Akefia sighed and walked up to the merchant,thanks to Tou's display he couldn't dream of stealing it and not getting caught so he asked werily, "How much for the pendant?" The merchant looked Akefia over and smiled, "Well it is of great crafts man ship and-"
"Are you going to tell me how much it is?" The merchant flinched and nodded, "Five gold peices." "Five gold peices?" Akefia snarled, "That's a rip off!"
"Well if you don't want it you can leave." Akefia was about to do just that when he felt Tou tug at his cloak, "Pwease?" He sighed and layed out three gold peices and two silver, "I'll give you three gold and two silver" The merchant's eyes lit up with the promise of profit and smirked, "Three goldand four silver." Akefia stared at him like hae was insane, "Thats more than five gold!"
"Take it or leave it." The merchant smirked. "Fine!"He said laying out two more silver and grabing the necklace, "But I will get you back for this." He smirked and walked away from the stand leaving a confused merchant in his wake. "Here."He handed the necklace to Tou, "Next time don't bounce around and yell about what you want."
"Okay kefa!" He giggled and put the necklace on. "My momma gave me a necklace like this once, she said so long as I wore it Horus would protect me." Akefia smiled and picked him up, "That's right, his eye is the symbol of protection. And you have me to protect you." Tou giggled and hugged his neck, "YEs, you always protect me Kefa." Akefia smiled and carried him out of the city, "That's right, and I always will." Tou smiled, "And I'll protect you!"
"That's right, we'll protect each other." Akefia smiled as he walked away holding Tou on his shoulders off into the dessert.
The duo had been walking together for awhile and were gettinghot when Tou squeed happily, "Kefa! Kefa! There's a oasis!"Tou giggled happily pointing to the pool of water. "So there is, want to go for a swim?" Akefia smiled and changed directions to the pool.
Akefia walked into the oasis and set Tou on the ground and began to strip. (Shut up you pervs he doesn't want his clothes wet.) Tou giggled and threw off his clothes and jumped into the water, "Hurry up Kefa!" He laughed happily as he swam through the water. Akefai watched him ad smiled, "Alright I'm coming in!" He smirked and dove head first into the water. He swam under Tou and scooped him up. Tou laughed and hugged Akefia, "How'd you do that?' Akefia smiled and started to float around on his back, "Practice." the two swam in the water, splashing and racing eachother around the pool until the sun began to set, "Come on Tou we need to set up camp for the night." He smiled and got out of the water.
Tou sat beside Akefia staring at the stars after there long day in the market and swiming in the oasis, " Kefa?"
"Hm?" The older asked looking over at him.
"Why are all those shiny dots up there?"
"Well... They tell stories. Like right there." Akefia said pointing to a constalation, "That ones a lion fighting with a man."
Tou smiled and giggled at the stars, "Whats a lion?"
Akefia smiled and sat up, "Well a lion is a big cat about tis big." Akefia smiled and spread his arms apart, "And when it stands on its back legs it's as tall as I a." He smiled as Tou sat in his lap and looked up at him, "Can you show me one someday?" He asked. "Sure, but not today." Tou smiled and hugged Akefia and yawned, "Will you be my daddy Kefa?" Akefia's eyes widened and he looked down at Tou, "I... Sure, I'd love to be your daddy." He smiled and held Tou as they slowly fell asleep under the night sky.