the way your voice moves

the good pirates

shinah 

i open my eyes and see a head resting against my shoulder. dara is sleeping and her long black eyelashes flutter ever so slightly implying she's portably waking up. even though i just met these people and hak thinks I'm mute I like them. I like dara she is warm and honest perhaps they willl show me how to live. 

suddenly blue eyes shoot open and her head flys off my shoulder. she looks over sheepishly a slight blush dusting her features. 

"apologies there shinah didn't mean to fall asleep on your shoulder" she seems embarrassed? I'm unsure why besides the fact i don't nessarily enjoy physical contact I'm confused why does she look so embarrassed. hak emerges with yona and i instinctively check to make sure my mask is on. it is. dara rolls her eyes at me and yoon starts breakfast kija still seems weak so he's struggling to locate the green dragon however i can feel his presence so I get up and start to lead. 

"i believe he is saying he can lead us to the green dragon" dars's voice calls out as everyone stares at me oddly. 

"yes" i mumble out. they all nod as we pack up camp. i go over to my drying clothes and take off dara's coat. leaving me in just my underlying pants. out of the corer of my eye i see hak face palm as he covers yona's now very red face. kija is also quite red and yoon barks out uncomfortably "you can't just strip in front of the girls" I'm confused I'm to naked or anything how is this offensive. i tilt my head in confusion. a very awkward second passes before dara lands in the center of camp. she raises an eyebrow at me before she asks "why does everyone look like there abut to die of embarrassment" 

"well shinah is a little um... how would i say.... perhaps unaware of manners?" kija offers. she looks over at me and then back at the group. 

"eh its not like he's naked i mean yeah shinah you should attempt to preserve the princess innocence and not make her uncomfortable but you know whatever" her wings fold back into her back as she takes back her outer robes as i finish putting on my outer shirt. ao climbs onto her shoulder and nudges her cheek. we finally start for the green dragon i take the lea since I'm giving the directions. we walk for a while the others chatting amongst themselves. i glance back to see dara talking to hak about something. he seems uncomfortable to say the least. however yona starts talking to me so i get flustered and attempt to answer her storm of questions all of which are unpleasant ones! I'm a stuttering disaster.

"shinah where did you grow up"

"i... i grew up in ... a village"

"what was it like"

"it... it was hard"

"i love your hair has it always been like this"

"y--yes" 

"i want to see your eyes someday shinah when your ready" my heart contracts no. i feel my body stiffen absolutely not. she pats my arm and i become even more tense 

"just when your ready" she says a reassuring smile stuck to her face. i feel a little better but not a lot. suddenly hak power walks up and grabs the princess growling out "don't talk to dara" as he pulls her ahead. yoon and dara appear to be chuckling over something so i sloe my pace as they catch up. yoon still seems wary of me but dara doesn't. 

"what did you do"i project to her. she smirks responding "i might have pointed out how hak is in love with a certain princess" 

"how can you tell" i ask confused. 

"use your eyes and you'll see it too"  

"well um shinah how far ahead can your eyes see" yoon asks since he is unaware we are actually chatting already.