Fragile Heart Chapter 16 - On Board

Chapter 16 – On Board

But it bad time for abroad. We faced up with the great storm. The thunder, lighting and the rain fell heavily. It sounded horrible.

I looked him sleep so peacefully. I smiled, “Don’t worry, Ci, we are almost there.”
Then suddenly he wake up.
“Hey, why are you awake?” I thought he got the bad dreams again.
“Daniel?” then he rushed to toilet and threw up successfully.
“Hey, you alright, Ci?” I kneeled beside him
“Yeah, I’m fine, just feel sick,” he took a deep breath
“Sea sick?” I rubbed his back.
“Maybe,” with uncertainly as he never had sea sick before.
I still rubbed his back, till he was little bit better.
“Are we stopped?” he looked anxiously.
“Yes. We should stop. The storm are really big, it’s danger if we kept going.”
“We are going to safe, aren’t we?” his face turned pale.
I should smile, “Of course, love. The storm will soon be over and we’re gonna sail again.”
He sighed in relieved, “Thanks, Lord.”
I just smile and keep rubbing his back. Till he rose up
“How do you feel now?”
“Much better. Thank you,” he felt little bit ashamed.
“It’s okay, this is your first sailing, Ci, you’ll gonna used to it.”
He just nodded.
I hugged him tight and lead him to couch. I fetched him a cup of hot tea.
“Thanks,” and drank it
I sat beside hid, and pulled him to my arms. “Don’t worry, we’ll gonna be fine”
He just nodded, and felt the warm and safety in my arms. It always good to have him in my arms, then I fell sleep myself.

Knock…knock…

“Excuse me, Sir, Room Service!”
Daniel was aware with the knocking.
“Excuse me, Sir, Room Service!”
He glanced at Cian who still in his arms. Sleeping. “Yes, wait a moment,” he shouted
Carefully, he moved Cian’s head to the coach, and go to the door.
“Good Evening, Sir, sorry for this disturbance.”
“Yes?”
“Please, wear this, Sir,” he gave him two pieces lifevest. It made him curious.
“What’s wrong? What happened?”
“No, Sir, nothing happened. It’s just a precaution.”
‘‘Precaution?’ Daniel even more curious
“Any damage? Are we gonna drown?”
“I don’t know, Sir. I was ordered to make sure everyone got the lifevest for precaution. Excuse me,” then he left.
‘Shit!’ What happened? Are we gonna drown in this storm, right in the middle of the night?’ ‘Lord, please, helps us.’
Then he decided to check the situation by himself, and left Cian alone in the room.

Daniel went down to the dock and walked through the narrow aisles. Till he came to the bottom floor. The water had filled in. He, too, saw a big shipping ship near them. He concluded that they were two ships were just about hit each other, and caused the damage.
He realized his feet were getting colder. The water ran higher! Passengers were already to evacuate. And he remembered, ‘Cian’!!’
He ran back to the room and found Cian was still sleeping, undisturbed by the noise out there.
“Ci, wake up love.”
“Huh?” his little eyes were open. “What’s wrong?”
“Wear this, Ci,” he handed him the lifevest.
“What this?” Cian still confused.
“Just precaution,” He put it on him.
“It’s a lifevest,” Cian then aware as he wore it and Daniel wore it too.
“Daniel…?” he turned pale
“Cian, listen to me. Don’t panic. Our ship was just hitting the cargo ship, and coused the damage. The water has filled the bottom floor.”
He even paler, “Are we drowning?”
“No, Cian, we’re gonna be safe.”
He burst in to his arms. Cian was trembling in fear.
“Stss, it’s okay, we’re gonna be fine. The lifeboat will safe us, trust me,” Daniel ensure him. And with still hug him they got outside.

On upper dock had fully with panicking passengers. They were tried to get into the lifeboat in the middle of stormy rain. The boxes from the cargo ship were over the sea. ‘This is serious!’
“Come on, Ci!” Daniel pulled Cian’s hand to reach the lifeboat
“Daniel…?” he looked even scared.

“Don’t be afraid, I held you tight, I won’t let your hand off me!”
But as they reach the lifeboat, somebody pushed Cian and let off their hands. He succefully jumped to the sea.
“CIANNNN!!!” Without any second thought, Daniel jumped to the sea, caught him up.

The water was so cold. Cian almost couldn’t breathe as he came to the water and he couldn’t swim! He panicked and slowly drowned. He thought he was going to die; he thought this is the end. He wouldn’t see his brother again. He would die!
But from nowhere, somebody caught his hand and pulled him up to the surface.
“I got you, Ci, I got you,” Daniel held him tight.
“Daniel…” he was so glad that Daniel with him. He was not alone.
“Its okay, Ci, I got you,” the first matter for Daniel, Cian was alive. He held his love tightly, never let him go.
Daniel looked around and saw the boxes from the cargo ship. Those were their only changes.
Still holding Cian tight, Daniel swam to the box, and reached the nearest box.
“Hold to this, Ci, don’t let go.”
Daniel checked the box, could it afford them.
‘I think it could’.
“Hop to the box,”
“Daniel…” Cian looked hesitate.
“Don’t worry; I’ll catch you if you fall.”
No choice, Cian climbed to the box. Daniel waited for a second. Nothing happened. Sure it can afford Cian. Then Daniel tried himself to see if it can afford him too.
But as he climbed, the box was fall over. No, it couldn’t afford their two.
“Daniel…?”
Daniel looked to the other box. He could reach them, but he couldn’t leave Cian. He was afraid that once he let him go, he wouldn’t reach him again. No, he would never let Cian go. He would stay beside Cian. Even he had to stay on the freezing water.
“Don’t worry, Ci, I won’t let you go. I stay with you,” he kept holding Cian’s hands.
“Daniel…?” Cian even scared to see Daniel under coldwater.
“Don’t worry, Ci, I’m fine.”
But yes, the water was so cold. He was freezing. He couldn’t breath, felt like thousand knives stabbed his lungs! And just few minutes, his lips were trembling, and he couldn’t feel his legs.
Cian started to cry and kept holding Daniel’s hand.

Suddenly Cian heard a shout vaguely. It shouted his name. Under the heavy storm, he saw someone he knew well on the shipping ship.
‘Nicky?’
‘Yes, it’s Nicky!’ Cian was cry now, assured himself that his own brother has found them.
“NICKY!!!!”
“CII!!!! HOLD ON, WE WILL HELP YOU TWO!!!”
“HURRY UP, WE COULDN’T HOLD ON MUCH LONGER!!!”
“HANG ON, CIII!!!”
But the storm was so big, and the wind blew so hard, made they couldn’t reach them while the box floated away from the shipping ship
“No, CIAN, DON’T GOOOO!!! WE HAVEN’T MET YET. DON’T LEAVE ME AGAIN!!!!”
Cian could hear the shout but them getting far from the boat. “NICKYYY”
“NICKYYY!!!!!”

I heard Cian shouted in panic and then wake him up in sudden.
“Ci?” I asked him gently. “What’s wrong? Bad dream?”
It took a while for Cian to realize where he was and what was happen. He was till in my arms, on coach where he was lead from the toilet after he vomited.
The ship was steady now.
“The storm has passed?” he asked in wonder
I nodded wit smile
“We are gonna be fine? There’s no damage on our ship? We’re not drowning, aren’t we?” he sounded scared
“No, of course not. What’s wrong? Got any bad dream of our ship?”
Spontantley he hugged me, “I had a weird dream. We were hit by another ship and we are going to drown. Both of us fell into water when we tried to get into lifeboat. And when we were on water, a boat came rescuing us. Do you whose that boat is?”
I shooked my head
“Nicky’s!! He was there on that ship shouting my name and tried to help us. But we were getting further by the storm. I just could hear he shouted my name couldn’t reach us. I cried, Daniel, he was near of us but I couldn’t reach him, we would never met each other. I’m so scared, Daniel.”
I pulled him for a hug, “No, don’t be afraid, that was only dream. You’ll gonna see him again. Hopefully we will be arriving in Dublin by tomorrow,” I ensured him,
“I want to meet him, Daniel.”
“I know, you’ll be meeting him.”
Cian just nodded.”
“Come on, let’s go out side, let see sunrise,” I asked him. And without a word he took my request, and then went out.
I could hear Cian sighed in heavily. I knew what he’s thinking, ‘Thanks lord, it was only dream.’ I smiled and breathe gladly.

TBC