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This is how Luffy found out
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Ace was nervous, he was a wreck. He knew what he needed to do, if he didn't do it, Sabo would. He needed to tell Luffy. If he had to choose between telling Luffy himself or Sabo doing it, he would want to do it himself. He didn't know why, but that seemed the best. So, he moved over to the couch, sitting down on it, next to Luffy. "Hey, Lu?" He started, making Luffy hum as he was looking at something he didn't really care about to see what it was. He was scared to have eye contact with Luffy right he needed to try.
Ace took a breath. "Have you ever… felt pain in your heart? In your chest?" Luffy gave a small hum. "I don't think so…" Luffy's face then frowned, turning to look at him. "Have you?" Ace opened his mouth, on his way to answer, when he didn't know what to say, so he closed it again, before he tried again. "At times." Luffy frowned more as he looked worried. "Why?" Yes, why did he feel like this? There were people who had it a lot worse than him. Why was he so special? Why did he feel like this? "I don't know…" Luffy still had the frown and worried look. "What can I do to help?" Ace closed his eyes. Luffy wanted to help, Luffy was so good, so perfect, so innocent. He didn't want to ruin that. He opened his eyes when he felt Luffy move a hand to his face. "Ace? Why are you telling me this?" Ace took a deep breath, this was it.
"I don't know what to do when I feel like that, I don't know how to make the pain stop. So I need a pain that I can control." Luffy frowned in confusion. "But you can't control pain?" That wasn't true, he could control this pain, he controlled it, he chose it and it always went away and made things a bit easier afterwards. Ace took another deep breath. "If you… hurt yourself… you control that pain." Luffy frowned, before he looked shocked and worried. "You… you hurt yourself?" Ace gave a small nod, he felt really low and ashamed right now. Luffy's face somehow managed to frown even more. "But… why?" Ace moved a hand to his chest. "Because, it helps the pain I have here." Luffy shook his head a bit. "But you can't hurt yourself! It's not good!" Ace knew that, but he didn't know what to do. "Can…" Started Luffy in a small voice. "Can I see?"
Ace closed his eyes, this was what he was scared about, Luffy wanting to see. But he felt he couldn't say no, so he slowly nodded and moved his sleeves up. He didn't dare to look at Luffy as he showed them, not wanting to see the look Luffy had, sure he would feel worried and bad and probably even mad. But after a few seconds, Luffy spoke. "Why are there butterflies on your arm?" Ace blinked. Right, he had forgotten about them. "Sabo made them, so I wouldn't kill them." Luffy stared at him, before he gave a gasp. "I wanna make some too!" Ace blinked. Luffy did? "O- okay." Luffy was already off half through the word, running to get a marker, and he started to make butterflies on his arms too. They weren't as neat as Sabo's, but they were nice, and they meant a lot to him. His brothers cared for him.
When Luffy had made 4, he moved to look at his work, before he nodded and moved to hug him. "Please don't kill them! I don't want that." Ace nodded, feeling tears in his eyes as he hugged Luffy back. "I won't, I will try not to." He felt Luffy nod. "Good, cuz I love you, Ace. You're my brother." Ace hugged Luffy tighter. He loved Luffy, he loved him so much, him and Sabo. He could never leave them. He had the butterflies to prove they loved him. He just wished they would stay.
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