Kidnap

9

Seonghwa did not know that Yeosang was actually going to ask for an audience with HongJoong. Hoped, yes, he had definitely hoped, but outside of that he had not expected Yeosang to merely sigh and call for someone outside the door of the medic bay. Whoever it was that answered his call, Seonghwa was not able to see, and he could not even hear what it was that they were saying, but another reluctant sigh from Yeosang left him realizing that he was getting his wish. The Captain would be speaking with him soon. He was quite excited about the notion, even if Yeosang was not. He had...no clue what he was going to say. People were supposed to say things in these situations, he knew, but he had no clue what he was going to actually do once HongJoong came around. He had not really expected his request would be granted in the first place.

Seonghwa waited, and Hongjoong did not take all that long before he was strolling into the medical bay, a little smirk on his face betraying somehow still not enough for Seonghwa to tell whether this was a good thing, or a bad thing. He was still splayed out on this stupid bed arms tied down as he turned his face upwards to see the Captain. He felt something...odd, curl about his chest. it was a mix of something bad and something good, and he was really not sure how to pin it down. He nervously averted his eyes once the Captain came closer to him. He couldn't help but curl back into the bedding as far as he could, considering the Captain was definitely not an easy figure to take in. That, coupled with the fact that he was somewhat frightening.

"Why hello there little Prince." Seonghwa felt his teeth gritting at the term, he was not entirely sure he would ever get used to those words. Something told Seonghwa he would have to, though, considering the Captain seemed quite fond of speaking to him with that title. It was said in an ever so slightly mocking way. Seonghwa could not really put his finger down on the tone, he did not know what exactly it reminded him of, but he supposed that was something he could ponder over later, considering he was sort of stuck in this boat for who knows how long. "Look at you," HongJoong grabbed his chin, tilting his head up with one dark nail, causing Seonghwa to shiver slightly. He did not question them, merely shaking. "You look so much more healthy than the last time I saw you. That was not all that long ago. It looks like Yeosang has been obeying my commands." The words were stated softly, the Captain tugging his finger out from under Seonghwa's chin and releasing a put upon sigh. He turned his gaze back to assessing Seonghwa softly. "Tell me, why did you wish to see me?" He questioned, his voice deceptively soft.

"I...wanted to ask you something." Seonghwa admitted, his voice merely a whisper. It was true, he mainly wished to ask for his hands to be unbound. It was not as though he had actually managed to one up either the Captain or his medic, and even if he tried, he would be more than likely to fail miserably. These people knew far more about fighting than he did, and furthermore, he was on a boat. Seonghwa was not sure about anyone else, but he did not know how to run a boat as a one man show. This boat was unlikely to be easy to manouver and even if he did manage to figure it out...well there were reasons boats had more than one person, even if you had a skeleton crew.

"Oh? The Prince wishes to ask me something?" HongJoong questioned back. "Very well then little Prince what is it that you wanted to ask of me?" He questioned Seonghwa, who was having some difficulty trying to figure out how to say what he wanted without stuttering out everything that he wanted to say. The Captain made him unbearably nervous. Prior to seeing how easily the Captain would have whipped his crew-mate, Seonghwa had not felt nearly as unnerved with the Captain. Yet, if he was willing to whip his crew member with...such a violent weapon for just speaking out of turn? Seonghwa did not want to even begin to think about what he would do to the Prince for doing the same.

"I..." Seonghwa swallowed, trying to keep his nerves down as much as possible. "I wanted to know if you could...agree to untie my hands?" HongJoong stared as Seonghwa after he had voiced his request, his eyes steadily narrowing. "I-I swear I will not do anything it just hurts, and I..."

"Stop." HongJoong ordered, and Seonghwa could not help but lapse into a deadly silence. He did not want to anger the Captain, and he was already worried that he had already done so. It was terrifying, really, how much cruelty the Prince could go through at the hands of this pirate. Even then, it was nothing particularly evil about anything the Captain had done. He did not know this crew very well, so who knows, perhaps they had an unspoken agreement. Yet, to Seonghwa, despite having seen the potential for the cruelty that this Captain held, he had been honest with Seonghwa, something that Seonghwa respected greatly.

The Captain moved to the top of the bed, ripping Seonghwa arms down, leaving him to yelp softly. The Captain hastily untied the ropes binding his arms together and hissed softly, eyes going dark.