[Blushes forever. FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. Oh god he can't look at that grin. He seriously doesn't remember those grins getting to him this much before.]

I didn't mean it. [Mumbled and debates pulling the zipper back up... yeah he's going to just... nudge it up... a little...]

And I don't blush! [...] That much. [Making it worse... And he just gulps.] Are they really that--? [Glances down at his boobs trying to appraise them for hotness levels and failing... then realizing what the fuck he just did in front of Ace. WELL this day can't get worse.]

Oi. [Tries for a flat stare at Ace.] Eyes up here. [Oh... but the blushing. AND YUP BEET RED. You know what? He's just going to give up on life.] No wait. That's bad too.

Stupid pirates... Why couldn't you be a marine?

[.... This was a train wreck of epic proportions. Did he basically just say all of this attention would have been welcome if Ace wasn't a pirate? YUP. And technically, how much is Ace even a pirate now? And did he just try to mentally justify Portgas D. Ace again? Fuck his life.] Not... that that would make it better...