Noble [OLD]

Chapter 8: Regret

Sabo's POV

I rubbed my eyes and slowly lifted my body up. As I looked around, the place felt empty. I slightly opened my door and everything was almost completely dark. I slowly made my way outside and to the back of the ship. The moon was still out, but the sky was getting brighter

"Excuse me..." I ran towards a crew member dealing with the ship. "Do you know what time it is?" I asked.

He looked at the sky, almost a little too closely. "Around six a.m." He said calmly.

I stood in shock, there goes my perfect schedule. I dashed back to my room and tried to sleep once again. Instead of sleeping though, I stayed up for the rest of the morning.

I kept thinking about that memory, my life, and everything in general. At some points I wouldn't even think, I would just stare.

I constantly heard knocking on the door but I decided not to answer.

I decided not to do anything.

"Hey! There's food here if you want any." A crew member shouted from the wall.

After a while, I started to get hungry. Despite this, I remained in bed thinking about my life.

I didn't want to talk to any of them, but more importantly, I had to think.

"I don't care about any of that anymore..." I whispered to myself.

"I just want to know..."

"Who was I?..."

Throughout the whole morning, all I thought about was how I studied and worked just like my father told me to. That memory was when I was young, my father just wanted what was best for me. He wouldn't want me wasting time on drawings.

After I thought about that, I thought about the old man and Ace.

"Who are they to me?..."

The captain felt like someone I could connect with, despite being on completely different levels. Ace is a carefree pirate, sure he's famous but it feels like I have a deeper connection to him.

My stomach kept grumbling. Despite my hunger, I kept it down.

I thought about what I said to the captain. It's been hours ever since then, I regretted every bit of it. Thinking about it, I realized how sudden everything was. It wasn't the captains fault I had problems with pirates back then. Yet I'm still hiding in here, thinking about my life instead of apologizing. Even after crying before, I couldn't help but cry now.

I don't want to face them, I just want to get off this boat.

"Knock Knock."

"Hey noble, you've been in there for a while." A voice spoke behind the door. "You haven't eaten anything, are you hungry?"

I sunk into my sheets. "Just go away, Ace..." I thought.

"Noble?" He spoke.

"Leave..." I repeated in my mind.