First Fight with Ace
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Portgas D. Ace: You dug your head further into your pillow, the only thing stopping you from throwing yourself overboard. The guilt that filled you felt like a parasite, one that wasn’t going away yet one that you deserved. You groaned against the plush in your hands, your tired eyes filling with tears once more.
“Are you really that mad at me?” Ace’s whine reached your ears but you only picked up your pace. Annoyingly, it was easy for him to keep up though. “(Y/N)! What’s the big deal?” You turned around so quickly that he had to stop himself from running into you.
“The big deal is that I asked you to not tell anyone about… about us! And you did it anyway!” You could still feel the warmth in your cheeks from Marco’s earlier teasing. The tilt of his head and the furrow between his brows would usually make you melt but it only grew to make you angrier.
“I… I don’t understand. Why do we have to keep it a secret? We’ve been together for a month now, shouldn’t we be, I don’t know, public? Why all the secrecy?”
“Because I don’t want others to know, okay?! You didn’t do the one thing I asked you to!” You turned around again but felt his hand grip your shoulder.
“Hey, we have to talk about this-” At his words, you turned back to look at him, ripping your shoulder away from his grip.
“I’m done talking with you! How am I supposed to trust you when you can’t do a simple thing that I asked?”
He frowned and you could see how his hand formed into a fist but you could only see red as you stared at him. “What you asked from me doesn’t make any sense! I want to show everyone that we’re together but you won’t tell me why you don’t want them to know! Don’t tell me that you’re that embarrassed-”
“Yes! Yes, I am!” Other than your deep breaths, there was silence between the two of you. After a moment, Ace turned his head away and bit his lip.
“Embarrassed of me?” It was so quiet that you almost missed it as your huffing was louder than his words. You stiffened, feeling a chill go down your spine at seeing his expression.
“Ace, I-” His much larger hand gently patted against the top of your head, stopping your words. His eyes couldn’t meet yours but you could see his smile, the saddest smile you had ever seen grace his handsome face. Before you could say anything else, he stepped away from you and went back the way he came, shoulders hunched over and hands shoved into his shorts’ pockets.
You took a shaky breath before rubbing at your face. Enough of the pity party. This wasn’t about you anymore. It was about Ace. You hurt him and he had to know how sorry you were. You went to the door and opened it, eyes widening at seeing your boyfriend standing there with his fist up, ready to knock. Your wide eyes met his and he lowered his hand, averting his gaze and messing with the beaded bracelet on his other wrist.
“Ace…” You breathed out and you could see from the corner of your eye how his fiddling stopped for a moment. His eyes were red and his face was puffy, making the parasite in you gnaw harder.
“I… I wanted to say sorry… I know that you asked me to keep us a secret. I was just too excited but…. I did violate your trust. If you don’t want to be together anymore, I-”
“No!” You surged forward and grasped his wrists in yours, bewildered brown eyes meeting yours at your sudden movement. You felt tears fill your eyes again and willed them to go away as you began to speak. “I do want to be with you. Please don’t say that.”
He shook his hands frantically in your grip as he saw the tears, eyes wide and a panic expression on his face. “Oh, no. Please don’t cry. I didn’t mean to. I’m sorry.” You hiccuped and shook your head, your grip loosening on his wrists as sobs wracked at your body.
“Stop apologizing! It’s my fault! I should be saying sorry to you!” You whimpered out, letting his wrists go to wipe at your eyes. You felt his arms wrap around you and you were against his bare chest. Damn it. You were supposed to apologize but here you were being comforted by him instead. How did you find someone like him? His hand softly patted your head and his other rubbed against your back, shushing you.
Your hands gripped his sides after your sobs died down and you willed yourself to look up at him and meet his eyes. His hand that was patting your head stopped but laid there gently, his lips sealed as he watched your face.
“Ace… I’m really sorry… It’s a stupid reason why I got so upset. I…” You shook your head and rested your forehead against where his heart was, the parasite pushing you to be unable to meet his eyes anymore. “I could never be embarrassed by you. I… I’m not used to being with someone who likes me so much that they want to show me off… and I could never be embarrassed by you…” You sighed and rubbed at your eyes once more, feeling your cheeks heat up again. “The reason why I wanted to keep us a secret… it’s stupid… but the crew is like a bunch of siblings all together and they already know how to fluster me. I’m sure they’d use this as ammo…”
He stayed silent after your confession hung in the air. Suddenly, you felt his chest rumble before he started to laugh. You groaned and covered your face with your hands, feeling more embarrassment as he squeezed you close.
“That’s why?”
“I told you it was stupid!” You could feel his hands grab yours and pull them away from your face. Your gaze met his, a soft smile on his lips and his eyes crinkling at the corners before he moved your hands around his neck. His arms wrapped around your waist and he pulled you flush against him. You felt yourself tear up again before you closed your eyes, the parasite in you still settled deep within you but, when he squeezed you, it felt like it was dying down.
“You’re silly.” You pressed your face to his shoulder as he nuzzled against your hair.
“I’m sorry… I’m really sorry…” At your words, he nudged his nose against your forehead until you looked at him. Even with his red eyes and puffy face, his grin still managed to make him look handsome.
“You can cuddle me to make it up to me.”
You sniffled before smiling back and pressing a soft kiss on his lips that had puckered slightly. “I’ll do that. I’ll even shout out from the crow’s nest our relationship if you want.”
His grin widened as his hands reached down to the back of your thighs and lifted you up, making you squeak and cling onto him. You pressed your face against his neck, your blush heating his skin as he carried you into your room.
“We can discuss that later~”
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