CRUISE || Nicolas Sturniolo

CHAPTER 6 || r a n t

POV: Nick

I had started to walk back to the designated spot me and my brothers were supposed to meet up at.  It was a spot towards the end of the ship that had a shaded area attached to it. We wanted to meet up over here because we knew we would be tired after we had explored. 

However, I still had another 20 minutes to waste, so I started to walk slower to waste more time. I don't even know if it did anything. 

Eventually I make my way over to the spot and I sit down at a table of 4 seats.  I tried to focus on the ocean, but all my mind did was go back to the boy I had just interacted with earlier. 

I had just barely talked to the boy, yet he was on my mind way more than I wanted to admit. It's an addiction that needs very little to start.  

Apparently, I was thinking about him so much that I had failed to realize that Chris had sat at my table, with Matt trailing close behind. 

"Uhm... Hey? You good?" Chris says, with an obvious hint of worry in his voice. 

"Yeah, I'm good. Just thinking" I respond.

"What are you thinking about?" Chris says back. 

I could feel a smile start to form on my face as I think of the boy I had just met. 

"Well- I don't know if you want to hear about it" I exclaimed. I really didn't think they wanted to hear about this random guy. 

"No c'mon, I want to hear about it" speaks Matt. I forgot he was here, so I jumped in surprise. 

"Okay- well, there was this boy that came over to my table, and I kind of think he's pretty, so I can't keep him off my mind- and... Oh! His name is Arlo, which I think is-like, a pretty name and- and.... yeah..." I rush out, trying not to stutter on my words. My words didn't make sense, but I think my brothers caught on. 

"oh.. Oh... OH!!!! YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON A GUY YOU JUST MET!! HAHAHAHHA" Chris shouts as he stands up in his chair. 

People started to look over at our table, which they gave us weird looks. I don't blame them though. Chris was a crazy man screaming at the top of his lungs. 

"Chris! Stop- what the fuck are you doing?" I respond, trying not to get embarrassed.

"What's his deal? It's not even that big of a deal. Me and Chris have fell in love with girls we just met?" Matt whispers to me, with no surprise at all. 

"Thank god you didn't have an overreaction like this kid over here" I whisper back while I cover my mouth. 

"Oh c'mon stop talking shit" Chris exclaims as he sees us whispering. He finally decided to stop screaming and sit down in his seat. 

"At least you stopped screaming" I said. 

-----TIME SKIP-----

I had started to get ready for bed as me and my brothers had a big day the following morning. We had planned to go to the waterpark the cruise had. I didn't want to swim much, but I would get in the pool for a little bit to go and hang out with my brothers. 

As I picked up my toothbrush, I opened the toothpaste I had brought with me and squirted it onto my toothbrush. I brought it up to my mouth and started brushing. 

Following this, I washed my face and put on some pajamas. I opened the door to the bathroom and went out into the room where my bedroom was. 

Picking up my phone, I went into my bed and pulled my covers around myself. I pulled up Instagram on my phone and started scrolling. I tried to calm my mind to get myself to fall asleep. 

Apparently, it worked because before I knew it my eyes were fluttering shut. 

-----TIME SKIP-----

I opened up my eyes to see that my phone had been unplugged, and that the clock said that it was 8:47 am. Looking around the room, I saw that my brothers were rushing around trying to get ready, which I assumed was for breakfast. I sat up and threw my legs over the edge of the bed. 

"Oh hey! We were about to wake you up" Matt says as he rushed around the room. 

"Well, thanks I guess" I respond with a scruffy voice. 

Before I could even process anything, I started walking to the bathroom to get ready. 

I started doing the routine I did every morning. Brush my hair, wash my face, and put on clean clothes. Matt and Chris weren't wearing anything fancy, so I decided to do the same. There was no point in looking fancy if my brothers weren't looking fancy. 

Now that I think about it, I used the word fancy WAY too much. 

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End notes:

UHM IM SO SORRY?  I HAVENT POSTED IN LIKE 4 WEEKS AND I FEEL SO BAD. IM WORKING ON THEM RIGHT NOW SO DON'T WORRY🙏

Anyways uh- my only explanation is because of schoolwork. 

It's been so tiring especially because of ISATS and all that. I also have been preparing for orchestra concerts, so that has been in the way.

Hopefully I'll be posting more, but no promises. My mental health has been PLUMMETING to the floor recently so it kind of sucks tbh. 

Have a good day everyone! Hope your week has been going better then mine🥲

p.s. I didn't re-read it soooo I'm depending on my friend to do gods work.