Heart of the Sea // Monstax

7. Bonding over Seas

A soft fog of early morning coated the floor of the island, a dew forming on the plant and a cool breeze filling the air. Looking out the window of the shop, Abel sighed and turned to everyone else filling backpacks of things, the occasional question of, "what's this?" from the boys.

"Do you think the fog will affect us? It's still water but I don't know how our bodies will react." Abel asked, catching the attention of everyone in the room. Ahli shrugged, looking outside after zipping up their bag.

"Well, only one way to find out." Ahli took the chance and stepped out of the cafe into the mist. They could feel the small water droplets on their skin and shrugged when nothing happened after a few minutes.

"We'll be fine, no worries, dude." Ahli walked back inside, patting Abel on the shoulder as they passed.

On the way to the docks, the boys were filling the women with many questions about everything they saw.

"What's that? Wait, no, let me guess... flag?" Minhyuk pointed to a squirrel with an innocently hopeful smile, hoping he got it right. He looked towards Abel for the answer and she giggled, shaking her head.

"That is a Squirrel. And THAT," She pointed to the island flag coming into view that hung out of the dock receptionist's office. "Is a flag."

Minhyuk and Hyungwon let out sounds of understanding while the group walked closer. Ahli began to jog lightly to the receptionist as they were only a few feet away.

"Howzit!" Ahli exclaimed into the window, earning a loud "Hey!" from the other side. When the rest of the group came around, they saw a very bulked-up man with the kindest smile on his face. He greeted them with a wave and nod when Abel tilted her head, she didn't recognize him.

"Who is this?" She asked, watching as he stood up and walked out of the small reception building to help with what they needed.

"This is Lee Hoseok! He moved here a couple of months ago and we met at the gym. I was able to call in a favor for us over the course of the month." Hoseok chuckled and shook his head.

"I told you to call me Wonho, that's what my friends call me!" He shook hands with everyone and began walking towards the boats and stopped at one in particular.

"Is this..?" Ahli began as they circled around to the other side of the boat docked. Wonho nodded with his hands planted on his waist with a proud smile on his face.

"Yup! This is the Flying Dutchman, our fastest sport yacht!" Everyone admired the sleek design of the expensive-looking yacht.

The shiny silver and black design was classy. The boat was 2 stories, the bottom half being roofed while the top half was where the driver would be.

"Cool! Can we take a look inside before we get going?" Ahli asked, becoming giddy at the sight. He laughed and nodded.

Everyone carefully stepped onto the yacht and entered the roofed area.

"Here we have a small living and dining area as well as a kitchen and 2 small bedrooms with bunk beds," He showed us everything as we first entered, finally heading out to the back of the boat to go up the stairs where the driver would be.

"Here is the captain's seat. You have a window in front of you, as to avoid splashing, and the option to go autopilot as you enter the coordinates into that map." He pointed to a small electronic map beside the steering wheel.

"The deck has another small dining area with comfortable seating and emergency materials beneath the seats. Really, emergency and medical materials are found all over the boat under the seats. You will find lifesavers, floaties, blow-up rafts, ropes, and medical kits."