Shipwrecked Hearts

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Maximo smirked when I felt my jaw dropping, "you can't say no, it's your duty." Duty. That somehow left a pang in my heart, it's not like I was expecting for something more.

He was right. It was my duty as his queen, to bear him children who will rule next. It's so stupid of me to romanticize this. All of this. I should be disgusted of myself.

"Right, duty." I smiled at Maximo, somehow it didn't reach my eyes. I was beyond disappointed, not of him, but to myself. From the very beginning, it was all a duty. A call of duty.

Hinawakan ni Maximo ang aking kamay, "it's your duty as my lover and my duty to you as your lover." He expounded.

I blinked, "w-wait, we're not yet married."

"Our union has been sealed already with this coronation. There's no need to marry you, Starfish. You are already mine and I am already yours. Unless you still seek for a marriage, but I got to tell you, I have no religion. So I have no idea how marriage works."

Halatang medyo nagpapanik na si Maximo, kaya naman ngumiti ako sa kan'yang. Somehow, I wanted to tell him not to worry anymore. "It's okay, we don't need to marry." Tinanaw ko ang karagatan.

The ships were like stars sprinkled around the vast firmament, it was a beautiful sight. Something so ethereal. I can't believe something this illegal would be so gorgeous. Pirates. I never thought I'd become one and I never thought people, all this time, had misconceptions about them.

Pirates are more than who we think they are. Perhaps on Maximo's case.

Hinubad ni Maximo ang kan'yang korona at sinakbit ito sa backrest ng kan'yang upuan, he looked at Marco who was manning the stirring wheel of the Royal Renaissance ship and gave him a brief nod, afterwards, Maximo stood up, "starfish, may I?" He looked at me with those deep peculiar eyes. I can see his pupils dilating as he gazed at me from a close distance.

I smiled and took his hand, tumungo kami sa captain's cabin na nasa likod lang namin, I somehow feel my reluctance, am I ready for this? Am I? Kinuyom ko ang aking kabilang kamao. This isn't a matter of being ready or not. It's a matter of building a sacred bond with Maximo.

Sinara ni Maximo ang pinto, he locked it, pagkatapos ay tinitigan niya ako sa aking mga mata. I can't help but feel weak with his intimacy, I can't look away—I bit my lips, umurong ako hanggang sa pader, I let my hands hold the unsympathetic partition for support as my knees suddenly felt like jellies.

We locked gazes. I can't help but wonder what was he thinking right now. It feels like I was suddenly exposed in his naked eyes.

"Starfish," Maximo said in his heavy breath, I gulped. "Just tell me if you're up for this or not, I'm not going to force you. If you must, say it now. There will be no stopping me once we pursue. You've been tempting me ever since."

Kinuha ko ang lahat ng aking lakas-loob, the world didn't matter anymore at this moment. It was only Maximo and I, sailing towards nowhere, in the middle of the ocean. I put my arms around his neck and kissed him.

In this moment of heat, Maximo kissed back and pinned me to the wall with both my hands, I can taste the strawberry lipstick I wore with his mint breath. Giniya ni Maximo ang aking kamay patungo sa kan'yang balikat, pagkatapos ay tinanggal niya ang mga pin sa aking buhok, letting my hair curve its way down to my waist. Still not breaking our torrid kiss.

We broke the kiss to catch a breath. We were panting fast, but Maximo didn't waste time. As we heaved our heavy breaths, he was already unzipping the back of my gown, letting it flow down like a water in no time, tightfitting only nothing now but my petticoat in which he effortlessly took down, now I was only in my undergarments.

Nilapit ni Maximo ang kan'yang ulo sa aking tainga, "do you want to undress me too, Starfish?" He whispered.

Instead of answering him, I pushed him towards the king's bed and forced him to lie down, "whoa." He mumbled with his eyes wide open, I gave him a seductive smile. I won't let him take the lead. I will.

"Do you want me to undress you?" I bit my lips and kicked my glass heels off, tumungo ako sa kama at naglakad na tila isang sanggol, with Maximo below me, I slowly unhooked his belt off him, when it was on my hands, I tied it both on his hands through the headboard of the bed. Maximo tried to struggle but failed. I can feel his biceps flexing as he did that. "It's futile, Maximo."