Brother Complex

Chapter Two: The Sleepover

Summary: The crew decides to sleep out on the deck tonight. How will Ace act?

Warning: nothing.

"Well according to my calculations, the weather should be crystal clear all night." Nami pointed to a paper that was on the middle of the kitchen table.

"Wow Nami! You're awesome!" Luffy commented.

"Well done, Miss. Navigator." Robin smiled warmly. "So I guess we'll be able to do it then."

"Woo! Our first sleepover!" Chopper cheered.

"It's not really a sleepover though, since we're still on the ship." Sanji lit a cigaret, the end of it glowed in the darkening room.

"It'll be nice for a change." Zoro commented. He naturally loved sleeping under the stars. It always reminded him of Kuina...

"I can't wait!" Usopp hugged Chopper like a teddy bear. "I'll tell my stories of how I defeated a giant worm from eating a town with only a rubber-band!"

"Really?" Chopper asked, mesmerized by the story already. The crew just sweat-dropped.

"That's almost impossible to do..." Ace chuckled. Luffy sure had a weird crew, but he had to admit, they were strong.

"Ace! It'll be like old times!" Luffy grinned his famous grin.

"Yes it will, Lu." Nami interrupted with a small cough.

"Just remember, bring your sleeping bags! It's gonna be cold tonight, and the last thing we need is for someone to catch a cold!" Everyone nodded except Ace and Chopper. They knew they could handle the cold in their own little special ways. "Now, let's go get our stuff ready!"

"Yosh!" The crew all ran outside and into their quarters. Sanji grabbed his blue and black sleeping bag, while Zoro grabbed his green and black one. They looked at each others sleeping bag, then at each other.

"Nice colors." Zoro commented.

"Same to you." Usopp's sleeping bag was olive green and brown, while Luffy's was obviously red and yellow. Choppers was just a blanket, and was a light brown color with a pink X on it. Ace's blanket was black with orange flames on it. (Of coarse.) Nami's was all orange with a black outline of a tangerine, while Robin's was pure purple.

"Ready, Robin?"

"Yes. This should quite fun." They walked up to the deck and met everyone up there.

"Okay everyone! Pick your spots!" The crew ran around like headless chickens, trying to get to the spot they wanted before someone else took it. Luffy tackled Usopp out of the way, almost throwing him overboard. Luffy laughed heartily when Usopp started giving him a lecture about tackling people and almost knocking them overboard. Ace looked around and saw Luffy lay down his sleeping bag by the mast. Ace literally dove through the crew to get the spot next to Luffy. He landed perfectly, and unrolled his sleeping bag, a small smile of victory on his face.

Robin found her spot next. It was on the opposite side of the mast that Luffy had. Nami set her sleeping bag down next to her and smiled. "Wanna be sleepover buddies?"

"Sure, Nami." Robin chuckled. Sanji immediately laid down his bag next to Nami's and swooned.

"Nami-swan~! Robin-chwan~! You look beautiful under the moon tonight!"

"Thanks Sanji-kun!" Nami smiled. Zoro grumbled and looked around for a place to sleep. He wanted to sleep as far away from Sanji as possible, and Sanji wanted to sleep as far away from Luffy as possible. So if Zoro didn't wanna sleep next to Sanji, and Sanji didn't wanna sleep next to Luffy, Zoro's only option was to sleep next to his hyper captain. Zoro walked over to Usopp, who had taken the other side of Luffy and stared at him.

"Move." Usopp looked up at him and raised an eyebrow.

"What? No! Go find another spot! This spots the best one so far!" Usopp argued. Zoro's eye twitched and, with a flick of the wrist, Zoro had put Usopp in a spot he liked much better. "Um, thanks, Zoro." Chopper ran over to Usopp and sat down. "Hey Chopper! Gonna sleep next to me?" Chopper gave a nod and unrolled his sleeping bag.

Zoro laid his sleeping bag down and sat, looking at Ace as he did. Ace had a hint of seriousness when he looked at Zoro, and Zoro couldn't figure out why. Luffy, who was between them, grabbed onto Zoro's arm and looked at Ace.

"Look Ace! Zoro's sleeping with us!" A flicker of jealousy crossed Ace's face. 'That swordsman must be a threat...Luffy's always grabbing onto him like he's a giant teddy bear...' Luffy let go of Zoro's arm. "Ne, Ace? You okay?" Luffy poked him in the arm, and Ace snapped out of his thoughts.

"Sorry."

"Okay everyone! Lights out!" Everyone laid down in their spots and closed their eyes. Ace was just about to fall into a deep sleep, when he felt Luffy do something he hadn't done in years.

He snuggled up to Ace.

A blush covered Ace's cheeks as Luffy wrapped his arms around the older brother, just like he did years ago when he was but a child. Ace put an arm around Luffy's neck and smiled. Maybe that swordsman wasn't such a big threat after all...

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I was so bored! I just had to write a second chapter! ^^

Ugh, I owe sooo many birthday fics! I need to do Zoro's, Ace's, Robin's, Chopper's...New years, christmas, valentines day...you get the point. so get ready for all those fics coming out soon ^^

So anyone like it? PLEASE GIVE ME ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE FOR ACExLUFFY! EVEN IF YOU THINK ITS STUPID, GIVE ME THE IDEA. I MAY BE ABLE TO FIX IT UP! THANK YOU!