𝓕𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮; (ateez)

𝓐𝓾𝓻𝓸𝓻𝓪

The Quartermaster was the captain's equal and assisted him in almost everything. The other crew members normally go to him before the captain. He was allowed to make orders on behalf of the captain and maintained order on the ship. Park Seonghwa was just the man that had those big responsibilities.

He gives Jongho and Wooyoung cleaning chores since he really values cleanliness, He gets reports from San about the ship and the crew, he checks with MIngi to make sure the cannons are always ready when needed, he meets with Yeosang on the course of the trip, and he makes Yunho check around the ship to make sure there are no damages and to prevent them from happening, along with checkups with the other crew members. Seonghwa takes all that information and updates Hongjoong on it all. It's a lot to do but he does it all well.

Seonghwa gathered up the crew members, "Guys, I'm gonna just put this order out there but it'll really benefit you guys!"

"What is it?" Yunho asks him.

"You guys should clean your quarters."

Everyone groans and I can't help but watch and chuckle as I watch guys be guys.

"Seonghwa hyung! Pirates don't need clean rooms! Isn't everything outside the quarters what matters most!" Mingi says.

"That's true but c'mon! You guys have small spaces and I bet you guys fill them all up with clutter anyways!"

"Why can't you just make Wooyoung and Jongho do the cleaning?" San asks.

"Hey!! We can't do the cleaning for the rest of our lives you know!" Jongho exclaims.

Seonghwa joins in with Jongho, "Plus, it's your own spaces. You guys should be individually responsible for your belongings and where they go, so it makes more sense if you all just clean your own spaces instead of just giving more work for the cabin boys."

Wooyoung sighs with relief, "Thank you, Seonghwa hyung!"

"And guys may I remind you that we also have a guest staying with us on board..."

Everyone turns and looks at me before looking back at Seonghwa.

"So, that's an order, okay everyone?"

"Aye! Aye!!" everyone responds then begins to head below deck.

Seonghwa rolls his eyes and I chuckle as I come over to him, "I was almost about to jump in and help you."

"Haha, they don't listen sometimes but that's what I get for being the eldest..." He says and runs his fingers through his blonde hair.

Before I got on this ship, the one who was the cook on the ship was actually Seonghwa. From what I was told from Yeosang, he makes the best food so he ended up just cooking meals for the other members. But, because I'm on this ship, a part of my deal of staying here is to help Seonghwa cook in the kitchen.

"You ever found out why I have to do your job a lot now?" I ask him as I stir the soup in the pot.

"Well, so I can have more time to help out Hongjoong. Normally I go off duty as quartermaster two hours before we all have a meal every time. Now, I don't have to do that." He explains as he chops up vegetables on the cutting board.

"You all know that I didn't grow up cooking right? I had servants and chefs who kept me fed."

"That's why you're only helping, princess. We're aware of that. On the bright side, we make a pretty good team! The food tastes ten times better according to everyone." Seonghwa says with a cheerful smile.

I smile at that as he carefully slides the vegetables into the soup. I do agree, we can make a pretty good team. As I continued stirring, Seonghwa reached up to the cabinet to grab some bowls.  I couldn't help but stare and watch. He's just very...handsome. He has pretty eyes, pretty lips, he just looks so perfect overall. When he places the bowls down he looks at the way I'm stirring the soup.

"No, no, no. You should stir like this. Let me help you."

Seonghwa puts his arms around me from behind and puts his hand on my hand on the spoon and together he helps me stir the soup a little faster than I was doing. I felt my face get really red from being this close to him. He looks at me while stirring and gives me a smile. I give him a shy smile as I look away and focus on the pot as I feel my heart begin to flutter.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the kitchen door.

"Is the food ready yet?? We're getting hungry!" We heard Jongho on the other side.

"Yeah! It's coming!" Seonghwa says to him.

"I-I suppose we can pour it into the bowls now." I stutter as I slip out from under him.

Seonghwa nods and gives me a small smile, "It's a bummer though. I liked being with you like that."