Paradise

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Sabo parks the rental truck in front of his new appartment complex.

As soon as he removes the key from the contact, Luffy bounces outside to take in the surroundings.

That leaves Ace and him laughing before stepping outside as well.

He had volunteered them for help when he decided to move outside their hometown for his studies, and they insisted they spent the first night together in his flat, saying Sabo was going to be scared all alone. He isn't sure who's going to miss who the most.

Since Sabo doesn't have that many belongings to begin with, moving all the furniture inside doesn't take long.

Well, Ace and Sabo worked fast but Luffy always got distracted by something : the neighbour's cat, a poster in the hallway, a random thought that had him giggling by himself. All in all, classical Luffy.

After putting the last box inside, they order pizza and soda, and spend the evening hanging out in the main room, recalling stories of when they were kids and laughing loud enough to get a scolding from the old lady living next door.

They sleep together on the mattress laid bare on the floor, having neglected to set up the bed properly.

Ace is the first to wake up, trying to disentangle himself from the pile of limbs without notice, but failing miserably, as he soon hears Luffy sleepily ask "Breakfast ?"

Ace smiles and ruffles his younger brother's hair. "Sure, I'll get something." Finally getting out of their makeshift bed, he tumbles on an empty soda bottle and effectively wakes up both dormant forms behind him.

Sabo blinks awake and grumbles, trying to get some of the blanket over his head. He fails though, because Luffy pried the precious fabric during the night and rolled himself inside it like a human burrito.

Loud knocks at the door echo in the almost empty room.

Ace grunts and runs to the door, ready to silence whoever dares waking up his brothers this way in the morning. He opens the door and- "Jiji !"

Garp looks at the freckled young man, then into the room and at the two waking forms on the mattress.

"I thought you couldn't help us for the moving."

"I can't, but that doesn't mean I won't check if you're working well. What's with the pizza boxes on the floor, haven't you learned by now how to clean after dinner ?" Entering the room, he continues his inspection, "All the furniture isn't set up and the fridge isn't even plugged, lazy kids that you are. And you could have ordered something healthier, or you could have cooked, Sabo, I thought you were moving here because you were the most responsible one ?"

Each of the sworn brothers receive a knock on the head for not having done everything accordingly to their grandfather's agenda.

Still rubbing the painful spot, Luffy complains, "Then we have to buy meat !"

"You kids are money leeches. I can't believe how I'm putting up with all your shenanigans. I'll put you all back into the right path someday but for now...", Garp sighs, "Groceries time", he grumpily says but takes his beloved leeches to the supermarket nonetheless.

They're dissipated and it takes more time than strictly necessary. At some point Luffy wraps all his limbs around a meat fridge, claiming they should buy the whole stuff, and Ace and Sabo have to pry him off the goddamn thing. Later on it's Sabo, drooling in front of the spices and dreaming of all the meals he could cook if he had the whole alley to himself. Finally, Ace almost tries to hit on the cashier when he's reminded by a knock on the head of the presence of Garp.

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