Day 10
Dear Journal,
Ace told me that he feels like when I write in my journal that I'm keeping secrets from him, and that maybe I don't fully trust him. So, I've decided that I'm going to put away my journal for a while, and instead of writing in my journal, I'll just tell Ace everything. That way, he'll feel better and know that I trust him, and also, I'll actually be able to have a response from him, not just blank but oddly comforting silence from my journal. So, into my closet you go, journal.
*Waves*
Monkey D. Luffy.
And with that, Monkey D. Luffy shoved his precious journal onto a high shelf in his closet; out of sight and hard to get to. He then hopped down from the box he used to reach the shelf and then leaped onto his bed next to Ace, who sat head-in-hand, smiling at his brother's understanding. Luffy grinned and threw his arms around his older brother's neck and ushered a quick kiss on Ace's cheek as well. Ace smirked and then turned to face his love, putting a hand on Luffy's knee.
"So lil' bro, what's up? How's life?" Ace asked, looking gently into Luffy's dark eyes with a smile. Luffy leaned in and put his forehead against his sibling's forehead with a slight laugh.
"The ceiling is up, and life's great, Ace! When you kept avoiding me, that was like... the worst feeling ever, but now we're always together! I love it!" Luffy said with great enthusiasm, using hand motions for extra emphasis. Ace laughed and ran a hand through Luffy's soft black hair, earning a mumble of happiness from the younger.
Ace twirled a black strand around his finger while he thought of something they could do -besides watch T.V.- to pass time. It was about 10 degrees Fahrenheit outside, so that maybe would've been a little too cold for sledding or snowball fights. Meanwhile, Luffy thought about how Zoro kept hitting the back of Sanji's head with rubber bands during 6th period, and the teacher never would've noticed unless Sanji hadn't freaked out and got out of his seat to quarrel with marimo-man. Luffy laughed as he remembered the look that Zoro gave the blond when Sanji first turned around to look back at him. Luffy's slight laugh then brought Ace back to the real world and out of thoughts.
"Oi Luffy, what do you want to do?" Ace asked, laying back on Luffy's red bed spread. Luffy looked at his brother and then layed down beside him.
"I'll do whatever you wanna do," Luffy stated, resting his head on top of Ace's arm (which Luffy thought was a very delightful pillow). The freckled one grinned and then turned to kiss Luffy's forehead.
"You're so cute," Ace whispered; not used to openly saying that. And Luffy just grinned back; not used to hearing these sort of compliments. However, the question still wasn't answered; what were they going to do? Luffy leaned back and pushed back his pale curtains to look out at the wintery scene. The snow was blowing furiously, and the street lights were on despite it only being 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Ace could hear the wind blowing from where he sat also, and gave the window a nervous look. He then turned and around and stood up, walking to the doorway.
"I'll be right back Luffy. I'm gonna go check what the weather channel says 'bout all this frickin' snow!" Ace stated as he walked out of his brother's room and turned to walk downstairs. Luffy watched his brother leave the room with curious eyes and then looked back out the window. The clouds showed no sign of moving anytime soon.
Ace turned on the television in the cozy and neat living room of his home and clicked a button on the remote till he found the local weather channel.
"...today's high was 14 degrees, and a low of 8 degrees.. A blizzard watch in effect until 7 p.m. Saturday December 14th, 2013.. blahblahblah.."
Ace looked at the map on the screen, and it showed that the snowstorm was practically on top of them, and wasn't really moving much. He sighed and turned the T.V. off, throwing the remote back onto the couch. Ace was not enthused about the annual 2-day loss of electricity that seemed to be very, very close.
"Luffy!" Ace yelled up the stairs, leaning against the wall with an elbow. Luffy poked his head out of his bedroom and tilted his head in question.
"Gonna loose electricity soon, and you know what that means.." Ace said, putting a hand to his forehead. Luffy looked up and thought for a moment before frowning.
"Cold," Luffy said while pretending to shiver and chatter his teeth.
"True, it gets cold, but.. no lights, no refrigerator or water, Luffy. How do you not remember that? Hahaha!" Ace laughed, and motioned for Luffy to come downstairs. So Luffy leapt out of his room, bounded down the stairs, and then stood in front of his brother with a big grin. Ace the walked into their kitchen at the back of the house, and Luffy followed him, still slightly confused. The older of the two stopped, and then pointed to the basement stairs.
"Luffy.. would you mind getting a few jars out of the basement?" Ace said, back turned to his brother. Luffy grinned and then hugged his brother from behind.
"I have to do it since you won't go down there on your own,' the smaller one said with a laugh, receiving a glare from Ace. Luffy released his grip and stuck his tongue out as he ran down the stairs to their basement. Ace smacked a hand to his forehead and then walked over to the pantry where he then bent down and took out a bottle of olive oil. He stood up, turned the bottle in his hands, and then set it on the kitchen counter just as Luffy ran back up with 4 empty jars.
"What are we gonna do with jars and olive oil?" Luffy asked obviously quite confused. Ace just grinned and took a ball of yarn out of the junk drawer before him, and set it on the counter along with the jars and olive oil.
"Before I show you, would you go get some wire out of Dragon's toolbox?" Ace asked, unrolling a section of yarn and cutting it with a pocket-knife. Luffy nodded and then ran back down into the basement to retrieve said wire. Once he returned, he poked his brother in the arm and then frowned.
"And also, call him 'Dad', would you?" Luffy pouted, crossing his arms after putting the wire down. Ace rubbed the back of his head and nodded slightly, not wanting to call his stepfather 'Dad'; and it wasn't that he thought his own father was any better. Luffy then looked at the 4 things put on the counter: jars, olive oil, pieces of yarn, and wire. 'Twas a confusing combination of objects to the shorter brother. Ace then picked up the bottle of olive oil and put in against Luffy's chest.
"Put 2 inches of oil into each jar, okay?" Ace said with a smile, and then turned to cut and bend the 4 pieces of wire to rest around the rim of the jar. Meanwhile, Luffy put maybe a bit more than 2 inches of olive oil in each of the jars. Ace then gave the pieces of yarn to Luffy and told him to put a piece of string in each jar of olive oil. Luffy did so, and then they waited for a moment till the yarn had been soaked with the oil. Ace took out a piece of yarn and took a section of wire into his hands. He wrapped the non-resting end of wire around the piece of yarn and bent the end of the wire upward. The wire was placed around the rim of the jar, and the yarn was half in the olive oil, and half in the air.
"Hey Luffy, do you have any idea what we just made?" Ace questioned, leaning against the counter with a grin. Luffy thought really, really hard, but could come up with nothing. Ace took a lighter out of the junk drawer, and lit the yarn on fire. After a moment, the yarn smoked for a quick second, but then stopped and emited a small flame, lighting up the counter around it. Luffy gave it an odd glance and then looked up at Ace.
"That's a home-made oil lamp, Luffy. They last longer than regular candles and bateries and are a whole lot cheaper, too. We're gonna use those, along with the fireplace, to light up our house during th-"
The house went dark, with the exception of dim light from the windows. .."blackout..." Ace finished, slumping over slightly. Luffy barely even noticed that the electricity went out, and just laughed.
"You're so smart, Ace! I wouldn't have ever thought of that!" Luffy said with a hug to his brother's chest. Ace looked down at the black-haired boy and smiled, putting a hand on his back.
"Luckily it's only 4:15 right now, or else we'd be making the rest of these in the dark. So if you wanna help me finish the other 3, go ahead," Ace suggested, taking a wire and piece of yarn into his hands to make another oil lamp. The younger brother did the same, wearing a large grin on his face. The freckled, black-haired, tall one knew that it would be an interesting night.
~ + tell me what you guys think about the putting away of the journal o.o i'm curious to know if you're okay with it or not XD annnnddd.. [A None Piece quote to heal your soul: "I'm up to my tits in morons.." - Axe-Hand Morgan] + ~
