𝓭𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓾 𝓱𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓷𝓸 𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓶𝓲 { 𝓪𝓬𝓮 | 1 }

Chapter 3:Pretty hurts

(A/N:I really, really wanna get Ace merchandise, but i can never find any here in Japan!)

Itami pov
I woke up & let outa long, loud yawn.

"God DAMN I love this bed!"I said happily

'Maybe I should marry the bed. Bed understands me.'

Laughing at my own stupid thought, I got out of bed & grabbed my clothes. I hopped into the shower, and cleansed myself.

"What the fuck? I ran out of shampoo & conditioner? Uggggh."I groan

I later got out of the shower, and left my hair down to hair dry. After hair drying, I put my boots on, and left my room to make breakfast for the entire crew.

'Wow its a beautiful day..hope we're gonna dock soon, I need more shopping to be done.'

I walked into the kitchen & saw that it was empty. I grabbed out everything that is needed to make the buffet breakfast that I'm about to make.

Because since I'm in a pirate crew with mainly men, I have to get up early as hell...at like 6:30?

"Another day in paradise."I sighed

Ace pov
I literally jumped out of bed the instant I smelt food.

"Oh my god that smells so good! Where could it be coming from?"

I grabbed my shirt that was hanging up, and shoved it on my body. I jumped into my pants, zipped them up, and went outside to find where that smell is coming from.

'Whatever Thatch is making, it smells good.'

I started following the scent with my nose. I still didn't really know this place off by heart yet, but the one thing that never betrays me, is my sense of smell.

'Damn it Thatch! What are you making!?'

I then accidentally bumped into Marco.

"Oh hey, yoi. What are you doing?"
"Can't you smell it? That scent.."I said
Marco sniffed the air."I can now, yoi. I know exactly who's making that."
"Is it Thatch?"I asked
"Well, lets go see for ourselves, yoi."

Marco pov
We started to follow the smell.

'He'll be surprised to see Itami cooking in there.'

Its easy to tell apart when Itami or Thatch are cooking. When Itami cooks, it usually smells sweeter than Thatch's cooking.

'Guess that's what happens when Itami-yoi has a real sweet tooth.'

"So....have you made your decision, yoi?"I asked
Ace looked at me."Yeah, I'm gonna give up & join. No point in starting over again."
"Well if you're gonna do that, yoi, you need to tell Pops & apologize to Itami, yoi."I said
"But why?!"

"She was trying to keep you alive, and you kept on pissing her off when you didn't say thank you, yoi. Where she comes from, she was big on manners, and she still is, yoi. At the moment, she kind of hates your guts, yoi."I said

Ace let out another sigh, running his hand through his hair.

"Yeah..I'll apologize..."He sighed

Ace pov
Soon, we were getting closer to the kitchen. As we got closer, I could hear melodic singing.

I looked over to Marco."You didn't tell me that Thatch could sing."
Marco whacked my head."Baka Thatch can't sing! Isn't it obvious, yoi?!"
"Nope."
"Its Itami, yoi!"

I blushed in embarrassment, and tried to sneak away, only for Marco to grab my collar.

"What the hell!"I choked out
"Come on yoi!"
"But-"
Marco plopped me down."You promised that you're gonna apologize, yoi! Why are you chickening out?!"
"I'm not! Its just....-"
"You're scared of her, aren't you, yoi?"Marco said teasingly
"What no! Okay maybe a little bit, but I was gonna buy her something!"I hissed
Marco had wide eyes."Are you serious?! Don't you think thats a bit too romantic, yoi?!"
"No! Come on its not that bad of an idea! I'm not good at these things.."I admitted

But our conversation came to a halt when her singing became clearer. I started following her singing, and listened to her singing through the door.

"Mama said: 'You a pretty girl,' "
" 'What's in your head,' "
" 'It doesn't matter. ' "
" 'Brush your hair, fix your teeth.' "
" What you wear is all that matters.'"
"Just another stage,"
"Pageant the pain away."
"This time I'm gonna take the crown,"
"Without falling down, down, down."

"Pretty hurts,"
"We shine the light on whatever's worst."
"Perfection is a disease of the nation,"
"Pretty hurts, pretty hurts."
"Pretty hurts,"
"We shine the light on whatever's worst."
"We try to fix something,
"but you can't fix what you can't see."
"It's the soul that needs the surgery."

"Blonder hair, flat chest."
"Tv says: 'Bigger is better!' "
"South beach, sugar free."
"Vouge says: 'Thinner is better!' "
"Just another stage,"
"Pageant the pain away."
"This time I'm gonna take the crown,"
"Without falling down, down, down."

"Pretty hurts,"
"We shine the light on whatever's worst."
"Perfection is a disease of the nation."
"Pretty hurts, pretty hurts, pretty hurts."
"Pretty hurts."
"We shine the light on whatever's worst."
"We try to fix something,"
"But you can't fix what you can't see,"
"It's the soul that needs the surgery."

"Ain't got no doctor or pill that can take the pain away."
"The pain's inside & nobody frees you from your body."
"It's the soul,"
"It's the soul that needs surgery."
"It's my soul that needs surgery."
"Plastic smiles & denial can only take you so far."
"Then you break when the fake façade leaves you in the dark."
"You left the shattered mirrors,"
"And the shards of a beautiful girl."

"Pretty hurts,"
"We shine the light on whatever's worst."
"Perfection is a disease of the nation,"
"Pretty hurts, pretty hurts."
"Pretty hurts."
"We shine the light on whatever's worst."
"We try to fix something,"
"But you can't fix what you can't see,"
"It's the soul that needs the surgery."

"When you're all alone all by yourself."
"And you're lying in your bed."
"Reflection stares right into you,"
"Are you happy with yourself?"
"You stripped away the masquerade."
"The illusion has been shed."
"Are you happy with yourself?"
"Are you happy with yourself!?"

"Yes...."

I blushed, my face covered in awe.

'She can sing...she sounds so beautiful.'

"She's not just a pretty face, yoi."Marco whispered."Most of the time, Itami doesn't really like getting special treatment because of her beauty, yoi. She feels as if she gets judged by people, especially women, yoi. At islands, she gets judged on everything. From her choice on piracy, on how strong she is...hell she really wants someone to genuinely like her for who she is, yoi, instead if people liking her for what she is, yoi."

"Marco...is it true that she's a really nice person in real life?"I asked
"Yeah, why, yoi?"

"Because....I wanna try & get to know her."I said