Hello everyone, here is the next chapter
This is a bit of this and that
There is also no smut (sorry), but the next one will, this might also not be the most interesting chapter, but I hope it is okay. The next chapter will be better
Hope you enjoy
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Ace sat in the living room, watching TV as evening came, and when there was an ad break, Marco gave a hum, looking at him. "Ace, I want to ask you something and you can say no, yoi. Don't be afraid to say no." Ace nodded. "Okay?" Marco moved a hand to his leg. "I know you have issues with the corner, but would you like to train with it? To be able to do it, yoi?" Ace blinked. "Why do you want that?" Marco gave a breath. "There are two reasons. One is since you obviously have huge issues with it and I want to help you to not be afraid of it, yoi. And the second is that I want to be able to put you in a corner if you deserve it. not that I want you to act up, but the corner is its own level of punishment, yoi." Ace nodded. He got it, or thought he got it. "Okay… I mean, we can… try?" Marco nodded. "I won't leave you alone in the corner, I will sit right beside you, yoi. Until you're better. Okay?" Ace nodded. He wanted to be able to do this, both to please Marco and get over the trauma. "Okay."
Marco nodded and went and grabbed two chairs, moving them to the corner, and Ace sat down in one, Marco in the other. As Ace was seated, he took a deep breath, closing his eyes. He actually didn't want to open them, to see the corner, but he felt a band move to his leg. "It's fine, yoi. I'm here." Ace nodded and opened his eyes, looking at the corner. Oh how he hated the corner. It wasn't just a corner, it was a harsh punishment. Marco moved his hand on his leg. "We don't need to do this now, yoi. We can wait a bit. So you can get used to the idea." Ace nodded, before he sighed. "I think I'll never be completely ready for this. I think we should just start." Marco nodded. "Okay, yoi. Just tell me if it becomes too much." Ace nodded, he would try and do that.
After sitting in the corner for a minute, he felt Marco's hand go to his. "Your hands are shaking, Ace." Ace blinked, looking down to see Marco was right, his hands were shaking. Ace closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he could do this with Marco. When he looked down at his hands again, they weren't shaking, that was good. Marco still kept his hand on his hand, probably to comfort him. He then looked back at the corner, and he felt it went okay. After about 5 minutes, Marco spoke. "This is going fine, yoi." Ace nodded. "Yeah. I think it's because of you. You're here and holding my hand, literally." Marco nodded. "I get that. Want to try it alone for a minute? I wouldn't leave the room, just be behind you, yoi." Ace frowned a bit. "I… don't know. I don't think so, just yet. Maybe, just don't hold my hand? Start with that?" Marco nodded and let go of his hand. Ace still looked at Marco for a bit, before he turned to the corner again. It felt bad, but not as bad as last time, he still felt he was safe. Marco was with him. It was a bit hard, as he really hated the damn corner.
But, after a minute, he felt his chest start to hurt a bit, a constricting feeling, before he swallowed when his eyes felt like burning. He felt trapped. He knew he wasn't, but he felt like it when he looked at the corner. After a minute of feeling like that, but wanting to do this, he couldn't help it when he moved his head down into his hands and took a shaky breath. He felt Marco move his hand to his back, stroking. "Are you okay, yoi?" Ace nodded, giving a sniffle as he lifted his head. "Yeah, I just… this is hard." Marco nodded. "I get it. I do. We don't need to do this, yoi." Ace shook his head. "No, I want to do this. But… maybe, could we call this it?" Marco nodded, giving a comforting look. "We can. How about we do this every now and then, yoi?" Ace nodded. "Yeah… I would like that. I want to get over this." He really did. Marco nodded, smiling. "And that makes me think you are really brave, yoi." That made him feel better.
They then left the corner and moved to the couch, both sitting down in it and started to watch TV. After a bit, Ace felt a bit tired, and moved to lie down in Marco's lap, closing his eyes when Marco moved a hand to his head, threading through his hair. It felt good, and after some minutes, Ace fell asleep. When he woke up later, he noticed the TV had gone black, and when he turned to look at Marco, he had fallen asleep too, and Ace looked at the clock and saw he had been asleep for an hour, it was getting late. He moved to sit up and shook Marco, who woke, and Ace spoke. "We should head to bed." Marco looked at the clock, before he nodded. "We should, yoi." They then headed to bed and laid down, both of them falling asleep fairly quickly.
-x-
Ace moved to sit down with the other subs, having their weekly visit now. And they were speaking about this and that, and when they asked him how things were going, Ace gave a hum. "Okay. We've started practicing sitting in the corner." Mika frowned a bit with that. "May I ask why?" Ace nodded. "It is because I have issues with it. Marco wants me to be over it, both so I am better and so he can use it in punishment. He said it was its own level of punishment." Zoro nodded. "And that is true too. It is its own level. I have a feeling it's higher on the scale for you, seeing your issues with it, but yes." Ace nodded, he got that. Shachi gave a look to him. "How did it go? Practicing it?" Ace sighed. "Not the best. I didn't break down, but not far from it. We're going to practice more." The other 3 nodded, Mika speaking. "Do you want to practice it? I mean, you aren't just doing this since Marco wants it?" Ace hummed. "I want to do it. I want to get over it." Zoro nodded. "That's good, that you want it too." It was, he wouldn't have done this unless he felt he would get something from it. But it was hard, but he would manage it, he was sure of it. It would just take time. And, he had Marco. Marco would help him through it. Mika then hummed. "If you want a tip; Marco will never, never, do something to hurt you deliberately, and you need to trust that. I was really nervous before my first spanking, sure it would hurt a lot, but it didn't. At least not physically. Mentally was a bit different, but I got what I needed after it." Shachi nodded. "Yes, I felt the same, but it was all fine afterwards." Zoro also nodded. "Yeah, it isn't fun, but as long as you're with a good dom, everything is fine. Mihawk can seem.. stern, but he is really kind when it matters."
Ace nodded, looking at Zoro. "I don't know if he told you, but he actually called me. A few weeks ago." Zoro blinked. "What? Why?" Ace chuckled. "He told you told him I told you I had major breakdowns, and he was worried if Marco didn't treat me right." Zoro blinked, before he nodded. "Sounds right." Shachi shook his head a bit. "I can't see that. He does seem so... serious." Zoro chuckled. "I know. But I wouldn't replace him for anything in the world. He really does treat me right." Mika nodded. "And that's all that matters." Zoro nodded. "It is."
He sat and spoke with the others for a bit more, before it was some food, before going back and talking with everyone for about an hour, before they left. And as they were in the car, Marco hummed. "Did you tell them about the corner, yoi?" Ace nodded. "Yes, I did. They wondered if I wanted it too, and not just you. And I do want it, which they thought was good. Mika also gave me a tip." Marco nodded. "Can I know this tip?" Ace hummed. "It wasn't anything special, just that I should trust that you would never deliberately hurt me." Marco nodded. "And I never will. I love you, Ace. I don't want to hurt you." Ace nodded, feeling warm inside. "And I love you too, Marco." Marco moved a hand to his leg, and he liked that. Normally, he would have kissed him, but he was driving, and he didn't want to bother Marco so they could potentially end up in an accident. He could do it when they got home. Right now, he felt loved.
-x-
Ace hummed as he looked at Marco, them having just sat down on the couch after a scene. "Why does my mind feel so calm when we do scenes?" Marco chuckled. "Basically, because you don't need to think much, some like to be told things and then get praised, yoi." Ace blinked. "That sounds… childish." He didn't know why, but it did. Marco hummed. "It maybe can. But it is since children go with basic instincts. Everyone has them." Ace nodded. "What about you?" Marco half nodded. "Well yeah, but I fall more in the ones who want to give the orders." That made sense. "Also," continued Marco, "Next week, how about we try not using scenes?" Ace blinked. "Yeah, I would like that. How would we start?" Marco hummed. "We will see when we get there, okay?" Ace nodded, that sounded good.
They then continued normally for a while, and when evening came, Marco suggested trying to sit in the corner again, and Ace said he could try. So, Ace moved to sit on the chair in the corner, Marco sitting beside him, and this time, it went better. And after about a quarter, Marco moved a hand to his leg. "Is it okay if I go grab us a drink, yoi?" Ace nodded slowly. "Okay." That would only take a minute, if not less, he could handle that. He at least hoped for it. Marco then gave a squeeze to his leg, before he stood up and headed away. When Marco was gone, Ace took a deep breath. He could do this. He opened his eyes, not sure when he closed them, and looked at the croner. It was just a corner, it wasn't anything dangerous, it was just a corner, he said to himself. He did feel himself start to breathe a bit faster, but it went fine aside from that. He repeated Mika's words in his mind, and that helped a bit.
Then, Marco was back, handing a glass to him with soda. "Here, yoi. How did it go?" Ace took the glass as he hummed. "It went okay." Marco nodded, moving to sit down next to him again. "Want to sit here a bit more, or are you done, yoi?" Ace thought for a second. He had managed to sit alone for a bit, and that was good. He gave a nod to himself. "I think I might be done for now. Maybe we can practice more later?" Marco nodded and gave a smile. "Sure, yoi." They then put the chairs back to their place, before he went on with his day normally.
-x-
Ace woke up when he heard frantic knocking on the door. It was faint, but he could hear it. He moved up to stand up, an idea what this was, but Marco had a frown as he woke, making him speak.. "I bet it is Violet. She does this when she freaks out." Marco frowned. "Freaks out about what, yoi?" Ace shrugged as he stood up. "Everything. Beats me what it is now. Let's just go see what she wants." Marco nodded and they headed to the door and opened it to see Violet. "Violet," Started Ace. "Why are you here?" Violet took a shuddering breath. "There was an attempt for robbery at home! In my house! Police are investigating, and said I needed a place to go. Can I stay here for a day or two?" Ace didn't like that, and sent a look at Marco, who nodded, which was good. He then nodded at Violet. "Sure, you can stay. Are you okay?" Violet nodded. "Y-yes. They didn't get inside, but they almost did. My alarm scared them off, thankfully." That was good and he nodded.
Ace then let Violet inside. "Let me show you to the guest room." Violet gave an unsure look to him, and he knew what was on her mind. He knew Violet well. "I can sleep with you." Violet let out a breath. "Yeah, I would like that." Ace nodded and he saw Marco blinking, so Ace pointed to the stairs. "Up those and the second door to your left." Violet nodded, and went. And when she was gone, he looked at Marco. "Is this okay? I mean, nothing will happen, we've done this many times, and nothing has happened." Marco shook his head. "No no, this is fine, I was just shocked you said that, yoi." Ace chuckled. "I know Violet, she doesn't like to be alone when freaked out." Marco nodded. "I get it. I can survive a night alone, yoi." Ace smiled, he was glad about that and moved to kiss Marco. "Thank you. See you tomorrow." Marco nodded and they headed upstairs and parted when he walked into the spare room.
When he got in, Violet gave a guilty look to him. "Sorry to barge in like this and then make you sleep with me." Ace shook his head. "No no, it's fine. Marco understands it." Violet chuckled. "Not many would, I was sure he would be against it." Ace hummed. "Nah, Marco's really understanding." Violet nodded. "I get that now. I hope I find someone like him." Ace chuckled as he sat down in bed. "And you will." Violet smiled, they then got into bed, and spoke for a while, before they fell asleep when sun rose, he didn't know they spoke that long.
When he woke up later and headed down, letting Violet sleep a bit more, Marco raised an eyebrow at him when he got to the kitchen. "You're up late. It's almost 1pm, yoi." Ace chuckled. "We spoke for a long while." Ace then headed over and gave a kiss to Marco. "But really, thank you for letting her stay and for me to be with her." Marco shook his head. "It's nothing, you need friends. Does she know what we do, yoi?" Ace thought for a second, before he blinked. "I don't think so. We've never spoken about that. I should tell her. But when it feels right. I can't just blurt out 'Hey, I am a sub!', she would just be shocked and be like 'what the hell is a sub? A sandwich? You're a sandwich?'" Marco chuckled. "I love your imagination, yoi." Ace chuckled. "I am probably right, you know. If you don't know what it is, it probably sounds weird." Marco nodded. "Probably, yoi. You should tell her." Ace nodded. "I will, when it feels right." Marco nodded. "I get that." Ace chuckled, he was glad Marco got that he wouldn't just blurt it out. It needed to fit the conversation.
Violet then woke up half an hour later and she stayed for 2 days before the police said she could come back home. It was really nice, he really hadn't spent much time with Violet lately. He really liked her. He should invite her over more often.
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