Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 | Page 19

celebrate too early. It was deja vu, just the thought of it made me shiver. I have dedicated so much time of
my life for getting closure and even though we went here, to the place of his death I still feel like I didn’t. I
knew my brother deserved such a better life than he got, and the only difference now was that I realized I
didn't deserve this life either.
The boat suddenly shakes, everyone was rushing around trying to get off to another less damaged ship. Just
when things couldn’t get any worse a little drop of water appeared, growing bigger as the seconds pass by,
our ship began to sink. Since I am the captain, worried people kept coming to me running asking the same
thing and I answered repeatedly. “ There isn’t much to be done, the water is already everywhere, try and
find somewhere to escape and save yourselves!”
After everyone was gone and I was the only one left, I ran to the boat. I see the last boy about to climb on,
there is barely any space left for him. He struggles and I come to help. He is onto the ship. I run forward
and then freeze, even if I tried really hard the chances of there being space for me were really low, I saw it as
a sign. Suddenly I see the boy whom i just helped. He stares at me in shock then quietly asks, although was
probably scared for the answer “but what about you captain?” I smile, I had the perfect answer to give him.
I whisper back to him quietly, “a captain needs to put others before himself.” He gets further and further
away as the ship moves. So there I was all alone on the ship knowing the end was near but instead of feeling
bad I was looking forward. I have dedicated most of my life to get closure, I have wasted a lot of time trying
to understand the reason of things happening. So now, I knew that all I was ever hoping for and the best
closure I could ever get would be a reunion, a reunion with my brother.