Ace groggily opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling of…his bedroom? Since when did he get home? Ugh, his head was throbbing and he couldn't really remember much of the day before.

Oh yea, he was out on Luffy's date with Sabo, with the intention to intervene as much as possible. Luffy caused lots of shit to happen, as always, and then they were lectured in this room…then Ace fell asleep…then they went karaoke…

And then Ace forgot. Did his narcolepsy kick in again? Shit! Who knows what Sabo would do with Luffy since he got that chance! Just the thought of his best friend flirting with his brother made Ace want to puke. That bastard had better not done anything to his Luffy.

"Ace!" Luffy burst into Ace's room, not noticing how much of a headache Ace was having.

"Pipe down, Lu," Ace groaned, but was a little happy to hear from his favourite brother.

"I'm hungry! Make me food!" Luffy continued bouncing around in Ace's room, pouncing on the bed where Ace was, and shaking Ace to get up quickly.

"Alright, alright…" Ace sighed as he got up reluctantly.

And then he saw the bruise on Luffy's neck. He knew what that was. Oh, he fucking knew.

"Luffy, that…" Ace widened his eyes, reaching out his hand to touch the spot.

"Hm? What?" Did Luffy not know what was on his neck?

"You have a bruise here."

"Oh, really? Shishishi! I don't know what he did, but I think Sabo did that! It felt good!"

That bastard!

Ace was going to fucking kill him! Just how did he have the guts to give Luffy a hickey when Ace was not there! And hell, where the heck was Ace? What in the world was he doing when Sabo was doing all these indecent stuff with his precious baby brother? Ace wanted to punch himself for not remembering.

"Is that all Sabo did to you?" Ace croaked. Please say nothing else, please say nothing else…

"Uh…uhm…we kissed with tongue?" Luffy innocently tilted his head.

GOD FUCKING DAMNIT SABO.

When Ace gets his hands on Sabo, he's gonna-

"HEY YOU BRATS, OPEN THE DOOR!" A loud booming voice interrupted Ace's train of thoughts.

Ace knew and hated that voice. He instinctively frowned, deciding to leave the door locked so that goddamn geezer couldn't get in. But Luffy, on the other hand, obediently skipped outside to open the door to let the man in. What a bother. Ace jumped off the bed and dragged himself to the living room, watching as the front door swing open.

And as always, a large fist came running down on poor Luffy's head.

"Ow!" Luffy cried as he stepped back. The old geezer entered the house and looked around, with his eyes finally settling on Ace. That was bad news…

In a heartbeat, the old geezer was in front of Ace. He didn't even have time to defend himself from the famous Fist of Love, and he was down.

"What was that for!" Ace yelled angrily, rubbing the sore spot on his head.

"Heard you kids had been causing trouble in public! They called me and told me all about it!" The old geezer stated, digging his nose with his pinky finger. "Guess you need another lesson from this old grandpa again, eh?"

This man…Ace absolutely loathed this man. Whenever he was around, Ace just felt restless and ready to kill. Ace always thought of running to a friend's when he came back, but that would mean leaving Luffy on his own. Ace would never do that, no matter how much he hated the old man.

The famous hero Garp, known throughout almost the entire world for his courageous acts to protect innocent people and serving justice, all that crap doesn't matter. He was never there for his family when they needed him, and that just made Ace grow cold towards the so called 'hero'. Garp was the worst grandfather one could ask for.

"You're so mean, gramps!" Luffy pouted as he stared straight into the old geezer's eyes.

"Heh, you're the mean one, making me come back all the way here when I'm still in the middle of my job! You really miss me, don't ya, Luffy?" The old geezer grinned gave Luffy a bear hug.

"Would you be staying long?" Luffy asked hopefully.

"Please don't," Ace muttered under his breath.

"I need to leave in a couple of days. But before that, I need to spend some quality time with my boys!" Garp laughed heartily, squeezing Luffy tighter.

"Wait a second," Garp said as he released Luffy, hands still gripped onto his grandson's shoulders. "Luffy, what's that bruise on your neck?"

"Oh, Sabo did that to me!"

"Sabo? Who's that?"

"My boyfriend!"

"You… have a boyfriend?"

"Yup!"

Ace couldn't really make out the old geezer's expression. Was he…angry? Ace was pretty worked up when he found out Luffy was dating, so maybe Garp was the same. Ace had a feeling that Sabo shouldn't meet Garp at all costs…

"Luffy, I want to meet your boyfriend. Call him over." Garp's tone was flat, void of any emotions. It was quite intimidating, even for Ace, considering how this man always shows his emotions on his sleeves.

"I can ask him," Luffy said, not even knowing what was happening. Fuck, if Luffy called Sabo over, Sabo would be dead. For real. No matter how badly Ace wanted them to end their relationship, this wasn't the way to go…! If Garp kills Sabo, Luffy would be sad and if that happens, Ace swore that he would kill the old geezer. And well, what can Ace say? Sabo is in fact, one of Ace's best friends. He's not gonna let him get slaughtered by his grandfather.

"I think," Ace coughed. "Sabo might be busy today." He's got to prevent them from meeting no matter what!

"Really? But he says he's coming!" Luffy showed his phone to Ace, with Sabo's text.

-Be there in an hour.

Shit. This can't be happening.