"I like you."
A shit-eating grin brushed upon the said kid's lips. Those brown eyes big and innocent at what the teen just said. Then it dawned Ace that the kid didn't get the meaning behind those three words. After all, this is the oblivious and happy-go-lucky kid we're talking about.
Oh. I didn't notice you there. What am I doing? Why of course I'm spying on my brother confessing. You know, he has to get all the support he can get. Who's he confessing to? I see I haven't introduced any characters to you yet, have I?
Then, shall we begin?
Twenty-one year old junior student Portgas D. Ace had just confessed his undying love to eighteen year old junior student Monkey D. Luffy. Why is he a junior even though he's only eighteen? Boy, you readers ask a lot of questions. But I'll make sure to answer them. Luffy, a smart idiot who got to skip two years of college because of his gigantically small brain. Yes, Luffy is smart in academics, but he is actually an idiot when he goes into the real world.
Yes, they're both my brothers, and I love Ace and Luffy. But Ace's love for Luffy is very different from mine for them.
Shall we go back to the present now?
Luffy beamed at Ace, and replied with a 'I like you too, Ace!' before heading off to the campus. Ace exhaled, but smiled at the boy.
"That didn't work, did it?"
My voice resonated behind the bushes. Ace didn't reply but plopped down on the ground with a smile. I smiled too, and sat beside Ace. He didn't say anything, but I read him like a book. Luffy not realizing what Ace said meant that Luffy didn't think about Ace like that.
And so Mission 'Get Luffy and Ace together' started.
"How about flirting, or something?" I recommended, leaning back onto the Campus's wall.
"Do you think that would work on Luffy?" Ace rolled his eyes and ran a shaky hand through his hair. He was still nervous from confessing. "This is Lu we're talking about."
I sighed. "Do you have anything, then? Kissing him would be the best option, but Ace, you're too cowardly to do that! I would have!"
Ace shot me a glare before standing up. "Fine. I'll do it."
We strolled to the class Lu was in, and waited for him outside. I was hidden out of sight, Ace knew, and I was examining the scene. Once the professor signaled the end of that class, Ace dragged Luffy by his straw hat and pulled him to a vacant and empty classroom. I stared through the slit opened door.
Ace was saying something, and Luffy wasn't smiling.
I started worrying. No, I wasn't worrying about the stares people were giving me; I was worrying about whether or not Luffy returned Ace's feelings. Nervousness started bubbling up for me, and it must have been worse for Ace.
Then Luffy burst out of the room, and ran away.
I scuttled into the room, worried about Ace. Tears were dripping down his face, and even if Ace was strongest between the three of us, he just got his heart broken. He looked up at me with his crying face, and whispered something.
"I didn't even confess and he ran away."
"GO AFTER HIM!" I screamed. I couldn't keep my cool any longer. "YOU CAN'T JUST STAND HERE AND CRY! GO AFTER THAT FUCKING LITTLE PIECE OF CUTENESS!"
Yes, I know. I didn't mean to say 'cuteness' but hey, Ace was running after him, so whatever. And I was running after Ace. I could see Ace snatch Luffy's wrist in an instant, and he pulled Luffy into a kiss.
It looked soft and gentle, yet needy from my eyes, and I couldn't look away.
"I fell in love with you!" Ace shouted, and I realized that Luffy did too.
"A-Ace⦠y-you're t-too loud." Luffy pants. "B-But I l-like you t-too."
I grinned my shit-eating grin, and walked away, leaving those two by themselves. Who knows what happened after that?
That was a short story of Ace and Luffy, the only couple that I ship. Their cute, right?
