POSSESIVE
Ace hated babysitting. It never sat well with him when he was asked to stay put.
That day, the Moby Dick had unexpected guests in the form of an all-female pirate crew. Their captain had emerged immediately after anchoring, Marco acknowledging that they were not hostile with just a mere hand gesture to the rest of the crew who were on the deck.
So while Marco accompanied the Lady Captain to Whitebeard's quarters, he had assigned Ace to watch over the other ship—their other brothers were too incapable to do such a thing seeing as they had been deprived of women for well over 4 months. Thus, he was forced to sit on the Moby Dick's edge, his back facing the visiting ship.
What he didn't know though, was the profound effect this seemed to have on all the women on the other ship.
The talk between the two captains were still ongoing, so Marco excused himself to check on the crew. The visiting crew were notorious for using womanly charms to catch their opponent's off-guard. Although it was most unlikely that they would dare attack one of the emperor's ship, he still had to make sure; In actuality, he was pretty worried that some of his brothers might be stupid enough to jump on the other ship, which would be a huge headache for him if such were to happen.
Walking back to the deck, he was greeted by the sight of his crewmates all with hearts on their eyes, obviously mesmerized by the beauty the other crew possessed. He could only roll his eyes.
Continuing on towards where the other ship was stalled, he was quite surprised by what he saw.
There, sitting on the edge with his back on full view of the occupants of the other ship, was Ace.
And behind him, were a whole crew of women ogling at every muscle on Ace's back.
As if he wasn't oblivious enough, the man had the audacity to stretch, giving all his spectators a full show of his beautifully sculpted back and perfectly toned arms.
Marco twitched.
That idiot.
Slightly marching towards the younger commander, he was soon noticed by the said man from a distance, his usual big goofy smile greeting him. "Hey Marco! Pops and you done with—"
Before he could finish though, the fire user was cut mid-sentence as he watched Marco take off his purple top, and in an instant, enveloping and shielding his whole back. Afterwards, the older man gave a quick glare right behind him before storming off.
Blinking profusely, Ace could only watch as Marco's half-naked form marched towards the direction of his room, Thatch just emerging from the same way.
"Woah! Why the hell are you prancing around half-naked for?"
Without even sparing his brother a glance, the phoenix continued on his way, grumbling something just enough for his friend to here. "Anti-perversion measures."
Having no idea what in the heck Marco meant, he went on his way, only to see Ace sitting on the ship's edge with Marco's top wrapped around him, a confused look on his face—plus what seemed to be a disappointed audience right behind him.
At this Thatch could not help but laugh out loud.