Love in the Ring and on Stage: Ace x reader

Chapter 13

Y/n pov:

"thank you for the food" I said. Ace stood up and started cleaning so I wanted to help him, but his mother called me.

"it's okay" Ace said taking the plates from my hands.

I went to his mother bedroom and saw her in bed

"sorry" his mother said as I took a seat "I'm a bit tired"

"no it's fine, I don't mind"

She sat up and took my hand

"ace isn't a bad kid"

"ooh no, we're not like that" I replied, remembering what Sabo said

"I know" she gave me a smile "but I just you want to know. He acts violent, because of that stupid boxing but he's actually a big softy"

I couldn't help but smile "you don't like him doing boxing?"

"ooh no, not one bit...but it makes him happy, how I don't know?" his mother gave my hand a squeeze

"so he's actually a softy?" I asked which caused his mother to laugh

"yeah but don't tell him that I told you that"

"thank you for letting me stay the night" I said

"well it was Ace's idea" his mother lets go of my hand "goodnight dear, you're probably tired"

"goodnight ma'am"

"please call me Rouge" she gave me a final smile before I left the room

"don't go getting the wrong idea now" I see Ace standing with his arms crossed "I'm not a softy"

I laughed which causes him to scoff

"come let me show where you'll be sleeping"

he led me to the room that was at the end of the house. When he opened the door I saw pictures of Ace and his brothers on the  wall with some famous boxer poster on the wall

"we don't really have another room so you can sleep in mine"

"where will you be sleeping?" I asked looking around before turning to look at Ace

"on the couch" he turned around and was about to leave before I grab his wrist and drop my head

"I know it's selfish of me to ask, but I really don't want to be alone...can you maybe sleep with me"

he didn't reply so I lift my head and see his face was red, causing mine to turn red "no" I let go of his wrist "I-I didn't mean it like that, maybe just on the floor or something"

he gave me a smile, with his face still a bit red, but he turned around "Okay" He said and a few minutes later he comes in with a few blankets and he made himself a bed on the floor

"thank you"

"yeah no problem" he took a seat on his bed, on the floor, and I took a seat on his bed and we both turn to look at each other

"you're mom is really nice" I said, not trying to make things awkward "are you guys really brothers?"

Ace shook his head "my dad and luffy's dad are brothers. Luffy doesn't really know his dad or his mother, I don't like my dad and Sabo's dad and his mother are jerks as well.'

now that I think about it I don't really now anything about Ace. I cross my legs, put my elbow on my knee and then rest my head on my palm

"you probably didn't want to know that"

"no, please continue" I smiled

"okay" he said "so when we were younger we lived with a lady called Dadan, our Grandfather dropped us of at her house so she can look after us. While we were living there we met Sabo so he came to live with us. When I turned 10 Luffy, Sabo and I drank some sake and we decided that we would become brothers, my mother also came and took us so that we can come live with her, she was very ill back then and couldn't look after us, but she got better."

"drinking sake at 10, wow Ace" I laughed

"yeah what can I say, I've been tough since I was younger" he had a smug look on his face and I roll my eyes.

"so yeah that's a summarised version without all the dramatic and emotional stuff involved" he said "can I hear your summarised version?"

I close my eyes "yeah, but I can't tell mine without the dramatic and emotional stuff"

"I don't mind, unless you don't want to talk about it"

strange enough, I want to tell Ace.

"my parents have always  been strict on this whole ballet thing. My older sister always fought with them whenever they were being unreasonable with me or sometimes even with her. One night they fought and she ran out of the house, but the next day she was found dead" I close my eyes and took a breath before I continued "My mom got pregnant a month after my sister died, like it didn't matter or something, and after that I stopped ballet for 5 years. Now they think I don't practice ballet enough and that  I got rejected by the scouts because I stopped Ballet for so long"

I feel movement next to me and I open my eyes and  see Ace was sitting next to me

"who cares that the scouts rejected you" Ace said not looking at me "I am sorry that you have to live with your parents that don't care enough to see that their daughter is hurting"

my eyes widen and ace turns to look at me as he lifts his hand to wipe the tear that was running down my face, I didn't even realise

he then cupped my face "you're doing good"

I close my eyes and I feel ace pull me into a hug

"I'm sorry"

"why are you apologising?" he asked

"I always keep talking about my problems" I said

"there nothing wrong about not wanting to burden those feelings alone" he said

"but that's what you're doing" I pull away and look at him and he gave me a sad smile

"one day I'll tell you about my problems, if you want to hear them"

''yes, I don't want you to face them alone" I said