Most wouldn't guess it about Marco, with his apathy and care free personality, but he had several pet peeves about safety. Disorder being a general thing amongst pirates, especially the Whitebeard crew, someone had to make sure the chaos was at least a little under control. Or else they'd be injured all the time. Marco's biggest problem with this was that he was the only one making sure the rest of the crew was safe.
"I'm not paid enough for this…" Marco groaned as he leaned against the rail. Wait… He wasn't really paid at all. Annual salary wasn't something a pirate had to worry about. It was kind of like commission work, he guessed. He was thinking about this too much.
SPLASH
"Thatch!" Marco called over to his brother. He didn't even need to look to see who had fallen over. Only two people ever fell out of the crow's nest, missed the deck, and went into the water. Haruta was asleep so that only left Ace…
Thatch came back with a water logged Ace over his shoulder. He drop his fellow commander on to the deck with a thud. "It has to some kinda talent."
"Or curse." Marco looked down at him. Ace had rolled over on to his knees and was coughing up water. "Take over for him will you?" Marco pulled Ace up by the arm.
"Ok, but you both owe me." Thatch said.
"No, just him." Marco shot back.
Ace managed a weak glare at the blonde. He let Marco pull him below deck to his room before shaking him off. "I'm fine."
"I have hard time believing that." Marco was punched in the shoulder for his comment. "I don't understand how you fall off into the water when there's a rail and at least ten feet of deck on all sides."
"Haruta falls too." Ace muttered.
"I don't know how he does it either." He sighed. "You guys are going to kill me."
Ace snickered. "I pay to see that. The great Phoenix Marco died due to heart failure."
"Yeah, well I wouldn't"
Ace continued down the hall laughing. "I bet Pops would- Aggh!"
Marco just stared at the hole where Ace had been standing seconds before. He shook his head as he headed for the stairs that would take him to the next deck down. "Not paid enough…"
~ Not really a romance but the others will be...
This is my collection for MarcoAce and DoflaCroc for my OP theme challenge. Please feel free to send me any requests you might have.
Thanks always for reading
~Rat~