Chapter Five: Me and You under the Moon
A/N: Whoop whoop! HAD WAY TOO MUCH FUN WRITING THIS!
It was late at night, around 11:30, and the moonbeams glistened off of the waves. Unable to sleep in Sinbad's quarters, Tettia had left and went to walk around on the deck. "God, it's been years since I've seen the beauty of the moon's light making the ocean look like thousands of gleaming crystals…" she muttered to herself, leaning on the banisters.
Tora, who was somehow manning the ship, heard her and said, "Yeah! It has been a while! A few years, right? Since you were seventeen or so, correct?"
"Yeah, when we were heading back home and had Ali, Laddin and Morg with us. Heh, I remember every time Ali would wake up, you'd knock him right back out; we had no need for sleeping herbs," Tettia laughed in response, then sighed and continued almost sadly, "…Fun times those were… I remember staying up late, just to look at the moon glittering off the ocean. Jaffy said I was being childish and I almost threw him overboard. A few times, actually."
Laughing at the memory, Tora replied, "Oh yeah! Remember that one night that I was with you, went starfish and fell off the boat?"
"Oh my god, yes, I do! I was worried sick about you! Only to have you come flopping onto the boat three days later, squeaking like a dolphin," laughed Tettia.
Tora scoffed, "You were just jealous of my awesome magic, bitch!"
Rolling her eyes, Tettia said sarcastically, "Totally!"
"Hey, be useful and man the helm! I'm fucking tired and am ready to sneak into little Killjoy's quarters to snuggle," exclaimed Tora, letting go of the wheel, walking away from it.
Tettia was quick to act. "TORA WAIT!" she yelled, jumping over every obstacle in her way and ascended the stairs leading to the wheel in break-neck speed. "Are you trying to kill us?!" she hissed.
"Are you trying to fucking wake everyone on the damn boat up?" quipped Tora.
"Fuck you, just go to bed," exclaimed Tettia.
Glaring at her best friend, Tora replied, descending to Ja'far's quarters. "I'm going, bitch, calm down!" On the way to Ja'far's room, Tora passed by a sleepy-looking, shirtless Sinbad. "What are you doing up?" she asked, crossing her arms.
"I'm looking for Tet… she wasn't in my bed when I woke up… so I got worried," he said in his groggy voice.
Tora hummed, an evil idea brewing in her head. "Why don't you go check Mystri's room? They seemed pretty close today when we got back from our chat. Maybe he got lucky and… hmm, I dunno… got to do something with Tet? She probably snuck out after you fell asleep to go to Mystras," she said, smiling darkly.
Sinbad took in a sharp breath. No way would Tettia sleep with Mystras, she obviously had a thing for him, right? "I don't believe she'd do that. She's got to be on deck somewhere," he retired unbelievingly.
"I don't think so. After all, I was manning the ship for quite awhile, and I heard some noises from below deck. I thought you would have heard them too," she said in a low tone.
The color in his face drained. "No way!" he exclaimed.
Tora enjoyed making him squirm; however, having had her fun in tormenting Sinbad, she sighed, "Yeah, no, that didn't happen — at all; at least the noise part. I was just being a bitch; currently, she's manning the helm. Go up and talk to her, she was thinking about the past, when Babwa was alive, so she's probably kinda sad. Now, if you'll excuse me, Captain Moron, I have a little Killjoy to surprise."
Following her with his eyes as she left, Sinbad sighed out relieved, "That's not funny! I was actually worried about that!"
"Don't worry, dumbass, I'm sure she's not gonna do anything with Mystri. Just, woo her again, you seem to have a knack for that," she said, waving her hand dismissively in the air.
Sinbad rolled his eyes, grumbling as he made his way up to the deck. When his gaze fell upon Tettia, he saw her sighing dreamily, leaning against the wheel and looking up at the moon. "I miss you so much… Ali… I wish you were here, to see this gorgeous moonlight with me…" she sighed sadly out loud, not noticing Sinbad. Her utter sadness had Sinbad wanting to hug her tightly, in fact, he walked up the stairs and hugged her from behind. "AH!" she screamed. Looking over her shoulder, she saw it was Sinbad. "When did you get here? And where is your shirt?" she asked.
Sinbad placed his head in the juncture of her neck and right shoulder. "I clearly walked up the stairs to your right, you were just zoned out. You know I don't sleep in a shirt, be lucky I'm actually wearing pants. Anyways, what were you looking at?" he asked, hugging himself close to her without prying her away from the wheel.
She almost relaxed into the hug from behind. Her crimson eyes turned up towards the moon and she sighed dreamily once again, "Oh… I was just admiring the moon."
"I heard you say Ali's name…" he whispered into her ear.
A noticeable shiver shot down her spine. "Y-yeah… I did. I wish he were here with me… he was special to me…" she muttered.
The captain smiled as he noticed her shiver. "Well, now I can be special to you, right?" he asked, turning to look up at her, his warm breath hitting her neck.
Tettia shivered once again. "Not right now you aren't. I'm still mad at you!"
He frowned. "Look, I'm sorry about what I said earlier. Please forgive me," he said, trying to butter up to her.
"Yeah, yeah. Of course you're sorry. You're just saying that so you can bed me quicker," she said in a huff.
Sinbad hugged her tighter and spoke gently near her ear, "No, that's not why I'm apologizing. I truly am sorry that I upset you with what I said, I thought you knew I was being the twit that I am…"
"I still think you're only saying that to get me in your bed," she retorted with another huff.
Prying her away from the wheel, Sinbad spun the half-Fanalis around to face him. Using one hand to steer the ship, Sinbad used his free hand to lift her chin up, so that she was looking into his eyes. "Listen to me, Tet. I'm not lying to you and faking an apology just to get you into my bed. Though, I will not lie, that is the end goal, but right now my goal is to get to know you more. My goal is to get us to open up to one another, mainly you to me. Now, I won't lie and say I won't flirt with other girls, but know that you're special to me. I've only known you for about two days, but I feel like you're special," he said.
Tettia looked into his eyes and saw that he was not lying. "I-…" she could not think of something to say to the young Sinbad. "I-…" she sighed, "I believe you, Sinbad. I forgive you… you stupid dork. N-now can you let me man the ship? A-and go put on a shirt?!"
Sinbad moved the hand that held her chin to her waist, and smirked deviously. "No, I won't let you man the ship. I'm still sad that you left me alone in my room," he said, feigning slight sadness.
"I couldn't sleep because I was still pissed at what you said. I didn't want to be near you, so I left your room. So I—"
"Tora said that you went to Mystras's quarters, is that true?" he asked in a low tone.
Tilting her head in confusion, Tettia spoke, "Why would she—? Ahhh… yeah, I went to Mystri's room about an hour ago, just to talk. I wanted to finish what we started while you and Tor had a little chat."
Her response had Sinbad pulling her closer to himself as he almost growled in annoyance. "And what, exactly, did you two start?" he asked.
Shrugging, Tettia replied, "Why do you wanna know? It's just Mystri, and he is pretty cute. But, to answer your question, Captain… we just talked. I told him more about my life, about my mother and father. About my friends such as Ali and the best friend I saw as a brother, Laddin. Just that, nothing more."
"You sure?" he asked, looking piercingly into her crimson eyes.
She nodded. "Yeah, yeah. I promise. Don't worry about it. Believe me… you're the only one I want to bed me," she whispered the last part.
Despite her whispering, Sinbad had heard what she said and that caused him to smirk widely. "Oh, I heard that, Tet," he said, taking his hand around her waist and moving it to cup her cheek. Sinbad could not use his other hand, as it was steering the ship.
Tettia's face exploded in a blush as Sinbad's hand caressed her cheek. "W-what are you doing? W-why are you getting closer?" she asked, noticing that Sinbad had gotten closer to her. When she noticed what exactly he was trying to do, she smiled deviously. "Oh! Do you want a kiss or something?" she asked.
"I'm good with a kiss on the cheek. That's what I was doing, goofball," he said.
The half-Fanalis still was smiling deviously. "You sure? Because I actually am tempted to give you an actual kiss," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Wait, really?" he asked curiously.
Tettia pulled herself closer to him, whispering in his ear, "Yes, really."
Sinbad seemed to grow happier at her statement. "You sure?"
"Do I look like I'm not sure," she said with a smirk.
"Well, that smirk begs to differ. You look like you're up to no good. So, what are you thinking in that devious mi—" he said but was cut off.
The half-Fanalis kissed the captain for a very brief moment on the lips, before smiling devilishly. "That's what my devious smile was for. I was gonna do it anyways. You thought I wasn't gonna do it, didn't ya?" she asked, before removing herself from being enclosed in his arms and the wheel.
Without skipping a beat, Sinbad quickly grabbed her waist and brought her back. "Excuse me, where do you think you're going, Tet? You aren't going anywhere," he said, pulling her impossibly closer to him.
Tettia pushed her palms against Sinbad's chest, trying to get away from him. "Well, I was going to go back to your room to sleep, but I guess I won't be sleeping. Now will I?" she asked with a grin.
"Not with that puny little kiss you gave me you won't. Plus, you can't leaved you Captain like that," he spoke with a easy smile.
Rolling her eyes and laughing, Tettia cupped Sinbad's cheek and kissed him again, a tad bit longer than the kiss before. When she pulled away, she was still smiling. "Better, Captain?" she asked, a slight blush tinging her cheeks.
The two heard whistling and turned their heads towards the noise. Tora and the young Ja'far were standing in the middle of the deck, looking at them. The twenty-year-old purplenette had her hands on her hips with wide, shit-eating grin on her face; meanwhile, Ja'far's face was almost red with anger. "SIN?! TET?! What do you think you're doing?! You two haven't known each other more than a few days! Not long enough to be kissing!" he yelled furiously.
"Why are you here?! Shouldn't you both be asleep?" asked a now tomato-faced Tettia.
Tora smirked devilishly and said, "Oh, where's that confident Tet that we just witnessed a few brief moments ago?"
"I won't lie, I liked the confident Tet. The confidence is attractive," spoke a smug-grinned Sinbad, his arm still tightly wrapped around her waist, also still manning the helm.
The half-Fanalis blushed and buried her face into his bare chest, mumbling, "Fuck all of you… only Sin was supposed to see that side of me…"
Smirking, Tora said, "Oh really… that a fucking side you only want Captain Moron to see or something?"
Tettia blushed and buried her face further into Sinbad's bare chest. She mumbled something incoherently and Sinbad smiled. "Of course it's only something for me too see, what do you think she would do? Let you see it on a daily basis?" their captain asked with a smirk.
"WELL, considering I am her best fucking friend, yes, I would think she'd show me that side of her on a daily basis. How would I meddle with her love-life without knowing her capabilities, huh? God, Captain Moron, it's like you don't think that I fucking think about this stuff," huffed Tora, now crossing her arms.
"I don't need you meddling in my love-life, Tora! Just because your love-life is nonexistent at this point doesn't mean you get to meddle in mine," exclaimed Tettia.
Tora smiled evilly at her best friend. "Excuse me, what was that? You think that just because my husband isn't here that my love-life is nonexistent?"
Tettia mouthed to Tora, Mas is a child in this time, REMEMBER?! Sparti was so small, therefore Masrur will be too!
Sighing in understanding, Tora nodded. "Anyways, you two can leave, I just wanted to be a bitch and bring Ja'far up here to witness whatever went down between you two. I can man the helm again," she said, walking up to and shoving the duo away from the helm. Hysterically laughing as the two fell down, yet again.
"DAMMIT TORA!" exclaimed Tettia and she landed on top of Sinbad.
Sinbad smiled and stood up, bringing Tettia with him. She was koala-hugging his torso. "Oh, eager are we?" he asked with a smirk.
"Oh shut the fuck up and take us back to your quarters… Captain," she said with a huge grin.
He pat her head and began walking off towards his quarters. "Okay, okay, okay. I'm going my little first mate," he said, putting subtle emphasis on mate.
She blushed. "Just fucking go!"
Sinbad smiled and kissed her forehead. "I expect another kiss when we get back to my quarters," he whispered to her.
Ja'far fumed as they walked away. "What are they doing?! I don't trust them!" he hissed, steam almost visible from his head.
Tora laughed, "Calm down, Killjoy."
Ja'far looked back at the purplenette and stuttered, "Did you NOT just hear them?!"
"Yeah, I heard them. Personally, I don't care what they do. They both seem to have a thing for one another. What's the harm in letting them get it outta their systems? Tet needs this more than he does. Killjoy, if they do anything, just let it happen. Do you want Captain Moron to stop trying to fuck every girl he sees?" she asked, looking at the young killjoy with a smile.
The young boy sighed heavily, "Fine! You're lucky we all just want him to not try and woo every girl he sees."
"And the fact that you all want your Captain to be happy, right?" she asked with a grin.
He yawned and shrugged. "Yeah, sure. I guess that's a bonus. Anyways, I'm going back to sleep. Since you woke me up for no good reason," he said, walking away.
"Good night, you Killjoy," she said, waving happily to him.
"Night. Don't kill us, Tora," he said, retreating below deck.
Tora laughed, "I won't, my best friend might get laid, I can't kill her in good conscious."
"You have no idea how much I wanted that kiss," Tettia said, kissing Sinbad's nose cutely.
Sinbad smiled and then kissed Tettia on the lips for a few moments. "What had you wanting the kiss so bad?"
"The fact that you and Tora are right, Ali would want me to move on. And hey, now that we crossed the line of kissing, I may open up to you more," she said with a smirk, combing her fingers through his hair, which she had taken out of its ponytail.
Humming appreciatively, Sinbad pulled her closer to him. "I'd like that. I want to know about you, Tettia. Some time you really should tell me about your parents. You're Sasan blood and Fanalis blood. I am quite interested as how your parents met," he said, stroking her hair.
She smiled happily. "I will gladly tell you about my parents… after we secure trade with the Artemyra Kingdom," she spoke.
"Then let's get some sleep so we can get it done quickly. I want to know about your life. More of your life than Mystras does."
"You're jealous of him knowing more, aren't'cha?" she asked. Sinbad said nothing, but looked at her. "You're a goofball, Sinbad," muttered Tettia before she nuzzled against Sinbad and went to sleep. Sinbad following after her not long after.