[Marco just leans into the hug, no longer crying, but still worked up and holding her close.]
Even if it wasn't Ace here... There's Sabo. And Xion and...
[He grits his teeth, his jaw setting stubbornly and scruff rubbing lightly against Robin's pale skin.] Afterlife should be hell for pirates right? Only the world government are worse than this. A lot worse. And me... what if... what if there is no afterlife? What if there is and I can't go? And even if there is... how far away is it?
I'm so tired Robin.
Everywhere I turn there's another enemy. A nakama in danger. And islands I have to cut out of my heart because there's nothing I can do. There is something I can do here. [He clenches a fist, and ahhh another tear, no okay, he can handle this, though he mostly just leans to her embrace more, grateful for all the extra arms. It's like wings, only better because they're hands and soothing as hell.] Anyone who honestly thinks the Malnosso are worse than Kaidou, worse than Blackbeard, worse than Akainu, or the government, or any of them, just hasn't met them.
I'm not... I'm not running away forever. I promise. I will go home eventually and I'll do everything I can to survive and help my family survive and I'll do whatever I can to meet you and find a way to work up the courage to romance you all over again.
But just for now, as long as I possibly can... I don't want to leave. I want to be happy here. I am happy here... isn't that... isn't that okay? [He really shakes at that on the verge of crying again and the saddest part is that he seems to genuinely be asking her the question.]
[February 3rd, Action]
[Marco just leans into the hug, no longer crying, but still worked up and holding her close.]
Even if it wasn't Ace here... There's Sabo. And Xion and...
[He grits his teeth, his jaw setting stubbornly and scruff rubbing lightly against Robin's pale skin.] Afterlife should be hell for pirates right? Only the world government are worse than this. A lot worse. And me... what if... what if there is no afterlife? What if there is and I can't go? And even if there is... how far away is it?
I'm so tired Robin.
Everywhere I turn there's another enemy. A nakama in danger. And islands I have to cut out of my heart because there's nothing I can do. There is something I can do here. [He clenches a fist, and ahhh another tear, no okay, he can handle this, though he mostly just leans to her embrace more, grateful for all the extra arms. It's like wings, only better because they're hands and soothing as hell.] Anyone who honestly thinks the Malnosso are worse than Kaidou, worse than Blackbeard, worse than Akainu, or the government, or any of them, just hasn't met them.
I'm not... I'm not running away forever. I promise. I will go home eventually and I'll do everything I can to survive and help my family survive and I'll do whatever I can to meet you and find a way to work up the courage to romance you all over again.
But just for now, as long as I possibly can... I don't want to leave. I want to be happy here. I am happy here... isn't that... isn't that okay? [He really shakes at that on the verge of crying again and the saddest part is that he seems to genuinely be asking her the question.]