Infinite Ocean of Sumsa

Chapter 10 - The Sweet Life on Deck

The salty sea air blew in gently, spraying droplets of water on the wooden deck. The sky was a deep blue, a royal blue colour.

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About fifteen kilometres away from the shore lay four beautiful boys on sunbathing chairs. They were blissfully sipping their cocktails, 'Sex on the Beach' and 'Strawberry Mojito,' without a care in the world. Beau, Daniel (otherwise known as 'Skip'), Jai and James were their names.

Beau Brooks, the biggest trouble maker and the eldest of the four was applying another coat of sun tan lotion onto his bare chest.  He was also continuously trying to tame his hair which was being swept in all directions by the sea breeze.

To his right hand side lay his nineteen-year-old brother Jai. Their appearance was vaguely similar. However, Jai had hazel brown eyes instead of  the radiant green ones that belonged to his brother. His right arm, decorated in different tattoos, looked like a fine piece of artwork that a talented artist had drawn. He yawned sleepily and closed his eyes, curling up on his towel in a fetal position.

Daniel was in stitches laughing with his best friend James. They sat upright in their chairs and appeared to be engaged in a drinking challenge. Daniel spat into his hand followed by James who looked slightly reluctant to do so. They shook each other's tightly shouting out, "deal" in unison.

They began to knock their half-litre cocktails back, only catching the odd breath. Beau started to cheer them on, all hyped up at their behaviour. Jai moaned grumpily at the others for waking him up from his short siesta, "f*ck sake f*ggots. I was asleep."

Beau ruffled Jai's brown curls playfully, failing to give him a peck on the cheek, "sorry Jye but you don't wanna miss out on James kicking Skip's ass."

Daniel shot up his middle finger at Beau, still swallowing his cocktail like a mad alcoholic.

Jai chuckled at Daniel and laughed even harder when he turned around to face James whose face was changing drastically from a pale peach to a light purple colour. Jai decided to put his money on Daniel while Beau on the other hand, thought he was an absolute genius, betting on James.

In the space of a couple of seconds, the competition really started. Both brothers let out deafening screams cheering on Daniel and James. Jai's glass fell out of his hand in the process as he was so concentrated on the competition. It shattered on the hard, wooden floor and left a huge red-orange mess which began to trickle into the Captain's cabin.

James finally won the 'cocktail-drinking challenge' and Beau ran over to congratulate him, giving him a great, big bear hug. They were both ecstatic and ended up on the floor jumping on top of each other like wild gorillas. Jai grinned at the pair of them calling them, "mad c*nts!"

Daniel appeared mildly distressed and tipsy, to say nothing but the least. He stumbled around the place, his feet leading him to the ship's boundary where he punched the freshly painted bulwark. After letting out all of his anger by cursing and physically abusing the ship, he headed towards the gangplank. One step at a time, his toes were very soon curled up at the edge of it.

At that very instant, Beau howled, "Skip, what the f*ck do you think you're doing?!"

The racket and commotion that followed when the three boys all got up and sprinted towards Daniel was extraordinary. It lead to a cranky, young man, wearing a pirate's black eyepatch opening the cabin door at that very same moment. The door bore the words 'Dirty Pig' accompanied by a funny looking logo of a pink pig winking on it. Also, the title of the boys was written on it in multicolours which could be read as, 'Diamond Snatchers.' It was obvious that the four of them had disturbed the evil-looking 'Captain Diamond.' His daunting glare seemed to intimidate the boys enough, to get them to stop their mischievious ways and stupid behaviour.