Something I appreciate about Zosan, and about non-canon ships in general, is that it has so much room for interpretation and ALL interpretations are correct. Thereās no wrong answer because thereās no CANON answer.
Zoro confesses first? Great! Sanji confesses first? Awesome! One of them has dating experience while the other has none? Cool! Neither of them have dating experience? Thatās great too! Theyāre scared of physical touch? They canāt stay off of each other? Zoro is way too blunt? Zoro doesnāt know how to voice his feelings? Sanji is tired of waiting for Zoro to act? Sanji is plagued by indecision? They try to hide their relationship? They donāt care who sees them? They practically get married at the first date? Theyāre nervous to even call each other partners?
Itās all perfect, and itās all Zosan. Thereās no right way to ship it. At the end of the day, weāre all just having fun.
Luffy, as blunt and oblivious as can be, shares his thoughts with no mind to how they may affect the people around him. āPeopleā being Sanji, in this case.
Sanji let him stay in the kitchen while he made snacks for the crew because he promised to behave. Luffy watches from the dining table as Sanji slices into a fresh tangerine before speaking whatās on his mind.
āYou know. Roronoa Sanji sounds pretty good.ā
The cook nearly slices his finger off with how violently he jerks at that. He whirls around to face his mindless captain, knuckles turning white from his death grip on the knife. āIām SORRY?ā
Luffy doesnāt react. His tone remains even and thoughtful.
āWell you need a last name now, right? So take Zoroās,ā he says like itās so obvious.
āLuffy, I canāt justāā he pinches the bridge of his nose. Maybe Luffy just doesnāt understand it. Itās no fault of his, the cook supposes, considering his less-than-typical upbringing. He sighs, trying to ignore the burning of his cheeks.
āLuffy. Do you know why people take other peopleās last names?ā
He nods. āOf course. Itās because they love each other and want to get married, right?ā
Sanji stops breathing. What the fuck. So Luffy knew the whole time and yet he stillā so that means he thinks that he and Zoro shouldā
Zoro never cared for bath timeā¦ until bath time meant getting his head massaged by a certain cookās masterful hands.
The first time it was done out of annoyance and an attempt to show the marimo how to wash his hair properly, but that effort seemed to go to waste considering that Sanji washes his mossy hair every time now.
Somewhere along the line it became a ritual; Zoro sits in the bath and Sanji settles in behind him and gets to work. Zoro actively looks forward to it at this point. Sanji swears Zoro acts more relaxed these days. Not that he has any complaints about it, itās actually quite nice. It also means that Zoro bathes more often, thank god.
It started as hair washing, but eventually Sanji finds himself gently rubbing the mossheadās temples and massaging circles into the back of his neck. He knows very well the importance of muscle care, especially with the flexibility required for his own combat style. He trusts that Zoro has his own regimen, but he figures it couldnāt hurt.
For Zoroās part, the simple action means more to him than the curlybrow probably realizes. As a silent thank you, he stays after dinner each night and helps the cook wash the dishes. And Sanji understands. Because they know each other better than anyone, so they donāt need words.