Chapter 6
Ace's POV
I couldn't take it. It was taking too long. How long does it take to eat food?! No, Luffy has to be finished eating by now.. so why is he not here next to me? For all I know, Zoro could be... blah. I don't wanna think about it...
I was getting impatient, tapping my foot quickly. I started thinking about when me and Luffy were little; when Luffy would always try to beat me up. He was so cute as he pouted after easily getting beaten by me. I managed to smile on the inside, but my body wouldn't copy. I was still a little bit worried for my bro. And then Sanji came up behind me and put a hand on my shoulder.
I jumped, and clutched my chest as if I was having a heart attack while he just laughed his ass off. After I recovered from my near-death scare, Sanji decided to tease me, saying "Is Ace getting jealous of the marimo~?"
I scowled and gave him a glare and replied in a venom-y tone, "Why would I be?" Geez. Am I literally that jealous? I guess I didn't realize how much Luffy meant to me..
"Just calm down. Zoro's too awkward to even do anything to the captain. And Luffy... Well, he's Luffy. He wouldn't know how, and wouldn't be brave enough, either. So they'll be back down shortly," the cook said as he put out his cigarette and scratched the back of his neck.
"You're right.." I sighed, not knowing anything else to say that wouldn't sound like I was madly in love with my brother.
Sanji must've been able sense that I was still a bit worried, so he sat down next to me and pushed me onto my back. He crawled up onto me, and pressed his lips to mine. I was flailing my arms and running around on the inside, not knowing what the hell was going on. The blonde pulled away and pinned down my arms.
"Don't go freaking out and punch me. That would not be too good for my beautiful face~" he said as he flipped his hair and laughed. " I get what you're feeling right now,but.. it's kinda weird to see your flame die down... So just do whatever you want, as long as it helps you stop worrying bout that stupid grass-head."
"I see how it is," I stated, sounding a bit glum. "So you don't actually have a crush on me or anything.. how dissapointing~! I've always wanted a fanboy~" I said this as I wiggled around, acting like a spoiled girl who didn't get her way. "Oh well, since we're here, I can't let you down. Your pants are trying to tell me that you're actually a bit turned on, ne?"
Sanji looked down at his pants. 'He really hadn't already noticed?' I thought as he immediately blushed, and shook his head like he could shake off the color. I think he hangs around girls too much. He's starting to act like one.
"It's hard to make your body lie about its feelings, ya know?" I said, laughing at Sanji's embarassed expression. He gave me a helpless glare and I just grinned. I sat up with him on my lap and began to lick and kiss his neck, making him freak out.
"Ace, w-what're you doing?" he asked, trying to hide his blushing face with a hand.
"You said I could do anything, didn't you?" I pointed out with a fake smirk. Geez, I really don't wanna do this right now... I'm not in the mood..
He only had time to let out a slight sigh before my lips took his again. It seemed like ages went by as we continued, before he got 'really tired' and fell asleep. Nah, more like I didn't want it to turn into anything else, so I punched his lights out before I walked up to the grassy main deck.
I looked around, seeing that all the crew members were gathered there. My face crept into a questioning look, and then I shrugged. Wouldn't they usually all be in different places, doing different stuff? ...Why are they randomly gathered?
The crew looked over and saw me walking towards them, and waved at me. I waved back, and ran over to them. We then talked for a little while, laughing and telling stories, but came to an odd silence.. So then I asked them, "What's going on? Why are you all up here?"
"We're not really sure. All we know is that Luffy asked us all to gather here a few minutes ago. We don't know anything else, but I hope it's gonna be SUUUUPER~," Franky said, striking his usual pose. I had to laugh at this. But really... what's going on?
Then Nami just had to remind me. "Where's Sanji-kun?" She asked me, grinning for some reason that I'm a bit afraid of.
I just scratched my neck and responded, "He's taking a nap..."
Ace's POV continued
Next thing we knew, Luffy and Zoro were standing in front of us. Luffy just had a blank look on his face as he tightly held Zoro's hand. It appeared that the rest of the crew had the same blank look. It was almost comical. There was a long and awkward silence before Luffy decided that he would speak to us, well, more ask a question.
"Where's Sanji?" He had asked no one in particular, tilting his head to the side with a very confused look.
"Taking a nap, according to Ace," Nami said, shooting me a half-glare, half-skeptical look. I raised my hands in front of me to say, 'Calmmm down~' and then sighed, putting my hat on my head.
"Hmpf.. great timing, stupid eyebrow," Zoro mumbled, obviously a bit annoyed with Sanji, as always.
That's when I noticed that Luffy was wearing Zoro's black bandanna. Hmpf. That's a little weird, but whatever. I was a little bit nervous and noticed that Luffy was holding onto Zoro's arm like he used to do to me when he was scared. Well, that was years and years ago. But still, it made me a bit jealous just looking at them... but I became really curious as to what he was up to. We all looked at each other with curious expressions and then we all looked back at Luffy when he got our attention.
"Minna," Luffy said loudly, "Say hi to my new brother, Roronoa D. Zoro."
...What the hell, Luffy...?
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