Gibari had never been a big fan of caves. He wasn't afraid of them or anything, he just didn't like not being able to see the clear blue skies and feel the wind against his skin.

Ladekahn didn't seem to mind. Nothing fazed him. It made Gibari a little jealous. Perfect king material. Perfect Kahn.

"Gib?" Ladekahn was a couple steps infront. "Are you coming or not?"

"Right, sorry."

"Watch your step." The king cautiuned. "The moisture in here makes it slippery."

Gibari nodded. The last thing he needed right now was to slip and look like a moron infront of his friend. "So, where does this tunnel come out at?"

"It should be close to the Lesser Celestial River." Ladekahn looked back over his shoulder as he spoke. "The idea was that nobody would bother with the Lesser Celestial River if an invation happened or expect a secret...wah!" Ladekahn's foot slipped out from under him and he went backwards.

Acting on instinct, Gibari lunged forward and caught his king. A single arm around the waist. Eyes locked.

An awkward silence seemed to fill the cave. Ladekahn's face grew more and more red the longer this went on.

"Um, Gib?" Kahn managed to stutter out.

Getting embarassed for reasons he couldn't explain, Gibari pulled his arm back and without the support of his arm, Ladekahn fell backwards onto his butt. Realizing his mistake, Gibari paniced a little. "Crud, Kahn, are you okay?" He offered his hand.

"Yeah." Ladekahn took the hand and let Gibari pull him to his feet. "Nice of you to drop me."

"S..sorry."

The awkward silence returned.

The young knight had never noticed how slender Kahn's waist was before. It was so tiny, like a girl's. If he had tightened his hold, could he have accidently crushed his best friend? His best friend with the most beautiful silver hair. Wait...what?!

Ladekahn stared intently at his boot toes. What the hell was wrong with him? So he slipped and Gib caught him. Why was he so embarassed by it? It wasn't the first time and it sure wouldn't be the last.

Gibari cleared his throat. "The, ah, glubber fish."

"Right." Ladekahn absentmindedly twisted the finger of his glove. "We should...go." Refusing to meet Gibari's gaze, he quickly walked by. He knew he should be more careful as not to slip again, but he just didn't care. They needed to get out of this cave!