Day 3 - "This bond is my treasure." / Childhood / Brothers
Sometimes Sabo dreams of them being three together again.
But not so much wild and crazy jungle children, but almost like…
Usual kids.
Just three children, with ordinary games they play, without any concern of what they have to eat for keeping them alive, without any concern of being reasonable of what they eat or what they have to eat for keeping Luffy full. Three little brats who live in warm house and have supportive parents who don’t leave children on their own. Where Ace Sabo and Luffy are just three brothers with daily little inconveniences like ‘don’t wanna eat porridge on the breakfast’ or ‘can’t go out for their own in the night’ or ‘more eat meat id not answer Luffy, you need vegetables’. Who maybe could go to ordinary school, or are learnt by their parents how write or read and count. Just being kids who could complain of parents’ embarrass affection gestures to them like cuddles, or kisses on their cheeks or heads, who teased them kindly and never cruel.
In that world where they, three kids has no necessity of face up such thoughts like ‘is their existence curse or not’, ‘what u need to do so people won’t leave him behind’ or ‘how managed with feelings if you’re left alone without any close to them person’, or ‘why my parents don’t love true me and how this house seemed to be cage’.
Where Sabo doesn’t need to learn how to heal their wounds, where Ace has no need to know what’s meal is edible and how to haunt for getting meat, and Luffy wouldn’t be forever that unwanted lonely annoying child.
In that dream dream world Sabo could love his brothers openly without any fears for their lives. He can their hold hands when they go for a walk, they all (and Ace without burden on his shoulders and shadows in his eyes) laughs and play games for children. They shares the bed and share the room, shares their happiness all together in warm and safety.
In that dream Sabo chasing his brothers and happily smiles at them.
In that dream Sabo never leave them and they’ve never been separated from each other.
Together and forever.
From this moment to forever and ever!
‘We’re brothers! And nothing could shake this bond’
And in that moment dream turn to the nightmare.
Little Ace turned to adult with hole in the chest.
Little Luffy is replaced with broken and tortured body in front of his brother.
Ace in Luffy’s shaking hands.
Luffy’s crying.
Screaming.
Tearing himself apart.
Everything around him on fire and shattered.
Sabo keeps trying to reach his last living brother.
He’s still can’t cry because he has no mouth, he can’t move his tongue because there is no one, his hands are chained and his voice’s gone.
Sabo is still crying, capable of hearing his baby brother break down.
He’s trying and trying to reach his brothers, who again were replaced by their little form… but wounds were still there.
Sabo trying to reach them he trying to get them, hug them and comfort them.
Ace and Luffy with dull eyes and with blood everywhere finally notices him.
Sabo feels stones in his lugs, blood on his hands and his singed part burns.
He froze.
‘Why you weren’t there?”
“Why did you leave us?”
“Why did you forget us?”
“Sabo do you think if you would be there there’s a chance we’re will be alive and together?”
“Sabo, take care of our little brother, you know he could be such crybaby, okey?”
Said strangely familiar voice and he felt unfamiliar warm presence behind Sabo’s back.
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Sabo eventually awake.
He bursts in tears immediately.
