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» VOCÊ ME DEIXOU SEM AR (08/12) — capa teste » categoria: One Piece » personagens: Zoro & Luffy » recursos: psds por @.mnini & @.colour-source

meimei's note: eu tava muito doente de amor por zolu no domingo, confesso que esse é um dos ships que mais amo no universo de one piece. Antes de editar de novo ano passado, eu até chegay a fazer uma capa deles mas eu perdi em algum lugar da minha galeria :3 a capa não ta do jeito que eu queria CONTUDO ela ta uma gracinha. Amei o fundo que fiz pra essa capa <3

» LEMBRETE: ME AME! — capa doada

⟅13.04.2024 — tô passando por uns dias bem infelizes com alguma virose que peguei e por essa razão, acabei não editando muito. Eu tinha umas ideias para essa capa: tinha que ter desenhos, um estilo divertido mais 'rabuscado' e tinha que ser ZoLu pq sim, amo eles dois. Eu não gostei tanto da capa por motivos bem bestas CONTUDO vou postar mesmo assim pq não passei esses dias tudo editando ela pra no final nem postar, isso ia ser sacanagem. É isso, bjs :)

» VOCÊ MORA AONDE? — capa doada

⟅16.03.2024 — eu estou em um dilema esses últimos dias, pensei em desistir de editar e tals MAS por um acaso, acabei surtando de madrugada por um headcanon que criei de um dos meus ships favoritos de OP e eu FUI OBRIGADO DE MADRUGADA a tirar essa ideia do papel e agora eu sou o ser humano mais triste do mundo kkkk que ódio que eu tenho de criar capa de headcanons causados por estresse e fases ruins do cotidiano, não me toquem :') infelizmente eu não sou bom com capas minimalistas e meu fundo texturizado foi pro ralo — todo o estresse que passei com ele foi pro beleleu, parabéns pra mim — mas acho que passou a ideia que tive, pelo menos. Queria agradecer ao PSD ocean-blood do @.starazorr pq ele operou milagres nessa capa, de vdd <3

» COME CLOSER — capa teste

⟅13.10.2023 — eu estou viciado em ouvir weston estate (meu apelido para esse grupo é estante pq meu deus do céu, qual o significado dessa palavra?? Muito mais original estante :)) E tem uma música deles que sou COMPLETAMENTE viciado que é so good e eu pensei: vou capar pq sou desocupado mas eu queria algo com uma vibe menos... Depressiva (Eu acho?) nisso eu uni forças para achar um casal que eu pudesse colocar em um fundo que já tinha feito (impressionante o quanto demoro para achar pngs ou painéis para colocar em capa, vou me aposentar qualquer dia desses, só avisando) E acho que essa foi uma das capas mais fáceis e difíceis ao mesmo tempo e por uma razão muito simples: eu sou EXTREMAMENTE apressado e gosto de finalizar a capa o quanto antes para fazer as minhas coisinhas — gostaria de pontuar que faço isso pq não é pedido, essas capas testes são para eu estar praticando e vendo no que posso melhorar e tals, então não me cancelem. P. S¹.: no fim, eu não tive coragem de encaixar o ship Zolu com a música, vejam só como eu sou maravilhoso ;) P. S.: essa capa foi baseada em uma capa que perdi quando eu fui assaltado e ela era do ship chansoo e eu sou incapaz que refazê-la então eu decidi fazer um update por assim dizer, não ficou perfeito e ta tudo bem <3

You asked and I delivered

Luffy saying he likes sunglasses because nobody can see what he is looking at but he’s in gear 5 and his looney tunes eyes go over the sunglasses in a curve directed at Zoro’s chest.

I’m like barely into season three bruh I’m never gonna catch up 😭

Anyways, ZoLu has my heart and I’m not even sure why. I guess I can just relate to idiot x idiot tropes.

Ghost Train - a ZoLu fic - Chapter 5: Humility

Chapter 5: Humility

A/N: I'm going to try and keep this on a consistent schedule for my sake and yours, i'll update bi-weekly at the max. Thanks for sticking around and being patient, I hope this story is interesting to you guys. Also this story is based in 2022, just to make times more comprehensible

We are still in Luffy's POV btw!

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It was early evening, and Luffy was walking around the streets of Dawn. The townspeople had gotten the whole town decorated for the music festival. He was sitting next to the statue of his brothers and him enjoying the scenery. 

One of the things Luffy misses the most is performing. He was glad that his town loved him and his brothers enough to celebrate their lives through music. 

He was sitting on top of the statue watching people go by, enjoying the scenery. 

"By the way, Zoro, the town has a memorial concert for the boys at the end of the festival, in case you wanted to know," a dark-haired woman arrived in front of the statue with two others. 

One had electric blue hair, and the other was a tanned young man with light green hair. He saw the earrings on his left ear. He jumped down and wanted to play with them. 

"Really? "That's nice of them," the green-haired man, most likely named Zoro, replied softly. He turned around to face his older friends. "How long is it before the concert starts?" 

Luffy brightened at the question. Even though no one besides Koala and Marco would know, he was glad people were excited to see them perform. 

After that one-sided interaction, Luffy left to find his siblings. He wanted to hang out with them for a little bit before he wanted to perform.

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Around 10 minutes before the show, Marco and Koala got onto the stage to introduce them to the crowd, ready to jam out to their classic hits. 

Soon after that, the brothers were on stage ready to perform, mainly for themselves, watching the videos of them singing.  After a brief moment of silence, the crowd gave them, and Luffy gave a quick thanks to the crowd and started to perform.

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It was an amazing two hours. After everyone went home, Luffy told his two brothers that he would say thank you to the visitors today. 

After a few houses, Luffy found the beach house along the shore. After going in, he saw a green-haired man, apparently named Zoro. For unknown reasons, Luffy was intrigued by the man. He looked slightly older than himself. Though Luffy can't really age anymore, he died at 19, and so far is forever 19. 

He saw Zoro staring at the ceiling of his room. He noticed the guitar replica someone in the town had as a prize and wanted to inspect it. It was nice to see that he had genuine fans. After all, he was wearing a shirt of him and his brothers. He went over to the edge of the bed. 

"Well, he's pretty," Luffy thought to himself. Out of impulse, he reached out to stroke the man's hair. 

"What the fu-?" Zoro sat up and looked in Luffy's direction. 

"Oh my fucking god," Luffy thought to himself for a second. It wasn't until he realized that Zoro was still looking at him in bewilderment, almost as if he was waiting for him to say something. 

"Oh shit, you can see me? Well... anyway, sorry for messing with you, but I was happy to see you at our concert! Especially with our merch, it makes me and my brothers happy!" Luffy spoke to the man with a bright smile, looking calm on the outside. He really touched someone... and they can see him?! 

He saw Zoro slap his cheeks and look at him again, "I have to be fucking dreaming aren't I?" 

Luffy was frozen at the declaration, that confirmed it, this dude can actually see him, even felt him!

"No, at least I don't think so, to be fair this is very weird to me too, you're not supposed to see me," Luffy said uncharacteristically sheepish.

Zoro was blinking slowly in silence, probably trying to convince himself that this isn't real.

"You're a fan of us, right? I'm Luffy, though you probably know that already, I'm glad that you love my music!" Luffy extended his hand out as a test, maybe it was a fluke or something.

His eyes went wide when he felt the other man shake his hand.

"So I'm not dreaming, and I'm talking to the ghost of a person I look up to, this is crazy," Zoro replied to Luffy with a shy smile.

Luffy finally met someone who can see him, is this his person? He was so excited to talk to someone else he can almost cry with happiness.

  "You're Zoro right, I saw you in town earlier around the statue of me and my brothers around your friends, you couldn't see me then, but you're the first person I talked to in so long!" Luffy was bouncing on the bed in glee.

  Zoro watched in amazement as he saw his mattress bounce up in down along with the ghost in front of him, so he wasn't losing his mind, that's great.

Zoro looked at Luffy in complete awe, to Luffy it seemed that he was a bit nervous at first.  Luffy decided to stay still and calm down a bit for Zoro, even though this is a huge deal for him, he isn't the human guy talking to a dead guy."

How long have you been fans of us?" Luffy asked.

Zoro looked around the room, grabbed his phone, and pulled up his social media profile.

"Since 2017? That's about the time you guys started I believe. I've been a fan for a long time." Zoro spoke as he was flipping through old photos and status updates regarding his liking for the trio.

Luffy was smiling at the pictures that Zoro had on his phone, "Oh wow, Ace and Sabo looked so funny." he spoke with a giggle. 

He can't wait to tell Ace and Sabo about Zoro, hopefully, they'll be happy for him, they are his brothers after all.

"Are your brothers around? I don't want to sound harsh but I only see you." Zoro asked.

"Yeah, they are with each other right now, I wanted to thank the visitors for coming, I was over here about to say my thanks, but you saw me."  Luffy kept on giggling, unbeknownst to him, that giggle was making Zoro's heart flutter.

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Zoro and Luffy were talking for hours, it wasn't until Zoro was nodding off that Luffy remembered his brothers are probably waiting for him.

He was about to leave but he felt Zoro's hand brush against him.

"If you're not a dream, you better visit me tomorrow" Zoro spoke sluggishly, Luffy smiled at the man, Zoro didn't even need to ask, this is the first time Luffy spoke to someone in years, he will not let this go to waste.

Luffy just moved his hand away slowly, "Of course! This is fun for me anyway, I'll see you tomorrow." after that, Zoro fell asleep and Luffy left.

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He arrived at his house and saw his brothers asleep in the front waiting for him,  he was kind of glad, he didn't want to get his head smacked by Ace for worrying him, it's funny because he's dead anyway, nothing can't really happen.

Luffy went and picked his brothers up one at a time and laid them in their respective beds. It wasn't until he was getting ready to nap until the morning he heard Sabo speak up to him.

"What did you say Sab? I thought you were going to sleep for a few more days?" Luffy saw Sabo wiping the non-existent eye boogers away from his eyes.

"You took longer than usual, Ace and I were just wondering what was going on, that's all" Sabo propped up his arm so that he was resting his head on his hand while laying down.

"I want to wait until Ace wakes up to tell you, it's really interesting news, hopefully, life-changing for me." Luffy was basically radiating with light when he spoke.

Sabo smiled at Luffy, it was nice to hear new things from his siblings in general since they can't do much as ghosts. At Luffy's words, he decided to sleep for a few days, might as well since Ace is the hardest to wake up in general, might as well rest for a little bit.

"Okay then I'm going to sleep for a bit, Koala is going out of town for a few days so I guess just wake me up if Marco stops by to see Ace okay?" Sabo said before he fell asleep.

Luffy just nodded, he's going to be up by tomorrow anyway, he has Zoro to talk to!

Though one thing that made Luffy think was that he saw Zoro in town before, if he doesn't live here, would Luffy be able to talk to him again later?

He shook his head at the thought, no negativity right now.

  Luffy finally laid down and closed his eyes, hopefully, Zoro can still see him tomorrow.

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So they finally meet HAHA, okay but for real, I'll try to make this more consistent, being an adult is hard lol. Please like and follow the story, hopefully, it will be worth your while.

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Ghost Train - a ZoLu fic - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: All Alone

A/N: Sorry guys, didn't mean to wait this long for a new chapter but I injured my finger at work and I finally able to type again. I'm also going to reply to my reviews from now on, I like seeing your feedback so much. I hope you enjoy this chapter! This is also going to be from Luffy's POV all the way up until the moment we left off from. 

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Luffy was bouncing off the walls, literally, being a ghost, he didn't have to follow the rules of physics, unlike humans. He loved the fact that the people in his town didn't demolish his house, to be fair he is still a celebrity, even in death.

Luffy was waiting for his brother to arrive, while his other one was dead to the world, (pun intended), snoring his ass off on his childhood bed.  After a few more minutes of hopping around, he felt a hand grab him by his collar.

"Luf, you're being too loud, what are you even excited for this early in the morning?" Ace, Luffy's freckled face brother asked as he was wiping the sleep away from his eyes.

"It's 1 p.m. already! also ghosts don't need to sleep," Luffy said teasingly as he was still floating above his brother, after a bit of bickering, the two noticed their brother Sabo floating into the room.

"I've only been gone for 25 minutes stop arguing, anyway Luffy, why did you want to wait until Ace woke up to tell me something?" Sabo asked as he got comfortable on his old bed.

Luffy smiled blinded the other two, "Remember, it's the anniversary of our deaths soon, and the music festival is coming up, I hear the town is planning on doing something." Luffy said excitedly, even though he can't interact with them.

Ace looked at Luffy confused, "They've been doing it since we passed 2 years ago, why are you so surprised?" Ace asked.

Luffy just rolled his eyes and comically dangled off his brother's shoulders, "Well duh Ace! It's going to be different this year, I can feel it! Maybe my person will come?"

  A brief silence was felt in the room, there were puzzled looks on the elder's faces.

  "Humor me, what feeling are you getting?" Sabo looked at his twin in concern, Ace and he found their partners before they passed, so being able to be bonded with their partner after death was only natural... but Luffy didn't get the chance to find his one and only, and they weren't sure if Luffy would ever have that chance

. Luffy got up from Ace's shoulders and flew to his bed in the room, he uncharacteristically got a bit sentimental.

"Well ...  it's rare to have a soulmate, I know that already. I remember how you both felt when you realized you could both still touch and speak to Marco and Koala." Luffy held his tears in, he was a very social person, and the fact that he can't have a friend or partner to talk to and actually touch... felt very lonely.

"I feel this huge bubble in my throat when I think about the festival coming up, I wonder if something will happen to me for once?" Luffy said dejectedly, it was worrying his brothers.

Ace and Sabo knew that Luffy was a hyperactive-social butterfly, and it made the two feel guilty, even if it wasn't their fault.

  For Ace, Marco has already made his name known in their town and is a businessman that resides here, so Ace doesn't have to worry about being alone. Sabo just started dating Koala before he passed, but of course, they were destined to be. 

Koala happened to move to Dawn Island to set up her karate dojo and Sabo managed to date her before the accident, but because they were destined to be, it was like he never left her.

So Luffy was alone, he had a lot of friends sure, but he couldn't talk to them anymore. None of his old friends visited his grave, though he was still grateful for the fans or strangers that wished him well in the afterlife

"Okay sorry, I made the mood a bit sad, but I'm, happy for you two y'know? I still have you guys, so i'm not lonely at all." Luffy said to the two, he wasn't lying exactly.

He isn't lonely because he has his older brothers, but when they spend time with their loved ones, that's when Luffy feels lonely.

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After a few more hours, the trio fell asleep, while it wasn't necessary, the three felt comfortable with their mortal habits. 

Though dreaming was rare for ghosts, it's very special because, unlike many people who probably forget what they dreamt about a few minutes after they wake up, ghosts get to keep their dreams as if they were a memory.

Speaking of, Luffy was fast asleep and snoring as loudly as he can be, but then he felt something coming.

He was about to have a dream and he did not want to mess this up, it was a few moments of waiting before he saw a shadowed face.

Luffy felt overjoyed, he finally gets to talk to someone, even if it is a dream. Luffy was trying to pay attention but it seemed that the dream he was having wanted to keep secrets from him as well, 'stupid dream' he thought before he was brought to a change in scenery

He was sitting on a balcony facing the mysterious figure.

"So how long are you staying here?" he asked suddenly, having no idea why he started with that, maybe he'll ask Sabo when he woke up, he rather not think too hard about it.

"I think the whole summer, I go back to school for the last time around September, " a baritone voice replied, all Luffy can see was a small smirk on the mystery man's face.

"Well make sure to come back, I'll miss you, you're the first company I personally had in a while,"  Luffy spoke again, not aware what words are coming from his mouth. 

He was trying to not wake up, 'does this mean this is  viz? viso?... oh whatever, a future thingy?' he thought to himself. He focused again when he felt a touch on his hand.

"I promise," the man spoke, he curled his pinky finger around Luffy after those words were spoken, and Luffy was now wide awake.

"Hey Luffy, wake up," Ace was shaking Luffy's shoulder.

It has been a few days since they last spoke, of course sleeping for a few hours for a ghost would actually mean a few days have passed in the human realm.

"Marco and Koala are stopping by, they wanted some of our input." Ace told the younger.

"Why did you wake me up then, they can only see you two since you're both bonded pairs?" Luffy was now rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"Well we can still have your input, we would just need to let them know what you say." Sabo said as he was getting 'ready' as if he hasn't been wearing the same clothes forever.

"Sure, sure fine, just let me know when they stop by, I was having a nice dream." Luffy moped slightly.

Then in one second, both brothers had their attention fully on Luffy.

"You had a dream!? What was it about?" Ace asked, he had stars in his eyes

. "Geez Luf, you can't say that out of the blue, that's big news." Sabo sat next to Luffy with a big smile.

'Oh yeah, I forgot it was rare to dream already' Luffy thought.

"Well?! aren't you going to tell us?" Ace and Sabo both asked

. Luffy smiled at the two, after explaining the very short dream to the two, they heard a knock on the door.

Ace got up to get the door while Sabo was thinking, "that sounds like a vision Luffy? Were there any other hints?"

'VISON, that's the word' Luffy thought for a second before replying.

From what he could gather from the dream, it was somewhere close because he saw the statues that the town made for them from the balcony, they were in a beach house most likely. And also...

  "OH SHIT!" Luffy smiled so hard that if he were mortal, his cheeks would've definitely ripped.

"I think it is a vision Sab! I can see the decorations for the festival that's coming up!" Luffy was giddy at the information.

Ace overheard the two but open the door for their guest, "Hello Koala" he smiled at the woman before she walked in.

"Hey, tiger!" Ace was now faced to face with Marco, of course used to his antics, Marco just snorted and pushed Ace away to say hello to the others.

"Hey Sabo, and Luffy if you're here?" Marco spoke as he sat down on Ace's bed, Koala was on Sabo's.

"Hey Pineapple!" Luffy said to the mortal's deaf ears, of course, Ace and Sabo heard it just fine.

"He said hi back Marco" Sabo told the man while Ace was snickering at his boyfriend's nickname.

After some small talk, Marco and Koala told the brothers that they were hosting the concert for the festival this year and they wanted to ask their partners what songs they should pick.

After a few suggestions from Ace and Sabo, they took some from Luffy, now aware of how their brother feels about their relationships, they definitely wanted to include him as much as they could as they were all family, even if the two humans could only see their partners..

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. .After the twins bid their lovers goodbye, Luffy was still thinking about the man in his dream.

'Is he my soulmate? He touched me? Luffy thought to himself.

Well, he'll sleep again, maybe by the next time he wakes up, it'll be time for the festival.

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Okay!  I hope you liked the chapter guys, please leave comments if you enjoyed it, I love reading them. 

Until next time!

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Ghost Train - a ZoLu fic - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Andromeda

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A/N: sorry that Zoro is slightly OOC in this story, but he's supposed to be a fanboy you know? Anyway he's head over heels for Luffy in canon so it's not that different, right? lol?

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Zoro was walking around town with Robin and Franky, apparently, the town was having a festival today.

"It's interesting, the amount of effort the townspeople are preparing for the festival, I was just reading a book about it from the town's library," Robin said in slight awe, Franky was impressed as well. "Yeah they're building a lot of things for this festival pretty quickly, and it looks stable too."

Zoro chuckled internally a bit, of course, Franky and Robin's hobbies will never rest, Zoro was just happy to go to the city without too much supervision. While he apparently "gets lost" a lot, he's glad that Robin and Franky came with him, they give him way more slack than the others, (yes, because walking in a straight line without getting lost is an achievement).

He finally spotted the object he wanted to see since his first night at the beach house, he had to wait a few days because the others had group plans. He saw that huge statue that caught his eyes a few nights ago, there he was, standing in front of a memorial of his favorite band.

Considering the festival is a music festival, it made a lot of sense for the group to be the center of the festivities. Flowers, letters, food, and more were left in front of the statue, right above it was a plaque, 'The Pride of Dawn Island' is what it read. From what Robin told him earlier, a lot of people that left gifts for the departed trio weren't just fans, those three were kind to the town before they were famous and after they reached stardom. It's a reason why Zoro likes them, celebrities that aren't jackasses and didn't let fame get to their head, the support they have from the city is just proof of it.

Franky whistled at the statue, impressed by the quality, Robin smiled at the young adult before her. Zoro isn't the type of person to idolize someone if they don't deserve it.

"By the way Zoro, the town has a memorial concert for the boys at the end of the festival, in case if you wanted to know" Robin smiled as he saw the green-haired man shoulder's raise with hidden excitement.

"Really? That's nice of them," Zoro replied softly, he turned around the face his older friend. "How long is it before the concert starts?"

Robin pulled out a pamphlet from Franky's back pocket, the older two looking over the itinerary.

"It starts around 10 pm bro, so you got plenty of time to relax before then," Franky said as he was looking at the other festivities listed.

It was currently 7 pm, and the small group was looking around and taking time to shop around and play some classic carnival games.

It wasn't long before the stack of prizes Franky won for Robin started to pile up, meanwhile, Zoro only got one prize, a pretty good one too.

Now it wasn't a surprise to anyone that most carnival games are almost impossible to win, especially the basketball free throw game. The number of people Zoro saw struggling to make more than 5 shots would be embarrassing if it wasn't rigged, but Zoro had a backup plan.

He was eyeing the replica guitar hanging on the prize corner, all he had to do was make 20 shots, and 20 shots he did. It didn't help the carnival workers that Zoro was basically a 6 ft. wall of pure muscle, all he had to do was squeeze some of the air out for the ball to fit through the 'smaller than normal' hoop.

So now he was carrying proudly a replica of Luffy's guitar. "Why don't we stop by the beach house for a moment to drop everything off, especially you Zoro, I doubt you want that shiny guitar to get into an accident," Robin told the two as she offered to carry some of the prizes that were won for her.

The two agreed and by the time they made it back to the beach house, it was 9 pm, Zoro was finishing getting dressed and he looked in the mirror in his guest room.

Wearing the shirt that Zoro waited weeks before the trip was finally being worn, it wasn't too tight nor loose, fitting his build just right.

Now after rushing Robin, Franky, and now his other friends, they made it to the concert venue.

"I'm actually surprised we got some good seats!" Usopp said as they were waiting for the concert to start.

All of his friends had a seat next to each other, a surprising feat since the concert started in thirty-ish minutes when they arrived and his friend group consisted of 9 people including himself.

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"Do you know what songs they're going to play moss-head?" Sanji asked as he blew smoke out of his mouth, his other friends also looked at him for an answer.

"How am I supposed to know pervy -cook, I just found out they were having this concert a few hours ago." Zoro replied while rolling his eyes in annoyance to piss off his 'friend' more.

Thankfully, Chopper, Usopp, Jinbe, Nami, and Vivi were sitting between Zoro and Sanji so they don't try to murder each other.

Before any of the two can say anything else, the lights around the stage lit up and a pair walked up the stage.

"The show doesn't start for another 5 minutes, wonder what's going on?" Brook, who was sitting next to Sanji questioned.

"Hello everyone! I hope you're having a great night tonight!" a short but energetic woman greeted the audience.

"I'm Koala and my partner here is Marco" Marco waved towards the crowd.

"Before the show starts, we wanted to have a brief moment of silence for our superstars before the show begins, if that's alright with guys-yoi" Marco, the taller of the two spoke towards the crowd.

The crowd was responsive to the two hosts, "Now since everyone has different beliefs here, we aren't going to do a joint prayer or anything like that, but just have a nice minute to say your thought to the boys before we get this show on the road alright?" Koala smiled at the excitement of the crowd.

The ambient music playing at the festival stopped and the stage lights moved from the hosts to a mural of the band.

Luffy was smiling so brightly, an arm around his brothers. Ace was on the left, having a small smile but had his elbow resting upon his brother Sabo. Sabo had a smile that was a mixture of Luffy's and Ace's, wrapping his free arm around Luffy.

Zoro was relieved that he didn't hear a prayer, his friends most likely felt the same since none of them have a religious bone in their body.

Everyone had their eyes closed and it was complete silence, Zoro decided to close his eyes as well, he might as well be respectful.

"Thanks for coming!" a bright voice rang through Zoro's head.

Zoro opened his eyes quickly, when he realized everyone was still silent he just assumed that he's been hearing things lately. Shaking his head he closed his eyes again, enjoying the brief silence once more.

After another minute of silence, the light faced the hosts again.

"Alright, thank you everyone for coming tonight, and enjoy the show!" Koala said before Marco and her left the stage.

Not even seconds after, a huge projector came out, and then the show started.

Multi-colored lights were coloring the night sky and Zoro was having the time of his life. He and his friends were singing along to their favorite songs.

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It was an amazing two hours, ending the concert with 'Andromeda', one of Zoro's favorite songs. After the concert was over and the group made it back to the beach house, Zoro felt a little sad.

"Okay guys, we're heading to bed, tonight was fun!" Nami spoke in a happy but tired voice as she brought Vivi with her.

Everyone else also said their goodnights to each other and Zoro was now in his room.

He was laying on his bed, staring at the ceiling, before he felt a hand touch his hair.

"What the fu-" Zoro sat up and saw something, no someone in front of him.

"Oh shit, you can see me? Well...anyway sorry for messing with you, but I was happy seeing you at our concert! Especially with our merch, it makes me and my brothers happy!"

Zoro slapped his cheeks and was so surprised to see that he was not hallucinating...

"I have to be fucking dreaming aren't I?" Zoro said as he put a hand to his face and sighed.

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Ghost Train - a ZoLu fic - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Momentary Bliss

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Two weeks passed by in a flash, summer break had officially started for the students of Grandline State University, Zoro was packing his stuff last minute and trying to hurry up before Nami and Vivi come by and pick him up. The last thing he needed to have was Nami yelling or smacking the shit out of his head.

Speak of the devil, his phone was buzzing, he dug it out of his pocket to see a text from Nami.

"From: Little Witch at 12:15PM

You have 5 minutes to finish packing, were almost to your dorm"

Zoro rubbed his face at the threat, thankfully he was almost done,  it helped that his kendo equipment was already neatly bound together. He was packing the last of his clothes and then went to put the final shirt in, the shirt of his favorite band that came in the mail yesterday. Zoro was panicked when he got the email after the day everyone was together saying,

"Customer Roronoa Zoro,

We apologize for the notice, order #11090505 has been delayed, for more information click this link below"

He wanted to smack his face when he first got it, but after waiting, he finally placed the last shirt in his suitcase. Exactly 2 minutes later he heard knocking at his door.

He picked up his kendo bag and suitcase and walked towards the door, opening the door, he was greeted by Nami and her girlfriend Vivi.

"That's everything your bringing Zoro?" Nami looked at his suitcase with a skeptical look.

"I don't need to bring a whole store with me for a trip Nami," Nami rolled her eyes at the remark.

"Well we have a huge R.V. so you can put your stuff in the back, you're the first one we picked up too, so you get first dibs on where to sit," Vivi told Zoro as she gave him a brief side-hug to say hello and then went to pop open the trunk for Zoro.

When Zoro walked into the R.V. he looked around and was impressed at the quality of the vehicle, "Nice R.V. Vivi," Zoro briefly said before he found the couch towards the back; In no time he fell asleep as soon as he lay on the cushion.

When Zoro woke up again, it was due to Usopp and Chopper fighting over the last seat, he saw everyone already in the vehicle as well.

It was starting to get on his nerves, (as if he wasn't a short fuse anyway when it came to his friends) he just wanted to nap the whole way, or at least most of it.

"Usopp didn't he help you get an 'A' on your last assignment, let him choose where he wants to sit before I make you sit with me." Zoro saw Usopp roll his eyes and let Chopper take the seat.

"Thanks, bro," Chopper got settled and now everything was ready to go.  Nami will be in control of directions, while Franky and Jinbe will take turns driving.

"Okay guys get comfortable, Dawn Island is roughly 12 hours away, maybe 10 if we don't run into idiots on the road," Nami told the others in the back.

Franky was the first to drive, Jinbe was going to nap so he can have energy for his turn, and Chopper was playing a 3-way hand-console game with Usopp and Sanji. Robin and Brook were both reading their respective books, and Vivi was also napping so she can take over for Nami when they take a break.

Now that Zoro knows that his friends are all busy, he felt at ease, now on to take a nap.

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"So how long are you staying here?" a voice that didn't have a face started speaking, the voice sounded comforting and loving.

"I think the whole summer, I go back to school for the last time around September, " Zoro spoke to the anonymous figure.

"Well make sure to come back, I'll miss you, you're the first company I personally had in a while,"  Zoro looked at them, he grabbed their hand, and held it.

"I promise," after those words were spoken all there was left was a light giggle.

.

.

.

"Zoro, you might want to wake up before Sanji hits you," a gruff voice was talking

"What?"  Zoro was trying to process what he heard

"You warned him Jinbe, at least you tried... NOW WAKE UP MARIMO" and just after that, Zoro woke up to an unpleasantly familiar kick to his side.

"SHIT-BROWS! EVER HEARD OF SHAKING SOMEONE AWAKE?!" Zoro yelled at the blond's face.

"Alright! that's enough boys," Robin closed her book and looked at the two rivals smiling.

"You unsurprisingly slept the whole time Zoro, we're here, help us take our stuff into the house," Nami said as she walked out hand in hand with Vivi.

Zoro sighed, he couldn't get peace for 5 minutes. After a few hours, everyone was completely settled in.

After Sanji cooked everyone and meal, everyone went their separate ways for the night. Zoro was in his room, he immediately opened the window doors towards the balcony. Feeling the nice weather around him, he genuinely felt relaxed, Vivi's beach house had amazing scenery.

'Oh shit," Zoro's eyes widened in surprise, towards the city Zoro was able to see a statue. Standing proud as the 3 lovely boys from Dawn Island were D3. Ace had a bass guitar in his hands, Sabo was on the drums, and Luffy was in the front with his guitar. They were built to perfection in his eyes, while he respected Ace and Sabo, he couldn't help but only look at Luffy's smiling figure.

After realizing he was outside for too long, Zoro went to relax in his bed.

"Now what was that dream I had earlier?" he asked himself as he closed his eyes again for the night.

"Shishishi-" Zoro sat up and furrowed his brows at the noise, after picking the wax he had in his ear, he laid back down to sleep...

Wondering what's to come tomorrow.

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A/N:  Okay! Chapter 2 is done, sorry if the driving scene felt a bit fast-paced, it was hard to write dialogue for all the members save for Luffy. Now..what will love-struck Zoro (even if he won't admit it) dream about? Will the main boy appear soon???? who knows?

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Ghost Train - a ZoLu fic - Chapter 1

Chapter 1: On Melancholy Hill

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Walking down the road with an umbrella in hand, Roronoa Zoro, a college student was currently listening to his favorite band while the rain poured down heavily on him and his friends.

"I still can't believe that this campus doesn't allow cars on school grounds." Nami, one of Zoro's friends was complaining as her shoes were getting wet. The others walking with him were his friends, Usopp, Tony (but everyone calls him Chopper), Jinbe and..... Sanji... if he can consider that dumbass a friend, yeah...over his dead body.

"It's okay Nami, I'll shield you from the rain." said the dumbass swooning over the redhead, Zoro sighed and turned the volume up on his phone so he can drown out Sanji's words.

He was listening to his favorite band, 'D3', a band that didn't stick to one genre, He was happy because he recently manage to buy a limited edition shirt that has the member's autographs on it.

It wasn't long before Zoro and his friends made it to campus, while they were all drying off, he saw a few more friends walk up.

3 staff members of the college came and greeted the almost-soaked bunch. The tall raven-haired woman, Robin smiled at all of them.

"I'm assuming none of you guys saw the weather warning and that classes were canceled today," Robin said with a small smile, in just seconds the group of young adults were sulking.

"My shoes are wet and I didn't even need to be here," Nami said as she found a chair to sit on in the campus lobby to wring out whatever she can out of her shoes. Meanwhile, Usopp and Sanji were checking their phones to see the message from the school.

Brook, the school's music professor just started laughing at the group, "Why don't we go to my classroom and warm up with some tea? Might as well wait until the weather calms down."

Franky, the school's number one handyman, went to get blankets from his 'stash' for everyone since they would be hanging out for a while. In a few minutes, everyone was in Brook's classroom making their selves comfortable.

"Wait, so if classes were canceled, why are you guys here?" Usopp asked aloud.

Franky and Robin were cuddled with each other, while Brook was still making tea for everyone. "Robin always shows up early for work, so I go with her and nap in her classroom before class starts, Brook is here because he's an early bird too and just happens to live 5 minutes away from campus," Franky answered the question.

The others just nodded, Usopp decided to work on homework he totally didn't put off last minute.

"Usopp? You guys didn't finish Professor Smoker's homework didn't you?" Chopper sighed as he grabbed his notebook from his backpack and went over to help him.

Everyone was doing their own thing, Zoro was napping still listening to his music before he felt someone kick his leg...hard.

"OW! What the hell Curly-brow!" Zoro yelled as he grabbed his knee, he took off his earbuds to glare at the man. Sanji just rolled his eyes and took out his vape to take a hit.

"Nami was asking you something moss-head,"   Sanji said as he blew smoke out of his mouth. Nami just rolled her eyes at the two, "Anyway, I was asking you Zoro, what are you doing for summer break? This is the last summer we have before we graduate."

Zoro thought, he didn't really have friends or family outside of the friend groups that were sitting with him currently. "Not much, the only thing eventful thing happening to me is that my shirt is coming in the mail in a few days," Zoro said plainly.

Nami smiled, Zoro was always like an annoying older brother to her, it was nice to see him be passionate about other things besides his kendo training, even if it was a band.

"It's sad, they were all our ages when they passed," Chopper commented while he was trying to help Usopp with his final assignment still.

Ah yes, Zoro's favorite band, all the members are dead due to a boating accident which led the three brothers to drown 2 years ago.

"The frontman was your favorite right Zoro? Ah, what was his name?" Brook asked as he tried to remember the names of the three younger artists.

"Luffy, his brothers were Ace and Sabo," Zoro replied solemnly, the group looked at him. They remembered how destroyed Zoro was when he heard of their passing in class a few years ago, even though Zoro would never admit it.

"Well Zoro, luckily for you my amazing Vivi, planned an outing for all of us for our summer break. Her family has a huge beach house on Dawn Island, that's the place where they were born weren't they?" Nami said with a knowing smile on her face.

To say Zoro was surprised about that would be saying the sky wasn't blue, he was interested from the first part of the offer but now that he has a chance to go see Luffy's home island. "Sure, why not?" he replied calmly even though his friends knew he was ecstatic on the inside.

"Well, there's only one week of classes left? When do we plan on going?" Robin asked Nami.

"I'll send you guys more detailed information in our group chat, but Vivi said roughly in 2 weeks," Nami answered.

Chopper was excited, he was shaking Usopp with happiness, out of the years they all knew each other, this is their first vacation together!

Sanji didn't need any convincing because "the ladies" were going, and Jinbe was happy as well, Jinbe hasn't been to a beach in so long.

Robin and Franky were happy since it will be a nice vacation for them and their friends, working on campus was draining.

"You would like it there too Brook! Vivi's family has the biggest music room I have ever seen." Nami told the older man.

"Well if you insist, Yohoho" he laughed.

Well, it was set, Zoro and his friends were going on vacation and he will get to see Luffy and his brothers home.

The weather was clearing up as they were finishing their conversation, and everyone decided to go home since it was the only chance they got before the weather gets crazy again, or at least according to Nami.

By the time Zoro got home, he was sleepy (like always). Before he knew it, he was already snoring on the couch of his dorm.

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Ghost Train - a ZoLu fic

Summary:  "This isn't happening, right? I'm going crazy." Zoro panicked. "I thought you wanted this?" - Supernatural/Modern ZoLu AU where Luffy is a rockstar and Zoro is just hopelessly in love.  [mature in later chapters // crossposted on ff.net, wattpad, ao3, and quotev]

A/N: Hello all! This is my first story in a while, I saw this prompt on tumblr that seemed very interesting but of course it won't be exact. I don't know how long this story will be to be honest. The prompt that this story is mostly based on was made by @cupofwri-tea​. Hope you enjoy !

[--♥--♥ 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽 --♥--♥]

𝟣. 𝒢𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒯𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃

𝟤. 𝒪𝓃 𝑀𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓁𝓎 𝐻𝒾𝓁𝓁

𝟥. 𝑀𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝐵𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓈

𝟦. 𝒜𝓃𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓂𝑒𝒹𝒶

𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓮𝓭...

Next Chapter: On Melancholy Hill

monster trio!!!

cuddles with zolu <3

ZOLU + NAMIVIVI someone get her her gf 😭

Zolu art by me <3

Born to write fanfiction and scholarly articles

Forced to focus on only one at a time

*Sobs realizing that zolu fanfiction isn't getting me a masters degree*

Martingale by Searows just scratches my Zolu brain bc all I can think abt is Zoro yearning over Luffy when I hear these lyrics

I am starting to resent myself

I’m watching you across the room

And I am powerless to stop myself

From slowly turning into you

There’s a satellite above my house

I think it watches over me

If it could know me from the inside out

You’d be the only thing it sees

I love to headcanon that with modern zolu, Luffy is always filming, they give me late 90s early 2000s home video vibes. From birthdays, vacations, home renovations, holidays—to when Luffy just thinks Zoro looks pretty—he’s gonna film it.

hi guys, can I ask what's your current favorite zolu headcanon?

Me scouring the internet for content abt a ship I like

“Please….please just one thing that portrays them as the losers and nerds they are.”

Luffy, the king of the pirates that you are....

ft. Zoro's earring bc they are in love your honor

(Please ignore how messy the frame is in this, it was a last minute decision I realized I kinda hated but had already committed to)

They both yearn so hard.

Insp. by the song Make Out In My Car, by Sufjan Stevens

Zolu sketch inspired by the song Candlelight By Sunset Rollercoaster 落日飛車

Heavy In Your Arms

I can't stop with the zolu sacrilegious imagery.

I listened to Florence + The Machine the entire time making this, hence the title.

I need more Zoro/zolu fanart utilizing his three swords and his devotion, bc the imagery could be SOOO GOOD.

3 of swords in tarot is all about emotions, grief, pain, emotional suffering, but it can also be seen as a release. The three swords pierce the heart, eliciting emotions that may have been buried to bleed to the surface. It is a sign of sorrow, grief, but a pain that is welcomed.

And in Christian imagery, Mary is often depicted having swords piercing her/her heart, indicating the seven sorrows. It is showing the pain she went through that lead to Jesus’s sacrifice, depicting the grief a mother feels seeing their child suffer.

Now, Zoro’s devotion is tied to his sword style. His dream is intertwined with Luffy, making all of his training, every fight, every near death experience, and glorious victory dedicated to one man, his captain. Zoro fights because he sees Luffy as something greater than himself, greater than everyone else. With his 3 swords, he will claw his way to hell and back to save the man he calls captain.

Like, guys, THE POTENTIAL. USE SACRILEGIOUS ART TO MAKE THE GAY GAYER AND SADDER.

The swords have meaning, embrace it.

Zolu sketch but it's them as that gay ass art piece The Fall, by Alan Stephen Foster

Hopeless Devotion

Inspired by War Pieta by Max Ginsburg

This took longer than I'd care to admit, I had to start it over twice and then ignored it for a month lmao.

We don’t talk about the reason Zoro was so close to dying during thriller bark.

Like yes, it was for Luffy, he took his place with ease, not even thinking about it because it was luffy. He offered his life differently than Sanji did. Sanji saw Zoro sacrificing himself and Sanji couldn’t allow that because in that moment we saw that in Sanjis mind, he thought replaceable to the crew. (Which obv. Isn’t true).

But Zoro didn’t do it out of a lack of self worth, he saw luffy and couldn’t bear the sight of him gone. Zoro, whether he admits it or not, sees Luffy as something to behold, something that lives above others and shines a light that must be seen by all eyes.

On top of all that, he took all of Luffys pain. Not only did he take it all, he jumped head first into it, despite knowing how it would most likely be the end of him. He quite literally lept into all the pain and suffering Luffy had received without a second thought.

And on top of THAT… Zoro said it was “nothing at all”, not only because to him, it was nothing, what he did in his mind wasn’t something worth mulling over— sacrificing himself for Luffy is “nothing at all”. Also, Zoro knew that if Luffy knew the truth behind his pain, he would never forgive himself for being the reason behind his first mates suffering.

Whether you ship Zoro and Luffy or not, you cannot deny the love, adoration and pure devotion Zoro holds for Luffy.