"My friend...whom I happen to like." Ace said seriously, because it was the truth. Ace didn't want a relationship...but friends with benefits had it's perks. He'd had that kind of relationship with both Thatch and Marco in the past...though now Marco's married and Thatch is practically a monk...or a nun either way he's sworn off sex of any kind no matter how hard Ace tries to change his mind. And Thatch was right, the girls here were tiny...he'd dated a few but had been afraid to hurt them.