Drum rolls please…. No?... Nothing? No… Fine… Here is the epilogue for The little merman (without drum rolls) Enjoy!

Epilogue

"Mm, something smells really tasty", Zoro said when he entered the kitchen, sniffing in the air.

It was almost two months since the battle with Crocodile and now it was only two days left until the big wedding everybody talked about, and Sanji had been locked up in the kitchen the whole last week. Makino said he was making recipes for the big day. Zoro had tried to talk Sanji into at least let other cooks help, giving Sanji some time to rest. But the stupid cook was damn stubborn, not even Smoker could get him out of the kitchen. Zoro had also been busy with his own trivial work before the day of the wedding; boring stuff like invitations, flower-arrangements, the seating and costumes. Who knew there was so much planning before a wedding? But right now, nothing could stop Zoro for spending some quality time together with his soon-to-be husband.

"Yeah", Sanji answered from over the stove, deep in thoughts and nose down in one off the bigger cookbooks. "I've figured out the dishes were going to have. There are two sorts of wine and one sort of champagne you must order; twenty bottles of each sort."

As Sanji was talking and scanned over different pages, Zoro walked closer.

''Brook is going to get a fit when he sees your orders", Zoro said with a chuckle as he looked as Sanji's different lists of ingredients and drinks. "At least Kokoro will be happy with the amount of alcohol."

"If you're just going to complain, you can go and do it somewhere else", Sanji answered annoyed, never letting his eyes leave the pages.

"I'm not going to complain", Zoro said with a devilish smirk and walked up behind Sanji. "I'm just going to kidnap you for a while."

The leg moved fast, but Zoro was ready now and he drew one of his three katanas to defend himself and stopped the strong leg.

"I don't have time, you stupid marimo", Sanji gritted through teeth that clenched around a cigarette.

The blonde had found out he liked to smoke those smelling sticks. He gave Zoro some lame excuse that he seemed more grown-up when he smoked them.

"You can always make time", was Zoro's answer as they stood in the same position, measuring their strength.

"I'm not some fucking magician your dork. I can't just get more time!" Sanji shot back and his eyebrow twitched in annoyance.

Why was the marimo bothering him? Of course Sanji was happy to see his lover, but he had been stressed lately and didn't need more distractions.

"Give me 45 minutes", Zoro growled and pushed the foot away and stepped closer. "Then I'll leave you alone until your done with whatever you're doing until the wedding."

Sanji would have thought about it, but it wasn't like Zoro gave him some time to think about it. The swordsman was fast to remove the swords from his hip and put it on a clean bench. Sanji opened his mouth to point out those swords that had been stained by blood and dirt shouldn't lie on a counter in a kitchen, but Zoro took advantage of his lover's open mouth and plunged his tongue inside as soon as their lips touched...

"Z-zoro", Sanji panted as the swordsman slid down his body, kissing the fabric of his clothes and rubbing his calloused hand over Sanji's clothed hard-on.

"Hm, you're very sensitive today. Have you missed me?" Zoro said with a teasing grin as he rubbed Sanji a little harder.

"F-fuck no!" Sanji hissed and bit his lower lip.

"That's not what this thing here says" Zoro answered with glee and tugged Sanji's erection free from underneath his slacks.

"Don't-" Sanji whimpered and tried to push the calloused hands away. "Not here, Zoro."

"Why?" The marimo asked with a frown.

"It's the kitchen for god's sake!" Sanji hissed. "If you promptly have to do it, then let's take it elsewhere. Some place where you don't make food for other people!"

Zoro grunted but complied, tugging Sanji back in his pants.

"Life was much easier when you couldn't talk."

"Watch it shitty marimo!" Sanji growled.

Zoro rolled his eyes at the nickname. Really, the damn cook couldn't come up with something better than a name for some sea plant? Well, he guessed he could deal with it if he could tease Sanji for his weird, symmetric eyebrows.

"Come on love cook" Zoro said with a smirk and lifted the blonde up, carried him princess-style when they walked out of the kitchen.

"Zoro! P-put me down", Sanji said with a flushed face. "What if someone sees?"

"So what?" Zoro asked with a raised brow. "It's not like our relationship is a secret."

"That's-"

"Well aren't' you two looking all lovey-dovey."

Sanji quickly turned his head and glared at the person who had cut him off. Of course Smoker of all people had to see them like this!

"Hi commodore", Smoker said with a grin. "We're taking a break from all the duties."

"I can see that", Smoker said, still grinning.

The former merman had been promoted from the stable and joined the royal army instead, much to Ace's dislike. But both Zoro and Garp realized the grey-haired man would live longer if he wasn't with Ace all that much. Besides, the two of them had gotten an own room in the castle. Everyone, except Smoker, thought it was a better solution to keep Ace closer to the commodore when he wasn't working. The raven was calmer and didn't bother other people as much that way.

"Smoker", Sanji growled.

The blonde was hot and bothered, erection throbbing in his pants. He wanted Zoro to have his way with him, and he wanted that now!

"If you don't disappear from my vision as soon as possible, I'll tell Ace your full name."

Sanji smirked when he saw the color in Smoker's face drain. Sanji was the only one who knew Smoker's horrible full name, and the older man wasn't too fond of Ace (or anybody else for that matter) finding out what it was.

"Ehrm", Smoker said and coughed. "Then I guess I'll leave your majesties to your own business. Have a good day."

Zoro watched with raised eyebrows and a surprised look as the newly promoted commodore turned and disappeared behind the closest corner.

"What the hell was that about?"

Sanji answered the suspicious look from his fiancé with a cat-like grin.

"Just a little black-mailing between friends."

"Care to tell me?"

"No way marimo! Then I would lose that precious opportunity to screw with the old man."

"Oh com on", Zoro said and rolled his eyes. "How bad can his name be?"

"You have no idea", Sanji said with a scary grin. "Now use that lousy sense of direction of yours and take us to the bedroom."

"Whatever, princess."

"Shut up marimo!"

"What's so bad about your name?"

Smoker froze in his tracks. Oh for crying out loud! The grey-haired man turned his head and saw that annoying freckled face stare up at him with a curious look. Ace had been sitting outside the corridor and heard the conversation through the windows that was open for airing. Now Ace had jumped up and was hanging over the windowsill with his upper body.

"It's nothing", Smoker muttered and started to walk in a quick pace.

He groaned inwardly when he heard the thud of Ace's boots as the younger man jumped inside the corridor and sprinted after his lover.

"Aw come on now Taisa", Ace cooed and started walking beside the former captain when he reached him. "Now Smoker is a cool name, there aren't names that can wear that down, right? Besides, a lot of people have name they don't like. I was named Gol D Ace when I was born but I changed to Portgas because I would rather have my mother's name than my father's, so I know how you feel about names- ouch!"

Smoker had got enough of Ace rambling and pushed the poor little youngster against the wall, trapping him effectively between his two arms.

"Just… shut… up!" Smoker hissed and gave the raven a nasty glare.

"Aww, come on Smoker", Ace said with a pout. "It can't be bothering you that much?"

"It's not the name that bothers me", Smoker said and for the first time Ace realized how tired Smoker was of all this. "It everyone else that finds out that bothers me about it!"

Ace hand slowly rose from his side and patted the soft grey locks in a comforting gesture. His old man suddenly looked very childish and very bullied. It was kind of cute.

"Fine", Ace said and broke the comfortable silence they had been standing in for a while. "I'll forget I heard you little conversation with Sanji, on one condition."

Smoker slowly raised an eyebrow. He doubted the brat would forget the conversation, but maybe he could get him to shut up about it for at least a day.

"And what is the condition?"

Ace grinned at Smoker's question and circled his arms around the captain's broad shoulders, lifting himself high enough so his lips were beside an ear.

"Nee Taisa, play with me?"

"Was that really fucking necessary?" Sanji cursed as Zoro threw him on their bed.

The blonde prince had almost hit his head in the headboard.

"No" Zoro growled and crawled over Sanji's body. "But it was fun hearing that girly squeak."

"Fuck you!" Sanji hissed and tried to kick his fiancé, but the swordsman had his legs pinned down.

"Yeah yeah I'll get to that" Zoro muttered with a smirk as he worked with the chef's buttons on his shirt.

Sanji snorted at the lame answer and he concentrated on the wet mouth that had started to trace over his collarbone.

"If you give me a hickey" Sanji started muttering between his gasps. "I'll kick you to a place where not even the whale-sharks have visited. I'm not having a dark spot when the wedding ceremony is!"

"So you're saying that if anyone can spot a hickey I'll be screwed?"

"Yesss" Sanji hissed as Zoro rubbed his thigh against Sanji's crotch.

"But if the hickeys aren't visible then there's no problem."

"No- wait, what?"

Zoro slid down between Sanji's legs, leaving the shirt buttoned and tugged away both pants and boxer's in one smooth motion. He gave Sanji a mocking smirk before lifting the blonde's leg and kissed down his inner thigh. Sanji hissed as Zoro sucked and bit down at his pale skin, drawing blood.

"Ow, Zoro what the fuck?" Sanji cursed as the marimo licked the darkening area on his smooth thigh.

"No one will see it there, right?"

"That doesn't automatically mean you can bite me!"

Zoro moved so he was hovering over Sanji, the blonde pushed himself lower in the unruly bed.

"We're getting married in two days Sanji", the swordsman whispered.

He put their fore-heads together and closed his eyes to savor the feelings. Within three days all this would be over and he could have Sanji all to himself. The wedding would be the day after tomorrow and Zoro couldn't wait until it was all over. Tomorrow would be hell. Mihawk would arrive, and so would Perona. Worst of all was that he wouldn't be able to see Sanji anymore until the wedding had actually begun. Why did all people insist on getting married anyway?

"Oi Marimo… Are you even paying attention?"

Zoro was pulled back from his pondering, only to realize Sanji had rolled them over and now the blond was straddling his stomach.

"Wha- when-"

"When did we switch positions?" Sanji finished Zoro's question with a mocking grin. "Really marimo, do you get lost in your own thoughts? What a lousy sense of direction."

"Why you-" Zoro started but got silenced by Sanji's lips.

The swordsman arched his back when he felt Sanji tug at his shirt. When it was off it joined Sanji's pants and boxers on the floor. The swordsman's groan was swallowed by Sanji's mouth when the blonde rolled their hips together. Slender, pale fingers ran along the hem of Zoro's pants before they slipped under the fabric and grabbed Zoro's shaft.

"Ngh… Sanji", Zoro panted as the skilled fingers worked him into full hardness.

The blonde cook traced kisses down Zoro's upper body as he made his way towards the swordsman's lower regions. He swirled his tongue around the marimo's navel before he dipped it down, earning a moan from his lover. Sanji smirked and tugged down Zoro's pants to his thighs, freeing the proud erection.

Zoro hissed when the cold air wrapped around his shaft, but he moaned when Sanji's warm mouth and wet tongue wrapped around his head slightly.

In a slow pace, Sanji started to swirl his tongue around the head and stroked the base with his hand. Zoro breathed hard and tried not to thrust his hips upwards. That task became very hard when Sanji took as much of his shaft as he could and swallowed around him.

"Argh f-fuck", Zoro moaned.

Sanji felt triumphant and stroked Zoro's trembling thighs with his free hand.

"S-Sanji", Zoro breathed. "Enough."

Sanji swirled his tongue around the head one more time before he let go with a pop. The pre-cum in his mouth felt salty and warm, but it didn't taste bad. The blonde leaned forward and let his elbows rest on each side of Zoro's head, looking down at his lover's flushed face.

"What is it marimo-head?" Sanji asked with a teasing voice. "Not man enough to become hard after you've shot your load once?"

One more deep breath from Zoro, then Sanji felt himself being pulled down and just like that; their roles were switched again.

"Oh, there is one place I want to shoot my load", the swordsman said, kicked of his pants and lifted Sanji's left leg with a hand.

The former merman squeaked and blushed bright red when a slick finger penetrated him without a warning. Somehow Zoro must have grabbed the bottle of lube underneath their pillow and wet his hand with it without Sanji noticing. What a fucking perverted bastard!

Sanji moaned with a deep voice when another finger joined the first and Zoro started the scissoring motion. It was when the third joined that he brushed over Sanji's prostate. Zoro's painfully aroused cock twitched at the needy moan Sanji made when he touched that special spot; and he earned a delicious moan each time he did it.

"Z-Zoro", Sanji said with a shaky breath. "Sto- stop teasing."

Zoro smirked and pulled the fingers out, seating himself between Sanji's legs; the tip of his arousal barely touching Sanji's entrance.

"What do you want then, Sanji?" Zoro whispered into the blonde's ear with a husky voice as he lubed his shaft. "Tell me what to do. Let me hear that sweet voice of yours."

Sanji shivered and felt the little blood that wasn't in his penis shot up to his face in a blush. It was rare to get compliments from Zoro, but those he gave during sex were absolutely the best.

Somehow Zoro had figured out early in their relationship that Sanji was a closet-dirty-talker. The blonde would never admit it out loud, but both he and Zoro knew nothing got him going like horny bitching.

Sanji grabbed Zoro's face between his hands and lowered his head so their lips were almost touching before whispering: "I want you to fuck me, Zoro. Slam that huge cock right in my ass; and do it hard."

The only warning Sanji got from Zoro was a grunt before he pushed inside. The pace was slow but steady and Zoro didn't stop until he was fully seated inside his fiancé.

Sanji breathed short, fast breaths and Zoro stroked his stomach in a shooting motion.

"Calm down Sanji. Deep, slow breathing. That's it… good."

The swordsman's voice was very shaky itself, but he helped Sanji calm down. Zoro looked at the blonde's face as Sanji started to relax. He, Zoro, was indeed the luckiest man in the world. He stroked Sanji's cheek and removed all the strand of hair away from the face. The funny eye-brows Sanji had was still something he could laugh his head off for, but not right now. When Sanji felt Zoro's fingers on his skin, he opened his eyes and blue meet green.

"I love you Sanji", Zoro whispered and gave his cook a peck on his nose.

"Shut up and move, idiot", Sanji said with a playful grin and slightly blushing cheeks.

With a grin as warning, Zoro pulled out and slammed right in again. When he had made a steady rhythm Sanji started to thrust his hips back, making Zoro hit his prostate dead-on. Oh how Zoro loved to hear Sanji's voice all worked up like this. Those noises the blonde made was just like Zoro had predicted they would be the first night they made love, when Sanji still was mute.

Sanji's hands had been traveling up and down Zoro's arms that were placed beside the pale chest, but now they had shot up to grab his shoulders.

"Ah… Zoro… I'm- I'm going to…" Sanji panted out, gripping Zoro's shoulders even harder.

"Me too", Zoro whispered and lowered his upper body so he could give Sanji a sloppy kiss.

One of Zoro's hands traveled up from the bed to fist Sanji's erection, brining more delicious noises from the blonde. Zoro swallowed every noise he could get greedily.

Sanji came with a muffled scream, spilling his seed in Zoro's hand and over the white shirt he still wore. Zoro grunted when the walls around him tightened and he came right after.

They kept their positions for a few moments, catching their breaths. Then Zoro fell down beside Sanji and pulled the blonde into his embrace and pulling a blanket over them at the same time.

"I love you Sanji", Zoro said and kissed the blonde's fore-head.

"Yeah you said that already", Sanji said with a chuckle.

"You can't say it too much."

"If only you could have gotten that into your head sooner", Sanji said with mock-annoyance.

The blonde looked up into his marimo's green eyes and traced his strong jawbone.

"I love you too Zoro."

Zoro was about to tug the blonde closer and into a kiss, but Sanji was faster and slipped out of the swordsman's grip.

"What are you doing?" Zoro growled. "Get back here."

"I'll just remove the shirt, it's warm and all sticky", Sanji said and made a face as he removed the soiled shirt he had been wearing during the whole sex-act. "I can't believe you didn't remove it."

"You looked fucking hot in it", Zoro said with a grin and faced the other way when a shoe came flying towards him.

It was then that something in the corner of the room caught his eyes.

"Oh my GOD! Chopper how long have you been in here?"

"I knew you loved playing games, old man", Ace teased with a dirty grin on his face.

The freckled boy had teased Smoker until the commodore gave in and took them up to his old sleeping-place over the stable. Now Ace was just lying on Smoker's chest, watching the older male come down from his high.

"It's not like I have any choice", Smoker muttered as an answer before wrapping an arm around Ace's naked waist, pulling him closer.

"Of course you have", Ace said and rested his head under the strong cheek. "And you always choose me."

Smoker chuckled. He had given in to Ace in time as the wedding plans for Zoro and Sanji escalated. The former merman didn't see any meaning in resisting the brat more than for fun once in a while. Everybody knew their feelings for each other by now anyway.

Suddenly Ace started to chuckle for himself and Smoker looked down at his lover with a curious look.

"What?"

"I just remembered that I put Chopper to sleep a while ago."

"Yeah… so what?"

"It was in Zoro and Sanji's bedroom…"

"…oh fuck…" Smoker said with realization dawning on him. "That poor reindeer will be scarred for life."

"I know. I feel kind of bad."

"Well, technically it was your fault- ouch!"

Smoker rubbed his arm where Ace had pinched him. Those pinches always made his skin feel liked it burned whenever Ace did that. It was the teenage boy's strongest weapon. The raven was going to give an answer when they heard subdued footsteps running up the old wood-stair. When the hatch in the floor slammed open, a ruffled black head poked up.

"Ace, Smokey man; are you playing? Ace you said you were going to play with him! I wanna play, I have nothing to do!"

"LUFFY go away!"

"Ace is so stingy... just like Zoro and Sanji."

END

That was the end my darlings! Sorry it took a little more time than usual but it has been a little busy lately. I hope you got a little bit satisfied though... I'm sorry for putting Chopper through such a horrible scene, but I laughed my ass off thinking about it, so that's my argument for keeping him in the room. As for Luffy, well would anyone be surprised?

Thousands of thanks to all reviews I've got! Have red all of them and they were really good for fuel to keep going! You've been amazing readers really!

Anyway, I'm working on other stories containing Zoro x Sanji and Smoker x Ace (since they are my favorites) so I hope I'll be able to publish something new soon. It's summer break now too, so I have a lot of spare time! This time it will be my own plot too! Until the… Ciaossu! / Love Milow