AN= Hello folks! You've probably not seen my name before because I mostly write Pokemon stories. So what am I doing here?

To express my strong disapproval and dissatisfaction for Musa and Riven's breakup (and also not to waste the time I have after my national examinations)

Yes, I'm still not over it and I won't be over it unless Musa and Riven got back together. (Yes, I'm that stubborn hoho.) People might tell me that I'm immature because it might actually be for the best that Musa and Riven broke up but, that will only be the case if the break up is temporary. Musa and Riven were the realest couple out of all the couples in Winx, so hence my frustration that they broke up.

So let's get on with the story! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Winx Club in anyway. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this story BECAUSE MUSA AND RIVEN WOULD STILL BE TOGETHER! (Sorry for the caps haha)


'For now, let's be friends.'

Musa sighed as that sentence she said to him repeated in her head. Musa was in her dorm room at Alfea, which she shares with Tecna. Musa sat up and leaned on her pillow.

The Winx had just returned from Daphne and Thoren's wedding and were dead tired from the action before and during the wedding that they were sleeping peacefully.

Well, almost all of the Winx are sleeping, except for the music fairy, who broke up with the one guy she love, just recently. As soon as she told Riven that 'they weren't meant to be', Musa regretted saying that. Musa knew that their ups and downs made them strong but then, it was too much for her to handle emotionally then.

Musa is very happy for the newlywed, especially Daphne, after losing her coroporeal form and losing touch with the outsideworld for 17 years. However, her heart was heavy with sorrow and regret for herself.

A tear escaped from Musa's eye as she got out of her bed. She grabbed a coat and went to the highest tower of Alfea. The wind blew her hair back.

It was kind of ironic; Alfea was the place that they started off, and now, it had become the place where their relationship as something more intimate than best friends ended.

'I said 'for now' and 'friends' right?' Musa muttered to herself as she reflected on the drama-less and very mature break up.

The only reason why she could think she let him go was because she love him. 'That's what love does right? It's crazy.' Musa muttered to herself. 'Please find who you are, Riven, because I know who you are.' Musa said as another tear slipped out of her eye.

'Please come back, Riven, just please..' Musa said as she finally broke down. 'Why do I realize that I love you deeply only when you are gone?'

'We could have worked something out...like we always do. Why did it fail this time? Why did I give in? That was the time during the legendarium quest that you focused solely on me! Why didn't I stop myself?' Musa sobbed on.

After Musa stopped crying, she took deep breaths to calm herself.'"I guess I have to move on.' Musa said as she headed back to her room.

The pain she had in her heart was still there. She thought that crying it off will work but that sure did not happen. Musa forced her eyes shut and let the pain be the thing that brings her rest.

The next day, the other Winx girls were shocked to see Musa's puffy eyes. 'Musa, oh my, have you been crying?' Aisha said as she neared the raven haired girl. Musa looked up to Aisha and hugged her.

'Aisha, it hurts.' Musa was glad that Aisha was her good friend. Musa knew that she know how it felt. Almost similar.

'It's Riven right?' Aisha confirmed. Aisha sensed something different after she saw Musa watch the muscular figure of Riven walk out of Alfea. When Riven turned to see them once again, he looked at Musa in the eye before leaving. Musa tried to stay as upbeat as she usually was but there was always a feeling of sadness coming from her.

Even thought Aisha did not like Riven very much, she knew Riven really loved her. It broke Aisha's heart to see Musa like this.

Aisha signaled to the other Winx that she would talk to Musa privately and they sneaked out to give Musa some space.

Aisha made some tea and both Musa and her sat down. 'Do you want to tell me everything?' Musa nodded and recited how her relationship with Riven went downhill ever since the Legendarium opened, like a play and she was the main actress.

'I never wanted to break up with him. I wanted to make it work. I really love him. However, it just didn't work well. Funny thing is I know we both love each other but it just seems we aren't meant to be.' Musa said, shutting her eyes.

'I tried to not let it bother me but I just can't. I know that breaking up was the best thing for us because I know that he doesn't believe in himself like I do and he needs to discover himself. And knowing his character, I decided it was the best thing to do.' Musa said.

Losing Nabu was relatively more painful than and break up but Aisha couldn't help but emphatize with Musa. 'I told him that for now, we will l be friends.' Musa said.

Aisha thought for a while and couldn't help but smile. 'I know it doesn't sound like it might happen, but I'm sure you'll get back together.' Musa looked at Aisha. She couldn't believe that something like that would come out of Aisha's mouth.

Aisha was full of reason and logic. She would never spin a tale even if it was to make a friend better. 'Aisha, what are you talking? Riven and I broke up, we are over.' Musa said.

Aisha sipped on her tea. 'Musa, the thing is that you never abandoned the relationship. You made it restart from scratch.' Aisha said, putting her tea cup down. 'Riven isn't the smartest person to think of that!' Musa said.

'Musa, I'm trying to comfort you!' Aisha said with a small chuckle. 'You're only giving me false, unrealistic and painful hope.' Musa said miserably. 'It all starts with hope. Without hope, there won't be happiness.' Aisha continued.

'Tell you the truth, I still hope that Nabu will wake up. It's silly but my heart is still with him.' Aisha said with a sad look. 'What about Roy and Nex?' Musa asked.

'Honestly, they are just like brothers to me. I have to admit that I had feelings for Roy but it vanished when I went to visit Morgana a week ago.' Aisha said. 'The thing is, I know you and Riven didn't have the best relationship. But, if you realized, the two of you had helped each other to grow character-wise."

Aisha continued. 'You knew him earlier than you knew me. I know that your feelings for Riven have only gotten stronger, ever since we went to earth, then getting our Sirenix powers, your relationship grew as you grew.'

'Does that mean I'll stop growing? Of course not. So that isn't a legit reason.' Musa said. 'Musa, you let him go because you love him. If he doesn't see it, then he's not worth your love. But the thing is, I can feel that he loves you and he always will. Maybe, him breaking up with you is to become a better person for you.'

'It took him so long just for him to open up to you. There is definitely value in that, considering he rarely opens up to any woman.' Aisha reasoned.

Musa swallowed. She felt she was going to tear up again. 'And what if he doesn't do it for me?' Aisha looked at her. 'Let him go.'

'That's the problem, Aisha. I can't. I regretted saying that we were not meant to be...we might not be meant to be but I knew we had something...' Musa said. Aisha offered a soft smile. 'That's not the problem now. The problem is you don't believe he will come back for you.'

Musa opened her mouth but no words came out, like the time Rumpelstiltskin stole her voice.

The time soon before she and Riven broke up.

-Meanwhile-

Bloom and the other girls were in the main room, talking. 'Musa is getting so affected by the break up with Riven...she didn't want to worry us especially when there was more chaos!' Flora said sadly.

Just then the large screen in front of them flickered and there appeared the faces of the specialists (minus Riven) and Nex. 'Hey Winx! Why looking so glum?' Timmy said.

"Oh hey guys!" Bloom said. 'Where's Aisha?' Both Roy and Nex asked at the same time. 'Comforting Musa.' Tecna sighed. "Oh right.." Sky said.

'Musa still loves him. She might seem like it was beneficial for them to break up, she has second thoughts...' Flora explained to the Specialists and Nex.

'The Specialists feels different without Riven honestly. I wondered what happened to him ever since the Legendarium quest started.' Brandon said. Stella was quiet. She was thinking hard (for once). 'Do you guys have any whereabouts of Riven?'

The Specialists were shocked at her question. 'Definitely not. We are trying to locate him though.' The 4 Winx girls were shocked and exclaimed in unison, 'Why?!'

'We might have the answer that Riven is looking for. Then again, Riven is unpredictable.' Timmy said.

'I still don't quite understand. Musa and Riven, they worked it out before. This shouldn't be a problem to them honestly. Yet...after so many years, this had to be the final straw?' Stella said.

'I don't know what has gotten into Riven that made him back to the competive and jealous guy again...' Sky said. Just then, Aisha came into the lounge. "Hey guys!" Aisha said to the Winx and the guys. Roy and Nex immediately perked up.

'Aisha, where's Musa?' Bloom asked. 'She went to the Music Cafe. She said she wanted to play. What's up?' Aisha said. 'We were talking about Musa and Riven...how Riven changed after the Legendarium was opened.'

'I used to support the break up between the two. But as time passed, I realized that they have a special bond between them.' Aisha said. 'It's quite unfortunate that their relationship problems always happen in very unfavorable situations.' Aisha continued.

They all nodded in agreement. 'Could Riven have been under a spell?' Nex pointed out. All eyes were on him. 'I've seen some female students at Lynphea trying to do that to some other Paladins.' Nex said.

'Then that's possible. I mean, he has been manipulated by Darcy before.' Sky pointed out. 'The spell was probably too weak for Musa's music that was protecting Alfea, and the spell was broken. That's when he came to his senses.'

'That makes a lot of sense.' Bloom said. 'Speaking of Paladin, I wonder how Daphne and Thoren are doing on their honeymoon.' Bloom said. 'What's that?' They all cried.

'It's a holiday a newlywed couple goes on and I heard it's the best time to try to have a kid. Daphne's getting old but her body is like the body of someone who's 21.' Bloom said and the rest nodded.

Just then, Timmy brightened up. 'GUYS! MAYBE ANOTHER REASON IS BECAUSE RIVEN AND MUSA HADN'T BEEN SPENDING MUCH TIME WITH EACH OTHER!' Tecna looked at Timmy and cried out 'That sounds very logical!'.

'Oh you two, just get married and go on a honeymoon already!' Stella said and they all chuckled.

'Back to Timmy's point, that is probably true.' Flora said. The others nodded. 'Ever since we went to Lynphea and got new weapons, all he did was train.' Helia said.

'That's where the spell came too I guess.' Roy said and the rest nodded.

-Music Cafe -

Ever since the Legendarium was locked up, the Music Cafe hadn't been running. She unknowingly went to the guitar and started strumming a set of notes and singing.

It was only until the chorus when she realized what song it was singing, which was unusual of her. She was always able to detect the song when she first hears it.

The song was 'One to one', the song which Riven wrote and sang for her.

Musa immediately placed the guitar down gently. 'This song is meant to be a duet..not a solo or group...so why am I singing it alone?' Musa said as she forced tears not to come out. 'and you know that I believe in you, isn't that all that matters?'

'That's it. I hate this. I never thought I grow so attached to Riven.' Musa said as she lay on the floor, staring at the ceiling. 'Where the hell are you?' Musa thought desperately and closed her eyes.

She was thankful that tears didn't spill out from her eyes. 'Maybe I'm starting to get over him.'


-Somewhere deserted in Magix.-

Riven sat there thinking like he had been doing for the past 3 months. He saw an article on Daphne and Thoren's wedding on a newspaper and he congratulated them in his mind.

He wondered how the Specialists and the Winx are doing now. And most importantly, her. Riven himself was slightly disturbed by how Musa managed to be on his mind 24/7.

Riven still continued training but chopping off twigs for firewood and to his surprise, he improved significantly when there was no competition. He had been thinking and thinking and thinking. He wanted to trace back to his roots and get answers.

He had thought of going back to Red Fountain to start tracing back his roots. Well, Riven, being Riven, is too stubborn and proud to receive help when he said he was going to do it alone. Also, going back to Red Fountain may get him acquainted again with Musa, which is the last thing he wants to do for now.

He never hated or dislike Musa. In fact, he loves her. Musa influenced him to like music so much that even the birds chirping has become music to him. He learnt the beauty of 'noise' as something melodious.

He even wrote a song for Musa. A song, 'One to one', he sang in public for her. He managed to reach the level where both Musa and him can understand through music. And everything had to go wrong.

He was feeling guilty that he neglected Musa because of his rivalry with Sky. 'Why the heck did I even have a rivalry with Sky for? He's a damned prince to begin with.' Riven muttered to himself. The Specialists were like his brothers to him. 'I actually have things in common with Sky. Getting manipulated and used by a whore. We should have been on good terms'.

When Musa said 'they were not meant to be' because of their ups and downs' , Riven felt his heart being torn into many pieces.

Riven had been enjoying the peaceful time away from Red Fountain, The Winx, Specialist and Alfea.

Alfea.

The place where they first started dating. Not to mention where he and her broke up. 'Do I really love Musa?' Riven said to himself before getting up. He started walking where he planned to reach by the end of tomorrow before taking another break again.

As he walked, the answer to his love for Musa was 'yes'.

He decided that he was going to change for Musa, to become the better man. 'I hurt her and didn't cherish the effort and love she gave me. This is my punishment for that.'

'Let's just hope that a f*cking idiot won't take Musa away until we see each other again.' Riven muttered before carrying on his journey in silence.

The days only passed and Musa and Riven were able to control their thoughts better. But no matter what they do, Both Musa and Riven cannot get each other out of their minds.

Few days later...

'Guys! I have exciting news!' Aisha barged into the Winx lounge. Everyone jerked up and looked at Aisha.

'Musa will be featured on Magix Radio and she will be interviewed and she will sing songs there!' Aisha said excitedly. All the Winx girls looked excitedly at Musa.

'Yeah...I received the letter this morning.' There was a bittersweet tone in Musa's sentence. 'They want me to talk and sing about love.'

'Musa, it's alright if you don't want to do it...' Bloom placed her hand on Musa's shoulder.

Musa shut her eyes and swallowed. 'I'll do it...there's nothing painful about doing the radio broadcast. I can do it.' Musa gave a reassuring smile to all of them. 'You can always count on us because we've got your back.' Stella said.

'Thank you, Winx.' Musa said and they hugged.


Leave a review and tell me what you think because I'm curious! The only reason why Season 6 of Winx club isn't my favorite was because of Riven and Musa's breakup. If it weren't for the breakup, I would have loved Season 6 to bits.

Oh yeah, I wanted to apologize for the ramble in the first author's note. I have been containing my frustration for months since I've found out so it does feel a little better to let it out.