Later at Night

"You're not going to come with us, Luna?" Ace asked as she shook her head, "Need to guard the ship, and Flame will guide you towards the tavern that have more alcohol than you imagine" she rolled her eyes as Ace began to jump and smiling like a child who got his birthday present. 

"You're not going to guard the ship all alone, are you?" Thatch asked as Luna shook her head, "I'm under Marco's Division, so some of us are going to guard, you can go with them too if you want, Marco" she said as she saw Marco exiting his cabin. 

"I'm staying-yoi" he said before walking away, and towards Whitebeard. "Does Marco look a bit grumpy today or its just me?" Ace said as he tilted his head, while Thatch laughed "Are you kidding? Bet his heart was jumping around since he got to stay the night with Luna!" he said as he snickered and nudged the freckled man's shoulder. 

"Boys, he's just my partner in combat, nothing more" Luna said as she sigh at their childish acts, Thatch pouted but then a teasing smirk was seen on his face, "Are you sure about that?~" he teased as Luna nodded, with confident. 

Later

As Whitebeard and his 'sons' was walked away, guided by Flame, Luna sigh. She looked up as the moon was shining brightly in the sky, she sigh once again before walking towards the back of the ship, not aware of a pair of boring eyes staring at her every movements. 

She turned around, "You don't have to hide" she said as Marco jumped down, his cover has been blown. She leans on the railing as Marco followed and leaned on the railing beside her, "Tell me about yourself-yoi" Luna chuckled, "Is that all?" she playfully looked away as she saw Marco's little glare. 

"I'm the 2nd child of 6 children in my family, all of us are girls except my older brother who's the only guy, and a Vice-Admiral, I believe" she smiled gently to the moon while Marco looked at her, rather shocked.

"Didn't knew you had a brother-yoi" Luna laughed, "Since I looked like the older one?" she said as Marco nodded. "People would always say that too, since he's not around so much and spends time training...How naive of him to think like that.." Luna looked down as Marco looked at her, rather sadly. "He thought, if he trained harder, we sisters won't have to feel pain, and he would protect us, all the time, but duty never fail to call him" Luna looked back to the moon. 

"What about your other sisters-yoi?" Marco could see the sadness and regret running around in her eyes as she dropped her gaze towards the sea, "We were separated when we were little, until now, well, we do get to meet each other but it doesn't feel the same knowing your siblings are out in the sea, as their life was on the line, and you sitting here, worrying about them all the time" a single tear made its way down her cheeks as she looked up and wiped the tears away. 

"I may be stronger but knowing the people I care about is out in danger, its scares me, their my weakness, yet their're my inspiration" Marco took this chance and pulled her arm into his. Luna's eyes widen, but she soon relaxed after Marco made himself warm.

"It was nice knowing I know a little bit about your life-yoi" Marco whispered as he looked down to see the so called ruthless-acting-empress became broken in tears in his arms.