Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (c) Shinobu Ohtaka
Look Only At Me
Chapter II
Previously:
"Oi, you guys! Are you guys going to go or not?" The teacher yelled at them, then looked at Aelia. "Oh...she fell asleep again? Well, whatever." The teacher went back to doing his own thing in the classroom.
"Well, King Sinbad wanted us to meet with him later after classes." Sharrkan said.
"I've got time." Sphintus said as he released Sharrkan's wrist.
"Well someone's gotta wake the pretty lady up." Sharrkan said.
"Nee-san!"
The teacher turned his head to see the person yelling at the door. "Eugene, no yelling please." He said.
"Oh, sorry." The boy – Eugene – said sheepishly before looking towards Sharrkan, Sphintus, and Aelia.
He stared for a good minute before silently walking up to the two boys and the sleeping girl. The two boys eyed the young boy.
"Who are you?" Eugene asked the two.
"I think the question is: 'Who are you?'" Sharrkan said to the young boy.
Kukulcan hissed slighlty at the boy. "Calm down." Sphintus told the snake.
Eugene simply walked passed Sphintus and next to Aelia. "Nee-san, wake up. You have to get to the next class. Nee-san. Neeeeeeeeeeeee-san." Eugene said, slightly shaking Aelia.
Sharrkan and Sphintus stood shocked. Was this boy her younger brother? But they never even heard of Aelia having any family.
"Mmm..." Aelia slowly opened her eyes and focused on Eugene. "Eugene?" Aelia lifted her head off the desk and rubbed her eyes. "What...?"
"The next class. Ugh, this is why I always have to come to your classes, so you wake up."
"Sorry..."
"You always say that." Eugene said, taking her glasses out of her hands and placing them back on her.
"Right..." Aelia turned her head to see Sharrkan to her left. She stared at him before processing who he was. "Ah! Prince Sharrkan!" Aelia said, surprised. "What are you doing here?"
Sharrkan smiled. "I have classes with you, remember?"
Aelia thought about it before nodding her head. "Right...I came with Sphintus to see you in class as well..."
"Nee-san, you know these people?" Eugene said, gaining his sister's attention.
Aelia turned to see Sphintus behind Eugene. "Oh, and Sphintus is here too." Aelia then focused back on Eugene. "Mm-hmm. Prince Sharrkan here is a representative of Heliohapt and Sphintus over here is a magician from Heliohapt as well...I heard they came in while I was out." Aelia said, nodding as she thought over what she said to make sure they were correct facts.
"Yo~!" Sharrkan said with a smile on his face.
"Hello. This is Kukulcan by the way." Sphintus pointed to his snake.
"Uhm...hello...Prince Sharrkan...Mr. Sphintus." Eugene said, being awfully polite. "Anyways, Nee-san. Get a move on! The next class is about to start!" Eugene said as he ushered his sister to get up from the chair.
Sphintus moved out of the way as Eugene and Aelia stepped out, Sharrkan following them.
"Class ended already?" Aelia asked Eugene.
"Yes, now get out of my room." The teacher called over to Aelia and the rest of the boys.
"S-Sorry Professor." Aelia said as she stepped out the classroom.
Aelia, Sharrkan, and Sphintus made it to their next class in a nick of time. Eugene ran off somwhere afterwards.
In class, Aelia's head was bobbing up and down as she was trying hard to stay awake this time.
"Aelia, if you need to sleep, go right ahead. Your head bobbing is taking the attention of the class." The teacher said.
"S-Sorry..." Aelia said as she slowly placed her head on the table to sleep.
"Sheesh. How you even do good in this class is beyond me." The teacher mumbled to herself.
A few more classes went by before lunch break made it's way. Aelia stayed asleep.
"Yare,yare. The little princess is still asleep." Sharrkan said.
"Don't bother her. She seems to have a hard time." Sphintus said.
"But it's lunch. She's going to need something in her stomach." Sharrkan said.
"..." Sphintus stayed silent.
The two were, once again, on their respective side with Aelia in the middle.
"Aelia!" Aladdin came crashing into the classroom, earning a glare from the teacher. "Sorry..." He said sheepishly before facing Aelia and the other two. "Oh, Sphintus and Sharrkan! What are you doing here? Ah! Is it possible you were waiting for Aelia to wake up!? How nice. Although her brother ususally comes to wake her up." Aladdin smiled as he walked up to them.
"Hah?" Sphintus asked.
"Yeah, Aelia does this from time to time." Aladdin said. "She'll sleep in her classes for one day, then she'll be awake the next. Although she's usually asleep." Aladdin elaborated. "Aelia, wake up. It's lunch now." Aladdin started to poke her cheeks.
Aelia groaned in displeasure. She opened her eyes to see Aladdin.
"Aladdin..." Aelia stretched.
"Yay! You're awake now!" Aladdin jumped on Aelia, smooshing his face into her boobs.
"Yeah..." Aelia said as she started to pat Aladdin's head.
"O-Oi, is that even fine with you?" Sphintus asked.
Sharrkan whistled. "That's pretty brave of you, Aladdin."
Aelia was confused by what they were saying as question marks appeared above her head.
"Clueless..." Sphintus and Sharrkan thought at the same time.
"Let's go, let's go. To lunch." Aladdin said, pulling on Aelia now.
"Lunch...?"
"Yes. It's already lunch. C'mon Aelia! You too, Sphintus. Sharrkan." Aladdin said.
"Well I have no choice now." Sharrkan said. "Let's go! Let's go! To lunch it is!" Sharrkan said, copying what Aladdin said.
"Fine...I have nothing else to do anyways." Sphintus said, following the rest of the group.
By the time they reached the cafeteria, Aelia was wide awake.
"Kya! It's Aelia-sama!"
"And she's with the new students!"
"And there goes President Aladdin!"
"Kya~!"
"Wow. I didn't know you were popular, Aelia." Sharrkan said.
"I guess...?" Aelia said, unsure of her own answer.
"Well, let's go see how Mor-san and Yamu-san are doing. I'm sure they missed you while you were out, and Alibaba-kun as well." Aladdin said, leading them to a table on the second level. "Mor-san! Yamu-san! Alibaba-kun!" Aladdin yelled. "Aelia is back!"
The said three turned their heads to face the other four.
"Ara, I see you have the idiot with you as well." Yamuraiha said.
"What was that? I'm a prince, you know?" Sharrkan said, looking dead in the eye with Yamuraiha.
"Really? It doesn't seem like it." Yamuraiha said.
"Ma, maa. Aelia just came back, Yamu-san." Aladdin said, trying to get things to calm down as everyone sat around the round table.
"Hmph. Only for Aelia." Yamuraiha said. "But it's great to see you up and moving around, Aelia. Sorry I couldn't see you at all while you were out." Yamuraiha said apologetically.
"Yeah! It's nice to see you better, Aelia." Alibaba said with his charming smile of his.
"I'm happy you're feeling better, Aelia-san." Morgiana said.
"Yes, and please, don't worry about me all that much." Aelia said.
"Heh. So that's why we never saw Aelia at all when we first came here." Sharrkan said aloud.
"I already knew she was sick. Aladdin wouldn't be quiet about it." Sphintus said.
"Eh? Really?" Aladdin said, surprised about what Sphintus said.
"I see...everyone knows everyone already?" Aelia asked, talking about Sharrkan and Sphintus.
"Yeah, I met Sharrkan in a swordsplay class." Alibaba said.
"I met Sphintus in a magic class." Yamuraiha said.
"I met them only during lunch..." Morgiana said.
"I see...where's Eugene?" Aelia asked.
"Eugene? He said he had something to do." Yamuraiha said. "Don't worry about him, it's only school grounds after all."
"Yes...but..." Aelia started to feel concerned.
Alibaba sighed. "Always like this when it comes to your brother. Tsk, tsk, tsk." Alibaba said, shaking his head. "He's going to grow up, you can't baby him forever."
"That's true..." Aladdin said.
Aelia looked up at Alibaba before she sighed herself. "I...guess..." She said, uncertain of herself.
Everyone noticed Aelia's spirit going down.
"Look at what you did Alibaba." Yamuraiha hissed at him.
"Wha!? I-I didn't mean for it to end like this!" Alibaba defended himself.
"You'll never get girls like this, Alibaba." Sharrkan snickered.
Alibaba's face turned red from embarrrasment. He mumbled something incoherent.
"What was that?" Sharrkan teased.
Alibaba growled before saying, "Sorry..." to Aelia.
Aelia looked at him and gave him a smile. "No, there's no need for you to be sorry about anything. You're right, I can't baby him forever, but as he's still young, I want to guide him down the right path." Aelia asserted.
Aladdin nodded his head. "That's right, that's right."
Morgiana also nodded her head in agreement. "Yes. The new generation needs a guide of course."
"Well, we didn't come here to talk about the future." Aelia said, shifting the conversation. "It's lunch. We're only half-way through the day. I think it's best if you guys caught me up on what's happening."
Aladdin beamed. "Right. Well, let me tell you about the Student Council's plans..."
Lunch soon ended.
"Okay, then I'll see you later, Sphintus, Aelia, Aladdin." Yamuraiha said.
"I'll see you later then, Aladdin, Alibaba-kun, Aelia-san." Morgiana said.
"Yeah. See you, Morgiana, Aladdin, and Aelia." Alibaba said.
The three headed off in their own directions.
"I'll see you two later then, Prince Sharrkan, Sphintus." Aelia said with a slight bow in respect.
"Ouch, it hurts when you keep calling me with that 'Prince'. Just drop it, at the moment, my prince status is useless as of now." Sharrkan told her.
"With that attitude, it should have been dropped a long time ago." Sphintus said.
"Oh?" Sharrkan raised a brow. "I don't think it really matters, as long as you have the skills to be one, attitude is just secondary."
"Attitude is just secondary?" Sphintus glared at Sharrkan. "Skills may be useful, yes, but with attitude, it hones skills. A better attitude leads to better skills." Sphintus shot back.
"Heh. You really wanna go at it, Magician?" Sharrkan said, an ominous aura being built.
"I believe that's a challenge." Sphintus said, his own ominous aura being built.
Aelia looked nervously between the two. She forced a cough to stop them temporarilly from arguing.
"Uhm...class is about to start, if you two would like to continue your argument, I suggest continue it after school." Aelia said, walking between the two and out the door.
The two looked behind Aelia's back as she walked on. They then turned to look at each other. Seeming to be in an unsaid mutual agreement, they headed off in their own directions.
End of Chapter
AN – Just a ramble: I promised myself that I shouldn't do another triangle love story...but I ended up making one for Magi...now I'm just going to be heart broken when I make the ending...T~T. After this story, I might just end up making a story for the person who doesn't end up with Aelia.
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