Chapter 7
Tiara POV.
I watched Marco as he went into the bathroom and I noticed 3 scars on his back. I wonder where they came from. Normally he should not be able to be wounded thanks to his blue flames. So did he get the scars before he ate the devil's fruit? Unfortunately, nothing is known about his past. Since I was supposed to sit here, even if I really wanted to have a look into the bathroom to see him naked, I thought about whether I should tell him the whole truth. But would he believe me? I was afraid if I was honest, that nobody would believe me that I came from another world. So absorbed in my thoughts I did not notice how Marco had already left the bathroom. "Everything ok with you? You're getting a little absent." he asked and I looked at him. Marco was standing in front of me with a towel around his waist and looked at me questioningly. I noticed how I blushed. Damn, why is he doing this to me? Ok I had seen him before when he went into the bathroom wearing only boxer shorts and also at night he only had his boxers on when he slept but this is something completely different now. But I couldn't get more than one nod. Did he do it on purpose or had he just forgotten that I was in his cabin? "Is really everything ok with you, you suddenly look so red?" Marco asked again. "Could you please put some clothes on?" I asked him when I finally found my voice again and tried not to stare at him. He just laughed, went to his closet and got dressed while I turned around and looked away. "You can look I'm dressed now. Sorry I'm not used to having someone in my cabin when I get out of the shower." he told me after a few minutes. But you could still hear clearly that my reaction amused him. "While we are on the subject. Do you think I could borrow a few things? I don't have anything and I'd like to take a shower and change my clothes." I asked him and smiled at him slightly shyly. He went to his closet and looked for something. "Here you can have these, I've never worn them before." said Marco and threw a boxer shorts with hearts on them to me and one of his shirts, which will probably be too big for me but better than nothing. "Why do you have such a thing?" I wanted to know from him and held the boxers up, but I couldn't stop laughing for the best of my ability. "Thatch and Ace gave them to me once to annoy me. Now all that's missing are some pants. Mine are probably too big for you, though. You better go take a shower and I'll ask Haruta if she can lend you some pants. There is a fresh towel in the bathroom which you can take." he told me and went to the door.
Marco POV.
My way led me on deck as I suspected Haruta was there. It was kind of cute how Tiara just turned red when she saw me with the towel around my waist. But my thoughts turned to what had happened that night. It has never happened before that my devil fruit powers had acted on their own but last night this was the case. After I had pulled Tiara to me and put my arm around her, my blue flames appeared on my arm without me wanting them to. But at least as unexpected was Tiara's reaction to the flames. Instead of panicking or asking what the flames were, she calmed down with my flames, relaxed and fell asleep quickly. Arriving on deck, everyone looked at me a little strangely. Even Pops looked at me with a questioning look. "Haruta come here!" I shouted when I saw her. She flinched noticeably, but still came to me immediately. "What's up Marco?" she wanted to know. I just said that she should come along and went back inside the ship. "We didn't want to disturb you. Don't take everything so seriously." she just started talking. "Let's talk about how you just came into my cabin later. But now it's about Tiara. Can you lend her some pants?" I explained what I wanted from her. "No problem. Where is she right now? I'll just bring her some things." Haruta asked. "She's taking a shower in my bathroom. Get the things and then bring them to her." I replied and Haruta quickly disappeared into her cabin. I went to my cabin to wait for her. But after I entered it, I stood there speechless. In front of me, Tiara stood only wrapped in a towel. I really missed the words and I couldn't help but stare at her. Tiara was at least as surprised by the situation we were in as I was. She couldn't get a word out either and just looked me straight in the eyes and blushed. After some time only a short and quiet "Marco" came over her lips when suddenly the door was opened.