Hello everyone, here is the next chapter
This is a bit short. Also, do you want a relationship in this? And if yes, which?
Also, I know many hoped for a Transgender Ace story, which this is not. But I have a Transgender Ace story on my page that I am working on right now that's called New Beginnings
Hope you enjoy
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Ace gave a sigh as she stood in her room, looking at herself in the mirror. She had a regular shirt on, and not her binds. She hated how that looked. She liked the binds, but she wasn't allowed to wear them right now, since she had been shot. This would just have to do for now. So, she headed out of her room, wanting to cover herself with her hands, but she needed to do this. She couldn't hide in her room all day either. She thankfully found Deuce quickly, and was around him for most of the day.
But as evening came, she stood out on deck and Thatch moved over to her, before Thatch gave a look to her. "Could you maybe- I don't know- show your mark again?" Ace blinked. He wanted what? "What?" Thatch gave a small shrug. "I mean, you're not wearing your binds for once, maybe just- I don't know- show it again?" Ace wasn't sure what to do. "Why are you so obsessed with seeing it? I don't see your mark every day." Thatch nodded. "I can show it every day, I just need to wear a chef's coat since I am in the kitchen a lot. But I can show it every time I am not. Would you like that?" Ace gave a small shake of her head as she sighed. "No… Or maybe… I just, don't like to wear those clothes." Right now, she regretted not taking the mark on her arm. Why did she have to do her back? She knew this would be a thing. She didn't regret taking the mark, just the placement. Thatch nodded. "I sort of get it. But you do look amazing in them, and we love to see the mark. When I first got mine, I didn't wear a sweater for weeks, maybe months." That she could actually see. "I can.. try, okay? But I make no promises." Thatch nodded quickly. "Of course! I don't make your decisions." That was good, but maybe she should try.
When she got to her room for the night, she went through her closet, taking out everything with an open back, which wasn't much, it was 3 pieces of clothing. 2 shirts and one dress. The dress was an immediate no. So that left the two shirts. One was the one bought, and the other was the one Sabo had made. The one Sabo had made was… okay, but not good. Ace sighed, that left the one that was bought. She would still sleep on it, and see how she felt tomorrow. If she still felt up to doing this, going with that backless shirt. She still couldn't wear her binds. But she guessed she could in a week or two. She looked forward to that.
She then headed to bed. And when she woke up, she gave a sigh, as she felt okay this morning, she moved to take on the backless shirt. She then spent a bit of time just getting her nerves up more, before she moved out. When she got out, she was met with many smiles. And when Thatch saw her, he gave a gasp. "You did it!" Ace gave a small nod. "Yeah…" Thatch frowned a bit. "You don't need to wear it if it's too uncomfortable." Ace blinked, before she sighed. "No, it's okay. I can survive a day." She could, it made the others so happy. Everyone was smiling at her.
When it was lunch, Deuce sat down next to her. "Hey, you look nice!" Ace rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out at Deuce, and Deuce tried to grab it, which had her take it back in her mouth and move backwards. She then looked at Deuce. "My tongue!" Deuce hummed. "One day, I will get it!" Ace shook her head. "No! Never!" Deuce chuckled. Thatch looked at them, him sitting on the other side of the table. "You know, you're really cute together." Ace frowned. "What?" Thatch moved his hand. "You two, you and Deuce, you're cute when you interact." Ace shook her head. "No, we're not." Deuce moved and elbowed her lightly. "We kinda are." Ace sighed. "Fine, maybe we are a bit cute." Thatch hummed. "Not a bit." Deuce hummed. "I kinda agree." Ace rolled her eyes. "You're weird." Deuce just chuckled at that. -x-
Marco gave a hum as he watched Deuce move his arm over Ace's shoulders, the two just coming out of the galley. Ace looked really well when she was around Deuce. He wished she was the same around them, but he guessed they would hopefully get there one day, Ace had been around Deuce a long time, much longer than them. He also liked how Ace looked without her binds, she didn't look as stiff as she did when she used them. It was probably also not good to use them, in case something even close to the incident months ago when she fell in the water, when they found out she was a female.
A few hours later, he turned when someone spoke to his left, seeing Deuce there. "Hey Marco?" Marco nodded. "Yes, yoi?" Deuce sighed. "Can I get out of my duties for the day? Today was really hard for Ace actually and I want to be with her." Marco nodded. "I see. I'll handle it, be with Ace, yoi." Deuce gave a smile. "Thank you, really." Marco nodded and Deuce went off, probably to Ace's room.
The next day, Ace came out with normal clothes on, thankfully no binds, which would be the normal for the next few weeks. When they had passed, Ace used the backless shirt now and then, it was time for her to go back to wearing them, and she had the appointment with Bay tomorrow morning, and he expected she would come out with her binds on after it.
-x-
Ace stood in her room, looking at herself in the mirror, her binds on, for the first time in a small while. but she felt… unsure. As she was standing there, the door opened and Deuce came in. "What are you doing? It is breakfast! You know you need food regularly! Your damn appetite." Ace nodded but looked in the mirror again, turning a bit around. Deuce sighed. "I'll bite, what is wrong?" Ace sighed. "It just… feels wrong." Deuce rolled his eyes as he came in. "You probably made them too tight again! Let me see!" Ace nodded and Deuce walked over to her and he moved a hand to her binds but quickly frowned. "Wait, this isn't too tight." Ace nodded. "I know. I tried tighter, but I felt… like I couldn't breathe." Deuce blinked. "You're telling me you don't want them tighter? Cuz this is really loose compared to normal." Ace nodded. "I know! I don't know why." Deuce frowned. "You… maybe something is still wrong. Maybe Bay should check you again?" Ace gave a breath. "I was there yesterday." Deuce shook his head. "Don't care, go to her!" Ace sighed, and let Deuce follow her to the infirmary, after putting on a shirt.
When they got to the infirmary, Bay frowned at them. "Why back so soon?" Deuce made a motion to her. "Ace feels as if something is wrong when she has her binds on." Bay nodded and asked her to sit in a bed. "You are fully healed. You should feel good." Ace nodded. "I know! But I feel like they are wrong, like constricting me." Bay stopped her check. "Ah. I know what's wrong." Ace nodded. "What? Do I need to go without them again?" Bay hummed. "What are you hoping I would say?" Ace didn't answer, she wasn't sure. Deuce frowned. "You don't want them to be on?" Ace sighed. "I don't know! They feel wrong!" Deuce frowned more and looked at Bay, who clicked her tongue. "What you're feeling is that it is new. You probably started with the binds when you started growing breasts, right?" Ace nodded, she had. Bay nodded as she continued. "It is as when a woman stops wearing a bra for a while. When they then get them on, it feels off. You're feeling the same with your binds." Ace blinked. "What?" Deuce frowned a bit. "So, she just feels off? Since her binds are on her?" Bay nodded.
Deuce looked at Ace. "Maybe this can be the time you change." Ace frowned. "What?" Deuce shook his head a bit. "You always said you feel better with them on, naked without them. But now they feel weird on you. This is a sign, Ace. Go without them." Ace looked at Deuce. "I don't want to go without them!" Deuce shook his head. "Then fine, go with them. Go on feeling like you're choking for all I care." Ace gave an irritated breath and turned her head a bit, looking at the wall, before she looked back at Deuce. "Fine! You win!" Deuce smiled and Ace sighed. Deuce was right. She should try at least.
They then headed out of the infirmary and Ace went to grab some more decent clothes, and when she got back out on deck, Marco gave a curious look at her. "I thought you were cleared today, yoi?" Ace sighed. "Yeah, I am cleared." Marco frowned a bit, and Deuce smiled. "They feel weird on her, so she's not wearing them today." Ace sighed. "Just for today." Marco nodded. "Good." Marco then went over the day's duties, and they took a couple of them, of course together. A few did comment on the fact she was without her binds, and she just brushed them off. She would wear them again tomorrow, she was sure of it.
-x-
Marco hummed when they had docked and Shanks was on the island, probably here for Ace, about quarter of a year had passed. He guessed he wanted to check on her, even though it hadn't been half a year, he would see how Ace took it, who came out after a bit, and Shanks blinked when he saw Ace, who was without her binds, which had been the last 2 weeks. "Hey, how did you know I was coming?" Ace shrugged. "I didn't." Shanks blinked, before he looked at Deuce. "I am confused." Deuce smiled. "She's not wearing them anymore." Shanks blinked, before he looked at the raven haired woman, who gave a breath. "I am not. But just for now!" Ace added the last part before Shanks could speak, and the other captain nodded. "Okay, sure, great. Now, let's go!" Ace gave a breath, not seeming the happiest, and he was about to speak when Ace did, pointing at the red-haired captain. "No clothes! No makeup! No braids!" Shanks hummed. "Not promising anything!" Ace gave a groan, but did still go with Shanks and they headed off the boat.
Marco hoped Ace would be fine, but he knew Shanks wouldn't hurt her, he meant Ace's best, even though he had a bit of a weird way of expressing it. But it would help her hopefully in the long run.
And that's the chapter, hope you enjoyed
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