What is family without a birthday?

[thatched]

Characters: This Family ™ (Marco, Grell, Ace, Thatch, Namur, Espio, Fionna), anyone else that wants to stop by.
Location: The Quad
Rating: PG-13 probably
Open/Closed/Finished: Open
Summary: Ace no Birthday Party~ Come join the fun~



Despite everything that had been going on, a party was needed and so a party was had. Thatch finished placing the last of the presents on the table, similar to the one they'd used for Namur's party, and turned up the music so as to lure any passersby. The more the merrier, since Ace would like that and who knew how many parties they'd be able to do in the future? And with who?

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[espio]

"Well, you managed it well enough!" Espio answered, though there was a little less force behind the words than he might have liked, and again that distinctive brightening crossed his scales. "Although..."

No. Stubbornly, he shook his head. No, he couldn't admit that he liked it - liked that someone took a moment to pay such full attention to him, liked that it was Ace.

"Never mind. And anyway, who do you think you're flirting with?"

[mera_mera_ace]

"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.

[espio]

Espio sighed. "The fiancé of your Captain's son, Ace!"

[mera_mera_ace]

"But Toby is gone." Ace said tilting his head to the side. He didn't understand the problem here.

[espio]

"Just because he's not here right now doesn't mean I'll never see him again! Even if it feels like it! I gave him that ring... I gave him that ring as a promise that I'd love him no matter what reality he finds himself in, even if we're far apart, even if it takes years or decades before we meet again."

Decades...

He shivered. That was a long time.

[mera_mera_ace]

Ace sighed and nodded. "I'm sorry....I just thought....I'll go." Ace said turning and heading back to his party. He really had thought that Espio would be alright with it..but obviously he wasn't. Maybe it was still too soon.

He sighed...standing just outside the courtyard...between the party and Espio..at a crossroads of sorts. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and let it out before smiling. Moving forward...live without regrets and never look back. Taking one step, then another Ace returned to his party and chose to forget for the moment. After all...one couldn't force the heart to move on. He would give Espio more time. Or maybe...maybe someone else would catch his eye.