Hey guys, Sapphire Here! I'm sorry for anyone who was following this story and it suddenly dropped off from where I left off. I did start this story when I started to write on here and when looking back at it I really wanted to improve on it so this is why I'm rewriting it! I want to finish this story but to also improve on it so I hope it's not too bad this time! Anyway I hope you enjoy the story! :3
Marco was walking along the road in the rain with an umbrella over his head. Just his luck for it to be raining when he was walking back from work. Starting to quickly walk home, he passed a few buildings and and houses before he arrived at his own. As he walked up to his house he sighed, before he heard a voice inside.
He opened the door and close the door as quietly as possible, walking to his kitchen with umbrella in hand. He breathed i and out, realizing just how out of breath he was and he wasn't just speed-walking more like a fast jog.
He began to take off his coat and sandals on the way, even when he brought the umbrella after watching the news broadcast. *Sigh* He was about to face whoever was in before he realized that it was just his imagination, maybe he was getting too stressed….
After taking off his things he proceed to the kitchen to make himself some food, after all he didn't have lunch because he had wanted to finish up his paperwork that thatch had accidentally throw away...Now that he thought about it...How did you accidentally throw away paperwork? All he could say was thatch would not only a scolding but a beating on the side as well.
From thinking about it made him to pop a vein but forced himself to calm down. No doubt it was a prank from thatch...and possibly Haruta, and if it was both needed a thorough beating.
Now back to his dilemma while he was thinking about all the torture he would give Thatch and Haruta depending on how much thatch ratted him out. He was out of food...he really should have expected this, especially after his brothers and sisters visiting all the time but he hasn't really have the time to check the state of his house since he practically lived in his office….
So, it was ether go back into the pouring rain to get food or starve until the rain stops which could be until the morning. He was already walking to the door and putting on his jacket when at the door, grabbing his umbrella and heading out.
He tried to walk as swift as he could without having to full blown run through the rain. Tired remember? He walked to the store since one, Izo was borrowing his car until he got his fix and two the store was right down his street thankfully.
When he got to the store he was greeted by the store owner Silvers Rayleigh. Rayleigh was not only a good friend of Pops but used to be the neutral between Rogers, his best friend, and Pops or other known as Whitebeard by many.
"Hey Marco, How's it going, doing well?"
Marco shrugged "I'm doing all right, but work really doesn't like me…"
"Did you ever think about asking for a few days off?"
I was tempted to give him a look right then and there but refrained from it. Marco was the barrier for not only doing paperwork but supervising the others since some of them(*Cough* Thatch,Haruta *Cough*) that liked to mess around. He knew if he asked Pops he would get some paid leave….
"With the way things are going I don't think that's even possible unfortunately, even if I did ask Pops there is still much to do…."
He only nodded with sad look on his face. Although Marco did see understanding in his eyes before they shone with mirth chuckling.
"Don't give me that look, When I get a good portion of my work done or most of my work done I'll make sure to take a break, okay?"
He looked more content with that answer than the first one. I heard a bang in the back, it startling me but not seeming to affect Rayleigh.
"What was that noise!?"
He gave a hearty laugh while going to the back door behind the counter.
"That's just Ace, calm down."
"Ace?" I heard myself asking.
"Yeah, he's a neko hybrid that I picked up off the street."
I nodded "But-"
"Come look Marco I'm sure he would love to meet you!"
I numbly made my way behind the counter toward the back door. When I looked in past Rayleigh's body, I saw a boy in clothes which looked a bit big for him, sitting down on the floor in a...box? Although he was a man he definitely was the size of a cat….Hm.
"This is Ace"
The first thing I noticed was the mop of black hair on his head, It was dark but with the light pouring in and lighting the boy's face I could see freckles? He also had gray eyes like the color of a storm cloud...they were beautiful.
He mentally shook himself into awareness as the man asked something.
"Rayleigh, who is this?
"This is a old friend of mine Ace! Marco say hi to the boy!"
Marco walked in the room going to the boy, crouching in front of him before sitting on the floor with his legs crossed. He heard Rayleigh leave the room, maybe to get some tea for him when he usually stopped by, just looking at the boy before him. Maybe he should start a conversation with him? He pushed his hand out to the boy.
"My name is Marco Newgate. Can I ask yours yoi?"
"My name is Ace, not yoi!"
Marco blushed at the mention of his little speech quirk, rubbing the back of his neck sighing to himself.
"Sorry about that Ace, it's a habit I developed when I was younger, I wasn't assuming your name yoi."
The boy didn't seem to be mad from what Marco could gather, in fact he was laughing! Marco smiled at the boy being remind of his happy go lucky family. What he didn't expect next was the boy to come out the box, sitting square in his lap.
"Hey can you tell me a story yoi?"
Marco laughed at the boy using his quirk smiling away, so he said yes. He told Ace stories, going from when he was younger playing outside with the first of his brothers to the stories of when his brothers and him did the craziest of things as well. The boy laughing through it all, Marco as well but stopping when he felt a tap on his shoulder looking over it he say Rayleigh with two cups.
"Here Marco, it was raining pretty hard when you came in."
Marco accepted the hot drink before taking a sip as he watched Rayleigh give Ace a cup as well. Marco lightly smiled in his cup before giving a happy sigh when the warm of the drink enveloped his whole body.
"It seems Ace has taken quite a liking to you Marco!"
"Yeah Marco has been telling me stories!"
"Is that right? Tell me Ace, what do you feel like when you're around Marco?"
"Rayleigh that's inappropriate!"
"Only if you think about it that way my son! Hahahaha!"
"Uuummmm….I feel good, pleasant! Like I want to be with him forever!"
Marco's face was ten times the color of the light red he had on his face when Rayleigh asked Ace that question but now the look was unbelieveable! Ace wrapped his arms around Marco smiling while doing so, his tail just wrapping below his elbow, Marco ding the same well except for the tail part.
"You two look good together!"
"Hey Ace how old are you?"
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"Ace?"
"Must have had a narcoleptic attack. He's twenty, Marco, you're just fine."
"Rayleigh that's still way-"
"Nonsense my boy! Edward would say the same! Just let him meet the boy and you'll know what I mean! I'm going to close up shop now, want a ride home with Ace?"
"There is no way I am taking Ace Rayleigh.
A few moments into the future!
"Have fun you two! Remember to call me Ace!"
"I will! Bye !"
Marco sighed as he stood in the doorway with Ace, remember the one he said he wouldn't take? Yeah. Ace was happily waving to Rayleigh as he pulled out the driveway before the man took off down the street.
"Come in Ace, are you hungry?"
"Yeah!"
Good thing Rayleigh reminded him why he came to the man's store in the first place getting what he needed for dinner before accepting the man's offer for the ride. Unfortunately Ace woke up asking him where he was going with the convincing of puppy eyes, no wonder Haruta got whatever he wanted with Marco.
"I'll cook dinner yoi, you can a look around the house if you want Ace."
The boy nodding eagerly before high tailing it upstairs explore. Marco gave a chuckle before he got to making dinner for the both of them, getting the tools and ingredients in the right place. He was planning to make some soup since it was the winter, and not to mention raining. Once he prepared the ingredients, slicing and dicing the parts he needed he put them all in a of vegetables he had been cooking in a pot of hot water, turning it to broth.
What? Thatch wasn't the only one who knew to cook….He was the oldest after all.
He was stirring the soup when he felt his pants being lightly tugged, eyes meeting gray ones. Marco smiled before he took the ladle out the pot, putting it down before he lead the neko boy to the the chair. It was like Ace was new to this kind of stuff but that was kinda unexpected since Rayleigh said he was 20.
It surprised Marco really of how innocent the boy could act for his age considering Rayleigh said that he was about 20 years old, hhmmmm.
"Hey Marco, what are you making?"
"Soup Ace. Are you ok with that?"
"Yeah! Anything is fine, thank you."
Marco himself was about 28 years old going into his thirtie, feeling dirty that he was thinking about the boy who was about half his age….well ten years but that was beside the point. He really needed to get out more, this was ridiculous yoi.
Refreshing, Rayleigh said.
It would do you some good to have a friend, he said.
Don't worry about i, he said.
Marco might not make it through with Ace here….
"Hey Marco is the soup done yet?"
Well at least it wouldn't be too bad.
Hey guys I hoped you enjoyed the chapter but before I go want to give you a few more notes so you didn't have to read all that at the top! I will be keeping to what I did in the chapters for the most part unless I feel like it needs to be changed but just adding to it so I'm keeping to what I did before! Anyway thanks for sticking with this for so long(If you're still here XD) and I will C you later!
P.s I will write Rewritten at the beginning of the chapter so you know that it's new!
P.s.s Alright now goodbye for real this time~ :D
Sapphire~
