"Just a little while more, Carlos..." James mumbled and sighed a bit, gently ruffling the latino's hair. "We're soon there just a few days more."
"I'm okay." Carlos said and smiled weakly. "Hey, James..." He mumbled. "I heard... from the others that the prince killed a sea witch. I-Is it true?" He asked, eyes sparkling curiously. "Did he really kill one?"
James let out an amused breath and nodded. "'Tis true. Saved me he did." He confirmed. Carlos chuckled.
"To think that you'd be saved by Prince Charming." Carlos said and chuckled weakly before coughing. James rolled his eyes and sighed. "How is he doing?" The latino asked and let out a tired breath. "I haven't... heard much except whispers."
"He's not talking to me." James said. "He got tainted by the witch and... went through some challenging days." he explained silently and patted the latino's shoulder. "It's better to just... leave him alone." Carlos nodded.
"Okay." He sighed. "Just... okay." he mumbled.
"Imma let you rest for a bit." James said and got up. "Just call if you need anything. You know that." he said and smiled at his friend before leaving the sickbay and went back up to the deck. The crew looked up at him and James could clearly see the questioning look on their faces.
The tension on the ship had been extreme the past few days and James had stayed clear of the cabin. But no matter how hard he tried he just couldn't deny the fact that he was getting tired. He sighed and smothered his hands over his face before walking to his cabin and going inside.
The young prince looked up when he stepped through the doors but quickly averted his eyes and pulled his coat tighter around himself. James sighed and went over to the bed, Kendall persistently looked away and frowned terribly.
"You okay?" James asked and sat on the bed, taking his hat off and sighing. The blond shrugged a bit. "Have you eaten?" James asked. Kendall shrugged again. James frowned a bit and turned away, shrugging his coat off and throwing it on the floor.
"Captain." Kendall mumbled quietly and gulped. James turned to the blond that still wouldn't look like him. "D-... Do you really want to die?" He asked. The pirate hesitated a bit and let out a long breath and laid down.
"I wish." He mumbled.
"Why?" Kendall asked and looked up, finally meeting James' eyes. "Why would you want to die?" he asked.
"Because." James mumbled and turned to his side. "It has been a wish for a while now." He said silently. The blond jumped up on the bed and grabbed the pirate by the shoulders.
"Why, James?" He asked and shook the brunet. "Why would you say that?" He whined and frowned. "Y-You cannot do this!" He whined and shook his head, letting go of the brunet and sitting back down. "You cannot... bring me out here j-just to tell me that you don't... t-to tell me that you want to die."
"Kendall..."
"Shut up!" The blond yelled. "Just SHUT UP!" He shouted and shoved the brunet in the chest. "You are so stupid! Idiot! You are the worst!" He growled. "I do not know why you want yourself dead so badly..." He sighed and shook his head. "But please..." He whined. "Please, stop."
"Kendall." James mumbled. "You don't-"
James never got the time to finish. The young prince grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him closer and crushed their lips together. The pirate blinked a few times and felt the blond grasp his shirt tighter.
The blond pulled away and moved his hands from James' shirt to cup his cheeks. "You cannot die." He said and looked into James' eyes. "You. Cannot. Die." He repeated. "You just can't..."
"I know." James said and grabbed the blond by the wrists. Kendall's pleading look faltered and the sadness turned into confusion. "I can't die, Kendall." James sighed and removed the blond's hand from his cheeks. "I can't die." He repeated sadly.
"W-What?" Kendall asked and frowned. "W-What are you talking about?"
The captain shook his head and brought his hand up to the blond's lips and stroked his thumb over them. "I can't die, Kendall." James said once more. "Once I received the gift of immortality." He said softly. "Some call it a gift and... once upon a time so did I. But now..." James sighed and gulped.
"C-Captain..."
"Do not ever let anyone make you believe that immortality is a gift." James said sternly. "'Tis a curse." he said. "'Tis a horrible curse that you can't ever get rid off." He said. Kendall nodded slowly to show the brunet that he understood. "Ever."
"H-How..." Kendall mumbled.
"I was fooled once." James mumbled. "I was fooled by a sea witch." He explained and Kendall gulped a bit, nodding again. "She told me she'd give me whatever I wanted if I helped her. She... wanted me to steal something for her and... I, being a young pirate with a big ego told her I could steal anything." James sighed.
"W-What did you steal?" Kendall whispered. James gulped and chuckled.
"I stole a sacred jewel." The pirate said. "A sacred jewel from a temple in the north. I got wounded and poisoned." He told the blond and sighed and let the blond go and turned away. "I was dying and the witch told me that she could help me. I was scared and sick so I told her to help me. I told her that I didn't want to die and... she turned me..." he sighed and shook his head. "She turned me into this." James hissed and furrowed his eyebrows.
"But..." Kendall mumbled and frowned. "Why do you..."
"Want to die?" James filled in. "I have lived for far too long, Kendall." He sighed. "I'm far older than the ages of my crew put together." He sighed. Kendall furrowed his eyebrows and eyed the brunet. "I can't age. I can't die. Not ever."
"Oh..." Kendall mumbled. "B-But why did the witch want me to stab you?" He asked. "If you can't die then what would be the point?"
The brunet closed his eyes slowly, shaking his head and pressing his lips together in a tight line. "She wanted to drain some of my immortality." He said. "It's possible if you pierce my heart with an iron dagger and utter a few spells."
"Can you not ever go back to normal?" The young prince asked worriedly and scooted closer. "If magic turned you immortal then surely magic could turn you back." He suggested. "W-We could try and find something or maybe someone to help you."
"We?" James scoffed.
The young prince blushed and quickly got off the bed. "I-I just-... I do not mean it like-... 'Tis not..." He babbled and quickly crossed his arms over his chest and pouted. "I just... I t-think..." He mumbled but decided to give up and stop talking. He was only embarrassing himself anyways.
James smirked a bit and rolled over to his back and cocked an eyebrow. "Oh, so you say." The captain murmured and chuckled lowly. The blond pulled his shoulders up a bit and furrowed his eyebrows in a childish pout.
"I-I was just s-saying that I am tired of sitting around. I want to help out and not just sit in here." Kendall mumbled. "'Tis not-... I'm just... y-you can't-... I'm-..." He stuttered and started blushing again. The pirate laughed loudly and got up from the bed.
"Yer a sight for sore eyes. Do you know that, your majesty?" He purred and walked closer to the blond. "Yer also a very confusing little thing." He murmured and brought his hand to the blond's cheek. "One moment you're trying to seduce me and the next you're acting as if ya can't stand me."
"I-I am not trying to seduce you!" Kendall gasped and looked extremely offended. "I-It was just-... I-I just-... I-It was just... on the spur of the moment!" He whined and frowned. James grinned and walked closer. "I was certainly not trying to..." Kendall mumbled and gulped when the brunet was closing the space between them, "t-trying to s-seduce you." He finished and gulped again.
"Of course not." James murmured. "Just the spur of the moment, right, your majesty?" He asked darkly and leaned closer. They were so close that Kendall's nose just barely graced James' scruffy chin and he could feel the pirate's hot breath on his forehead.
"Y-Yes." Kendall gulped. "T-That is exactly what it was." He said and tried to look rebellious.
"Oh, so you say." James murmured and leaned down and pressed him lips against the blond's for just a second before pulling away and smirking at the Kendall's flustered appearance. "Sorry." James purred. "Spur of the moment." He murmured before turning away and getting comfortable on the bed.
The prince scoffed and pouted before stomping out of the cabin. James laughed softly and shook his head before laying down properly and trying to get some rest.
Linelineline
"Can ya read a map, your majesty?" Woodland asked and looked down at the prince who was eying the worn maps on the table.
"Yes." Kendall said and nodded. The elder pirate pointed at the map while telling the prince their current location and then their destination. "We're only a day or two away." Kendall stated and got a nod from the pirate.
"Can ya navigate us there?" Woodland asked and the prince nodded.
"Yes." He said. "Leave it to me." He mumbled and sat down by the table.
"What are you doing up here?" A rough voice asked and moments later the pirate captain appeared in front of Kendall. The blond kept his eyes locked on the maps and furrowed his eyebrows.
"I'm helping." He mumbled. "I told you I was tired of just sitting around. I want to help." He said and sighed. He hesitated a bit before looking up at the captain. James arched an amused eyebrow and nodded.
He turned around to the rudder wheel and chuckled lowly. "By all means, your majesty." He said. Kendall sighed and rolled his eyes while reading from the map and pouting slightly while trying to avoid the looks he got from both the crew and the captain.
After a while he got up and walked over to the back of the ship and sighed while leaning against it. He stared out into the distance and sighed longingly. The sea was beautiful. Watching it from the window of a stone fortress was nothing compared to being on a ship in the middle of it and seeing nothing but it for as far as your vision allowed.
"What are you thinking about?" James asked and Kendall looked up and to the right where the captain of the ship had joined him.
"The sea." The young prince mumbled and turned back to look at the blue ocean. "'Tis beautiful."
"Indeed." James mumbled. "It is the one thing I never, no matter how much time I spend on it, seem to grow tired of." He said and smiled softly. "I've spent several lifetimes out here but for some reason I always stumble across new things to discover and more exotic people to see."
The captain turned to look down at the blond who looked at him with an incredible amount of awe and fascination, like the pirate captain was the most interesting thing he'd ever seen in his entire life. "Really?" Kendall asked excitedly. "Is there really that much to see?" He asked and James let out an amused breath and nodded.
"There's even more." He said and looked out over the ocean. "Who knows what lies beyond the horizon." He said. "I've been all over the world but I just know that there's more than this. There's gotta be!" He said and shook his head.
"Can you..." Kendall mumbled and blushed a bit. "C-Can you take me with you w-when you go to all of those places?" He asked timidly and smiled shyly. James chuckled and turned to him again.
"Why?" He asked and smirked down at the blond.
"B-Because..." Kendall mumbled. "I-I want to see all those things too." he said. "I-... I want to be like you." He said and looked away. "I want to see all of those things that you are talking about." The young prince stopped for a moment and looked confused and on the very edge of scared. "I-..." He mumbled and gulped. "I-I want to be a pirate."
James stood there and tried to take the moment in, tried to process and figure out how he felt about it all. Kendall – a kidnapped royalty – begged James to take him with him, asked him to show him the wonders of the world. James chuckled softly.
The prince wanted to be a pirate.
Hey guys! I know you have been waiting for this. Honestly, I have too.
I'm sorry I'm not updating but I'm soooo busy. Planning my trip to London, a bunch of assignments in school along with a big test in network technology tomorrow... gosh... There's also this programming assignment that's kind of taking some time for me... But it should work out soon I hope... in the mean time I'll gonna have to put the writing a little to the side. Sorry :/
But I'm gonna look at the positive things. Like Heffron Drive in London and Christmas and my birthday :) Time passes by quickly, guys!
Thank you all so much for reading. Sorry for the rant. I'm so glad that you all like what I write even though it's weird! Thank you for being out there and telling me I'm good :) Thank you! :)