"I'd rather not." He confessed. "It was exciting, but it was forced.  Maybe if I develop those kinds of feelings for you.  Right now you're just my friend and nothing more.  If I really loved you it would be different, I wouldn't feel bad about it afterward.  Honestly, I'm sort of glad that man interrupted, because if we continued I would have probably hated myself afterward." Jerrar never actually looked at Kiriei as he spoke, ashamed of letting himself go that far and embarrassed that Kiri had actually been sober for half of it.<br/><br/>He stood up and looked around. "I'm going to go into town and see if I can buy a melon or two. Since we're going into the desert, that would probably be the best way to transport water."