ღ This Is My Love Story ღ
Act 7.
Sometimes, things go out the way you want.
Sometimes, it doesn't.
What way is this?
"Say what?"
Nami looked at him, not even minding the tears colliding from her cheeks. Luffy looked with a painful and strained face. Ace looked at his little brother and Luffy instantly froze. Ace frowned slightly and he narrowed his eyes making Luffy step back a bit.
"You confessed to Luffy?" asked Ace still looking at Luffy but talking to Nami. Luffy sweated bullets now and he had a nervous nagging feeling in the pit of his belly…
"Yes…" said Nami, looking at Luffy and at Ace.
"When?" asked Ace.
Nami fidgeted with her fingers "Five years ago."
Ace now looked at Nami with a frown. "Before or after the accident?"
"Before…" she said. "I ran over the road when he said no…" she said, not knowing she said too much. Ace's and Luffy's eyes instantly widened. Ace stood abruptly up and he looked at Luffy with a dead glare. Luffy took another step back and his face paled.
"You caused the accident?" asked Ace.
Nami now gasped and also paled. "Ace! That's unfair! That isn't true and you know it!" she yelled. Luffy frowned as he heard Nami defending him.
Ace still looked at Luffy with a mad frown. "Before or after I told you I love her?" he asked suspicious. Nami's eyes now widened and she looked at Luffy. Luffy's world stopped totally.
"A…After…" whispered Luffy.
"Oh really?" asked Ace. Zoro frowned. He exited Luffy's room and he ran downstairs, knowing it was turning out even worse. Zoro stood behind Luffy but not too closely. "So… Do you love her?" Ace asked.
"I… I didn't!" said Luffy, defending himself. Nami looked with wide eyes at Luffy and Ace's eyes narrowed further.
"Didn't?" asked Ace.
Luffy gulped when he noticed the past tense. "I…I mean 'Don't'…" he murmured. "I don't love her…"
Nami frowned and she looked at the ground. Even now, Luffy lied… And it hurt… Ace frowned when Luffy tried to make it up. He really couldn't lie…
Ace walked to Luffy and he grabbed Luffy's wrist dragging him out of the garden "Oi!" yelled Nami "What are you going to do?" she asked.
"I need to talk with Luffy. In private." Luffy turned his head a bit to look at Nami with a pained expression. Nami's expression also turned in pain and guilt washed over her. Zoro walked to Nami and stood next to her.
He frowned as he saw both brothers walk away towards the lake.
Zoro heard some sobs from next to him "You did the right thing, Nami…" said Zoro softly. Nami nodded softly, but she couldn't stop the tears.
~ღ~
"If I didn't tell you I love her and she confessed to you, would you say you loved her too?" asked Ace, looking at the water. Luffy frowned as he looked at Ace's back.
Luffy looked away and thought. "I… I dunno…" he murmured as soft as possible. Ace turned and looked at him with a slight mad frown. "L…Listen… I get it if you want to punch me… So I don't care if you do…"
Ace rubbed his forehead and he walked towards Luffy. He made a fist and Luffy pinched his eyes closed, preparing for the punch. Luffy opened his eyes in surprise when Ace knuckled his forehead instead. Something he didn't suspect…
"Baka. I can't hit you." Ace said bluntly "And you didn't do anything wrong."
Luffy frowned and he looked at Ace when he passed him. Luffy frowned and scratched the back of his head. "Unless…" the freckled brother talked further. Luffy paid attention again. "You still love her…"
Luffy gulped. Ace looked at Luffy and he walked closer to his little brother. Luffy trembled a bit as Ace stood very closely. "Do you?"
'I can't lie…' thought Luffy. He never could and he will never learn…
"Do you?" he asked again. Luffy turned his gaze to an interesting looking spot on the ground. "Well?" Luffy pinched his eyes closed. "Is that a yes?" Luffy nodded slightly, almost unnoticeable, but Ace did notice it. Ace backed of and sighed. "Why didn't you tell her when she confessed?" he asked.
Luffy frowned and opened his eyes, but he still didn't look at his brother "Because… You already told-"
"Yeah, yeah." Ace said "But why did you even care about me?"
"I didn't want to hurt you…" said Luffy, now looking at Ace.
Ace frowned and he thought as he was looking at Luffy "You didn't want to hurt me?" Luffy nodded his head "But wait… Nami first confessed to you… The accident happened and then she said 'yes' to my confession…" he summed everything up. Luffy nodded. "But then… Nami only said 'Yes' because she also didn't want to hurt me…?" Luffy stayed silence.
"Fuck! I have been the problem of this! Of everything!" he exclaimed. Luffy now gaped and confusion was dripping from his face. "Why didn't you two…Ugh…" Ace rubbed his forehead and he sat down on the grass "I'm so stupid… I should have known… Nami and I almost never kissed and she has been acting kinda weird lately… Why didn't I see it…"
Luffy walked to Ace and he sat down next to him "All you two wanted was not to hurt me…" Ace sighed "Goddamned…"
Luffy looked at him with a painful expression. "A…Aren't you hurt now?"
Ace looked at him with a dead glare. He made a fist and he punched Luffy hard on his upper arm. Luffy grunted in pain and Ace punched again. Again and again. He kept going and Luffy didn't do anything. "YOU MORON!" yelled Ace, giving the last punch. Ace breathed hard and Luffy frowned, rubbing his bruises.
"Of course it hurts! It fucking hurts a lot! My younger brother is in love with my girlfriend!" Luffy's expression turned even more painful. "But… If I could choose between 2 people being happy, or one being happy… And I am the one… I would choose for the two people…" Ace looked at his fist for a second "Two is more than one, you know…"
Luffy sat up straight and he looked at the ground before him. He still rubbed his arms. "Just make her happy, or I will kill you…" Ace counted on his fingers and Luffy frowned confused "Six times, I guess."
"Why are you accepting this so fast…" murmured Luffy.
Ace looked at him and smirked. "I don't want to hurt you two." Luffy's eyes widened and Ace stood up, patting his butt. "I'm going. I will see you soon. Need to talk to Nami now…" Ace walked away and Luffy looked at him as he walked. Luffy turned his head and he suppressed the tears. Why was that asshole so nice! Couldn't he be a little bit madder! That would make everything easier…
Ace walked towards his house where, hopefully, Nami still was. Ace opened the fence and the backdoor already slid open, showing a crying Nami. Ace blinked a few times, but a smile slowly crept on his face. She really did love Luffy, didn't she? Nami walked to Ace while wiping her tears away.
"Y…You haven't hurt him, have you?" asked Nami softly
Ace snickered and nodded "Yeah, I did." He admitted. Nami frowned mad and soon Zoro showed from behind her.
"If you hurt her-" he began.
"I won't. Who do you think I am… Some kind of envious badguy?" Ace asked. He sighed and looked at the ground "And Luffy will kill me if I did hurt her…" he murmured. Nami and Zoro both frowned confused. "Come, I need to talk to you." Ace said, grabbing her wrist and pulling her with him to his room.
Zoro looked at the window and frowned. He walked to the fence and exited the garden. He walked towards the grass plain, seeing someone lying in it. Zoro smiled and he sat down next to him. Luffy snored softly as the wind was playing with his hair.
'I told you everything was going to be alright.'
~flashback~
"Is this seat taken?" asked Zoro, standing with his food tray and waiting for an answer.
Luffy turned his head, which was slumped on the table in a depressive matter "No…" he murmured, turning his head back again. Zoro frowned but sat down anyway. He looked at Luffy while he was eating.
"Euhm… I don't know you, but you really seem depressed..." murmured Zoro, eating slowly
"I don't know you, but you really seem scary..." murmured Luffy. Luffy sat up straight and he looked at Zoro "Sorry…" Luffy said. "Something just happened…"
"Mind to tell…"
Luffy chuckled softly "I guess not… How many times am I going to see you anyway?" Zoro also chuckled "Well… I'm in love with my brother's girlfriend…"
"Ouch!" exclaimed Zoro.
Luffy nodded but sighed "And that's not all…" he said. He told him everything and Zoro listened in awe. Luffy smiled after he told him everything "It's a relief, telling someone about my problems…"
"And what kind of problems… Jesus…" said Zoro, eating further. Luffy snickered softly. Zoro looked at him and ate further.
"Everything is going to be alright." Smiled Zoro. "My name is Roronoa Zoro, by the way."
"Monkey D. Luffy." Said grinned
~ღ~
Nami sat on the bed and Ace looked into is mirror, taming his hair since he had a little 'fight' with Luffy. "So…" began Ace "Did you say 'yes' to my confession because you didn't want to hurt me?"
"Euhm… Well…"
"Nami."
"Yes…" she murmured "But… It hurt when Luffy said 'No' so I didn't want to hurt you, since I knew how it felt…" she explained. Ace smiled as he looked at her via his mirror. "I… I do love you, but not more than a friend…"
"I understand." Said Ace "But you know… I actually have to say sorry because Luffy and you love each other and now I'm standing in between of you…" Nami looked at him with confusion "And you two are kinda… Meant to be together or something?"
"Why the hell are you accepting this so fast…?" asked Nami, replaying Luffy's word.
Ace turned and snickered. "Luffy asked the same this. You two are really meant to be!" he now laughed.
Nami cocked her eyebrow. "Ace, seriously… You are acting like nothing happened or is happening…"
Ace walked to Nami and he sat down next to her, sighing as he did. "Listen… It hurts. But I bet it even hurts more for you since you have been acting for these 5 years… And I am sure it was nagging you for so long, so you had suffered more than I did or do right now… I actually think it is kind of sweet of you, acting like this for you didn't want to hurt me…" he explained "Luffy too…"
Nami listened in awe and her face turned soft instead of pained "But you two really disgust me…" he said. Nami's face now turned dead panned "You haven't even been thinking about yourself… It's your life so think about your fucking selves."
Nami cried and she rubbed her tears away, not believing how Ace could be so sweet even though this happened. Ace smiled and he patted her head
"So… Are we going to break up?"
~ღ~
Zoro turned slightly when he heard something. He smiled and stood up, patting his butt. "This is my cue." He said. Nami smiled from behind him and he walked away, passing her. Nami sat down and looked at the wind playing with the grass. Nami looked at Luffy and he was still sleeping… She saw some bruises on his arm which were already quickly formed since Ace and Luffy fought. Nami brushed his head and Luffy murmured unintelligent things in his sleep.
Nami chuckled and she looked behind her, looking at the three siblings' house. How come it went this easily? Was this a dream or something? Nami looked at Luffy again who was slowly blinking his eyes. He looked at her and smiled a bit. Nami smiled back to him.
"So…" he said "What's up…?"
Nami smiled and sighed slowly "Ace and I broke up…" she said. Luffy looked at the sky with an unreadable face.
He hummed. "He didn't hurt you right?"
"No." she smiled. She looked at him and grinned. She poked his bruise and Luffy sat up straight when pain went straight through his arm "He did hurt you though."
"I didn't mind. He had a good reason…"
Nami smiled and nodded. She lay down next to Luffy and Luffy lay down again. They looked at the sky. "Are we going to talk later… About this… Love thing?" asked Nami insecure.
"Love thing?" he asked, not making it better.
"Yeah. The 'I love you and you love me' thing…"
Luffy snickered "Shishi. Ok, with me…" Nami smiled and she went a bit closer to Luffy. She grabbed his hand and they entwined their fingers.
"I love Ace…" said Luffy.
Nami laughed softly "Yeah… Me too…"
Nami even went closer to Luffy and she laid her head on his chest, hearing his heart beat. Luffy put his hand on her waist and he sighed softly. Nami smiled but she still cried a bit. Finally, tears of happiness.
'This is the right way…'
This is not the ending :P I hoped you liked Ace XD I love him :) You know it really reliefs if you tell something to a complete stranger?
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece
