After Dark (Prompts)

The Pirate - 5

A/N: A short update for today =) Warning: this will drop hints and leave you hanging. Feel free to wait for the next chapter  before reading this.

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Yeo Wol stirred from a nice dream. In her dream, she was in a field full of roses and Jeongjo was busy trying to find the most perfect one for her. In the middle of that field, he had set up a blanket where they lay side-by-side looking up at the clear blue sky.

"I want ten kids with you," Jeongjo said. 

"We'll have ten kids if you give birth to nine of them," Yeo Wol replied.

Jeongjo sighed. "I would if I could."

"Well, you can't so we'll just have one," she reminded. 

"Okay then. You and me and our baby girl," Jeongjo told her.

"Boy. I want a boy who looks exactly like you."

"Girl and we'll name her Jang-mi after all these roses."

"Boy."

"Girl."

Yeo Wol giggled as she opened her eyes to greet the morning sun. What a wonderful dream! They had all the time in the world to lounge around that beautiful field filled with flowers as far as the eye can see and they were discussing a future that seemed so easy to reach. She couldn't help but recall that Jeongjo looked so healthy in her dream... and that was what she hoped for the most -- For the man she loved to stay healthy.

She heard a knock on the door. Carefully standing up so as not to rouse Jeongjo, she pulled a thick coat to cover her, since she was still in her thin sleeping gown which she only wore whenever she was with her King, before heading to open the door slightly.

Cheol-bong and Jang Sa-jung were taken aback upon seeing the Captain in the King's room.

Yeo Wol rolled her eyes. "What? This is not the first time you have seen us share a cabin together."

"It is not surprising since you two are --" Cheol-bong's sentence was cut off by a glare from his Captain. Clearing his throat, he changed topics, "Well, I didn't know he was well enough to..."

Jang Sa-jung kicked his friend to shut him up. Handing the Captain the tray they prepared, "Here is our breakfast and the King's medicine. We reach land in a few hours. How is he?"

Yeo Wol's face softened. "He slept through the night with no pains and he is breathing well. That is a good sign, correct?"

Jang Sa-jung nodded. "That's very good news. And his memories?"

"They're coming back quickly," Yeo Wol happily reported. 

"Good. Do you feel better?" Jang Sa-jung asked. 

"I'm still concerned but I feel hopeful," Yeo Wol admitted. "Thank you for caring for him."

As the Captain shut the door to attend to the King, Cheol-bong turned to the medicine man of their ship. "Do you expect the King to reward you for being a martyr?"