
-XXI
Taehyung's P.o.v—
When the liner had finally vanished over the horizon, I was absolutely alone in the stormy night sea. First I thought I had to swim one way, then another. It was not even midnight yet, and I had no hope at all of finding my way in this terrible night time ocean. I began to feel afraid. Waves of fear rolled through me, starting from my hands and feet, attacking my heart. and then passing through my neck to my head. Waves broke over me and water went into my snorkel. I realised I would not be able to last even half an hour in such a condition.
I saw individual stars, but I could not distinguish the constellation they belonged to. Then dawn came and put out all my stars and I felt my solitude more keenly. The sky was grey at first, then blue-violet shades appeared. In a few minutes, the colours became brighter, with dark red strips cutting across the sky!
The rising sun came up over the ocean. I was surrounded by large waves. The clouds turned pink and swept across the sky in all directions. It was a windy day.
There was no land visible. I grew alarmed. Had I made a mistake in my calculations? Perhaps the current had carried me a long a way off the course during the night?
An hour passed, perhaps two. "Land!!!" I could not deny myself the pleasure of shouting the magic word aloud and of hearing my own voice. Perhaps it was my ghostly island of Siargao? I almost felt I had succeeded now at least I had hope.
"My majesty, I don't think I can move my limbs anymore." Said chukov while breathing heavily, his body was ready to give up but I was determined that I won't let that happen at all.
"Don't loose hope. Put your weight on me."
I swiftly carried his weight and continued swimming. This made the task of surviving a lot tougher but we were left with no options at all. We kept swimming until god knows how many hours continuously, the strong tides trying their best to just drown us in.
The sun looked out for the last time, as if it were saying goodbye to ua, and hid itself away again. In a few minutes the sky filled with all the colours of a rainbow, the bright shades changing and merging as I watched. At first the clouds became deep red and then their edges turned bright orange. A little while afterwards, the clouds turned lilac and dark violet. Darkness fell swiftly.
"It's night again." Chukov said tiredly.
"Yes, we'll find a way out soon." I tried to encourage him but he was too tired.
"W-water...I need it before I die... w-water."
It was such an irony that we both were surrounded by water yet when were thirsty and there was not a single drop we could drink.
Our second lonely night in the ocean began. The stars came out unnoticed. I changed course and headed for the south west. As it turned out, this was an unforgivable mistake.
Evening was approaching. The ocean around me was full of life; large fish often leapt out of the water and big birds flew right above my head. I could see the island distinctly now. A line of dancing palms stretched the length of its shore. The sides of the mountain were covered in many different shades of green.
An hour passed, perhaps more. It was extraordinarily quiet. Then suddenly to my horror, I discovered my island had noticeably begun to move north and was drifting further and further in that direction right before my eyes. Before I had worked out what was happening and could sharply change my course towards the north, the southern tip of the island had appeared in front of me and, beyond that open ocean stretched to the very horizon. I was totally at the mercy of the current and realised to my alarm that it was slowly carrying me past land.
"My majesty, l-leave me here and save yourself.... Everyone is waiting for you." Chukov insisted.
"I'm not listening to you." I replied.
Our third night in the ocean crept up unnoticed. This third night in the ocean was very dark, much darker than the two previous ones. I almost decided to die as had no hope of seeing another dawn. I was suddenly aware of a quiet voice which whispered past my ears.
‘Swim to the sound of breakers. ’
I almost thought that it was my dearest husband's voice as I looked around hastily but to my dismay, it was just my imagination.
"Watch out!!!" Chukov shouted lowly.
Then my body was in a swirling current of water; the inner power of the wave turned me head over heels several times, twisting me in all directions before it tired.
"Keep your hold tight around me." I warned before turning my body against the waves.
This time the wave quickly grabbed me and carried me at great speed for quite a long distance on its crest.
I got up to the surface easily and swam in the direction the waves were heading. "Somewhere there, beyond the reef, there should be a lagoon," Chukov said as he was able to see at higher level because I was carrying him on my shoulders.
Suddenly, I felt something hard under my feet. I could stand up to my chest in water! Around me I could see random currents of water, splashes of foam and phosphorescent spray all swirling about. Before I fully came to my senses, another large wave approached and carried me some distance further. I was up to my waist in water when a new wave picked me up, taking me several metres forward. Now the depth of the water was only up to my knees. I had enough time to take a few tentative steps, to catch my breath and look around.
The betrayal I just faced was at the back of my head but I decided to keep it aside for a while because saving my life was more important because I know have people who will waiting for my return, people who would die at the thought of losing me.
All my strength was gone yet I was try to do my best. I'd to save myself not for me but for the ones whose life depends on me.
I surfaced at the foot of very tall palm trees. I left a trail of luminous water and my body glittered like some princess's ball-gown. Only now did I feel completely safe. The ocean was behind me....
"We did it!!!" I said tiredly before I fell on the seashore, my vision getting blurry before completely blacking out.
A/N — It's just a filler. I was not in mood to write so this is just ‘anything’ about how Taehyung saved himself from drowning.
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