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Feb 02, 2010 00:21

Who: Zoro threesword, Sanji baratiesbest and Umi embracethewaves
Where: The shipyard
When: Backdated to Jan. 29th
Rating: pg...13? /stares at dirty pirate language 8|
Summary: There's barely a chance to catch your breath around here, but some things need to be said.
the log: ( i lost my heart, i buried it too deep )

[ one piece ] sanji

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embracethewaves February 6 2010, 02:38:25 UTC

The first thing Umi felt was relief. She had put their near-deadly fights to the back of her mind since August, but she had far from forgotten them. To be honest, she was worried when they were so sullen that they had done something like that again... The reassurance that that wasn't the case was definitely something she needed to hear.

"Good...that's good."

But then, what was the big deal? Why did they both look like kids with a hand caught in the candy jar? It didn't really...make sense.

She looked back and forth between the two, watching their expressions with more than just a bit of confusion on her face. Although when she thought about it, really thought about it...the look was familiar, that was for sure. It was the same look Fuu had when she met Ferio, the same look Umi was sure she was wearing when Carrot had asked her that weird question. Could it really be something like that, even with those serious expressions ( ... )

baratiesbest February 7 2010, 07:09:28 UTC

And here it was, the banter that had become the very glue in their relationship. It was constantly there between himself and the swordsman and the fact that Umi could hand it out just as well as they could was probably one of the reasons they had fallen so hard for her in the first place. The cook grinned, cocking an eyebrow at the girl before glancing over at Zoro ( ... )

threesword February 7 2010, 23:04:11 UTC

"Tch. No shit," He pauses, letting out a slight chuckle. "We're pretty normal next to a lot of people on the Grand Line."

There was a slight pause. Zoro could be oblivious at times, but he could plainly see the way the cold was getting to the two of them. Hell, he had been feeling it for a while now; He cursed himself a little for training without the coat on earlier, since we was really feeling in now.

The grin on his face subduded a little. He let out a small cough - nothing notable but the feeling of cold getting into his lungs. His eyebrow had quirked for just a moment when Sanji began to speak. There was no real reaction - no jealousy, just a mere curiosity. But at the glance received from the cook, he knew his cue.

"Yeah." He placed his cold, bare hands on the ground, pushing himself up and moving closer to where the other two stood. Well. This could be nice.

embracethewaves February 7 2010, 23:45:27 UTC

"Uh huh." Bravado despite the shivers that she couldn't quite stop. Still, even the cold couldn't stop that smile on Umi's face. "That's no excuse. Weird is weird, whether there's someone weirder out there or not."

Not that they were really that bad, all said, and some of the people Umi knew from Cephiro definitely ranked up there just as high, if not higher. But this was definitely something she had missed -- the teasing, the banter. And for a minute there, she had been afraid that all that was gone for good. A misunderstanding like that, the uncertainty... Even her, wondering if their feelings had changed, that split second of doubt where her stomach twisted into nervous knots that might never untangle--

That had been close. Really close...too close.

It was hard to dwell on that with the cold slowly working its way into her system; it usually didn't bother her so much, but sitting out in it this long, with clothes already damp from the snow...it was a bit much.

"'Cause it is cold. C'mon, you can't seriously tell me I'm the only ( ... )

baratiesbest February 8 2010, 01:13:40 UTC

It had been close. Closer than ever before, if only because they weren't delirious with adrenaline this time around or dizzy with bloodloss. This had been deliberate, planned and if they had ended up losing the balance they had so painstakingly created over the months it would've been no ones fault but their own.

Lucky indeed, this strange and unexpected outcome. If someone had told Sanji a year ago that this would happen - no, not even a year. Six months. Hell, just a month earlier and he would've laughed at the absurdity of the idea. Even after that it had been nothing but wishful thinking... yet here they were.

"It is getting rather chilly, isn't it ( ... )

threesword February 8 2010, 02:39:16 UTC

Silence was an art Zoro had mastered at times... Now was one of those times. Really, no words were necessary for the situation at hand. A quiet, almost hum came from his mouth in agreement; Both that Umi wasn't the only one who was cold, but also that it was getting colder. But it was silence aside from that ( ... )

embracethewaves February 8 2010, 20:00:41 UTC

Eventually they'd have to let go, and leave. She would go back to Gohl, they'd go back to their own places. They'd handle this one step at a time...and for now, she'd hold off 'eventually' as long as she could ( ... )

baratiesbest February 9 2010, 02:39:58 UTC

"Oi, don't blame me for this one. It was the shitty marimo's idea in the first place."

Well. Technically it was a mutual decision (which was still very odd when it came to those two) but meeting out in the damp cold of the wharf wasn't exactly something the cook would've suggested himself. Not that he had a better idea at the time and really... it wasn't so bad. The outcome was definitely worth the discomfort, as new and unusual as all this still felt ( ... )

threesword February 9 2010, 06:41:11 UTC

"Well it was that or have people interrupting us ( ... )

embracethewaves February 9 2010, 08:53:50 UTC

It wasn't warm and it wasn't furnished, but in a way, it was comfortable. Something that they --all of them, at least a dozen of them-- had put their own hard work into. It was a little like the Gohl house, in that sense...not just a place they stayed. It was a place that was theirs. Pride in a place like that was something Umi could definitely understand.

"Yeah, yeah," she said dismissively. That was true -- it was a place where they wouldn't have people coming and going. It was strange, in a way...like something secret.

She hadn't noticed the coldness of Zoro's hand -- maybe it was her coat, or maybe she was just as cold. Who knew? Either way, Sanji's exclamation confused her, at least at first. Though Zoro was the type of guy to not notice something like that for a while, huh... She shifted a bit, moving one hand over his for a second, and promptly cringed. Like a freaking ice block...!

"Jeez! Ever thought about wearing gloves when it's this cold ( ... )

baratiesbest February 9 2010, 11:44:18 UTC

"I expected you to be less of an idiot!"

Was that... worry in his voice? Absolutely not. It couldn't be and even if it was it was simply because hands in general was a touchy subject when it came to the cook. Not specifically the swordsmans calloused fists, but all extremities had the right to proper protection and seeing them abused like this -- well, who could blame him if he got a bit worked up about it? A lifetime of protecting his own had made him into something of a spokesperson when it came to proper hand care ( ... )

threesword February 9 2010, 19:48:45 UTC

Zoro scoffed. Of course, this had turned into the first opportunity for them to poke fun at him. "Oi...! I didn't realize they weren't in my pocket until after I left! It's like I planned of going out without them ( ... )

embracethewaves February 9 2010, 20:44:18 UTC

The way they both talked to each other about stuff like that...jeez. They both had the same tone about it -- like a babysitter nagging a kid that had gotten himself into trouble.

She shouldn't have been surprised to hear any of this, at any rate. She really shouldn't. Not after all the things she'd heard about the Grand Line, after all the weird stuff they'd managed to survive through... But somehow she couldn't wipe the look of abject shock off her face. She glanced back and forth between them, mouth agape because with everything they added the weirdness just shot through the roof.

"Swimming in the-- You've gotta be--" She couldn't even finish, it was so mind-bogglingly ridiculous. "...How the heck do you get lost in the water?!Sorry, Zoro, you'll get no sympathy from her there. 'The magic chooses the user,' as Guru Clef had said to them, and water magic had chosen her. It fit; she always felt at home around the ocean. No way in the world could she get lost in a place like that ( ... )

baratiesbest February 10 2010, 01:35:51 UTC

"Oi, that was--! Tch!"

The fact that this was just one small isolated event spoke volumes about the nature of the Grand Line. One story out of a million - he could've poked fun at Zoro's vanity by bringing up that time in Little Garden when Mr 3 almost made wax statues out of half the clan and the swordsman thought it was a good idea to strike a pose. Or something completely unrelated - giant goldfish, perverted crabs, sailing vertical streams right up into the sky, trains that ran across the surface of the ocean, villains that stole shadows and made puppets out of corpses---

No, getting lost under water wasn't even a little bit strange in comparison to the stories they could tell. That would have to wait though. Some other time, maybe ( ... )

threesword February 12 2010, 20:18:01 UTC

"Tch ( ... )

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