Blue and Red phoenixes

Chapter 19

It was hot. Really hot. It shouldn't be this hot; Marco's fruit regulated his body heat. He slowly woke up; the room was illuminated even with the curtains closed. Marco blinked a few times before he registered the weight on his chest.

Marco smiled when he saw Ace still asleep, snoring softly. He began to slowly stroke Ace's hair trying not to wake him up but enjoying the sound of contentment that it was driving from Ace.

A soft noise on his left made him turn his head.

Ann was awake. She was stroking Ray's hair too.

"Ann ..." Marco whispered. He wanted to go next to her, but he didn't want to move Ace.

"Hey, Blue..." Ann's voice was too quiet.

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It was Trafalgar Law's turn to examine Ann. The other doctors had already done it, but he had insisted. He looked at her eyes, after he asked her to take off her lenses, turn out Ann's eyes had some similitude with minks'. He took her vitals and samples of blood. Ann let him do it only with a shrug. After he took her blood, she put her hand on his cheek, and he turned his head to face her.

"You have the same eyes as him."

Trafalgar didn't know to respond, so, he finished labeling the samples.

"The sea. I want to see the sea" Ann whispered

"You can't" Trafalgar said, "your legs are too weak for you to walk".

"The sea" Ann repeated.

Marco who was standing beside her, sighed, put the blanket away. "I'm gonna carry you, don't let me go, okay?"

Ann nodded. Marco took her arms and put them around his neck, then he took her in his arms. She was too light for his taste. He hadn't seen the extent of her muscular lost, so Marco wasn't prepared to see her legs in a stick form.

Ace smiled to them and told him he was gonna put Ray in a bed and then will spend time with his brothers. Marco nodded, happy to have a little time alone with Ann.

Marco walked consciously not wanting to fall with Ann in his arms. Slowly, they made their way to the deck.

It was still early so not a lot of persons were out yet. Marco got closer of the rail. When Ann looked t the sea, she relaxed. Her eyes were filled with fondness. Ann leaned more against Marco and took profound inhalation. They stayed silent for a moment before Ann broke it.

"In the facility, the sea was the only thing that could be seen when we looked outside." Ann felt Marco got tense, she continued "You see it right?" She didn't wait for an answer. "Sorry, I wanted to tell you but how could I have?"

Marco hesitated before stating "We need to talk about it."

"After a nap." Ann said, leaning against Marco. Her eyes already closing.

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The doctors had been a pain in the ass, when Ann had wanted to eat something other than soup.

It was now after lunch, they stayed in the hall, because Ann didn't want to return to the infirmary. Ann asked Ray to bring the chest that he had given to Marco.

It was time for a talk.

It wasn't just Ann and Marco. Ace, Whitebeard, and some others interested stayed to hear the story.

Marco took a profound inspiration and decided to begin the conversation.

"Okay, so for beginning. Can you explain your birth, yoi?"