Can it be true? Did I just rise out of the depths of Xibalba [Mayan Underworld… I've been watching El Dorado... fite me] But yes! I am here and I finally finished this addition to the Superhero AU! I was gonna get started on something and realized that I needed this done first. Anywho, this one's prompt is:

'You're my arch nemesis but our best friends are dating…I guess I'll play nice in civvies, for now' AU

Obviously I'm altering this, since I couldn't figure out a way that MAS would date when I see Ace and Marco as Sabo's best friends, other than Koala of course, and with Marco, Ace, Sabo, and his siblings are his best friends, and yeah the three of them are their own best friends in this AU. So I figure I can combine this with the last drabble of the double date idea! Thus LawLu was introduced.

Please be warned I no longer know how to LawLu, but I did have a wonderful friend help me out, so shoutout to Shishiswordsman for the LawLu help. Also all mistakes are my own, and with all this said, Enjoy!~

The tension between three of the five patrons sitting in a booth of The Baratie was thick, enough so that Marco thought that if he was to get a knife, it would actually poke through something and hover in the air. Then again it most likely could, seeing as to how Super's and Villains alike visited this particular spot.

A quick glance around the restaurant proved that Sabo wasn't the only hero around, Sabo could possibly identify them better seeing as to how the community shared their alter-persona's from time to time, but Marco only speculated and was often right according to Ace. How Ace found out the identities of the other Hero's, Marco could only guess, not that he condoned it, he was a 'Villain' by nature.

Speaking of Villains, there were a few there too, people that Ace and Sabo had warned Marco to stay away from because of their notoriety, not that they messed with Marco since it was no longer a secret that he was with both Ace and Sabo after the newspaper incident. But that was beside the point right now, at the moment, there was a much more interesting story that any reporter would kill in order to cover.

Decorated Hero of the city Blue Rebel and clever yet laid back Villain Spade were both on the same team, working together to defeat a common enemy: The infamous Surgeon and current terrorizer of the underworld, Law Trafalgar. And the reason for their momentary truce was also sitting at the table, seemingly oblivious to the war that was being waged in his name.

Luffy was shoving bread stick after breadstick into his mouth as Ace narrowed his gray eyes on the man before them, his glass of water steaming in his hands. Marco wondered for a brief moment how long the water would last until it was evaporated and then how much time it would take for the glass itself to start melting, or alternatively how much pressure could it handle before it shattered? Apparently not wanting to find out, Sabo placed a hand on Ace's to warn him of what would happen should he burst into flames, again. That is, unless he wanted another fire extinguisher surprise to happen.

"So." Sabo's smile was chilling, Marco wasn't even on the receiving end of that cheshire grin and he could still feel the intensity of it.

It wasn't that Sabo looked menacing by any means, Sabo was just… intimidating–when he wanted to be. Sabo had a kind and pleasant air around him both when he played civilian and when he was a Hero, it was part of his abilities, Marco had learned that Sabo was highly empathic and yet the opposite of an empath, a Pathokinetic he had called it. Sabo was able to read emotions in an instant and in turn alter them.

It hadn't made sense to Marco at first, when he had learned that the Blue Rebel was Spade's nemesis, since the latter favored fire based attacks and could actually turn himself into flames in order to avoid most if not all of the damage. And then it clicked for Marco, with Sabo's manipulation of emotions he could calm down anyone, even Ace, who's flames burned hotter with his emotions. And once Ace was 'calm', Sabo could use his honed skills in hand to hand and keep Ace from turning into fire. This of course wasn't to say that Ace was then completely defenseless without his flames, Ace could brawl with the best of them, but then again what did you expect from the man who grew up with Garp the Fist?

"How did you two meet?"

"Oh! Didn't I tell you, I was at the meat shop, you know the one in the middle of the Archipelago district, Kidd was there too! Started punching…" the boy got distracted when a new basket of breadsticks was brought over. "Oh! Coby, shishishi, he tried to stop Kidd from robbing the place, but Kidd wasn't having it so I had to beat up Kidd to protect the meat and then Torao came in and took Kidd away but he gave me this grumpy look before he left."

Marco blinked for a moment, his low lidded eyes actually opening marginally larger, because… honestly should he be surprised? This was Luffy they were talking about, the kid wasn't going to give them a tear jerker of a story, or even one that had them cringing from the sap. No, Marco should have expected nothing more than something average and completely unromantic from Luffy, who apparently met his boyfriend in a meat shop and during a brawl. Marco snorted in amusement, Luffy probably thought that that was romantic in his own special way.

And a sideways glance showed that Ace and Sabo thought the same thing if Sabo's suddenly more friendly smile and the water in Ace's glass reaching it's boiling point were any indication.

Before Marco could clear his throat, Sabo's smooth and dangerous voice stopped him, "I see, and what lead you to pursue our little brother, Law-San?"

The golden eyes that had previously been in a somewhat bored stare down with Ace shifted over to Sabo and immediately went cold, leaving Marco to wonder if the Surgeon was aware of Sabo's patheokinetic ability. Because as far as Marco knew, only he and Ace were aware of just what his power was capable of, the rest of the world assumed that he was the sort to null powers.

"His charming personality." Law deadpanned and for a moment it seemed that the world was silent as tension rose even higher.

"Charming you say, in what way?" Sabo continued in his too polite voice.

Though it looked like Ace had had enough of the idle chit chat and made it known when the water all but turned to steam, completely evaporating from the glass and steaming up the booth and making Marco lean away from the heat source that became Ace whilst simultaneously reaching for the pocket sized fire extinguisher he tended to carry ever since the last incident at the bank.

"Come on Trafalgar, what about this is charming?!" Ace blurted out and gestured over to his younger brother who currently had five breadsticks shoved into his mouth, trying to chew through all five of them at the same time.

Marco raised a brow, because honestly, did Ace have any room to judge? Since he did practically the same thing.

"Actually Acey." Marco slid into the conversation not only in hopes of calming Ace and lowering the temperature in the booth, but also to get a small point across. "Though I can't speak for Law, I don't seem to remember disliking you in the same compromising action, yoi" Marco left out the fact that they both adored Sabo when he imitated a chipmunk, though definitely saved it in case it was needed.

"T-that's different!" Ace spluttered, heat rising to his cheeks and bringing fire to spark over his blushing features.

"Marco, love, please refrain from setting Acey on fire, and as for you." Sabo's eyes slid back to Law after he settled a hand on Ace's own and calmed the freckled Villain, significantly changing the temperature in the booth.

"Why don't we skip the pleasantries." Law finally spoke up, his tone no longer sounding bored but challenging, enough so that Sabo lost his smile for a moment, his face becoming that serious one that even Ace paused to look at and made Luffy set his bread down.

"I understand that as an older brother you want to protect Luffy, but fact of the matter is Luffy and I are dating. And as long as he allows it to be so, I will do my best to–" Marco saw the exact moment where his emotions caught up with him and made him lose his nerve, a small hint of rose lighting his cheeks even in the low lighting of the Baratie.

"To?" Ace and Sabo asked in unison.

"Shishishi, cut it out Bo, you too Ace. Torao's great, he even shares his bread with me, see!"

"That's only because he hates bread, Lu." Ace's remark was just above a sneer and even Marco had to wince at the animosity that wasn't being sent his way but in Law's.

"No you don't understand Acey." Luffy interjected stopping even Sabo from speaking up next. "It isn't about the bread, though I have to admit it's pretty great not having to share the garlic bread and I get all the pizza crusts, and pies, and cakes, and muffins, and–"

"I'm pretty sure there's a point you're trying to make Lu?" Sabo asked just as Luffy started to compile a list of all his food related benefits in the situation.

"Ah right, shishishi, this isn't about the food, though that part something but the meat place isn't the only place we hung out at, there was also the time with the movies, the boat, the pier, oh and that one time with the clothes. But anyway, I like Torao and he likes me, isn't that enough?"

"You'd think so wouldn't you, yoi." Marco hummed, studying his boyfriends since there was a key term that was surely to get noticed by the two.

"Clothes," and there it was, leave it to the duo to be stuck on that detail."I'm sorry Trafalgar-San, why did our darling little brother mention 'the time with the clothes?"

Marco was about to chime in with 'it was probably a misunderstanding when Ace slammed his palms against the table and rose to his full height in the booth looming over the golden eyed Surgeon.

No sooner was Ace standing when Marco heard the tell-tale sound of fwoom. Marco gulped as the temperature in the booth rose higher than it had before, it really was a good thing that he had brought the pocket sized fire extinguishers, because the way that Ace was flaming was definitely not good.

"You better start running Surgeon, Sabo may not be able to raise a hand on you in public because of his little rules, but I can." Ace threatened, the edges of his flames turning a menacing blue.

"And what makes you think you can go against me and live, Portgas-ya?" the words were spoken calmly, but there was no mistaking the dangerous tone in them. Law took his own stand and in a bold move leaned in to challenge Ace, Marco's mouth opened to stop the man. But it seemed that Luffy was more prepared than he.

"Ace we're gonna get kicked out by Zeff if you burn down the Baratie again." the youngest brother warned and in a rare show of carefulness, he pulled Law back a few inches to keep him from being burned by the living fire that was Ace.

"We did laundry and Torao helped me figure out the portions with the detergent. Can't you guys just give him a chance?"

Ace was still glaring at the taller man with narrowed eyes when Sabo sighed and reached out to calm down the raging inferno that was Ace. "Fine. Ace I think Luffy is right, we haven't been very fair here. Everyone deserves a chance, so how about this Law-San. We will play nice as civilians, but don't think we won't come after you if you happen to misstep. Especially as the Surgeon, I believe you have just met your two new nemesis'."

Law backed off a moment after Ace was reeled in and nodded, "I can agree to this, Sabo-ya."

Marco was actually pretty surprised things were ending fairly peacefully, maybe there really wasn't too much animosity between the three as he had thought, despite Ace's glare and Sabo's smile. But then again, the night really wasn't over.

"How about I buy you a drink Law?" Marco offered and mentally added, you're really gonna need it, yoi.

And there you have it!

I didn't entirely mean for Marco to be the sole POV, he just sorta happened what with being the impartial observer but it worked out and yes his thoughts also have a verbal tic!~

Please let me know what you think? Also, I hope to have a new installment like in like soon-ish so ^^ look forward to that!