There was two days until Sabo's birthday and Sabo, unfortunately, got sick.
You woke up like usual and woke up the boys. But when you got to Sabo, who was normally awake by the time you woke the other two, he was still fast asleep. You walk over silently and shake him lightly. He groans and opens his eyes slowly, just from his expression you can tell something was off.
“Sabo...?” You call out to him while brushing some of his hair out of his face, looks like it might need to be cut soon. You fingers brush against his forehead and you recoil in shock, it was really hot.
“Ooh no...” You said as he moves away from your hand, to him you felt really cold. He looks at you and lets out a weak cough, you take his blanket and cover his completely so that his face was the only thing you could see. He shivers into the blanket and coughs again while squeezing his eyes shut. You decide he was in no condition to go to school and leave the room to let him rest.
You make your way downstairs and into the kitchen to find the other two eating very large bowls of cereal. You look at the two empty cereal boxes and then back at the boys and frown.
“Seriously?” You said while motioning to the discarded boxes. Both raven haired boys look at you with milk dripping off their chin.
“What?” They ask, Luffy spits out a little milk. You sigh and grab the paper towels and clean up their mess.
“Where's Sabo?” Luffy asks after he finishes downing his milk that was left in the bowl. You walk over to him and grab his chin and make him look at you as you wipe off his face with a paper towel. He wiggles away from you with a glare and you give him a small grin.
“He's sick.” You told them, Ace stops drinking his milk and looks over at Luffy. The both of them hop out of their chairs and rush upstairs. You sighed and cleaned up the rest of their mess.
“You guys have school!” You reminded them as you washed their bowls. You hear Luffy groan and smile slightly.
After coaxing them out of Sabo's bedroom you took them to their bus stop and both of them glanced in the direction of the house every once in awhile.
“He'll be okay..” You kept telling them, but they would just exchange glances and sigh. Eventually the bus arrived and the two were off to school. You watched the bus turn around the corner before you turned and walked back to the house. You hummed to yourself as you make your way up the driveway, what did they do at school anyways?
---Luffy---
Ace pushes ahead of Luffy and takes a seat next to a blond with pineapple hair. Luffy sighs a bit before pushing further into the back of the bus and takes his seat next to a boy with a long nose. The boy looks over and frowns at Luffy's sad expression.
“What's wrong Luffy?” He asks, bothered by his friends lack of noise. Luffy looks over at his friend and sighs again.
“Sabo's sick...” He answers and the boy looks surprised for a moment before smiling.
“I'm sure he'll be fine!” He says with a grin, Luffy looks at him surprised for a moment.
“You think so?” He asks and the long nose boy nods.
“Of course! I'm sure your mom can take care of him!” He says, Luffy frowns for a second.
“She's not our mom, Usopp.” Luffy corrects the long nose boy, Usopp.
Usopp looks surprised and tilts his head to the side a bit.
“But I thought she was taking care of you guys like a mommy would?” He asks confused.
“She is but...she's not related to us!” Luffy huffs.
“So? Your brothers aren't related to you!” Someone says from behind them. Luffy turns and see's Nami glaring at him.
“Yeah...but...” Luffy says, getting a little confused.
“Hey Ace!” Nami calls out to the freckled boy who was sitting a few seats ahead of Luffy. Ace turns around in his seat and sits on his knees while looking back at them.
“What?” He asks with a slight scowl on his face.
“Does Ms.(Name) treat you like a your her son?” Nami asks him. The question catches the boy off guard and he falls back surprised. His face turns a bit red and his friend next to him laughs at him.
“Why the hell are you asking that!?” Ace yells suddenly, earning a glare from the bus driver. Ace just flips him off before turning back to Nami who was giving him a disapproving look.
“Luffy says she isn't your mom.” She says with her arms crossed in front of her on the back of Luffy and Usopp's seat.
“Well she isn't...” Ace says, looking away from the orange haired girls eyes.
“But she takes care of you like a mommy does...I heard that she almost beat your teachers up cause they made you cry!” She teases and Ace's face turns red.
“T-that doesn't make her my mom!” He yells, earning another glare from the bus driver.
“Your brothers aren't related to you.” She points out to him like she did Luffy. Ace looks away from her again and huffs.
“I-I...guess so...” He admits softly, Nami grins.
“So then why can't she be your mommy? It can't be because you aren't related to her.” She says, frowning suddenly. Both Ace and Luffy look at her.
“Oh that's right your mom adopted you and your sister too...” Luffy says. Ace and Luffy exchange looks before Nami speaks again.
“So why isn't she your mom?” She asks again. Both Ace and Luffy fall silent. They didn't have an answer for that anymore.
