The Whitebeard Pirates' Playground

Ch. 45 - My future is being a cat lady... a cat man??? (Part 6)

Meeeooowwwww

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooowww

Mrrrrrrrrr

Mrow

Marco put the book in his lap down and looked towards the door to Ace's room. An eyebrow raised at the meowing coming out. It didn't sound anything like Ace was hurt in some way so he wasn't worried.

He shrugged and lifted his book again, reading further. Must be having a vocal moment. Maybe he's meowing at his own reflection again. It had been a year now that they had been together and Marco likes to think that now they've now really settled with each other.

No longer did Marco worriedly follow Ace around the house when he went exploring, or go into a panic when Ace somehow got on the table, afraid that he would fall off. He now knew perfectly fine what Ace was capable off and that the cat some times wanted his own space and he would return to ask for pets eventually.

Like now, at the start when he had started reading, Ace had been in his lap, enjoying some ear scratches before after maybe two chapters he had jumped up, stretched out, went to take a sip of his water and then went into his own room where Marco had heard the jingling of bells of some of Ace's toys before he started meowing in different tunes. He liked to think that it was Ace maybe practicing his speech? Unless he's just meowing at himself like he had thought before. Anyway, as long as Ace enjoyed himself.

Meow -meow – mreow

Chuckling a little at the sounds he leafed further in his book, the sounds of meows echoing behing him.

Mew mrw meow mreeeooww!

Okay... It was starting to become very loud... and a lot...

MEOW MRRRRRRROOOOOOO!!!

"Alright. Enough." He closed the book and stood up, putting it on the coffee table before going to Ace's room whilst speaking, "What is going on, Ace? You're not in competition with your reflection, and I thought you had won from it last week somh- oh fuck what the hell!?"

Marco's eyes were wide and he hurried to Ace, picking him up and holding him close while he took a step back. Panic and fear coursing through him as behind the window that Ace had just been sitting with was a blond person.

Was it a pervert? A thief? Trying to get Ace to open the window????

Meow

The meow was muffled and obviously didn't come from Ace but from... the man?? It sounded so much like a real meow too. Not a human impression of one.

He held Ace strongly in his arms as the boy wiggled to get out and watched the person behind the window move, a hand raising higher and higher and Marco was ready to run with Ace. Only... the hand became a loose fist that was licked a few times before it was brought up more and rubbed over fluffy ears. Just like how Ace cleans himself.

!? Just how Ace cleans himself?!

"A hybrid-yoi." Marco whispered now seeing the big fluffy ears and noticing that the man was more like a smaller boy, not looking far older then Ace. "What is it doing here?"

Meow - came again from behind the window.

Meow! Mmrrraaaaaaarrrr! Mrrraarrrr!!

Marco looked to Ace in his arm, very proud of the cat getting closer and closer to saying his name everyday, but...

Mrraarrooooooo!