Pirate King: An ATEEZ & ONEUS Novella

Chapter Three

"Pssst!" a feminine voice hisses out from the darkness. "Are you okay, Hoobaenim?"

Wooyoung squints ahead of him into the darkness. It has been about an hour since Hwanwoong left him alone. He sees a slight movement in the dim lights, someone is walking toward him.

"Are you okay?" the question comes again, this time full of worry and concern and definitely from a female.

Wooyoung blinks in shock as a beautiful woman with long waist-length red hair emerges from the shadows and into the dim light. She looks like a Disney princess, her red hair in two separate ponytails and a purple sea flower sticking into one side, behind her ear. She's wearing a matching purple dress of sorts.

"I-I'm fine," Wooyoung croaks out as she drops down before him.

Her shimmering blue eyes lock on his dark brown ones.

"Who are you?" Wooyoung manages to ask.

The young woman puts a hand gingerly on Wooyoung's cheek. "My name's Jasmine Mirza. I'm so sorry my boyfriend kidnapped you and locked you up so rudely."

Wooyoung startles at that. "Boyfriend?"

Jasmine giggles. "Yeah, bad boys are kind of my thing. But I had no idea he'd be a literal BAD boy."

"Hwanwoong...is...your...boyfriend?" Wooyoung feels his heart skip a beat. Gross!

"Hwanwoong is misguided. He's actually...well, he WAS, very sweet. He just thinks that his band is superior, an ego thing. He's so over his head, blinded by rage, he's tearing ONEUS apart. He doesn't realize it, but even if he succeeds in killing Jongho, he's already damaged the group enough."

Wooyoung looks at her. "And you think I should have pity for the man who chained me up inside of a ship?!"

"It could be worse, he could have tied you to the mast and had savage sea water slam you in the face..."

Touche, girl.

"He could also be the dreaded Captain Kanye West. Word has it, he's ten times worse and he has a pet dragon named Taylor Swift!"

Pet dragon? Like Jongho's little friend, Malteez?

Jasmine looks Wooyoung over, studying his chain bondage. "Look, if there is ever someone Hwanwoong is frightened of, it's Pirate Captain Kanye West. You do NOT want to meet him."

Wooyoung cocks an eyebrow. "Are you just going to oogle me over or...?"

Jasmine slaps a hand to Wooyoung's mouth. "Shhh, if he discovers I'm here..." She looks around, suddenly panicked.

Wooyoung looks at her, muffling something incoherent into her hand. He's obviously not too pleased to have his mouth covered.

"I'm going to remove my hand, sorry," the redhead says, a deep blush coming to her cheeks. Her hand instantly falls away.

Wooyoung licks his dry lips. "Do you know who ATEEZ is?"

Jasmine snorts softly. "Of course I do! Don't tell Hwanwoongie, but you're one of my favorites and you're better than ONEUS."

Wooyoung chuckles. "Smart girl."

Jasmine's eyes sparkle. "You're too kind, Jung Wooyoung."

Jung Wooyoung. The sound of his full name on her lips makes his heart soar with lust. Too bad she's taken by Dickface.