AET – Alternate Ending #4: Concuss – Infirmary – "Consequences"

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Sanji grinned as he lifted the tray from the edge of the cot and Zoro, sprawled out over the entire bed, started snoring.

Maybe he'd kick the marimo in the head more often.

Sadly the moment was ruined when the infirmary door opened to admit Chopper, the littler doctor looking cheerful until he caught a whiff of the place and looked to Sanji, who now stood in the middle of the room like a deer caught in the headlights with a cigarette perched in the corner of his mouth.

A beat, in which the door swung itself shut with a click like a death knell, then, "SANJI ARE YOU SMOKING IN THE INFIRMARY!?"

"Chopper wait it's not-- AAAHH!!"

Outside, Usopp halted in his path to the men's quarters and looked toward the infirmary, eyes widening. Was that... Sanji screaming?

"OH GOD WHY?"

Yup, that was Sanji.

Usopp stood, mouth agape, frozen on the spot. It was only after another rather unmanly scream from the infirmary that he turned to Nami and, still stunned, asked, "Should we do something?"

Nami 'tsk'ed and folded her newspaper over, never lifting her eyes from the page. "You can if you want."

A pause, another series of crashes and shouting which now seemed to include Zoro in some capacity – was the swordsman LAUGHING? - and Usopp decided to just pretend he hadn't heard anything at all.

The end.