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She was being drifted off while looking at the sky laying there with her wet clothes every time the water splashes her body she remembers when her brother saving her while she was stuck on her room. She lays there hoping her brother would come and pick her up as she raises her arms as she mumbles “brother...where are you?”
He already woke up for about a few hours and now he starts looking for her sister “Honey!! Honey-chan!!” as he shouts having an echo around the forest, hoping she didn’t drown. He already did see an abandon house but no one even lives there. “Damn what should I do, if anything happen to her” as he mumbles while shouting for her sisters name.
She was exploring the forest when suddenly she heard someone making her feel relief, she was already lost so she just followed the voice she's hearing until she reach the guy who seems in panic. “I’m so sorry but can I tag along with you? I'm kind of Lost__” looking at the guy as she gasps knowing that he's the son of the cruise ship owner and the cause why they are here on that state it's her. She shakes her head to erase the thought hoping he didn't notice her, while she hides on the tree.
What the fuuuuuu... Jeremy placed his slightly trembling hand on his painful forehead. My damn head is being cracked... The headache was killing the half-awake, restless teen.
The last thing he knew before the sudden shock of the cruiser, was his rage over his malfunctioning mobile. After having a light meal, he was about to check the situation of his bank accounts. But after logging into one of them, his mobile stopped working. He tried to figure out what was the cause but all was in vain. Since he could not log out of the banking website, he was worried that the police might be able to track down his current location. It had been an unpleasant week for the escaping criminal, so his temper was ridiculously stormy.
"Holy crap!" he threw the mobile hard on the ground and stamped ruthlessly on it, breaking the phone into pieces. And suddenly there was a violent shock and he lost his balance, his head hitting the wardrobe...
"Shit. I'm so fucked up." the unlucky teen finally managed to sit up, sighing and wiping the dust and small debris on his handsome face.
She was having her time thinking about her family when suddenly she heard a voice of a guy. She sits up “this is really not a dream am I right…” as she mumbles and pinching her cheek “wake up wake up wake up” as she slaps her face having a red cheeks. She gets up quickly thinking maybe that was her brother’s voice. “Michoco-nii!! Michoco-nii!!” as she yells while carefully walking, making her a bit dizzy “err my head hurt”.
She was walking as she saw a guy who seems a bit far but seeing his hair was blonde “you’re not my Michoco-nii” as she mumbles. She then saw the cruise ship as she falls down sitting on the ground “so it’s not really a dream” She was having many thoughts run down to her mind, seeing the blonde guy clearly “having a handsome face and look good in clothes...like a mafia” as she gasp making a weird thought and rashly went to the guy then glomps him angrily.. Having him pin down “you! Did you bomb the cruise ship?” while some tears run down to her face, dropping to the guy below her.
There was no point sitting in the ruined ship and doing nothing. It was true that Jeremy was too lazy to be curious most of the time, but since he was apparently involved in a terrible accident, he had no choice but to do something about it. Gingerly he tried to stand up. It was hard for him to get on balance due to his severe headache and injured right leg.
"Tsk."he tolerated the pain by clenching his teeth. It was by far the worst day of his life. He did not want to comment on how pathetic he looked at that moment.
Suddenly a shadow blocked a part of sunlight from reaching him. In a flash he was knocked down and had his wrists pinned on the pebbles of the rock side beach. Before he could figure out what was going on, a young girl with honey blonde hair gradually appeared from the blur of his vision. She was shivering with terror and pearls of tears kept rolling down her cheeks.
“You! Did you bomb the cruise ship?” the young maiden questioned him with anger.
"What kind of sick joke are you talking about?" Jeremy was shocked by her accusation, "Why in hell would I bomb myself along with the ship?" his joints hurt as Honey gripped too hard, making him groan in pain.
She looks at him seriously as she heard him groaning in pain “yada yada yada” as she rolls over and sits on the ground holding her forehead “my head hurts”.
“Why you ask Mr. Mafia? Maybe you’re going to suicide and you feel lonely so you drag people along with you” as she sniffs “you killed everyone and you failed killing yourself” she was talking nonsense again or she just blurt out what’s on her mind.
She gets up as she was in deep in thought “my positive outcome can’t progress at the moment” as she mumbles and looks at the ship and Jeremy back and forth “err why I am stuck with this criminal?” as she look at him closer “but you really do look good” as she starts walking circling him “but what do you want bombing the cruise ship? You can be a model if money is talking about…”. For a few minutes of investigating her tummy growls as her face becomes red “t-that wasnt me..maybe that was a Lion..” as she nodded “yep a lion”.
Jeremy felt relieved as the girl loosened her gripping. All he could do was sighing for his misfortune. He rolled his eyes when Honey was making up silly stories about him. Maybe her head hit something when the cruise ship crush the rock... the teen doubted and looked away, avoiding the wannabe detective's curious gaze.
However the girl suddenly leaned closer to his face. Her big blue eyes sparkled with wonder and innocence. He felt uncomfortable being that close to a girl he did not know, especially when the girl was like a little angel. Damn... What the hell is stuffed into my head? I must be some sort of freak... he gasped and tried to keep a distance from the girl.
Then the girl went on with her nonsense. He did not pay much attention to what she said. He heard some mumbling words like "look good", "bombing", "model" and so on. They all sounded foolish to him anyway. He had no idea why he would get caught by a queer girl.
Abruptly, a growling sound came from her stomach and she blushed hard right after it. Interestingly the girl started making up a silly excuse about a lion for the sound her stomach had just made. Jeremy chuckled.
"Cool. I'm sure that lion has blonde hair, dark blue eyes, pink cheeks and... A captain's hat." he sarcastically teased. The girl took a few seconds to digest what he said, and before the girl really ate him up like a lion, he stood up and offered his hand with a hot smiley face, "Let's go seek some food."
“Oh then that was a rare Lion” Her face was really red ‘dammit tummy’ as she thought, she was surprised this guy is helping her even though she sees him like a criminal. Her tummy growls again as she abruptly holds this guys hand. “Your hand is really big just like my brother, do you know if how big is your fist then it’s the size of your heart…so now I’m wondering if you’re really are a good guy”
She caught a glimpse at him again, she really do see him, handsome and a bit gentleman like her brother as she looks away blushingly ‘why the hell did I thought that’ as she mutter to herself “an-anyway I hope the food we’ll find is not poisonous”.
That was peculiar, he was sure he had left the Ojou-sama here.
Leo had just returned from catching fishes in the nearby lake. Well, and of course then he had to cook them with a fire he made out of a few branches—he can't very well serve her raw fish, could he? Oh, and he had climbed up a few trees to gather a few coconuts and some nearby mangoes and kiwis—what? Ojou-sama needs to eat nutritious fruits!
Wait, just how long was he gone?
She's probably awake and went to explore somewhere in the forest. Was it a bad idea to leave her passed out—I mean, sleeping—alone? He did prepare a nice nest-looking-bed to make her more comfortable. And he'd also made a mosquito net to prevent her from being bitten. He wondered if she slept well.
Oh my, he's starting to miss her terribly already. That's fine, he'll find her soon enough. Well, better start searching then.
He did not want to move too much. Laziness urged him to avoid finding food on the beach, which required significant energy to bear the fierce heat of the sun and to catch the fast motioning fish. Fruits were probably easier to get so he held the girl's hand and headed into the forest.
The forest was densely populated with trees of different heights. Since the climate there was favorable, the trees were beautifully blossomed and there were fruits too. Facing the vibrantly colored scenery, Jeremy had to admit he was quite stunned - and confused by the large variety of fruits.
Okay it is time to confess one thing... he thought to himself, I am awesome by most means, but I'm no good with plants. He briefly looked at the girl next to him. She looked really hungry. Even though he was never a warm person in his own opinion, he wanted to get something to feed the young girl beside him. He thought that was what everyone would do when the only companion was starving.
Apples are good enough, he saw an apple tree about ten meters away. The fruit tree was not tall, and Jeremy was not short. Without much effort of stretching his arms, he managed to pick several juicy apples and gave half of the total harvest to the girl. Man, that was far easier than I expected... he rolled his eyes.
Then he realized that he had not introduce himself and neither did the adorable girl.
Maybe a criminal like me should not spill out too much personal information? Well that did not really concern him. He took a bite of the fresh apple.
They were walking in the forest, seeing some of the tress how big and creep, she holds Jeremy’s hand tight. They walk and walk, seeing the fruits make her hungry more and more as they stops by and suddenly Jeremy’s confessing. She felt that they were going to die if they don’t know about the fruits here as she looks at Jeremy who seems found an Apple Tree. She felt relief having Jeremy on her side as she grabs the apple and starts eating it.
She felt guilty when she heard Jeremy’s words as she look at him and looks down gloomy looking at the apple. “I’m sorry for looking at you like a criminal, it’s just that my mind went blank thinking about my family” as she sighs “and by the way my name is Honey L___”
She stops suddenly when she smelled something “I smell something” as she sniff “it’s a fried fish, can you smell that?” as she starts going into the bushes.
He had wrapped the roasted fishes in banana leaves and packed the fruits in a tablecloth he had carried from the ship.
Now, all that's left to do is find my—ehem, excuse me, I mean the Ojou-sama.
Leo heard the rustling of leaves coming from the direction opposite from him. Approximately 50 meters away in direct coordinate, he calculated. He started heading to the source of the sound. The trees were tall and diverse in this side of the island, it was quite a task to go through them.
Suddenly he stopped and listened when he heard a small voice talking. And, surprise, it's the voice of a girl.
Not my Ojou-sama, though.
That's all well, he nodded to himself. I am thus a humble servant to all maidens.
Leo fastened his steps and in a quick moment was faced to face with two individuals. A tall looking young lad and a... a... an absolutely adorable young lady!
In a blink of an eye, he gracefully strode to the damsel and knelt down on one knee, taking the girl's right hand. "Fair maiden, allow me to assist you in your journey."
What. Is. This?
Jeremy scanned the butler. Kneeling and taking the girl's hand, and asking if the girl would allow him to "assist" her in her journey? You gotta be kidding me. he prevented his jaw from dropping. Now we've got a classy dude here - who might have travelled through time from the pre-WWII time to now, he gave a cavalier look to the courteous butler as he secretly commented on the latter's behaviour in his mind.
"Weird." he lightly spilt out his first conclusion.
Leo flicked his glance to the teenage boy, catching his comment. He got back on his feet and leaned down to grab a long rotten branch. He extended his left arm to cover the girl and held the branch forward towards the boy as if wielding a sword.
"Hold! Recite your name." His expression was solemn, his eyes holding the warning of a fatal threat. "And tell me, are you friend," he paused dramatically. Narrowing his eyes, Leo lifted the stick higher that the pointy end touched the tip of the boy's chin, hovering dangerously close to his neck. "Or foe?"
He gasped in surprise as the old-fashioned gentleman changed his attitude by 180 degrees all of a sudden. Not having decided what to do, he glanced the wood branch coldly touching the tip of his chin. So what the hell does this mean? If you told me this was a movie scene, I'd buy it. he thought and frowned a bit.
"I would say..." the teen being threatened then naturally blinked, his lips bent into a smirk, "Neither." he finished the sentence lightly. He ruffled his orange blonde hair in a casual way.
Everything has gone crazy.
Leo seemed to consider the boy momentarily before withdrawing his branch. "Very well, stranger."
He took a step back and turned to the two teenagers, addressing them both properly for the first time. "My name is Leo Franz. You may call me Leo," he said with a courteous bow—one arm folded in front of him and the other extended at the back. He glanced to the pile of food he had brought with him. The starvation in the eyes of his companion was apparent and the salivating smell of roasted fish filled the air like a tease.
"How about... we dine for now?"
Well, he could always catch more later, anyway.
She was following the smell as she went all the way into the bushes as she suddenly got to face to face someone making her blinks for how many times. “h-hell__” as the guy knelt down taking her right hand “lo…” as she looks at him thinking ‘is this guy alright… and from the looks of it he seems like a butler’
Hearing the blonde boy’s comment her eyes widen when the butler grab a wooden branch extended it towards the boy “w-wait we are not her for err…” her thought begun to scribble “war__fight__umm fencing?” She sighs hearing the blonde’s boy comment again “you’re making it worse” as she facepalm.
Few seconds pass by it seems the atmosphere calms down as the butler introduce himself and letting them dine in. “So my prediction is right, the smell of the food is coming from you” as she claps her hand “oh” as she forgot to introduce herself. She smiles and bows “my name is Honey Lu and this guy is…” as she looks at the blonde boy.
"Someone who fed a lion with apples." Jeremy finished the girl's sentence by making fun of her, "Kidding. Call me Jeremy or Jerry."
She looks at Jeremy and stick her tongue out "bleeh", as she look back to the butler and smiles "as you heard this is Jerry"
He was surprised by a sudden voice “the hell” it made him freaks out for a Sec but hearing her voice makes him a bit worried. “If you show yourself then I would be gladly tag you along” as he mumbles. “And by the way have you seen a blonde girl with dark blue eyes?” as he thought she was lost so she will never meet that bratty, his mind is not functioning right as he takes a deep breath and sighs “err nevermind...let’s just go and find someone”.
‘Well if he was looking for the blonde with emerald eyes that would be me so he don’t know me that would be good’ she comes out from behind the tree and walks towards the guy ‘he really is nice and handsome just like my mother said’
She flinch hearing a familiar voice making her shiver, she quickly grab the guy and went straight ahead “sorry but we should not stay here anymore”
Seeing the girl coming out he thought she’s cute just like her sister, but her sister is kind of small making him wish he was with his sister “damn that wave” as he mumbles. He sighs “I wish she was alright”
“Okay then let’s head east__woah” he was being dragged by the girl “err is something wrong? Do you know where we are going?”
She felt a little bit jealous hearing that, she doesn’t know who he looking for but by the way he called the girl “honey” mutter to herself thinking maybe his girlfriend. She sighs and drags him without saying a word until they reach the forest lake. She seated on the ground panting “I’m tired let me take a rest for awhile” while he look at Michoco.
"Nice to meet you," Leo replied brightly, his eyes twinkling like stars. He served an unreasonable proportion of fishes in front of her, adding the fruits to the side. "Eat all the things you want without worry, Honey-sama!"
"Oh, and you too, Jeremy-sama." He said with a less than enthusiastic tone, handing the boy one fish head. "Oh, I apologize, that was rude of me. Here," he added, offering a bony tail. "Bon appétit."
He let out a melancholy sigh. "I wonder if Ojou-sama if eating well," he muttered quietly.
I. Hate. This. Weirdo.
"Tsk."
Jeremy took the butler's "kind offer" with a blank expression. It was true that the smell of the fish head and tail was appetizing, but he was sure that it would not feel as good in his mouth as it seemed. Narrowing his eyes, he cursed the butler in his mind.
Being a girl can be pretty awesome, I now realize. he sighed as he took a look at the portion of nice food given to the blonde maiden beside him.
“Nice to meet you too Mr. Leo-San” she smiles at him cheerfully “ohhh” while she looks at the food happily “thanks Mr. Leo-San” as she claps her hand and smells the food. She was about to dig in when she saw how the two react “the atmosphere seems didn’t calm down” as she mumbles.
She suddenly saw Jeremy’s looking at her food making her want to gave him some, but it’s not her food so she makes a puppy eye to Leo “can I give Jerry some food too?” as she starts with a teary eye “Jerry helps me a lot” she then looks at Jerry with a straight face and mumbles "well for the apple"
Leo froze. It was as if the whole world had turned into dust and nothing else mattered. He's seeing stars—no!—planets aligned! His knees felt weak as he brought his trembling hand to his mouth, suppressing a sharp intake of breath. He palmed his eyes, brushing off a tear.
Tho—those eyes!
Leo knelt once again in front of the girl, and took both her hands in his. "Yes, Honey-sama. Please, you may do whatever you like!"
He stood up, raising himself to his original height and waited as the teenagers ate. His eyes traveled to the trees and examined the darkening skies. "It's getting dark," he stated calmly. "There was a house further south from here and a lake directly north where I caught the fishes. I advice that the both of you head south for now."
He turned in the direction where the pair had came from. "I will head back to the Cruise to get some supplies. I'll return at dawn."
Seeing Leo’s Actions makes her turn white as the wind blows even having a jaw drop. When he took her hand, she looks away thinking ‘I didn't know faking a cry is a bit too much for this person’ makes her want to cry now.
She then looks at Leo who suddenly stood up as she nods and nods in agreement by his words “but you need to eat first Mr. Leo-San or you will starve to death and we don’t want that to happen, right Jerry?” as she looks at him. “And I would like to eat with you guys” as she places the food in front of them.
She sighs as Leo turns around to face the way Jerry and her, went out “so Mr. Leo-San won’t eat I guess” as she starts to eat slowly.
"Thank you," Jeremy hesitated for a second before taking the food offered by Honey. She's got a really warm heart... Shit, I deserve the food. Of course she should serve me better. Jeremy felt touched by the girl, but his mindset told him not to think too good of her.
He almost grinned when the butler said he had to leave. He disliked the gentleman a lot and he felt sick around him. After clearing his portion of fish, he turned to his young companion, "Your name's Honey? Quite cute..." he then looked at the south direction, "That creepy guy told us to go that way. We'd better rush before it goes dark." He stood up with a light smiile.
He goes near the lake as he knelt down to wash his face “you seem running away from someone” he then gets up as his right hand brush his hair. He looks at the blonde girl “by the way my name is Michoco” as he look the sky then the way in the abandon house “we need to go, it’s getting dark and don’t worry I did find an abandon house” as he worried about the girl while he thinks of her sister. "If you are still tired I can carry you" as he went towards the girl.
Leo smiled.
"Thank you for the invitation, Honey-sama. I am grateful for your consideration." He bowed graciously. "However, a butler never dines with the people they serve," he explained. Leo paused, contemplating on a thought for a moment. Shrugging, he added, "Well, truthfully, a butler can never be seen eating, period." He winked. "It just adds to the mystery element."
He strode off into the forest and headed purposely to the abandoned Cruise.
She tilted her head hearing Leo’s words “ummm why a butler can never be seen eating?” as she looks at the butler but Leo just wink at her and say "It just adds to the mystery element." Now her mind thought about some crazy stuff like ‘maybe the butler eats in a funny way’ as she giggles imagining it. “Then please take care Mr. Leo-San” as she waves at him.
She then starts to eat hearing Jeremy thanking her while she looks at him with a straight face again. “Just seeing your expression, you don’t need to thank someone if you don’t want to” as she puts a big tummy side of the fish inside her mouth and chews it making a lot of squishy sound.
"Your name's Honey? Quite cute..." She was about to choke hearing that as she swallowed the fish inside her mouth while she holds her neck. “Waah I thought I was going to die” she mumbles but her face was really red. ‘Well I don’t need to thank him, he maybe did that on purpose’ as she thought while she picks up the other food that only she can carry.
She looks at the direction where they going “hmm let’s go and also he is not creepy, maybe he just miss his mistress” as she starts to stand beside Jeremy “I think he got a mistress complex”. She then wonder if they really can find the way to the shelter like the butler told them, well at least she carry a lot of food so if they got lost they won’t starve to death. She sighs “how long do you think we will get there?” as she looks the direction again.
"Who knows?" he sniffed and took the lead, walking in front of Honey. They did not have much time left, given that the sun would set soon. Personally, Jeremy was not afraid of being in a dark, wild place, but the possibility of having a girl beside him in that kind of place would be a pain. He was not a hero and he would not enjoy the screaming or panicking of a scared female - no matter how cute the girl was.
After going through layers of trees, they reached a rapid. The water was crashing against the boulders mercilessly, splashing and showing off its strength. The rapid's width was about 4 meters. There was no way to cross the river other than jumping into it or jumping onto the scattered boulders.
Shit does happen, Jeremy sighed at the sight. He never wanted to get wet. It was already a blessing that he was inside the cruise when it crushed onto the beach. He did not get wet, only dirted. But now? The probability of damping his body was definitely over 60%.
He stepped forward. Man, I have pretty many chances of touching this girl's hand... Not what I intended to do though. "Well darn it, we don't have any choice after all," he offered his hand to the young girl behind him. "Let's go."
She walks quietly while eating following Jeremy, looking at the side face of Jeremy ‘he really does look good even on a side view’ as she thought while nibbling some apple. “Being so serious will get you too many wrinkles such a waste for a face like yours” as she mutter to herself. Well they need to be serious about their state but she feels a bit calmly if she was with someone.
As they walk and walk suddenly, she became quiet while she keeps looking around hearing the cricket sound "damn those hoppers" as she walk closely behind Jeremy. They reached a river “maybe there’s another way” as she saw Jeremy’s offered his hand, she then holds his hand knowing that she can’t go back now. She clings on Jeremy’s arm tightly “this is not what you think I’m just small maybe the water is too high” as she blushes while looking at the water.
She was sitting on the ground as she watches the guy “he look so hot” she gasp covering her mouth by her right hand. She was relief that the guy didn’t hear her after all the distance they got is a bit far.
“By the way my name is Michoco” she gets up and bows gracefully “my name is Inma” while she look up Michoco. She was surprise but blushingly when Michoco offered her to carry her. She was really tired but don’t want to be a burden to Michoco so basically she rejects his offer. She patted her clothes to remove the dirt and waited for Michoco to move on she remembers her father telling her fiancé was him. But she really doesn’t like him before even not meeting yet but now she then realize she starts idolizing him or maybe something else. While her face turns red and now she start wondering how she got on this island thinking someone did carry her.
The sound of impact between the soles of his Italian black dress shoes and the metal floor echoed in the empty hallway. Leo pushed open the door to his cabin, taking a moment to scan and evaluate the room. It was exactly the way he had left it. The kind of neat and tidy that would've left the Cruise's very own keepers to shame. He nodded to himself approvingly.
He then proceeded to pack his clothing—six pairs of suits identical to the one he was currently wearing. Now, what else? The butler made a mental note to spare a trip to the kitchen to pack some food for his companions. And especially some dessert for Honey-sama, he thought cheerfully, already imagining the German Black Forest cake—and Honey-sama's reaction when she sees it!—he had seen the chefs prepare this afternoon before the whole shipwreck fiasco.
But, before that...
Ojou-sama's cabin was just opposite of his. There were two different suitcases in her room—one was the one she had packed for herself and the other was the one he had packed for her. He sighed sadly at the latter, wondering why she had refused so adamantly to wear them. What's wrong with the frilly lollita dresses he brought? She would've looked so adorable in them! Refusing to be disheartened, he took both the suitcases.
Maybe Honey-sama could wear them!
Not stopping there, Leo went to the Cruise's control room, where they had left the passenger's registers unattended.
Jeremy... Levins? Hmm, cabin 45.
While he's at it, he might just as well bring something for that kid too... Maybe some socks.
"You'd better not drag me into the water, baka." Jeremy rolled his eyes as he took the first step gingerly. The boulder he stepped on was slippery. He carefully pulled the young girl to him when he got onto the second boulder. After Honey could stand still on the first boulder, he signaled her to keep going.
But when they were about to reach the other end, a huge log flowed along the rapid towards Honey. "Shit!" the teen widened his eyes in horror. He wanted to let go of the girl's hand but the girl gripped him very tightly...
(Jeremy is such a jerk!!!!! *wants to punch him*)
He did remember the name Inma when his father always talked about her around him. He knew it was an arranged marriage but he doesn’t like it even once. He erased his thoughts seeing the girl was waiting for him “ohh sorry about that, spacing out all of a sudden”. He started to walk the path to an abandon house. He doesn’t need to think about the arrangement marriage and due to the first they met, he already knew this girl doesn’t like him and so he is. He just needed to keep this girl in a safe place first before finding some supplies in the cruise ship.
She frown hearing the baka word while she looked at Jeremy “be careful” well if he did slipped she may end up like him after all she was holding his arms tight. She was focus to watch her steps on the boulder “waah I’m scared”.
"Shit!" She looked at Jeremy confuse and looked the way Jeremy was looking. She was really scared and the rapid water making her grip Jeremy’s arm more as she saw the log. She eagerly stepped on the next boulder but she was out of balance causing her to fall down making her hug Jeremy’s arms while she starts to lose her consciousness by the water making her can’t breathe.
(Don’t punch him on the face XD)