"Kendall..." James sighed and followed the young prince into the cabin. "Would you calm down?" The blond swirled around and James nearly walked right into him but stopped himself and looked down at the angry prince.
"Why should I?!" Kendall hissed. "He lied to me. He's been lying to me during my entire life! He has been nothing but a guard dog to keep me inside of that stupid place!" he shouted and frowned. "Logan could have told me why I was being kept there but he didn't. He kept lying straight into my face."
"Kendall..."
"Oh, I am so gullible!" Kendall exclaimed and smothered his hands over his face. "I am such a fool!" He whined and the pirate captain grabbed him by the arms and shook him.
"Kendall! Stop talking like that!" James ordered. "Logan was given orders to lie to you. His whole life depended on his employment under the royal family." James explained softly. "Odds are he'd be thrown out of the street or worse if he were to tell you the truth."
"B-But..." Kendall whined. "W-Why is everyone lying to me?" he asked and shook his head. "Everyone... e-even my father..." James pulled the smaller male into a soft embrace and the prince immediately wrapped his arms around the brunet and hid his face in James' chest. "Do not lie to me, James... please." Kendall begged. "Whatever you do... always tell me the truth, no matter what."
James nodded slowly and ran his fingers through Kendall's blond hair and the young prince sighed a bit. "I swear." James said.
"Good." Kendall said and gulped a bit before looking up. "T-That thing I said... before... um... in your cell..." He mumbled and blushed a bit. "Um..." He said and looked embarrassed. James smiled softly and leaned forward and captured the prince's lips in a heated kiss.
"Not only does the prince want to be a pirate." He purred. "He's fallen for the immortal monster of a captain." he said huskily.
"You are not a monster..." Kendall said softly and ran his fingers over James' lips. "Merely an unlucky man with an unfortunate fate." He whispered and James chuckled lowly. "You are not as much of a monster as you say you are."
"Maybe so." The brunet murmured. "To prove it I am allowing Logan to stay on the ship." Kendall immediately pulled away and stared up at him.
"What?" he hissed venomously. James furrowed his eyebrows when the blond glared at him. "What?" Kendall asked again and clenched his hands into fists and gritted his teeth. His eyes were blazing green and his presence seemed to grow in the cabin. "You are going to let him stay?" He asked, voice raised with large amount of rage lacing it.
"K-Kendall..." James stuttered and shook his head.
"You are going to let that lying bastard stay on the ship?!" Kendall asked and glared at the captain. James took a careful step forward with his hands raised in defeat. "Do not test me, James!" Kendall hissed but the captain ignored those words and took a gentle hold of the prince.
Kendall's skin was warm under his hands and James gulped a bit. "Don't be like that. You're not like that." He said and the blond frowned, skin turning cold and color draining from his eyes.
"I-I-... N-No, no, no! James, I-I didn't mean to... I a-am sorry. I-I do not know what got into me." He stuttered and frowned. "I am sorry." he said and hugged James tightly and the brunet patted him on the head and nodded.
"Y-You're forgiven..." He mumbled. "I really believe you should rest though..." He said. "I'll make sure everything is alright on deck." he mumbled. "You rest. I'll be back." he promised and picked the blond up and carried him over to the bed and gently placed him down on the soft mattress. "Rest easy." He said and kissed Kendall's forehead.
"Don't be long." Kendall begged. "Please." James promised and then left the cabin.
Linelineline
"And this is where you'll sleep." Ty said with a grin and gestured at the hammock hanging from the ceiling under the deck. "Amongst everyone else in the crew." he said and smirked. Logan rolled his eyes and shrugged.
"Better than the floor." He muttered and sighed. Ty left him standing there and the small brunet had a brief glance around in the semi darkness and pouted a bit.
It was dirty, smelly and everything was damp but it was better than nothing and nothing was what Logan had back at the blue kingdom. Nothing except a punishment for betraying his king by disobeying and running away.
The young brunet took his blueish coat off and threw it away into a dark corner of the room. He'd be glad if someone else took it. He didn't want it. It reminded him of everything he'd given up and what he sacrificed to be able to seek the prince's forgiveness.
Logan let his eyes flutter close and sighed. "What do you want?" he asked and Carlos – that had just come down under the deck – blinked a few times.
"I didn't realize you knew I was here." He mumbled and continued to climb down the rest of the stairs. The short brunet didn't answer and simply stared into the darkness with a distant look on his face. "I just wanted to see how you were." The latino confessed. "I'm sorry I almost burned you alive that one time."
"You didn't seem sorry at the time." Logan muttered and turned around glaring at the latino and eying him in the process. The young pirate had his hands shoved deeply into his pockets and the dirty shirt he wore had a large cut just underneath his right pectoral and exposed some of his caramel colored skin.
"I was following orders." Carlos replied with a shrug and didn't at all seem to be questioning the orders he was given. Neither then nor now.
"Orders? Hm?" Logan asked silently. He let out a sigh and shook his head. "We're all just following orders... aren't we?" he asked bitterly and scowled. "I've followed orders my entire life and look at me." He muttered and glared down at the dirty floor. "An outcast. Hated by everyone. Even pirates." He gritted out. "Look at me." Logan muttered to himself with a growl and clenched his jaw.
"I am." Carlos said with a smirk. Logan turned to glared at him. "Sorry, but you fortress people are just so damn good looking." He said. "I'd say you'd be the second fairest after that sweet prince."
Logan scoffed and pushed the latino out of the way. "Stay away from me, pirate." Logan spat out and Carlos let out a loud and obnoxious laugh. "What?" Logan snapped and turned to glare at the latino once more.
"Funny you call me that." Carlos said. "You don't happen to realize that you should start calling yourself one?" The former servant snorted and furrowed his eyebrows before stomping back up on deck and spotting the captain of the ship talking to one of the elder sailors, the blond prince nowhere to be seen.
"Hey, you!" Another pirate called and shoved a bucket filled with blackish water in it into the young brunet's chest. "Make yourself useful and start scrubbing the deck." He ordered. Logan snorted and took the bucket and went to work without complaining.
In a way he was happy to have something to do but at the same time his mind constantly drifted to the prince. Kendall was beyond upset and surely felt betrayed by him. Logan felt bad and he wanted nothing but to receive the prince's forgiveness.
Inside the cabin the young blond was sighing to himself and hugging the soft sheets close to his chest, trembling slightly and trying to calm down. He was frightened. He had yelled at James and he just knew that if James hadn't managed to calm him he would have hurt the brunet. Badly.
His chest was aching and the brand on his chest were stinging painfully. Kendall shed his coat and had a look at the burn. His skin was red and irritated and he could feel a pulsating yet dull ache right underneath it.
The young prince gulped again and closed his eyes, remembering how he just hours before had branded himself. How he placed the candle holder in the fireplace and once it was warm enough pressing it as hard as he could to his chest. He remembered both how it felt and how it looked when his skin had sizzled under the hot metal and the smell of burnt flesh filled his nostrils.
"Kendall." James mumbled and the blond peered his eyes open and looked up at the brunet. James looked worried and took a seat next to the blond. "How are you?"
"I am alright." Kendall replied and had a look down at his chest again. "I just..." He began but stopped and shook his head. "This is madness."
"Ar..." James said silently and eyed the burn. It was so outstanding on the blond's chest. James missed the totally clean and untouched canvas that was the prince's chest. Now it was adorned by a scar inflicted by no one other than the prince himself. He'd been forced to hurt himself in order for him to leave his home. "Oh, Kendall..." James sighed. "What have you done to yourself?" He sighed and gingerly ran his fingers over the burn.
"I did what I had to." Kendall said. "Otherwise I would have had to stay in my prison or die before we even had a chance of escaping."
"You are brave." The brunet said.
"I am only brave for you." The young prince whispered. "When they took me away from you I was so frightened." He said silently and framed the brunet's face with his hands. "I was scared I would never get to see you again."
"Strange." James mumbled. "For I was thinking the same thing the moment you were lead out of my sight." He said and blinked his eyes. Kendall let out a shaky breath and smiled. "I'm glad I got another look at you, your majesty."
"Aye." Kendall said. "So am I." He murmured and let his eyes roam over the pirate captain's face before bringing James' face closer and connecting their lips in a soft and loving kiss. "Oh, what I fool I am..." The young prince sighed, pulling away and letting his eyes flutter close.
"A fool indeed." James hummed and pulled the blond in for another kiss. The blond hissed softly and the pirate pulled away. "You're hurting." He stated and Kendall keep his eyes closed and took a gentle hold of James' hand and placed it right above his heart, over the painful branding.
"Do you feel that?" Kendall asked breathlessly. "I have never felt such a thing except when I am near you, Captain." He sighed and slowly opened his eyes. "This heart beats for you and you only." James closed his eyes and felt. The prince's strong heartbeats under the damaged skin. "Do you feel it?"
"I feel it." James whispered and leaned down and placed a butterfly light kiss where his hand had been. "As your heart beats for me, mine would for you." James said softly. Kendall furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and placed both of his hands on James' chest.
"I feel nothing." He said and looked up at the brunet with worried eyes. "Nothing at all."
James shook his head. "Neither have I for decades and decades again." James said. "But simply looking at you..." He said and let out a long sigh and closed his eyes. "Your beauty fills my chest with warmth, your touch is making my head feel light and your voice is sweeter than any honey in the world." He murmured and brought the blond's hands to his lips and kissed them. "I'd give back all the lifetimes I've ever lived just to have lived one with you."
"Aye me..." Kendall sighed and let himself fall forward into the brunet's embrace. "I too feel like giving myself completely to you." He said and cherished the feeling of the pirate's rough and scruffy chin against his own smooth cheek. "You have shown me adventure like no one else."
"You're the greatest adventure I've ever had." James whispered and placed a light kiss on the blond's lips. "For I am forever intrigued by you, your highness. Never have I been more curious, more eager to explore and delighted to discover... Never have I felt what I feel for you."
The brunet brought his hands up to caress the blond's flustered cheeks. "If my love were to have a name it would be yours." Kendall sighed and leaned into James' touch. "It would be yours and never would I stop saying it." He sighed when the pirate let his hands wander down to his neck and shoulders. "Never would I forget it." Kendall said and opened his eyes.
"If your love was my name I'd never leave your side. I'd never stop listening and I'd always respond with my own love." James murmured.
"What is your love, James?" Kendall asked and parted his lips slightly, leaning closer to the pirate captain.
"You are." James whispered before closing the space between them and kissing the blond passionately and wrapping his long arms around the young prince. Kendall moaned and snaked his arms around the captain and hugged him closer by his middle.
"I am yours for as long as you'll have me." Kendall sighed when the pirate moved down to kiss his neck.
"If I could I'd have you forever." James replied softly. Kendall took a gentle hold of the brunet's chin and tilted it upwards to look him in the eyes.
"Then I shall forever be yours." He said and brought his lips to James' once more.
Omg, guys. This chapter though. THIS CHAPTER! I think it might be my favorite chapter ever. I read it again and I was like MAN, did I write this? I surprise myself. Holy cow, I'm just really happy how this turned out. I love it! I hope you do too! :)
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So yeah, I know this was rushed and honestly I've been stuck on this for a while. It's going very slow but... I'm trying. Also I'm gonna update a few stories today because 1) I want to. 2) I won't be able to update for about a week since I'm going to London and I feel guilty. 3) Because I love you and I know that you all are waiting for chapters...
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