Chapter Twenty-One: Alibaba's Plan for Tettia's Affection
A few days passed since the whole ordeal, with Kougyoku coming to Sindria just to accuse Sinbad of sexually assaulting her, was resolved and she left with her attendant. At first, Kougyoku suggested that she stay, to keep an eye on Hakuryuu, but Tettia avidly protested against that and went so far as to threaten the life of the brat once again. Tettia said that she would not hesitate to kill the princess and her lying attendant if they remained in her kingdom, and boy did that have them running with their tails between their legs. The half-Fanalis also said that if the Kou Empire came knocking on Sindria's door wanting a fight because of she had said to the princess, she would start a one-person war against the Empire and win hands down.
Alibaba was walking around thinking to himself how in the hell he was going to Tettia's attention away from Sinbad and back onto himself. That was when an idea hit him: I CHALLENGE TORA! he thought brilliantly to himself. As he wrung his hands together, he walked through the palace in search of the purplenette. "Let's see if Tet can still direct her attention more towards Sinbad than me after this," he said to himself.
Marina and Tora were laughing with each other. "Oh my god, can we just talk about Baba's face a few days ago? I can't get over it!" laughed the golden-haired woman.
Tora laughed so hard, and hysterically, that she fell over. "OH MY FUCKING GOD! YES! He was sooooooooo fucking pissy at King Moron! Especially when him and Tet kissed!"
"Hahaha! Yeah! You know he's gonna confess soon!" laughed Marina, helping her purple-haired pinkish-red eyed friend up. "Speaking of Tet, where is she?"
Getting up from the floor, Tora noticed a certain blond and smiled evilly. "Oh, Tet? I'm sure she's having some fun with King Moron! I walked by his chambers awhile ago and I heard some noises, like muffled noises of some sort," she said, raising her voice slightly so that Alibaba could hear her from down the hall.
That was also with the navy-haired Kou Empire prince walked by and heard what the purplenette had said. "Really? Because Ja'far just sent me word that Kin—" he began, but was cut off.
Tora had quickly bolted to the young prince and slapped her hands over his mouth. "Hey, shut up here, Haku! Play along," she whispered.
Hakuryuu looked at her, all sorts of confused. "What do you mean by that, Tora?" he asked quietly through her hand.
"Uhhhh, well, you see… Tettia isn't really married to King Sinbad. It is just an elaborate plan to get Alibaba to admit his obvious feelings for Tet. Just play along for fuck's sake," she sighed and whispered.
"Oh… I found King Sinbad and Queen Tettia to be a rather cute couple," he replied almost saddened by the revelation.
The purplenette sighed, "Yeah, but she has stronger feelings for Blondie McDumbass over there. She has more chemistry with him, too. So, please just play along, Haku."
Hakuryuu smiled as Tora removed her hand. "I will. I understand that once you like someone, you cannot really change your feelings," he replied.
"Yeah! You understand. Now, play along in: three, two… one…" she trailed off in a whisper then continued in her normal voice, "Yeah, sorry about that. I think Sarabi gave Ja'far the wrong information. King Moron is more than a bit preoccupied at the moment. Right, Mari?"
Marina laughed from a few doors down, where she and Tora were originally. "Yeah! Before Sin the Perv got busy, he told us to not bother him and Tet for a while," she laughed.
"Mhmm! So, how about you come with us Hakuryuu?" asked a smiling Tora.
Hakuryuu held up his hands, "No, thank you. I will just go back to my room."
"Okay!" she smiled.
From down the hall, an angry Alibaba walked towards Tora and Marina. "Hey! Tora!" he called.
Tora smiled. "Yes Babwa?" It was just then that Tettia walked around the corner closest to Tora and Marina, her hair looking like she had just gotten out of bed, or just got done doing something inappropriate with the aforementioned King. Oddly enough, the redhead was not wearing what would be perceive as appropriate; she had removed a few removable layers of her skin-tight skirt and showed off a lot more of her legs. "Perfect fucking timing, Tet," she muttered with a smile. Turning towards the crimson-haired Fanalis, the purplenette asked with a toothy grin, "Hey lover-girl! You and King Moron done screwing around now?"
Tettia ruffled her hair, looking sleepily at her purplenette best friend. "Wha?" she questioned sleepily. It took the freshly-woken up Tettia a few moments to grasp what Tora had meant. She gasped and added, "Oh! Sorry, I guess I'm kinda drained. We had a lot of fun."
Alibaba growled dangerously at the thought of Sinbad touching Tettia in an intimate way. The dangerousness of his aura was momentarily quelled when he took in Tettia's appearance, as he came to stand beside Tora. The way one of the straps keeping her top up fell off her shoulder, the way her skirt now had become shorter and clung to her figure, it all had him highly enticed. His mouth seemingly watered. Why must she be like that now of all times?! thought a mentally drooling Alibaba.
Smiling at his obvious reaction, Tora crossed her arms. "What do you want, Babwa?" she asked.
"I… umm… well…" he stumbled over his words, his golden eyes unable to look away from Tettia.
Smiling at Tora, Marina leaned on the shorter redhead's shoulder. "Hey, Tet, is it me or does Alibaba look like he's sick? I mean, look at his face, it's so red! He needs some care. Go take him back to his room and help him," she said with a grin.
"Well, I mean, he does look like he may have a fever," the half-Fanalis said. They payed little to no attention to the equally as blushing Hakuryuu, who was not used to a woman exposing herself in such a way as a method of sleeping. Yes, he knew that Tettia had just woken up instead of what Alibaba was thinking — though, had he not been clued in to the prank, the navy-haired prince would have thought what the blond was currently thinking.
Marina and Tora smiled at one another behind Tettia's head and they both pushed their redhead best friend towards the blond. "Well, go tend to your best friend, Tet! We'll be sure to let Sinbad know that you're taking care of Alibaba," they both said with a grin.
Tettia was pushed into Alibaba and the blond caught her. "Okay…?" she questioned. "C'mon Ali, back to your room," she said, grabbing his hand and walking away.
Once they were out of sight, Marina and Tora squealed in happiness. "OHHHHH! This is soooooo exciting! I think this calls for some candy!"
"YES!" exclaimed Tora. "Fuck me UP with some candy! Thanks for playing along, Haku! You can come to King Moron with us, if you want."
Hakuryuu nodded, his blush dying down. "I think I will," he said.
Alibaba was taken aback as Tettia dragged him to his room. "Well then, looks like I'm taking care of you all day," she hummed. "Not gonna lie, it'll be a change from being with Sinny all day, not that I mind much either way."
The blond blushed. "O-okay… I'm glad you're spending time with me. Instead of spending all your damn time with King Sinbad," he mumbled.
Looking over her shoulder, Tettia smiled, "You're so jealous of my husband. Let me tell you that Sinny has been taking wonderful care of Alibaba Park — oh wait, it's Sinbad Park now, isn't it?"
He growled lowly, "Just wait until we get to my room. I'll show you…"
"Hmm? What was that, handsome?" she asked, stopping in front of his door. The blond looked at Tettia up and down before groaning; opening the door, Alibaba pushed the older half-Fanalis into his room. As the door gently closed itself, Tettia found herself pinned to the nearby wall. "Ooooh… okay then. That's how it's gonna be? Ali, what are you doing?" she asked, furrowing her eyebrows together, feigning confusion.
"You know exactly what I am doing, Tet," he replied, caressing her cheek.
Tettia rolled her eyes, she sighed out loud; splaying her hand flat against his chest, she leaned in close to his ear. "Alibaba," she breathed out. His breath hitched as she giggled and continued, "Get on the bed."
The young prince was being pushed towards his bed, when the back of his knees hit the bed, he fell to the bed. Grabbing the Fanalis's wrist, Alibaba successfully had Tettia falling on top of him. "Well, we're on the bed. What now, Tet?" he asked with a smirk.
"You're a naughty little prince, Alibaba. If you haven't forgotten: I'm married to Sinbad."
The smirk on his face grew wider. "Oh, really? If you were always married to Sinbad, then why was I your first kiss?" he asked.
Tettia sat upright and looked down at him, since she was straddling him because of the tumble onto the bed. "You sneaky little bastard. You were my first kiss because, as I've said many times, I thought we were going to die! I love my husband deeply, but for God's sake, I wasn't gonna die without having my first kiss," she said, once again splaying her hand against his clothed chest.
Alibaba's hands itched to grab the young woman's sides, gently of course; he just wanted to touch her. In a more intimate than Sinbad could have ever. "Oh really. So you didn't care if I wasn't your husband," he hissed.
"Well, I mean. I won't lie and say I don't find you insanely attractive, Alibaba. Oh, if only I was yours… the things I could do to you," she said with a devious glimmer in her eyes.
Fuck it, going for it, thought the blond as he placed one of his hands on the small of Tettia's back. "Is that right?" he asked, propping himself up with his other arm.
Tettia looked down at Alibaba and bit her lower lip. "Oh God you'd better believe it, Ali," she said lowly, leaning closer to him. "Ya know, there is something I've wanted to do since Amon's Dungeon."
Alibaba leaned closer to her and smirked. "And what would that be?" he asked.
She cupped his face, looked him in the eye and said, "Alibaba, you know exactly what I mean."
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't," he replied.
Rolling her eyes, Tettia leaned in closer to his face. "Shut up and kiss me, Alibaba," she spoke, pulling him into a quite heated kiss. It had been a long time coming. Almost immediately, Alibaba kissed her back, tangling a hand in her hair, the hand on the small of her back pulled her closer. Tettia made a small noise into the kiss as she was pulled closer to the blond, her hands tangling themselves in Alibaba's soft golden locks.
This kiss was much more electrifying than the first kiss they had ever shared, it was also obviously highly anticipated. They were both really into the kiss; it lasted for minutes. The only reason the kiss had ended was because they both needed air. Being the first one to pull away from the kiss, Tettia took in a deep breath and just looked at Alibaba. "Well… that was…"
"…Intense?" finished the blond.
Smiling, Tettia kissed his forehead and said, "Yeah. Very intense. But, God, I needed that."
Alibaba wanted to say How do you think I feel? but he refrained from saying that. He did not know how to tell her his feelings, especially since she was married to the King who was letting him and Aladdin stay in his kingdom. But, soon, she shall know my feelings and I don't give a damn if she is married or not! She needs to know! he thought to himself, as he looked at Tettia above him.
"What did you go silent for? Stunned by my beauty or something?" asked a chuckling Tettia.
The blond smirked before pulling her into another, shorter kiss. "But of course I am," he said under his breath.
"What was that, Ali?" she asked, cocking her head to the side.
"Nothing, Tet," he mumbled.
Tettia rolled her crimson eyes. "Of course it was nothing, Ali. I know exactly what you said, and I see the way you look at me," she mumbled, pushing herself off of him.
He grasped at her and pulled her back, "You aren't going anywhere," he said simply.
"You expect me to stay in your bed with my skirt like this? Umm… nah, you ain't my husband, therefore you don't get any of what I put on the table for Sinbad," she said, trying to pull away from him.
Alibaba growled at her statement. He hated how right she was, though. Tettia was not his, yet, but he would make her his even if that meant stealing her from Sinbad. "I don't care. You aren't leaving my room for the rest of the day…" he mumbled.
"You expect me to stay in your bed all fucking day?" she asked with a gasp.
The former prince nodded, pulling her closer to him, laying down on his bed. "Yes."
Tettia wanted to protest. Wanted to push Alibaba away, for the sake of the prank, but she could not. The redhead wanted so badly to be in the same bed as the blond. Giving into her feelings, she cuddled up to him, burying her face into his clothed chest. "Fine… just for today and this stays between us… Sinny can't know, he'd get soooooooo jealous," she mumbled into his chest, wrapping her arms around him.
Alibaba blushed as she cuddled up to him. "O-of course! Why would I tell anyone?" he asked.
"Just hush~ cuddle me. Play with my hair," she mumbled.
Alibaba rolled his eyes and started to play with her hair. He pulled her impossibly closer to himself. Breathing in her scent, he was content with this. Sure, he wanted to do more things than just cuddle with Tettia, but she was neither his girlfriend nor wife. He did kiss her, but she initiated the kiss.
Through the door, Marina and Tora had listened in. They gasped when they heard Tettia say "Shut up and kiss me". "AliTia is totally happening soon," muttered Marina.
"Hell fucking yes," quietly exclaimed Tora.
Pulling away from the door, Marina smiled back at Hakuryuu. "Sorry for dragging you with us, we couldn't just let them do this without snooping," she said.
"Now, we should fucking go," muttered Tora, pulling the two away from Alibaba's room.
Hakuryuu was dragged away from the blond's door. "I still think that she looks cute with Sinbad," he muttered.
Tora and Marina waved off his statement. "I'm damn sure King Moron would be really fucking happy that you think that. Maybe the only fucking one who thinks that. All of us think Babwa and Tet are perfect for one another," said Tora.
"Yeah! Even the Eight Generals want AliTia to happen. Though they are happy that Sin the Perv is happy with Tet. They're gonna be upset when the prank ends," Marina said.
Hakuryuu nodded. "I can see that. They both seem so emotionally invested in this prank," he added.
Tora looked over her shoulder and nodded, saying, "Oh yeah! They definitely are. They've both developed feelings for one another; I'm sure that once that this prank is over that the love they've developed won't go away. Because, ya know, ya can't fucking get over loving someone. Once you open yourself up to loving someone, it's very hard to just switch it off because the prank or a prank is over."
"That was… very insightful, Tor," said Marina, impressed by the purplenette's words.
The navy-haired prince was also impressed by Tora's words. "That is very insightful. And I do understand that. Tettia and Sinbad will continue to love each other even after this ends," he said.
"Anyways, we should actually go see King Moron now. Ja'far sent for you, which meant that King Moron actually does want to see you," Tora spoke.
Marina pulled out some candy and handed it to Tora. "Here ya go, Tor."
"THANK YOU!" screamed Tora, taking the piece of candy. She unwrapped it and popped it into her mouth. "Oh~! That's fucking orgasmic!"
Marina smiled. "Isn't it though?!"
"GOD YES!" exclaimed Tora. Hakuryuu just silently laughed at the two candy-junkies as they walked towards Sinbad's location, which would be wherever Ja'far would be. "Oh fuck… I really should be helping Massy train Morgiana right now…" she said.
Marina laughed. "But hanging out with me and trying to get AliTia to happen is so much more entertaining, isn't it? Why would you want to miss out on that?!"
"Touché. You have a good fucking point. But, I don't want fucking Shark-boy to get any ideas," groaned the purplenette.
"Ooh!" gasped Marina.
Speak of the devil and he shall be heard. Sharrkan walked down the hallway, towards Tora, Marina and Hakuryuu. "Hey! Tora! Do you know where my two students are?! They are late for their lesson for today," the dark-skinned swordsman asked.
Tora smirked devilishly. "Oh yeah, they're in Babwa's room. I wouldn't bother them if I were you, though. This is a great development for them."
"Oh, are you serious?!" he asked with a gasp.
"You better believe it! They've already kissed again!" gushed Tora.
Sharrkan gushed as well. "Oh my god! It is so obvious that they have it bad for one another! The other day, Alibaba tried to fight me and win just to impress Tet!" he said.
"I have a feeling that he was gonna fight me before Tet walked out of her room, sleepy as fuck. I made it seem like her and King Moron fucked, I talked it up, but of course. And he got soooooo pissed. You shoulda seen it, Shark-boy."
"Are you serious?! Though, why wouldn't King Sinbad try and bed Tettia? She's a pretty amazing girl, if I may say so. She's funny, sassy, has a lewd sense of humor, isn't afraid to show off a little—"
"Shark-boy… do me a favor and shut the fuck up. We all don't need to know what you find attractive about Tet. The last thing we need is a third person to fall in love with her. Let's keep it to just Sinbad and Alibaba, okay?" questioned Tora, walking up to him and pinching his cheek.
Sharrkan whined as she pinched his cheek. "Ouch! Okay, fine. Let go of my cheek," he said.
Tora released his cheek and smiled. "Thank you. Now, follow us," she said, dragging him by his chains.