AN: MINISTER-OF-SILLY-WALKS said: "Marco/Ace or Marco/Ace/Sabo I don't particularly care, but 18 please!"
"This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you've ever had," Sabo said, crossing his arms in front of his chest and staring down Ace's puppy-dog eyes. "Of course I'm in."
It was, Sabo did have to admit in all honesty, a beautiful, two-part plan. One of Ace's better ones, which was impressive for someone as impulsive as Ace, and Sabo whistled lowly when he took in exactly how much jelly Ace was planning to sneak into principal Akainu's office, and how bright and clashing the orange and blue were going to be against Akainu's dark red decor.
"Well?" Ace demanded from the window, hoisting himself onto his tiptoes so he could peer inside the room. "You gonna help or not, drip?"
Sabo poked his tongue out at Ace but then hastened to the window, grabbing the wooden boxes that Ace passed up to him, dumping them on the desk or the floor. When Ace was finally through passing them up, Sabo extended his hand and used it to help Ace up through the window. Ace stumbled purposefully, pressing a quick kiss to Sabo's cheek and then dancing away with a laugh. Sabo rolled his eyes with a fond smile, picking his way through the boxes until he could get to the desk.
"You filled all of these with jelly," he said, still unable to believe Ace's plan, and Ace grinned at him, winking. Sabo stifled a laugh, pulling the top off one of the boxes and revealing a bunch of smaller jelly moulds filled with pens and pencils. He shook his head at the forethought, rooting through Akainu's desk and grabbing all the pencils he could fit into his pockets and one of the boxes Ace had already managed to empty, jelly at strategic places below Akainu's desk. Then, he replaced them with the jelly moulds, packing in cubes and rectangles on top in a messy smush of jelly.
It was weird and squirmy between his fingers, and Sabo couldn't help the occasional giggle that overcame him as it wobbled in his hands, imagining how priceless Akainu's face would look.
When Ace got out a camera from his bag, Sabo had to press both his hands against his mouth, doubled over to prevent any laughter from escaping him. Ace really had thought of everything this time around.
Everything except Akainu's schedule.
A knock at the door had Sabo and Ace looking at each other in panic, scrambling over empty boxes and almost tripping on a few stray squares of jelly they quickly kicked with them out of the line of sight. Pressed against Ace's chest, Sabo tried to calm his heaving breaths, feeling Ace's fluttering heart against his shoulder and Ace's warm hands wrapped around his stomach.
It'd be nice, if it weren't for the utter indignity of being found before their wonderful prank would be realised.
The door swung open, a familiar figure staring at files in his hands and adjusting his glasses, and Sabo could feel Ace's cheek move as his face likely burst into a smile.
"Sir," Marco started without looking up from his folders, and the door swung shut behind him, letting Ace and Sabo ease themselves out of their hiding spot. "I just wanted to talk to you about some of these-"
"Dreadful delinquents?" Sabo finished for him, voice half a tease, and watched Marco jump in surprise, his hand pressing to his chest.
"What the fuck," he hissed, once he'd realised no-one else was in the office but Ace and Sabo, and Sabo watched as Ace jumped forwards and buried himself in Marco's arms, grinning widely.
Even with Sabo by his side almost constantly, Ace still missed having Marco's attention or his affection and Sabo couldn't deny that he missed it too, especially with Marco so close all the time. They took spare moments whenever they could, stealing them without a care for the time or whatever they'd previously been involved in, but it was still hard, and Marco was too paranoid to let them take more than the bare minimum.
Though this one really could have been timed better, Sabo mused even as he stepped forwards to join in Ace's impromptu cuddle, knowing this prank was dependent on a rather specific time frame.
Marco stared at them suspiciously, even as he pressed a kiss to Sabo's hair and wrapped his arm around Ace's waist, pulling him just that slight bit closer. "What are you doing in here, yoi?" he asked, eyes narrowed, and Sabo tried to smile innocently but knew that Marco could easily see through it to his barely-hidden amusement.
"Plausible deniability," Ace said, pulling his head from Marco's chest and grinning. "You'll find out when everyone else does~"
"That doesn't make me feel better."
"Oh but what we're doing most certainly will." Ace replied, tilting down the folders Marco was holding and peering over the edge. "Dogface was being a dick to the LGBTQA club again, wasn't he?"
Marco sighed heavily, twitching the papers out of Ace's grasp, but didn't deny the accusation. Sabo couldn't help his angry snort, mumbling a few choice swears under his breath, and watched Ace's eyes flick to him before Ace tugged him further into the cuddle, nuzzling into the crook of his neck.
Now this was much better than before, Sabo couldn't help but admit, feeling Marco's hand settle in the small of his back and closing his eyes to enjoy the warmth and the comfort.
Ace's watch beeping interrupted his gentle drifting, and Ace jolted out of Marco's hold, wriggling his arm until he could see the time. He gave an annoyed click of his tongue, then rocked forwards and pressed a quick kiss to Marco's nose, grinning at Marco's startled expression.
"Gotta get shaking," he said in explanation, and Sabo bit his cheek, wishing he could enjoy just a little bit more time in their company. Ace scurried around the room while Sabo tried to convince himself to leave Marco's grasp, and he couldn't help himself from plaintively asking for a kiss with his eyes, a request that Marco saw and gladly filled, cupping his cheeks and making Sabo's eyes flutter closed. He wrapped his hands around Marco's wrists, feeling Marco's pulse beat against his fingertips, and gently nipped Marco's bottom lip with a grin that only grew bigger when Marco gave a tiny, breathless inhale.
"Saaaaboooo," Ace whined from the window, bag slung over his shoulder again and camera hidden on top of a cabinet, hooked up wirelessly to Ace's laptop, and Sabo gave a quiet grumble, stepping back and grabbing some of the spare jelly and the boxes left lying around so Akainu wouldn't know what had gone down in his office. "If I'm not allowed to kiss him at school, you aren't either!"
"Oh, how many times have you followed that rule?" Sabo said, watching as Ace squirmed out the window awkwardly, cradling his backpack. "Besides, I didn't hear you complaining about me kissing Marco when you-"
"Sabo," Marco said warningly from where he still stood inside Akainu's office, and Sabo grinned at the sight of his red cheeks. Swinging himself onto the windowsill he took Ace's hands and let Ace help him down before turning and blowing a kiss at Marco, still delighting in Marco's awkward fidget before his face softened into a smile and he gave a small wave.
Ace grinned, his own wave much less controlled, and Sabo laughed, grabbing his free hand and tugging Ace towards the oval, where they were supposed to be meeting for track and field.
"You should be our alibi!" Ace called as they left, and watched Marco give what looked like a full-body snort, shaking his head.
"No way, yoi. He'll figure out it's you two troublemakers even if I did give you an alibi."
"You love us for it though." Sabo said, shrugging, and Marco heaved a dramtic sigh, shrugging.
"I suppose I do," he replied mournfully, then flapped his hands and took a step towards Akainu's office door. "Now get going, before you veto Smoker's deal and get in trouble."
"We're always in trouble!" Ace replied, hopping backwards and wrapping his hands in his bag straps, and Sabo sniggered at the truth of it.
Better a troublemaker then compliant to a system that was flawed, however, and Sabo would much rather be known as the troublemaker that took a stand against a homophobic dick and got detention than someone who stood by and seethed.
Plus, it was going to be hilarious seeing Akainu's expression. Sabo couldn't help but wonder if Akainu's face would turn an even brighter, more enraged red then it had before, and found himself looking forwards to the sight.
Besides; he could look forwards to detention with Marco and Ace, as well. That was always interesting.
AN: Please review!
Also, to the guest (whom I would've rather PM'd an answer too but that I feel rather deserves one), I don't write nsfw. Ever. I'm not a fan and I've posted about it a few times on my tumblr. Basically the gist is it really grosses me out and I only discuss it RARELY with people I am comfortable with. Also, if you'd been a few months earlier it totally would've been considered harassment of a minor, and in America it might still be considered harassment of a minor. (Which I'm only bringing up as a note for you to be careful with ages online, okay?)
You have full permission to write your idea yourself, or ask any of the other (super awesome!) mas writers who've said they're open for requests/nsfw, but please don't ask me.
Anyway, I will be writing a version (my version, which isn't to say that you can't still have yours!) of the mas graduation, because honestly the thought seems adorable, but it likely won't be anything like what you requested.
