Sham of the Sea

Chapter 19

Jennie's bed was just as soft as Y/N had remembered it to be. When Y/N awoke in the morning, she had the whole thing for herself, stretching out her limbs comfortably. Honestly, she just wanted to stay here forever, cuddle Jennie's pillows and pretend she was not far from home at all but her life needed to be lived.

Y/N noticed the ship not moving after some time, sitting up drowsily to look around in the room.

The light of the day filtered in through the windows and she found no Jennie, nor her whip or sword. Her boots were gone too so maybe they had gone ashore already.

Y/N stretched before standing up, her limbs slightly sore from the inappropriate place they had spent most time of their evening in. Even though her back and hips especially hurt, she still felt warm when she looked down at her chest, carefully pressing her fingers against some of the painless marks Jennie had left on her skin again.

With a sigh she went to get some clothes, stumbling out on the deck and directly into the hot sun just minutes after. She found Tzuyu scrubbing away on deck with Yeji sitting close by and accompanying her. Both of them greeted Y/N with matching smirks that made her feel fuzzy. Yes, she did notice the captain's infatuation with her, thank you very much.

"Good mornin', Prince Swab. Ye ready to live up to yer name?" Tzuyu nodded at the bucket and holystones not far from her, and Y/N felt some more of her earlier tension lift.

She lifted her arms to stretch them a bit more. "Can I get some food first? I'm dying of hunger."

Yeji waved her over, having already prepared some things. Y/N plopped down next to her, starting to eat while studying the funny looking forest on the island they had anchored next to. Some trees looked entirely different from those she knew, long and curved with some huge oval-shaped leaves at the top. It seemed more colourful too, many vibrant flowers peeking out from anywhere and strange sounds being heard from further away.

"Is Captain wearing you out that much? Poor girl." Yeji grinned at her, and it was a nice grin. It seemed very gentle and made the pirate seem younger.

In general, Yeji seemed much more approachable and nice ever since she had gotten hurt. It had healed these past few days nicely, but she was still exempted from heavy work and just enjoyed her time.

Y/N still blushed at the innuendo. Whatever she and Jennie did, it seemed to be a private thing, something between them two only. So she did not feel quite at ease when talking about it.

"Is she not tired at all?" Y/N asked, rubbing her nape shyly.

Yeji shook her head with a grin, staring at some birds circling the masts. Tzuyu ran around the deck with high speed, angrily scrubbing away. "Maybe you'll get used to it after some time. Sana and Dahyun were mighty loud yesterday too."

Y/N sat up at that, needing more information. "So they made up? Or did they fight? Was Sana not like- hurt?"

Y/N could not imagine all of this rolling around and tensing in pleasure be enjoyable with a gaping wound in one's body.

"Aye, they made up. Might still need some time before Sana stops sweettalking everybody into bedding her. But I think they're onto something. And this kind of wound would not stop Sana from doing whatever the hell she wants. That woman is scary."

Funny, and Y/N had thought Sana was very kind and Yeji was scary.

Y/N rose after finishing her meal, getting to work with helping Tzuyu. The other one had already removed the ugliest of stains, leaving them with the polishing work only and Y/N relaxed under the big and hot sun, revelling in the feeling of just losing her touch to the outside world.