Saras stared at him with some puzzlement, feeling nothing, but concerned that his friend was in some discomfort. He looked at him with concern, studying his face and noticing how his pupils had dilated and there seemed to be a sheen on his skin… Saras became a bit worried when there looked to be a haze in his eyes, as though Jeremy was looking at him intently, but seemed to be very very far away. Almost asleep, but still aware and moving and speaking. It was strange, and the Genie frowned, realizing just how close Jeremy was to him. Was there something in the air in the room that was making him lean towards him like that?

"Sorry. I don't know what came over me." Jeremy said suddenly, breaking away and waking up. Or so the genie understood it.

Saras wanted to protest, when Jeremy ran out of the room and back into the tunnel. While the pretty genie didn’t make a habit of kissing people, but he wasn’t ignorant of that. He had lived in the human world for long enough to comprehend at least a little bit of what it meant, and much of Jeremy’s explanation had helped clarify the things that used to confuse him. He did have to admit however, that he had never kissed anyone except his Master before… and never had he thought about it being interpreted in the icky sexual way…

After Jeremy had bolted, Saras stared after him, his head cocked to an angle, debating on whether or not he should go after him. It probably wasn’t safe to wander about and he didn’t want anything to happen to Jeremy, but he thought that he might want some privacy. But…sometimes people liked to be alone. Other times they wanted to see if people cared enough to follow…. Unable to decide, Saras decided, instead, to compromise. He counted slowly to thirty in his head, pretending to be interested in the details of the chapel, before he joined Jeremy back in the tunnel, making ample noise so he didn’t surprise the youth.

The genie sat down next to the boy and rested his head on his shoulder finally and sat there quietly for a moment before speaking. “Are you ok?” he asked, although he felt that it was a bit rude to be asking such a question. Jeremy had dashed out of the room…he couldn’t be all that ok… but Saras felt that there needed to be some words, even if they wouldn’t help. Maybe his closeness would help. It always made him feel better to have people close and within touching distance, so Saras assumed that the logic behind that was sound and wrapped his arms through Jeremy’s holding himself close.

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