A Tale of Two Sailors (Len x Oliver)

Chapter Five

~Len's POV~

Thud.

It sounded like someone boarded the ship. Are we not alone? I shuffled a little while trying to stay as quiet as possible.

"Show yourselves!" A boyish voice shouted.

"Stay quiet!" I whispered to my crew, "but stay alert!"

"Get anything you can to defend yourself." I added, before peeking through in-between the wooden planks.

I looked to see a white-haired man, he looked familiar somehow. I grabbed my sword just in case, and opened the door to reveal ourselves.

He jumped to the creaking sound from the door, which was soon washed away by relief as he saw me.

"Oh, it's just you." He said, sounding unenthusiastic.

"Who?" I asked before adding shortly afterwards, "are you?"

"Piko," he rolled his eyes before heading off.

"Follow me!" He said, walking off the ship.

"Where?" I asked, still alert.

"You ask too many questions." The boy named Piko spat as he started to lead to me where I could only assume to be his shelter. During the walk, the rain started to slowly stop.

When he stopped, I looked around to see that we had arrived, there were multiple buildings, all wooden, a bonfire in the middle, lighting up the whole area. I continued to look around, a black object caught my eye. It was a hat, a pirate's hat.

I panicked for a split second. "Should I try to get away?" I thought, "Why did he look familiar? Was he with him?"

"Len!" I turned to face towards the source of the voice. It was Oliver!

"What are you doing here?" I asked him, shocked.

"I could ask you the same thing, Len." He looked into my eyes, "after all, we were here first."

"U-uh... we k-kinda got caught in the storm." I blushed, slightly looking down. It was embarrassing, to say the least.

"Do you want a lift back or...?" He asked.

"A-actually I was thinking of-" Blushing madly, I caught myself unable to say the next part of the sentence.

He gestured for me to sit, and I did; then started to comfort me. It would've worked...if the problem wasn't him. Why am I like this? I'm usually confident in front of other people, so why am I like this with Oliver?

"Stop touching me!" I blushed madly.

"Oh... sorry" he bit his lip and stepped back.

I felt guilty for shouting.

"I-I'm sorry..." I apologised.

"You still haven't told me what you're doing here." I said, still averting my gaze from his eyes.

"We're building a base here." He stated plainly.

"Oh, I see... c-can we help?" I offered, still blushing. Oliver looked surprised but slowly nodded.

~Oliver's POV~

"Stop touching me!" Len shouted, blushing as red as Fukase's hair.

"Oh... sorry" I apologised. Biting my lower lip, I told myself silently, 'Of course he wouldn't want you to comfort him that way, Oliver. He doesn't like you that way, get over it.'

"You still haven't told me what you're doing here." He said, still looking like his shy and cute self.

"We're building a base here." I stated plainly.

"Oh, I see... c-can we help?" Len offered, still blushing.

It shocked me a little, he had just declared his distaste for us pirates and now he wanted to help? I was happy, but confused at the same time.

"W-what?" I reflexively asked.

"I want to help you." He said, this time more confident than before.

"I-I think I like you back." Len said, looking away, blushing even more furiously.

I felt a strange feeling in my chest. 'Did he just say that?' I asked myself in disbelief. Before I could process what was happening, Len stood up and kissed me on the lips. His lips felt soft, gentle, delicate, I could go on for hours. I kissed him back, moving my hand up to his hair to play with it. It went on for a few minutes before he had to pull away, we were both panting in the end.

"I love you." I said to him.

"And I love you back." he said, smiling and blushing.

"Ahem, I'm still here." Piko cleared his throat. We both blushed.

"Get some firewood, Piko" I ordered, still blushing a little.

"Aye" he chuckled.

"Captain?!" The blue-haired boy from Len's crew exclaimed.

"Hey, Kaito." Len greeted him friendlily.

"Who's uke?" He chuckled.

"Len is." I stated as plainly as possible to tease Len. He blushed uncontrollably.

"I'm older and taller than you." He shot back.

"But I'm more dominant." I stated, continuing to tease him.

"But...!"

"You're so cute." I teased him even more, kissing him on the lips again.

"Aww, Lenny's got a boyfriend!" I heard someone squeal.

Len pulled away from the kiss, "shut up, Rin!".

"Never~!" The girl called Rin teased. She somehow resembled Len. 'Are they related?' I thought to myself.

"Are you two related?" I asked curiously.

"Yeah, we're twins!" They both said simultaneously. It was a little creepy.

"Stop copying me!" They said in unison again.

I chuckled a little and broke them up before they fight or something...

"Are you guys going to join us too?" I asked, hopeful for an affirmative answer.

"Yeah, we're going wherever Len is." Her twin stated smilingly.

"It's late, we'll start building your huts tomorrow, you'll have to share with someone for tonight." I explained.

"Lenny sleeps with Oliver!" Rin squealed.

"No way!" Len's cheeks flushed red again.

I kissed his cheek and held his hand, "tsun" I whispered in his ear teasingly.

"Idiot." Len pouted.

I dragged Len into my hut and showed him to my room. "You'll be sleeping here tonight" I told him.

He nodded and sat on the wooden bench to the left.

"I'll get everyone else to share a hut too" I told Len and left.

Once I was out, I stood in the middle of our base and gained everyone's attention. "Fukase, Piko, and Sonika, share a hut together." I commanded, "the rest of you can use any of the empty huts," I told them simply.

"Aye aye, captain." My crew chanted.

"I guess you're our new captain now so," Len's twin spoke, "aye aye, captain". The rest of Len's crew followed suit.

After that was done, I walked back into my hut. As I opened the door, I saw the cutest sight I had ever seen, it was of Len sleeping on my bed. I slowly walked to him and laid a kiss on his lips. To my surprise, he kissed back.

"I love you, Oliver" he mumbled sleepily.

"I love you more, Len." I smiled and laid beside him on the bed, cuddling him.