Luffy raised the hammer above his head and slams it down with enough force to buried the nail into the wood. He leans back onto his heels, letting his knees dig into the wooden roof as he lowers the hammer to his side.
It was the best he could do.
Turning his head upwards, the child stares up at the sky. Heavy dark grey rain clouds gathered above, the winds picked up around him.
Luffy stands and jumps down off his hut, it had been reinforced for this storm, but he know by the end of it, he would have to patch up the patching again.
Walking inside he closes the hatch and the four old year turns his attention to the Ace.
The little person was drinking yet another bottle he had boiled for it.
Garp had left a big picture book for Luffy to follow. It had drawing on a person doing things with the objects he found in the overly large backpack he was given and followed it.
Suddenly Luffy hears the familiar pitter patter of the rain against the roof, there was only one drop coming through, which Luffy quickly placed a bucket under.
Luffy grins. This time he had many buckets at the ready, turning to look beside the hatch, there was many buckets inside one another.
"Little Ace!" Luffy calls lightly moving over to his new friend, he grins fully then the tiny eyes blinks his way, "Had your full?"
'Had your full' was something his grandfather always asked whenever they finished eating. Luffy always nodded an answer, so when no nod came from the smaller, he began to set out to make more of the fine powder that turned into an odd tasting mile.
"Maybe Luffy shouldn't have had any..." Luffy says as he remembered the first time he made the stuff and drank a bottle.
Luffy began to hum an old song that was always with him as he went on with his task, he had gone this so many times over the course of the two days of having the Ace, that he was able to do this without the aid of the pictures.
Luffy held up the finished bottle and wandered back over to the Ace, he sat down beside him and knocked away the empty one and placed the new one in the smaller hands.
Before the Ace drank fully Luffy picks it up and places the thing onto his lap, he leans against the wooden wall and watched the thing drink.
Luffy stared in awe. No matter how many times he looked at the Ace, he could not get over how small the person was. Never in his life had he come across a tiny person.
"But Little Ace is kind of helpless." Luffy comments with a grin, poking the forehead lightly then pushing some hair to one side, "Luffy do everything!" he told proudly, knowing he does well to please his grandfather, "Now Luffy takes care of Little Ace as well!"
Luffy closes his eyes, listening to the sound of the new comers drinking and the heavy summer's rain. He grins because he was no longer alone.