Hello, readers! :) Thank You for clicking on that little link! So, this is going to be a 30 kisses challenge. I hope you'll like it! Please stick with me for 30 chapters! ^^

Pairing: Ace x Luffy

Theme: #01 Oranges

Rating: K - T

Note: Ace and Luffy are kids.

[Oranges.]

"Hmm! This is delicious, Ace!"

Luffy grinned behind the big mouthful of orange fruit. Ace smirked. "Of course, ba—ka. I'm the one who picked them this time!"

Luffy swallowed all the fruit down before pouting with wide, chocolate eyes at his older brother. "Ace~ That was mean, Ace! I hate you!"

Luffy got up from the big log and went to sit down by a red-leaved tree, munching on the oranges and grumbling about how Ace was an idiot.

Ace felt just a little guilty; and brought the whole sack of oranges to Luffy, and plopped down beside him. Luffy glanced at Ace and turned away, his back facing him. Ace sighed. "Luffy, come on, I didn't mean it that seriously..! And besides, aren't you better at… um…"

Luffy was looking over his shoulder at Ace, his big eyes waiting hopefully for Ace to say something nice about him.

But Ace was mumbling to himself. What should I tell him?! I can't say sports, or fishing, or climbing trees, or running, or… Anything! But I don't want to upset him either… Ace had a mental war in his head. Suddenly the older sibling's eyes lit up, and he grinned down at Luffy.

"You're better at being a younger brother." Luffy's eyes clouded with confusion, and he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. A few seconds later Luffy cheered up and jumped Ace.

His arms clung tightly around Ace and he nuzzled into Ace's shoulder. "Arigatou*, Ace! I don't really know what you mean, but I know what you said was nice! Honto—ni arigatou*!"

Luffy drew back and smiled the sweetest smile at Ace. The older sibling wrapped his arms around Luffy's tiny waist and grinned back at him.

Suddenly Luffy brought his lips near Ace's and licked the edge of his mouth.

Ace's eyes went as wide as gramps' saucepans and his hair fell out of his face when Luffy brushed it away slightly.

He felt Luffy lick a trail from the edge of his mouth down to his chin. Luffy drew back on his heels and smiled.

"Ace, why is your face so red?"

Ace's face was then a nice shade of red, and he was covering his mouth. His eyebrows were knotted together, and his eyes were fixed on Luffy's.

"Luffy… What did you just…Do?"

Luffy tilted his head in confusion and he said, "Oh, there was orange juice dripping from your mouth. I wanted to help Ace because I love Ace!" He grinned and giggled.

Ace was still blushing. Really badly.

Luffy…He kissed me! Well, near-kiss. He was at the edge of my mouth! And he was licking me! Where the hell did he learn to do something like that?!

Luffy's arms still hung around Ace's neck, and he was as calm as ever, like he had not just nearly-kissed his brother.

Ace decided to do something equally daring and dangerous.

It was Luffy's turn to feel something licking a trail from his mouth to his chin.

Luffy's eyes opened right away and his giggle died on his lips. "Ace…What are you doing?"

Ace drew back and said, "There was orange juice dripping from your mouth too. I just want to be a good big brother."

Luffy knew Ace meant well, but something in his onii-chan's *eyes showed the slightest hint of hunger.

Ace smirked and hugged Luffy tightly, breathing in his scent. Luffy sat on Ace's lap, and it was comfortable. Maybe too comfortable.

Ace grabbed the oranges and peeled one, letting Luffy inhale most of it before taking a slice for himself.

"Na, Luffy… Have you ever done that to anyone else before?" Ace was looking right at Luffy, his gaze unwavering.

Luffy stopped eating and talked around the oranges. "Nope, Ace! You're the only one! Because you're my onii-chan!" He's so stupidly innocent… Ace gave a soft sigh of relief.

"Good. Don't you dare do that to anyone else, Luffy! You're my ototo*. Got it?"

Ace grinned and ruffled Luffy's hair after a happy yes from the little boy. They sat that way for a while, munching (and in Luffy's case, inhaling) the oranges.

Suddenly Garp was running towards them.

Ace stopped eating and his orange fell to the ground, half-eaten. Shit, no way… Did he see us doing that?!

Garp was yelling at them. "YOU LITTLE RASCALS! YOU'RE TEN THOUSAND YEARS TOO EARLY TO BE DOING THAT SORT OF THING! YOU BOYS NEED ANOTHER TASTE OF MY FIST OF LOVE!"

Dame!*

Ace felt the adrenaline rush into him and he hurriedly jumped up from the old log, carrying Luffy in his arms. "Ace! Jii-chan* is coming at us! We've gotta go! Hurry, Ace!"

Ace dashed off, running into the dense forest, carrying Luffy along with him. Luffy looked over Ace's shoulder, and he visibly paled.

Ace worriedly looked at his little brother. "What is it, Luffy? What's behind us?" Ace felt fear growing in his gut.

"Jii-chan…He's going to throw your oranges at us! He's suuuuuper close now!" Ace's mouth dropped wide open in shock as he hastened his pace, trying to get as far away from gramps.

Ace felt something hard and sticky slam into his back. "GYAAAAA! AAAAACCCEEEEE! HE'S STARTED!"

Ace saw a deserted path hidden by a bunch of rocks, and he ran straight for it, jumping behind it.

Ace had no idea there would be a drop down into a running stream.

Ace's eyes bugged out and he flipped himself and Luffy over, so that he was on the bottom.

They smashed into the stream, Ace covering Luffy's mouth and nose to block out the water and his yells. The two brothers calmed down, and Ace slowly carried Luffy onto the shore, laying him down. They coughed out all the swallowed water, the older sibling patting his little brother's back gently.

The collapsed from fatigue under a tree, catching their breath.

"Aaaaaacceeeeee….! What's jii-chan gonna do when we get home later….?" Ace paled this time. I have no idea, damn it! But… I'm glad that… that… happened.

"I don't know, Luffy. But let's just rest now. We can pick more oranges later. Gramps must've thrown them all already."

Luffy was already snoring softly on Ace's chest. Their legs were wrapped around each other's', and Ace put his arm around his little brother and closed his eyes.

He planted a soft, lovely kiss on Luffy's forehead before falling asleep.

An orange floated down the stream.

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*Arigatou – Thank You

*Honto—ni arigatou – Thank You very much

*onii-chan – older brother

*ototo – younger brother

*dame – bad/oh no

*jii-chan – grandfather

That was the 1st fic! /(*-*)/ Thanks for Reading! Please leave a review, I wanna know if I've got anything to improve on..?

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