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“Stop fooling around and date me.”  

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✨ Join us November 3rd - 10th as we celebrate...✨

(art by ide-san on pixiv)

What does that mean!? Well, each day will be assigned a ✨romantic milestone✨ that a couple goes through in their relationship, and you can write / draw / create anything your heart desires for ZoNa related to the daily theme!

Here is the list that was discussed on the 💚ZoNami Discord🍊: 

💋First Kiss on November 3rd 💞First “I love you” on November 4th  💝First Date on November 5th 💓First Night Together on November 6th 💖The Proposal on November 7th 💕The Wedding on November 8th 💗The Kid(s) on November 9th 😻First Pet on November 10th [Bonus Day]  

A week long event to showcase the love life of our One Piece OTP! Again, feel free to make fanfics, fanart, cosplay pictures, baked goods, ANYTHING related to ZoNa for the event!

Be sure to use the ✨ #ZoNaMilestones ✨ tag, and follow it to see all of the ZoNa goodies everyone makes! ~ Maiden

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First ZoNa Milestones Fix Published!

Yeah yeah...I know I'm late, but I still hope you all enjoy it anyway!

The second one should be posted sometime later on this week.

Any feedback is appreciated!

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Take My Hand

Theme #2 & #3: First “I love you” + First Date Rating: T / 14A (alcohol use) Pairing: Zoro x Nami

The heat made him so sleepy, but Zoro knew that he’d be skewered alive if he dared to take a nap now. Still, he couldn’t help but yawn as he wandered along the beach, lazily looking for that pesky navigator of his.

The one who would be the one skewering him if he didn’t enjoy this little vacation of theirs to the fullest.

After she had spied a beach on a puny little island, Nami had demanded that they drop the anchors of the Thousand Sunny and take the time to appreciate a day or two for just the Straw Hats. There was a small discussion amongst the crew to see if it was something everyone wanted to do, and normally, Zoro knew that he’d be the first person to upset the vote by telling them to carry on. The man he had become since the separation was more goal-oriented, more focused than ever before and a stop at a random beach was completely unnecessary in his mind.

However, he couldn’t stop thinking about that kiss.

The other night had rattled him more than he could ever let on, especially when he had assumed that he could convince himself it was all a drunken dream. Maybe it was because she was more of a woman now than ever before; her shape had matured into an hourglass, almost as if she merely needed some time to become a fully realized interest for him. It was a strange feeling, knowing that he suddenly saw a member of his randomly formed family as attractive, even more so when she was one of the first people to join!

It was something he needed to get a handle on, and fast, as he spied her staring out at the sea without a care in the world.

The sun had begun to set off in the distance, with the light of its dimming rays setting off the orange tint in Nami’s hair. Things he had merely seen at face value were now suddenly aspects he adored about her, including the way that her bikini top looked only like a strip of turquoise fabric that was twisted in the middle of her chest. The same twist seemed to sit on the tops of her hips, making Zoro assume that it was the style of the entire swimsuit. Not the type she’d normally wear, but then again, he knew he wasn’t behaving the way he’d normally behave either.

“Oi.” He called out to her before she could notice his approach.

Nami turned to look at him, tucking her windswept hair behind her ear so that she could see him clearly. Her smile was small but it was enough to strike a chord he didn’t know his cool heart still possessed. “Hey, is everyone back on the ship?”

“That dumbass cook wanted me to tell you dinner was ready.” No he didn’t, but Zoro was always willing to make Sanji look worse in Nami’s eyes, and she would be rather disappointed if they returned to the Sunny without something ready for her to eat.

Huh, maybe he had been interested in her for longer than he originally thought…

“That’s fine, I’m almost done.” She sighed, her eyes somewhat hooded as she looked back at the sea. Someone unfamiliar with Nami might assume that she was sad, but Zoro recognized that withdrawn gaze as an indicator that she was still working while trying to stay engaged in their conversation. Always the cartographer, the navigator, her personal goal of mapping the entire world sometimes preoccupied her the same way training overcame him. He had always respected her dedication so it was something he rather appreciated seeing, when she would lose herself to charting something new.

“What’s left?” He wondered aloud, nervous once the words left his mouth.

“Huh?” She asked, eyebrow cocked, her eyes less foggy than before.

Carefully, he took another stab at carrying on with their conversation. “What else do you have to do before you come back to the Sunny?”

For some reason, his question made her grin at him in that familiar Cheshire-like way. “Why? Are you going to keep me company while I walk around the shore one more time? Make sure I don’t get taken out to sea?” She was clearly joking as she motioned to the calmest tide he had seen in forever.

But her attempt to brush off his kindness didn’t bother him in the slightest. In fact, he calmly shrugged his shoulders and made his way to her side. “Sure.” Was all he was going to say in responsejust in case he shared more than he was ready to yet.

Nami was visibly unprepared for his company at first, but it eased him rather quickly to watch her turn and face the rest of the beach with him without so much as a peep. Step by step, they began to wander along the sand in the direction of the sunset, his hands in the pockets of his swim trunks and hers slightly out at her sides. She was walking rather slowly but he didn’t care what pace they moved at, so long as he had some time alone with her to determine just what it was he was feeling.

“I’m surprised you’re not asleep somewhere.” She called him out on his lazy behaviour without any remorse, as if his gesture to wander with her didn’t warrant him any of her favor.

Knowing he couldn’t argue with her assumption, Zoro mumbled, “No point sleeping now, when dinner’s on the table.”

“That’s true.” She said in an almost sarcastic tone, possibly disbelieving of his explanation. Whether she accepted it or not, Zoro wasn’t about to start an argument with her right now. Was that more out of character for him than anything else he was doing at that moment? Probably, but he wouldn’t let that disturb the confidence he gathered to be alone with her.

Besides, if he didn’t follow her back to the ship, he’d probably be the one carried out to sea.

It was easy to stay with her when he was intent on figuring out what it was he felt now, after that late night kiss they had shared not too long ago. Nami was acting like she didn’t remember what she did - crawling up his body and stealing his lips with her own - and even though it bothered him somewhat, Zoro knew he needed to figure out what it was he was dealing with before harping on her for playing the fool--

He noticed it before she did: a sea urchin being washed up on the beach by the supposedly gentle tide. Would she notice it in time while she was studying her steps? Why would he take that risk, when he could guarantee her safety then and there?

His hand flew out of his pocket and snatched hers up, grabbing hold of her so swift he managed to tug her out of the way. She did stumble somewhat - his habit of acting out before communicating his intentions a rather bad habit of his - but he’d never let her fall, and he hoped she’d recognize him for his chivalry instead of his roughness.

When she tossed her head up to look at him, there wasn’t a glimpse of anger on her face. No hatred, no hint of being put out by his sudden grab of her hand. No, she forced her expression to remain solid and blank, but he could see the surprise in her eyes.

She did remember their kiss, and she was just as confused as he was on what they were supposed to do about it.

“Didn’t want you to get hurt.” Zoro’s voice was so tender, he had never even knew he could sound so soft. It slightly embarrassed him to appear so corny in such a still moment; they remained still, caught in a moment where they said nothing but so much passed between them. Awareness, realization, some fear and uncertainty, all lying beneath a type of excitement that he had never known before in his entire twenty-one years. Something had happened when they kissed before and now he knew that she was just uncertain as he was.

To someone as emotional useless as Roronoa Zoro was, he felt like the fact that she hadn’t run scared from him as a love letter in its own way, a confession that he felt rather than heard.

Nami implied she felt the exact same way when her words sounded as if they held a double meaning, “Thank you.”

“Messed up what you were doing?” He felt a responsibility to ask, taking the spotlight off of what they were trying to keep a secret and return both of their attention to her unexplained charting exercise.

For some reason, his question made her smirk. “You usually do.”

“Huh?” That wasn’t the answer he was expecting.

Tugging on his hand, she refused to let him out of her clutches - like she had initiated their hand-holding and was in control of them now - as she started to casually stroll along the beach. He caught up to her in a mere two steps, just in time to hear her try to change the subject. Feigning exhaustion, Nami proclaimed, “You’re always causing some kind of trouble for me! Whether you’re distracting me from my maps or getting lost, you have a talent for messing me up.”

His mouth was open, ready with a protest! However, he realized something while formulating a response: it was her kiss that ‘messed up’ their relationship, that dug up all of these feelings he had for her. After that, he couldn’t look at her the same and even though he had no complaints about it, it was ironic for her to accuse him of anything when their relationship was surely changing right before their eyes.

Maybe that’s what love was for them: instead of saying anything, they’d just keep messing with each other as a sign of affection.

Zoro stifled a chuckle as another thought dawned on him too: perhaps a stroll around a random beach could count as a first date, since they couldn’t seem to get anything right in terms of love.

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What’s A Kiss Worth?

Theme #1: First Kiss Rating: T / 14A (alcohol use) Pairing: Zoro x Nami

Arms wrapped around each other’s waists, choosing their steps at random, Zoro and Nami wobbled back to the Thousand Sunny like the drunks that they were. Their combined clumsiness was rather hilarious in their eyes and they strolled along the dock while laughing at how silly they imagined themselves to be in that moment. After a long night of drinking, with the sun promising to rise very soon, they had made the collective decision to head back to the Thousand Sunny… to continue the party in a place where it was safe to pass out once they were done. His favorite beer in hand and her stolen wine in hers, there was still the opportunity for a good time to be had.

Under the natural light of a crescent-shaped moon, the pair of them mounted the side of the Sunny before slinking onto the lawn deck with a thud. Simultaneously, they turned to one another and commanded that they shush, but Zoro nearly forgot the warning as soon as he issued it. In fact, so forgetful was he that he stretched his arms high above his head and let out the loudest yawn a person could possibly emit. 

“Hey!” Nami snorted when she whacked him on the back, unable to hide how amusing his comedic timing apparently was. However, her swift surprise startled him and Zoro let his grip loosen on the neck of his beer. His honed reflexes refused to let that happen though, and he snatched it out of the air rather possessively before taking another sip. While he let the lukewarm drink travel down his throat, he heard a slowly issued praise. “Nice catch.”

Zoro was dramatic when he accepted her acknowledgment of his skills, going so far as to smirk before nonchalantly answering, “That was nothing.

”This time when she laughed, he felt like he was left out of the joke. His tired eye blinked in her direction as he awaited a response, but he was forced to wait as Nami tried to lift her long hair off of the back of her neck for some relief from the heat. “Mm, I bet those ladies at the bar would be swooning over you right ab’at now.” Slurring her words meant she was nearly ready to fall asleep, Zoro realized, picking up on her drinking tells way back when in the Grand Line. 

Still, she managed to look rather as confident, as sneaky, as… Nami as ever.

Despite his admiration of her, he groaned and threw out his free hand in protest. “Naw, they just wanted me to buy them booze.”

“Which is so funny since I’ve got all’a your money!” screeched Nami without hesitation.

For once, he found her cruel humor funny and joined her in sneering at the foolish girls they had met that night. “Imagine if I told them to talk to the boss.” Then, he motioned at the accountant of the crew, even bending his knees slightly as if he was considering bowing to her as a fake gesture. Just picturing the shock and disappointment on their faces made the two of them fall to their knees on the grassy floor, their stomachs in pain after all of the laughter they had shared tonight.

Falling together allowed them to find a place on the bottom step of the staircase next to one another, despite how awkward it was for them realistically. Whenever they drank like this, Zoro always found himself drawn to Nami for her natural love of alcohol, her endurance for copious amount of drinking he liked to do, and the fact they were very similar drunks. Meaning it wasn’t the first small step they ended up on during one of their nights out and it definitely wouldn’t be the last.Once they caught their breath, Nami dropped her head against his shoulder and sighed, her small body still shaking when she tried to carry on with the conversation. “At least ya won your tab.”

“Yeah,” was the easiest reply he could think of. He somehow managed to follow her train of thought, from money and free drinks to the contest he won that night against the local drunk in order to get out of having to pay his bill. She had been cheering him on the entire time like some kind of drill sergeant but he knew it helped him along to have her screaming in his ear the entire time. 

She snuggled into his shoulders once, so softly, he nearly missed it. Then, Nami lifted her head and grinned with that fiendish glint in her eye. “We should try to do that whenever we go out now.”

“Wha?” was the quickest yet dumbest reply that came to mind. “Get a contest going for free drinks! That way, even if Luffy somehow loses all’o’a treas-ja, we still get ta drink!” Her tongue was getting lazier, but Zoro found it amusing when she tried to be conniving when she couldn’t even stand.He also couldn’t argue with that logic. 

“Yeah, I’ll do it. Just yell out, ‘I’m the best drinker in the world-‘!” Or so he tried to proclaim, but a dainty hand slammed down on top of his mouth to silence him. He groaned with dejection as he stared into her eyes, completely put out by the fact that she would try to keep him from claiming his title in the chilly, late night air.

Her big brown eyes leered into him. Nami looked as if she was pouting before she demanded, “Shhh! I don’t want sober people waking up!”

That description of their crew mates made him snort against her hand, sending her slightly wet palm flying. “But I’m right.” He whined without any shame, glaring a dagger or two at her with his one good eye. She ignored his claim, returning the conversation to their scheme as if there had never been any kind of interruption. 

Nami looked to the sky as she strategized, looking as if she was trying to find the answers in the heavens since her mind was still rather foggy. “You gotta walk right up to the biggest guy in the room and say” – in her deepest voice, she did her best to imitate him – “hey, bastard! I can drink so much more beer than you!”

Zoro fell forward and slapped his leg, thoroughly entertained by her interpretation of him. It was so hilarious that his laugh was just as loud as his proclamation earlier, but he wasn’t scolded into lowering his voice this time around. Even if she tried, how was he supposed to contain himself when her impersonation was the worst thing he had ever seen?

“Zoro!” Now it was her turn to whine at him. He apologized by throwing his body back until he was nearly laying on the stairs, his laughter barely stifled in his chest. He even tried curling his lips in, but his cheeks just ended up puffing out in protest. Seeing her drunken fury grow and grow wasn’t help him any either.

Mercilessly, Nami shoved at his chest, ready to give up on the first version of their plan. “Fine! Then what if I challenge someone?” He froze, he blinked, waiting for her to elaborate. His silence seemed to encourage her, so much so that she shoved him again, but her tipsy equilibrium made her topple onto his chest when she was too rough. “Or! Or I will say that you will challenge him and the loser pays the winner’s—”

He waited and waited and waited for her to finish her sentence, figuring that she only had one word left. As more seconds ticked by, he started to wonder what could have caused her to choke on her words, until he realized that she was worried that she’d have to pay two bills if he lost. “OI!”

“No, wait!” Nami demanded his silence as she climbed higher up his body, the twinkle in her eyes nearly blinding him. “I…I’ll say” – now, she was imitating herself if she were trying to trick a guy in a bar, playing the sly, breathy, innocent girl she pretended to be – “If we win, you pay for a-a-all of our drinks. But if you win, you get a bi-i-ig kiss.” As if he was the man she was propositioning. In confusion, his expression became cross. 

“But that’s not the same as lots of beer.” Zoro blurted out his observation because he thought that, if he was in that poor sucker’s shoes, he’d never agree to such a bargain!

But when Nami leaned in, breasts pressed against his chest, orange hair draped over their bodies, her lips claiming his, Roronoa Zoro felt as if he had been struck by one of his thunderbolts from the top of his head to the soles of his shoes. His lips returned her kiss reflexively, instinctively, his sense of caution for a moment with Nami somehow much softer than it was when he nearly dropped his drink. He let her taste the alcohol on his mouth, and feel the warmth of his inebriated skin, and…he found himself wanting to reach out to her too. In fact, the typically guarded swordsman was ready to let himself fall victim to the moment and indulge in her—

She released his lips without moving more than an inch away from his face. “Yeah, it is.” She murmured, informing him that he was wrong after she effectively stunned him into silence. Then, she nodded her head once, twice, and by the third time, he realized that it was more like her head was bobbing up and down before she passed out on top of him. Her forehead dropped into the crook of his neck, her snoring instantly filling his ears the moment she crashed. 

While she slept soundly, Zoro quarreled with the reflexive response he had, telling him to push her to the other side of the stairs and go sleep somewhere else. They had kissed, she was on top of him, after an entire night of drinking – he could hear the love cook screaming already! But… he was still inebriated, and it made him lazy. He had held Nami before in moments where it was necessary, never before in an instant of affection like this. Was it so wrong if he didn’t mind it? They were drunk, they passed out, which was something they had done many times before whether they were alone or together. So she was asleep on his chest after she kissed him… so what?

Right?

Drunk Zoro decided that it was a sober Zoro’s problem to deal with, because he liked the way it felt to have her close like this. He didn’t need to squeeze her tight, but he did place a loose arm over her back to keep her bikini-covered back warm while they slept through the last couple hours of night. It was something he never knew he wanted, yet his instincts were telling him that it was a line that he was happy she crossed. As he took advantage of the strange satisfaction, he felt himself chuckle one last time before passing out too. 

Until he realized that there was no way he was letting her little scheme happen now, and he fell asleep with his typical Zoro frown on his face.        

((Ta da! Day one - done! I wrote this quick literally at midnight to make sure I posted something with the first day of the event~ It’s something small and fun, something flirty to enjoy for Zoro and Nami’s first kiss, and I hope you enjoyed it! Until next time! ~ Maiden))

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How would ZoNa spend their first night...ya know? 😉

Let us know how you imagine it by joining us for the  ✨ZoNa Milestones Event✨starting on November 3rd! 💋 Click the link for more information!

And remember to follow and use the hashtag ‘#ZoNaMilestones’ to keep up with the event from start to finish!

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✨ZoNaMilestones is OPEN!✨

Today's theme is 💋 Day One - Their First Kiss! 💋

✨  Be sure to use the hashtag #ZoNaMilestones so everyone can find your creation, and please tag @zonamievents so I don’t miss your lovely post!  ✨  

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✨Day 2 of ZoNamiMilestones✨

Today’s theme is 💞First “I love you”!💞

✨ Be sure to use the #ZoNaMilestones tag so everyone can see your post, and tag @zonamievents so I don’t miss sharing your submission!  ✨