thief (of my heart)

-XI-

The second night in a row the girls did not get to sleep. They had to aid Yoona and her crew in shooing the rats off the ship. A quite nerve wrecking task none of them liked to do. Well except for--

"Come here rat rat rat~" Lisa cooed squatting down and clapping her hands as she clicked her tongue repeatedly.

"Those rats are nasty. When will you understand that and stop calling them over as if they were a baby." Chaeyoung pursed her lips as she stood on a chair in one of the cabins of the ship.

"Right?" She asked Jennie who was also standing on a table because the rats were circling them in a quick pace like vultures. The silver haired girl nodded with trembling lips.

"Nah they are cute. Right rat rat rat--" A rat finally aimed for Lisa. The miner extended her hands to hug it but the rat jumped on her face and bit her nose, hard. "OW! Bad rat! Evil rat!" She grabbed it and threw it harshly away before she gave it a kick just for the sake of it. "You are not cute at all! You ***** ****!"

"LISA!" Chaeyoung covered Jennie's ears shocked.

"What!? It's true honey!" The miner pulled out her gimlet that was returned by Yoona and swang it to the ground. "Take this!"

"Make way!"

The miner tilted her head, her eyes widened at the sight of an approaching wooden cart, she jumped away. Jisoo pushed it around, there was cheese all over it. The rats took the bait and followed her out of the cabin. The girls walked after her. She ran through each cabin and then rushed to the deck where she threw the cart off the ship and jumped to the side. All the rats went after the cheese cart.

"It worked!" Jisoo gave Yoona a high five. Then she realised what she just did and cleared her throat. "I mean... it worked. You had one good idea."

"Oh a compliment. I take it."

Yoona ruffled Jisoo's dark and messy hair. The younger of the two quickly swatted the other's hands away and hissed at her. Then she walked over to Jennie and offered her a shoulder to lean on because her head was bobbing up and down due to tiredness.

Yoona cracked a smile and called for her crew. "Everyone! It's late! Go to sleep. It's only a few hours before the sun rises! I am taking the night shift!"

Her crew appeared to be moved as they gasped. Only Yoona is able to be on the lookout on the crow's nest and be at the helm to steer the ship at once. Physically it's not possible but she switches between them when she determines it as necessary.

"Yoona isn't half bad." Lisa commented, the four girls nestled in their respect bunk bed in the small cabin that they were allowed to inhibit.

"If we forget that they abducted us at night, that is..." Chaeyoung said quietly, closing both of her eyes.

"Oh well. I already forgot about that." Lisa grinned to herself in her small bed. Those bunk beds were more like two rusty cupboards each over another. Chaeyoung and Jisoo on the top spot and Lisa and Jennie respectively below them.

Jisoo has warned them not to move too much in case a splinter might hit them. When they took their nap she will sand and polish the wood of the princess' bed. And if she is already at it, she might as well do the same to the entire bedchamber.

The girls managed to catch sleep for the entirety of three hours. Those three hours felt great and did help but they did ache for more. Unfortunately the weather did not permit their request. They could hear that part of the crew stumbled awake and were running around on the deck.

"Jisoo." Jennie climbed up to Jisoo's bed and poked her cheek. The elder and the girls (aside from Jennie) ignored the commotion because they were sleepy. "Jisoo." She repeated and the elder fluttered her eyes open, she gave her a questioning look. Even though she knew what Jennie is going to say.