A Tale of Two Sailors (Len x Oliver)

Chapter Three

~Len's POV~

I woke up to the sound of seagulls. Opening my eyes to see everyone else, awake and restless.

"What's up, guys?" I asked casually, it felt good to finally be casual with them. We had been friends before we were crew mates but we hadn't really had any time to let loose and hang out together since then.

"We're nearing some port!" Kaito explained.

"This might be our chance to escape!" Rin continued.

Memories of last night came back to me. 'So he did keep his word...' I thought, 'was everything else he said true then?'.

"Len!" Rin snapped me out of my thoughts.

"No"

"What do you mean?" Gakupo questioned, his eyebrows furrowed.

"We don't need to plan anything." I told them simply.

"So how are we going to get out?" Miku asked worriedly.

"They'll let us out." I explained, "Oliver told me yesterday... that we could get off here."

"Who?" They all asked in unison.

"Oliver, their captain." I explained, slapping myself mentally for using his name.

"When did-" Rin tried to ask but was cut off by the metallic sounds coming from the door.

The door creaked open. "We're getting close" a redhead spoke.

We walked out of the room and wandered around the ship for a moment.

"You shouldn't get this close to the port, with you being a pirate and all." I told Oliver who was alone on the wheel, somehow caring for him.

"No, it's fine." He assured me, "we are still unknown, and this port's security is very loose."

Silence dominated our little conversation. I gazed past the water to see a well-developed seaport in the nearby distance, then looked back onto the ship, then onto the seaport again. I sighed and looked up to the currently clear blue sky. 'Why am I reluctant? Why am I hesitating to be set free?' The thoughts started to make my head hurt so I decided to just forget it for the time being.

Oliver stood up and started yelling out orders to the crew. "Piko and Sonika, stay there! Everyone else, get us close to that coast!". To which they replied with "aye aye captain!"

I walked back to reunite with my crew, who were helping to steer the ship by adjusting the sails. Soon enough, we arrived close to the coast.

Oliver's crew prepared two dinghies and before long, we were rowing our way to the coast, with Oliver and the redhead from this morning tagging along to retrieve the dinghies once we were dropped off.

"I guess this is goodbye..." Oliver waved sadly.

"Y-yeah." I tried to reply, "...bye."

And with that, they left.

"How did you manage to convince them to let us free?" Gakupo asked, totally perplexed by what just happened.

"I didn't." I answered with lack of thought, my mind still unable to process anything that happened since last night.

"So... what now?" Rin asked, worried as we were left on foreign land.

"I guess we could go to the docks and try to get a job." I said thoughtfully.

~Oliver's POV~

"Captain, we won't be able to control both ships for long!" Fukase half-panicked. He was right, all four of us were getting tired.

"Land ho! It looks like an island!" Piko exclaimed from atop the crow's nest, pointing to starboard.

"Pull starboard! Get closer to the island!" I called out. We might be able to set up camp there, and if possible, set up our base.

Once we got to the island, we started to get to work.

"Piko and Fukase, gather food. Sonika, find water. I'll scout around the island. If anyone finishes before me, set up camp." I ordered.

As everyone left to do what I told them, I went on my way to check the island out.

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~Len's POV~

"Please" I pleaded, getting slightly desperate.

"I'm sorry, but we simply cannot accept your job applications if you do not have an ID." The woman said again.

I sighed and reluctantly left the building. We've been applying to every maritime-related company we could find, only to be rejected for our lack of ID. We've even tried to get our own ship to get off this place, but we didn't have the money to do such a thing yet.

I slowly walked back to our apartment, with my head hanging low and my hands in my pockets in deep thought. It's been a few days and I still couldn't get my mind of him... why?

I stopped at the large building in front of me. I had thought about it for so long, I hadn't realised I had arrived at the entrance.

I walked up the thousand staircases as the lift was apparently 'in-repair'.

"I'm back" I exclaimed in a slightly sad tone as I opened the door to our apartment. Yes, we have been living together. It's much more affordable this way. Besides, we've lived on the same ship for long enough for it to not be too weird. That and the time we spent on Oliver's ship. Ugh... now I'm thinking about him again.

"Welcome back, Len." Rin said, snapping me back to reality, as she and Miku prepared dinner.

I walked over to the couch on the left side of the room and lied there for a bit, before my thoughts were interrupted again.

"GUYS, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!" Kaito shouted as he blasted the door open.

"What is it?" I asked interestedly, hoping it was a job on a ship.

"They have an ice cream parlour right next door!" Kaito exclaimed childishly.

"Right," I replied, acting cool. Then I returned to lie on the couch, thinking about it again.

"You're still thinking about him aren't you, Len." Kaito teased.

"Wha- uh n-no." I stuttered, blushing furiously. Why did I blush? Who knows?

"Sure, tell yourself that." He snickered.

"Yeah no." I said, still blushing, as I walked into my room.

I crashed onto the bed, falling asleep almost immediately afterwards.

The wind blew softly onto my messy hair through the open windows of the wooden ship as I sat there for whatever reason.

"Hmm, Len?" A familiar voice echoed from my right.

"O-Oliver?" I stuttered out as he continued to walk closer to me.

"Len, I love you..." Oliver spoke as he leaned forward to kiss me. To my surprise, my body moved to kiss him. As our lips met, everything went black and...

I jolted up from my bed. Sweat trailing down my body as I panted for air. The feeling of his lips lingered on mine for the next few moments.

'What was that dream?' I asked myself, 'do I really like him?'. No, that can't be it. I hated pirates, I was sure of it. I disliked him, He took my ship and left me in this country, but why do I keep thinking about him? And what was that dream?

"Len, it's dinner time!" My sister, Rin, called out.

I walked to my door and opened it slowly, perhaps they might know something about this.

※ What should I put here?