[That's okay, when Ace's arm slips around him, Smoker starts to freak out and pulls back, flushing and looking away.]
That was just....
[Now that he's apart, breathing, and thinking, he doesn't really care what it was. So what if he kissed Portgas? The pirate started it. The reasons didn't matter. If it was a problem he wouldn't do it again. Still, she frowns and stubbornly puts the cigar back.]
Portgas... [Low voice and tone, suddenly keenly aware of everything and everyone in the bar, voices flooding to reach his keen hearing.] Go for a walk with me. Unless you don't trust yourself to handle it? [He practically sneers, both referencing the kiss and the previous claims that they had to have witnesses so Smoker wouldn't kill Ace. As it was... he'd already had too much to drink. Clearly. Clearly. And he wasn't going through the effort of the horribly awkward conversation, getting hit on, kissing Ace, and asking him to stay only to walk away confused and empty-handed. Hadn't Smoker reached a decision in his captivity?] I can't talk here. And I need to stretch after the last month and a half. [His face shows the pain of swallowing his pride to admit that, big eyes glancing away. Well Ace would get it right? He wasn't just asking because of the kiss, and Ace had been in Impel Down, he'd know how it was. And then Smoker messed up and reached for Ace's hand. To drag him out, he told himself, but had it been anyone else under any other circumstances, he was certain he wouldn't have done that.]
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That was just....
[Now that he's apart, breathing, and thinking, he doesn't really care what it was. So what if he kissed Portgas? The pirate started it. The reasons didn't matter. If it was a problem he wouldn't do it again. Still, she frowns and stubbornly puts the cigar back.]
Portgas... [Low voice and tone, suddenly keenly aware of everything and everyone in the bar, voices flooding to reach his keen hearing.] Go for a walk with me. Unless you don't trust yourself to handle it? [He practically sneers, both referencing the kiss and the previous claims that they had to have witnesses so Smoker wouldn't kill Ace. As it was... he'd already had too much to drink. Clearly. Clearly. And he wasn't going through the effort of the horribly awkward conversation, getting hit on, kissing Ace, and asking him to stay only to walk away confused and empty-handed. Hadn't Smoker reached a decision in his captivity?] I can't talk here. And I need to stretch after the last month and a half. [His face shows the pain of swallowing his pride to admit that, big eyes glancing away. Well Ace would get it right? He wasn't just asking because of the kiss, and Ace had been in Impel Down, he'd know how it was. And then Smoker messed up and reached for Ace's hand. To drag him out, he told himself, but had it been anyone else under any other circumstances, he was certain he wouldn't have done that.]