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hmm?

( his resistance towards the obvious was far too cute. )

he and I are quite different despite our appearances. are you going to write me off that easily?

means you dont know what youre talking about

[ unfortunately, she did seem to be very near the mark, and it's got his hackles raised. ]

didnt say that
just dont like assumptions

assumptions? darling since when is the truth an assumption?

it seems like I’m getting you all riled up. how amusing.

you dont know the truth

[ he hides it so well. ]

knock it off!!!
you dont know anything about me

[ actually... ]

what the hell did that bastard tell you

I grew up surrounded by nothing but men, I know you all far too well~

( well not the deep nuances that made up zoro, but the fact that he held some kind of positive sentiment towards her brother wasn't hard to miss at all. it was painfully obvious. )

no words were exchanged during our reunion, I'm just that good. now shall we return to our little game of 'practice'?

doubt it

[ he wouldn't be lumped in with the other men of her family, but he wasn't about to argue the point either. he didn't need to prove shit. ]

so what
you just pretend to be him or something

[ it was a stupid idea, and he shouldn't even be entertaining it. but if she had guessed what was going on in his head, there was some small, small part of him that wondered how she interpreted the cook. ]

Edited 2025-05-22 20:51 (UTC)

( thankfully for them both that counted as a win in her book. even if for him it was not needing to prove himself, and to her it was him finally resigning himself. )

I could, though it's been quite a few years since I've spent time with him. he's changed it seems.

( for the better— which was a good thing in her eyes, but she wasn't about to get sappy. )

it was easy to see just how much full of life he's become.

[ zoro wasn't surprised - luffy had that effect on people. pissed as he was at the cook for leaving, he'd still placed his trust in his captain to drag his sorry ass back; because deep down, he knew it's where sanji belonged. with them.

them being the crew, of course. not him specifically. ]

what
if youre not him then hows this whole practice thing work

you go first

( she might have bitten off a more than she could chew, but given her own observations during their limited interactions, she did her best to emulate her brother. )

let's see....

oi, mosshead. it's good to see you again, even if you are annoying.

( something like that? even if it was all silly in the end, if she could help him indirectly it might make up for all those years. )

[ yeah, that was weird. he knew he was supposed to be pretending it was the cook, but anyone else talking to him like that was just... well, weird. ]

idiot cook
youre annoying

[ ... perfectly natural. ]

( 'idiot cook?', she thought. that was the best insult he could come up with? )

might be annoying but I know you missed me.

the best food....only comes from me anyways.

( yeah now even she's struggling here. )

why the hell would I miss you

[ 'you're the one who left.' no, he couldn't say that. it wasn't as though he didn't know why he'd gone, and it wasn't any of her business just what that had meant for them; zoro still wasn't sure he was even able to articulate it with words. ]

this is stupid

[ nothing to do with the fact he was terrible at it. ]

its not even how we talk

because you care about me you moron.

( still she tries, even if it feels awkward—

and before she could say anything else, there he is affirming that the two are the biggest idiots on the planet and it would take a something far more catastrophic to bring forth the emotions they all felt. )

okay then give me a glimpse of how you actually talk. I'm all ears, or rather eyes in this case.

we just talk

[ or they had, before all this. it wasn't anything either of them had needed to think about, because they understood each other - and with that trust shaken, zoro felt off balance, left to wonder just how much either of them had ever really understood at all. maybe they'd just been speaking two separate languages all that time. ]

not about that crap

[ not with him, anyway. ]

( ah that seemed to give her a better understanding of zoro and what their relationship was like. she truly was going about this the wrong way but would she admit that? would she ever admit she was wrong?

probably not— if there was one thing she had in common with her younger brother was that stubbornness. )

alright then. talk to me, tell me what you've been wanting to tell him.

'why did you just leave? and come back?' does that sound about right?

i know why he came back
know why he left too

[ he came back, because luffy brought him back. he hadn't asked beyond that, because he didn't need to. zoro knew it had nothing to do with him, not specifically - it was about their captain and the crew, as a whole. which was fine.

completely fine. he wasn't upset. he wasn't pissed off, because it had somehow managed to hurt, hard as he maintained that it hadn't. ]

you get off on this or something
trying to make me say some stupid shit about how i missed him???

i dont need him

of course I don't. if I was looking to 'get off' I'd be talking to one of the ladies on your crew. that robin is quite the woman.

( no there was something a bit more vulnerable here. )

it may not seem like it but he's my brother after all. I only want what's best for him and you seem to be good for him.

even if you two deny it and fight to the bitter end over it. I won't bother you more on this though, you'll come around eventually with or without my guidance.

[ give him a moment to fully process that first part, because he needs those extra seconds.

she was confusing overall. zoro still didn't fully understand her investment, nor where she was getting her insight - if he couldn't detangle his own feelings on the subject, how could she think she knew? and more alarmingly, why the hell did it seem like she was mostly right? ]

dont tell him that

[ either about robin, or about zoro being good for him. both would send him into a tailspin. ]

not like you were guiding me anyway
not guiding when youre making me do all the work

[ would he ask for guidance? no. would he read it if she offered it? also no.

maybe. if he happened to look at it... ]

he already knows, but I can assure you, I'm not speaking to them just for that.

( as the only one who was on his side during that dark time, she still had her own regrets about how she went about it. she could have done more, said more but—

telling him there was a vast world out there filled with people for him to meet and cherish him, well she certainly didn't want to be wrong about that. perhaps pride but she was here to help him even if she went about it in a strange way. [ways that ensured sanji or her father didn't see her meddling]. )

you know zoro, one day you'll get it. I'll be here waiting.

to tell you 'I told you so'.

( yup she's giving a prideful little smirk behind the screen. )

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wasnt worried about that part

[ even if she were, he had full confidence in nami and robin both to know how to handle it; they certainly navigated that sort of terrain better than he did. evidently.

... that was the worst guidance he'd ever heard.]

guess youll be waiting a while

I had a feeling I would but you know something my dear?

I'm sure it will be well worth the long wait.

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SCREAMS AT DW thanks for no notif

shakes dw

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