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             Y E S. haru running to rin’s middle school right as class lets out to try and catch her so they can walk home together. haru showing up on her front porch to try and beg her parents to let her come out and play or come to his house for dinner so she’s at least out of the house ( because she doesn’t like talking about her home with him ) or going on walks around the estate, jumping in ponds they’re not supposed to be in and trampling the sand in the gardens. they climb bridges from the outside to see if they can make it across and have to come up with fake stories if one of them slips and gets hurt. they take naps on the engawa’s looking out over the quieter ends of the main house and do homework under the supervision of some of the kinder house hands or with hatori when he’s working on his papers for school in case they have questions the other can’t answer. i also weep over the idea of there being a small fence around rin’s house that they start locking when he shows up too much and he tends to stand by the gate, not quite tall enough to reach over, but tall enough that his eyes and puff of white hair poke over the top. 

"Apparently you have moss growing out of your head, I'd see a doctor if I were you Zoro- kun." (From Shanks, idk why shanks is like this...but he is)

       zoro had many first impressions of one of the four emperors who bore a clear and visible presence, drastically changing the aura of the island itself, showcasing power imbalance and in the first sight of him caused shock, a flicker of fear as it reminded him of the last time he’s experienced an exchange with someone much stronger than him ... but any feelings of such were brushed off when the world’s greatest swordsman stepped out and there was a shift in the initially presumed enemy’s expression, one of friendliness and familiarity, bringing a feeling similar to when he was by his captain’s side ... ensuing confusion. 

        it was only when shanks began to speak ( and oh, did he talk ) did the intimidation ( to which he won’t admit to ) quickly wore off. the swordsman was uncertain on how to take the stranger who was ( surprisingly !! he wasn’t one to judge but finding out hawk-eyes even had friends ... ) on comfortable terms with the world’s greatest so he took it upon himself to make some distance, continuing his training in solace, sometimes paired with the ghost girl who also was confused. 

         the sociability didn’t only extend to his close friends though as it wasn’t long before the red-head came to interact with the other two on the island, questions asked, stories ( not asked ) told, and the only topics that interested him was mentions of swords, a drag on hawk-eyes’ past, and luffy. and perhaps the discussion regarding the current straw hat bearer was what ultimately broke the ice ... unfortunately. 

          ever since, there were further unwanted remarks from shanks, his stay being days longer than zoro was hoping and with each day passing, the jokes ( including ones with the pink-haired girl ) increased as fast as his vexation, always and he repeats, always a disturbance. 

                                  and today was no exception.

                                 ‘ ... 321 ... 322 ... 333 .... ’ 

                                 training doesn’t stop with the visitors --                                  something that he enforces upon himself and as                                  per the norm, he rigorously continues his daily routine,                                  starting with one-handed push-ups. 

he hears it; a greeting, casual and simple to make known of his presence. zoro gives a brief glance to acknowledge the man and already suspicious, cautious of what is going to come out of his mouth --  

                            . . .

                                  and there’s a pause in his stance, an automatic                                   defensive stance at the insult directed towards                                   the patch of green on his head. 

                                                          ‘ it’s just HAIR !! ’

         “… ?” he mirrors the gesture ( carelessly; out of reflex ), his own hand reaching out to grab the other’s, only to watch it be pulled back in the nick of time. ( & now he’s left standing there empty-handed, like the absolute fool that he is ).

Hand on hips, it looks like she’s posed to either FIGHT, while in truth she’s just as likely to run. “What are you staring at?” Rude && to the point, eyes lock on with the other persons. “What do you want?”

  confusion  is  worn  on  her  features  when  she  catches  a  glimpse  of  fiery  locks  of  hair  .

  god  -  he’s  back.

   “  I just  fixed  my  hair  !  get  your  ugly  arms  off  -  they’re  so  HEAVY  !  ”

seriously  !  she  can’t  move  !  her  arms  swing  and  flail  as  she  tries  to  get  him  off  -

         “ shanks  -  go  bug  zoro  !  ! ”

❤ — @aliamusae

Zeff is his dad! ZEFF IS HIS DAD! If anyone asks about his family, he’ll default to the Straw Hats and Zeff ( and the rest of the guys at Baratie. ) Vinsmoke Judge who? Never heard of ‘em. Sounds like an asshole.

As for how he expected Zeff to treat him, he most likely assumed it would be more of the same. Failure would be met with ridicule and disappointment. And it was in a very tough-love way. Zeff wasn’t and never has been soft on him, but he had something very important that Judge didn’t— love. He can hide it all he wants behind a wall of rock-solid grumpiness, but Zeff loves Sanji. He wasn’t good at showing it, but I highly doubt that Zeff thought for one second during his career as a pirate that a small, mess of a child would be plopped into his lap. There was no time for him to prepare for fatherhood, but there it was! They both worked with what they had. 

Sanji wouldn’t have known that at first, though. The first few months were rough as hell, I bet. Little mistakes probably made lil’ Sanji flinch, and he would self-reprimand because he thought it was what he deserved. If an adult wasn’t there to call him a failure, he’d do it himself. And when he did make a mistake in front of Zeff, Zeff would berate him for it and he’d be discouraged a little.

Aaaa it’s so hard because Zeff isn’t super great at parenting either, honestly?? But I feel like over time, Sanji would see the difference between Judge’s hatered for Sanji’s failure and Zeff’s determination to make him better.

Because some people grow up hating that their parents scolded them. Some people, when they were little, thought it was unfair that they were being scolded and corrected and molded. In some cases ( like mine ) I got to the age where I was like, “Oh.  .  . I see why she was like that now.” Sanji will have reached that point only as a teenager, I think.

As a kid, he would think Zeff is totally an unfair jerk that babies him and won’t let him learn. But there’s something behind it that Judge didn’t have, and I think he’d know it. Not know-know ‘cause he’s a kid, but whatever that feeling is, it makes him want to push back and prove he’d good enough to be as great a cook as Zeff. Whereas with Judge, he didn’t want to push because it might lead to a punishment so bad he wouldn’t come back from it.

Geeze, this is such a messy and convoluted answer.

➸ My muse in a relationship ?s | @aliamusae

{ Not intentionally, but that’s because Doflamingo’s definition of cheating is according to his values and beliefs. There’s a big chance that Doflamingo will have a relationship going on with multiple people, but those usually don’t last. If they do, he will just call it polyamory even though it’s not like that. He won’t accept objection from any involved partner honestly.

Doflamingo isn’t one to stop himself from falling in love with (or rather lusting after) someone else. Even if he has someone already, he will go after his target. However, he will not keep this going (unless in rare cases). Doflamingo will just ditch his old partner afterwards. In a way, it’s not cheating, more like replacing. But there’s definitely a period of time where he’s chasing someone else while being unfaithful.