Title : There's Something In That Smile

Main Paring ; Kouha x Alibaba, ect


Thanks toDMax, Hisoka866 and ladyketpand for the reviews.


Chapter 5


Alibaba was in town. He was running some errands for Hakuei. These days the blond has been doing all kind of things while Kouha was busy with his duties, even though Hakuei told Alibaba that he didn't need to and that she could have asked somebody else but Alibaba insisted that he could do it. It wasn't a hard errand.

"I have to get some apples and oranges next." He said. The blond couldn't see but he could feel how everything felt like so he wouldn't make any mistakes.

"Back in town again." A Merchant said. The people in town knew Alibaba by now since he came a lot with Kouha and sometimes he came alone as well to do some errands.

"Yes." Alibaba smiled.

Everybody thought the boy was adorable and smart for his own age. Of course they also felt pity for the blond since he couldn't see anything but that didn't let the blond bother him. He continue to live like any other day without thinking about such thoughts.

"Is the prince coming to pick you up?"

"That was only one time since he happen to be in town." The last Alibaba ran an errand he happen to run into Kouha who had a meeting in the town hall. In the end the two went home together.

"It's always nice to see you two together."

Alibaba was done shopping and started walking back home.

"I wonder if Kouha is done with his duties." He thought as he ran with a cheerful expression on his face. Just when he entered the palace he felt a strong presence.

"Don't tell me." Alibaba felt this feeling before from a powerful man, not to mention a king. The blond shook his thoughts away hoping it wasn't what he felt and nothing more.

"You're back." Hakuei greeted Alibaba when he arrived. The blond handed the things that Hakuei had asked for.

"Thank you." She smiled. Hakuei noticed that Alibaba was waiting for something. "Kouha is done with his duties and is now in his room."

"Thanks." Alibaba rushed toward Kouha's room and there the prince was, it looked like he was fixing his hair up.

"Alibaba, where did you go today?" Kouha asked when he noticed the blond.

"I ran some errands for Hakuei."

"Again." Kouha sighed. The prince had told the blond many times not to do those but the boy doesn't seem to listen to him or anybody else as usual. Kouha opened his arms wide out and Alibaba knew what this meant. The blond walked toward Kouha and then the prince pulled the boy into his arms, it felt nice and warm as usual.

"You're so cute." Kouha mumbled. "I could stay like to forever."

"If you do that then I won't be able to breath." Those words made the prince chuckle a laugh.

The next days were normal as usual until that night everybody heard of an accident. A young woman had gotten injured with scars over her body and she couldn't remember anything. When they saw the woman it almost looked like she would die. But that wasn't far from the truth since after a few days the woman had died.

People in town kept thinking about it. The townspeople would even close their shop early for they were scared that the same thing would happen to them. And just as they predicted another attacked happened this time was a young man. The young man had same scars as the young woman and he also died in a couple of days.

There was a meeting and Kouha was a part of it. Alibaba wanted to know what was going on but he wasn't allowed to attend. So the blond had stay put or try to find things out on his own.

"Another accident happened again." Kouen said. Everybody were probably used it by now since they weren't even shocked about it anymore.

"I find it strange that all the victims are young males and females." Koumei announced. He had done some researched and found that whoever attacked were only after young males and females.

"Why are they doing this?" Hakuei didn't want to see any more people die anymore.

"They were so young." Kougyoku said. They were probably younger than all of them.

"Where's Hakuryuu and Judal?" Kouen asked when he looked around the room and not find them.

"Hakuryuu had some business to attend to so he left and Judal followed right after him."

"Did he have to leave in such an important time?" Kouha sighed.


Alibaba had gone out to town. He couldn't let Kouha know since he was busy so he left a message for one of the guards even though they said he shouldn't leave but Alibaba found the accidents a little bit strange and the blond was just curious and wanted to know.

When he entered the town and people looked lifeless. Of course they would since they were scared that they would be the next victims.

"Young boy, you shouldn't be here." The Merchant spoke. Alibaba knew that very well but he couldn't turn back.

As Alibaba was walking he saw the church and a lot of people were gathering.

"What's going on here?" He asked to nobody.

"We are gathered here so no harm will come to our family. We know that the kingdom is trying to protect us but we can't help but be scared."

Alibaba entered the church, it was a small church but many could fit in. Alibaba sat down and watched the people pray for their family, some even pray for other than protection.

"May I sit next to you?" Alibaba turned around and saw a very beautiful woman with long auburn hair and Oriental blue eyes, they were beautiful when the blond looked at her. When he stared at her, he felt like he had seen her before but that was impossible.

"Sure." Alibaba said. The woman sat down beside the blond. "Aren't you going to go back there too?" Alibaba pointed to everybody that went up to the priest.

"I came here to do that but my sins are far too great that I'm sure I won't be forgiven."

"She came here for forgiveness." It was hard to thing such a beautiful woman could do anything bad but then again Alibaba did sense something off about the woman. The woman also seemed a bit sad when she spoke.

"Here." Alibaba handed the woman a cross necklace that he gotten when he entered the church. "May this guide you?"

"This boy?" The woman couldn't help but stare into those golden eyes of the young boy. "Thank you."

In the end the woman never did go up to talk to the priest. Alibaba must have spent the whole day sitting there watching and people come and go.

"What am I doing?" Maybe the blond felt relax being here since it was something he did back home as well, a place where nobody knew where to find him.


When Alibaba went back to the palace a worried looking Kouha came running toward him. He bent down to the blond's level and see if anything happened to him.

"I'm fine." Alibaba said.

"When I heard from the guards you left I was so worried." Kouha pulled the boy into a tight hug.

"I'm fine. I didn't go far." When Kouha let the boy free he noticed that the blond's right hand had some kind of symbol on it. "What's that?"

Alibaba looked at his right hand.

"This is the curse that I placed it. It had disappeared but looked like its reappearing again." Kouha gave the blond a worried look.

"It's nothing bad. Nothing for you to worry about." Alibaba smiled but Kouha couldn't help but be worried.

Alibaba stared at the marks on his right hand. He recalled the first time it appeared. The first time it really gave him such pain but right now he was fine.

"Something isn't right."

Kouha had gone to take a shower and Alibaba was in the room alone.

"I wonder how Aladdin I doing?" The blond felt bad for making Aladdin lie to his parents and everybody around. He shouldn't have left Aladdin with such a burden but he didn't want the boy to get in trouble.

"I hope that he didn't get found out."

Kouha came out after taking a shower. He was drying his hair with a towel.

"I just realize something." Kouha said. The prince threw his towel in the basket in his room.

"What?" Alibaba asked.

"Doesn't your kingdom hate mine?" Alibaba couldn't believe that Kouha was saying this right now.

"You just realize that now."

"Why do they hate each other?" Kouha asked.

"It's not really hate more like they don't see eye on eye on things so that's why we don't do anything together."

"Wouldn't it be good to if we did get along."

"I would like that but that's not possible."

"I think it is possible."

"What do you mean?" Alibaba was getting confused by Kouha's words.

"I mean if I marry you maybe things would be better." Alibaba stared at Kouha with a shock expression on his face.

"Did I hear you right?" You said you want to marry me."

"That's what I just said."

"Are you serious or joking with me?"

"I'm pretty sure I'm serious since I like you and all. You're not like many people. What do you think of me?"

"I do like you also but marry is a bit."

"I know I said I want to marry you but it doesn't need to be now. I just want to be with you." Kouha took Alibaba's hand in his and held it tight.

"You sure you want to be with somebody who is cursed."

"I don't care as long as I can be with you." This was the first time that Alibaba heard anybody say such things before.

"Thank you." Alibaba hugged Kouha, a tear fell down the blond's face. Kouha hugged the small prince back.


Alibaba was in the library, he was looking for book to read.

"You're here again." Koumei said. "Since you're here I'll show you some books even you can read." Koumei showed the boy to a section in the library that he had recently made. All the books were in certain symbols that blind people could read including the blond.

"Kouha said that he wanted to make a section for you so I helped him." Koumei scratched his head like it was a pain.

"Thank you." Alibaba smiled. The boy took a book and traced it with his fingers.

"Kouha, you're so weird to even care for somebody like me."

"Anyway I'm going back to my work." Koumei walked away from the blond and sat at the center of the library and continue to do what he was supposed to, his duties. "Also don't make any mess."

"Don't you mean you?" Alibaba sighed.

Alibaba must have read a lot that the time went by and he didn't even notice when Koumei had left the library. The boy was so into his books that he didn't care about his surroundings.

"I should head back after I clean up." Alibaba put all the books back and headed toward the door but just as he headed there the door opened and a young man appeared. A man with dark hair and navy eyes and he also had a birthmark underneath his right eye. At that moment Alibaba felt like he was really a seventeen year old when staring at the young man before him.

"Who are you?" Alibaba asked.

"It's nice to see you again." That was all he said before turning around and walking away. The blond rushed out the door but the young man wasn't there anymore.

"Who was he?"

"Alibaba!" Kouha's loud voice broke the blond from thinking about what had just happened.

"Kouha."

"You look like you've seen a ghost or something." Kouha joked.

"Ghost, huh."

"It's getting late so let's go back to our room."