onepieceyaoi100 | No First Kisses

Title: No First Kisses
Pairing: ZoroxSanji
Rating: PG-13
Theme: First kisses
Words: 215

It might have seemed strange. That cook and swordsman --already with more than a handful of "drunken” encounters under their belts so to speak, groping hands thrust past torn hems, teeth and broken skin, fingernails and long red welts more than once or twice-- could yet have never once completed that most basic and perhaps instinctual of intimate gestures. The kiss.

And here they were again, the rest of the crew oblivious --they imagined-- to this or any other unconfirmed private confrontations. Nevermind that the dishes rattled above Sanji's head as Zoro's hips slammed into his. Nevermind the string of barely-hushed curses that followed the cook's heel to the swordsman's ear. Deceptively slender hands that refused to wield steel as a weapon, nonetheless twisted viciously in hair and fabric. Zoro's, itching for the weave of katana hilt, settled for the taut silk of his crewmate's throat. Yet less than little eye contact was exchanged, gnashing teeth kept a safe distance, the very concept of such an romantic action as a kiss thoroughly revolting to both men --if it even crossed either's mind.

So when Sanji slept, the green of his dreams ripened to orange and he imagined lips softer than they aught to be.

Zoro woke inexplicably warm.