I'm trying to keep this short here, so more info in the end. I still don't have perfect English. *looks determined* BUT MAYBE SOME DAY YOU CAN ENJOY MY WRITINGS WITHOUT BIG GRAMMAR MISTAKES OR TYPOS!

and yeah in this and all upcoming chapter:

What's going on now, the present and way I write normally.

"Someone saying something."

'the thoughts of a person.'

Tells who's perspective/what place/time etc.

...~~~~... = timeskip

Actions in the past. Which is actually how almost this whole chapter is writen xd.

So this is rewritten chapter 4.1, enjoy~ :

Present:

The sky was blue, with only couple white clouds. The weather was so perfect it felt like the nature itself was calling to come outside and enjoy it. The sun was shining high and warming a certain pirate crew in a summer island in Grand line.

The captain of the Straw hat pirates was enjoying the weather all he could with his crew. The blonde cook of the crew was grilling some meat and vegetables. The doctor, speaking reindeer with blue nose, juggle with the long nosed sniper and the goofy captain. Two female members were sunbathing and the taller one of them was also reading. But even thought the weather was what it was everybody weren't having a great time. And that only exception was the skilled swordsman with green hairs from the certain crew. He sat on the sand half kilometer away from others, not being able to enjoy the beautiful weather or even the happiness of his crewmates.

Zoro stared at the sand between his legs, it felt soft against his bare feet. His forehead was leaning on his arms. What the greenette heard was the shouts from his nakama and the sounds of waves when they hit the shore and when they backed off.

To be honest, the greenette had never felt anything like this. His feeling was simply miserable. It didn't matter was it sunny or raining, for him it all seemed gray. It had been like that for at least a week already and he saw no end for it.

About two weeks ago, normal pov:

"Luffy I know you feel exited, but it is hard to make breakfast when you are jumping around." Sanji said hoping that the younger boy would calm down while he prepared some breakfast for everyone.

"But I'm so exited! What do you think he'll say!?" Luffy asked at Sanji as he dashed in front of him and made other almost fall. At the last minute Sanji got the control of his body and saved the sandwiches from falling on the floor. "Luffy..." he sighed. "The breakfast is almost ready so how about if you go to wake up the two lovebirds."

"Okay~"

"And act like it was a normal day, we don't want him to know about the party." the blonde cook reminded his captain.

"Yeah, yeah." Luffy said as he dashed out of the kitchen. He half ran and half walked inside of the ship looking for one door. He turned left and found it. Luffy opened it and saw Zoro still sleeping and Ace next to him in the bed watching the sleeping swordsman. His brother didn't notice him before Luffy walked in grinning. "Hey Ace the breakfast is ready." he said.

"Huh?" Ace rose his head and saw his little brother smiling in front of him.

"The breakfast is ready~"

"Oh, thanks." Ace said and smiled to his brother and after kissing Zoro's forehead he carefully rose up so he wouldn't wake up the sleeping greenette. "I'm going to take a shower first." Ace said as Luffy nodded. He waited untill Ace had walked out of the room before shaking other's shoulder.

"Zoro. Wake up!" the swordsman only groaned and changed his position. "Zoroooo!" Luffy whined and this time the greenette opened his eyes grudgingly after groaning again. "What?" he rose on his elbows and watched at his captain before looking around his own cabin.

"Ace said he was going to take a shower." Luffy said and pointed at the door. "But more importantly, do you know what day is it?"

Zoro looked at the his captain who looked like he was going to explode of exitment soon. He yawned and turned over. "I don't know, might be Wednesday. Can I go back to sleep now?" he asked thought he looked like half asleep already.

Luffy stared at the back of his head clearly disappointed. "How can you not to know!?"

"Because I don't care. Just let me sleep." The greenette pulled the cover higher.

"No I won't!" Luffy said louder and started poking Zoro. "You definitely should care, so wake up!" he whined.

"Gimme even one good reason to care and I will get up." greenette murmured a bit unclearly for Luffy to hear, but he understood anyway.

"Because today is Ace's birthday!?"

Zoro's eyes widened. He was quickly up in sitting position and suddenly was completely awake. "Today is WHAT!?"

"Ace's birthday! How can you not to know? You are his boyfriend."

"Nobody never told me when he was born!" Zoro defended himself. Before Luffy had change to say anything they heard Ace's voice in the hallway humming. The raven haired male looked into Zoro's room and was happy when he noticed the greenette was awake.

"Babe!" he shouted, walked over and sat on other's lap in the bed before kissing him. Luffy noticed the only thing Ace had on was towel on his hip as he cuddled in Zoro's chest making him blush. "I could just eat you." he said and slightly rubbed his nose on Zoro's before kissing him again, this time deeper. "You know I would just love to kiss you all the day long~"

Zoro's cheeks matched on tomato, because of Luffy's stare but he still managed to smile. "Well maybe you can, I heard today is yo-" before Zoro could say the end of the sentence Luffy quickly placed his hands on Zoro's mouth.

"Huh? Luffy what are you doing?" Ace asked and looked at his brother rather suspiciously.

"Are you guys ready, the breakfast has been waiting a long time?" Luffy asked and smiled innocently as Zoro took younger boy's hands off of his mouth. Zoro looked at Luffy perplexedly before saying to Ace he was hungry. Ace nodded and started picking up his clothes on the floor as Luffy left the room. As soon as he closed the door the grin grew on his face. He had the feeling today was going to be awesome as he made his way to the stairs leading on the deck.

...~~~~...

When Ace and Zoro came into the kitchen the crew quiet down, but after they had sat down (Zoro on Ace's lap) the voices rose again. For a surprise of the both of them their plates still got all the food Sanji had put there. The young teen with straw hat hadn't touched them nor did he touch others plates, and this was making Ace even more suspicious than before. But in other ways it was hard not to be noticing that Luffy seemed even more energetic than usually.

Ace stared at his little brother unusually closely, who was grinning and going back and forth while eating the meat, before Usopp tapped him on the shoulder. "I have finally gotten your striker fixed and you can come to test it after the breakfast to make sure it works like it should."

"Great! You have no idea how much you have helped me by fixing it!" Ace thanked the sniper many times as Zoro just stared at him.

"What your striker is broken?!"

"It was broken. Before he fixed it." Ace corrected pointing at Usopp next to them with his thumb.

Zoro just blinked. "How come I don't know about anything what's going on!?" Ace chuckled at the dramatic way Zoro asked the question, before answering. "It might be, because you were asleep when I discussed about it with your sniper and I haven't mentioned it after that?" The raven haired male suggested. Zoro let out a growl and Ace stroked his short green hairs trying to stop himself from kissing the greenette, but no one noticed since they were having their own little conversation. Between the lines they gave each others significant glances.

After the breakfast Ace went with Usopp to test out his striker and Zoro decided to do a little bit training. He threw the heavy …. forward and took it back the starting positionj before throwing the weights and stopping it in front of himself pnce again. He repeated this over and ovet again, but suddenly froze. 'Wait.. If today is Ace's brithday does that mean I need to get a gift for him..?' he first asked himself. Then let out a quiet whisper. "Oh shit."

...~~~~...

Zoro had already finished his training and took the towel so he could wipe his face. But what came to Ace's gift, he hadn't still figured out anything. 'Why does this have to be so hard!?' He asked himself staring at the wall, like it could give him some ideas. When nothing came into his mind he leaned slowly forward until his forehead was touching the wall and stared at his own feet. Then an idea hit on his mind, not solution for the problem, but someone that could help him to solve it. 'Of course! I'll go ask Luffy for help!' And with that thought the greenette left his training spot to find his captain.

He checked the kitchen, there was no one. Not even the blonde love-cook. In the deck Usopp watched as Ace was speeding across the water with his yellow striker, but Luffy wasn't there. 'Well I might as well ask Usopp if he has seen Luffy.' "Oi, Usopp!" he yelled and got the sniper's attention. The long nosed man turned around when heard his name to be called. "Have you seen Luffy anywhere?" the greenette asked.

"Oh, I think he is inside the ship with others, probably in girl's room. They're planning a party for tonight." the long nosed sniper said and glanced at Ace who was still testing that yellow striker of his.

"Party?"

"Didn't Luffy told you? Today is Ace's birthday and apparently this is the first time our captain remembered it, so he thought throwing a party would be a good idea." Usopp explained and Zoro nodded. 'Well that sounds exactly like him' he thought. "Okay, I'm going to find him then." the greenette said.

Meanwhile the raven haired male had noticed Zoro talking to Usopp. He made a turn with his striker and sped towards Going merry. Ace slowed down when he got close and jumped from the yellow striker. He landed right in front of Zoro, his own freckled face just centimeter away from other's surprised look.

Ace took Zoro's hand on his own and brought it to his lips. He kissed the greenette's fingers and knuckles moving up the back of his hand. "I have something I need to do..." Zoro said his ears little red and tried to get away from Ace, but then the taller man closed the cap between them by kissing him passionately. And the greenette soon found himself kissing back, his fingers tangling trough Ace's hairs.

Usopp cleared his throat. "Umm... Ace.. How was your striker working?" he always stared to feel really awkward when the two male got intimate.

The kiss was broken when Ace realized their audience. "Huh? Oh, it was working very well. Thank you so much by fixing it." Ace thanked once again as Zoro remembered what he was doing in the first place and decided to use Usopp's words to get away from the situation. He removed Ace's arms that now were on his hips and saw how the taller man pouted at this. "Sorry Ace I'm kinda busy at the moment." he said and then turned around to get inside of the ship leaving Ace with Usopp, who still asked something about the striker.

Zoro climbed down the ladders and walked ahead of the hallway. He could still feel how Ace's lips had kissed him. The greenette touched lightly his own hand and sighed. Other seemed to be kissing and touching him even more than usually. But why today? He had just enough of thinking with the gift.

The door of girls' room came into his sight and after making his way over it Zoro knocked the wooden door. He heard how someone behind it rose and walked over to open it. The door nup turned and he saw Nami's face peeking from the room. "Zoro, what are you doing here? I thought you were training." she said opening the door even more so the swordsman could walk in. "Well anyway good you came. We're planning the party for tonight and I'm sure I can find something to do for you too."

Zoro walked inside only half listening Nami when he realized that he had never been inside of the girls' room before. He studied the room, the walls were light color and there were two beds, a bookcase, a dresser and a mirror. All the funitures were dark wood and matched with the light color of the walls. There was also a carpet plus at the moment not so big treasure in one corner of the room.

He saw Sanji, Luffy and Chopper sitting on the floor and Robin in the edge of the bed. "Wouldn't it by the way suspicious if Ace found all of us here?" The swordsman asked as Nami closed the door and walked over the chair.

"Oh, that's why Usopp has to keep his attention somewhere else. And we are almost ready with the planning after that the only thing left is implementation of the party." Nami informed the greenette before turning his attention back to others, "Sanji you know what to make?" the blonde cook nodded and told her precious 'angel' that the food was almost ready. "Great. Chopper and Luffy you'll do the decoration. Use whatever you think would do it. And ask Usopp if he as something useable. Me and Robin are checking the drinks and making sure everything works like it should."

""Hai!"" was heard from everybody before guys sitting on the floor rose up.

"Wait Luffy, I need your help." Zoro said stopping the young boy with straw hat. For a minute everybody stared first the greenette, then their captain, then again the greenette and so on. 'This must be the first - and probably the last- time when Zoro is asking for help..' Nami thought and sweat dropped. Just what in the hell was so hard for the thick-headed swordsman that he was willingly asking for help? Nami couldn't but to wonder.

"Chopper you go before, I'll come soon." Luffy said to the reindeer who now left the room. Their captain's face changed into a more serious look before answering to Zoro. "Yeah, sure. What's the problem?" The greenette after glancing others - slight red rose on his cheeks because of the embarrassment- told Luffy his problem with making up a good gift for Ace. "Sorry Zoro I can't help you." his captain shook his head as the swordsman stared at him, clearly not getting the point of his words. "And why the fuck you can't?!"Zoro asked starting to loose his nerves.

"Because you need to think that yourself! If you use an idea someone has given to you the gift will lose it meaning!" Luffy explained this like to an idiot, which was actually kind of ironic considering the difference between their intelligences. Even if the swordsman wasn't the sharpest pen among the people in the room, when it came to stupidity Luffy was undisputed winner.

"But I have known him only couple days! How am I supposed to give him something he likes with only this much time!?" The rest of the crew, minus Usopp who was with Ace on the deck, watched with a mixed feelings of amusement and surprise how the second strongest guy in their crew was totally freaking out because of one gift.

Luffy, for once, looked like a real captain thinking what to do next. "Well.. Ace doesn't like goods. He is more that kind of guy who prefers something like a surprise party.."

"You just made my job even harder!" the greenette's voice rose from frustration and he was about ready to rip off his hairs. Just why the fuck was it so hard to come up with a gift? He didn't even remember the last time he had been so stressed out from something.

The orange haired navigator also looked thoughtful. "Why don't you just give him your body?" she asked bluntly before turning at the woman on the edge of the bed. "That would be hot~ right Robin?"

The other female member nodded and let out a hum. "I must say I agree with you miss navigator."

For a second Zoro and Sanji froze, both girls giggled and Luffy was picking up his nose and acting like it would be the most normal conversation ever. After the stopping moment the greenette turned around really slowly to look at Nami, who gave him an innocent smile. Zoro's eye was twitching and his face now completely red. "WHAT THE HELL YOU TWO!?" he shouted.

Sanji on other hand stared at his two 'angels' horrified. "What are you saying Nami-chan, Robin-chan?!"

Nami ignored Sanji completely and rose her hands up in a defense position. "That was just an idea, you don't have to use it." she said sounding as innocent as possible.

"Good, since I'm not going to do that."

"Really? I'm pretty sure that Ace himself wouldn't mind if you did." Nami said her voice now filled with honey and other orange eyebrow risen. Her face was like teasing the swordsman and saying: "I know what he likes better than you."

Zoro's eye twitched "I'm going to make something up by myself!" He rose up irritated and determined before heading to the door, but stopped suddenly when he remembered another thing he had to ask from his captain. "Luffy, by the way why did you put your hands over my mouth in morning?"

His captain scowled, trying to remember the morning. Then his face cleared. "Oh that, of course because you were going to tell him about his birthday!"

"I'M PRETTY SURE ACE KNOWS WHEN HIS OWN BIRTHDAY IS!" The greenette roared and stomped out of the room before loudly slamming the door shut behind him.

Luffy pouted. "What's with him today?" He asked and turned at others.

Robin smiled politely and enlightened their captain. "Let's just say our little swordsman is having a hard time while trying to be a good boyfriend." Nami giggled at this.

...~~~~...

When Zoro stepped on the deck again he was lost on his thoughts so well that Ace couple meters away staring at him reminded invisible to him. The grin rose on the fire user's face as he thought how to surprise the swordsman as efficiently as possible. He sneak closer Zoro behind his back.. And then shot his arms around other's waist.

Zoro yelped from surprise and turned his head to face whoever was behind him (even thought he was pretty sure who he would see). He had been right. The greenette saw Ace's grinning face looking at him. "Less busy now?" Ace asked not letting go, but pulling Zoro even closer.

"Hnh. Not really." Zoro answered and shrugged his shoulders.

"Aww.. That's too bad." The fire user said as other snorted askingly. A sly smile rose on Ace's face"I really want to spend some time with you~ Besides if I remember correctly you said I might be able to kiss all the day long."

'Oh yeah, I relly did said that.' Zoro remembered, but didn't have time to answer before Ace turned him around and placed his own forehead against his. This time even thought the greenette felt a little surprised he didn't yelp, but closed his eyes slowly and breathed other's scent inside of him. Ace smelled like mixture of fire that had been put out and burning wood. Then there was something slightly sweet, maybe some kind of fruit?

Suddenly Zoro felt guilt in his chest. Ace had said many times he loved him and he had told the fire user the same thing, but now he couldn't come up with a gift for him! 'I must be one shitty boyfriend..' His brains tried to tell him that he had heard only today it was Ace's birthday, but the emotions messed up his sanity. He didn't know what Ace liked nor had he known when his birthday was. It was the day when other was born for fuck's sake and he couldn't come up with anything to celebrate it. 'Maybe I'm not suited to be in a relationship..' he thought and scolwed.

Ace noticed this and opened his eyes while pulling back. "Is something wrong?" he asked and touched slightly Zoro's cheek with his thumb. Other just stared at the ground without answering.

"Oh Ace here you are!" the sniper shout happily as he came out of the kitchen. The sudden change of the mood offered a way of escape from the question to the greenette. "You can disappear pretty quickly, you know. Oh Zoro you're here too." Usopp added and glanced the greenette standing next to Ace.

The fire user sighed quietly. He didn't know why, but the sniper of his brother's crew had been going after him the whole day. And all he wanted was to have some personal space and time (and be with his swordsman). "Yeah. I saw Zoro and wanted to suprise him." he answered finally.

Usopp nodded. "Well anyway good that I found you guys. Luffy wants you to come in the kitchen." the long nosed pointed at the door he had stepped out only couple minutes before.

Ace's expression changed to curious one as he stared the door.

Zoro just gulped. He had not expected the crew to get the party ready so fast. Now he had no chance to get a gift for the fire user. The greenette felt how someone took his hand and saw Ace grinning at him. "We should go, right?" Zoro only nodded still feeling somewhat guilty.

They stepped inside of the dark kitchen hand in hand and Usopp coming after them. Ace scowled, but as soon as the sniper got inside he switched the lights on and everybody yelled "Surprise!" The fire user started laugh when he realized what was going on. If he had been on Moby dick he would have expected something like this, but not here, on Going merry. "Happy birthday Ace!" Luffy appeared in front of his brother grinning widely.

"Thanks Luffy." he responded. "And thanks for you guys too, you really got me here." Everybody smiled and nodded as Ace studied the decorated kitchen. There were some colorful balloons and ribbons hanging from the roof and on the floor.

"So, who wants cake?" Sanji asked. All of them rose their hand when seeing delicious looking cake. The cook gave the first plate to Ace who sat down. After everybody had received a plate and glass they were about to cheer only to find out that the hero of the parties had fallen asleep his face on the plate. Luffy laughed at this, Zoro grinned and Robin tried to hide her smile while everyone else facepalmed before they woke him up.

"And Ace, my gift for you." Luffy said smiling widely as the fire user wiped his face to napkin. "Isn't this party just enough?" he asked his little brother. He just couldn't believe Luffy had actually remembered his birthday, planned this party and was even going to give a gift for him. In eleven years he had just learned that his little brother wouldn't ever remember his birthday. Or give him a gift, but apparently he had been wrong.

"But you'll like this one for sure!" the young teen claimed. "I know you don't really like things, so I'll give you a permission to take Zoro anywhere you want for one whole day!" he solemnly declared.

First Ace blinked, then he started to laugh. "Luffy that's one of the best gifts you have ever given to me." he said smiling (if possible) even wider than Luffy at the moment. They gave each others a brotherly hug before Ace thanked Luffy. He then after laughing for something Luffy said turned to look at Zoro on his right side. "So, what would you say about meeting my family?" he asked and watched how other almost spit the booze on the floor, but managed to swallow before doing so.

Luffy laughed his own way at the nervous and confused swordsman who now had a little red on his cheeks. Zoro tried to construct a sentence for answer, but he was still so surprised that it kind of failed.

Ace stared the greenette and grinned by himself. 'How can someone look so cute when abashed?' he asked himself.

The party went on with laughter, drinking and just having fun. Ace had to admit that Luffy's crew really knew how to party. He was listening the sniper's crazy stories, which he knew were lies, but they were funny anyway and he laughed every time when the small reindeer looked horrified or amazed. He also facepalmed the blond cook's attemps to flirt with the navigator and dark haired woman. That was also the only time Zoro laughed when they were inside the kitchen. The fire user would have loved to see him smile or laugh more, but always when Ace watched the greenette seemed to be lost in his own thoughts.

Ace himslef laughed like hell when Luffy and the sniper were playing around. Everyone else just watched with amusement except the reindeer who laughed with him.

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"I'm gonna take some fresh air." Zoro said, his cheeks were slightly reddish because of the alcohol he had been drinking the whole evening when trying to avoid Ace the best he could.

Everybody continued the partying in the straw hat style, exceptions were those who had passed out and the Ace who saw the swordsman leaving the kitchen. He took a bottle of booze from the table and headed outside too.

Ace closed the door quietly and saw Zoro on the lower deck leaning against the railing and humming a tune unfamiliar to him. He climbed the stairs down keeping the whole his eyes on other's back.

Ace tapped Zoro's shoulder. And the greenette turned around and shook the bottle in his hand. Other grinned for answer.

They just sat there next to each others and passing the bottle of booze between them. Both of them cheeks were redder than before and the voices from the kitchen reached them just well, but it didn't matter. Those noises were just background noise that echoed from somewhere. It didn't bother either one of them.

"It's weird." the greenette said staring at the deck. Ace's gaze turned at him. "Just six days ago I was a taking nap on this deck without a slightest idea I would ever have a boyfriend."

Ace chuckled as Zoro drank from the bottle before giving it to the taller man, who drank from it too. "Say Zoro, after being few days in a relationship is this so bad?" Ace drank again the booze waiting Zoro to answer as the greenette noticed other's hand had at some point found its way on his shoulder.

"Not at all." he took the booze from Ace. "Ace… I'm sorry." he whispered quietly staring at the bottle before drinking it empty and placing it on his left side.

The fire user stared at him. "For what?" he finally asked when Zoro didn't continue.

Zoro hesitated for a second. "..I don't have anything for you even thought it's your birthday. I must the most horrible boyfriend ever."

Ace shook his head. "We have dated only few days. Like I could require you to get me something when I didn't even tell you my birthday. To be honest I didn't expect Luffy to remember it, so I thought I could just skip it this year." Zoro felt a small smile pulling the corner of his mouth. He felt happier, but suddenly noticed sight was growing somewhat blurry, but he could see how Ace leaned in. The next thing he felt was how the fire user breathed at his neck. It surprised him. Zoro had waited a pair of lips to meet up with his skin, but instead it was breathe. - Unbearable hot breath.

A smirk appeared on Ace's face. "You don't have to give me things, Zoro." his voice was now low purring and the greenette hated to admit , but he loved it. Ace's lips traveled just few millimeters from his own, but soon they moved close to his ear. "You have no idea how badly I have wanted you this whole day.."

Ace came close, but not even once did he touch nor kiss Zoro. To the older man it was just a game, but the greenette found it too teasing. Ace's lips touched his forehead slightly enough to make other wonder did they even touch him at all.

Ace whispered something more to his ear, Zoro wasn't entirely sure, but he might have giggled.

Thinking now it felt completely idiot thing to do. Why had he even acted like that in the first place?

The greenette found out that resisting other was hard. Somewhere between the drinking something had just clicked. He wanted Ace, more than before. And other's teasing touches only made Zoro carve Ace's touch, his lips and hands on his body.

He had to admit that he missed it. He missed waking up next to him, he missed the kisses Ace gave or most of time, stole from him. He missed his voice and words and those chats they had had. After he had tasted what it was like to be with the fire user Zoro felt himself lonely. For the first time in his life training wasn't everything for him.

Things started to get really foggy from that point. Zoro wasn't sure what had happened before that, but he remembered he gave in to his urges, they both did so. He remembered how it felt to have all of Ace's attention on him. Ace kissed Zoro as his hands traveled all around the greenette's body. He heated them up. Then happened something that the swordsman wasn't so sure of, but he didn't have a shirt after that.

But...

Something felt off. It didn't feel like before. This was knocking somewhere deep in the swordsman's mind. It was only half there, but even if it was in his mind he couldn't name what was wrong. Not until the sharp pain he felt.

He closed his eyes tightly and pressed forehead into his arms, like trying to get it trough them. "Zoro." a voice of his captain called his name. Zoro winced from the sudden interference that pulled him away from those painful memories. The greenette rose his head from his arms and looked at his captain. There was a familiar figure standing next to him and his eyes widened.

Zoro tried to rose up guickly and run to them, but tripped couple times before getting the full speed. He ran straight at the taller raven haired male, but slowed down in front of him. Zoro stared at him trying to decide what to do, or more likely what would be best thing to do.

Ace, present:

I walked on the sand, over Luffy. He stared at me, but not wearing the same wide smile on his face that usually when I showed up. I could read that he was disappointed in my actions. Well it wasn't surprise, even I was disappointed my own actions so why wouldn't others be too? I was just wondering how disappointed or angry Zoro was. I couldn't even bring myself to say his name. That's how weak I am. Instead my own little brother had to call him over.

I heard his steps when his sole hit the sand. And I remembered the scream.

"Ace!"

Ace blinked confused. 'What happened?' The alcohol was causing some serious trouble to his senses and he wasn't so sure what was going on in front of him.

Sometimes I still hear the scream. Even thought I can't remember a lot, the scream is what I can. But not clearly. Hell, not even close, but there was something in that tone that just got my attention. Probably because his voice was so sudden and different, even panicked.

Suddenly he felt himself clearer, like he hadn't had the last couple bottle of booze. He had heard the scream sharp and saw clearlier in front of him without too much of fogginess in his vision anymore. He wasn't sure what he was seeing. He knew what he saw, but it was like he couldn't understand it.

Then his brains realized what was going on. First it felt like cold water poured on his neck, then like anvil dropped on his heart after that like thousands of needles piercing his skin.

I still don't know what had caused it. Maybe it was the alcohol from before, maybe his body or just he in general. Probably all of these together, but one thing was sure. That it had happened. I had lost the control of myself and because of that I did something I can never forgive myself.

He was sure he hadn't ever moved faster in his entire life. It wasn't even two seconds when he was already on his feet and backed off couple meters without taking his eyes off of Zoro's torso. There were several spots where the skin was bright red or it was burned away. 'Burned...' what his brains send felt like electric shock. He had burned his boyfriend. He had hurt someone he cared. Accidentally of course, but he had done it. He felt like his whole world crumpled into pieces. His strength being sucked away. Like the Going merry had disappeared under his feet and he had fallen into the dark deeps of the ocean.

"Ace.." the fire user snapped out of it and saw Zoro who tried to rise on a sitting position, but the pain was easily to be read on his face when he was leaning on his other elbow while his other hand was holding the burns.

I couldn't take it back then.. I still can't. So I did the only thing that seemed reasonable, I left the situation.

"Zoro... I.. I.. I can't do this..." the words were halting and he felt his hand shaking 'Stop it!' even his inner voice feklt like it was shaking. 'I have to get away. I need time to think.' "I have to go.." the words came out of his mouth without thinking, they sounded as empty as he was feeling.

Zoro tried to keep poker face, but the fire user's actions and words made creeps go down on his spine. "Ace wait!" the greenette shouted in panic and tried to get up as fast as he could, which actually wasn't so fast because of the burn on his stomach.

After he got on his feet moving became easier, but by then Ace was already next the the railing and jumped off of Going merry's deck.

Normal pov, present:

Neither one of them moved as Luffy walked couple meters away to continue juggling with Usopp and Chopper and to give them some space to clear things.

The silence continued and yet they still had moved. Zoro, with a slight hesitation, rose his gaze from the sand and tried to make eye contact with the fire user, but failed when Ace just kept staring at the ground. He kept staring at other's face. Still no words nor bigger movements were done.

"For fuck's sake!" The greenette yelled suddenly frustrated and mashed his lips together with Ace. He kissed him long time, but the fire user still didn't kiss back. The greenette pulled back, now hurt. "Ace It was accident! You didn't meant it.."

Ace bit his lower lip. "No I didn't, but.. It's better this way. That's why I came here, to talk to you. I think.." he took a deep breathe and without meaning clenched his hand to fist. "I think it's better if we don't see each other anymore."

Zoro blinked once then twice. He just turned around and headed to the spot he had been sitting on. The greenette took his three katana on the ground before he continued his way further from the shore. And others including Ace. On that whole time he didn't say a word. The fire user wanted to yell or run after him, but he couldn't after dumping the greenette like that. He could only watch silently as other walked away and with every step he took, tore his heart to pieces over and over again.

Okay so hi! I'm back. After being about half a year away I finally got this chapter done. And as you can see there's some drama going on.

Next update will become sooner than this, (seriously half a year, how do I even do that?), but hey I managed to make this chapter longer than usually, so some points from that, right? *nervous laugh* Right?

Anyway it's good to finally update something, so hopefully you enjoyed and have a nice day until we see again ~! Which is soon unless I'm going to be lazy ass again.