Always By Your Side: A Magi Fanfic

Little did I know

A/N: I know that this is no time to interrupt y'all, but I just wanted to say thanks for your continued support. I'm also very sorry... I just reached the part of my life when I couldn't write a word and just stare at the paper blankly. It was the worst.

Without further ado, dig on!

Chapter 4: Little did I know

Morgiana~

"Uh, uhm..." Morgiana rolled her eyes from different directions, as she slowly took a step back. She was startled at Alibaba's sudden appearance and more importantly, she couldn't ignore the glares thrown at her from all directions.

As she progressed from stepping back, the protection from the roof was gone and the rain showered her.

Alibaba quickly stretched out his arm, his umbrella shielding Mor from the rain. "I told you, this has a room for two!" He said as he joined Morgianna under the umbrella with a sly grin.

The red-haired girl stiffened her body and looked firmly at the ground.

Another unexpected happenned between them. First, they bumped into each other this morning. Then she met him again during lunch break and he even bought her lunch. And finally, they became friends. It was fast, and too much too process. Perhaps, this was her most tiring day, so far.

But she couldn't stop thinking; was destiny playing with the two of them?

If that was so, destiny should stop or she would squash it into pieces.

The rain showed no sign of stopping and Mor was extremely annoyed by its stubbornness. It was even getting stronger as the time went on. If the storm was a human, it was like a kid, with his tongue protruding from his mouth.

The two of them stood at that spot for about some minutes and Mor could feel that Alibaba was getting uncomfortable, just like her.

"We can now start to walk," Alibaba said, smiling a bit down on her.

Morgiana nodded once, without removing her fixed stare at the wet ground. They started to walk towards he main gate in silence -with the torrential rain tormenting her.

The gate was wide open. When they reached the final step from the school, Mor took a full stop, making Alibaba do the same.

"I can go from here."

It was a full silence after the last word, aside from the pattering rain around them. Well, at least that was how it looked like.

Morgiana finally raised her head and met his fixed gaze, seemingly begging her like a puppy wishing for a treat. "Come on, Morgiana," he said with a soft smile.

The red-haired felt like she was about to surrender, but her strong will strengthened her. She stiffened her body and fixed her stare. "Thank you for the invitation, Alibaba-san. But I insist," she hesitantly stretched out a hand, but a force somehow made her hold his wrist tight.

The blonde didn't give any sign of surprise from the contact. In fact, he even smiled and only if he had a free hand, he would have returned the grip.

"Okay, I understand. But I look forward in visiting you, huh," he bowed slightly, which made Mor aware that she was still holding him. In haste, she removed her hand, as her cheeks became tinted with red.

"But I still have a favor," before Morgiana was able to speak a word, Alibaba cut in. He handed over the umbrella with an expectant smile.

She raised a ridge of an eyebrow, but found herself holding the umbrella.