Odd mood tonight...this morning...whatever.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Behold, crappiness and Water 7 spoilers.

Title: Consolation
Word Count: 300 on the dot.
Rating: R for nookie.
Pairings: Sanji/Zoro, Sanji/Usopp.
Topic: Mistakes.


I’m a fucking moron.

The noises the other side of the door signaled that Zoro walking in would be not only unwelcome, but awkward as all hell. The only person to forgive Usopp faster than Luffy had been Sanji, and the physical expression of that was currently going on behind that door.

He just kept scrubbing those tears off of his face and swearing brokenly between sobs. What was I supposed to do?

Sanji moaned a name that was very different from the one he’d been gasping out a few days ago. Zoro was transfixed, paralyzed, torn between storming in and leaving. He hated feeling like this. Divided. Directionless. Unfocused. Things the greatest swordsman in the world couldn’t afford to feel.

That fucker knows I can’t stand watching people cry. I see them and I hear her, hear her sobbing and saying that her body’s betraying her and she’ll never be the greatest, hear people crying at her funeral. And this wasn’t something I could tell somebody to suck up or get over, not something I could take a sword to and make better.

Between old scars and new, Zoro still bore the faint marks of Sanji’s desperately clutching hands on his back.

I don’t want to hear him screaming my name.

He heard laughter. Sanji’s.

I don’t want to taste his tears on my lips.

One thin door.

I don’t want to feel his hair between my fingers.

One twist of his wrist.

I don’t want to remember the way he felt under me, arching and sweating and begging me to fuck him until he couldn’t think anymore.

He forced himself to let go of the knob, to turn around and walk away.

We all made mistakes on Water 7. Some of us just got off lighter than others.

Comments

[aitherion.livejournal.com]

Whoa.

You are an awesome writer, Miss Trillian. :3

The relation between crying and Kuina... that was amazing. Great job once again. ^_^

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

You're going to give me a big head. I almost went "ARG! Badfic!" and threw this on the trashpile.

What have we learned? I can't judge my own fiction for crap. Rawr.

[hyperactivator.livejournal.com]

That was an increadable drabble. I loved it. ^_^

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. I really can't judge my own stuff, it seems. ^.^;

[sherrymarie.livejournal.com]

That was so very lovely.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I'm happy you liked it.

[jadeprince.livejournal.com]

wow. That was... really well done. And FUCK ALL depressing. o____o

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Ack! I'm sorry I depressed you...even if the fic was kind of intended to be that way. Poor Zoro...poor Sanji...poor everybody.

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

I'm still back in Skypiea, but I still think this is great. I'll probably have to come back and reread it once I finally catch up in the series, and get an extra kick in the angst-bone.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Hurry up and catch up! There's so much awesome spoileriffic stuff between Skypeia and now! *excited bounce*

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

Are we talkin' manga or anime, here? *eyes Kaizoku-fansubs sadly* I wish I could catch up, since everyone's abuzz about Water 7 and beyond...

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Manga. I'm one of those "I liked the book way better than the movie" people. I'm also on a dialup connection, so I've seen maybe ten episodes of the anime, plus two of the movies, a TV special, and a pair of shorts.

[paxnirvana.livejournal.com]

Oh god the angst kills me... That Water 7 bit is the hardest anyway and to add this pining onto it... *dies in a flood of tears*

Poor, poor Zoro! *sniffles*

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Angst generates fiction, and vice versa. Therefore, Water 7 spawns plotbunnies like nothing else. Even if they are sad and make me want to go write about Zoro's tragic octopus girlfriend from the salvage ship just to cheer myself up.

[shattterheart.livejournal.com]

OHGOD.
*weepslikeabitch*
Amazing. If I owned a track of a studio audience clapping, I'd send it to you.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Eeeek. Sorry! I didn't mean to make you cry like a redheaded stepchild!

[mango-32.livejournal.com]

OMG...I felt like crying when reading this. But it's really great.

I wonder why Sanji did that though. You portrayed Zoro's emotion so well. The reference to Kuina is a great touch.

Will you write more? *stares with puppy dog eyes*

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm not sure where that Kuina thing came from, but I'm glad it showed up. Hopefully for my poor achity heart, this won't have a sequel.