Earlier

"I'm Around 8 weeks i belive", He said, getting a weird look from the doctor before she wrote something down.

"Alright, I think that was all for now, there isn't much more to do before we can get an ultrasound machine, but I still excpect you to come by at least three times a week and/or if something happends, and I mean it Marco, don't even try to get away" She said with a hard stare.

"I won't, promise Desire, Yoi" Marco said with a smile, completely missing the worried and confused look in the doctor's eyes as he left.

" 8 weeks? He can't be more than 3-4 tops if you take everything into consideration, which means he should have gotten pregnant just around the time when Ace..… oh ..Oh Marco… what did you do…" She thought shaking her head in sadness as she went over her notes from the exam.

"This might not end well"

2 weeks later Ace's pov

"Come on Marco, it's going to happened sooner or later, and even if we don't tell, don't you think they will suspect something as your belly starts to grow?"

"Don't care, yoi. I don't want to tell".

I sighed for what felt like the millionth time this week, ever since the first doctor's appointment i had tried to convince Marco to tell at least pops about the pregnancy but the stupid bird refused.

I had a feeling his new stubborn attitude had something to do with all the new assignments I had gotten lately and I was often forced to work through the meals and even nights sometimes.

I walked over to where Marco sat on the bed reading and put a hand on his knee to make him look at me.

"Come on Marco, there must be a reason to why you don't want to tell anyone, I mean, Thatch, Izo and Haruta already know, and you know Pops would be over the moon to get a grandchild, so come on, what is this really about". I asked looking at him, trying to read something in his bored looking eyes.

It was silent for a while, so I almost thought he wouldn't answer until he sighed and put the book away.

"I don't know I just, not everyone know about us yet, and you do realize that later when I get all big and fat I may not be able to defend my family like I do now? I just don't want my family to see me as weak and as if I let them down you know…" Marco explained in a low voice.

I stared at him in shock before hitting him loosely over the head.

"Marco that's stupid. You will never be fat, and who ever says that you are letting them down because you are carrying my child will get a booth to the teeth. And weak? REALLY? You are a MAN carrying a CHILD for goodness sake. That should be impossible but still you are, and honestly, I don't think anyone would even dare to think of you as weak". I said the last part with an evil smirk making Marco laugh and the sound made my heart beat like it was running a marathon on it's own. It was rare for Marco to laugh like this and it was always nice to hear so I waited until he was done before continuing.

"Marco, I know this might be scary and weird for you, but don't forget that I will be with you all the way, and pops will be too as soon as he has an opportunity to. Come on, let's go tell him".

Once again Marco was silent, staring at me as if he tried to read my mind before giving his answer.

"Alright, yoi. Let's tell pops".

-x-

This was it. He was doomed.

He could feel it. There must be some curse doing this to him. Yes, that's it! A curse that stuck him in this situation.

A few minutes earlier

He and Ace was now standing outside of the conference room waiting to be let inside so they could tell their father about the freaking CHILD growing inside of him.

Marco really didn't want to do this, but he had already agreed and he was NOT the one to chicken out on something he agreed to.

He just really did not want to do this…

The door opened and Ace dragged him inside to see whitebeard in his chair surrounded by a few members of the 12th division along with Haruta.

"Ah, good morning sons, what can I help you with"?

"Hi Pops! We would like to talk to you for a bit" Ace said with a bright sunny smile.

"Ah, I see"! Whitebeard said and looked at his both sons.

It took a few seconds for them to realize Whitebeard was waiting for them to talk.

"Umh… Alone please"? Ace said, glancing at the other people inside the room.

Luckily Haruta got the hint and quickly chased her men out of the room leaving the three to talk in private.

"Well sons, now that we are alone, would you mind telling me what's on your minds"? Whitebeard asked with a grin.

Marco could feel a sweat drop fall down his forehead, did he mention he really didn't want to do this?

"Pops Pops pops pops pops you aren't going to believe it when I tell you"! Ace said with shining eyes and a voice that almost burst with excitement.

"How the hell can he be so energetic? You are just about to tell your father that you knocked up your BOYFRIEND! Who is a GUY if you happened to forget". Marco swallowed hard at the thought. He wasn't going to survive this was he. He could feel his heart beat hard in his chest and the room was starting to fade away in blackness.

He jumped as he heard Ace whisper in his ear reminding him to breath and he took a few deep breaths to calm himself down a little as Ace turned to their father who now looked very very concerned.

"Sons, are everything alright"? He asked with a frown, not liking Marcos panic attack at all, he was always the calm one, but here he was taking deep breaths in order to calm himself down.

"Pops, what i'm going to tell you might be hard to believe, but please try to keep calm, alright"? Ace started, waiting for whitebeard to nod before continuing.

"The truth is, I am going to be a dad" He finished with a smile brighter than the sun that wavered as whitebeard stayed silent.

"You, are adopting a child"? Whitebeard asked, looking at Ace confused.

"No? the child is mine of course! I must say, I didn't believe it myself at first but… pops…?" Ace watched with wide eyes as he saw his father's face turn white then gray, then a mix between red and purple as he looked between Marco and Ace.

"Ace…." The owner of the name jumped at the deadly voice of his father and started to back away.

"Pops…?" he managed squeaked out while still backing away slowly when Whitebeard stood up.

"HOW DARE YOU HURT MY POOR MARCO LIKE THAT YOU BRAT, I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS"!

Whitebeard suddenly exploded making both Marco and Ace jump, and in the flash of an eye Ace was out the door running for his life with a raging whitebeard after him.

"What the HELL was that, yoi" Marco thought looking like he had just witnessed the most bizarre even in his life, which said a lot.

Marco groaned putting a hand at his stomach, considering just going to bed before thinking "screw it" and started running after his younger love and father. Not that he was worried that Whitebeard would ACTUALLY really hurt the young fire user, if anything he could take a hit, but the ship might not be so lucky.

"OI OYAJI WAIT UP IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK, YOI" Marco screamed, hoping to catch up before the two ruined the whole ship completely, because, let's face it. They totally would if gotten the chance.

When Marco finally caught up to the two the ship had already gotten a few holes here and there and he schooled the two for being so reckless, this was their home god damn it! Ace pouted insisting that it wasn't his fault, but Marco insisted that he shouldn't have said it like that, of course it sounded bad if you made it sound bad.

Alright, yoi. Now that we are all calm and collected once again, let's try once more." Marco started before taking a deep breath.

"Oyaji, what Ace said is true. He is going to be a dad, and yes the child is his. But he didn't cheat on me, the truth is, i'm the one that is pregnant. I'm pregnant Oyaji"

There was silence for about a second before the room exploded in whitebeards famous laughter.

"GURARARARARARARARARARA I see, so your devil fruit is acting up I see"

Ace and Marco exchanged a confused look not understanding what he meant.

"Hmm… How should I explain this… in the human world there isn't a way for males to create life with another man, there is no reason for it. But Marco is a mythical creature, a Phoenix. The mere essence of life, and it seems that the phoenix in Marco have given the power to mate either gender in a way that humans normally can't".

"so, Marco can become pregnant because he is a phoenix"? Ace asked, curious.

"Maybe, but it wouldn't be a surprise if it worked just as well the other way around" Whitebeard answered with a grin.

"cool" Ace said with a grin of his own

Marco groaned again as he could feel the head ache forming.

"a curse indeed" He thought as he watched his fathers and lovers grins, already feeling that this would be a long long pregnancy.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

Marco couldn't remember the last time he was this excited about a visit to the town.

He and Ace had decided that they would take the day off to get some well-deserved time together off the ship and of course their father had agreed that it would be a good idea for them to get some time alone for once.

They would take Striker to the shore since Marco had been feeling very tired and light headed lately.

It was really too bad since both Marco and Ace loved to fly but they both agreed that it wasn't worth the risk of falling into the ocean.

So as soon as they were done with their morning routines they jumped on the Striker and off they were.

They spent the morning checking all the stores and was just leaving a book store, Marco's choice of course, when Marco's stomach decided to remind them of the time.

Ace laughed a bit at the Blondes embarrassment as he dragged him over to a restaurant they had passed not to long ago.

It was a cozy restaurant with a bar up front and Ace was instantly reminded of Makino, there was just something warm over the whole scene.

They decided on a table close to the bar and a young woman, probably in her early twenties or late teens was eyeing Ace as she took their orders. For once Ace wasn't that hungry and decided to order only 9 of the 15 meals available, so you can imagine the confused expression on his face as the woman brought 16 meals instead of the 10 he expected, but shrugged and started to eat, deciding that too much food wasn't anything to fuss about.

They ate in silence for a while before Ace thought of something he had forgotten to say before and looked up and when he saw the scene in front of him, he dropped his fork in shock.

Marco, his Marco, the table manner loving Marco threw the food in his mouth like he hadn't eaten in WEEKS and was already on his 5th meal.

"is THIS how people feel when they see me eat"? Ace thought as he watched his older love eat with eyes bulging out and mouth slightly agape, to shocked to do anything at all.

Marco caught him looking and gave him a confused stare.

"What" he said with his mouth full of food, but just shrugged and kept eating as Ace didn't answer or move.

After a while Ace managed to pull himself together enough to keep eating, but kept throwing shocked glances as Marco continued to eat like a madman, and even gave him some of his own food as he was still hungry after finishing his own.

"I have to say, this pregnancy is going to be interesting to say the least" Ace thought looking after Marco as they left the restaurant, a smile on his face.

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