You were a new StrawHat crew member after quickly impressing Luffy with your skills and abilities.

You were handy with swords (although you only used one and even then you barley did) and a sharp shooter, having a high bounty on your head and with no crew, joining them was really your only option.

You immediately got along with Nami and Luffy was constantly friendly but Zoro absolutely despised you, turning away anytime you looked in his direction and grumbling some half-assed insult under his breath, or a comment about how they couldn’t trust you. Not like anyone actually listened to him.

Even he himself didn’t know why he hated you so much, was it jealousy? the way you looked? No, surely he wouldn’t stoop that low. After all he wasn’t that type, he never had been and honestly he’d rather jump ship than actually acknowledge he’d subconsciously lower himself to that level.

So what was it?

He was moping as per usual, leant against the merry’s thick banister, eyes staring off out to the sea with slow blinks as he thought. Probably about nothing in particular, and then it was probably something to do with sake.

“I can hear you.” Zoro finally shifted from his staring haze, not bothering to look over his shoulder where you’d (attempted) to sneak over. The one thing that couldn’t get past him, someone else. Though, you were close, just a creaky floorboard to give you away. It made him smirk internally.

“What do you want?” Aka, what could possibly be so important that you were interrupting his very important sulking him.