Chapter Twenty-Five: A Late Present

Here is le next chapter! I was gonna have this happen a month ago but I couldn't figure out how to do it but it's here now and I'm glad to finally have this out :D

Happy Birthday to StarPurpleandBlue and Spiritangel1998! ^-^/~

Thatch: "I made cupcakes!" *Shows cupcakes with more sparklers on top*

Marco: "I told you to get rid of those!"

Guys, leave it for the bottom A/N will ya?

*They both leave bickering*

Enjoy! ^-^

Summary for all chapters: More MarcoxThatch One-Shots. Some will be AU, some will not or they can go either way :P Some will be with the two just being friends or being dorks or whatever I feel like writing :P

Summary for this chapter: Marco gets Thatch a late birthday present.

Disclaimer: One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda~! :D

A big medium sized box was gently placed on the table in front of Thatch who looked at Marco raising an eyebrow in question.

"Open it." Marco told him. "Carefully and quickly."

"What is-"

"Open it!"

"Alright!"

Thatch went to open the box but then it suddenly moved making him jump and quickly move away. "I am not opening that! It just moved!"

"It's alright, just open it! I promise it's nothing scary."

Thatch pouted but hesitantly went back over to the box and poked it making Marco roll his eyes. A small noise was heard which actually peaked Thatch's curiosity and he cautiously proceeded to open the box. Once it was opened he gasped in surprised.

"A puppy! Aw, it's so cute!" Thatch then hugged Marco tightly thanking him and went back to the puppy who was trying to get out of the box. "Is it a boy or girl?"

"Boy."

"He's so cute!" Thatch said now hugging the puppy carefully. "I'm gonna call him… Stefan!"

Marco smiled. "Glad you like him. This was supposed to be for your birthday but… complications and… stuff." 'Money wise.' Damn wine bottle.

Stefan then stood on his hind legs leaning on Thatch with its front paws and licked Thatch's face making him laugh. "He's so cute and fluffy~! Here, Marco hold him!"

Marco did so and Stefan also licked his face making said person smile.

"By the way our one year anniversary is coming up." Thatch mentioned as he stood up and petted Stefan.

"I know. One year already. That was fast."

"Time sure flies, huh?" Thatch sighed. "I remember it like it was almost one year ago."

Marco rolled his eyes and then remembered something else. "It's on Luffy's birthday."

"I know."

"He'll be upset if we don't go to his party."

"I know."

"Even though we go every year."

"I know that."

"Remember when we both couldn't make it cuz we were forced to go into work?"

"Poor kid didn't talk to us for almost two weeks."

"So what're we gonna do? I'm not cooking again." Marco added quickly making Thatch chuckle.

"We can either eat out or I can-"

"Make a romantic dinner."

Silence.

"Damnit, Marco."

"Uh, huh doesn't sound so easy now does it? Don't worry Thatch, my wonderful boyfriend, you've got more cooking experience than I'll ever have in a nutshell. You'll be fine." Marco said rolling the 'r' in boyfriend and then smirked at the last part.

Thatch honestly didn't know how to respond to Marco's… explanation with… whatever that was so he just smiled and laughed a little.

"Arf!"

"Aw, Stefan barked! It sounds so cute!" Thatch admired smiling happily. He then took the puppy from Marco's arms and placed him on the floor and they both watched as Stefan walked around curiously and sniffed things as he did. "Wait a minute, we don't have dog food or anything."

Marco went over to the box and pulled out three bags of dog food, four bowls, a leash and even some toys.

Thatch sweat dropped. "Don't you think you went a little overboard? I'm surprised the dog even fit in there."

"I'm surprised you didn't see any of this in here."

"What about a collar?"

"I'll let you pick one out and I'll pay for it."

"Really? Thanks, Marco!"

They both shared a kiss which was interrupted by Stefan barking at them and then began running around the kitchen.

Thatch laughed. "I can't wait to start training him!"

Finally, I got Stefan into these one-shots. Even though some AU's are different than others but meh, think of them however it pleases ye. Sorry for typos and stuff and the next chapter will be out in a few hours or so.

*Thatch and Marco are still bickering*

Izou: "Just tell us what happened-"

Marco and Thatch: "NO!"

Thatch: "It shall never be talked about and was never proven and never will be! Never I tell ya! Never! Neve~r!" *Runs away making everyone including Marco sweat drop*

*Izou, Ace and Haruta turn to Marco*

Ace: "So are you gonna-"

Marco: "NO." *Leaves*

"Alright then."

Haruta: "We gotta get them to talk."

Ace: "How?"

*The three of them begin thinking*

Will Ace, Haruta and Izou ever find out Marco's and Thatch's secret? Will Marco and Thatch ever tell them even if they are threatened to do so? Will they tell just because it's StarPurpleandBlue's and Spiritangel1998's birthday? Will Marco ever get Thatch to get rid of those sparklers?

Stay tuned and review, please! XD