She was late. Aladdin had been held up this morning because Sinbad had called to tell her that there was another possible model for the shoot he had proposed to her shortly before. She still wasn't really comfortable with the clothes that were going to be shown, but she was going to talk to Ugo about it later. For now, she needed to talk to Kouha. Alibaba had gotten extremely busy once again, Morgiana was training for an upcoming martial arts competition, and Hakuryuu was on a random vacation with his family outside of the country. She hadn't been able to talk to any of them, though she wasn't sure they would have been able to help her anyway.

She needed boy advice. Kouha was the expert in flirtation; he was even smoother than Sinbad. It was an impressive skill in its own right.

She arrived almost forty minutes late to the set meeting time. Kouha was going to kill her, if he was still here.

She sighed in relief when she saw him in their usual booth. He had his hair extensions in, he was wearing a rather chic outfit. He was rocking the girl disguise today. Aladdin had just pulled the hood of her sweatshirt up. She hadn't even bothered to put makeup on.

"Ali, you are late!"

"I know, I'm sorry. Sinbad called me and wouldn't let me get off the phone."

"I forgive you. So what's up?"

"I um. Well, it's about that boy."

"Oh him, you never did tell me his name."

"Judal."

"The singer? I heard he is a real asshole."

"He isn't though. Not that I've seen so far. Anyway I need your advice."
"My advice?"
"I want you to teach me about flirting."

"My poor, adorable, dense Aladdin. Of course I will help you."

The waitress came and took their orders.

"So, where should I start?"

"Um, how do I know if he likes me? Actually, he asked me to go to dinner with him last night, but I don't know if he meant it as a date or just as friends."

"What did he say?"

She told him.

"It sounds like he is testing you. Trying to see what you want. He is assessing whether you want to be more than friends and if you are material to be more than friends with."

"What should I do?"

"Aladdin, you should be yourself. You don't want to pretend to be someone you aren't just to get him to like you. If you do that you won't ever really be happy. Just talk to him like you would to me or any other one of your friends."

"You know, Kouha, that sounds very cliché."

"It is, but you being you, it's the best advice. You have a smile that brightens the room and your laugh draws people in. And I don't think that a novice like you could really work the seduction angle at this point."
"I thought you were supposed to be good at this?"

"I am good at this. You have natural charm some people would kill for. Use it. Smile and laugh. You could throw the occasional slight tilt of the head when asking him a question about himself."

"He did that to me once."

"Did you blush?"

"Maybe."

"He is a master. Use the same move in a similar situation and it will pull him in. But really Ali, you don't need to do anything extra. You should relax around him. If you already got along well without trying then you should keep doing what you are doing."

This conversation went back and forth for about an hour, continuing as they ate. When it finally came time for Aladdin to go to the filming location, she kissed Kouha on the cheek, thanking him again before hurrying off. Kouha texted her that if Judal was really nice she should kiss him on the cheek at the end of the date just like she had just done to him.

During her first break from filming she talked to Ugo about the modeling job. He told her she shouldn't do anything that made her uncomfortable.

She didn't want Sinbad to be any more upset with her though. After a moment of thought she grinned. She sent out a text then returned to filming.

Hello!

I have summer homework to do and I'm getting ready to go to my aunt's house for two weeks.

The next chapter is probably going to be pretty short.

Please review! And vote for the poll, I'm going to take it down soon.

Until Next Time!

-Kizuna