Luffy was nervous. He chewed on his lips and stared at the door in front of him. He shouldn't do it. But he wanted to. It was for a special reason. But if he wasn't careful another person would find out and it wasn't even clear when Ace would be back.
Luffy sighed. If it went on like this with people finding out, Ace would be the last and then his brother would be angry.
He felt like his ears were going to hurt again, like the time he told him that Sabo was alive. Luffy didn't remember the exact words, but he knew there was a lot of cursing. His blonde brother had cringed when they called together. When Ace started to get creative with his insults, Sabo ended the call. It would be an interesting birthday when they met again for the first since how many years?
Luffy shook his head. No, he didn't have the time for that. He was on a mission and he didn't have time to think about the meeting of his brothers.
The young captain took a deep breath and knocked on the door. He waited. No answer. Well, looks like he didn't get a chance to ask. But perhaps it was for the better. Chances of being found out were less.
„Are you looking for someone, Luffy?" A voice asked him. The boy turned around and came face to face with the speaker.
Vista. The fifth division commander and from Izo's saying the best in lessons for a specific topic.
This was Luffy's chance and he wasn't one to leave one out. „Yes, I have to ask you something, Flower Moustache." The black-haired boy tilted his head. How could he explain or rather asked what he wanted from the fifth division commander without spilling everything?
„Well, go ahead or is it more of a private matter?"
„Private."
Vista nodded and opened his door. He let Luffy in und with a hand gesture offered him a chair. The boy sat down and waited until the door was closed and Vista sat down on another chair.
„I want to ask if... if you could teach me about romance. Izo said you would be the best to ask on the ship about this topic." Luffy had looked at the floor while he spoke. He lifted his head and tried to use one of his best puppy looks to make sure Vista agrees.
„Romance? So is there a special someone you want to court or impress?" The fifth division commander was playing with his moustache.
Luffy shook his head. „No... it is more this person means a lot to me and I wanted to do something special, but I couldn't think of anything. So I read one of Izo's books and there was something about romance and dressing up in skirts or dresses for the person. But I don't like dress up, so I asked Izo about the romance thing and he told me to ask you."
„Does this person know about your feelings? And if so, are you in a relationship with the person?" Luffy tilted his head. He couldn't understand how this question would help with this romance thing. But Flower Moustache was the expert, so he answered: „Yes, the person know and we are dating, but taking it slow." A smile seemed to ghost over Vista's face, but the boy wasn't sure.
„So you want to show this person by doing something romantical and special that you are ready for the next steps in the relationship if you are taking it slow?"
Luffy weighed his head left and right and blushed. He wasn't sure what exactly the next step in Marco's and his relationship would be. But it made him remember how most of their kisses were soft and simply involved moving their lips against each other. Also, there was lots of cuddling, which was nice.
But there was something that made Luffy thirsty for more. There were a few kisses who did have this effect. He could count this kisses on one hand. It was when both of them were a bit lost in their own world and couldn't be interrupted that the kisses got more passionate and if it was long enough there would be some tongue interaction between them. This kisses made Luffy blushed and also elicit some strange noises from himself. These made the boy want to jump Marco and beg him to stop taking it slow and take this relationship further until ... Well until what?
