"So you mind telling me why you and Ace were ingulfed in your own flames?" Zoro asked.

They walked down the path from the cave to the town.

"It's a way we transfer information. Ace knows of everything we have been through. And I know how they got here. Also to gain trust of one another."

Zoro nodded acquiring the new information. They walked into the town finding some mendings, had bloods, and elements. The people turned to them looking at the young couple. Zoro and Sanji glanced around to the processing faces. They practically saw the gears turning in there heads. Until a half blood fennec fox perked up his ears. His hair hair sprayed up into a pompadour, he bared a long scar around his left eye. He smirked as his tail flicked and placing a hand on his hip.

"You two are the guys who broke us all out of Gold Quarter. Aren't yah?"

"And if we are?" Zoro asked.

"You guys can stay here as long as you like." He said.

The man approached him, "Welcome to our secret paradise."

Everyone cheered as Zoro and Sanji were pulled into the town. Which, Zoro got lost ten minutes later and now was walking on the beach. He sat before the water and sighed. The heat on his face, the sand beneath his feet, and the smell of the ocean air. He shut his eye listening to the gall of the seagulls and the waves splashing onto the sand.

"There you are."

Zoro opened his eye and turned to Sanji, he held a couple of ice creams, on the verge of melting.

"Mind if I have a seat?" Sanji asked.

"I wouldn't mind." Zoro purred.

Sanji sat beside him and handed him a cone. Zoro looked at it and sniffed it, he winkled his nose to the sweet scent.

"Oh try it you big baby." Sanji said licking his cone.

Zoro growled before licking at the cream, he pulled back looking at the frozen treat. It tasted like liquor. Sanji smirked chewing on his cone. Zoro smirked eating the treat before they lied back on the sand.

"I asked Ace and Marco of the sky ship and they said it will be here in three days. So we can relax until then." Sanji said, "Apparently, Ace's little brother is the captain of the ship. So they would let us board easily."

"Sweet."

Sanji rested on Zoro's shoulder, Zoro glanced to him smiling at the sea. Zoro reached in his pocket grasping the small item. He rubbed it again this knuckle and thumb. His nerves on edge. Sanji glanced to him in his half blood form. His ears pressed back against his head as his red eye staring at Sanji, and his tail batting at the sand.

"Are you okay? You look nervous." Sanji said.

Zoro pursed his lips and turned away, "It's nothing."

Sanji cocked a curled brow, "What's wrong?"

He sighed pulling his hand out of his pocket and wrapped an arm around Sanji's shoulders.

"I'll tell you later." Zoro said.

Sanji sighed lacing his fingers with Zoro, looking out at the sea. Once the sun fell they headed to the forest to look at the fireflies fluttering in the air. Sanji smiled having one land on his elbow.

"I thought you didn't like bugs." Zoro said.

Sanji perked up picking up the firefly, "These can't hurt me so, I'm okay with these."

Zoro watched the small lights go around Sanji. A few landing on him, Sanji smiled looking around at all of them. He reached out cupping his hands and catching a few. He opened his thumbs looking inside to the glowing yellow slipping from his fingers. Zoro was dazed by Sanji's beauty in the faint light of the fireflies. Sanji turned to Zoro to a firefly landing on his nose. He giggled snapping Zoro out of his trance. He batted away the glowing bug and crossed his arms. Sanji sat down against a tree and patted the spot next to him. Zoro sat next to him, they took hands. He looked over to Sanji smiling softly and looking up at the fireflies. He smiled softly rummaging in his pocket again.

"Hey Sanji."

Sanji turned to him, "Yeah?"

"I got something for us, in case we ever get separated. I cast a spell on them."

He took Sanji's hand and put the small object inside, Sanji looked to the small metal ring with a pearl in the center. Sanji took the ring and brushed his index finger over it.

"Wait look."

Zoro pulled out a marble black ring and held it in his hand. Sanji watched as the rings slowly dragged closer to each other. Sanji smiled as he put on his ring.

"What a shitty way of proposing." Sanji said.

"I'm not, I. It's not like that." Zoro said.

"Then what is it?"

Sanji batted his eyes at him, Zoro pursed his lips avoiding eye contact. He chuckled looking at the cheap ring.

"I still like it, even if it's not a shiny diamond. And I guess I'll marry you."

"I'm not asking."

Sanji shrugged, "Alright if you say so."

He sat in Zoro's lap and kissed him softy, they pulled apart as Sanji rested his forehead on Zoro's.

"How about this." Sanji said.

"I'm listening." Zoro hummed.

"After all this, we get married. I mean. We can't be with anyone else anyway." Sanji said.

"Are you asking me to marry you?"

"We aren't getting any younger. So why not?"

Zoro smirked, "I mean I guess I'll marry you."

Sanji stuck his tongue out at him, Zoro leaned forward biting softly at his tongue and pulled him into a kiss. There arms wrapped around each other tugging slowly at the clothes until they both were shirtless. They pulled back with a lust blown look in there eyes. Before attacking each other in a rough kiss, with teeth scraping together, tongue batting at each other and Sanji's fingers tugging at Zoro's hair. He pulled back kissing Sanji's neck down to a soft spot and bit down. Sanji moaned as a bright light took there place. And Chimera sat. They both blinked and turned to each other. They unmended and panting softly. Sanji was on Zoro's hips with his hands on Sanji's thighs.

"Wh-what happened?" Zoro asked

Sanji sat deep in thought, "Next step, Iva. The bottle. The bottle he gave us, he said if we drink it we won't be able to mend for ten minutes. He was taking about us having sex. I'm guessing if we get intimate, we mend as well."

Zoro looked up at him, "Should we do this then?"

"Why not, nothing will happen in ten minutes. This is paradise."

They pulled out there bottles and un corked them, glancing up to each other before throwing back the liquid.