Hi everyone,
this story was first posted by me on AO3 on 13/04/16.
So this is a (belated) birthday fic for samettikettu xx who wished for a yandere!Sabo story with mild sabolu.
So here we go, enjoy!
I don't own One Piece nor any of the characters.
Sabo
If it would've been his own choice, Sabo would've stayed home and downloaded the film somewhere illegally. He then would've just gotten comfortable on their sofa, grabbed a pillow and a blanket and watched it there, Luffy cuddled to his side and Ace's legs draped over his.
But no.
He uncomfortably shifts in his seat, whilst the cinema slowly fills with people. He can see them chatting, laughing, some of them obnoxiously loudly, they carry their popcorn and spill their drinks everywhere.
He tries hard not to curl his lips in disgust, but he just really doesn't like movie theatres. The seats are too small and there is by far not enough room for his long legs. He awkwardly crosses them and returns his attention to his two best friends and flatmates, Luffy and Ace, who sit next to him.
Luffy is in the middle, of course, so he can snatch popcorn from both of them and so that he doesn't have to sit next to people he doesn't know. Sabo is ok with that.
Ace is on Luffy's other side, looking almost as bored as Sabo feels and he catches his gaze. Ace rolls his eyes at him.
Seriously, they should've stayed home. But nooo… When Luffy wants to go somewhere, they have to tag along.
And usually, Sabo is fine with that, being with the cute little monkey is enough to make him go anywhere, but a cinema… He snorts as he sees more and more people coming through the two entrances.
"We should've waited to see this damn film for another two weeks. See all the people?" Ace growls unhappily and digs his hand deep into the popcorn.
"Who cares, I'm watching the movie, not the people," Luffy replies cheerfully and snatches a handful of popcorn from Sabo's bag.
"Hope it's worth it…," Sabo sighs.
"Looks like it got 48% on Rotten Tomatoes. Damn, maybe I should leave after all," Ace says while staring at his phone.
"Thank god it's only barely over two hours," Sabo mutters distracted.
"Yo, Sabo, shall we just leave Luffy here and instead we go down to the arcade?" Ace smirks and looks at Luffy, whose smile turns into a pout.
Sabo immediately regrets his sour mood and squeezes the younger man's shoulder.
"You guys are ruining everything," Luffy mumbles, crossing his arms like a child. He looks adorable like that…
"Shh, ok, don't mind us, maybe after all it's a good film," Sabo tries to comfort him and Ace looks at him, mouthing You're such a suck-up and he shrugs apologetically. He can never be mean to Luffy. Luffy is… just Luffy, and Sabo hates seeing anything other than a smile on his face.
"But you two are in a bad mood now and now I want to go home," Luffy growls, a deep frown appearing between his brows and Sabo gently ruffles his hair.
"C'mon, we're just joking. Of course we'll watch the film, and I'm sure it's going to be great," Sabo tries to convince him.
"…And you guys aren't pissed that I dragged you with me?" Luffy asks him, still pouting.
Ace sighs. "No, we're not. Here, have more popcorn. The trailers are about to begin."
The boy between them still doesn't look convinced and Sabo sighs, before he hands his popcorn entirely over to Luffy – which means a permanent goodbye – and Luffy grins happily as he starts munching on the puffy things again. The thing about him and popcorn is that once the film gets too suspenseful, he doesn't eat anymore, which is why he usually doesn't bother buying any.
"Here you go, take it all. And now stop pouting, hm?" Sabo says gently and Luffy nods, his mouth full of popcorn.
"Ok~"
"Sabo, if you continue to spoil him like that, he won't function as a normal person anymore when we move out," Ace chides him and Sabo just laughs.
Well…that wouldn't be too bad…if Luffy would just rely on him and him alone…
They've been living together for the past few years. Him, Ace and Luffy, in the same flat, with the shared living room, kitchen and bathroom. The best years of his life so far – Sabo had adored every single minute of it. Living with his two favourite people in the world was better than anything he could've ever dreamed off, which is why he is so, so reluctant to think that it would end eventually.
He wants things to stay the way they are. He could, maybe, let go off Ace, but Luffy…
Already the thought of having to watch Luffy place his keys on the kitchen table before grabbing his bags and smile sadly at him and leave the flat for good, the thought already has him clench his hands to angry fists, he won't let that happen, never, Luffy belongs to me...!
He suddenly feels a hand grabbing his sleeve and he flinches and jerks his head to the right to see Luffy's eyes glued to the screen, his mouth hanging open in suspense and his hand grabbing his sleeve so hard he's close to tearing the fabric.
Sabo gently puts his hand atop Luffy's, he can feel the soft tremors in his tense body and Luffy doesn't even acknowledge it, the boy is actually leaning forward in his seat, as if he could get closer to the characters like that, as if he could become part of the story and change it for the better.
Suddenly there is a huge crash on the screen and Luffy jumps in his seat, throwing his hands up before he starts chewing on his fingers and Sabo, although he loves how into the story the boy is, he doesn't like Luffy biting his own nails and hurting himself like that, he's being too tense –
"Here," he whispers into Luffy's ear and gently takes his smaller hand to intertwine their fingers.
And shit, Luffy's grip is merciless, a little bit more force and his hand will be mush.
Pfff, worth it.
After the film, Luffy is breathing deeply and has his eyes closed, as though he had just run five miles and is now recovering. His whole body has gone lax and Sabo gratefully revives his numb hand.
"Wow, that was so cool," Luffy says happily, a stupid grin settling on his face.
"…It was alright," Ace says with a shrug, by far not as impressed as Luffy is. Sabo thought it was ok, but certainly not a movie he'd bother to watch again.
But at least Luffy had fun, which is the most important thing… His lovely darling angel, as long as he is happy, Sabo's world is ok.
Someone hurt the boy, and hell breaks lose.
"And now I'm hungry!" Luffy cries and suddenly he jumps up on his feet. The movie theatre is almost empty now; it's late and people want to go home or move on, toward downtown, where the countless pubs and nightclubs are.
Sabo glances at the time. It's after 11pm; time to go home. He puts his coat back on and wraps his scarf around his neck. Luffy, as always not bothering to put his coat back on, starts running down the stairs.
Ace sighs and grabs the boy's scarf, and Sabo picks up the forgotten coat. He can smell Luffy's faint scent on it and smiles.
Him and Ace slowly walk out of the show room, into the large main hall where they sell popcorn and soda and the sort. There are still plenty people standing around, talking and laughing, and Luffy is already standing next to the stall where they sell the Cinema magazines, featuring all the latest movies and the ones released next month.
"When's the next train?" Ace asks him and Sabo grabs his phone to check the times.
"In half an hour."
"Crap. Hey, is it ok if I go down to the arcade real quickly? I still got chips from last time, imma just quickly exchange them, maybe we'll get a few vouchers."
"Alright. You gonna take Luffy with you?"
"Nah, I'll be faster without him – don't look at me like that, you know it's true! Will be back in a bit."
"Alright."
Ace hands him Luffy's scarf and waves him, before he runs down the stairs that lead from the hall down into the first floor, where the arcade is.
Sabo turns to see Luffy returning with his nose deep in the magazine. "Sabo, I'm hungry," Luffy starts complaining again and Sabo gently ruffles his hair and urges him to put his clothes back on again.
"Fine, what do you want to eat?"
"Can we get ice cream?!".
"Ice cream? Luffy, it's November."
Luffy looks at him with the most beautiful puppy dog eyes anyone can imagine and Sabo's heart melts at the sight, how can a human be so adorable, no one should be allowed to look so cute, he can't resist…
Sabo sighs. "Alright, what kind of ice cream?"
"Ben&Jerry's! Cookie dough!" From Ben&Jerry's, of course, like Luffy wants any other lesser ice cream brand, nope, the little monkey wants the good stuff. Sabo rolls his eyes.
"Aaaand…I don't have any money left," Luffy says with an innocent smile and a sheepish blush on his cheeks and Sabo blinks.
"That means…?"
"Pleeeeease buy it for now and I'll give you the money back tomorrow! Or the day after! Or so!" Luffy grins and grabs his sleeves again pleadingly, knowing perfectly well what his puppy dog eyes do to him.
Sabo feels a blush heating up his cheeks. Damn that…little…cute…monkey…
"Alright, alright, let go and I'll get you your cookie dough," he sighs in defeat and Luffy starts laughing happily and pulls him into a rough hug, before pushing him into the direction of the cinema-internal ice cream parlour (which is still open, it's weekend after all) and Sabo looks back over his shoulder to see Luffy grinning from ear to ear.
That cheeky little monkey. Knows perfectly well how to handle him…
Sabo sighs good-naturedly. But making Luffy happy is just the best thing in the world…
Luffy
Shishishi…
Luffy watches how Sabo turns around the corner and he sits back down on one of the benches here in the main hall and watches the people.
Luffy has loved the film, he doesn't understand why Sabo and Ace didn't like it, but the two of them are so boring anyways, like, Sabo for example, can spend an entire afternoon reading a book without falling asleep. Luffy shakes his head whenever he thinks about it. Reading is so boooooring. He doesn't get how Sabo can do that all the time…
Luffy lets his feet dangle happily as he looks around, admiring the huge film posters and larger-than-life cut-outs of famous actors and actresses.
"Ahh!" he gasps as he recognises the super cool dude from X-Men, the one who can drive the claws out of his hands! He jumps up from the bench and runs over to quickly make a selfie or maybe a dozen selfies next to that beast of a man. Luffy tries to do the same pose as him and then he stretches his arm as far as he can to snap the photo of himself.
"Gihihihi, I'll send that Usopp, he'll be so jealous," he giggles to himself, and thoughtlessly wanders down the hall, past groups of people, toward the end where a large poster for the new Pacific Rim movie is taking up almost the entire wall. The poster is so cool, and Luffy's eyes start to sparkle as he sees the gigantic robots and monsters, seemingly standing in the middle of a stormy ocean. Ah damn, he loves these monster and robot movies so much, he loves the fights, the colours, the music, everything!
He makes a few more pictures and walks so close to the poster than he can actually touch the smooth, cool surface. The image is printed on a thin material, it's not really paper…more like fabric and the image was printed thickly onto it. Luffy bites his lip in excitement, grabs a pen from his pockets and he crouches down to scribble his name above the foot of one of the monsters….
"Aww, look at him, isn't he cute?" suddenly a slimy voice says behind him and he suddenly feels a cold, disgusting hand in his neck, sliding down his nape and pulling at his scarf with a violent jerk.
Luffy loses balance and follows onto his back, only to jump back on his feet again and press his back against the paper.
He feels disgusted and his skin is crawling as he stares at the five guys that stand around him in a semi-circle.
They're taller than him, blocking his sight to the rest of the hall. Luffy gulps as his heart speeds up and his body starts trembling. He clenches his hands into the front of his coat.
The hell do they want from him?!
"Look at him, such a pretty face," the one who has pulled at his scarf snickers with a sickening smile on his face. His skin is doughy and pale, his hair is dyed mould green and he has a ring through the middle of his nose. He comes closer and closer and Luffy can smell the disgusting odour of urine and unwashed hair and dead skin emit from him so strongly the smell itches in his throat.
He fights hard the urge to spit out in front of him. The lively hall, the people suddenly feel so far away, he feels closed off, he can see them leaving, walking down the stairs, unknowing, not looking, no, don't go, don't leave me here, I'm –
Trapped.
"My friends are waiting for me," Luffy says and he tries hard to sound confident, but – but the feeling of that disgusting man's hand around his neck is still so vivid in his mind it makes it hard to think when everything inside him rebels.
"Hehe, then how about we let them wait a little longer and you play with us big boys?" the dude laughs in a low voice as he comes closer and closer, pushing his stinking body right up into Luffy's space and pressing him back into the poster until he can feel the wall.
Suddenly the dude snatches his phone away from him and throws it to another friend who grins and puts it away. Luffy stares at him with wide eyes and he opens his mouth, his lips are trembling –
He starts shouting for help when a sweaty hand crashes against his mouth to keep him quiet and tears form in his eyes when the man leans in so close his stinky hot breath damps his skin.
"I don't like it when they scream when I fuck them," the guy breathes and Luffy feels a rough hand suddenly sliding up his torso and then hastily searching the end of his coat and shirt and he feels his stomach rebelling when the foreign hand finds his bare skin and claims it with a cruel grab, bruising and reckless.
"Are you scared, poor little thing? Don't you want to play with us big boys anymore?"
Thick teardrops blur his vision as Luffy desperately tries to push the man away, but the dude's body is like rock, unmoving against his shaking hands, and a leg comes forward between his, rubbing shamelessly against his genitals and the first tears fall in fear and despair and helplessness and he tries to bite, which earns him a hard slap across the face, which leaves him whining with pain and shock.
"S-Sabo…Ace…," he weakly tries to call out when suddenly he can hear shouting, male shouting, and then the man is practically thrown to the side, the dude crashes to the floor in a mess of arms and legs and Luffy feels two familiar hands circle his face.
"Shhh, Luffy, everything's ok," Ace says soothingly and he is pulled toward the older man's firm, warm chest and Ace turns them around, so he doesn't need to see how Sabo beats the living shit out of the man and his friends.
He starts crying and sobs into Ace's chest, the sound of knuckles crashing into noses and jaws is loudly in the background, but his own muffled howling drowns it out completely. Then he hears cursing and blood splashing and more cursing and then the noise of many feet running away from them.
Ace's arms not once leave his shaking body and he only stops after he feels another pair of arms circling his shoulder and he is pulled toward Sabo's broad, hard chest. He stiffens for a moment as he smells blood on him and for a second he has the feeling of falling over, dizzy, nauseous, but Sabo holds him up and pulls him into a tight hug.
Reluctantly, he grabs the man's coat and buries his face in the fabric, ignoring the metallic smell.
"Ace, call a cab. We can't take him into the train like this," Luffy can hear Sabo say and Ace doesn't reply, Luffy can only hear him move away, probably to call the suggested taxi.
He snuffles into Sabo's coat. "Shhhh, everything's ok," Sabo says soothingly and large hands rub up and down his back.
"Are you hurt?" the older man asks and Luffy shakes his head, although his cheek hurts so badly and the feeling of being humiliated, of being tainted, of being dirtied is so strong, as if a thick layer of filth was sticking to his skin now, and his eyes fill with tears again, he feels disgusted and grossed out, that dude touched him, touched him everywhere…
Angry tears run down his face as he starts shaking again and then he hears Ace coming back.
By now, the whole hall seems to be empty. Luffy can't hear any people anymore.
"Luffy, the cab is on its way. Shall we go down to the street and wait for it?" Ace asks him and he can feel a hand gently caressing the top of his head.
He stays silent.
"Luffy?"
Then he just shrugs and nods, violently rubbing his eyes. And then he jerks his scarf, his dirtied scarf away from his neck and throws it to the ground. Breathing heavily, he stomps on it a few times before he turns to face his two best friends, who watch him quietly
He can see how Ace changes a glance with Sabo. "Do you want to have mine?" Sabo asks him softly and Luffy nods, feeling the tears welling up again and he thankfully wraps the blue, woollen scarf around his neck, up over his nose and he snuffles into the thing that smells faintly of the blond man.
And then he feels an arm circling his shoulder and he is urged forward, toward the stairs. Yeah, the cab is waiting…
Sabo
Sabo is practically fuming with rage, although he tries not to show it. The fact that these assholes had the nerve to touch what is rightfully his…
His knuckles – he burst them while beating up these assholes – crack as he clenches them again and he sees Ace's warning glare from the passenger's seat. Sabo breathes deeply, to calm the boiling rage inside him, as he pulls Luffy even closer to his body.
The boy is worryingly silent; his gorgeous dark eyes that are usually so beautifully shiny and bright, now look faded, matt and still red from crying. His face is unreadable, it's impossible to tell what's going on in his beautiful mind and Sabo wishes he could ask him, he wants to hear his voice; he wants to make sure Luffy is ok, he wants to make sure that Luffy won't…won't go mad after this incident.
"…Please let us out at the end of this street," Ace says to the driver. "Sabo, you need anything for your hands?"
"No, I think I'm good," he replies.
"Sabo!" Luffy suddenly says loudly and he flinches. Luffy now stares at him with wide eyes, a horrified expression on his face.
"Yeah?"
"My phone!"
"Ah shit… hey, we will just get you a new one, ok?" Sabo says gently and squeezes his bony shoulder.
"But all my contacts…and my photos…and everything," Luffy mumbles and Sabo can see how new tears start glistening in his eyes and he quickly pulls the younger man into a hug.
"We'll figure something out, Luffy," Ace says to him from the front and then the cab stops and Sabo opens the door, with Luffy still clinging to his shoulders.
"Luffy, this is our house," he whispers into the raven hair and Luffy only snuffles and then lets his arms fall from around him to climb awkwardly out of the car.
Sabo pays the driver and then quickly follows his two best friends up the stairs to the three-storey house they live in, with the eight flats, of which they live in flat G, on the third floor.
They walk up the stairs silently, with Ace's steps heavier than usual, and Luffy only shuffling angrily behind him, tripping twice on his way up.
Sabo's own fury is disappearing in favour of worry and careful observation and possessive, strange thoughts tinged with fatigue.
He hates that these assholes cornered Luffy, he hates that they scared him – and at the same time he blames himself, he shouldn't have left him alone, he should have taken Luffy with him, the boy is the cutest human being on earth, with the face of an angel, how could he, Sabo, be so heedless, he's supposed to be Luffy's best friend, he's supposed to look out for him…
As soon as Luffy walks through the door, he throws his coat into a corner with a disgusted snarl and then Sabo hears him running to his room first and then the bathroom door slams closed. Half a minute later, he can hear the shower running. Sabo sighs and picks up Luffy's stuff to throw it into the basket with the dirty laundry.
Ace is still standing in the hallway, tapping his hands nervously against his thighs. Sabo blinks.
"…Are you blaming me?" Sabo asks his oldest friend and the dark-haired man's expression hardens for a split second, before he turns to him with a crocked smile.
"No…no, of course not. But you didn't…"
"What?"
Ace sighs, rubbing a hand over his face. "You're…not helping."
Sabo feels himself growing annoyed again. "What are you trying to say, Ace?"
"What you did? There are other ways to deal with bullies than beating them fit for the hospital!"
"Dude, they weren't only bullying him, they were fucking sexually harassing him!" Sabo snaps angrily.
Ace curses: "Fuck, ok, yes, I mean, I know these assholes deserved a good beating, but Jesus Christ Sabo, you almost broke that dude's jaw. And Luffy was there, for heaven's sake!"
"Well, what else was I supposed to do?" Sabo replies heatedly, new found anger pooling in the pit of his stomach. Does Ace need to be a douche about it now? What the fuck?!
"For instance, not beat the living shit out of these guys when Luffy is there! Didn't you see that he was scared?!" Ace barks.
"Scared of these assholes!"
"No, scared of you!"
That does it for Sabo. He growls in the back of his throat and punches the wall beside the door, so hard he can hear the clock in the kitchen crash to the ground.
It's painfully silent in their flat, for minutes that feel like years, and Ace only stares at him, his eyes wide and unbelieving. And then he slowly shakes his head.
"This is fucking messed up," Ace growls and glares at him. And before Sabo can say another word, Ace marches over to the bathroom to knock heavily against the door.
"Luffy? Luffy are you ok in there?" the man asks loudly.
No answer.
"Luffy?!"
"Back off, I'm fine!" comes the heated reply and Ace curses.
"Leave him," Sabo says, trying to hold in his rage, but his fists are still shaking. How dare Ace say that he scared Luffy, he only tried to protect his darling angel, and Ace didn't even move a fucking finger to help him!
"…I need to be alone for a bit. Look out for him when he is done showering," Ace hisses at him and the next second, Ace's door is slammed close and locked.
And Sabo stands there.
A wicked grin appearing on his face.
Luffy
The atmosphere in their flat is murderous for the next days and Luffy doesn't even know, why. Like, he's the one who had to deal with these harassing assholes, and yet Ace an Sabo treat each other horribly – despite being super sweet to him, the mood is acid in their flat and Luffy hates it. It's been a week. Time to forget about that crap.
"Luffy, I'll go out tonight and stay over at Law's place," Ace says in the afternoon, after Luffy got back from class. Luffy shrugs, not bothering to look up from his phone. He got it yesterday; he and Ace went to pick out a new one.
He's still trying to recover all the lost contacts and crap, he still mourns the loss of all his pictures…
"Yeah, whatever," he replies.
Suddenly, he feels a hand on top of his hand, gently ruffling his hair.
"Are you ok? You've been so gloomy. I know it's because of what happened, but… Is there anything else I can do?" Ace asks him calmly and Luffy sighs, feeling guilty now for his bad mood.
He grabs Ace's hand and smiles up at him.
"No, it's fine. Really. I'll be ok."
The freckled man doesn't look convinced, so Luffy takes his earphones out and pulls Ace into a short, but solid hug, to reassure him that he will alright. He's not a kid anymore.
"You guys are fussing too much about me," he says with a sigh and then releases him, only to see how Ace's cheeks turn red and he abruptly turns away.
"Yeah, well, what else would we do with you as our flatmate? So defenceless… Anyways, will be back tomorrow morning," Ace says, trying to act super cool, but in reality he's just as lame as Sabo is, both of them hopeless idiots that go all mother-hen mode when it's about Luffy.
Well, and Luffy doesn't mind, as long as it involves them buying him stuff…
"Ok, cool, have fun."
"You got any plans today?"
"Nah, will stay home."
"With…Sabo?"
"Dunno, probably, why?" Luffy asks back. He looks up fast enough to see an unreadable expression in Ace's dark eyes, but then his friend just laughs and pats his shoulder.
"Alright, have fun with that idiot."
"Yeah, thanks."
How weird….what's Ace's problem? Does he think Luffy is a loser because he doesn't go out on a Friday evening?
"Pfff…I went out last week and that went shit…," he mumbles to himself as he helps himself preparing a quick snack for his growling stomach.
Later that night, as Ace is long gone already, Luffy and Sabo sit in the living room, watching TV together.
Luffy has tried asking his other best friend why him and Ace are fighting, but the blond has only smiled at him mysteriously, the way he usually does, and just shrugged. Well fine, if they don't want to tell…it's probably something silly, anyways. Luffy leans back comfortably, enjoying the fact that the memories of the events of last Friday are slowly fading.
He has showered every day, sometimes twice, to get rid of the feeling of being dirtied and unwillingly touched, and it has helped, although his skin is weirdly dry and rough now. But at least…at least he feels normal again. Sort of.
"-fy? Luffy?" he hears Sabo calling out his name and he blinks, looking at the blond man who sits at the other end of the sofa.
"Yeah?"
"Are you alright?"
That makes him roll his eyes in annoyance. "Yes, I'm good. You guys should seriously stop worrying about me."
"Well, I would stop worrying if I were convinced you were ok," Sabo replies with a frown forming between his brows and Luffy sighs, starting to play anxiously with the hem of his shirt.
"I'm fine, Sabo, how often do I need to tell you?"
"…Doesn't sound very convincing to me."
And that sparks the anger in Luffy, the anger that's been buring low in his stomach, and now it all comes back, but this time it's only directed at Sabo – who is he to talk, he's never been in a situation where someone else felt entitled to touch you, because you're cute and small and defenceless –
Makes it fucking sound like it's my own fucking fault!
"Just shut up!" Luffy yells and jumps up, knocking the books off the living room table. "Just shut the fuck up, I don't need your fucking opinion!"
And he runs into his room and slams the door shut, breathing heavily, his blood roaring in his ears, his body trembling and aching.
Immediately, he hears Sabo's knocking on his door. "Please, Luffy, I didn't want to upset you. Ok, if you don't want me to ask anymore, that's ok, but please open the door and we talk about this."
Luffy angrily throws his shoes into the corner of his room.
"Go away, Sabo!"
"The green-haired guy… didn't…get around to actually doing something to you, did he?" Sabo asks hesitantly from the other side of the door and Luffy freezes.
That hand… sliding up his bare stomach and chest…the memory of that is still so fresh…and every time he stands underneath the shower or changes his clothes...he believes to see an imprint of the hand on his skin, unfaded, fresh and reminding him…
That in that moment…his body didn't belong to himself anymore… Someone else…that man...had just taken it…from him…
Thick tears start burning in the corners of his eyes and he tiredly opens his door to let Sabo in.
"Luffy!" Sabo calls softly and pulls him into a hug.
"I…I hate this…," Luffy sobs into the older man's shirt and the warm arms circle his body, large but familiar hands run up and down his back.
"Shhh, it's ok, he will never tuch you again, I promise…," Sabo whispers.
"How can you…be so sure?" Luffy snuffles and refuses to see up into his face.
He feels how Sabo presses a kiss to his hair and then he hears him say: "Because next time they'll know you're spoken for."
That makes Luffy pause. "Wha-what do you mean by that?"
Ace
"I don't know, man, I feel I should've stayed home," he sighs and thoughtfully scratches his chin.
"Dude, we just got here," Law replies unimpressed.
They sit in the lounge of one of their favourite bars, currently enjoying some good G&T and trying to relax. Or more like Law actually relaxes and enjoys the night, but he, Ace… He can't stop thinking about the mess that he calls his home right now. Luffy has been terribly gloomy the past days – who can blame him – but Sabo, on the other hand…
Ace knows his oldest friend very well. And he knows damn well when Sabo isn't his usual self.
Which has happened more often than not, actually, in the last few months. Namely since Luffy has started university and met a whole bunch of new people to hang out with.
"You and Sabo are both overprotective morons," Law says, nodding at his red-haired friend (Ace suspects there's more between them but he isn't one to pry) to come sit with them and Kidd walks over to them, sitting down next to Law with a smug expression on his face and a tiny bit too confident to be...only…a friend.
"Yo, Ace how's it going?" Kidd asks and they shake hands across the table.
"He's being an annoying little idiot," Law says and grins at him.
"Yeah, why is that?" Kidd asks, shrugging off his coat.
"Change of topic, please," Ace sighs.
"He's worried that his cute little best friend and flatmate might get corrupted by his other tall, handsome flatmate who also happens to be his best friend," Law grins and Ace passes him a dirty look, while Kidd starts laughing.
"Hang on – who is supposed to corrupt whom? Sounds like a ménage à trois for me," the redhead laughs.
"Yeah, I'm actually thinking the same," Law agrees and Ace snarls at them both, before standing up to go to the restroom.
These two asshats. They have no idea how worried Ace actually is. For both his friends.
Something is…something just doesn't feel right anymore.
"Christ, Ace, lighten up, everything's fine," Law sighs as he returns.
"Easy for you to say…" he mumbles.
"Don't you think you're making a mountain out of a molehill? I bet this shit is just all in your head," Kidd says with a shrug.
Ace doesn't reply. Is it just him who sees things? Maybe his mind is just playing tricks on him, but…
But why does he feel so uneasy..?
"I think imma head home."
"What? No way!? You kidding?" Law protests.
"No, I'm sorry, seriously, I just feel I need to be home right now. I'll call you."
And with that he grabs his coat and rushes out of the bar.
Luffy
He steps backwards until his calves hit his bed and his heart is thundering inside his chest, painfully drumming against his ribcage as he stares at Sabo, who calmly closes the door behind him.
Locking it.
"S-Sabo, w-why do you…have a kn-knife?" Luffy stammers as he sees the handsome face break the most beautiful smile and it feels like ice is dropped in his stomach.
"I just want to make sure no one will ever touch you again, Luffy, no worries," Sabo says sweetly as he turns around to him and approaches him, the knife loosely held in his right hand.
Luffy's hands start shaking as he slowly puts them up in defence.
"S-Sabo, I…I don't understand," he says and his throat is parched.
"Shhh, everything will be ok, I promise," Sabo says and his face, his voice, he…he looks and sounds the same as usual, but the fucking knife in his hand…
Luffy's eyes dart from the knife back to Sabo's face. The face he has known all his life, the face of a man he holds so very, very dear, a man he has trusted all his life b-but now…
Sabo's free hand comes up to gently cup his cheek and Luffy shudders at the contact.
"Shh, it's ok, you know that I would never hurt you, right?" Sabo coos and gently urges him to sit down on the bed.
Luffy swallows dryly and then crawls backwards to the headboard.
"Sabo, you're freaking me out. Put the knife away," he breathes shallowly.
The man blinks, before he smiles again and he comes around the bed to sit down next to him. He puts the knife on the night stand, so that Luffy can see, and then puts a hand on Luffy's thigh.
"Don't be so tense. Have I ever done something to hurt you, angel?" he asks softly and Luffy bites his lip, before he shakes his head. Why…why is Sabo being so weird, is he trying to play a pretty fucking mean prank on him, if so, Luffy will seriously kick his ass…
"See? So no need to be so scared," Sabo mutters and brushes a few strands of hair away from his forehead.
Luffy closes his eyes at the familiar sensation and sighs in a low voice, he's just becoming paranoid, this is Sabo, he would never hurt him…
He feels how Sabo lifts his hand to press a kiss to his knuckles and Luffy grins at him.
"You're so stupid, Sabo."
"Fufu, I got you there for a second, didn't I?" Sabo says smugly and presses another kiss to his skin, this time to his palm, and Luffy giggles, closing his eyes again as he suddenly feels Sabo jerking his hand to the side and then he feels something hard clasping around his wrist.
"Waaah, what the fuck, Sabo?" Luffy yells, leaning forward only to be held back by a handcuff that now restrains his left hand to the headboard.
And Sabo only smiles at him, the most beautiful smile in the world: "You will understand, Luffy, this is only for your own good."
"What the hell are you talking about? Open the handcuffs!" Luffy shouts angrily and tries to aim a kick at Sabo's abdomen, but the man is too fast and instead slips between his legs and shit he's so close now, his weight is pushing Luffy down into the mattress, his oppressing heat is too much for Luffy, why is Sabo doing this, why is he scaring him so much!?
"Shhhh, don't move around so much, my darling…it'll be over soon," Sabo whispers into his ear and then he presses a loving kiss to his forehead.
Luffy can see, from the corner of his eye, how Sabo reaches for the knife again and panic starts pooling in his stomach, and Sabo's other hand reaches for his free hand, pressing it down into the mattress, the soft side upward.
"Sabo, you're scaring me," Luffy says pressed, his eyes widening as Sabo leans down to him, nuzzling his neck.
"I know. I'm sorry. But I have to do this, my love."
"Sabo, wha-what are you doing with the knife? Please, I'm scared," Luffy whispers, fear tightening his throat once again and tears burn in his eyes.
He curls his legs up, but Sabo is between them, trapping him effectively in his own bed, and no one..
No one is here, no one, anyone, where is Ace…?!
"Sabo, p-please, w-why are you doing this?" Luffy asks with his voice high with terror as he watches helplessly how Sabo presses butterfly kisses to the inside of his forearm.
"Shhh, my angel, I just want to make sure no one ever touches you again except me. You want that, too, right? You hated when that asshole touched you, didn't you? And I'll make sure that'll never happen again," Sabo says against his skin and Luffy starts trembling, his whole body tenses up, but his voice, he can't, there are no words left in him.
And then the knife –
"No, please, Sabo, you're…don't, no,nO, NO, PLEASE SABO STOP IT HURTS SABO STOP IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS STOP PLEASE I BEG YOU PLEASE SABO PLEASE STOP PLEASE!"
Luffy cries and sobs and pleads as the pain in his arm becomes excruciating to the point where he feels he will lose his sanity and he feels he'll lose consciousness, the pain, the sense of betrayal, the sense of his body being violated by the one who he loves so much –
The cool blade digs deeper and deeper and deeper until he believes he hears it grating over his bone -
"Please, Sabo, it hurts… it hurts so much...," Luffy sobs later, his voice tired and hoarse from screaming and crying, the mattress soaked with blood, his arm burning and aching as if his skin was being torn off, his whole body is limb and drenched with sweat, the room is spinning.
"Shh, not yet, it's not deep enough yet," Sabo coos, pressing a kiss to his temples as he continues to scratch four letters S A B O into Luffy's skin, deeper, deeper, until they will never fade again.
Sabo
Oh, how beautiful his darling angel is, his skin is so beautiful, decorated with rivers of red running down his arm, and Sabo's name carved into his flesh to the point of no return, oh how lovely his boy looks, Luffy is just the most beautiful.
"I love you so much, Luffy, you know that, right?" he whispers adoringly and he presses kisses to Luffy's tear-wet face.
"I love you so much, no one will ever hurt you again, you hear me? No one, you're mine now, mine, only mine, for the rest of your life," he whispers.
Suddenly, he hears how the front door is opened and it's Ace, of course it's Ace, who else would interrupt him while he put his ownership on the love of his life…?!
"S-Sabo…" Luffy says hoarsely and Sabo only smiles down at him, cupping his cheek, while grabbing the knife again.
"I will be right back, my darling angel," he whispers and gets up to greet their flatmate.
After demand of samettikettu personally xx this story will be continued.