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Whitebeard was out walking with a few of his family members and Ace, as they were heading for a meeting, when a man came up to them. "Hey, you little bitch! You cost me my spot!" They turned to him and saw a large man, who looked mad, and Marco was confused who he spoke off, when Haruta spoke. "John? What do you mean? What did you call me?" John huffed. "A little bitch! I was going to ace that test! Not you!" Haruta blinked, about to speak, when the man did. "I will accuse you of cheating! You will get a lower grade!" Haruta blinked "You can't!" As she took a step towards the man, seeming unsure and shocked.
The man grinned at Haruta. "Whatcha gonna do? Hit me? Oh, I will ruin your career if you do. Say bye bye to your education and spot at The Moby Dick University. Or your company, assault is serious you know." Whitebeard had to bite his tongue. He knew the man was right. Haruta took a half step forward, which had the man grin more. "Oh! Little bitch has guts!" He could see Haruta was on her way to respond, when Ace moved a hand and pushed Haruta a bit backwards as he said. "He's right, don't throw your education away on lowlives like him." The man huffed. "I am not a lowlife!" Ace hummed, ignoring him as he looked at Haruta. "But I can." And Ace quickly moved to face the man and headbutted him, hard, making him fall down as he cradled his bleeding nose as he yelled out.
Ace hummed. "I have no education to waste after all." And Ace moved and fixed his shirt a bit, and the man yelled. "You assaulted me! I will have you jailed!" Ace hummed. "You do that, you mention this to anyone, your little family will be broken apart as your wife will find out you are cheating on her. What a shame. And you will lose everything in the divorce." The man looked up at Ace shocked. "How do you-" Ace hummed. "You see, you don't mess with me, and you don't mess with people I care about. So, get up, your tail between your legs, and head away." The man looked mad and unsure. "You can't just-" Ace hummed. "345639833. And that work you just did, will the IRS like that?" The man's eyes widened, before he got up and ran away.
As he was heading off and got around a corner, Haruta looked at Ace. "What were those numbers?" Ace hummed. "His Social Security Number." They all blinked, Jozu speaking. "How did you know that?" Ace hummed and showed his phone, which had a picture of the man. "Did a background check on him as he was speaking to Haruta. Just needed a picture of him." Thatch blinked. "That is… amazing!" Ace hummed. "What can I say? I am amazing. And I love the internet and electronics." Ace sure was and he worked fast and knew what he did, obviously.
They then went on and the day went by fine.
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Whitebeard moved to open the door when the bell rang, opening it to see Trevor there, who looked a bit stern. "Hi, Trevor. Why are you here?" Said Whitebeard, and Trevor gave a small nod. "Hi, I would like to have a chat with Marco if possible." Whitebeard blinked and looked at the clock. "He has a meeting soon-" Trevor cut him off. "No, he has a meeting in an hour, and he will leave in 30 minutes, so I got 25 minutes." Whitebeard blinked. "How do you know this?" Trevor hummed. "Easy, I am me. Now, may I come in?" Whitebeard blinked, but had a feeling if he said no, it wouldn't end well, so he let Trevor in and was on his way to show him to Marco's office, when Trevor seemed to know the way, and when he was outside of Marco's office, he waved him off, and Whitebeard went off, and he hoped this would go well for Marco.
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Marco gave a come in as someone knocked on his door, and it opened to show Trevor, which had him blink. "Trevor?" Trevor hummed. "Hi, I just want a chat." He said as he walked inside and closed the door, and Marco blinked. "Sure, about what, yoi?" Trevor looked at him with a bit of a stern look. "What do you want with Ace?" Marco hummed. "I want to be with him, yoi." Trevor gave a small look. "With him for what? His money? His fame? His body? All 3?" Marco blinked. "Because he is an amazing person, yoi." Trevor lifted an eyebrow. "And what about all the gifts Ace has given?" Marco sighed. "Yeah, could you help have him calm down, yoi? He is going way too overboard. Like way overboard." Trevor blinked. "You feel that?" Marco nodded. "I do. Still somewhat mad about the kitchen, the loan for Pops he paid down, the dog he bought for Vista, and just everything, yoi. It is nice of him, but it is way too much."
Trevor looked at him. "You seem to actually mean that." Marco blinked. "Because I do? I mean, I am not with Ace to see how much he would spend on me. But because I like him." Trevor moved to speak, when Marco's phone rang, and Trevor hummed. "Don't answer it." Marco blinked and looked to see it was Ace calling him, and looked up at Trevor. "Just don't." Said Trevor, but Marco felt he should and did, which had Trevor sigh. And when he answered it, before he could say hi, Ace spoke. "Is Trevor there?" Marco blinked, "Yes." Ace gave a breath and a swear, before he said. "Give the phone to Trevor." Marco did and Trevor took it and said. "Now, don't freak ou-" He heard Ace yell "I told you to stay away!" Trevor moved the phone a bit away, before he said. "Oh come on, Bunny!" Ace yelled. "No! I don't care! Leave! Or I will hurt you!" Trevor hummed. "Yeah, no, I need to do this." And hung up, before he looked at him. "I will pay for that later. Now. What about Ace is it that you like?"
Marco hummed. "The way he is so kind, easy to talk with, and knows how to have fun, yoi. He knows what he likes, but is open to new things, and just the way he is and acts makes him a stunning person. He is down to earth, and he is one of the kindest ones I know to those who deserve it." Trevor looked at him, before he sighed. "That is a good answer, but still. He has given so much to you and your family." Marco moved a hand to his face. "And he says he isn't finished, yoi. Which honestly has me a bit stressed, yoi. He paid for Haruta's education, he paid down Pops' loans, gave Thatch a new kitchen, bought me a suit from Aveil and a lamp, and Vista a dog. I am wondering who hurt him to make him like this, yoi." Trevor blinked. "He didn't tell about the suit from Aveil or Haruta's education. And yes, he has been hurt before. One of the reasons I am doing this. I am sick of people using Ace. He is way too kind at times and doesn't see he is being used."
Marco nodded. "I have noticed that, yoi. And Sabo has warned me Ace will go overboard, but I wish he wouldn't. It is way too much, yoi." Trevor hummed. "I like you. At least for now. Good answers. I will take my leave for now, but know this, I am watching you. I have chased away boyfriends before, and I am not scared of you." Marco smiled. "I wouldn't have it any other way, yoi. Everyone needs a good friend." Trevor nodded. "Good. Now, call Ace back, so he doesn't freak and think I have scared you away." Marco nodded. "I will." Trevor gave a nod, before he gave a goodbye and left, after giving his phone back.
When Trevor was gone, Marco called Ace, who picked up fast. "What did Trevor do?" Marco hummed. "Nothing, yoi. He just wanted to make sure I was with you for the right reasons." Ace sighed. "And I told him you are! Why does he need to do this!" Marco chuckled. "He only cares, and I am okay, yoi." Ace sighed. "Yeah, but he can be a bit much." Marco chuckled. "Yeah, but it is okay, yoi. So, when do you want to meet next?" Ace hummed. "Let me send you when I get off on Saturday, okay? And you can come by my place and we can head out and eat?" Marco nodded. "I like that idea, yoi." Ace chuckled "That's good. And if Trevor shows up again, tell me, and I will hurt him." Marco hummed. "Don't stress it, yoi. He only cares. He is a good friend." Ace gave a small breath, which sounded content. "Yeah, he is. See you on Saturday." Marco nodded and said the same, but he knew they would chat before then, maybe even call. It was just 3 days until, but he really liked talking with Ace.
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Thatch stood in the kitchen with Sabo, having a lesson right now. As they were making a sauce Thatch liked, Sabo hummed. "So, how does the new kitchen work?" Thatch looked around. "It is still new, but I love it. It is amazing, and I still can't believe Ace did this." Sabo chuckled. "Yeah, Ace is known to go overboard. This is nothing new." Thatch nodded and added a bit of salt, before he started and added some more as he said. "Why does he do this?" Sabo hummed. "Because many people are gold diggers and mean, so yeah. Also, why do you add salt in small amounts instead of more?" Thatch blinked. "Wait, he has been with gold diggers? And I do since I can't remove salt. If I add too much, the only way is to dilute it, which can be a hassle."
Sabo nodded. "He has, unfortunately. And they've messed with him a bit. And can't you just add sugar or something sweet?" Thatch shook his head. "No, you can't. It won't fix the salt taste and make it worse. Always be careful with salt. And that sucks, Ace is so nice." Sabo nodded. "I see, I will. And Ace really is. But he goes overboard often. I wish he didn't, and I think Marco agrees. Ace is used to needing to buy people's love and approval, and that is so wrong." Thatch felt a bit bad about that, as when he had gotten the new kitchen, he had thought that if Ace wanted his approval by buying it, he got it. But it was more than just the kitchen. Ace was amazing and helpful. The deal with Cillian had gone fine because of Ace, same with the FBI he felt. Thatch nodded. "With us, he won't need that. He is amazing the way he is." Sabo nodded. "I try to tell him that, but yeah, he has issues." That was clear.
They then went on with the cooking lesson, and it went fine, Sabo asking a lot of questions, and even taught Thatch a few things he had learned in the cooking class he went to. Sabo seemed to really enjoy it, which was good, and Thatch hoped they would continue this as Thatch also learned things.
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Marco moved and pushed the bell by Ace's door, it being Saturday now and Ace had told him to drop by at 5pm, and heard the chime inside, before the door opened and Sabo stood there, blinking at him. "Marco?" Marco nodded. "Yeah, why do you seem confused, yoi?" Sabo looked at his clock. "I thought your date was at 6pm. It is 5pm." Marco blinked. "We did say 5pm, yoi." Sabo blinked. "Are you sure?" Marco nodded and showed the message from Ace, that said they would meet at Ace's house at 5pm. Sabo nodded. "Nice. Ace mixed it up. He said and was sure it was 6pm." Marco nodded. "Oh, so he isn't here?" Sabo hummed and took on some shoes, before he walked out. "He is here, just follow me." Marco did, and they soon got to the neighbor's house, Sabo locking himself in, and he heard a sound, like a thumping sound, before they got to a large room that had a lot of exercise equipment, and on a treadmill, going pretty fast, was Ace, headset on.
Sabo moved his hand to the wall by the door, where a light switch with a dimmer was, and Sabo dimmed the light a bit, before he turned it back on full, and it had Ace moved his legs to the side of the treadmill so he wasn't running, and looked at them, being a bit out of breath as he moved the headset off his ears. "Hey, you're early." Sabo hummed. "No, he is not. You are late." Ace frowned. "What?" And took up his phone, checking it, before he sighed. "I knew I forgot something." Ace then turned off the treadmill, before he grabbed a towel to have around his shoulders and looked at him. "Let me just shower, and we can head off, okay?" Marco smiled. "No rush, yoi. I can spend some time with Sabo, yoi." Sabo hummed. "I would love that, but I need to leave in 5 minutes for something, and Luffy is out with a friend." Marco nodded. "It's okay, I will figure out something to do." Ace hummed. "You will stay in our house while I shower, watch some Tv, or play a game, or something." Marco nodded. "That works too, yoi."
They then went back to the house, and Ace went to shower, and Sabo got ready to leave, and when he left, Marco sat down by the Tv in the sofa and started a show, watching a bit, before Ace yelled. "Be down in 5 minutes! Can you see if there is a pair of black shoes with red laces in the shoe cabinet?!" Marco nodded and said back he would, and went to the hallway and to the shoe cabinet and opened it, and he did find the shoes Ace asked for, but he also saw a few pairs that didn't quite make sense in his mind. When Ace came down, Marco sent a curious look at him. "Who are these for?" Ace blinked. "Oh, I forgot I had those there." Ace then seemed to think, before he spoke, and Marco found it amazing and odd. But it also, sort of, made sense. And instead of heading out, they staged in and Ace showed off his wardrobe, and Marco was so amazed.
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Marco walked into Ace's home on Tuesday, Pops, Thatch, and Izou with them, as they would head off to eat and have a small business meeting. Sabo had let them in and said Ace would soon be here, he was just fixing something upstairs, and Sabo needed to also take a phone call. They saw the Tv was on and Family Guy was on, pretty loud, and Izou looked at it. "Guess Luffy forgot to turn it off." He said as he got the remote and turned it off, and as he did, he heard someone come down the stairs before he heard Ace half yell. "Sabo! Don't touch my Family Guy!" Marco blinked. Ace was watching it?
Ace then came in and bliked. "Oh. You're here a bit early." Marco nodded. "Yeah, traffic was very good, yoi. Are you watching Family Guy?" Izou nodded. "Isn't that just braindead humor and dark jokes?" Ace looked at them. "Okay, I work a lot. I have many formal and serious meetings and things I need to do. I need the braindead humor Family Guy offers, same with American Dad. I want to laugh at stupid shit that makes no sense. I need a mental break now and then, and Family Guy and American Dad give me that break." They all blinked, before they nodded as that made sense. Sabo then came in. "And he likes it a bit. They push a lot of boundaries at times." Ace shrugged. "It is something to have on and laugh at and just enjoy." Sabo chuckled. "You are you, and I love him." Ace chuckled.
Ace then looked at them. "We are ready to head out if you are?" Pops nodded and they went out, Sabo joining, and it went fine. When they were done, Marco and Ace went for a small date, just eating some dessert before Ace had to leave for something, and they would meet again on Sunday, in the evening. Which sounded perfect.
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Whitebeard walked into the bar, where they had decided to celebrate the news Haruta had managed to score the highest in her class on the last test, which was a hard one, many had failed, but he had full faith in Haruta, and she had really studied for this. It was a bit early, the clock was 8pm, and it was a Saturday. As they all sat down, Thatch gave a whistle. "Look at that woman." They all looked the way he did, only to see a very beautiful woman's side profile, standing at the Bar. She had long black hair, wearing light makeup, with some smokey eyes, her eyes seeming to maybe be green, but they were a bit away so he wasn't sure. She had on a dress that sat tight to her body, complimenting it. In the front, ending just above her knees, the back reaching down to her shoes, which were a bit above her ankles and were dark red with heels. She also had on gloves that went up to her elbows. She was nursing a drink it looked like, looking comfortable and relaxed. He got why Thatch looked, she was beautiful, and he was a womanizer.
Marco hummed. "You got no chance, yoi." Thatch snorted. "Oh, I do. Watch this." Then, Thatch got up, moved over to the woman, and leaned on the bar next to her. "Hey there, beautiful." The woman hummed. "What is it? Aren't your friends company enough?" Thatch hummed. "When you are this beautiful, and all alone, no. What's your name?" The woman hummed. "It's Ann. Yours?" Thatch smiled. "Thatch is my name, m'lady." Ann hummed. "Do your pickup lines work?" Thatch hummed. "Seemed like they worked to me." Well, Thatch could be a bit cocky at times.
Ann hummed. "Or maybe I just want the number of that blond man in the purple shirt." Thatch blinked. "Marco? He is taken." Ann hummed. "Oh, is he?" The woman then fully turned to them. "You see, I always get what I want." She handed the drink to Thatch, and walked over to them, looking at Marco. "Hey there, handsome. Would you like some… company tonight?" Whitebeard knew it was a lost cause, Marco would say no, as he was with Ace. Marco gave a smile, before he stood up. "I would love to, yoi." Whitebeard blinked. What? The others seemed to think the same, Jozu speaking. "Marco, what about Ace?" Marco hummed. "I am sure he won't mind one night, yoi." Ann smiled. "Now we're talking. Let's go." Ann held out her hand, before Marco took it and Ann led them towards the door. As they got out, Marco moved his hand, pulling on Ann's, dragging Ann to him and kissed her. Seeing this, Whitebeard felt horrified. And the others looked the same. Marco was with Ace, who was a very dangerous man. And now, Marco was cheating on said dangerous man.
The door then closed, and they sat there, shocked. Thatch, who had made his way back to them, spoke first. "Marco is dead. Our company is dead. We are dead." Whitebeard had no response, when the door opened and Marco and Ann came inside again, Ann laughing as Marco looked amused. When they were close, Ann spoke. "That was so fun." Marco chuckled. "It was, their looks were worth it. Did you know we were heading here?" Ann hummed. "Nope, just a happy encounter." Marco lifted an eyebrow, to which Ann swatted him on the shoulder. "It was!" Marco hummed. "If you say so, yoi." Thatch moved his hands frantically. "What! What will Ace say! You kissed her!" Ann hummed, before she spoke, looking at Thatch. "You know how they say the pretty ones are either taken or a trap?" Thatch blinked. "You're taken?" Ann nodded. "I am. I am Marco's." Thatch blinked, looking at Marco. "You are cheating on Ace! How could you! He will be so mad!"
Ann hummed, before she spoke in a deeper voice. "Oh, I think I already know." Whitebeard blinked, before he got it. This was Ace, in disguise. He was a trap, which was a man dressed as a woman. The others got it as well, looking shocked, and Thatch started to pull on his hair. "What! You! You! What!" Ann chuckled, speaking in the light voice again. "I am both. Both a trap and taken. I just wanted to have fun with you. And the looks you had, so worth it." Thatch looked shocked, before he just looked horrified. "I- I didn't mean to come onto you, I-" Ann chuckled and waved her hand. "I am a beautiful woman, you didn't know, it is fine." Thatch was on his way to speak, when Jozu spoke. "We should leave. Head to another place." They all blinked, looking at him, and Jozu was looking at a man that came in with what looked like a personal guard, the man looking like trouble and the person guard was a large and strong looking man, and sat down.
Ann hummed. "He bothering you?" Jozu seemed apprehensive, before he sighed and spoke. "We have a murder, and a partial fingerprint, he is one of the suspects, but we don't have enough right now since it was a partial and can be many people, but I am sure it is him. I spoke with him, and he is following me. He is dangerous." Whitebeard blinked, that wasn't good. Ann hummed. "What do you need?" Jozu sighed. "I need his DNA, but he won't give it willingly, and we can't get a warrant, because it can be so many, we got 100 who match the partial fingerprint that lives close by." Ann nodded. "I see. Wait here." Then Ann stood up, and Jozu tried to stop her, but she walked on.
She then walked towards the man, who made a motion to his guard, who stood up and headed to meet Ann halfway. "Mr Cromwell is not taking any meetings right now." Ann hummed, and looked at the bartender. "I would like a bag of ice." The bartender looked confused. "Why do you need that?" The guard looked shocked too, when Ann moved a leg forward and punched the guard in the gut, so hard he fell down groaning the entire way, even when down. Ann hummed. "He needs the bag of ice." Then Ann went up to Cromwell, sat down and looked at him as she spoke, but he couldn't hear what. Cromwell looked mad and annoyed, saying something back, before Ann chuckled, before she grabbed his neck, moving it against the wall, she was obviously not messing around as she spoke, and it had Cromwell go from looking mad, to look scared the more Ann spoke. When she let go, she moved a hand to the glass Cromwell had, and he took it with his hand and drank it, before he moved the glass away and spit in it, handing it to Ann, who smiled, said something, and walked back to them.
When she sat down, she handed the glass to Jozu. "Here you are. Fingerprints and DNA." Jozu blinked. "Thank you. What did you say to him?" He asked as he saw Cromwell scurrying outside. Ann hummed. "Just reminded him of a deal he has. And oh, he will be at the italian restaurant by your precinct the next week, from 11am to 5pm, so go get him if it is him. And please, keep me updated on this. If he is not there, I need to know." Jozu blinked. "Why? …Do I want to know why?" Ann hummed. "Sometimes, the less, the better." Jozu nodded and gave a thankful look. "Thank you, for this." Ann smiled "No issue. If you need any other help, you know how to contact me. Or Ace." Thatch blinked. "But you're Ace?" Ann hummed. "No, I am Ann, a different person." Thatch blinked, before he just nodded, looking half confused. It was obvious Ace wanted them to see Ace and Ann were different people and to address them as different, and he would.
Marco hummed. "Now, why are you here, yoi?" Ann chuckled. "Behind me, see that man in the red shirt and blue tie?" They looked and saw the man, who was on his phone, and nodded, which had Ann continue. "I am here to see what he does. Got a client wanting me to follow him." That made sense. Haruta spoke. "Why?" Ace hummed. "Secret~" They nodded, that did make sense. They then celebrated, and had fun. Ann did after a bit, head to another table, pretending she took a call it seemed like, most likely to listen in as the man started to speak on the phone. When the man left after it, Ann headed after it had been a few seconds, giving a wink to them. Then they celebrated on, and they got some free drinks as Ann had dealt with Cromwell, as he was a nuisance here at times and the bartender was thankful. They headed back home around midnight, as some were tired from the day.
He also had a chat with Marco on how he knew about Ann, and Marco said he found some high heels at Ace's house and asked about them not long ago, and Ace showed off Ann, even the exact dress she used this evening. It made sense, and it was amazing. Ann looked really believable as a woman. But he didn't expect any less from Ace.
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Izou walked to the office Aveil had, ready to burst. Hoping Aveil was here, as she had been gone now and then for stuff. When he walked in, he didn't see Aveil, which made him feel saddened, when a voice spoke to his left. "Well, you are ready to burst. What's up?" Izou turned to see Aveil and needed to use a second as he kept stumbling over his words, before he found them. "We met Ann! And I know who that is!" Aveil lifted an eyebrow, before she smiled. "So now you get why the dress?" Izou nodded. "Yes! Like! Oh my God!" Aveil hummed. "Yeah, Ann is a nice person, and so fun to make clothes for." Izou nodded. "She was so stunning!" Aveil hummed. "Yes, she is. Wanna see some clothes I have in the making for her?" Izou nodded so hard he felt he might get whiplash. Aveil chuckled and took her to the backroom, and Izou was amazed. Aveil was so skilled.
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Jozu stood inside the precinct, waiting for the DNA result, when the captain spoke. "Newgate!" Jozu walked to the office and the captain closed the door, looking at him as she looked stern. "Go about again how you obtained Mr Cromwell's DNA." Jozu nodded, being told by Ace what to say. "He has been following me for a bit, knowing I am on the case, and he gave me that glass three nights ago, saying he wanted us to figure it out. Someone seemed to have… spooked him." The captain nodded, before she sighed. "It was not a match." Jozu had hoped it was. Then the captain spoke again. "But, it was a close match, meaning it is someone related to him. So, go get him." Jozu nodded. "I will, Ma'am. I know where he might be." The captain nodded. "Do you need backup?" Jozu shook his head. "No." The captain nodded, and Jozu went to the restaurant.
And when he got there, he saw Cromwell fast, who motioned him over, his guard moving away. When he was close, Cromwell spoke. "It is not me you're after." Jozu nodded. "The DNA said so." Cromwell nodded. "So why are you here?" Jozu hummed. "It was not a full match, but a half match, meaning it was someone in your close family. Any ideas?" Cromwell swore. "Goddamnit, it has to be Zeke. He has been acting off." Jozu nodded. "Could you come and give a full statement?" Cromwell looked at him. "Only if you make Ace and that woman keep away from me. I don't want him on my back!" Jozu nodded. "If you come and give a full statement, I will tell him you cooperated." Cromwell got up at once. "That's a deal I need." Ace truly was feared, as Cromwell was known to be dangerous, but he was this scared of Ace? Marco better behave himself. He had almost choked on his spit when he saw Marco kissing Ann, but it was all okay. At least for now.
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