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Ace didn't like the new room he was in, nor did he like the new home. The doctor and the police officer who smoked two cigars insisted that he had to live with someone and the wiered old man immediately agreed to take him in. Ace wasn't ungrateful but the old man, whose name was Garp, was scary.

'Who names their kid 'Garp'?' Ace wondered grimly. The only good thing in the whole matter was meeting Garp's grandson, the kid he met on his first day in this city - or was it the second? - Monkey D. Luffy. He was a good kid and funny too. The other problem was the other grandson, who was currently lying on Aces room's floor, writing something in a big note book.

Ace wasn't comfortable with Sabo's presence and didn't like how the boy had a weird interest in him, nor did he like the way Sabo stuck to him like glue. Ace was hoping Marco or someone else from the family would offer to take him in, but no one did.

'And no one will.'

Suddenly Sabo stopped his writing as the door flung open and Luffy came in with lots of sweets in his hands.

"AH! SABO! You here?" asked the boy then laughed at his brother who smiled at him. Ace wondered for a moment how they could laugh so easily and if he would be able to laugh like them so openly one day.

"Ace!" Luffy's smile had broadened as he looked at Ace. Moving towards the bed, Luffy dropped the sweets he was carrying into Ace lap.

"They are presents from Chopper." Ace assumed he was one of Luffy's friends whom he was told about all the time from the young boy.

Since Ace was not allowed to go to work because of his injuries, he spent most of his time reading books given to him by Sabo or chatting with Luffy. Also, he was supposed to meet his physiologist tomorrow and was appointed a weird private doctor who came to check on his injuries each day.

"So what did you and Sabo do today? Did you go on an adventure? Did you play?!" Luffy asked excitedly while sitting on the bed next to Ace.

"No, Ace can't go out of bed, remember?" answered Sabo with a laugh at his cute brother's antics.

"And Luffy step back a little," warned Sabo. Luffy pouted as he backed away from Ace who was getting uncomfortable with how close Luffy was to him. After the incident with the thieves, Ace's fears were back and he didn't like people getting close to him. A knock was heard and the door opened revealing Law, Ace's private doctor. Law smirked and Ace felt a shiver run up his spin.

"Ok Mugiwara-ya, Sabo-ya, get out," ordered Law casually. The two brothers groaned before getting out. Now that they were alone, Ace felt really scared. Closing his eyes, Ace began to count while Law did his daily checkup.

Getting out of the room, Law sighed for the hundredth time as he saw the eager brothers waiting at the door for him. Luffy ran past him into the room while Sabo asked hundreds of questions that Law didn't want to answer. Law answered the kid's questions while he thought back to his patient.

'Today Ace didn't resist me much, but still I had to give him a seductive. It was for the best.' Law wondered if there would be a day when the boy wouldn't be afraid of him.

"I wonder..." Law said suddenly, making Sabo stop mid-sentence.

"You wonder what?" asked Sabo in a calm, calculating voice. Law hated how that kid (of twenty years) changed his mental state so easily.

"It's nothing; I was just wondering to myself about today's dinner." Sabo didn't believe the doctor but he let it slide for the time. Showing the doctor to the door, Sabo thought about the weird black-haired boy upstairs and wondered if he would open up to him one day.

Days later

Ace entered into a room with Luffy's help and sat on a chair in front of a table. The woman across of him was typing something on her computer, so he waited until she finished to give him her full attention. The woman was very beautiful; she had silver hair, full lips and blue eyes. Her name was Whitney Bay and she seemed like a kind women.

"Hello, Ace. Do you know why you are here?" asked Whitney with kind voice and calculating eyes.

"I came here because I have a problem with people," answered Ace as he looked at the ground. He didn't want to be there.

"What kind of problem?" asked the doctor.

"I am afraid of them," replied Ace.

"Why are you afraid? And how?"

"I don't like it when they come near me. I feel really scared and my heart begins to beat faster and I can't breathe properly." Ace felt tears gather around the corner of his eyes as he spoke. Ace hated talking about that, but he knew that if he wanted to get better he would have to go through that; there wasn't any other way.

"Why are you afraid?" Whitney repeated her question again, "Do you think that they might hurt you?"

"No," Ace replied fast. He knew neither Luffy nor Marco and the rest of the family were going to hurt him and he wished that he can change himself and be normal.

'For them…'

"Then why are you afraid?" she asked again.

"I DON'T KNOW!" This time Ace couldn't help the tears that fell from his eyes.

Silence fell in the room and Whitney gave him time to control himself again. When he finished she told him to come next time and they would be doing some kind of assessment. Ace never wanted to go back there again and wondered if he would ever heal.

Luffy was sad again today. He was really happy when Garp decided to let Ace (he finally found out his name) live with them, but Sabo got to stay with Ace more than he did and he couldn't introduce his friends to Ace.

Sighing, he went to Sabo's room. Opening the door, he noticed Sabo wasn't there and with a smile he went to Ace's room. Sabo had forbidden Luffy to be with Ace in the same room without anyone else because Luffy tended to be touchy a lot.

Opening the door Ace's room, Luffy didn't find Sabo there and Ace was sleeping. Ace looked like he was having a bad dream, so Luffy decided to go in and hold his hand like how Sabo used to do to for when he was small.

After a while Ace began to relax and Luffy felt happy. He wondered if one day he would be able to stay with Ace alone in the same room.