Buddy Daddies (2023)

Ghost Train - a ZoLu fic - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Momentary Bliss

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Two weeks passed by in a flash, summer break had officially started for the students of Grandline State University, Zoro was packing his stuff last minute and trying to hurry up before Nami and Vivi come by and pick him up. The last thing he needed to have was Nami yelling or smacking the shit out of his head.

Speak of the devil, his phone was buzzing, he dug it out of his pocket to see a text from Nami.

"From: Little Witch at 12:15PM

You have 5 minutes to finish packing, were almost to your dorm"

Zoro rubbed his face at the threat, thankfully he was almost done,  it helped that his kendo equipment was already neatly bound together. He was packing the last of his clothes and then went to put the final shirt in, the shirt of his favorite band that came in the mail yesterday. Zoro was panicked when he got the email after the day everyone was together saying,

"Customer Roronoa Zoro,

We apologize for the notice, order #11090505 has been delayed, for more information click this link below"

He wanted to smack his face when he first got it, but after waiting, he finally placed the last shirt in his suitcase. Exactly 2 minutes later he heard knocking at his door.

He picked up his kendo bag and suitcase and walked towards the door, opening the door, he was greeted by Nami and her girlfriend Vivi.

"That's everything your bringing Zoro?" Nami looked at his suitcase with a skeptical look.

"I don't need to bring a whole store with me for a trip Nami," Nami rolled her eyes at the remark.

"Well we have a huge R.V. so you can put your stuff in the back, you're the first one we picked up too, so you get first dibs on where to sit," Vivi told Zoro as she gave him a brief side-hug to say hello and then went to pop open the trunk for Zoro.

When Zoro walked into the R.V. he looked around and was impressed at the quality of the vehicle, "Nice R.V. Vivi," Zoro briefly said before he found the couch towards the back; In no time he fell asleep as soon as he lay on the cushion.

When Zoro woke up again, it was due to Usopp and Chopper fighting over the last seat, he saw everyone already in the vehicle as well.

It was starting to get on his nerves, (as if he wasn't a short fuse anyway when it came to his friends) he just wanted to nap the whole way, or at least most of it.

"Usopp didn't he help you get an 'A' on your last assignment, let him choose where he wants to sit before I make you sit with me." Zoro saw Usopp roll his eyes and let Chopper take the seat.

"Thanks, bro," Chopper got settled and now everything was ready to go.  Nami will be in control of directions, while Franky and Jinbe will take turns driving.

"Okay guys get comfortable, Dawn Island is roughly 12 hours away, maybe 10 if we don't run into idiots on the road," Nami told the others in the back.

Franky was the first to drive, Jinbe was going to nap so he can have energy for his turn, and Chopper was playing a 3-way hand-console game with Usopp and Sanji. Robin and Brook were both reading their respective books, and Vivi was also napping so she can take over for Nami when they take a break.

Now that Zoro knows that his friends are all busy, he felt at ease, now on to take a nap.

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"So how long are you staying here?" a voice that didn't have a face started speaking, the voice sounded comforting and loving.

"I think the whole summer, I go back to school for the last time around September, " Zoro spoke to the anonymous figure.

"Well make sure to come back, I'll miss you, you're the first company I personally had in a while,"  Zoro looked at them, he grabbed their hand, and held it.

"I promise," after those words were spoken all there was left was a light giggle.

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"Zoro, you might want to wake up before Sanji hits you," a gruff voice was talking

"What?"  Zoro was trying to process what he heard

"You warned him Jinbe, at least you tried... NOW WAKE UP MARIMO" and just after that, Zoro woke up to an unpleasantly familiar kick to his side.

"SHIT-BROWS! EVER HEARD OF SHAKING SOMEONE AWAKE?!" Zoro yelled at the blond's face.

"Alright! that's enough boys," Robin closed her book and looked at the two rivals smiling.

"You unsurprisingly slept the whole time Zoro, we're here, help us take our stuff into the house," Nami said as she walked out hand in hand with Vivi.

Zoro sighed, he couldn't get peace for 5 minutes. After a few hours, everyone was completely settled in.

After Sanji cooked everyone and meal, everyone went their separate ways for the night. Zoro was in his room, he immediately opened the window doors towards the balcony. Feeling the nice weather around him, he genuinely felt relaxed, Vivi's beach house had amazing scenery.

'Oh shit," Zoro's eyes widened in surprise, towards the city Zoro was able to see a statue. Standing proud as the 3 lovely boys from Dawn Island were D3. Ace had a bass guitar in his hands, Sabo was on the drums, and Luffy was in the front with his guitar. They were built to perfection in his eyes, while he respected Ace and Sabo, he couldn't help but only look at Luffy's smiling figure.

After realizing he was outside for too long, Zoro went to relax in his bed.

"Now what was that dream I had earlier?" he asked himself as he closed his eyes again for the night.

"Shishishi-" Zoro sat up and furrowed his brows at the noise, after picking the wax he had in his ear, he laid back down to sleep...

Wondering what's to come tomorrow.

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A/N:  Okay! Chapter 2 is done, sorry if the driving scene felt a bit fast-paced, it was hard to write dialogue for all the members save for Luffy. Now..what will love-struck Zoro (even if he won't admit it) dream about? Will the main boy appear soon???? who knows?

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CRYING, SCREAMING, THROWING UP I LOVE IT

Ok as a genderfluid person Luffy radiates huge "what's gender?" energy and I know there have been instances of him wearing traditionally non-masculine clothing, so HEAR ME OUT!!

Luffy loves robin's style, the shirts and the short skirts and pants and prints. It's a bit more modest than Nami's but still sexy because Sanji always shortcircuits around her when she wears them. And he thinks that's cool! He wants to make people do that too. So he goes to Robin and asks her if she has any clothes that she'd give him.

So he ends up with some cute skirts and halter tops (think her Miss All Sunday outfit) (and underwear because Robin told him he has to wear underwear and lends him some soft cotton ones he doesn't hate) and decides he's gonna wear it around the ship the next day.

Cue the next day and Luffy goes to Robin for help cuz he doesn't wanna damage her clothes. When they emerge, Sanji is about to snap at Luffy for interrupting the ladies when he just freezes when he sees Luffy. Usopp is stuttering, Chopper is gushing about Luffy's outfit, while Nami looks very conflicted about how good the captain looks in women's clothes. Franky insists the captain looks SUUUPER sexy, and it almost looks as good as the original. Brook asks to see his panties and chaos ensues as Luffy goes "Shishi shi~ sure!" And goes to raise up his skirt when big calloused hands hold his wrists.

He turns his head to see Zoro behind him, his other hand pressing into the skin of the small of his back and it makes him break out in goosebumps. The swordsman looks him up and down, and though everyone has been looking at him all morning, Zoro's singular eye burns as it roams over the exposed skin of his legs and midriff and chest. His Zoro's eyes are hungry and Luffy wants Zoro to devour him whole.

"You look nice, Captain." Zoro says, loud enough for the rest of the crew to hear but close enough to his ear that Luffy wants to shiver.

"Hey, Curly-brow, I thought you said breakfast was ready!" Zoro shouts at Sanji, and this rouses the rest of the crew to ask for breakfast. But Luffy knows breakfast is the last thing on Zoro's mind by squeeze to his hip and the heated look Zoro throws him over his shoulder as he walks to kitchen.

And if Luffy has to push his hat down to hide his blush and Robin gently taps his shoulder to tell him he can keep the outfit and she has some other she'd be willing to give to him, well that's between him and Robin.

Robin isn’t really all that surprised when she finds Luffy in her room one day, and the captain asks if she has any clothes that would fit him. The archeologist takes one minute to let the request digest before flitting over to her closet to fish something out that would sit right on Luffy’s chest and hips. They’re different proportions after all, but in the end, Robin comes back with a crop top that can be sinched tight from the back, and a mini skirt that she wore when she was much younger and a bit slimmer in the waist.

Luffy takes one look at the ensemble and grins happily, and seeing that smile, Robin offers to take it a step further by brushing Luffy’s hair and giving him a pair of matching earrings to go with his outfit.

“May I ask what brought this on, Captain?” She finally asks when Luffy’s changed and eyeballing himself in the mirror.

Luffy gives her another one of his signature smiles, “I just thought I’d might look nice. Sanji always says you look sexy in your clothes, and I want to look sexy to.” Luffy plucks at his dark hair from beneath the brim of his hat until he’s satisfied.

Robin still has her easy going demeanor about her. She never pegged Luffy to care all that much about his appearance, but if he wanted to look and feel sexy, then it wasn’t her place to interject. Not that she would. Instead of finding her Captain sexy, she thinks he looks cute in his outfit. It’s certainly different from his usual attire, but Luffy has a smile on his face that lights up her whole room, and she feels a certain fondness for her adorable little captain.

The rest of the crew has an interestingly diverse set of reactions. Nami squeals, over the moon to see Luffy dressed up in something cute as opposed to his usual attire. She offers to do his nails, which makes Luffy laughs as he runs over to join Usopp and Chopper fishing off the side of the ship. Usopp balks, eyes bulging from his head as he stutters out a, “L-L-Luffy??!!” Which just makes the captain giggle louder. Chopper is sweet as he compliments Luffy, bashful as he says he never knew skirts could be so pretty on boys.

Sanji, probably has the most convulsive aneurysm in response to Luffy’s attire change. At first, he doesn’t even notice, glancing at the skirt and assuming it’s Robin before really getting a good look. But on second thought, the hips are a bit slimmer, more slender and muscular in a way that’s different than how Robin voluptuously fits in her clothes. That is what causes Sanji to take a second look and practically drops every drink he’s holding on the serving tray because what the fuck is Luffy wearing and why is he actually pulling it off??!! It’s completely unfair! Even Sanji didn’t look that good in skirts and dresses when he dabbled in them on New-Kama island (though he’d admit, heels did wonders for his calves). Begrudgingly, the cook compliments Luffy when Robin prompts him sweetly, because Sanji can’t deny their captain looks almost illegally adorable flouncing around their ship in Robin’s old clothes.

Franky yells out a ‘super’ and poses, Luffy mimicking the action with a cheesy grin as his straw hat wobbles precariously where it’s perched on his head. Brook comes out from the bathhouse (and why skeletons need to bathe is still an unknown) and shrieks when he sees the captain. The musician makes a swooning motion as he takes the captain’s hand into his own.

“Luffy, would you be a dear and show me your panties?”

What earns him a slap from Nami only gets him a laugh out of Luffy and a giggled, “Sure!” Luffy’s hands dangerously go to the hem of his already short skirt, fingers moving to lift—

And then he’s stopped abruptly by a tanned, calloused hand covering his own. The crew looks up to see Zoro has arrived, and takes a stance behind his captain with his usual hovering. Luffy glanced over his shoulder, a little confused when Zoro stops him. His eyes slightly wide. Cheeks softly blushing pink.

“How about,” Zoro offers slowly, voice deep as he urges Luffy’s hand away from his skirt, “We don’t encourage Brook’s bad habits?”

“Aw, but I wanted to see the captain’s panties!” Brook whines, earning him another hit with a screeching yell from Nami to ‘knock it off’.

Zoro makes a noise of amusement, and Luffy feels his heart stutter at the sound. For some reason, Zoro’s hand feels warmer than ever, and the way his grey eyes meet Luffy’s dark ones sends little shivers of anticipation down Luffy’s spine.

What will Zoro think of Luffy dressing like this?

His answer comes when the swordsman grins subtly, head lowering to whisper against Luffy’s pierced ears, “You look nice, Captain.”

The words are simple, but it’s how Zoro says them that makes Luffy’s cheeks bleed red. An urge to hide his face away triggers him into pulling his hat down over his eyes, his heart hammering in his chest when Zoro moves away. Shyly, Luffy chances a glance at the first mate, only to feel as if he’s burning with the way Zoro eyes him obviously from head to toe, leisurely taking in the length of his captain with a smug, heated gaze. Luffy is now fully aware of his exposed midriff and the shortness of his skirt, but while he’s (surprisingly) embarrassed, he also feels warm, like he almost wants Zoro to look at him even more than he already is.

And so he tilts his chin up a little bit, lets his hands fall to the side as he meets Zoro’s gaze again. The swordsman’s smirk widens, his eyes softening as he adoringly takes his captain in.

Finally, with a breathy sigh, and a reverberating rumble, Zoro says, “Real nice, Luffy.”

“Ugh,” Sanji groans, sputtering his disgust as he throws two cigarettes into his mouth, “They’re flirting.”

“Oh, leave them alone.” Nami coos, shooting Luffy a wink, which only makes him blush more, as she turns to return to the helm, “And I need another drink, Sanji.”

“Of course Nami-swan!!!” The blonde chitters, noodling after his red haired goddess. That spurs the rest of the crew into dispersing and thinning out, leaving Zoro and Luffy alone in the middle of the Sunny’s deck.

Luffy doesn’t understand why it’s so hard to meet Zoro’s eyes, just that every time he does he wants something from the swordsman, and he doesn’t know what that something is. Touch him again, maybe. Keep looking at Luffy, definitely. And maybe…

Luffy shakes his head, his straw-hat falling back behind his neck. His hair, brushed and styled, billows in the sea breeze that carries over the grand line. There’s salt in the air, heat on his neck, but nothing makes him feel more warm, more thrilled, than Zoro’s hand reaching up and tucking a rebellious strand of Luffy’s hair behind his ear. The captain’s breath catches, and his eyes glimmer when he realizes what it is that he wants: why his stomach feels like it’s fluttering and his heart thunders at a pace that makes him worried about a heart attack.

Zoro is firm and large when he stands close, swords always at his hips, his own gold earrings softly chiming. His face is smooth, open and sweet, tender as he lets his fingers linger on Luffy’s cheek. Then, the swordsman is searching with his eyes, letting them fall to the captain’s mouth before moving up again, and Luffy only burns hotter. He wants—

There’s the sound of canon fire in the distance, a call from Nami as she warns of navy ships on the horizon. Zoro sighs.

Luffy finds himself making the same disappointed sound.

“Here, put this on.” Zoro says, slipping off the outer layer of his coat and placing it over Luffy’s shoulders. It’s a warm, heavy fabric. Smells like Zoro and engulfs Luffy entirely, “Can’t have the marines ogling you, right Captain?”

“Right. Only Zoro can ogle.” He says without thinking. His mouth, as always, is faster than his brain. His eyes go wide, the blush overtaking him again and he automatically goes to backtrack, but Zoro laughs, loud and beautiful. He has always been beautiful to Luffy when he smiles.

“Aye, Captain,” Zoro agrees without hesitating, and then he’s coming close again, fondly bumping their foreheads together in a way that makes Luffy squeak quietly, “You are only for me.”

Needless to say, Luffy makes a habit of raiding Robin’s closet every once in a while, and absolutely revels in the attention it earns him from a certain green haired swordsman.

Person x Person Masterlist

Interesting OTP pairings

Rich Person

Rich Person x Hardworking Commoner prompts and oneliners

Rich Celebrity x Poor Hardworking College Student prompts and oneliners

Rich Person x Rich Person prompts and oneliners

Royalty

Royal x Royal prompts and oneliners

Royalty x College Student prompts and oneliners

Royal x Groundskeeper prompts and oneliners

Royal x Rockstar prompts and oneliners

Villain / Hero

Villain x Hero prompts and oneliners

Oblivious Hero x Villain prompts and oneliners

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Vigilante x Hero prompts and oneliners

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Monsters / Supernatural Creatures

Ghost x Ghost prompts and oneliners

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Monster x Monster Hunter prompts and one liners

Angel x Demon prompts and oneliners

Seductive Fallen Angel x Shy Human

Misc.

Goddess x Mortal prompts and oneliners

Pirate x Noble prompts and oneliners

Prompts Masterlist

ZORO HAD NO REASON TO LEAN ON LUFFY WHILST DRINKING HIS BEER. NOT LIKE THERE ISN'T ANY SPACE IN THAT COUCH

Zoro stand up boy

Ace, Sabo and Luffy should have done a blood pact as part of becoming brothers (slicing their hands and pressing their wounds together) because then Ace couldn't hate his blood anymore since he shared blood with his brothers :)

My favourite type of zolu fanarts are the ones where you know they’re married because luffy has one of Zoro’s earrings. I eat the shit up

Can't you tell, I really love Luffy

Luffy’s so sympathetic because sometimes he gets them mixed up, too.

Based off That One Victorious Clip

Inspired by these posts (please go check them out):

Post by @out-of-lucky

Post by @what-the-fuck-adam

I hope Tsuru is super smug

Excellent tutorial to drawing cubby body types

“Some chubby guide for y’all!”

Source: paggiart on twitter