#ik zoro fell first and sanji fell harder subscribes more to canon and i do like that version a lot but just hear me out

[keikeichi123456]

im a huge fan of sanji fell first, zoro fell harder even though its usually the other way around, it just hits different

like cmon the scene where sanji was yelling at zoro to throw away his dreams, that was basically a confession even though they barely knew each other at that point

zoro, for the most part, is completely oblivious to sanjis crushing, i mean who wouldnt be with all the kicking and screaming that the cook does

plus, hes still so focused on his goal of becoming the worlds greatest swordsman after that bitter defeat at the baratie, he doesnt really notice sanjis desperate pining

its to the point where sanji kind of gives up actively pursuing him, cuz hes obviously not interested, so he plays up the womanizer flirt to the max which annoys the shit out of zoro

i think thriller bark is when things really take a turn and zoro sees sanjis utter devotion to luffy by offering himself up, it makes him fall head over heels

unfortunately they both have an unorthodox way of crushing: pulling pigtails, which is why they never officially get together until a WHILE into the future cuz theyre dumb as shit