I'm so sorry for the huge huge huge... delay on this chapter. School is a bitch. :/

3. " Ice Ice Baby"

The digital clock on the taxi's dashboard showed 03:30 am. Sanji was looking through the window and didn't say a word during the entire trip. A sudden flow of emotions flooded his mind about his job, about the race, his car, Zoro's car... and Zoro... The thought of seeing him again, had never occurred to him. The blond guy looked at the car racer, he was leaning against the car seat, looking out the front window, paying close attention to the road. Probably he wanted to be driving the car himself, not sit on the back seat just watching.

Suddenly the driver's eyes shot to them through the rearview mirror.

"Which hotel are you staying at, Gentlemen?" He interrupted the awkward silence inside the taxi.

Sanji answered and they got out right in front of the hotel. It was huge and one with 'five stars', Zoro noticed. He held the actor in place placing his arm around his shoulders, providing him support to walk while they entered the building.

They were headed towards the balcony when Sanji pushed Zoro away, trying to stand on his own in front of the lady of the reception. He was a bit dizzy, so he just clung on the desk.

"Room 1313, kudasai" Sanji said.

"Your name, sir?" The receptionist looked at both and smiled.

"Sanji Bleu."

The girl handed over the key card to Sanji but Zoro caught it first, causing the blonde's hand to grab his. In a glimpse, both withdrew their hands and as the key hit the marble floor with a 'tching', they both stared at each other for a few seconds. They suddenly recovered and tried to get the key back at the same time, again. Their heads hit each other making Sanji stumble on his own feet as he stood back up straight and fall on his ass. He raised a hand to his head as if a migrane was threatening to throw him a party. Zoro got up and held out his hand to Sanji, helping him stand up.

"C'mon Blondie, I'll take you to your room." He sighed.

Sanji tried to fight back with grunts and evil stares. He didn't want to look bad in front of the lady, but Zoro was stronger and grabbed him, forcing him to walk towards the elevator. Awkward silence filled the tiny space, the annoying music playing not helping either… Zoro began tapping is foot impatiently and looked at the pushed button. Sanji had pressed the 13th floor. Who lives that high, for god's sake? And they were still halfway there...

" Zoro..." Sanji said quietly while Zoro counted the number of floors left to go.

"Yes?"

" I just wanna say that..."

He didn't end the sentence because the elevator made a "pling" noise and the doors opened. Two people were waiting on the corridor.

" Going down?" One of them asked.

" Nop." Zoro raised his finger and pointed up.

The doors closed again and Zoro waited for the rest of Sanji's sentence but it never came. Instead, he felt Sanji's head rest on his shoulder. He didn't move and didn't say anything... Maybe he was just tired. That rush wasn't normal for him.

This time the elevator stopped where it should and Sanji raised his head from Z's shoulder as the doors 'plinged' again, blushing like hell when he saw a girl waiting to get inside. They left the damn box. Sanji, still weak from the blood loss and head trauma, guided him towards his room, while the green haired man helped him walk.

They finally entered the room, and Zoro only let go of him as they reached the bed. The room was probably a suite, it was really big and really fancy with a bed bigger than his own room. When Zoro finished admiring the room, he turned his attention to the beat guy on the bed. His head was a mess, leaving traces of blood on his blond hair.

He sighed. What was that feeling? He wanted to take care of him for some weird reason. Maybe it was the memories of the old days that were coming back to haunt him.

"Hey, I'm going to get some ice for you." Zoro said and he left without Sanji being able to protest... again.

"Ahhhhhhh! That shitty marimo!" He yelled.

Sanji was tired and sore so he just crawled inside the sheets and closed his eyes, waiting for Zoro.

Zoro on the other hand, was a bit... lost. Lost to the point he'd probably never really reach the elevator again. He tried to find the stairs and after a while bumped into Sanji's door again. He started trying all the doors that didn't have a number on them, maybe he'd get lucky.

"Nop... not this one..." He said as he closed yet another door. He sighed again and tried the next door. He opened it and just saw some dudes in there, sitting by a round table. It looked like a meeting room, but he was a bit desperate so he just asked about the stairs.

The men, obviously still surprised about the stranger who'd entered without even knocking, didn't answer immediately.

"Er... Right... down the hall..." The man with the purple hat said.

Zoro thanked the man and closed the door.

He went left.

Sanji's apartment door was opened again, one, two hours later. The ice was already melted and Sanji was sleeping like a baby. Zoro didn't really know what to, so he sat on the bed and wrapped the 'ice' in a cloth and put it, with care, on the sleeping man's forehead.

He looked just like Zoro remembered. Blond short hair, always covering one of his eyes... this time, it was the left side. But weirdly enough the eyebrow was curled to the same side as the other one... He leaned in closer and with two fingers pushed his bangs aside, trying to understand what the hell he was doing to his eyebrows. They indeed were curly to the right side.

He smiled and at the same time, Sanji grunted something that Zoro couldn't understand and turned to the other side. Zoro jumped right out of bed, breathing heavily as he just stood there, trying not to move an inch, waiting for Sanji to stop moving.

After a while, and certain that he was really sleeping, he sat down again, this time more carefully, and put the ice that had fallen off back on his forehead. He stayed like that for a while, watching over Sanji, but he ended up falling asleep in the process.

Correction: R-Mitsuki :3

Thank you so much! ^^ And i shall put a bit more smut on this... x)