Haha, my first One Piece fic, yay! At first, I want to make the first chapter the first three paragraphs, and my... "editor" would yell at me, and you might too, but, oh well, hahaha! Thanks to Jazz281321 for, uh, editing. I'm sorry if its depressing. When I wrote it, I felt like crying, waah. You might need some tissues.
The rain tipped on the window, wanting in. He was so tempted to struggle out of his kind brother's grasp, to open the window to let it dribble onto the carpet, then to curl back up in his brother's arms, but he didn't want to move from the warmth that soothed him through every pore of his entire being. His brother's arms lay over his shoulders, curling around his neck and hugging him close to himself, his little brother's head looking down under his. He had never even guessed that something like that would happen, and now, with the power out, life seemed to have a sharp dagger at its throat. He snuggled himself closer into his brother in a shiver, the tear stains on his cheeks being renewed just slight, and he felt his brother's warm arms squeeze him tighter, his fingers clenching on the younger one's sides as he released a chilling hic of anxiety and nauscea from what seemed now to be a daily occurance for the two. They were alone now, just by themselves.
The younger boy hicced up gentle tears and his brother lifted one hand from his side, gliding up to his neck and running his fingers through his dark black hair, giving a coo of comfort to his younger bother. "It's going to be okay, Luffy, it will be alright, I promise." The older told Luffy, who struggled to withhold another outburst of tears, not wanting to seem like he needed all the comfort, because he knew his older brother did too.
"Yeah, Ace, it'll be alright," Luffy said, trying to comfort his older sibling as well as himself, agreeing with his statement that things would get better. Luffy tried to laugh, but it came out hoarse and hushed against the tapping rain that echoed a faded lullaby of melodies to him, those which he now wanted to forget. A tear fell onto Luffy's shoulder, dribbling down his favorite red t-shirt onto his pale, fair skin. Luffy rolled his head around, looking into the black hair of his older brother, which hid away his swollen eyes. Luffy frowned a fake smile, lifting his hands from Ace's arms to wipe away a tear that rolled down his older brother's cheek. "It'll be alright, Acey, it'll be alright," Luffy began to cry too, his hair hiding his tears and his trying smile attempting to brighten for his older brother. "A journey starts with a single step, but maybe we just tripped a little because you forgot to tie your shoe again." Ace giggled gently and looked with his swollen eyes, smiling into Luffy's smile, his little brother's eyes having the fleeting existence of sadness, now filling with laughter that made Ace smile so brightly, filling his heart with delight that his little brother could manage to be so strong and yet just as needy as himself. He hugged his brother tears fell down over his smile, Luffy hugging him back as if they weren't just brothers, but the best of friends that they both could only imagine when they had no one but each other.