100 stories challenge - chapter 4 - Comfort
Luffy stared out the window as he watched the rain hit the glass, then the thunder sounded and the lightning stretched across the sky. Luffy winced as he pulled the blanket around himself and slid a pair of headphones on to block out the noise. Tonight he was planning on not crawling in to bed with Ace for comfort, He was going to be a man and not a crybaby for once. But nothing was keeping the noises out of his head, He was so scared of lightning but he didn't want to bug Ace again like usual.
On the other side of the house Ace was laying there awake staring at the roof wondering where the hell Luffy was and what had been taking him so long, usually Luffy would have come to see him right when the storm started, but it had been a hour since then and he couldn't believe it but he was actually worried about where Luffy was and why he hadn't showed up yet.
Ace slid his blanket from his body and began to crawl out of the bed right then he heard a light knock at the door, the first thing he thought to himself was finally what took him so long. The smaller child opened the door slowly and looked inside "Ace your still awake."
Ace slid out of bed and walked towards the younger pulling Luffy's headphones off from their position resting by his ears "Luffy have you been trying to handle this on your own."
Luffy looked up at his big brother "I thought that if I could handle it myself then I wouldn't have to bother you so much."
Ace walked with him to the bed and set the smaller on the side closets towards the wall and then he crawled in right beside him and began pull the blanket up on them, once he had slid the blanket back up on them and then wrapped his arm's around Luffy. He held him close to him as he calmly rubbed the younger's back and continued to try and comfort him more. Luffy was still scared but he was calming down fast and after about 20 minutes he had drifted to sleep in his brother's arm's and was finally getting the rest which he had really needed.