【Ma Ai】Island of Illusion

"Tichi, won't you come down?"

Ace jumped onto the second rock.He turned his head and greeted Tiki who was still standing on the shore.Tiki grinned, but he didn't move.

They heard the sound of water flowing in the same place, and Ace decided to take a look, but Tiki followed him through the deep forest overgrown with thorns.It didn't take long to come to the source of the sound of water, a small lake with a very low terrain, much smaller than the lake Ace saw before, probably formed by accumulated rain, the water is very clear, and there are a lot of lakes upstream Gravel, there are many large and small rocks in the middle of the lake. They may have been a single large rock, but after tens of thousands of years of water flow, they gradually divided into many individuals, covered with slippery moss.They form a natural corridor, and along these stones, you will find the other side of the lake. On it are larger rocks, and plants grow out of the gaps in the stones.

Ace smelled a soft fragrance in the air, which was refreshing.

He greeted Marshall Titch again, but he still refused.Ace stopped. He jumped back onto the first rock, raised his head and asked, "Are you afraid of water?"

Tiki carefully sat in the mud on the bank, wiping the sweat from his forehead.The early morning sun began to appear, and the jungle began to be sultry again.He gasped, "No, but I guess that's it."

Ace knelt down and picked up a handful of lake water, his face was reflected in his palm, but the ripples of the swaying water quickly tore the reflection into pieces.After washing his face, he felt that it was not enough, so he simply lay down on the stone, stuck his head into the water,

He opened his eyes underwater.The water slid through his eye sockets, bringing waves of soreness.He had fallen into the sea countless times because he was sleeping on the bow of the ship, and what he felt in the sea was always exhaustion and powerlessness.And the fear of falling constantly.

The lake here is cold but gentle, and there is no endless darkness.There are water plants and smooth pebbles underneath, and the light cast from the water is still shaking in front of you.He suddenly felt that it was no big deal to breathe here-in fact, he did it, and the water rushed all the way up his nasal cavity, down his throat, and into his lungs.He twitched and jerked his head out of the water.The water droplets splashing from his drenched hair made circles of ripples on the calm surface of the lake.

He coughed loudly, and felt as uncomfortable as burning in his nasal cavity.Di Qi looked at him strangely, and he asked, "Captain, what happened? Is there something under the water?"

Ace shook his head, brushing back all the wet black hair that was close to his forehead.He looked up at the sky, the orange sunlight had already illuminated the sky, and soon the shade of the trees here would fade away.He remembered those visions.

"Diqi, have you seen the illusion?" he asked. "They should appear later. If you don't want to get lost, you'd better find a hat or simply hide."

"Thief hahahaha, why do you all ask the same question. Don't worry, I can't see that kind of thing." Di Qi said, his beard shaking up and down with the rhythm of his speech, "That thing is more important to me invalid."

"That's a pity, that illusion allows you to see things in the past, what you can't get, or what you have lost." Ace sat up.The falling water wetted the white bandage he was wearing.He just sat there, hugging one knee, like a homeless wild dog, "Everything you lost, it will show you, but you can't touch it. But it's good."

"The captain should really want to see it." Tiki said, he looked at the open sky above his head, and he kind of understood why Ace would stop here.Here the sun will be unobstructed and there will be no pesky mosquitoes.When you lose control of your emotions, just lean your body slightly and you will fall into the water. The cool lake water will help you calm down. "This place is really nice, but it has nothing to do with me, thief hahahaha."

"Indeed. It's a little bit more to see." Ace followed him and smiled for a while, and then asked, "Tiki, you don't have anything you want?"

Di Qi squinted his eyes and looked at him. This man was almost full of weaknesses. He seemed extremely powerful but was full of mistakes and omissions.The most important thing is that he is not afraid to expose his fragility.

This so-called mutual trust between companions made Tiqi happy.He likes these simple things, the more beautiful things are ruthlessly ruined, the more beautiful they are.In fact, he didn't dislike his captain who had grown too fast, and even liked him very much.

Just like a crystal clear decoration, there is always the desire to attract people to break it.

"Probably not, thief haha. There will always be some people who don't care about those things." Di Qi said, he did not lie, he is a person who is easy to forget, whether it is a person or a thing - a person must always look forward No, besides—

You will get what you want.Then there is no such thing as longing.

"I don't have anything I can't get." He said truthfully, seeing Ace looking at him in surprise, he added without haste, "For a person like me, life-saving is the most important thing. It's okay to force so much." use."

Ace smiled, put his hands on his sides, and said seemingly unintentionally: "Sometimes I can't understand you." In the past two or three years, Marshall Titch was usually like a Facebook face, and his words and deeds seemed to resemble a plan.His mediocrity, honesty and cheerfulness are all deliberately whitewashed. "You say you're incompetent, but I never thought you'd be that bad. You don't seem to care about anything, I can't guess you..."

"Thief ha ha ha ha, captain, are you saying that I am fake? This is too unfair, thief ha ha." Di Qi laughed out of control, and the laughter startled the birds hiding in the bushes, and they panicked from inside. ran out and hid far away. "But in this sea, it is impossible to be careless."

"But we are companions." Ace said calmly.Tiki's laughter, which had stopped just now, broke out uncontrollably.

"I know, I know. You don't have to worry about such things, Captain," he said. "If you don't like it, I can fix it."

"It's not annoying, it just makes me uneasy occasionally."

Even scared.

"You really can't hide your words, captain." Di Qi stood up, he felt a little headache, and time was running out—"Say everything, so you're not afraid that I will be sad?"

He's leaving right now, he shouldn't have followed. Damn the headache, the damn sunlight, damn it—if he had the ability now, he would smash that crystal ornament without hesitation, ruthlessly, to the end To beat him to death, to see his cracked face and eyes wide with despair—it was good.But it's not enough yet, Ace's eyes are piercing him like a fire, and he will be burned through if he continues.This guy's honesty itself is a very destructive weapon, and no matter how deeply you hide your heart, you will be severely frustrated and questioned-you should apologize quickly if you have done something wrong.

"Where are you going?" Ace asked behind him, Tiki could feel his vigilant eyes.He didn't look back, just said in a normal tone: "I should go back, I'm afraid of the heat."

"Tichi, don't do anything stupid."

Ace didn't know why he said this, instinct and subconscious made him say it.Not only Di Qi, but he himself was also surprised.

"I never do stupid things." Tiki said loudly—I only do what I think is right—he snorted, stopped talking to Ace, but walked farther and farther, and finally disappeared in layers of green in the shadows.

The sun is getting more and more abundant.After watching Tiki disappear from sight, Ace stretched his waist. He stood up and jumped towards the stone in the middle.This is the largest and flattest stone, just right for a person to lie on.

He looked at the bright sky.There was not even a breath of wind, and it looked like another hot day.

There is nothing I can't get - why is this word coming from everywhere?

He closed his eyes, deciding not to think about anything until the hallucinations set in.

Tiki plunged aggressively into the jungle.He trampled like a wild animal on the bushes, wildflowers and animals he saw along the way.Ace's questioning face kept dangling in front of his eyes, which made him even more furious.

"That brat, what does he know?" He scolded angrily. "He doesn't know anything at all, and he pretends to know everything. I will teach you a lesson one day. Just wait and see, that day will come soon." !!"

He kicked forward and broke a fern tree, which fell with a loud crash.

Marco appeared in front of him, he looked at Tiki in surprise, and subconsciously took two steps back.

"Haha, captain one..." Di Qi put his feet away in a panic.

"What happened to you so angry? Tiki..." Marco asked.Different from Eszozole's aggressive aura, this man has more of a gentle sense of oppression.You always ignore him, but you can't get out of his control.He seemed to know it all, in his half-open eyes.

You better watch out for me-

Di Qi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm too afraid of heat, so I'm in a bad mood." He wiped his head pretendingly, "This damn place is really hot."

Marco stared at him, he walked forward and looked at the messy animals and plants behind Tiki, and shrugged.

"It seems that the person who dislikes this island the least is not me."

He walked a few steps forward, and when he passed Tiki, he said, "Relax, we have to stay here for two more days. If you continue to be so unfriendly, you will be retaliated." He pointed with his thumb Then he continued, "You might meet the Akina family, they won't hurt you—similarly, don't disturb them. It's all up to them not to have nightmares at night."

Di Qi didn't dare to move, his forehead and neck were covered with sweat.He had to squeeze out a smile and said, "Haha, thief, of course."

"By the way, have you seen your captain? I have something to ask him."

"Oh, you just keep going right here, there's a lake—"

It took him a long time to take a step.Marco has been away for a long time, and he didn't even put down a word of thanks.

When Marco saw Ace, the guy was lying dead on a stone exposed on the lake.The sun shrouded most of the lake, and Ace, who was motionless, looked like a piece of roasted meat.Marko jumped over with ease, holding up a large leaf that had been torn off at random, just big enough to cover his head.

When he jumped to Ace's side, Ace didn't respond. He thought he was asleep, but when he knelt down to check, he found that his eyes were wide open, and the eyeballs were motionless.He was surprised that the bright sun didn't hurt his eyes.Ace's expression clearly told Marco that he was in an illusion.Maybe he's smirking at his brother right now, or seeing the dead Sabo making tea by the window.His expression showed an indescribable sluggishness, a bit like a person who has cried a lot, and there will be a stiffness on his face that he doesn't know how to react.

Marco patted his face.Ace moved his eyes and said, "Oh, Marco, are you here?"

"You can't see me, how do you know it's me." Marco couldn't help laughing.He sat down beside Ace and stretched his long legs into the lake.There's not room for two tall men in this place, and if Ace wants to turn around, there's only one place to go in the lake.

"What did you see?"

"You ask knowingly."

Marco reached out, and he gently covered Ace's eyes.Eston felt his eyes dimmed, and he wanted to close his eyes for a while, only to find that his eyes became extremely sore due to being stretched open for a long time, and the moisture in the eyes was dried by the sun, leaving only burning pain.He said "hey" and wanted to prop up his upper body, but for a moment he forgot what environment he was in. His hands were empty, and his body fell into the water.

The still cold water temperature made him have a hundred million goose bumps all over his body.The lake water flows through the eye sockets, bringing a little comfort to the burning pain.He splashed a few times in the water and found that the lake was not deep at all, so he jumped out of the water dripping wet, spitting out a mouthful of water weed foam and sand.

The shadow where Marco sits blocks out the sun.When Ace looked up, he saw him looking down at him with a smile on his lips.The illusion disappeared, because only the tall figure remained in Ace's eyes.His blue eyes reflected the ripples of the water.

"Aren't you afraid of water?" Marco asked with a chuckle.Ace shook his head vigorously. He was drenched, and his black hair stuck to his cheeks and neck like an inkblot that he forgot to finish.

"You should have given me a hand," Ace said, holding on to the rock, trying to jump up it twice but failing, all slippery with moss.Marco put his other leg on the stone into the water, and then he jumped off.The radiant water spray brought by his size splashed on Ace's body and face, and he almost subconsciously raised his arms to cover his eyes.When he put his arm down, Marco's magnified face had come closer, and he pulled Ace's hand away from him, capturing his lips accurately.

Maybe because he felt that the distance was still too far, Marco put his arm around Ace's shoulder and grabbed his hair with one hand to raise his face higher.His tongue sank deep into the other's mouth, and the predatory kiss left Ace gasping for air.

Ace pushed him away resistingly—his tongue was bitten, and he spit out a mouthful of saliva, where faint bloodshots appeared.Then he took a step back and stepped on what might have been a cobblestone or a tangle of waterweed—in short, he slipped and fell, and sat down in the water, hitting the back of his head and back on the rock with a muffled thud.

"I'm fucking hurt!" Ace said viciously, holding his head.Marco plopped and knelt into the water, and his whole figure sat on Ace—knees spread to hold down his legs, and at the same time he stretched out his arms to support the stone behind Ace, and his figure once again blocked live the sun.

"You can't use it twice for the same reason." He lowered his head and said.Ace looked up and met Marco's blue eyes.

"At least let me prepare." Ace couldn't help but grabbed Marco's collar and said - the clothes were softly snatched from other team members. The black crew-neck top covered Marco in half The shoulders are exposed. "I just don't understand, okay. You can't force it—" he finally said it, and as soon as the bitter words came out, Marco couldn't help laughing.He leaned close to Ace's forehead and whispered, "I know you don't understand, so I'll teach you."

He kissed Ace deeply again, and the young man froze for a moment, but relaxed quickly.The cold lake gave Marco's warm body a unique magic.He hugged each other's shoulders and slowly tightened them.

They were both out of breath after the kiss.Ace took a deep breath, and he said: "Just now I put my head into the water and found that the situation is different from the sea. I can see clearly, water plants, stones and sunlight. I have never seen those, because in the I can't see anything in the sea. I want to see longer, but I can't breathe—"

He licked his lips, his upper lip was a little red and swollen from too much force.He lowered his arms, his hands slid into the water as if he had lost all his strength, and then his entire upper body slid into it uncontrollably. The lake water first covered his chin, then his mouth and eyes, and finally his forehead and nose.His eyes were still open, the black eyeballs were swaying under the water lines, and his whole face was distorted.

I want to see more - but the sea doesn't hold us.

Marco held his neck, he took a breath and then buried his head. The lake was not deep, but it was enough to submerge them.

All Ace sees is Marco's closed eyes.He thought he could see the sun on the water, but he couldn't.Only shards of sunlight shone on the water.They hugged and kissed under the water, and the water merged with them, and the whole world was only the roar in their ears.

This is not a world that Ace can imagine, but it is real and palpable.Marco's body was in his arms.Nothing matters more than that - at least right now it does.

Marco's hands went around behind him, down his spine and into the waistband of his pants.Ace felt that there was not enough air, and he closed his eyes tightly, but still pressed his mouth tightly against Marco's.It was unbelievably warm in there.Suddenly the roar of the water disappeared, and he was fished out.

Marco left his lips, and he asked breathlessly: "Now tell me, kid. What do you see?"

"...the world," Ace said, "my world."

They kissed each other again and stumbled toward the bank.After a few steps, who tripped whom, the two fell into the water again, but this time the water was very shallow, just from the ankle to the calf depth.

"Looks like there's no need to go," Ace said.Marco nodded, then took off his shirt, and Ace's pants hung loosely around his waist, and he pulled them off with little effort.Everything is naked and slippery, water, sunlight, stones, Ace's skin.

That body was exposed before his eyes with unprecedented clarity.Ace's belly, which was tangled with shortness of breath, was smooth, and he slid one hand over the bump, and finally went around the back and groped to the groin.The other held Ace's quietly raised avatar.

Marco just acted according to his intuition.He has never had any skin-to-skin contact with a man, but he knows how to bring pleasure to the body.The same goes for Ace, but the Imp is much worse empirically.

"Relax." He kissed Ace's trembling lips hard, and his hands began to twitch.The guy's body hadn't reached the point of compromising, and he began to struggle and resist.Marco could only hold him tightly with his shoulders.

Ace was dizzy from the sudden stimulus.Marco's hands moved regularly, and the originally cold water became restless, just like his blood.At this moment, he thought of running away, running to a deserted island, and nobody fucking came to him.Tell him to be quiet and not to think about anything.

But Marco whispered in his ear, "I love you—" and then the world began to shake, and he let out a thick, painful sound from his throat.Sunshine can no longer cause trouble.He felt that his body began to collapse, and his flesh and blood melted, but the organization began to rebuild a new self.

Marco gasped, biting the skin around Ace's ear, feeling Ace release in his hands.He raised his head and kissed the corners of his eyes and the bridge of his nose.And squeezed himself between Ace's legs.

Ace vaguely knew what was going to happen next, but he fought back the urge to run away.He used kisses to make himself ignore the strong discomfort of being invaded.

Marco retracted his fingers, and the water flow brought great convenience to the expansion.At least it can make Ace less painful.Then he lifted Ace's legs.

"Take it easy, Ace, take it easy," he whispered as he kissed him.

The moment he entered, Ace arched his entire back.He rubbed Marco's lips into his mouth hard, literally biting.It hurts, this really fucking hurts.His body was involuntarily repelling foreign objects, and Marco felt that he was about to die of pain if he didn't relax.Sweat trickled down the bridge of his nose and onto Ace's eyelids.He opened his eyes suddenly as if awakened from a start.Marco's frown came into his eyes.

"Marco, will I die?" Ace asked in a hoarse voice.The pain of being torn apart made his face turn pale.But he obviously didn't ask the question because of that.Marco felt a slight relief from the beastly grip.He gritted his teeth and stood up to let himself go deeper.

"Yes, you're going to die," he said, grabbing Ace's hair.Ace's black eyes lost their luster for a moment, and he continued, "But you'll come back to life."

"Only through death do you regroup. And come back."

Come back to me.

Aki mother and son are taking a nap in the woods.They had left Papa and were about to leave for the next door.There was a huge circle burned out there last night, and there was almost nothing left but the sun.But they don't know this.Yaji's other child named Odo, and Lemon are twin brothers. At this time, they are lying happily beside their mother, playing with each other with their long mouths.

Yaji felt the danger first, but before he could lift his head up, he was hit in the eye by a heavy punch from the comer.Its huge body shook twice at first, followed by the second strike and the third strike... Countless fists fell on its head, unlike Ace who obviously kept his hands, this person was punching to death as soon as he came up , the eye sockets and skull of the nightmare mother were shattered, it staggered, and finally fell down on Lemon and Odo.Otto's body was on the outside, and it hid his brother's body tightly, and howled loudly at the comer.

"You guys ate the nightmare? What a good boy." The voice was as indistinct as being fished out of the water. "It's really a painful thing, isn't it? Humans interfere with your life, and in the end they committed crimes And the resulting nightmares are borne by you, isn’t that unfair? You belong to the darkness but you have to fight against the darkness, which is not in line with common sense.”

He thought the animal was going to attack him, but Odo just lay there and grinned at him.

"Then, I will let you live a little easier, you don't need to swallow the nightmare, you will return to your original place. Those people are not entitled to the sweet dreams you bestow-we are not good people, and we will not learn to appreciate this international."

Otto called softly.In the next second, it was kicked and its neck was broken.

The sun was blocked by the sudden cloud.The whole day seemed a little gloomy.

Ace was lying on the shore in a big shape, with wet marks on his naked body.Their clothes hang out on the stones and dry quickly.Marco was only naked from the upper body, and he stubbornly put on his pants.He hasn't reached the level of Ace yet.He sat on the drying stone without saying a word, and they hadn't spoken a few words since they came out of the water.Not shyness, but the sudden loss of the need to speak.

The bandages on Ace's body were soaked and loose.He had to go back and re-dress quickly, or the wound would become infected.

Marco touched Ace's thin shirt. Although it wasn't very dry, it shouldn't be a big problem to put it on.

He jumped on the bank and threw his clothes on Ace, and the guy didn't move, only raised his lower eyelid.He reached out and grabbed Marco's ankle. "What?" Marco asked looking at him.

"My ass is split in two," Ace said.

"Is it my fault? Does anyone else have a split ass."

He crouched down, and Ace sat up slowly, holding his knees.There is a circle of redness around his eyes, as well as his lips, and a red mark on his neck that is clearly visible, which annoys Marco a bit. If Sage sees it, it will definitely become a unique gossip in the team.What's more, this guy in front of him is notoriously unconscious.

Ace touched his butt, and when he stretched out his hand, there was still some suspicious liquid on it.He wiped them on Marco's back, wide-eyed and said, "Hey buddy, you forgot to take something from me."

Marco immediately grabbed his neck, and then kissed him desperately.They hugged and rolled on the ground, biting each other like wild animals.Nobody wants to care what happened to that poor shirt.

Marco pinned Ace under him with his size advantage, and clasped his arms firmly above his head.He lowered his head and kissed him, and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, I'm going to leave more things with you now, and return the principal with interest when you are able."

Ace chased his kiss, and he said, "It's expensive for me to keep things. I don't want things that are not expensive."

"Don't worry. It won't be cheap." Marco touched his chest with his empty hand, and the beating frequency there was transmitted from the thin skin layer into his palm, "I am the Whitebeard Pirate Ship Marko, the captain of the first team, you can take all my things from today on." He smiled with a gentle and clear smile. "Including myself, it can be used by you Portgas D. Ace indefinitely."

From today, I will be your lover.

The sun came out again, coating the people in love with a golden film. Fortunately, they will not see the illusion again for the time being.The past cannot be retrieved, and the future cannot be predicted. Only the present can be grasped and owned.A short time together is the best gift this island can give.

Even if the era of sudden changes in the future goes wild, at least for now, they will always be together.

"someonelikeyou: Island of Illusion"