Pretty much. [LEANS ARM ON ACE'S HEAD. It's not affectionate, you're delusional. It's just being taller than Ace and making fun of him for it okay okay.]

He keeps making more friends though. Trafalgar, obviously. But Jinbei, Dragon's Revolution of course, all of Dressarossa once he freed them from Doflamingo. He'd be giving you heart attacks.