The winter wind blew forcefully against the small leafless trees. It nipped at the skin of a well-built, tall man in a small thin black flamed jacket. His freckled cheeks were pink from the cold, he hugged himself for warmth as he walk down the street. A gust of wind blew strongly as he went against it whipping his chestnut above- shoulder- length hair back, only adding to his stress. He cursed himself for deciding to walk home from work. Even thou he got off early, his little brother would flip if he knew his big brother Ace was walking home, alone in the cold. Ace couldn't wait to get home and surprise Luffy with the fresh cookies he had snuggled away in his jacket pocket.

He smiled at the idea of his little brothers' face. So cute he thought to himself. He stopped dead in his tracks. No, he's cute but not like that. He told himself even thou he knew it was a lie. He walked the rest of the way trying not to think of Luffy. Luffy's face flashed in front of his eyes, his big onyx eyes with a scar under the left one, his huge trademark smile all so perfect. He smiled as he approached the small brick house. It wasn't much but it was home. He walked up the creaky wooden steps, shoving his hand in his pockets searching for key, as he did so. He put the key in the lock and paused, there were sounds of yelling and arguing coming from the other side of the doors.

Then he heard Luffy's voice yell and then a deeper, little older sounding voice yell right back. Ace clinched the door knob tightly and swung the door open. It hit the wall with a loud thud. Ace's eyes darted strait to Luffy, Luffy starred back with tears rolling down his face. Then he looks at the parson he was yelling at, Ace's eyes fallow only to land on a green haired, tall man. He seemed around Luffy's age, he was tan and whether muscular looking. Ace's eyes darken with rage. What the hell is going on? Why is Luffy crying? He questions himself. Who the hell is this?

"H-Hey ace." Luffy said trying to stop crying.

Ace waves back trying to stay calm. "So Luffy, who's your friend here?" he replied darkly, his voice seeming like it alone will rip this strange man limb from limb.

"Oh, umm… This is my… umm…" Luffy stuttered, his eyes darting from the floor to Ace quickly.

"I'm his boyfriend, and who might you be?" the green haired man stated, deciding to jump into the conversation. He put his arm around Luffy's waist.

Ace smiled darkly at him. "I'm his older brother, Ace." He said, and then paused. "What's your name?"

The man's eyes widened as he began to look from Luffy to Ace. He quickly cleared his throat. "My name is Zoro." He replied, while holding out his hand for ace to shake.

Ace grabbed his hand and pulled Zoro closer, forcing him to release his arm from around Luffy. Zoro was close enough where his ear was to Aces lips. "If I find out you're the one that made him cry, you will never be able to make baby's ever again." Is all ace snarled in to his ear.