The Road Trip. {Thatch x Reader}

Sea Life Center.

Of course, once you had finished your breakfast it started the question of what to do today and naturally, Luffy had several ideas. The sea life center being one that everyone agreed on so here you are.

A smile spreading across your face as you rush over to a certain water-filled tank, where Marco stands. Taking glances over your shoulder at Thatch to make sure he's following, which he is. Precious man. 

"Look, Thatch~! Flounders~!" You chime, enthusiastically pointing at the fish in the water. Looks like it's their feeding time too. Herds of them are all swimming around the same spot, their little fishy tails wiggling around like crazy.

How cute!

"I thought flounders were blue and yellow yoi..." Marco murmurs from beside you with his brows knitting together as he inspects the surprisingly dark fish closely. A smirk spreading across your lips since you know where he got that idea from already.

"That's just in The Little Mermaid, Marco." Thatch murmurs as he wraps his arms around your waist, cuddling you from behind as he watches the fish go crazy also. "They're sure fat little things though, Disney weren't wrong about that."

Rude, Thatch!

Leaning back against the brunette's chest, your eyes scan the area for the other three brothers. It would seem you've picked up a habit from the protective older brother that you're dating. You notice Sabo first, the blonde taking pictures of the baby turtles and sending them to Koala. And Ace is standing beside Luffy and...making fun of a stringray's face. Of-fucking-course. 

Walking onward, you find yourselves in an underwater tunnel made of glass. The many different types of fish all swimming around on the outside and quite frankly, Marco looks like he's about to faint.

You suppose this is the last place a non-swimmer wants to be. Well, minus Ace and Luffy, those two are still as enthused as ever. Your hand finding a new home in Thatch's as you walk along side him. 

He looks all the more beautiful in this ocean blue lighting!

His dark eyes are taking in every single sea-creature they land on, his face immediately scrunching up when he sees a shark. And just like that, you find something Thatch doesn't like. His gaze averting to the jellyfishes instead.

"Do we get to ride the sharks~?! That would be so fun shishishi~! Let's ask, Ace~!"

Hell no, it wouldn't be fun! 

"No you can't ri-ride the sharks yoi," A slight stutter in Marco's words as a burp escapes his lips, a sickly aura radiating off of the man as he clutches onto the bar following through the tunnel. The poor blonde dropping his face into his palm as he audibly struggles to collect himself. "They're not fully tamed yet..."

"Yeah, you ever seen Finding Nemo? Sharks don't make good vegetarians. Ain't that right, Marco~?" Thatch chuckles softly, either not seeing what condition his brother is in or simply not caring as he strongly pats the blonde on the back, causing him to gag a little as his grip on the rail tightens even more. A simple 'Ngh' leaving the poorly blonde's lips.

"Is he okay?" You decide to ask since no one else seems too concerned, your free hand coming up to instinctively tap on Thatch's bicep. Not that it was really needed, you're already holding his hand, you could have just squeezed a little to get his attention but hey, touching his muscles is something that never gets boring.

"Yeah, he's fine. He just has a thing about deep water." Thatch answers softly, his unoccupied arm linking with Marco's and essentially dragging the blonde along as you all walk. Now, what must passerby's be thinking? A guy with a girlfriend and a boyfriend? I mean, it must look odd. 

You on Thatch's right side, holding his hand and Marco on the left, his arm being linked with the brunette's. Meanwhile the other three couldn't give a damn. Sabo has resorted to facetiming with Koala which is just the cutest thing, this is the happiest you've seen him all week.

"And these are piranha's~! Look at their little red eyes~!" The blonde chuckles at his phone, tilting his head to the side so that his lover can see all of the small fish swimming around behind him.

Her laugh catching your ears first before you hear her say something about how they wouldn't be so cute if he was in a pool with them. Which is awfully true, piranhas can eat an entire cow within seconds, imagine what they'll do to a human. 

They're vicious little things...

Marco glancing up to see one beside him on the other side of the glass, the little fucker must be able to smell his fear or something. You watch as it follows him along, it's red eye essentially burning a whole through Marco's face.

"It's pretty stupid how they can eat right through flesh but they can't square up to a glass tank~" Ace snickers, sticking his tongue out at the spiteful fish and unknowingly pushing poor Marco past his limits. The blonde's body going limp before he collapses to the floor, almost pulling Thatch down with him.

Must have been the thought of a human getting mauled by one that did it. Or the thought of one getting out and managing to eat him or his brothers right here and now.

"O-Oi! Marco?" The brunette releasing your hand as he tries to hold his brother up, his dark eyes flickering around the tunnel until they land on somebody who works here. "H-Hey, I need some help!"

Well, this is slightly concerning...

Since Luffy still wanted to see the dolphins before leaving, despite his brother collapsing, Thatch had to take them while you sit with Marco in the front. Sabo had said he would look after the older brother at first but he just looked like he was having so much fun speaking to Koala, you didn't want him to end the call with her.

Besides, looking after Marco is much easier than looking after Ace and Luffy. Your heart goes out to poor Thatch, they're probably running rings around h--Oh, who are you kidding? He'll most likely be just as bad as they are.

Marco had woken up shortly after passing out and surprisingly hasn't thrown up yet. But just in case, the man working here has given him a bucket and a bottle of fresh water. You had considered making a joke at first about how it's water they got out of the piranha tanks but you decided against it since you don't necessarily want to witness the man vomiting today.

"Is that Thatch's shirt yoi?" The blonde murmurs, apparently only just realizing that the blouse you've had on all morning, that's at least four sizes too big for you, isn't yours. Well done, Marco. "That's sort of cute, he never let anyone borrow his shirts before."

You what, now??