Sanji sighed when Franky left after a quick talk about repairs. It had been a day but it felt like an eternity. This couldn't continue, he needed to do something but he wanted to leave that up to Zoro. He kept pushing and if Zoro didn't push back now then it would be pointless.

Sanji would give up. He would get out that tracker he put on the swordsman and take him back without a word. They would move on. It would be hard, but Sanji believed he could do it.

But he didn't want to.

"Hurry up and come back, idiot swordsman."

X

"Zoro, meat!" Luffy shouted to the snoozing swordsman. Zoro, who was already half-awake from all Luffy's noise, didn't make a sound."Meat!" Luffy cried, shaking Zoro back and forth.

Zoro groaned in response, opening his eyes to find Luffy staring at him intently, far to close."Don't you have anything to eat here?" he asked.

"Nope, nothing. It's all gone!" Luffy sighed."Someone must've eaten it."

"It was you!" Zoro sputtered back, smacking the back of Luff's head.

Luffy rubbed the throbbing spot."I couldn't help it! I was hungry."

Zoro stood up, going to the fridge to see if Luffy was lying and forgot to mention he had non-meat products. Luffy followed along, peering in the fridge and other cabinets with Zoro like something would magically appear.

Well, Luffy was right about there being no food."He even ate all the condiments," Zoro whispered to himself in awe. Hungry Luffy was truly an abomination.

"Condiments?" Luffy questioned.

"Idiot."

Zoro went over to the one home phone in Luffy's house, a list of contacts taped above it."Who usually brings you food?"

"Ace!"

"Other than Ace?"

"Sanji!"

Zoro sighed, maybe he should just go out...but he didn't know what to buy..."I'll just call Sabo," he said, finding his number.

"I wish Sanji was here," Luffy grumbled."He would make me something really yummy."

Zoro stared. Everyone wanted that cook, yet he insisted on staying where he was. He should just go already and leave Zoro alone. He was always in that kitchen anyways, why not just stay their forever?

It would certainly save Zoro some stress.

X

Zoro felt like each day dragged on longer than the last. Hanging out with Luffy was great but not leaving the house took a toll on his training. It had gotten boring, just like before.

It was boring again.

X

"Zoro, look what Usopp made me!" Luffy called, storming back into his house with a bright smile on his face. When he didn't see Zoro, he moved into the next room and then the next one.

Giving up, Luffy went to get some food from the kitchen. Maybe Zoro had left? That would suck. It was fun hanging out with him.

Luffy stormed around the house, finally finding Zoro in the living room. He was sat on the windowsill, staring out the window with a certain immense loneliness that made Luffy stop in his tracks. He had found Zoro like this before ever since he came to his house. Especially at night when he would sneak into the kitchen, Zoro would be looking out the window like he was right now.

It made Luffy confused. What was wrong with Zoro? He was funny like this. So funny it made Luffy feel like crying.

"Zoro, look," Luffy said, walking up to Zoro with a lot less enthusiasm than he once had."Usopp made me this misanga, isn't it cool?"

Zoro looked down at his wrist."Yeah," he monotoned.

"He made one for you too!" Luffy rummaged through his pockets trying to find it."And Sanji." Luffy noticed instantly how Zoro tensed at the mentioning of Sanji.

"Oh," Zoro said, trying to act unaffected."Well tell him I said thank you." He took the bracelet, putting it in his pocket.

Luffy stared intently as Zoro turned to look out the window again."You look like a prisoner, Zoro," he said blatantly, Zoro turning back around in question."Like in the movies where you're locked up, looking out the window in hopes of escaping to see the people you love again."

Zoro huffed a small laugh."What a crazy story," he mumbled.

"Are you missing a loved one, Zoro?"

Zoro froze, shakily turning back to the window. For some reason, he felt like whatever answer he gave Luffy would be a lie, so he refused to answer. He could never lie to him.

The silence didn't last long, Luffy starting to talk almost directly after."I don't want to keep someone in my house unwillingly. You may be a prisoner, but you're allowed to leave whenever you want."

"I'm not-"

"I'm not kicking you out, but don't forget your circumstances," Luffy overpowered Zoro."The loved ones outside long for the prisoner just as much as he does them."

"...I know."

X

There was a banging on Luffy's door and he jumped up to answer it with a smile. In stormed Nami with Chopper and Brook dragging behind her.

"Luffy, bad news!" she shouted, clearly distressed. Chopper looked about ready to cry and Brook was shaking down to the bones, not like he had anything else that would be shaking.

"Hm?" Zoro questioned from his spot sleeping on the couch. He stood up to look at Nami, alert.

"Zoro, you're here too? Good," she said so quickly Zoro couldn't keep up.

"Zoro!" Brook and Chopper cried, running to Zoro and jumping to hug his legs."What are we going to do?" They hugged him close so he couldn't move.

"Eh? What?" Luffy asked, tilting his head in confusion."What's going on?"

"Sanji has-!"

"Sanji was-!"

"What about that damn cook?" Zoro asked, heart skipping a beat. Suddenly he was nervous, extremely nervous, and he didn't know what to do with such an emotion. He needed to act, he needed to do something quickly."What happened?!" he demanded.

"He's been arrested!"

Misanga (ミサンガ) - friendship bracelet seen as a symbol of good luck. Misanga is made from different color knotted embroidery floss, thread, or gimp with varying simplistic designs. It is said that if you make a wish when the ends are tied together, your wish will come true once the bracelet falls off.