Title : There's Something In That Smile

Main Paring ; Kouha x Alibaba, ect


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Guest - Glad to hear that. I'm keep trying my best.

someone - I had been thinking of doing Kouha x Alibaba. I don't know why but kind of like the pairing even it is a bit random. More and more mystery to be solved and much more things to happen. I have everything planned out.

Thanks for the reviews and reading my story.


Summary


Kouha's life changed when a met a certain boy but he has so many mystery to him and Kouha wants to know. Both Kouha and Alibaba seemed to be hiding something that deals with something from the past, and why does Alibaba act so mature for his age when he's only a child.


Chapter 6


Once again Alibaba had left the palace without Kouha knowing. He didn't like being coped up inside whenever the prince was busy but he did let somebody know like last time. Kouha wasn't happy that Alibaba went out mostly late at night but right now wasn't so bad since it was still light out.

The blond had been in the Kou Empire for some time now. He hasn't gone anywhere beside stay here since meeting Kouha. Alibaba thought he should leave but ended up staying because of Kouha and his words.

"At least here I'm not being dotted on because I'm blind." He mumbled. The blond always smiled and acted like he was fine but deep down he wasn't. Of course he couldn't show that side to the others and especially to Kouha. He always put a smile on his face not to worry others, he was upset he couldn't see anything or anybody like most people. The prince of Balbadd had also been keeping secrets and not telling Kouha everything about him.

Alibaba's feet led the boy to the place that he first met Kouha, of course he couldn't see but could dream of it. The cherry blossom falling down nicely in such a season.

"Aren't you that boy from before?" A voice interrupted the blond's thoughts. Alibaba recognized the voice, it was the same from the church. Alibaba couldn't see this person's face or anything but in his mind he had already pictured how this beautiful woman looked like, even her eyes.

"You're from the church." Alibaba said.

"I'm glad you remember me." She smiled. The woman walked closer to where Alibaba was standing, he felt it again that feeling he felt when this person was near. "I'm glad to meet you again." There was some else underneath that kind and gentle voice.

"My prince I'm glad I found you."

Just then Alibaba heard footsteps heading their way. When those footsteps stop it stopped where Alibaba and the woman were.

The two guys looked at Alibaba in shock.

"Hey Brat!" Alibaba turned around to the source of the voice and saw Judal floating on a carpet from afar and coming straight toward him. When Alibaba turned around he saw the people were nowhere to be found.

"What are you spacing out for?" Judal jumped from the carpet and landed on the ground with his two feet without trouble. "His Highness is going throw a fit that you snuck out again."

"I couldn't help it."

"Anyway let's head back." Judal grabbed the boy and carried him on his back.

"What are you doing?! Let me down!

"I would but you have a tendency to run away."

"I'm not a child."

"I know but you sure act like one, right now." Sometimes the things that the magi says annoys Alibaba a lot but of course he can't voice of his thought about him, since if he did Judal would probably drop him and he wouldn't even care.

"Why are you staring at me like that?"

"N-No reason."

When they arrived at the palace Kouha came running toward the two and hugged Alibaba.

"Can't you not do that every time that you see the shrimp."

"I can't help it since Alibaba is so adorable."

"He's treating me the same even after I told him everything."

"Alibaba, next time that you go out let me least know. I don't like hearing it from others."

"Huh. Oh okay."

The blond noticed when they entered the palace it was a lot noisier and there the servants have running around back and forth in a hurry. His hearing was perfect so he wasn't wrong about that.

"What's going on?" Alibaba asked.

"My father is having a meeting with King Sinbad."

"Sinbad. I heard of that name from father before." That time Alibaba didn't really care about the things his father said since he was never around much, he left his mother and him to go travel the world and when he came back was when he told him stories and he was sure one of them was about Sinbad who he had helped became King.

"I've never met the person but father shown me a picture of the boy who became king." The boy was probably an adult now since it was a long time ago that his father shown him his picture. One thing Alibaba didn't understand was how his mother was always okay with his father leaving them, because of that he was never that close to his father the king of Balbadd.

"Are you curious about Sinbad?" Kouha asked.

"Not really."

"I thought you were since you were deep in thought. Then again that side of you is pretty cute too." Alibaba doesn't understand how Kouha can say things like that with a straight face. Calling a boy cute, well he can understand that he's in child body but still calling a boy cute is wrong. But when Kouha calls him he doesn't mind so much.

"Where did you go to today?" Kouha asked.

"I went to the cherry blossom tree."

"Oh there. Let's go together next time." Kouha loved that place since it was the place he first met Alibaba.

"I also heard that King Solomon will be coming here."

"W-What?" Alibaba had a bad feeling if he saw that man. Aladdin's father and his uncle.

"Is something the matter?"

"Very much." Alibaba said. King Solomon is my uncle and right now I don't really want to see him." Alibaba could already picture what the man would do to him. That man would lecture him nonstop since he seems to love doing that since back in Balbadd he used to break a lot of rules and since his father would never be around it was King Solomon's duty to do so even though he didn't need to.

"I have an idea." Kouha face lit with a smile.

"Idea?"

"Since I'm off from my duties starting tomorrow let's leave the Kou Empire for some time."

"Are you sure you want to do something like that?"

"Judal. You're coming along as well."

"What!" Judal wasn't expecting like this to happen. "Why should I tag along?"

"Because if we go with you then father won't think it would be any problem." Judal wanted to refuse but he couldn't since Kouha is a prince.

"I'll get him back for this."

"Where would we go?" Alibaba asked."

"Magnostadt." Alibaba heard of the place. A country for magician. He knew it well since Aladdin used to be a student there.

"Are we allowed to go there?" Alibaba heard that people that are not magician can't enter.

"Of course we are. You probably haven't heard but things are different now. Even people that aren't magicians live there among them."

"I didn't know that." The last time he heard about Magnostadt was when Aladdin spoke about it. He always wanted to go there since his best friend used to always talk about with excitement. Now he was getting his chance.

"I guess it could be fun." Judal laugh.

"When you laugh I can't help but have a bad feeling."

"What did you say Shrimp?"

"N-Nothing."


So the three traveled to Magnostadt. It took them three nights to get there since it was pretty far. Judal could get them there in a second but he didn't want to waste his magoi for just that. On their way there they were stopped by some bandits.

"Don't they ever learn?" Kouha was annoyed but he was also excited to have some fun with them. "Stay inside, then again it's not like you can see anything that would happen."

"What?"

"Just do as I say." Kouha said in a soft and gentle voice. He patted the blond and walked out the cart that they were in.

"What's going on?" He asked Judal. Judal knew if he told the shrimp about his crazy side that he would get angry so he snapped his fingers. Suddenly Alibaba couldn't hear a thing.

"I'm enjoying my time traveling with the one I love so I hope you could just die."

"What did you say?!" The bandits were angry by Kouha's remark but the prince didn't seem to care one bit. Kouha let out a yawn which pissed the bandits even more.

Alibaba was a bit worried about Kouha. He stuck his head out of the cart but of course he couldn't see anything and something was wrong with his hearing which made things worse.

Kouha was enjoying torturing the bandits and he didn't even care. One by one the bandits all disappeared because of Kouha. When Kouha turned around and saw Alibaba looking out he went back inside the cart.

"Didn't I tell you to stay inside?" Alibaba realize he could hear again, he didn't understand why he couldn't in the first place.

They finally arrived at their destination. The town was packed with people walking around and some doing their business. Alibaba could hear the excitement in the air with his hearing.

"Let's find a place to stay at." As they walked by an old lady shouted at the young boy. "I can see you have a great pain." Alibaba stopped when he heard the old say that.

"You can't see and is wandering around your highness."

"How did the old lady know I am a prince?"

"And you Prince Kouha seem to care deeply for this young prince. Did you know there is a lake that can cure his illness of growth for only a little bit?"

"What?" Kouha wasn't buying what the old lady was saying. It was creepy how she knew so much.

"If you go west of here to the forest there is a lake that glows with great light and if you drink that water you might be yourself again."

"Let's leave." Kouha grabbed Alibaba by the arm but the things that the old said made the blond curious he wanted to know about it.

They arrived at the hotel they were staying at.

"You're not thinking about what that old lady said are you?"

"B-But."

"You can be very naïve."

"His right." Judal said.

"Can just check the lake out."

"Why did I have a feeling that you were going say that?" Kouha sighed but he didn't refuse the prince of Balbadd and agree to go there. But not now since it was getting late but tomorrow.


That night Alibaba thought about everything. Ever since he came to the Kou Empire things have started to get weird around him. He been seeing things or someone and a killer on the loose and now about a lake that might be able to cure him if only for a little while. Even if he got his growth back he couldn't see himself since he is blind.

"Are you awake?" Kouha's voice broke Alibaba from his thoughts.

"Yes."

"You know you usual don't really show much emotions but tonight is different. I like it this way when you're true to yourself. I've always worried about you and that fake smile of yours."

"You noticed that I have been faking."

"Yes. You smiles are always fake when something is bothering you."

"Kouha."

"It's fine since I'm here for you. I know that you're unhappy that you can't see or do things normal people can do but it doesn't bother me since you're the only one I care for." Kouha grabbed Alibaba and hugged him. In the end tears rolled down Alibaba's face. He couldn't help it Kouha made him so happy.

"Thank you for being by my side." Alibaba mumbled as he drifted off to sleep in Kouha's arms.

"You're only to be the death of me." Kouha blushed a bit since the blond was so damn cute even when he cried.

"Can you not pretend like I'm not in the room?" Kouha turned and had completely forgotten that Judal also shared the same room with them.

"My bad." He laughed.

"These damn princes." Judal got up from his bed and left the room once both of the princes fell asleep. He stared at Alibaba before he disappeared onto the roof the room.

"Alibaba, huh." He mumbled.