I Will Sail With No Pirate! (mxm)

Chapter 10

"Alexandre, it is time to get dressed."

Don't want to move... 

"I'd prefer you naked as well, but would you like to go into a mansion full of vampires wearing nothing but those bandages?"

Bandages?

With a tired mumble Alexandre pushed himself up into a sloppy sitting position and rubbed at his right eye. Hmm? Moving his hand back a little, he noticed that there was a bandage tightly wrapped around it. Looking down, he found the same circumstance with his other hand.

He had wrapped my hands?

"Yes, now get up. I highly dislike being late, especially when I don't wish to go in the first place."

Wait, he doesn't want to go? Then why are we?

"Get dressed, Alexandre."

He quietly did as told but looked over at Ria a few times to see that he was sleeping. 

Looking back toward the captain as he tugged on the black pair of breeches he'd been given, Alexandre calmly requested, "can he have a blanket, please captain?"

James looked over at Ria, then back to Alexandre before tossing a small blanket into his arms. Alexandre couldn't help the smile that lit up his face as he quickly thanked him and walked over to the small boy. The blanket wasn't that big, but it easily covered him and he immediately snuggled into the soft fabric as Alexandre tucked it around his body.

"You need to eat before we go. I don't want you eating or drinking anything there."

Alexandre turned and quickly walked back over to the captain, just now noticing the food he had sitting on a tray beside him on his desk.

"I understand, Captain."

He quickly ate before James helped him with the jacket he needed to still put on, since it had a few extra buckles than he wasn't used to and his hands were painful to use. Once he was completely dressed, Alexandre ran a comb quickly through his messy hair and then pulled it back into a tiny ponytail.

"Hmm, sit."

He did so immediately, dropping into his desk chair as he handed him a small cloth.

"Hold it beneath your chin and sit still."

Alexandre watched as James grabbed a small blade from his desk and began quickly shaving off his beard.

Aww.

"It doesn't suite you."

"It made me look older..."

James leaned closer as he worked, and Alexandre closed his eyes to help keep his focus on staying still.

"How old are you?"

"Twenty-four."

"You are young."

"But I want to look older."

"Why? There is no benefit to looking older, just in being older."

"Huh?"

"With age comes wisdom, but looking older does nothing. Besides..."

He leaned back, a faint smile on his face as Alexandre opened his eyes and lifted his free hand to rub against his smooth chin.

"You look much better without it."

Alexandre pursed his lips but wasn't going to argue.

"Alright, let's go. Ria, you are to stay here."