"Zoro-"

"Don't."

His eye, that same eye that was once filled with endless love, and adoration towards you from time and time again, were for naught.

He sighed, cupping your chin to lift it, forcing you to stare into his fierce lonesome eye. Zoro seemed fixated on you as if he was trapped in a trance of some sort. His thumb was slowly rubbing circles on your chin, soothing your nerves and letting you relax. His lips were slightly parted, letting his tongue be faintly visible to you.

He needed to know if it was true.

He had to know.

This conundrum had fervently driven him mad for weeks. Kept him up at night, attitude becoming severely deadly to others including his crew mates while keeping his distance from you until he could figure it all out. Unfortunately, you had noticed this change of behavior in him. 

"[Name], I need you to be completely honest with me, baby."

Both of his hands trailed upwards to cup your cheeks, as warm tears spilled down your quivering eyes. You blinked rapidly, trying to wipe the tears away as you shook in fear.

In normal circumstances, the only reason you'd ever shake would be from the pleasure, love, and affection that Zoro would completely shower you with day and night, but this time it was for a completely different reason. To keep himself sane, he held on to the hope that all of what he was told was a lie, and that they had misjudged you.

You shook in fear because of  Roronoa Zoro.

"Zoro, I'm sorry... I ain't have a fuckin' choice-"

The last word barely had gotten out of your mouth as his right fist punched through the wall, right next to your head. You gasped, flinching in shock. You fucked up and let the wrong shit slip out. Damnit... he had figured it out.

"Stop fuckin' playin with me. This isn't a joke, woman! What the fuck were you thinking!?"

His enraged voice growled, the anger bubbling inside him as he tried to calm himself down. You must've seen a hundred emotions play in his eyes. Mostly anger, frustration, and hurt. He shook his head, looking at you with disbelief. He would never hit you, you were the love of his life, but the sheer betrayal he felt in his chest had enlarged tenfold.

"How could you do that shit to me?"

"Baby, just let me explain-"

He couldn't take it anymore, as his whole demeanor flipped like a switch. The menacing glare he gave you was the most terrifying thing you'd ever seen. Then and there you believed that he'd kill you. He was a dangerous man, after all, knowing what you got yourself into. He had been betrayed in the past, but he had never expected this from you. You played him like a fool and made a mockery out of him.

"There ain't shit to talk about. Get the fuck out of my sight."

"Zoro I'm begging you, please baby just listen to me!"

You pleaded in desperation, grabbing his shoulders to prevent him from walking away. His whole body tensed visibly, shoving you off of him with unnecessary force as he glared at you with a murderous glint. He was heartbroken. Even if he were to let you explain, he already knew what you were going to say. He had given you a chance in the past to tell him anything that he didn't know, anything that would be considered dangerous for him and his crew mates. But you completely wasted that due to indecisiveness and fear of what he'd think and do.

"This whole time you were workin' for the fuckin' government. I should've listened to my instincts."

He reached down, grabbing the gun that was hidden inside his pants, pointed upwards, and aimed shooting at the wall.

You flinched, as the ringing sound of the gun popping off rang through your ears. Hesitantly, you looked up in the direction of his shot,  confused about why he shot at the wall.

Oh.

He had shot the police camera that was hidden at the top.

Bewildered from this realization, he must've known the whole time that he was being recorded from the moment he stepped inside your house. That means.. he was testing you to see if you'd confess the truth. The horror of this realization had truly set in. Would he have shot you if you lied to him?

As he grabbed his things, he made his way past you without uttering a word, making you grasp the reality of the situation. With each step he took further away from you, the distance growing larger were his emotions fading away from him, his feelings and devotion that he had committed towards you diminishing. The wall of emotions he had put up, which took you a large amount of time and devotion to crack has rebuilt itself from scratch and is much stronger than before. It was a silent wake-up call for both of you. The actual silence itself wasn't empty, but full of answers. The relationship between the two of you had been severed, and could never be healed again.

The fresh tears that pooled in your eyes, released themselves from the dam. It poured down your face as you attempted to stop it, wiping them away with no luck. they just kept coming.

As he reached for the door, he stopped, looking over his shoulder to spare just one last glance from your form, inevitably knowing you'd have to disappear from his life. Deep down inside, he was also leaving to protect you. It made him feel sick. You were the enemy this whole time yet he wouldn't dare even lay a finger on you. Never in his life has he ever been tied down to a woman until he met you.'Even though you did the worst possible thing and betrayed him, he was still hopelessly in love with you, which enraged him even more.

"Whatever we had between us, was built up on lies. I'm only sparing you for Chopper's sake."

He spoke in an eerily calm voice, which made it even worse for you. He had already given up on you.

He twisted the knob, opened the door, stepping outside in the cold, chilly air.

"I'd advise you to watch yourself from now on. If you're idiotic enough to still involve yourself to come after my crew, you'll end up as another deceased unsolved mystery thrown at the government's headquarters."

The door slammed shut, almost breaking in contact from the sheer force. You couldn't move, couldn't think, couldn't function, except let out a silent scream. Your heart was in pain, you knew this would happen, regardless of what the others told you.

"Keep his righthand man hooked, [Name]. Your role is exceptionally critical in order for this operation to run smoothly."

It wasn't supposed to be this way.

From the corner of your eye, you noticed a glowing object set at the door.

It was a ring.