~Oliver's POV~

"Ugh..." I heard one of the prisoners groan. They never stop complaining do they? Always looking for a way out, even if their ideas were absurdly impossible. One of them proposed to cut a hole into the ship and escape through that, I won't even explain why that's not a good idea and how impossible it is without tools.

"Oli- Captain, why didn't we just kill these rats off?" Fukase asked me in slight irritation. He had been listening to them nonstop for the past 2 days, so his irritation is more than understandable.

"We want to expand out fleet" I told him simply. But I had another reason, one more important to me. Their captain, he's just barely older than me. I want to know more about him.

I looked to my right, which was the starboard side. Piko was steering their ship with us. 'Even if they won't join us, at least we'll be getting a new ship' I thought silently, sighing mentally.

~Len's POV~

"Captain-"

"Stop calling me captain, Miku. I'm not worthy to be your captain any longer." I told her simply.

"That's not true!" She replied.

"Please"

"Fine." She sighed.

"Hey Len, wanna play a game of cards?" Kaito offered. Cards? When did he?

"I found it on the floor" Kaito answered my mind.

"Sure." We could definitely use some entertainment, I could see us going mad otherwise.

"Miku, Rin, Gakupo, do you guys want to join?" I asked them.

They all nodded and sat around the small beam of light from the roof.

***

"Gah, I lost!" I gasped in surprise as I usually never lose first. Especially when Rin is in the game.

I watched as they played on.

"Yes! I won!" Rin exclaimed.

Everyone's mouths gaped in surprise. She had never not lost first in a game before, let alone win.

"I see you're having fun." A voice giggled.

"Not anymore" I spoke back.

"Eh? Is that how you treat a person who gave you playing cards, *Len*?"

"Ah what why? How?" I asked as questions continued to cloud my mind.

"I got your name as soon as they stopped calling you 'captain'" he giggled again before continuing, "...and I didn't want any of my future crew to go mad now, would I?"

"We. Aren't. Joining. You!" I told him again, crossing my arms as if he could actually see me.

"We'll see." He said eerily before giggling again. I have to admit, his giggle is kinda cute... for a pirate I mean... I still don't like him... just stop staring at me and get on to the next part okay?

"It might not be a bad idea, capta- ahm Len" Kaito said.

"How could you say that?!" I asked him, surprised he would even consider an offer like that.

"We can play it out until they let their guards down, then we'll strike!" Kaito said confidently, shaping his right hand into a fist and hitting it onto his left palm.

"We can hear you from here, you know!" Annoying boy spoke through the hole again.

"Don't you have a ship to supervise?" I asked, clearly showing my irritation.

"Nope, I have two." He stated.

"Don't you have two ships to supervise then?" I retried.

"Yeah, but you are clearly more dangerous than anything else on the ships at the moment"

"I-I guess..." I mumbled loudly, not sure whether to take that as a compliment or as provocation.

I walked over to my corner and laid there quietly, pondering about the outside world.

***

"Hey, Len... wake up!" A familiar voice called, I was too tired to make out who it was though.

"Wake up!" It called again.

"Let me get my beauty sleep" I whined.

"Get up!" It spoke again, but this time, it was in a demanding tone.

"What is it?!" I said irritatedly as I sat up. I looked around but everyone else were asleep.

The door creaked, opening slightly.

"Come here." it was now clear who the voice belonged to... it was that kid. I walked towards the door and finally out of the cabin.

"What is it you want?" I asked him unenthusiastically. He ignored me and locked the door.

'Weird,' I thought, 'Why did he let me out?'. I didn't have much time to think though, as he quickly grabbed my hand and lead me towards his room, err... cabin.

"My name's Oliver." He stated, staring intently with both of his eyes open.

"I-I..." I started but couldn't say anything... I honestly couldn't comprehend anything that's happening at this point in time.

"I-I think I love you." He said, stuttering a little. The moonlight hit his face and showed a faint blush across his cheeks.

My mouth gaped and my heart tightened a little. Questions zoomed around my brain like 'What did he just say?' and 'Did he really mean that?'.

"I-I... I don't think I-" I bit my lip, unable to say the next part. I still hated pirates, I still dislike him, but that just somehow made it even more awkward for me to say it.

Oliver held my back against the wall, leaning forward to connect our lips in a kiss. he then proceeded to lift his knee and slowly grind it against my groin area.

"Mmn.. stop." I mumbled in the kiss. I felt violated, I felt disgusted. But something seemed to be stopping me from pushing him away.

To my surprise, he stopped and let me go.

"Sorry" He apologised quickly before turning his head to avoid my eyes.

"I suppose, you still don't want to join our crew then?" He asked sadly, seeming to know my reply.

I bit my lip again, somehow unable to refuse... then again, I was also unable to say yes. It took a while before I finally shook my head.

"We'll reach port by tomorrow..." He said softly, looking undoubtedly hurt, "you and your crew can get off there."

'Is he... letting us free?' I wondered, 'why?'

"I suppose I'll have to get you back to the prisoner's cabin then." He took my hand and led me back into the cabin before locking the door again.

"Good night." He spoke through the door.

"G-good night." I replied, not wanting to be rude.

I walked back to where I had previously slept and laid there for the next half an hour, trying to comprehend what just happened, before inevitably falling asleep on the cold hard wooden floor.

※ That's as far this book goes in terms of erm... sexual stuff...