Quick disclaimer, I finished typing this up on my phone so if there's mistakes I'm very sorry. Anyways, enjoy chapter 2!

Chapter 2

It's been a few days. The entire ship knows about PRECISELY what he didn't want them to, with a plethora of new nicknames added to the list. There'd been jokes about the grass being greener, if he 'mows the lawn' and other various, stupid jokes like that. That didn't bother him that much, what did bother him was the amount of attention he was getting from everyone that wasn't named Luffy. Ever since the loud mouth had started spewing out that they were 'very in love' it'd become apparent that the rest of the crew had taken an interest in knowing every painstaking detail, which Luffy had been more than happy to share.

It got annoying very quickly. 'Zoro, have you and Luffy... you know...' followed by crude gestures with fingers. He quickly snap back 'NO' which probably didn't help and he was definitely NOT blushing. They were constantly snickering and winking at him whenever he was near, even his death glare wasn't working as well as it used to. But at least he had Luffy to himself, no one dared to interrupt the two whenever they cuddled, whether it was because of Luffy's 'death stare imitation' or his own, it didn't really matter. Most likely it was because of what happened after their first cuddle.

The first cuddle they had was awkward.

"Zoro, I wanna cuddle!"

It wasn't exactly unexpected, he'd been carrying the boy from the bathroom to the men's cabin after all. Mostly because his captain was refusing to do anything that didn't involve bodily contact... Not that Zoro had minded of course, the intimacy that his captain was showing was rather welcome after suppressing his own actions for what seemed like ages. It was pretty much an instantaneous reaction to being put down on the cot, which amused the swordsman 'he's acting like a needy child...' His thought was interrupted by the ever growing irritation of the younger man.

"Noo, don't leave!"

"As you wish, captain." The cot was pretty small and definitely not designed for two bodies, but happy to oblige, he sat down beside, gently touching the younger's hair. It had only been a short while before the captain wanted more, pulling the swordsman down on top of him, smiling and laughing the whole time. It wasn't quite as amusing for Zoro however, as he was now literally tied up with the other's limbs, something he'd have to get used to. It wasn't uncomfortable so much as it was weird, he hadn't been intimate with many people but someone who could stretch themselves was probably amongst the weirdest people that one COULD get intimate with.

"Zoro, are you comfortable?"

Comfortable wasn't a good word. Far from it in fact, he was semi holding his weight up so he wouldn't squish the smaller of the two, not taking into account the rubber nature of his new-found partner.

"It'd be better if we tried this somewhere where there's more room. This cot is only made for one person, I don't think anyone took relationships into account when they got these beds."

The captain just nodded and let go of Zoro, and then held up his arms, gesturing that the swordsman should pick him up again. The latter of the two just sighed, picking up the very light rubber man. Checking around the area, he spotted two cots close together and gestured towards them, to which the captain feverishly nodded his head.

Setting Luffy down, despite the protests, Zoro moved the cots until they were side by side. Satisfied with his work, he picked up his lover and gently lowered them both onto the makeshift queen sized bed. No sooner had he layed his head down that Luffy had already started wrapping his overly long arms around the swordsman. A few times around in fact. Zoro wasn't about to admit the levels of discomfort, but he thought that if he shifted himself around enough to get the younger man lying down on his side, he could make it work.

It definitely didn't, instead the limbs kept stretching, getting Zoro more and more tied up in the tangle of arms and what felt like legs.

'Great' he thought to himself. Now he was entirely trapped in the web of Luffy's limbs, trying to wriggle his way out which only made the younger of the two cock his head, casually asking what was wrong. This kept going for about ten minutes. Ten agonizing minutes of strangulation, cut off body circulation and above all, horrid, horrid discomfort.

Then Usopp walked in. Noticing the two, he called out 'hey guys, hope I'm not interrupting anything.' Putting a lot of emphasis on the anything part. All of a sudden, Zoro noticed that the limbs were retreating at an alarming rate, they were going almost too fast for him to keep track of. He had barely dodged one foot flying for his head, and just a few moments later, dodging it again. Only then did Zoro realize what was going on, and following his traditional 'gomu gomu no-'

"Usopp! Look out!"

*THWACK*

"USOPP! DO NOT INTERRUPT OUR CUDDLE TIME AGAIN OR YOU WILL NEVER WALK THE SAME AGAIN."

Those words echoed across the ship for some time, no one dared to move, except Usopp, who slowly made his way out of the room.

It was quickly decided amongst the rest of the Straw Hats that cuddle time was not to be disturbed.

Ever.

Shorter chapter this time friends, hope you enjoyed it!