Titanic AU : Logryeon the unsinkable ship

[END] Chapter 10 : Love, parties and the dream

April 15th, around 11pm.

Su-Ryeon's eyelids are heavy from sleep and her mind is in a fog but it seems to be forever since she felt that comfortable and warm. She rubs her eyes and opens them slowly. The room she is in is dimly lit and she can hear people breathing peacefully around her. She is tucked under heavy covers. She turns her head around toward Logan, who propped on an elbow, is trying to fight sleep. He blinks a few times before opening his eyes wide.

"You...you're awake ? Are you alright ?" Su-Ryeon nods.

"Where...where are we ? Where is everyone ?"

"After you collapsed we were brought to a cabin. Yoon Hee is sleeping just above our couch, and Yoon Chul and Junki are in the next row, don't you hear them snoring ?"

Su-Ryeon smiles weakly.

"Everyone is safe...what a relief"

She has trouble sorting her thoughts and fully believing they made it alive through that terrible nightmare.

Logan raises.

"Are you hungry ? you missed dinner but we managed to sneak some for you" He busy himself peeling fruits for her while she looks at him quietly.

"Here, you need to eat something" he hands her an orange with a smile. She notices his hand tremble slightly.

She isn't hungry at all, although it has been hours since she last ate. But something in his behavior tells her she should accept it.

"Thank you" she says, taking it with a smile. Observing him better he looks really pale and black circles are visible under his glossy eyes.

"Say...how long did I...stay asleep ?" she asks, eating an orange quarter. Logan looks up as if trying to remember.

"We climbed aboard the Carpathia around 8am ? so...almost 15 hours, maybe ?"

"And I bet you didn't rest at all in the meantime ?"

"You have no idea how scared I was, how could I think of resting or sleeping ? I almost lost you there" Logan thinks, rubbing his eyes.

"I am not tired," he answers, forcing a smile. Su-Ryeon gobbles her orange in a hurry.

She gulps down the cup of water he hands her in a hurry.

"Look, I ate, I am fine, right ? so now you rest"

"Like I said I..." She wraps her arms around his neck.

"Then let's say I am and I want you to lie down next to me ?" Logan sighs against her hair.

She snuggles against him when they lay down. He caresses her hair.

"I was...We were really scared earlier when you suddenly fainted. They had to empty that cabin and we had to wait...but you didn't even shift the whole time, there was this commotion all around but you, you were so still...I..."

She tightens her arms around him.

"I am sorry, you must have been so worried...but now I am fine, so you can relax and rest, right ?"

She has many things she would want to tell him but nothing comes to mind. His breathing becomes regular and she guesses he has fallen asleep.

"You are cute, so stop frowning like that" she whispers.

She smooths down a line on his forehead with her finger but he doesn't move an inch.

== April 16th, in the morning.

What strikes her the most when they are waiting in the line for breakfast in the third class dining room is the quietness. Only muffled chatters and clinks of cutlery can be heard in the gloomy atmosphere. Yoon Hee hugs her when she joins them at their table.