A/n) So yeah I decided to continue! This may be a thing. I made a full story line, and everything. I am still unsure. Please enjoy I think my writers block is starting to subside. Here's to hoping.

Haru followed Alibaba as he checked on the citizens of Balbadd. Alibaba introduced Haru to everyone he met, but he could not remember a single name. This town in the desert had water, and that was all Haru cared about. He also didn't want to remember names. The only name that mattered, was Alibaba.

As they were walking along, Alibaba looked over at his stoic partner "Would you like to go to an oasis, and some sand out of your clothes?" He asked.

Haru's blue eyes lit up "Water?" He asked.

Alibaba laughed. Haru really had an affinity for water. Alibaba assumed after going for so long, during the drought, without water, Haru may appreciate water more than anyone else. "Yeah, come on."

Haru eagerly followed Alibaba through the town. They came to the outskirts, and kept walking. Haru saw the oasis, and began stripping as he ran towards it.

Alibaba's eyes widened. He had never seen anyone strip their clothes off at that speed, ever. He grabbed all of Haru's clothes as he walked after him. Haru was happily splashing in the water, and lying on his back. Alibaba shook out Haru's clothes, removing the sand as best he could. He put his feet in the water, and tried not to stare at Haru. Water was running down Haru's abdominal muscles, and across his sculpted chest. Alibaba groaned inwardly. He had just met this blue eyed boy, and yet couldn't take his eyes off him. He couldn't get attached, he already could tell Haru was going to leave once his strength returned. This was not the time to be feeling anything for anyone, but he was only human. There was no harm in looking, right? So he did. Haru really was a glimpse of the male form at it's best. His desert gear hardly hid his gorgeous body, but now, only clad in shorts, Haru looked even more delectable. Alibaba was snapped out of his musings when he heard Haru speak

"Get in." Haru said flatly.

"What?" Alibaba asked.

"In the water."

"Oh, no thanks. I'm fine, really."

Haru wasn't having that. Everyone had to enjoy water. It was such a sparse commodity. He grabbed Alibaba by the leg, and began to pull him towards the water.

"Alright Haru, calm down! I'm getting in! Let me strip first."

Haru smirked in victory, as Alibaba began to strip his clothes off. He laid them in a neat pile next to Haru's, and laid his sword on top of them. Haru hummed appreciatively. Alibaba wasn't exactly sculpted, but he had a firm, toned body. He had on some shorts, and got in the water.

"You need to pay for making me do this!" Alibaba told Haru playfully.

Haru looked curiously at Alibaba, and then was crushed under the blonde, and underwater. Alibaba pulled his head above the water, but was firmly planted in Haru's lap. Their eyes met, and the blonde gave a cheeky smile. "You are okay, right?"

Haru nodded dumbly "I love water, you took me by surprise, but I'm alright."

"Good!" He splashed the stoic boy in the face with a handful of water.

Haru shook his head, and wiped his face off.

"Don't you ever...I don't know, smile?" Alibaba asked.

"Not really." Haru answered.

Alibaba suddenly realized their closeness. He quickly hopped off of Haru.

Haru frowned at the loss. He grabbed Alibaba around the waist, and put him back.

Golden eyes went wide.

"What...what are you doing?" Alibaba asked.

"You're warm."

"Oh..."

They sat silently together for a bit. Haru leaving be damned! Alibaba couldn't take this. He leaned in to Haru. Closer...closer...until finally, their lips connected in a chaste, quick kiss.

Haru looked stunned when Alibaba pulled away.

"I...I..." Alibaba sputtered.

"Wasn't done." Haru said, connecting their lips again. He reached up, trailing his fingertips down Alibaba's spine, earning a groan in his mouth. This was the way. A way to repay the kindness that he had been shown. But as quickly as the kiss became heated, it ended. Alibaba shimmied out of Haru's lap to avoid brushing anything sensitive together. The kiss had aroused him, and it was nice, but they barely knew one another.

"I want to pay you back. Please, let me give you my body." Haru told the blonde.

Alibaba shook his head "I hardly know you. You are very attractive, but I don't want you to pay me back with your body. I want to Haru, Gods do I want you, but I want a better reason than to pay me back." Alibaba then sighed and ran his fingers through his hair "I want sex to be meaningful and passionate, not spontaneous and obligatory."

Haru took a moment to process this. So he wasn't outright turned down, but treated right like a person.

"I'm sorry...I was a slave for so long, and I assumed." Haru answered quietly.

Haru was an escaped slave. From the time he was old enough to walk, he had been put under the orders of the young lord Rin. Rin loved water and swimming, and passed that love on to Haru. The two of them had grown up together, but then Rin had changed. He has become cruel and mean. A once easy smile, had become pointed and shark like. And the two of them falling in love had collapsed into something horrible, and left Haru feeling used and unfulfilled.

"I saved you Haru. I treat you so good. You owe me." Rin would tell him. And Haru believed it, every word. Rin and his parents were fanalis. Then fanalis started getting captured, and turned into slaves. During a raid in there house, Haru managed to escape. Not without injury. His psyche was damaged, and now he felt indebted when others helped him.

That's why he owed Alibaba. And now, Alibaba understood why Haru was so easy going when he kissed him, and responded so quickly. It was driven into his subconscious. Alibaba had never really enjoyed seeing people enslaved. His friend, Morg, had been a slave, and maybe she could help Haru with his submissive nature.

"This isn't an order, but let's get dressed. I have a friend I want you to meet." Alibaba told him.

Haru stood quickly, and went to retrieve his clothes. "Thank you for picking them up. I got a little over zealous."

"No problem. That's what friends do."

"Friends?" Haru repeated the word over and over, trying it out.

"Yes, friends Haru." Alibaba said, putting his clothes on as well.

"I like the sound of that."

They both got dressed, and started to walk back into the town. Haru walked behind Alibaba. The blonde grabbed his hand, and pulled him right next to him.

"I am a friend, and your equal. You walk next to me, got it? That's not an order, just a suggestion."

Haru nodded, and tried to fight down the uncomfortable feeling. Alibaba sighed, this was going to be much harder than he expected.

Not even realizing he was dragging Haru into a damaging situation.