|| The pirates Prince || <Seongjoong>

-|| Chapter Ten ||-

Seongwha.

His head pounded and his eyes opened slowly, his entire body aching. He looked down at himself and his eyes rounded with surprise. His chest was completely bare, a fur trim cover covering his middle and lower half. A warm arm wrapped around his waist, giving a source of comfort.

He looked at the arm, his eyes following it from the fingers to the body. His eyes grew wider. Hongjoong. The Captain. He looked up to see his own bed empty. He slept with him. A pirate. The Captain. He tossed the cover off him and he rushed to his feet, his head instantly soared from the hangover.

This wasn't supposed to happen. Why? How? Did it even happen?

He staggered his way towards his fur coat which led on the wooden floor next to the bed. He quickly threw himself into it and hurried out of the Captain's quarters, he heard a groan coming from the bed but he ignored it.

He looked up at the sky, it was night. The stars aligned in majestic ways, deep blue and black swimming between them. He wondered if his father was up there. As great kings would be, he wondered if he would be up there when he passes. Looking down on the world like they are nothing but ants. What about The Princes? Ashen.

His mind fogged up with memories of him, them getting told off and only seongwha getting the beating. Only those type of memories. Damnit Ashen.

"You good?" He was cut from his thoughts, someone yawned from behind him. It was Yunho. "See that bruise has gotten better." He pointed out and Seongwha reached to touch it, it was still healing.

"What you doing out here?" He asked.

"Fresh air." Seongwha answered, looking toward the sea. He slept with fucking Hongjoong.

"What's it like, being a prince." Yunho mumbled as he took a hand and placed it on the banister next to Seongwha. Their eyes meet.

"Hell."

"Tell me."

He wanted to, truly. But he didn't know what to say, where to start. No good things came to his mind when he thought of palace life. He didn't even have any good thoughts of it.

"I have nothing." He replied simply. Yunho's face eased with reassurance. Trusting. Like Hongjoong.

"You told Hongjoong haven't you?" Seongwha stared at him, his face shocked at Yunho's grin. "Or did you just sleep with him?"

"What? How?-.."

"Captain likes you. Like, really likes you. But he doesn't know it, I do though. Now do you." He smiled and patted Seongwha on the shoulder. "First time he has ever liked someone. He never offers a hand to someone, especially for the traders port." Those words shocked Seongwha even more than the first. "Mingi was right about you too."

"What is he right about?" Seongwha muttered in thought, hongjoong liked him?

"That you were different. Not like the other kings and princes we've met. So trusting, honest." Yunho smiled with relaxation as if it were on his chest since the very start. His blonde ish brown hair blew in the cold wind. "You best get to sleep, that hangover won't help itself."

"You knew?"

"I always know." He turned, "goodnight!" He said and before Seongwha could reply. He was gone. Lost in the darkness of the night. Hongjoong liked him? It kept repeating in his head as he made if way back to the Captains quarters. He looked over at Hongjoong's bed. He wasn't there.

"Hongjoong?" He whispered, "where'd you go?" He picked up a lantern and set it alight. He swung it around. Looking for him. A creek came from behind him. He spun to see Hongjoong stood there, a glass of liquid in his hands. Not rum.

"Thirsty?" He asked, holding it out. His eyes were heavy and his hair was a mess. His fur coat was put on effortlessly with one side revealing his bare shoulder. Seongwha took the glass.

"I listened in on your conversation with Yunho." He nodded as he poured himself another glass. Seongwha sipped from it. Water.

"How much of it did you hear?"

"All of it." Shit. Seongwha stared at him who was smiling gently at him. All of his thoughts ran off as he looked at his face. He smiled back. "Yunho's not wrong."

"About what?" Seongwha created a pause in the room. Silence filling it. Hongjoong smiled a little before looking down at the water. Taking another sip.

"I like you. I don't know why, but I do." He mumbled as if he were panicking, Seongwha's mind eased at his words. Curing his thoughts.

"As soon as I laid my eyes on you, I knew you were different." He stumbled closer to him and hugged him. What?

"I love you."Hongjoong muttered. Seongwha hugged back, he could probably tell he was shocked. His hands shook in his grasp.

"I love you too.." Seongwha was too darn confused, he thought it was a dream. A really good dream.

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Queen Jude.

"We have managed to track him. He was last seen at Chòmea's trading port with a pirate. He was drinking at a tavern called 'The Shining Hawk'." The guard spoke with a wobble of fear in his tone, he knelt to the ground.

"Is it a well known pirate?"

"Kim Hongjoong."

"Fuck sake.." Jude groaned, her head resting on her hands while she stared at the coward of a man. "Trap them in, attack the crew and take Seongwha. No deaths."

"Any captors?"

"Wooyoung." She called and the guard nodded, "only one ship. You may go." Her grin grew wider, how she will enjoy this.

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Why Wooyoung?? 🤨