Notes: This is completely self-indulgent and is most likely going to turn M in future Oops! Hahaha... It's going to be a drabble series, a few hundred words for every chapter. There will be updates every Sunday or Monday!
I made Luffy a dwarf because of the tontatta tribe in the dressrosa arc yeah
Chapter 1
Ace walks home slowly, hands stuffed in his pockets and a cigarette in between his lips. His shift at the music store hadn't been hectic or exciting at all, in fact it was actually pretty boring and the twenty year old was just glad that it was over.
Thunder rumbles lowly in the cloudy sky, signaling that a storm would probably start soon. It isn't too cold, but Ace still has to wear a jacket. He hopes he makes it home before the storm starts however, because he forgot an umbrella.
Ace decides to take the backstreets home, knowing that he'll be able to get home quicker and avoid all of the masses of people in the city.
He's in an alley when he hears it. It's low growling, like a cat, followed by a high-pitched scream that is reminiscent of a battle cry. A crash resounds in the alley and the cat shrieking before it hisses sharply.
Ace follows the noise and finds an old alley cat crouched above something tiny and struggling. The twenty year old can hear whatever the cat's perched over make tiny squeaks and even shouts.
He finally sees what it is when the cat pulls it's claws back, ready to make a finishing blow.
It's a tiny, heavily beaten up dwarf underneath the cat. Ace can't move quick enough, his cigarette falling from his lips as he picks the cat up by its scruff. He nearly gets scratched as the cat shrieks and growls at him, but manages to scare it off after he places it down as far away from the dwarf that he can.
Dwarfs weren't that uncommon and, while the majority of them tended to live in more isolated areas, there were a few groups of dwarfs notorious around the city for stealing things and even some that lived in houses with humans.
He kneels down and looks at the dwarf carefully. He's awake, but just barely. Their eyes are blue and hazed over in pain, bloody scratches all over his tiny body. The dwarf is unbelievably tiny, with a black fluffy tail and a slightly tattered straw hat hanging from a string on his neck.
"Shit…" Ace whispers and the dwarf tries to look up at him, but whimpers in pain, his eyes shutting tight. "Shit! It's okay, I'll help you! Don't fall asleep!"
His only answer is another pained whimper and a groan as he scoops the tiny dwarf into his hands. The dwarf fits in Ace's palm perfectly, curling into a little ball as a defense measure.
Ace stands up quickly, walking out of the alley and to his apartment as quick as possible without jostling the injured dwarft. He tucks his hands inside of his leather jacket to protect the tiny dwarf from the drizzle that is beginning to sprinkle.
With the small, hurt dwarf cradled carefully in his hands Ace can't exactly say that his day is boring anymore.