Full Sail Ahead [Harry Hook X Reader]

Love and Hate

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Your POV

I entered my dorm to see Harry and Uma lying on their backs beside each other, eyes closed.

Harry's eyes fluttered open on the sound of the door being shut, and Uma shortly followed.

"How... are you guys?" I had no idea how to approach the topic, the heaviness of my head made me want nothing more to do with it for today, but I couldn't not ask.

"How do you think?" Uma groaned.

"So it really is that bad." I interpreted.

"It is bad, I'll admit, but I fear Johnny's a bit of a drama queen sometimes." She sadly chuckled. "How bad do you think it is?"

"Well," I started, relating everything Johnny had heartbreakingly told me since the afternoon, watching Uma for some indication of whether this was accurate or not.

"Most of it lines up," Harry confirmed after I'd finished.

"Did Johnny say anything about breaking up?" Uma ventured quietly.

"Umm... no, I wouldn't say he did." Sure, he was acting like it was the end, but that must've just been in the heat of the moment.

"(Y/N) tell me the truth, I can take it."

"That was the truth Uma, I swear - he kept saying stuff like "it's over", but that could mean anything. I seriously think there's a way around this, we just need to find it."

"Mom's acting mad, I never knew she was so opposed, if I did, I never would have gone to see her."

"Is she really okay with you getting with a prince, but not with Johnny? From what I know, he was a well-known pirate on the Isle."

"Not well-known enough. Mom figured that if I'd be seeing someone against her wishes, we might as well get something out of it - money, status, a renowned family name. None of which Johnny has." She went on to further explain her side of things, and in the process, I learnt that the whole lying down eyes closed thing was something Harry and Uma would always do when faced with a problem.

"Well, whatever it is, I'm determined to find a way for you and Johnny to meet by the end of this week!" I resolved. There must be something we've overlooked.

Harry pulled me over to the side. "Maybe we should stay out of this (y/n) - let them handle it how they want to. We don't want to interfere and accidentally make it worse."

I huffed. "I doubt it can get much worse."

He raised an eyebrow at me. "We both very well know it can."

"But they're our friends! We should try and help."

"Help them by being there for them - not by finding ways to get around Ursula."

"I won't stand by while some sea witch breaks up Johnny and Uma."

"That sea witch happens to be Uma's mother!"

We both stood our ground, but he finally gave in. "You know, I won't say I would do anything myself, but if you do come up with something, I'll support you."

"Really? Why?"

"Because I always do. You know I love y--" He caught his breath and sheepishly smiled. "-love your adorable smile." My heart skipped a beat at what I almost thought he said, but restored itself at the confession.

I whispered after glancing at Uma. "I'd hug you, but I don't want to make Uma feel any lousier than she already is."

"I know - we'll catch up tomorrow sometime, hopefully when we're alone." He quickly added before we went back to Uma.

"(Y/N), do you mind if I ask you a favour?"

"Yeah, of course, anything."

"Could you send Johnny a quick message on my behalf?"

"Ursula can monitor your phones too?"

"Not Johnny's, but mine." She frowned. "At least until she's sure we've broken up."

"Here." I handed her the phone. "I suppose I'm something of a messenger owl now, aren't I?" I laughed as she was typing.

Maya and Kai came back from their catch-up lesson, so the boys headed to their room. In the meantime, Uma was letting Maya in on the situation - which she was absolutely distraught to learn of - and we were finally settling in to sleep. All of this drama, on top of the spell I cast in the afternoon - I don't think I've ever been this exhausted.

Just before putting my phone away, I quickly read the message Uma sent to Johnny.

It read: "Sleep well, love you." I noticed that he was typing on the other end, and waited, eager to see what the response would be. A few seconds after it popped up, he deleted what he was typing, and became inactive. Oh my, Johnny. Why do you do this?

Uma whispered upon noticing my phone's light. "Any response?"

"Um, no. Johnny sleeps early, he could have missed it." I explained, hating to conceal what I saw - it wouldn't do her any good to fret about that as well though. I almost lied for you Johnny, next time, I won't even try to hide the truth. I reprimanded him in my mind, although sympathetic to his situation, frustrated that I needed to play around so much with the truth. If this ever happened with Harry and me, he better reply. - especially if I used the L-word, which of course, neither of us have done yet - not in a time of consequence anyway. Uma and Johnny throw it around a lot, but I'm convinced they mean it too... their feelings can't be stronger than mine and Harry's, right?

In the summer, love was all we could talk about - we fell in love, we were convinced of true love's kiss working, we even used the word explicitly to describe our feelings towards each other! But that was the summer, when our emotions were running high, and everything felt like it was love or hate - now we're back to reality, and neither of us have brought ourselves to say it since Lydia's defeat. Not even on our first excursion-thing.

Oh, (y.n), please just fall asleep. You've lost enough of it in the past few days. Stop the overthinking, and leave these thoughts at least until tomorrow. It's bad enough that you have extraordinary issues in your life, do you need to bring in ordinary ones as well?

But why can't it be like the summer? Why do we avoid the situation every time we feel like we're getting close? Why can others express it so openly, but we shy away from a simple verbal confession?

If we both can't imagine being with anyone else... then why do we never just say "I love you"?

I slept filled - bombarded - with thoughts of love and hate and expression and feelings, driving myself crazy until I didn't even realize I was asleep.

More of a pensive chapter, but I felt it was important to give a window into (y/n)'s thoughts... they usually get overshadowed by some exciting event!

Something unexpected happens next time, things are moving quite fast... 

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Can't wait for next week!