Hello everyone! Here is another One Shot!
This is certainly a blast from the past for me. I don't know why I wanted to make this, but I suddenly did
So here is a One Shot from Obstacle! Which I made all the way back in 2016
This is of House coming to visit again and how Ace is, just a small thing
Read and relax
Whitebeard sat out on deck, watching as a boat came close to them, an unknown one. They didn't look battle ready, so they weren't either. When the boat was close enough so they could see who it was, he blinked, before he smiled and asked for Haruta to get Ace, which she did. When Ace came out on deck, looking confused, he pointed at the boat and gave Ace a telescope, and when Ace got a look, he looked excited as he said. "House! House is coming!" Everyone out chuckled, and it would be nice to see him again, it had been a year since his last visit, and it had been a lot then. He had opened their eyes on what had happened to Ace and how to handle it he felt. They owed him a lot.
Izou looked at Ace. "Is his name just House?" Ace hummed. "No. It is House Gregory. But call him Gregory, or worse, Greg, he will bash you." Izou blinked. "Oh… So he likes his last name?" Ace shugged. "I don't know. House is… House. He is odd." Izou nodded. "Yeah…" Ace chuckled. "He is odd, but once you get to know him, he is fun." Izou blinked. "I can't… see that." Ace hummed. "It can be hard. I've known him for a while now." Izou just nodded.
Then they waited, and it wasn't long before the boat was close enough so House could board, and Ace headed towards him with a smile as he almost yelled "House! You're back!" House hummed. "I am." And then House hugged Ace, which had Ace blinked, before he looked shocked and panicked and leaned back. "No! What! Are you dying! No! Don't die! You can't die yet! I know you're old! But don't die!" House blinked as he frowned. "What the Hell are you on? I am not old! I am not dying!" Ace blinked and frowned a bit. "But you… hugged me? You never have. What is up? Oh no. Are you sick!?" House rolled his eyes. "Last time I'll hug you then. I am trying to be nice, you dimwit!" Ace blinked. "Oh…" House nodded. "Yes. 'Oh'."
House shook his head, moving his cane up and to Ace's chest. "Now, dimwit, how are you?" Ace hummed, looking happy. "I am good! And you're here! So I am very good!" House moved a hand to his head. "You're giving me a headache with your overly happy self. I miss depressed you." Whitebeard blinked. How could House say that? Ace hummed. "Yes, let me get depressed again, be a mean asshole, ignore everyone. Hmm… I need a cane." House looked unimpressed. "You are so funny." Ace smiled. "I know."
House hummed. "Now, I am here for sort of a reason." Ace tilted his head. "What's the reason?" House hummed and took out a bunch of papers from a small bag, and Ace gave a loud gasp, before he started to almost vibrate in happiness and excitement. "Is that-!" Ace couldn't even finish his sentence, and House nodded. "New applicants. My last 3 quit at the same time. Wanna help?" Ace nodded quickly and excitedly. "Yes! Oh my God! Yes! And why did they quit? You got too bad?" House shook his head. "No, they were too weak." Ace chuckled "Yeah, sure. Now! Let's look!" House gave a chuckle and Ace grabbed the papers House held a bit more out and went towards the galley and House followed. The captain did too, wondering what this was. And others did the same, including Thatch and Marco.
When they got to the galley, Ace had found a spot and looked at the papers, and Marco sat down next to him, House was on the other side of the table, and Marco spoke. "What is this, yoi?" Ace hummed. "Applicants to be House's co-worker." House hummed. "Helper. They will be under me, I will be the boss." Ace hummed. "Close enough." And handed a few papers to Marco. "Want to look? This is fun!" Marco nodded and looked at them, and Whitebeard looked at the papers Marco had as well as he was closest to him, and it was people's background, experience, and a small part they had written why they wanted to work with House.
Thatch hummed. "How many applicants are there?" House looked over a few papers. "I think around 40." Thatch blinked. "That's a lot." Ace shrugged. "Well, House is an amazing doctor. He is just an asshole as well." House hummed. "At least I don't get fucked in mine." Ace quickly moved and crumbled a paper into a ball and threw it at House. "Hey! My sex life is my private business!" House lifted an eyebrow. "You're back to walking around basically naked. It is half my business." That was true, Ace was mostly walking around without a shirt, but still had harder days where he wore a shirt. How did House know Ace so well to say this? Ace shook his head. "You're just jealous." House lifted his eyebrow again. "Of what? Your scrawny ass? And you're the wrong gender for me." Ace hummed. "Oh, you wish you had this body!" House shook his head. "Nah, too scrawny. And I like my body. We can switch legs though." Ace hummed. "Nah, keep your faulty leg. I don't want that." House snorted. "Your loss." Ace just chuckled and looked over the papers.
It was amazing to see how they acted, how House knew this wasn't too much for Ace, after all he had gone through. Marco then hummed. "This one seems good, yoi. Good experience, good writing, and a nice story about a dying patient." Ace hummed and took it, before he shook his head right away. "No, he won't accept this." Marco blinked. "Why not, yoi?" Ace hummed. "His name starts with an L." Marco blinked. "What?" Ace nodded. "Yeah, House won't have someone in his team that has a name that starts with an L. He is odd." House hummed. "It is called standards." Marco blinked and felt confused. And that was an odd thing to have as a standard.
After a bit, Ace gasped. "I got one!" House hummed. "Tell me about him or her." Ace nodded. "Okay, name is Oscar, so no L at all even. He has worked for 30 years as a traveling doctor, He has a lot of experience in the field, and his story is mainly narcissistic bullcrap. He is perfect for you!" House gave a look to Ace, and Whitebeard was sure House would say no, when he took the papers. "We'll put it in the maybe pile. I need someone who can handle me, and narcissists are fun to deal with." Ace hummed. "They need you to beat them down a notch. And hey, you enjoy it." House nodded. "You know me so well." Ace chuckled. "I do." Then they looked over some more and found 6 people they liked, and after they had looked over all, House and Ace bantered a bit, Ace said he needed to grab something from his room and left.
As Ace was gone, Thatch looked at House. "How do you know what you say isn't too much for Ace?" House hummed. "I know the dimwit, he likes it a bit. But only from me. So don't go bringing him down." Thatch blinked. "I would never talk to him like that!" House hummed. "Good. It is my thing. My signature." Marco looked at House. "What if you go too far once?" Whitebeard wanted to speak up, as he knew House had once, but he didn't know if House did. House hummed. "It is a thin line, and I know how to walk on it when it comes to Ace." Marco looked doubtful. "So you've never gone too far, yoi?" House hummed. "Never said that." Marco blinked, on his way to speak when Ace came back in with a piece of paper, and House hummed. "Oh, you made a drawing! For me? You shouldn't have." Was said in a condescending tone.
Ace rolled his eyes. "No! It's not a drawing! Why would I draw something for you? Or, I could draw you with a working leg." House looked unimpressed again, and Ace chuckled, before he showed the paper, which had a lot of writing on it. House hummed. "Oh? Who is this?" Ace hummed. "Someone I know, he remembers I mentioned you once and wanted me to give you this! A review! Because you were an asshole as usual!" House looked at Ace. "Did he die?" Ace hummed. "Nope. And yes, I tried to explain this to him." House nodded and crumbled the paper, and handed it to Ace. "If you see him again, toss it at him." Ace nodded. "I will."
Thatch blinked. "Who is this?" Ace hummed. "Remember half a year ago, when Trevor visited?" Thatch nodded, and so did the captain. Trevor was a friend Ace had who had dropped by to check on Ace, which Ace had really appreciated. Ace hummed. "Well, House did surgery on Trevor a little while ago, and was an asshole, and when I mentioned him, he wanted to tell him how awful he was. So he wrote this letter." Ace looked at House and smiled. "I knew you would drop by again." House rolled his eyes. "You're being sappy." Ace hummed. "I am, yes." Ace then chuckled. "I have missed you. You're awesome. Even though you're an asshole." House hummed. "You're not half bad yourself." Ace blinked. "Yeah, still not sure you're not sick or dying." House shook his head. "I am trying to be kinder to people I like." Ace moved his hands to his chest. "Awww! You like me!" House huffed. "Don't make me regret it." Ace chuckled. "Oh, you so will regret it!" House rolled his eyes with a breath. "You suck." Ace hummed. "So do you." House was on his way to speak, when Ace crumbled a piece of paper to a ball again and threw it at House. "And don't speak about my sex life again!" House hummed. "Fine. …for now." Ace just chuckled.
They then spoke a bit more, before Ace headed to grab a snack for himself, as it wasn't quite dinner just yet, and when Ace was away, Marco looked at House. "Also, thank you, House. For everything you've done for Ace, yoi. Especially last time you were here." House hummed. "No issue. He has always been a dimwit, never a hermit. He just needed to realize that himself." Whitebeard didn't get what that meant, and it seemed like everyone seemed the same. It was clear House and Ace had their own thing. Which was good. It had helped Ace, it had helped them, House had been a great help when they needed it.
Ace then came back with a snack, and gave half to House as he asked for a taste, and Ace didn't mind. House then stayed for a bit and Ace seemed to enjoy it a lot, and they threw insults at each other now and then, but it was how they were. When evening came, House was going to leave, and House looked at Ace. "Now, dimwit, don't be too much of a dimwit. Rather be a half-wit. Not as dumb." Ace chuckled. "And you, continue to be the asshole you are! Never change. Not too much at least. It would be scary." House hummed. "When pigs fly, I will change. And no, throwing a pig does not count." Ace hummed. "Well, there goes my plan to yeet a pig."
Ace smiled at House. "Goodbye, House." House nodded. "Bye for now, Ace." Ace nodded. "Yep, you're dying. You used my actual name!" House sighed. "Not dying. I am not that old yet." House then pointed at Marco with his cane. "He is probably older than me." Ace hummed. "Yeah, but he is sexy. You're not." House hummed. "Good point. Now, I need to leave." Ace nodded and hugged House, who didn't hug back, and Ace leaned back. "That's how it should be. No hugging back!" House shook his head. "As I said before, last time I hugged you." Ace nodded. "You can if you're dying, okay?" House nodded. "So not for another 50 years then." Ace snorted. "More like 10." House looked at Ace. "I am not that old." Ace hummed. "Keep telling yourself that." House rolled his eyes, before he turned and left, waving his hand as goodbye, Ace doing the same as he yelled goodbye.
When House had left, Marco and Thatch went over to Ace, and arm around him as they were on each side of Ace. Thatch hummed. "House is certainly special." Ace nodded. "Yeah, he is. But I wouldn't have it any other way. He has been a great help." Marco nodded. "He has, yoi. I am glad you know him." Ace nodded and leaned his head on Marco's shoulder. "I do too." Whitebeard was glad House was in Ace's life, as he had been a great help. And it was good he was checking on Ace, it meant he cared.
And that's the One Shot! Hope you enjoyed!
As I said, I don't know why I wanted to make this, but I did, so it turned out as just a small update on how Ace is as well as he have healed a lot
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