Disclaimer: I DON'T OWEN ANY THING
Author note: sorry to all the people who read my other stories I couldn't update because of collage and a lot happened this year hope I can continue now so please don't be angry and hope you enjoy this small one shot
Arriving in this new town wasn't fun but arriving to his new school was a disaster, because of his name Ace was hated almost by everyone who he met, including all of his adoptive parents
people hated Ace because of his father's actions, correcting his dead father's actions; not only did Roger inspire a bunch of criminals, he also was the boss of the most feared mafia group in the whole world, also he was the one who had announced at his death of his great fortune the 'one piece' throughout the world, which was the main reason for Ace misery
All of the people who adopted Ace were greedy people, who dreamt that they could get their hold on that great illusionary fortune, most of them didn't believe Ace didn't have a clue about it and oh what they did to poor little Ace to find out about it
On his first day in his new school gossips of him was already spread like fire and everyone seemed to be avoiding him and glaring from a distance or calling him names and bullying him, if Ace wanted he could have knocked them out but he chose not to so he wont to get in more trouble, since no one would be fair in their judge and he would be blamed for everything; so he took what they dashed at him with a smile
Today was no different he was bullied and someone throw his hat over at another table, after he was beat up and spat on
Then he got up, cleaned himself and went to pick his hat from a bunch of youngsters from the first year students, a boy with a straw hat was playing with own orange hat, when he noticed him the boy smiled at him and ace felt really happy but sadly the moment was short because of some orange haired girl who started to shout at him to leave, when he asked for his hat it was thrown at his feet by the girl so he picked it up and left not noticing the boy getting up to his defiance against his friends
Ace worked in an antique shop belonging to an old man who was the only kind person in his life 'besides the boy who smiled at him' he thought grimly, the shop didn't have many customers even before he started to work here, but they decreased after he came, the old man didn't mind it science he was the only person willing to hire Ace
When Ace reached eighteen he knew his time to get out of those people's house, they were the thirty seventh parents and they were just like the others who wanted to find the one piece but they weren't that bad
'Or maybe I just got used to worse that they seemed better', then a knock came to the door straddling him from his trance
Ace thought that this customer was strange who in their right mind will knock on a shop's door, so when the door opined reveling a tall boy with golden hair, blue eyes and smiling lips with missing one tooth, Ace thought that he resembled those princes one of his step sisters used to brag about, the girl was annoying and Ace hated her like he hated her family
The boy came closer to him and smiled again making Ace smile too, he was looking for an antique watch, they searched for it tighter and they talked a lot. Ace instantly liked the boy but their time was short much to ace's demise, he wanted to be friends with the mysterious boy whose name ace never knew
Going back home was nice that day never in his life ace felt so happy, for a long time ace wandered if his life meant something but coming to this town he felt things might change and he hoped they will.