I don't remember if I reacted to the comments from this last chapter already in another story or not, but I would rather answer twice then forget to answer the comments left to me!

Okami06 - Thank you, they are adorable! And yea! It's a lot more motivation to actualy be able to, like now, just write a random chapter without it needing to be in any order. I'm glad people aren't put off by it!

Guest - Very happy to hear you're enjoying it! Ooooh thank you very much! I looked her up, she really has nice video's and explanations too! thank you very much, now I should be able to write some things maybe more how it would be in real life instead of just winging it haha

Witch68 - Nothing will take Ace's brightness away, his smile the sunshine itself even if he can't see it himself! Thank you for the feedback, stubbern Ace definitely wouldn't tell them haha. Thank you very much again, we'll definetly slowly introduce Ace to everyone!

Don't have a specific date how long they've been together, but well, no dog yet haha

"ah!" Ace suddenly sat up in the couch, eyes wide.

"What's wrong Ace?"

"I forgot to order some things online!"

"Huh? We can order it now-yoi? I got my laptop right here." he pointed to the table before he could catch himself. He kept pointing at stuff, Ace couldn't freaking see!

"No time. My brothers will visit tomorrow, delivery here isn't that fast." he sighed as he let himself fall down, "Guess I'll have to apologise to Luffy, I won't have his favourite snacks here or the wine Sabo likes..."

Marco checked the time on his watch, "The shops are still open for an hour or two, we can go right now if you want, I'll drive."

Whining Ace slumped into Marco's side, "I haven't been there in forever, and everything probably changed places, I won't be able to find anything."

"Love...", He started slowly, did Ace really think he would just drop him off and leave him to fend for himself? "I'm here, aren't I? I'll come inside with you."

"Yea, but how will you find it all!" The raven blindly threw his hands in the air to show his distress, "Always switching things from their shelves and making new aisles, you can't keep up."

He took a moment to just blink slowly, "... I ehm... I can see-yoi?", did he really just question himself? "And ehm you know... look around to see where they put whatever you want... find the right aisle name on the displays and such..."

After a second Ace practically gasped as if he's been told world news, "You can see! I forgot! That's brilliant Marco, you're amazing!"

He was a bit stunned when Ace flew around his neck, chest hurling into his shoulder before hands searched for his face and his cheeks were kissed, "Ehm, no problem Ace, it's a pleasure to ehm see."

Giggling Ace gave another kiss before jumping up, making his way to the front door, putting on his jacket and grabbing his cane. Ace turned slightly more to the inside when he was done and Marco could practically see him position himself so he could listen perfectly well inside to figure out what he was doing inside, if he was getting up or not. Which he wasn't and in turn got a little urging from his blind love.

"Marrrrrr, let's go!"

The raven walked back inside, using his cane by reflex even if he didn't need it, until the white tip tapped against his foot and Ace bend down to grab whatever of Marco he could to pull him up. "Shopping!"

Chuckling he let himself be pulled up, "Alright alright, I'm sorry for being slow-yoi, let's go shopping."

With a small cheer Ace was off again to the door, finding Marco's jacket and holding it ready for him. It wasn't long later that they were off and driving to the shop. There was nothing special about the drive, but yet Marco smiled as he watched Ace, the raven always enjoyed rides, having the window slightly open to feel the wind on his face as he looked outside, feeling all the bumps and ridges in the road.

"We're here!"

Laughing Marco pulled into the lot, "We are, you always amaze me that you know."

A bright grin came in return, together with some jazz hands, "magic!"

While they had tried walking around with no cane and only Marco to guide Ace, they opted to still use the cane in the shop today. It would simply be easier so when Marco left Ace's side to grab something, the raven wouldn't be left in the dark.

With Marco pushing the cart, Ace followed beside him and held onto Marco's arm with his right arm while his left scanned the surroundings with the cane. He however got his cane caught multiple times on the wheels of carts or behind the legs of a shelf and the blond saw how his lover became a bit uneasy and didn't move his cane as much as he normally did. So, before they started the next aisle, Marco stopped and gently kissed Ace's cheek, "Love, why don't you push the cart?"

Hazy eyes blinked up in his direction, "I can't Marco, I'll run into everything."

He put a hand on the arm linked in his, "I'm sorry, I meant more like you hold onto the handrails and I'll pull and steer the cart by holding at the front. You can put your cane in the cart."

"I ehm, I don't know... I haven't tried it before."

Lifting Ace's hand he kissed it gently, "I promise we'll go slow, and the moment you say you don't like it we can switch back to you using you cane and me pushing the cart."

A slow nod later, Marco helped Ace get settled, putting the cane in the cart and making sure the raven was standing in the middle of the pushbar and held it with both hands.

He waited a moment as Ace got himself situated, checking himself over and stepping a bit in place. When he stopped, he cradled Ace's cheek so the other knew he would come close and softly kissed his lips, "It will go okay-yoi. Just tell me if you don't like it."

Letting go he took a few steps to the front of the cart and took a hold of it. Slowly he started pulling the cart into the aisle, Ace taking careful steps as they walked in a straight line, they didn't need anything from here so it was a good practice run.

After they tried a turn and it went well, he felt Ace actually started to push the cart himself instead of being pulled along, so without commenting on it he made the pace a bit faster so they were now going at a normal walking pace. His heart warmed as he saw his lover start to smile as they went, seeing him grow more confident. Maybe they should do these outings more often, usually Ace just ordered all the food he needed to his front door, but if this goes well it would be a fun little outing to do every now and then.

"We're almost at the snack aisle so we'll be slowing down-yoi."

"Okay!" Ace smiled and let himself be pulled along a bit more. He giggled when he walked into the railing just barely when they stopped and reached out a hand, Marco instantly stepping closer to take it, "This is a great idea, Marco! I love it!"

"I'm glad" Marco chuckled, "Maybe we can do this more often, going to shop together."

"I would like that, if you don't mind."

A kiss on freckled cheeks quickly followed, "of course I don't mind, I love spending time with you, even if it's to shop for groceries. Now, do you want to try picking the snacks yourself?"

Cutely Ace cocked his head, "how?"

"Well, two options." he smiled, "I can tell you where the snacks are that you want for Luffy and you can try to grab them. I'll say if it's not the correct ones. And, we could do a mystery pick for ourselves. I walk you down the aisle, you can say stop and grab whatever you want."

"Oooooh! That sounds fun!" the raven smiled brightly before scratching his cheek, "but maybe let's not do it with the wine, I don't want to hit down bottles."

Marco nodded along with a chuckle, "I don't think the store would like us then haha. But let's try, we're already right next to the chips you wanted to get for Luffy. Meat flavoured chips-yoi. It's on your left and just a tad above you head. You're about half an arm's length away from the shelves. And don't worry, everything besides it is also just chips so if you knock anything down, nothing will break."

A nervous smiled on his face, Ace turned to the shelf and reached out his hand until he felt the crumbles of foil, slowly patting his way up until there was first an empty space, then the obvious iron shelf itself before once again reaching foil. He grabbed the first one he touched and pulled it off the shelf, the sound of something hitting the ground following not long later, "A-ah Marco, I-"

"It's okay firefly." Marco was already bending down to grab the bag that had fallen down and dropped it in the cart, "Nothing's damaged and besides, your baby brother can eat two bags in one sitting, can't he?"

Chuckling Ace let out a breath of relief that nothing broke before he patted the cart to find the basket of the cart and dropped his bag in, "he can definitely eat two bags, if not more." He then hummed, "oh, we may need to get Sabo something too, but he's fancy, he eats like olives and cheese as a snack."

"We'll make him a little platter with fancy things-yoi" Marco snorted and waited until Ace was holding the cart again to start walking.

Like said before they walked up and down the aisle a few times, Ace randomly choosing some items to snack on, having the time of his life and as a consequence Marco was also having a blast seeing the other so happy. Out of everything Ace picked, they only put one item back that both knew they wouldn't like, so he would definitely call this little mystery grab a success that they could repeat.

Continuing around the shop they got a few more items, not only to make Sabo's little platter and get his wine, but they also grabbed things for themselves to make some meals for the coming days before making their way home.

Knowing the way around there, Ace easily helped carry things inside and put them away before they both went back to cuddling on the couch, still having a bit of time to spend before it would be time to start on dinner.