The Pirate Prince *Larry Stylinson*

Dancing Royals

Chapter 33

"Where are they!?" Liam asked, right when the raven haired pirate came to notice with intense relief that One Direction had stopped its advancing movements on the sea.

Just after Liam's call, several feet backward where the ship had once been, Zayn felt himself grow incredibly at ease at the sight of Harry in the water with Louis at his side as they approached the ship at a steady pace.

"Niall, you have the rope, right?"

The Irishman nodded in confirmation while holding up part of the thick and long lengthened rope before he tossed one end of it over the side of the ship for the two within the water to grab when they neared.

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"You're okay, right Louis?" Harry breathlessly asked the male that still clung a single arm around his neck. Their body heat was entirely nonexistence in contrast to the freezing cold water that surrounded them.

Louis weakly nodded his head as an answer, his teeth uncontrollably clacking against one another from the frigidness they paddled through while Harry held his waist. His head was pounding from the fact that he had hit the water sufferance with it.

That was enough to make Harry silence himself. He just wanted an answer.

Right after, Louis turned his face away from beside Harry and began releasing more dry coughs that made the Captain's heart clench up pathetically. Both their hair was matted over their eyes but Harry still focused his attention on seeing if Louis displayed any sign of pain from his struggle in swimming earlier.

His eyes caught a glimpse of the rope that the crew had left to hang for them to get pulled back up onboard and knowing they were going to make it up safely made him return his eyes to the royal attached to him.

He didn't say anything... Only taking in the boy's movements that appeared stiff aside from when he was hacking up water from the pit of his throat with several coughs. It's so hurtful and burning the lungs to breath after you've been forced so much water in.

Once he grabbed hold of the rope that hung near the ship's base, Harry gave it a single tug without glancing away from Louis's face.

"Louis, if you want to make it up there without fail, I'm going to need you to wrap your arms around my neck." Harry informed plainly. His ears could hear the others of the crew above talking about them, though he opted to ignore them in favor of Louis who now watched at the Captain incredulously.

It was nearly laughable.

"What? Why?"

"Is there water in your ear or do you just like being difficult? Do it so we can get up there when they pull the rope."

Louis pushed back some of his hair from his face to watch at Harry with narrowed eyes and Harry couldn't help himself from chuckling despite their situation.

Even when they were stuck in the chilling ocean Louis still found his ways to be defiant and bossy.

"I doubt you want to stay in here all day. The salt water will make your perfect skin prune. That enough should make you eager to get out." He chided out lightly causing Louis to groan with a roll of his eyes before he threw both of his arms around Harry's neck.

The prince pulled himself close to pirate captain within the water and Harry found a smile forming on his lips as his head went over Louis's shoulder. After he gave the rope another pull to signal them to start bringing them up, he allowed his free hand to wrap itself around Louis's waist to bring them closer to one another.