Dangerous Charm
Marco/Izou
Chapter 6 : The End
Ace giggled when his brother had finished his 'erotic scene' with Izou, nudging Thatch who was sweating and being a bit awkward. They came back for a while, and Ace heard a loud moaning from Izou, so he went upstairs to see what he was doing. Thatch sighed and walked away, but Ace pulled him back "Hey. What's wrong?"
"Nope." Thatch muttered, averted his eyes from his brother.
"You want some fun, hah?" Ace asked with a grin, but Thatch shrugged, didn't reply and walked away again. Ace crossed his arms around his chest, deep in thought.
A few seconds later, Ace heard someone was stepping in the room and opened the door. He turned back and saw Marco. "Hey, bro!" He shouted cheerfully, his voice caught Thatch's attention and came back to Ace.
"When did you come back? So noisy." Marco complained. His hair was messed.
"Hah! Umm...We arrived here when I had heard you both were having fun together." He said playfully with his mischievous eyes, and then nudging Marco with his elbow. "Look like you go hard on him, bro!"
Marco hiccupped. His face turned red in embarrassment, and was redder when he had seen Thatch was standing behind Ace quietly. "Stop talking in such a topic!"
"Well, Ace. Leave him alone. He needs to rest." Thatch said faintly with weird smile, pulling Ace with him. "Don't forget to have dinner with us, kay?"
"Thanks, Thatch." Marco smiled faintly and closed the door. He saw Izou was sitting on bed with sleepy look. His hair was messed like Marco's. "You're woken too?" Izou nodded, and Marco chuckled, turned off the lights again. "Sorry for my brothers."
"No problem." He laid on bed again, looked up at Marco who was sitting beside him.
"I love the way you moan."
Izou flinched, never expected that words from Marco. "W-Why?"
Marco shrugged, leaning to kiss Izou's lips and whispered. "I want to hear it from you many times."
"Aww...Marco. Are you obsessed with me?" Izou giggled, playing his fingers on another man's lips.
"So addictive." Marco kissed Izou's hands softly, and then lying on bed, sending warmth to Izou.
The sunshine was lovely and friendly, so Whitebeard was sitting on a rocking chair with a cup of coffee. He loved every time he shared with his family, enjoyed laughing with his sons. There were many good memories. He put his cup on the garden coffee table beside him, smiled to himself happily.
-I have my beloved family. My sons are happy with their lives.- He looked at the blue sky and the waved from where he was, slightly rocked in the chair. -Marco met his true love. Ace and Thatch are fine.- He sighed and smiled brightly for the last time. -I'm pretty old and my last day is coming. My sons, I'm sure you can live without me.- Whitebeard closed his eyes with a little smile on his lips and fell asleep...forever. The good memories were left behind.
News of Whitebeard's death spread all over the world. Many people shocked with the bid news they got, and many people were discussing about what Whitebeard's sons were doing about their business.
Marco, Ace, Thatch and Izou were in the huge sadness. They stood together in front of their beloved old man's grave. Tears not only filled their eyes but also flowing in their hearts. All of happiness their shared played in their minds like a movie that met its tragic ending.
Ace tried his best not to let out loud crying. He realized the day he met his old man was sleeping in the rock chair. That time he thought his pops was napping but when he had tried to wake him up, his pops didn't react. So, Ace hugged him tightly like he usually did before and felt that his pops' heart didn't beat. He shocked, and then called Marco and Thatch for help, and they sent him to the hospital. However, Whitebeard was gone forever with a smile on his face. He'll never come back.
Izou looked at Marco with tears and saw his lover was trying not to cry. He made promise with the Whitebeard's grave in his mind. -I promise you. I'll take care of Marco and everyone. Please don't worry with us.- Tears fell down to his cheeks after finished promising.
I was hard to believe and no one wanted to know it was real. Marco looked up to the sky and imagined he saw his pops was above all of them and smiled brightly from the heaven. Everyone followed Marco and then found their tears flowing out continuously.
The days slowly passed. Marco, Thatch and Ace had to take care of their business since Whitebeard died. Everything were hard from the start, but became easier when they had more experience. Izou helped them everything he could do, and Marco was very proud of him.
The following night, Thatch brought the big news to his family. "Do you guys know that 'the pink bird' will be excuted?"
Everyone looked at Thatch with curious eyes. Marco bowed his eyebrows and thinking about...bird. "You said 'pink bird'?"
"Yep"
"Oh...I realize this." Izou said, widened his eyes.
"Do you mean...umm...flamingo?" Ace asked. He seemed to forget the name.
"Doflamingo! Yes!" Marco shouted loudly that made his brothers flinched in shock. Izou giggled with Marco's expression and nodded in agreement with the correct name.
"Yeah...that jerk." Thatch said with smirk. "He finally met his end."
Marco smirked with Thatch's words, and then glanced at Izou. "I'll never forget him."
"Hmm? What are you talking about?" Izou asked and blinked his eyes.
"At least, he helps me find my true love." Marco pulled Izou to hug, whispered in ears. "Thanks to him for sending you to our family."
"Aww...I realize that mission." Izou muttered, pulled himself back and smiled. "I think I have to thank you all." He walked to Thatch and Ace, and then gave them a hug. Ace laughed happily and patted Izou's back a few times while Thatch hugged him back with red face.
Marco had to go abroad for managing the business, so he had to leave Izou with his brothers. Izou was working normally and in the afternoon, he saw someone looked familiar while relaxing in the coffee shop. That person had red hair, and was stepping slowly to Izou.
Before Izou could think of looking away, the red hair man waved to him. "Hi! I'm happy to see you again, Izou."
"Shanks." Izou muttered in his throat and blinked unbelievingly. -How could it be? Why?-
"Can I join you?"
"Uh...I gotta go."
"No. Don't lie to me." Shanks said, let a handsome smile to finish Izou, but another man mere looked at him.
-Wait! Or he knew that Marco was going abroad? Hell no!- Izou clenched his fist that made Shanks opened his mouth in curiosity.
"Whoa...What's wrong?" He not only asked but also touched Izou's fist and opened it without asking.
"FUCK YOU!" Izou slapped the table and shouted at his face, didn't mind his manner anymore. He was afraid that Shanks might woo him again.
Shanks flinched and stepped backward. People in the coffee shop looked at them and whispered something to eachother.
"Go away! I don't want to see you!" Izou stood up, pointed at the door, but Shanks still standing there and calm.
"Don't be so mad." Shanks tried to cool Izou down, didn't care other people here. Izou crossed his arms around his chest, frowning.
"Don't mess with him." Someone said sternly and was stepping to them. "He's in relationship with my brother."
"Thatch!" Izou called him happily, felt better to have him beside his side and forced Shanks back.
"Well, Izou. Who's he?" Thatch pointed his thumb to Shanks, and Izou shook his head. "I don't know him."
Shanks felt like he was slapped among the crowd. This was very embarrassing. "How could you say you don't know me?"
"I really don't know you." Izou replied and walked away with Thatch. "Let's go, Thatch."
Shanks gritted his teeth, looked at Izou walking out. He tried to calm down and brought back his smile. -It's not the last chance.- He sighed. -Maybe next time.-
"Thank you a lot, Thatch." Izou said with an attractive smile on his face.
"No problem." Thatch smiled back, driving to the tower he worked. "Why did you go to that coffee shop? It's so far."
"In the morning, I had to do some stuffs around there."
"Umm...Are you tired now?" Thatch looked at Izou, sent warm eyes to him.
"No. I'm not. Thanks."
"So will you go back home or come with me?"
Izou was thinking for a while, and then gave the answer Thatch wanted to hear. "I'll go with you. I don't want to be at home without anyone."
"Yeah." Thatch muttered, smiled brightly to himself.
Izou was reading books in Thatch's personal room in the office. He sat comfortably on a sofa, didn't know that someone looked at him many times. It was Thatch. He did his paperwork and enjoyed glancing to Izou for a few seconds, and then continued working again.
"Izou." Thatch called another man on the sofa.
Izou looked up from a book to see him. "Yes?"
"It's pretty late. Let's go home."
"Oh...Okay." He smiled, stood up and walked to the shelves.
Thatch looked at him from behind and decided to say something he couldn't keep it a secret any longer, although it was not good if he said. "Izou, I have something to..." He paused, wasn't sure for saying it out.
Izou turned to see him with curiosity in his eyes. "What's that?"
Thatch didn't reply but walked slowly to Izou. "I..." He averted his eyes from another man in front of him, and then placed a kiss on Izou's lips. Izou opened his eyes wider with surprise.
Thatch quickly moved out and met Izou's shocking look. "Thatch..." Izou stepped backward and his back was against the bookshelves. Thatch couldn't say anything. He looked into Izou's eyes with apologies. "Why?" Izou shortly asked him and strongly glared at him.
"I-I'm sorry Izou, but I..." Thatch hardly took a deep breath, and then expressed his feeling to Izou. "...I...love you." He muttered.
-He loves me?- Izou was quiet for a while, still glaring at him. "Are you kidding me?" Izou asked. He hoped that was a joke, and he could laugh loudly along with Thatch, but Thatch shook his head.
"No. I'm not. I really love you." Izou's face was pale with shock. He couldn't believe this. "I'm really sorry, Izou. I try not to fall for you but...I fail. And, I...I can't remember when I was falling for you." Thatch told Izou with sadness in his eyes. He knew that Izou was in love with Marco, his brother, and he wanted them to be happy together. However, love is love.
"You know...I'm with Marco. I'll never cheat on him."
"I know. Please, don't cheat on him. He's my brother." Thatch said sadly. "I hope Marco and you are happy together."
Izou sighed. He had never thought Thatch loved him like Marco did. "What should I do?" Izou muttered to himself, sending warm eyes to Thatch, expressed sympathy for him.
Thatch smiled faintly and shook his head. "Just forget it."
"..."
"I'll never betray my family." Thatch brought back his happy face, stepped away from Izou a little bit. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
"Thatch." Izou called him softly, and then sent him a warm smile. "Thank you for everything."
"No big deal." He said, continued packing his stuffs before went home. "And don't worry about that brat. I'll finish him off if he made you annoyed again."
Izou realized that in the afternoon he just met Shanks at the coffee shop. He totally forgot it. "Yeah. Thanks." He giggled and followed Thatch to go back home.
Marco had arrived home in the evening after he went abroad for many days. He knew from Thatch that Shanks came back to flirt Izou, looked for Izou in Thatch's office tower and tried to take him out, but Thatch could take care of him although it caused him a headache many times.
Marco hugged Izou tightly, kissed him for the first time since he wasn't home. Tahtch smiled in a corner of the room, hiding his sadness inside. Ace hugged both Marco and Izou deadly and laughing cheerfully.
"I miss you so much, bro!" He said, let them go and patted Marco's shoulder. "You look tired." Marco nodded. He was really exhausted.
"You should take a shower and go to bed very soon." Izou said. "I don't want to see you faint."
"Haha...Yes, honey." Marco said and pulled him to hug again.
Ace crossed his arms around his chest and grinned. "Again. You two."
"Don't bother them." Thatch walked out from the corner and looked at the couple with a faint smile.
The next day in the morning, someone rang a doorbell many times. Ace looked out the window and saw red-haired man standing there with a huge red rose bouquet. "Marco! Thatch! Come here."
A few seconds later, Marco ran into him, and Thatch walked to him with a pan in his hand. He was busy with cooking because the cook they hired quit his job after Whitebeard's death.
"What, Ace?" Marco asked, raised his eyebrows. Ace pointed at the man who looked familiar.
"Again?" Thatch shook his head in annoyance.
"Shanks. What the hell is he doing?" Marco muttered, and then opened the door, walked slowly to him.
Ace looked at Thatch, another man shook his head and went back to the kitchen. "Marco can handle him." He said. "You should hurry, Ace. Don't you have meeting today?" Ace nodded and closed the door. Then he saw Izou was walking downstairs.
"Good morning." He smiled at Ace and looked around. "Marco?"
"He's at the fence gate but...oh! Izou, don't go out this time. Please wait." Thatch shouted from the kitchen while cooking.
"Why?"
"Shanks comes here." Ace whispered. "Marco is dealing with him."
"Again?" Izou sighed, and then went to help Thatch cooking.
"Why are you standing here in front of my house?" Marco asked Shanks, scratched back of his neck to calm himself down, but another man stayed silent. "Hey, say something."
Shanks didn't replied but gave the bouquet to Marco. "Huh?" Marco looked at it curiously. "Do you want to give it to Izou? He's MY lover! Don't you understand?" Shanks sighed, and sincerely told Marco something. Marco's eyes widened while he listened to another man.
A few minutes later, Shanks left and Marco received the bouquet from him with unbelievingly look in his eyes. He walked into the house again and saw Thatch was serving breakfast.
"What's that, Marco?" He asked, pointed at the bouquet and tilted his head. Marco gave it to him without explaining. Thatch received it and asked again. "I don't understand. Doesn't he want to give it to Izou?"
Marco shook his head and slowly sat on a chair. "He told me to give it to you."
"Hahhh?!" Thatch's eyes opened wide with shock. "What did you just say?!"
"He told me to give it to you!" Marco repeated his words and chuckled with his brother's reaction.
Thatch frowned, slammed the bouquet on the floor. "What an insult! He couldn't win Izou's heart, so he changes his mind and tried to come on to me? I'm just a bodyguard when you were going abroad!"
"He must have his own reasons." Marco said with a smirk. "It's weird. Why don't you ask him?"
Thatch sighed. "I don't like him. I don't wanna see his face. We all don't like him, do we? Why should I care?"
Marco nodded in agreement. "He should go to see doctor soon."
"You're right. He's absolutely crazy." Thatch looked at the bouquet on the floor, and then called everyone to meal.
They were chilling at their backyard together.
"Yes?" Marco looked up to Izou. Although time flew by so fast, Izou didn't change. He still looked attractive and was cross-dressed as ever.
"Do you have some free time tomorrow?"
"Hmm?" Marco bowed his eyebrows in curiosity, and then laughed when he had known what Izou was talking about. "Izou, I know tomorrow is our 7th anniversary. I have time for you. Don't worry, honey." Izou smiled at him sweetly, very impressed with Marco.
Marco sat up and pulled Izou to kiss under the stars. They smiled to eachother, and heard Thatch was calling them to meal. Izou giggled and stood up, walking with Marco, and saw Thatch's wife cheerfully waved at them. She had arrived home for a while. Izou gave her a friendly hug while Marco smiled behind him. Ace was the only one who didn't get married because he enjoyed working and having fun with his family.
Everyone sat around the table, and Ace was pouring wine for everyone.
"I can't have it, thanks." Thatch's wife said with smile.
"Huh? Why? Take it a little." Ace tilted his head in curiosity and turned to ask Thatch with his eyes.
"Yeah. She can't have it." Thatch said cheerfully. Marco and Izou looked at eachother. They were curious with their brother's words.
"I'm pregnant." She shyly said, and Thatch smiled sweetly to her.
"Wow!" Ace shouted with excitement while Marco laughed and clapped his hands.
"Congrats! I'll be an uncle." Izou said cheerfully. His cheeks were red with happiness.
"Our family is bigger now!" Ace screamed out, and Thatch joined him.
This night was filled with laughter and happiness. Hopefully, Whitebeard was looking at them from the heaven and being happy.
The End
I worked really hard on this 'Dangerous Charm' and I'm very proud with it. Now it's time to end this story.
Well, thank you for reading my 'first' fanfiction. Although you guys are very quiet, I'm very glad that you read my story. XD This may be the last fic of mine because I'm not sure I should work on another story or not.
However, thank you, thank you, and thank you all of you! Maybe I could see you guys again.
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