Title : There's Something In That Smile

Main Paring ; Kouha x Alibaba, ect


Chapter 3


That afternoon after Kouha was finished with his duties he went to find the young blond. He wasn't in his room where Kouha had left the young boy.

"Where did he go?" Kouha walked out the room and started walking back down the hall way. He asked some of the servants if they had seen the blond. But they didn't know since they were busy with their own duties.

"You're looking for the brat." Judal appeared surprising Kouha.

"You scared me. Do you know where he is?" Kouha asked.

"Yea. He's out in the field of flowers dreaming away."

Kouha headed to the field of flowers and there he saw the small blond lying on the ground. He had the most peaceful look on his face. Kouha couldn't help but smile.

"He could catch a cold if he sleeps here too long." With that said Kouha gently picked the blond up into his arms. He could feel the boy mumble in his sleep.

"God he's cute."

Alibaba's slowly opened his eyes and when he did he was met with Kouha's warmth and he realize he was in the prince's arms.

"Kouha." Alibaba was a bit surprised.

"You're awake. I was going to take you back to my room since you were sleeping." He said.

"I felt very relaxing in these field of flowers." Alibaba smiled.

"Even so you shouldn't sleep there. You might catch a cold or something."

"I can walk on my own you know."

"You can but you might end up who knows where." Kouha had a point since the blond couldn't see anything, he let Kouha carry him in his arms.

"You finished your work early." Alibaba said.

"Yes. Since I wanted to spend time with you."

"With me?" Alibaba pointed at himself.

"Yes. Since meeting you I enjoy my life a little more. I am glad to have met you." Kouha smiled. "Do you want to go to the festival that we are having tonight." Kouha wasn't really interested in going but if it was with the boy he didn't mind it at all.

So that night Kouha and walking around with Alibaba. Kouha made sure to hold onto Alibaba's hand so he wouldn't lose sight of the blond. Alibaba had a smile on his face, he could hear the crowd of people, and it looked like everybody were enjoying themselves.

There were dancing performed but Kouha wonder what the blond was thinking. He couldn't see anything it made the pink-haired prince a bit sad. He wished he could do something about it. The boy looked happy but why was he making that face for.

"Do you want to do something else?" Kouha asked.

"Why?"

"You can't enjoy any of this if you can't even see a thing." Kouha said. Alibaba squeezed Kouha's hand and turned to look at the man but he knew he couldn't see.

"I know I can't see you or anybody or anything. But I enjoy spending time with you and hearing the sounds of life."

Kouha didn't know what to say. He picked the boy up in his arms. Kouha brought the boy to their place. The Sakura blossom looked beautiful just like that day he met this small boy. He wished that the blond could see him and everything.

Jafar and Sharrkan had been walking around town. They were enjoying their time at the festival. It was strange since they didn't think that the Kou Empire had festivals like this.

"They have these but none of them come." Sharrkan said.

"That's not true." An old lady said. "Prince Kouha was here with that young boy again."

"Prince Kouha was?" Both looked at each other in surprised. They heard of it before that the prince had brought a young boy to stay with him.

"They headed to the Sakura blossom." The old lady pointed.

Jafar was curious about this boy that Kouha seemed so fond of.

"Let's go." Jafar said. Sharrkan followed Jafar and they headed to the hill where the Sakura blossom was at.

When they go there they saw a small child with blond hair and Prince Kouha. The prince was smiling in a way that they have never seen before. Jafar and Sharrkan has met the prince before with Prince Kouen but he always had that evil laugh on him like he didn't care about anything else.

"This is surprising." Jafar said. Jafar took a closer look at the blond child with Kouha. He felt like he had seen the boy before but couldn't recall. He had a familiar face, hair.

The festival ended and Alibaba and Kouha came back home. Kouha went to take a shower while the blond waited for him. He laid on the bed.

"I feel really happy." Alibaba said. He was enjoying his life but his thoughts were still stuck in the past. His past that he couldn't forget, his family and friends he couldn't forget. He wanted to forget it all but he couldn't.

"Do you want to take a shower too?" Kouha asked when he stepped out the washroom.

"I'm sleepy so maybe I'll take one tomorrow." He smiled. Kouha laid beside the young boy. He watched as the blond closed his eyes and drifted to sleep in no time. Kouha also closed his eyes and went to sleep as well.


The next morning Alibaba was in the washroom he had just taken a bath. He then looked at himself in the mirror and then glance at his right side of his arm. There was a flower shape tattoo. He was born with it ever since he remember it. Because of it he was cursed, he couldn't see but he could feel it there when he touched his right arm.

After changing into some clean clothes Alibaba walked out the room. The blond could feel Kouha's presence in the room.

"Hakuei made some breakfast for us." Kouha said. Kouha went to the side table and took the tray of food and placed it on the bed. The two started to have their food while chatting like normal.

Now that Alibaba thought about it Kouha didn't know much about him. Then again he didn't know much about the prince either. They were still strangers, maybe it was better that way since he didn't want anybody to know about his past.

"Alibaba-chan, I notice something about you for some time now."

"What?"

"You always wear long-sleeved shirt. Why is that?" Those words caught Alibaba off guard. He didn't think anybody would notice such a thing.

"I just like wearing long shirts." He said. Kouha felt like the blond was hiding something but he didn't want to push the boy since he also had things he hid that he couldn't tell the boy.

After finishing breakfast Kouha had to leave. He didn't want to but duties had to be done. Some duties he didn't want to do, his brothers and sisters don't care if he doesn't do a lot but he still has to do some work.

"Don't wander off too far." Kouha said after leaving the room.

Alibaba didn't want to stay in the room the whole day so he picked the cane on the bedside table. With that he could walk easily. He walked down the hallway. He listened to the steps that the people inside made.

The blond recalled that he wasn't always like this. There was a time that he could see and be like any normal boy. He had friends that he got along well, that was until this cursed hit and his so called friends were worried more about him then anything and didn't want him to get hurt.

"Alibaba." Hakuei's voice broke Alibaba's train of thoughts. "Are you taking a walk?"

"Yes." Alibaba replied.

"How was breakfast?" She asked.

"It was very good." Alibaba smiled. The princess always spoke up to Alibaba whenever she saw him walking down the hall or anywhere. She was kind and take care of him like she was his own sister.

Alibaba had heard rumors that Kou Empire wasn't so good. He heard it from back home. His father and brothers warned him never to get close to them, but here he is living in the Kou Empire. If his family saw him now he wonder what they would think.

"Aren't you busy?" Alibaba asked. "I hear that all princes and princesses have duties to do."

"That's true but I finished mine." She said.

"You sound like you're in a rush. You don't have to stay and talk to me."

"Do I sound like that?"

"Yes you do."

"I just heard my younger brother is back and was going to see him."

"Younger brother?" Alibaba was a bit confused, didn't he meet everybody already in this house. She spoke different than usual. Hakuei noticing this explained to the blond everything. She told him that Kouen and the rest aren't her real brothers and sisters and that she has one real brother that is living.

"My brother's name is Ren Hakuryuu and I care about him deeply."

"I cannot see but I can feel that you do care." Alibaba's thoughts went to his own brothers. They aren't his real brothers but they always cared about him.

"Do you have any siblings?" She asked.

"I do. Too many to count." Alibaba laughed. Hakuei was confused but laughed alongside the blond.


Alibaba went to the field of flowers like he usual did.

"Don't fall asleep again?" Judal appeared.

"Judal!" Alibaba didn't even hear the magi walk in. His ears are good so he could hear anything but maybe magi's are a bit different. They are more powerful than anybody, is what he heard.

"That's right I fell asleep last time I was here."

"You really do like coming here. Don't you." Judal said.

"It's relaxing. Why are you here anyway?"

"I came to watch you. And also I find myself interest in you."

"Huh?"

"What does he mean by that?"

"Carry on what you're doing and pretend like I'm not here." Even though Judal said that it was really hard when the magi was up in the tree watching his every move.

This magi was different from the one back home. Did Kouha asked this magi to look after him or something. He couldn't see but he could feel the stare from the back.

"I told you to pretend like I'm not here!" Judal yelled.

"Like Hell that impossible!" Alibaba yelled back. A laughed came out of Judal's mouth. The magi thought that the blond was quiet but he also had another side to him.

"What's so funny?" He yelled.

"You!" Judal couldn't stop laughing at the young boy. He was laughing so hard that he fell from the tree but he landed on the ground like he never fell.

"Things are going to interesting around here."

Judal stopped laughing when he felt a familiar presence arrived. He looked and saw that Ren Hakuryuu had returned, he still had that look on his face, the same look of wanting revenge.

"Who's this?" Hakuryuu wonder looking down at the boy.

"That's Alibaba. Kouha has decided keep him by his side." Judal said walking toward them.

"Are you Ren Hakuryuu? Hakuei's real brother." Alibaba asked.

"You know about me."

"Yes. Hakuei told me about you." Hakuryuu bend down to reach the boy's level. He was cute little kid. He wonder how Kouha found such a boy.

"What's your name?' Hakuryuu asked.

"I'm Alibaba." He smiled. Hakuryuu like everybody else that looked into the blond's eyes realize that the boy was blind.

"Where is Hakuei?" Hakuryuu asked. Do you know where she is?"

"I saw her in the castle. She was rushing to see you."

"Is that so?"

Something about Hakuryuu made the blond curious. He didn't have that kind aura like his sister but he was nice to him when he spoke. But there was just something about the man.

"I'll see you around." Hakuryuu said as he walked away.

Three hours had passed by and Kouha had come looking for Alibaba.

"Here you are again." Kouha said. He seemed to know Alibaba very well to know where he goes. His favorite place is the field of flowers.