My Lifeline - Jaywon Shortstories

Captain Park pt2

Sunoo grew more and more anxious.
His bad feeling had gone unexplained and it all felt like it was too calm on the ship.

The Engene slowly moved along the now calm waves in the port and the pirate could only ear the wind and some seagulls flying nearby.

After a long wait, the crew finally came back, in a much more serious way than Sunoo had expected.

Had something gotten wrong in the tavern?
Or during the transaction?

Had Sunoo's instincts failed him?

The Captain finally appeared, and he was in bad shape. Several cuts decorated his handsome face, his cloak had been damaged as well.
Sunoo gasped.

"Everyone rest for an hour, we'll sail before dawn" ordered Captain Park. "Sunoo, come with me."

The crew did as told after having picked who would stay awake and watch over them.

~

"What happened?" asked Sunoo, once he and Captain Park were in his quarters.
"Some guy assaulted and fought me in the alley as I was walking to the tavern" explained the Captain.
"Let me take a look" said Sunoo, not giving his boss any time to refuse.

Most of the wounds were superficial, however two of them were too deep to be left like that.

"Sewing time" whispered Sunoo, grabbing his medical kit.
"Damn it" mumbled the Captain. 

Sunoo came back, shoving a bottle of rhum under his Captain's nose.

"Anesthesia" he explained, watching his boss drink it whole. "Now stay still."

And thus began Sunoo's work.
He was so focused on his needle and on maintaining his Captain's head still that he forgot about his bad feeling.

And the Captain was too waisted to be thinking about the present. His mind was fully occupied by the haunting memory of the mysterious alley man.

~

An hour later, the crew got woken up by a tired Heeseung, who had kept watch.
Sails were set and the Engene left the port.
Little did the crew know that the number of living souls on the ship had secretly grown during their nap.

That information, however, didn't stay secret for too long.
In fact, as soon as Sunoo left the Captain's cabin and headed to join his hammock, he felt eyes on him.

He continued his course, waiting to be alone to confront Niki, who just loved pulling pranks on everyone all the time.

He was now downstairs, in the common room.

"Cmon Niki, you had your nap, let me have mine please" he mumbled. "You can prank me later, I promise."
"Yeah right" said a voice behind him.

A voice that wasn't Niki's.

"Wait" whispered Sunoo, turning around slowly.

He hadn't heard this voice in so long that it didn't seem real.

"Won?" added Sunoo, trying to guess where he was hiding.
"I hope you're finally ready to come home" simply said Won.
"Home? What do you mean? This is my home now" replied Sunoo.

Silence spread, and after a minute, Won finally left the shadows of the room.
He was dressed like any other pirate in Tortuga, which did seem weird.

"Where's your uniform?" asked Sunoo. "Does her Highness approve this kind of attire?"
"What do you think?" replied Won. "I hid it. I disguised myself. I'm here to bring you back."
"Well duh, I don't want to go" said Sunoo calmly.

Jungwon's traits changed. He was tensed.

"I thought I was dead to you" said Sunoo. "At least that what you had told me."
"I miss you" simply replied Won.

Sunoo's heart sunk deeper. He had missed him as well.

"My loyalty goes to my Captain" explained Sunoo. "I'm sorry you might be in trouble because of me, but I'm staying here."

Won's expression changed again, fire burning in his eyes for a second. Then, he closed his eyes and breathed out.

"Alright Ddeonu" he finally said. "Hope I'll see you again one day."
"Hope it too" replied Sunoo. "You can take a safety canoe to leave if you want."
"Thanks" mumbled Won, before disappearing.

Sunoo fell asleep almost instantly, extremely tired after everything that had happened today.

~

The Captain didn't hear anyone knocking but he knew there was someone in his cabin, just like he had felt a presence in the alley.

"Again?" he asked, waiting for his visitor to reveal himself. "Did you miss me so much that you had to infiltrate my ship?"

The guy just laughed.

"Miss you?" he replied. "No, I came to warn you."

He stepped up, planting his eyes in the Captain's.

"'Bout what?" asked the Captain.
"Take care of Sunoo" he said.

His voice had grown deeper and the Captain could feel how much he cared about his Second.

"If anything happens to him, I'll track you down and I'll kill you" he warned the Captain.
"Why don't you just go ahead?" asked the latter. "You had the occasion in the alley. What stopped you?"

The man's lip trembled slightly.

"I have my reasons" he simply said, sounding less convinced however.

Captain Park chuckled. After a sec of hesitation, he breathed out and stood up. He circled his study, piercing eyes still pining his opposant still.

"Oh really?" he asked, walking closer and closer.

For the first time, Captain Park noticed how taller he was.

There wasn't much space between them anymore however there was something else.

A tension
A heat
A attraction

At the same time Jay wanted to fight him to avenge his last fight and to do something else, something completely different.

Then, the Captain made a mistake, one that would loose him completely.
He looked slightly down, eyes falling on the foe's lips.

The latter must have noticed the sudden distraction, however he didn't flee.

Instead he furiously crashed his lips against the Captain's.