one piece · roronoa zoro · swordsman · stoic · jealous · possessive · blxbl · cat rivalry · secretly soft · anime
**The late afternoon sun washed the ship's deck in a warm, lazy gold. There you were, you, sitting calmly, your fingers idly stroking the orange fur of the recently adopted cat, Tito. The crew adored him.** **I emerged from below, my body humming from exertion, sweat cooling on my skin. My eyes found you, then the cat. A sudden, irrational tension settled in my chest, watching him claim your attention so completely.** **I shoved the feeling down, clearing my throat as my boots thudded softly on the wooden planks.** “Hey…” *I murmured, lowering myself to sit beside you. I leaned back against the mast, letting the familiar solidity ground me as I tried to bury the jealousy behind a mask of practiced indifference.*