Maybe I'll scrape in in time?

[saiyako.livejournal.com]

Title: Haiku
Author: Saiyako
Rating: No prons.
Topic: Short forms
Pairing: Zoro/Brooke
Possibly slight spoilers for the end of Thriller Bark.
Word Count: 297


The paper is gone at the first sound of a footstep.

It's Brooke who's come to find him, so he lets him lead him into conversation without defensiveness, as though he has nothing to hide, and the musician lets him get away with it for some time before suddenly reaching forward and pulling the paper from his haramaki.

"Is this important, Zoro-san?" His voice is quiet.

"It's nothing," Zoro says quickly. "It's..." He pauses then. Brooke's a swordsman himself, after all. He knows what Zoro has lost, and he's discreet enough... "It's okay. You can read it. It sucks, though."

Brooke watches him for a moment, seeing if he really means it, and unfolds the paper, reading the poem aloud:

snow falls on the peak
rusted by evil's hand
a long journey ends

Hearing it read makes Zoro cringe. "I know, it's not finished, it's been forever since I've done this and I can't work out that second line," and this babbling isn't like him, any more than it's like him to show this side of himself to another and maybe it's just the effect of being in mourning, because he felt weird after Kuina died too...

Brooke doesn't seem to mind, though, and he lets Zoro's words pass him by as he reads the flawed haiku over again before saying, "I don't think Yubashiri would mind that it's not perfect. You loved her, that's all she needs." Standing to leave, he hands the paper back, and leans over to press his bony mouth oh-so-gently against the first mate's own, just for a moment. "I won't tell the others, if you like."

And as he walks away, Zoro can do nothing but watch him, and wonder how a kiss from a lipless man can be so soft.

Comments

[mr-redrum.livejournal.com]

not into this pairing,but I love brooke, and definitely love the basic of this story...love how zoro starting to open up to someone about himself...and love brooke's words and action in here...thanks for making this drabble...

[saiyako.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed you're usually ZoSan only. Thanks for checking out my fic anyway, and for letting me know you liked it! XD

[pipebomb-here.livejournal.com]

and I think the question we are all asking... would anything with Brooke be necrophila?~

nicely written even if I don;t dig the pair :3

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[saiyako.livejournal.com]

Hm, it might be... I'd consider adding a warning, but then it's not like anyone would assume living!Brooke, would they...?

And thanks! It's not one of my usual pairings, either, but it just seemed right for this. XD

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[mr-redrum.livejournal.com]

...hmmm,I don't think its necrophilia, by the way...necrophilia is the sexual attraction to corpses. someone whose already death and doesn't have a soul... and I think brooke is in fact still have his soul. he ate that fruit that made him can't die. thus he still alive, although his body is a skeleton already...

and because mostly person whose suffer from this, they have low self esteem and they like to did it with corpses so they can gain total control from it. I just don't see Zoro as a necrophilic...considering the fact that he doesn't have any low self esteem whatsoever...

okay, really sorry for my rambling in here... because I think your drabble is good indeed...

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[saiyako.livejournal.com]

It's okay, I'm glad to inspire some discussion actually... and your thoughts about the difference a soul makes are interesting. But I'd assume that anyone who would think of it as necrophilia and would be bothered by that would avoid Brooke-pairings anyway.

And yeah, I agree, I don't see Zoro wanting sex with something that has no life in it. It's Brooke's personality and wisdom that makes him open up here, not some "OMG HOT DEAD PERSON!" thing. XD

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[mr-redrum.livejournal.com]

heloooooooo ^_^...

thanks for reply...and yeah, I think you have a right point in there... don't worry, I respect different opinion in this matter...I myself kinda in the middle here... I think I will never writing brookexzoro,but that's because I only have tendencies to always pairing zoro up with sanji. but once, I made a rather long fic and pairing brooke up with chopper...so, that's why even though I'm not into brookexzoro, but I admire people like you who can suavely write a story with a un-usual pairing like this one ^_^

again, thank you!...

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[saiyako.livejournal.com]

Heh, that's okay. I ship ZoLu myself, I just find it really fun to explore some of the other Zoro pairings, and Zoro/Brooke is so interesting for me that I really couldn't resist doing it for this topic. And thank you again! That such a diehard ZoSan fan like you likes it makes me happy. ^_^

[jasssparkles.livejournal.com]

GLEE. I am one of those rare people who do enojoy this pairing, and this was absolutely charming. :)

[saiyako.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad you like it, and thanks for saying so! XD

Hmm

[mishagirl.livejournal.com]

Yes I quite enjoyed it too...but are you saying Zoro lost one of his swords at the end of thriller bark? I totally don't remember that...did I miss a chapter or something?

But still awesome...

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[saiyako.livejournal.com]

No, he didn't lose it in Thriller Bark, but you remember what happened to Yubashiri at Enies Lobby? And how he carried her remains with him to Thriller Bark and then left them behind at the end of the arc? That's what I'm referring to.

And thank you! XD