I got this idea when I read a comment on AO3 to my story 'Until they notice'. I had to write it down after I finished the 12th(or 13th if you count the prologue) chapter of 'Until they notice'. So enjoy the little adventure of babysitting. I will write the mentioned flashbacks of Sabo and Luffy. Don't know yet when I will do these two.

Also since I already ... how do I say it now. It has something to do with the love life of the three brothers and also of the children of Whitebeard. You can expect GirlXBoy, BoyXBoy and perhaps some GirlXGirl pairings. So just a little warning ^^' But there won't be any explicit scenes.

ASL: Ace & Sabo (19), Luffy (16)

Whitebeard: Fossa (28), Blenheim (27), Jozu & Atmos (26), Vista (25), Curiel & Kingdew (24), Namur (23), Marco & Thatch (22), Izo (21), Blamenco (18), Haruta (17), Rakuyo & Jiru (13)

Celine B: Thanks^^

Dragon Night Emperor: I intend to have it mostly funny or humorous, but I can't promise that I won't add some drama in a few one-shots. I can't live with a little drama.

Babysitting - Ace's time

Ace sighed. How did he get into this situation? He had to babysit Perona, the four-year-old girl from the neighbours. She was the daughter of Dracule Mihawk, an old friend of their father. The man worked hard and the mother of the child seemed to be always in a haste.

She didn't say much as she dropped off Perona. Only said that she would pick her up later and went away.

Ace looked down at Perona who carried a teddy bear with a surgical mask over his mouth. „So what shall I do with you and Mister Bear?", the nineteen-year-old asked. „His name is not Mister Bear, it is Kumae", the rosette said angrily and kicked against Ace's shin. „Sorry, sorry." The black-haired young man rolled his eyes.

Why did her mother have to drop her off now? Seriously couldn't she had done it later? Then he could have convinced his little brother to babysit the brat while he went out to a party with Thatch and Vista. But now the chances were small. Especially if Sabo comes back in a few minutes to get ready for his date with Koala.

His blonde brother would make him do a lot of chores if he pushed the responsibility on their little brother. Like Sabo didn't do it, too.

Ace looked down again, only to find Perona gone. „Perona?" He looked around. The child shouldn't be able to move so fast. He started to search every room on the ground floor of the house. She wouldn't dare to go up- or downstairs, would she? He hoped not. He feared that Perona would come to close to some stuff which was important or just dangerous for her at the moment.

„Are you searching for something?" Ace looked around to see his blonde brother looking slightly confused. „A little brat called Perona." Sabo looked instantly annoyed as the name fell. „Don't tell me, that her mother dropped her off again when Mum wasn't here." „She was in a hurry." „Her mother does that all the time. Last year I had to babysit Perona because you were at a cooking event with Thatch and Blamenco and Luffy was in some amusement park with Marco and Haruta. My study date with Koala was called off and I had to play tea party the whole afternoon." „Was that the study date where you intend to sleep with your girlfriend?" „Yes." Sabo blushed madly. Ace would have laughed if he didn't have other worries now. „So are you going to help me look for her? Only until Koala comes by", Ace pleaded slightly and put his best puppy-look to use.

„Fine, fine, I'll help you", Sabo sighed. Ace grinned and did a little victory dance in his mind. Another win for the puppy looks. „So lets split up. I don't think she is hiding on the ground floor. The hiding options here are rare, so you would have found her by now. So one search the first floor and the other the basement", Sabo decided. Ace nodded. „I'll take the basement", the black-haired man said and went to the stairs.

Their basement only had three rooms. One storage room, a room with for laundry which also contained the fuse box and his own room. The laundry room was crossed out. The door was always locked if their mother away since the time Luffy was nearly accidentally washed by their father because he had hidden in the washing machine. That only left two rooms. He checked the storage room first but found nothing.

His room was a different subject. Ace didn't find the brat there, but he was sure she was in his room. Some of his band posters were decorated with ribbons, which are drawn with a neon pink marker. His Pansear plushie also had ribbons on it. Seriously? What was wrong with this brat? He freed his precious pokemon plushie from the useless clothes and put it on his desk, where the brat wouldn't get again.

Since Ace didn't find Perona in the basement, he locked his room and went upstairs to help Sabo. His blonde brother left his own room, as he came. „Did she decorate your Panpour?" „Luckily no. I had him on my bookshelf. So she couldn't get him. But she tried to make my room look more ‚cute'", Sabo said and shivered. „So that does leave only Luffy's room?" „Yep, already searched the bathroom and the room of our parents."

Together they opened Luffy's door carefully. They know that their little brother's room always seemed to be a mess, which sometimes fell on someone if the door was opened. But it didn't happen this time.

„Do you think she is here? This room doesn't look like she tried to make it cute", Ace said. „Perhaps we interrupted her and now she had hidden?", Sabo suggested and shrugged. They didn't have any other choice as to search through the mess.

Well, they thought so. „Are you looking for something?", interrupted them Luffy's voice. Their younger brother stood at the door with Perona on his hip and one arm around her body. Both older brothers looked shocked at the little four-year-old girl. „They are too stupid to play Hide and Seek", Perona said and nibbled on a cookie. Luffy laughed. „Don't be too hard, Perona. They aren't used to play Hide and Seek any longer", his little brother said and patted her head with his free hand.

„Why is she behaving with Luffy?", Sabo wondered. „Because Lu-chan is cool and cute", Perona stated. Luffy just grinned. „I had to babysit her often since she was one year old. Even if I had to call Marco the first time, because she was teething and I didn't know", Luffy grinned at them. „Ne Lu-chan, is Ma-chan coming, too? I want to play with you", Perona said and looked at the younger black-haired boy. „Sorry, little one. You have to play with my older brother Ace until you mommy comes. I promised my best friend Haruta that I'll cheer for her on her fencing tournament and Ma-chan is our driver", Luffy explained with a sorry-smile. It made Perona pouting.

Ace and Sabo shared a glance. What did their little brother do with her to get called Lu-chan? They were mostly called idiots or just stupid.

But their silent communication via glances didn't last long as the doorbell rang. They followed their little brother to the door and let him open the door.

Marco stood there dressed in a warm coat. „Hi, you don't look ready yet. Hurry up, the traffic will only get worse in the next hour, yoi", the blonde said as noticed Luffy's clothes. „Ma-chan", Perona greeted from the boy's arms. A small smile ghosted over Marco's face if Ace had seen it right before he lifted the girl in his arms. „Hi, there little princess. You grew a lot since the last time, I saw you, yoi." „I am four already", Perona stated proudly. „Come in, I'll just get ready really quick", Luffy said and ran up the stairs.

„So you get also along with her? What exactly did you do with her? She decorates our rooms and we are called idiots by her", Ace directly asked as the door was closed behind Marco. The blonde lifted an eyebrow. „Nothing special. Your brother mostly takes care of her, I'll only come by if Luffy doesn't know what is wrong with her or to cook when you two and your parents are away longer, yoi." „Ma-chan is great", Perona cheered, before she turned to Ace and Sabo. „And you are not."

It made Ace somehow feel depressed. This girl really knew how to put someone down a bit.

„I'm ready." Luffy jumped down the stairs and grinned. „Then I guess that means you have to stay with Ace and Sabo, little princess. Be nice to them or they won't let you come over anymore, yoi", Marco said and made a little scolding gesture with his index finger. Perona giggled. „Okay, but only because I want to visit Lu-chan and Ma-chan", the girl promised. „Until next time, Perona", Luffy said and hugged the girl, before Marco gave her to Sabo.

„See you on Saturday. Oyaji invites you to the little party because of the acceptance of Izo to this special acting/design school, he applied for, yoi", Marco waved his hand and left with Luffy who waved at them, before he went back for a short time to give Perona a kiss on the cheek. This let to Marco carrying the boy over his shoulder as they had to hurry to be on time before the traffic made this impossible.

Ace was lucky that Koala sent a message that she would come by later as she had to help her uncle Tiger. So Sabo was with him the whole time. Sure, they both had to watch this cute girly movie nearly three times before Mihawk showed up to take Perona home. But it was better than how it could be if the girl didn't make the promise to Marco.

„Ne, Ace, don't you think that Luffy and Marco some acted like Perona's parents?" „What? Luffy is nothing like Mihawk or this strange hasty-acting person and Marco is perhaps a bit like Mihawk." „No no, not that way. I mean, when they said goodbye it somehow reminded me when we were younger and had to stay with our babysitter, but wanted to go with our parents and well Mum didn't want to go sometimes, too. So dad carried her out laughing." Ace blinked. „Are you saying that you want our baby brother to have a child already?!" Sabo looked shocked at him. „No! Luffy should stay innocent until he is thirty. You misunderstood. I just thought that perhaps Perona behave more around Luffy and Marco because she somehow sees them as her substitutional parents." „Good. That could be possible. So Luffy as the daddy and Marco is the mother-hen?" Sabo laughed. „Possible. Even Marco's nickname sounds close to Mum." „But do we want our baby brother to date someone who is six years older when he is just sixteen?" Both looked at each other. „No, I think he would mostly end up with Haruta or Nami", Ace said. „That would be somewhat too cliche for Luffy as these two are his best friends and we don't know if our baby brother is really interested in girls", Sabo said a little laughing and looked to the ground. „But if he is into boys, well men who are older than him, I hope it is someone like Marco, who is able to keep him out of too much trouble", his blonde brother said. Ace nodded. „Yeah, you are right… but how did we come from a talk about a little brat to Luffy's love life? We know he just loves meat and probably still thinks sex is something to eat."

Both brothers laughed. „So want to watch Die hard until Koala comes, to get the pictures of this movie out of your mind?" „Count me in."