomach churn. I'd do it because I'd do anything that my captain asks! I'd never deny him! I'd never turn my back on him! If you can't do that much, how can you call yourself a member of our crew?!
( leave it to zoro to turn a conversation about kissing into something serious. even if he's [mostly] forgiven him, zoro clearly isn't over it. the rage he feels isn't comically overblown like it usually is; it's real and it's immovable. )
Say something for yourself! Tell me that isn't the kind of man you are! Tell me I haven't been fighting alongside someone who speaks empty words alone!
( how had zoro described it back in alabasta? everyone should do what they can with their lives on the line, and then say to the next guy: i did what i could; now it's your turn. if you don't finish it, i'll come and kick your ass.
how is zoro supposed to do that when the next guy isn't there? )
The captain never wanted 'better'! He only wanted you!
( zoro's being deliberate with his choice of pronouns here, loud as they are. none of this is about him. it's all about "us," and "the crew," and "the captain," leaving things like "I" and "me" as far away from the conversation as possible. zoro doesn't have any opinions on the matter. he doesn't. even if his voice is rising and he has to actively tell himself not to crush the snail [?] between his fingers, it's not because he has any person feelings towards sanji and his decisions.
everything he says is nothing more than the channeled spirit of the collective mugiwara. that's all.
part of him wants to make this call a video so sanji will be forced to see his face, but he maintains some respect for the man's pride. he can hear in sanji's voice that he's being affected in some way, so there's no point in humiliating him with the added insult of video. soon enough, they'll talk in person, and zoro might have to fight him for real to release this rage. )
Don't speak about keeping us safe. I don't want to hear that from you. There's nothing we can't face, so don't give me that.
If you believed Luffy to be the man who'll become King of Pirates, you'd know there's no reason to try to protect us on your own. We never needed to be security; we can take care of ourselves. We needed you, useless cook! Without that much, how are we supposed toβ?!
( not about him. not about his feeling of betrayal, and disappointment, and [loosely, distantly, intangibly] heartbreak. that last word isn't something he'd ever, ever put to this, but to think someone he's come to regard as one of his own would blindsight him so thoroughly... that's heartbreaking. it makes zoro a fool for ever trusting him, so it's a good thing none of this is about him. )
...
Did you ever mean any of it?
how is zoro supposed to do that when the next guy isn't there? )
The captain never wanted 'better'! He only wanted you!
( zoro's being deliberate with his choice of pronouns here, loud as they are. none of this is about him. it's all about "us," and "the crew," and "the captain," leaving things like "I" and "me" as far away from the conversation as possible. zoro doesn't have any opinions on the matter. he doesn't. even if his voice is rising and he has to actively tell himself not to crush the snail [?] between his fingers, it's not because he has any person feelings towards sanji and his decisions.
everything he says is nothing more than the channeled spirit of the collective mugiwara. that's all.
part of him wants to make this call a video so sanji will be forced to see his face, but he maintains some respect for the man's pride. he can hear in sanji's voice that he's being affected in some way, so there's no point in humiliating him with the added insult of video. soon enough, they'll talk in person, and zoro might have to fight him for real to release this rage. )
Don't speak about keeping us safe. I don't want to hear that from you. There's nothing we can't face, so don't give me that.
If you believed Luffy to be the man who'll become King of Pirates, you'd know there's no reason to try to protect us on your own. We never needed to be security; we can take care of ourselves. We needed you, useless cook! Without that much, how are we supposed toβ?!
( not about him. not about his feeling of betrayal, and disappointment, and [loosely, distantly, intangibly] heartbreak. that last word isn't something he'd ever, ever put to this, but to think someone he's come to regard as one of his own would blindsight him so thoroughly... that's heartbreaking. it makes zoro a fool for ever trusting him, so it's a good thing none of this is about him. )
...
Did you ever mean any of it?
( there are parts that zoro can't fault sanji for, and there are parts that zoro absolutely faults him for.
the past shouldn't matter; they can all agree on that. that's a point in sanji's favor since, after all, there are any number of their crewmates who started off as their enemies at one point or another. so long as a person is loyal now, it shouldn't matter who they were before. zoro would be fine with that if sanji hadn't erroneously chosen his past rather placing faith in his crew to find a way to handle things in the present. that's what zoro would do, at least. if it were him. he'd never leave luffy's side, no matter how great the danger is.
speaking of luffy: )
What are you doing, bringing something like that up now? Are you trying to piss me off further?! Damn it, cook! It's not aboutβ!
( there's the bright, clinking sound of metal against metal, and then there's nothing but silence. )
the past shouldn't matter; they can all agree on that. that's a point in sanji's favor since, after all, there are any number of their crewmates who started off as their enemies at one point or another. so long as a person is loyal now, it shouldn't matter who they were before. zoro would be fine with that if sanji hadn't erroneously chosen his past rather placing faith in his crew to find a way to handle things in the present. that's what zoro would do, at least. if it were him. he'd never leave luffy's side, no matter how great the danger is.
speaking of luffy: )
What are you doing, bringing something like that up now? Are you trying to piss me off further?! Damn it, cook! It's not aboutβ!
( there's the bright, clinking sound of metal against metal, and then there's nothing but silence. )
shut up
you're my crew, so you obviously have to talk to me
don't be stupid
( which isn't a proclamation of forgiveness; it just is what it is. if luffy says sanji is a member of their crew, that's all there is to it. his own thoughts about it don't matter. even if there was a time where zoro was certain he'd never see that smug, swirly-browed face again [because sanji made his choice], he didn't allow himself to be weighted down by it because luffy said that wasn't happening. if luffy said he'd get sanji, then he'd get sanji.
and he did.
still, it doesn't mean that zoro is done with this. the tension's been broken, but it's going to have to build again. neither of them are finished extinguishing their feelings; he's certain of that.
damn it. why does it matter that it's sanji, anyway? his least favorite member of the crew. the one he tells to die at least three times a day, and that's on a good day. he shouldn't care if he turned out to be a misguided traitor, a person who turned his back on luffy. some part of zoro could have expected it, but he never did. for all his many, [many, many, many] faults, sanji's loyalty was never in question. neither was his dedication, or his compassion, or anything that really mattered.
thinking about this is going to piss him off all over again. )
come to the ship
fight me properly
( there's no other way to solve this. )
you're my crew, so you obviously have to talk to me
don't be stupid
( which isn't a proclamation of forgiveness; it just is what it is. if luffy says sanji is a member of their crew, that's all there is to it. his own thoughts about it don't matter. even if there was a time where zoro was certain he'd never see that smug, swirly-browed face again [because sanji made his choice], he didn't allow himself to be weighted down by it because luffy said that wasn't happening. if luffy said he'd get sanji, then he'd get sanji.
and he did.
still, it doesn't mean that zoro is done with this. the tension's been broken, but it's going to have to build again. neither of them are finished extinguishing their feelings; he's certain of that.
damn it. why does it matter that it's sanji, anyway? his least favorite member of the crew. the one he tells to die at least three times a day, and that's on a good day. he shouldn't care if he turned out to be a misguided traitor, a person who turned his back on luffy. some part of zoro could have expected it, but he never did. for all his many, [many, many, many] faults, sanji's loyalty was never in question. neither was his dedication, or his compassion, or anything that really mattered.
thinking about this is going to piss him off all over again. )
come to the ship
fight me properly
( there's no other way to solve this. )
( the photo he sends in return helps⦠nothing.
presumably, it was meant to give some sort of landmark or identifying feature to help sanji figure out a way to the ship, but sanji should know by now that any question containing βwhereβ has no business being anywhere near zoro.
which is to say the photo is blurry, and crooked, and zoroβs finger is in the way. thereβs something pale in the background that could be sand? but it could just as easily be a sun glare.
nothing about this is usuable, but zoro still has the audacity to add: )
here
donβt waste my time by being late
presumably, it was meant to give some sort of landmark or identifying feature to help sanji figure out a way to the ship, but sanji should know by now that any question containing βwhereβ has no business being anywhere near zoro.
which is to say the photo is blurry, and crooked, and zoroβs finger is in the way. thereβs something pale in the background that could be sand? but it could just as easily be a sun glare.
nothing about this is usuable, but zoro still has the audacity to add: )
here
donβt waste my time by being late
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