It took longer than expected for the text to arrive. Luffy chuckled as he read his new friend's first message. He could sense a little awkwardness in it, but somehow he felt that the other had put in a lot of thought into it, introducing himself as a man called Sabo.
He quickly typed back, eager to see what he would reply with. Ace glanced at him, mouth full of popcorn and raised an eyebrow. "Who're you talking to?"
"A new friend I met just now!" Luffy said excitedly, still looking at his phone. Damn, Sabo sure took his time with replies! Ace rolled his eyes, looking uninterested and continued stuffing himself with popcorn and watching the movie on the TV screen.
Right, Luffy had promised his brother that they would watch this movie together that night and Ace kept emphasising that he shouldn't be late, because he knows exactly how tardy his little brother can be. Luffy was almost late, okay maybe he was actually late by a lot, but when he reached his doorstep, he found Ace lying face on the floor with his butt sticking out, snoring away. He should've at least made it INTO the house before falling asleep, but no.
Well it just made things easier for Luffy. If Ace didn't make it into the house, it meant that he didn't know Luffy wasn't home yet. It also meant that technically Luffy was not late. He grinned as he unlocked the door and pulled his brother in. He then rushed into the kitchen to place his bags down, and at that moment Ace woke up and groaned his little brother's name.
"Luffy…" Ace stuck his head in the kitchen and looked at Luffy with his still sleepy eyes.
Luffy turned around and smirked at him. "Yes, Ace! I was totally in the house before you, so I wasn't late! C'mon, let's make some popcorn and watch that movie!"
Ace returned the smirk as he walked up to Luffy, circling his arms around his little brother. "You lil shit. I know you were late."
"No I wasn't! You don't have proof!" Luffy stuck his tongue out.
"Yea, yea, sure. Go get the bowls and I'll make the popcorn."
And so after making the popcorn, they settled comfortably in front of the TV and played the movie. Then Sabo's message came and Luffy became more interested in his new friend than the movie in front of him.
Sabo's messages were in full proper sentences, though as time passed they got shorter and more casual until Luffy finally felt like Sabo was more comfortable texting him. About halfway through the movie, they had already talked about many things, like what Luffy liked to do or what his favourite food was. Luffy thought that he could really get along with Sabo, he's just so nice! A little awkward, though. Sabo would apologise for asking questions like "What is your favourite colour?" but Luffy actually liked his random and trivial questions. It was like someone actually wanted to know everything about Luffy, down to the slightest detail. It made him feel special.
After talking much about himself, Luffy thought maybe it would be a good idea to ask Sabo what he liked to do and so on. He really wanted to get to know Sabo; he seemed like a really kind person. He was about to type a question when he heard the movie credits rolling in and Ace yawning.
He then realised most of his popcorn was gone.
"Ace!" Luffy whined.
"What? It's not my fault you were spacing out," Ace snickered, licking his fingers.
"But it was mine!" Luffy jumped onto Ace and tackled him, pinning Ace onto the ground.
"Try taking it back from me then!" Ace pointed at his lips, his stupid grin still plastered on his face.
Luffy pouted before lightly headbutting Ace and whispering, "Stupid Ace."
He then proceeded to storm off into his room with his phone in his hand. Ace was such a meanie. He'd bet Sabo would never do such a thing. An idea popped into his mind with that, and he immediately texted Sabo.