Island Romance

chapter 4

SURVIVAL.

Survival is the priority of those who have nothing, and those who have, their priority is ensuring they keep having.

Richard Monroe has everything, but all his life he has been on survival. Despite all riches, he had nothing, no loving parents, and no warm home to call his.

At least those who have nothing, have each other, their families and friends.

A life Richard always craved for, not riches but a happy family.

Survival was his priority, and it still was, to him one day he would need it.

On the island, inside a forest, not quite far From the shore, lay a body.

Friday 03- 06 -2007 (07:00am)

“URG.. f**k my head” Rich complained as he woke up. Looking around himself.

“Where the f**k am I?” He asked noone in particular.

He looked around him noticing he was In a forest, and for a split second, panic flashed in his face. Thinking of the worst possible situation as he ran off into and unknown direction, praying out to the God he never believed in that he was not there.

After a good ten(10) minutes, he came out of the Forest, right to the shore. In front of him was the ocean, the very one he fell into a couple of hours ago.

“Great, nice going universe, and I still didn't do anything this time.” He slumped on the sandy ground like a defected soldier.

Sighing and questioning his fate when it dawned on him, where exactly he was.

If he isn't on the ship, or in the ocean drowning like he should have then the only possible place was the island they were avoiding in the first place.

“ Just kill me already, why is my life so messed up?” He yanked his hair in frustration. He just found himself on succubus island of all places.

“Mother nature you are so cruel, I would have happily drowned to death, it's not like I had anyone to live for” he lamented staring at the sky.

“f**k my life” he kicked the sand.

He spent the next thirty (30) minutes searching around the shore for anything that could help him get home, his phone, GPS watch, something to use as a communicator and send a signal to his friends.

“There is no way in hell I'm dieing on this possessed island.” He shook his head and turned around only to come face to face with a life, full blooded cheetah.

Richard didn't even look shocked, if it were any normal human being, they would have screamed or fainted at the sight of a wild beast.

But for a guy who had a pet snake, who didn't even care if he drowned to death, seeing a cheetah was nothing to him.

“Where the hell did you come from kitten”

The cheetah growled at him like it understood the insult in the question. He made to touch the cheetah when he heard a voice.

“yellow” he looked up to view the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life. His eyes widened and his mouth hung open. He had never seen such a beauty.

Long silky black hair, a round face, gray eyes and pale skin, though a little muddy.

As Rich scanned her, he realized that she wasn't wearing clothes, just leaves woven together to cover important parts.

He quickly averted his gaze.

“Semit ynam so yawa nur ot ton uoy dlot I, yellow”

{“yellow, I told you not to run away so many times}

The girl spoke in a foreign language, making Richard who was staring at blink multiple times.

“Am sorry what?”

It was then that she noticed the human In Front of her.

He sucked in a sharp breath when her grey eyes met his.

Damn she was gorgeous, he stood calmly still silent, but in his head he was doing what he never does. Freaking out

“f**k am doomed, no wonder its called succubus island, if such beauties live here of course people are bound to be sucked in”

“Riah ytterp”

“Pretty hair”

Rich blinked, coming back to reality, to the fact that he was in a strange island that has a communication barrier.

“Great, as if I don't have enough problems”

“¿Riah ytterp yako uoy era”

“Are you okay, pretty hair?” The girl asked with a spark in her eyes.

Rich just stared at her processing his situation.

He fell into the ocean, landed on a demonic island, with humans he can't understand, lost all his possession, and worst if all , his baby is at home all alone for who knows how long.

He sat in front of the girl looking like he was on a deadly mission, if he was going to survive on this island then he had to convince the demonic island dwellers to spare his life somehow, starting with the girl who happens to be his saviour.

“RICHARD” he said pointing to himself, then pointed to her as she stared at him in confusion.

“¿Tahw”

“What?” She tilted her head questionly

“RICHARD” he pointed again

“YELLOW” then pointed at the cheetah, then to her hoping she wasn't too dense.

“......”

“Richard” she pointed at him.

“Yellow”

“Komaniruka” she pointed at herself with Smile, making Richard smile back at her, surprising himself.

Then he thought to himself

“Richard

“Rich”

……

“Komaniruka

“Mani”

The girl stared at him for a good five minutes, to the extent that he thought he said something stupid.

“What if shorten names is forbidden on the island, gosh I wish I was home right now.”

“Rich

“Mani”

“Guess she's pretty smart”.

After that they both sat in silence, peaceful silence. Mani stroking her pet, Rich looking at her like she was a whole new Discovery, maybe she was. But she was also kind, she had saved him, no doubt swam out to the ocean and saved him from drowning. The distance between the ship and the island wasn't that far, but it wasn close either.

He smiled at the thought, maybe it wasn't so bad, she didn't seem like the monster they described in the stories.

They were still sitting when they heard a horn blow.

“What the hell was that?” Richard asked confused, looking behind him at the direction the horn come from.

He felt he is hand being grabbed by a firm soft grip and turned to see Mani’s panicked face.

“Nur”

“Run” she stood and ran dragging Richard along.

“You have got to be kidding me, it's not over yet?” They ran deeper into the forest.