"Don't go!" I scream at the figure walking away. No, this can't be happening! "You can't leave! Please don't leave me!" I shout, scream and cry…yet the figure doesn't look back, but just keeps on walking away. Why was this happening? Have I done something wrong? So bad that the people I love betray me, leave me in this dark and lonely world. Was I really that bad of a person?
Didn't I deserve the happiness that everyone else did?
I follow the figure, running, panting, shouting for his name. "A-Ace! Don't leave please! Ace!" I kept screaming, the tears flowing out my eyes. I can't feel my body anymore, everything has gone numb and I'm feeling dizzy…everything is going blurry and dark.
"Luffy!"
Wait! What's that I hear? It's…someone calling for me, but who?
"Luffy, wake up..."That voice, it sounds familiar. Its calling for me t-…wait…I can't hear it anymore…no! Where is that voice? Who was it from? Come back! Please…someone stay here, don't go, and please don't leave me alone! Not again!
I fall on my knees crying my eyes out until…"Luffy…Hey Luffy,wake up!'' I hear that voice again, calling for me.
"Who is it?" I ask this time, hoping that it would reply me, hoping that it would stay, but the same reply comes…wanting me to wake me up, but from what? A dream or a nightmare? No, this was definitely a nightmare. A nightmare where there was nothing but darkness and loneliness. No pain, but emptiness.
"Luffy! Dammit, wake up!..." That voice… I recognize it now. It's…Ace. I slowly start to open my eyes, finally awake from my dream like state. I look around in confusion.
"What happened? Why does my head hurt?''
"Luffy!'' He shouts my name in almost delight and pulls me into a tight embrace. 'Was that really all a dream?'
Ace! He is here! With me! I hug him back, tears still spilling from my eyes, but this time from happiness. "I'm so glad that you're here, Ace. Please don't leave me again. Please." I hug him tighter as I begin to tremble. I thought I lost him, I thought he left me.
Ace strokes my back and tells me to calm down. "Don't worry, Lu. I would never leave you…'' He said in a soothing voice that made me calm down.
"Promise? Promise you won't leave me?" I ask in an anxious tone, scared about what the reply might be.
"Hah, I promise I will never leave." He responded, as he hugs me tighter and kisses my forehead. "Who would leave such a crybaby of a brother, huh?'' He smiled; that smile that brightened up my day, that smile that I would never get tired of seeing.
"Thanks, Ace." I say with a small smile and try to go back to sleep, ignoring the 'crybaby' comment. I lay there listening to the comforting heartbeat of my brother, trying to forget about the nightmare that always occur, but why wouldn't it? After all it wasn't reality.
I sigh and try to sleep as he holds around my waist and lifts my chin up in order for me to look at him "That won't happen again, I love you, Luffy. I would never leave you." He tells me with those eyes, pain filled eyes. I touch his cheek and smile at him, a simple smile.
"I love you too, Ace."In return he gives me a small kiss on the lips, nothing deep or passionate but a small, quick, meaningful caress on the lips.
We snuggle closer to each other, closes our eyes and go to sleep without another word.