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Chapter 3: What is this feeling?

Morgiana~

"So, it's Morgiana?" Alibaba looked at her, confirming what he had heard.

Morgiana nodded her head. "I just want to ask you," Clenching her fists on her lap, she raised her head and looked at Alibaba carefully.

"Hmm? What is it?" Alibaba tilted his head a bit as he raised a brow.

"Why did you buy this for me?"

There was a built awkward silence among them after she asked. Alibaba and Aladdin simultaneously blinked, as Morgiana stayed serious.

What's with these guys? Couldn't they understand me? She thought, as she clenched her fists.

Aladdin flashed another beam. "Don't be shy about it, Morgiana onee-san!" He elbowed Alibaba, who stared at his plate, wearing his sulking face. "A-Alibaba-kun?" The blue haired boy became worried suddenly.

Noticig the sudden change of mood from Alibaba -and at the same time, feeling guilty about it- she leaned a bit, trying to look at the blonde in his eyes. "Alibaba-san?"

"Didn't you like it?" A whining voice from the blonde was heard, which made Morgiana guiltier than ever. The tune was about to cry, as she heard him sniff.

She gasped. "N-No! I-I mean, I really like it, but you don't need to do that for me," She settled down and puffed a cheek. "But I'm really grateful," She added.

Alibaba raised his head and flashed a sharp stare against Morgiana. "Then go and eat it."

Her eyes narrowed, as well as Aladdin's.

"I've seen that you really like that, so I bought it. I've also seen the poor content of your purse. I hope that what I did was just alright with you," He bowed slightly.

Morgiana was flabbergasted. Lately, he was quite hyped, but his mood quickly changed like the weather. This is not right.

She thought that Alibaba must not feel pity to her. She could manage a day without anyone's help, so why would a person like him; help her in a way like that? She didn't deserve to be treated specially. What she compared to herself be trash.

Alibaba's stern gaze continued to pierce through her soul. But being intimidated by that wasn't the effect to Morgiana. Although that the stare was truly scary, she could sense some sort of sadness within.

Morgiana averted her eyes and focused at her plate. She grabbed the spoon and fork and started to brawl with the food like there was no tomorrow at all. As she ate, Alibaba and Aladdin's eyes grew into the size of platters as they opened their mouths. Even the other students did the same.

The blonde gulped and looked at Aladdin. "Say, Aladdin."

Aladdin turned to him and nodded.

"We won't definitely lose to her!" Both of them exclaimed, as they started to eat without any hint of manners. Fish bones, grains of rice and others spilled as they did the ultimate eating contest. Some of the students almost threw up for witnessing the three eating.

After a few minutes, when all of them were done, the trio looked at each other. They found themselves all messed up, like someone puked at them. Aladdin started to giggle, followed by a crack of a smile from Alibaba. On the other side, Morgiana played with the fish bone in her mouth.

Alibaba couldn't resist the urge to laugh a lot, which made Aladdin to stop somehow.

"Ohmygosh! Wahahah!" He laughed and felt his stomach twist and his lungs out of air. While he was experiencing the natural effect of happiness, he coughed multiple times and almost stumbled from his chair.

"Okay..." The blonde gasped for air, as if he just escaped from drowning. "I'm quite fine now..." When he looked at Morgiana, he giggled again, but this time, he was able to successfully stop the burst of laughter.

Morgiana placed the funny fish bone on the plate. She re-imagined the moments when Alibaba laughed like crazy; that was the first time she saw someone really happy. She didn't know how it happened, since she forgot when she last laughed. But then, seeing someone put on that kind of face in front of her made her joyful as well; especially when she made the admired guy in the campus to laugh until his gut blasted.

"That's my Morgiana!" Alibaba winked and raised a thumb, which somehow made her feel...something.

"Hey Morgiana onee-san," Aladdin raised a hand.

The Fanalis snapped out of her daze and looked at Aladdin. "Yes?"

"I just found your name too long. Can I call you Mor?"

"Uhh..."

"'Mor'? Where did you get that?" Alibaba raised a brow and clung an arm on the chair's back.

"I just shortened her name!" The blue haired kid said brightly, as he turned at Morgiana once more. "What do you say?"

Morgiana had no choice but to accept it. No one could ever resist the kind of puppy eyes Aladdin had. "Mor" wasn't bad after all. "It's up to you."

"Yey! From now on, I will call you, Mor!" Aladdin smiled.

"Don't dare to call me, Ali," The blonde shifted and crossed his legs.

Aladdin flashed a mischievous look at Alibaba, which sent him a chill running painfully into his spine. "That wasn't my plan, Alibaba-kun."

The blonde narrowed his eyes. The ominous tune was an enough sign that Aladdin was thinking something bad, he was going to regret. "Remember, Aladdin. I have here my dagger," he said, threatening.

"I was just kidding, you know."

"What?! Then stop making fun of me," Alibaba blew upward, lifting some of his hair strands covering a part of his forehead.

Morgiana concealed a smile as she watched the pair. She wondered if they were somehow related since they were so close.

"By the way..." Alibaba turned to Mor, as he placed a hand below his chin. "Morgiana, what class are you attending?"

Morgiana shortly squinted her eyes. "I'm in Class E. I am actually a new student."

The blonde eyes' narrowed. "I knew it!" He snapped a finger.

"Huh?" Aladdin did the surprised look for her.

"You are the one who won in the raffle, right?" He leaned on the table.

"Uh, yes," She nodded in agreement.

Alibaba's eyes flattened, as he settled down on his seat. "That Ahbmad..." He mumbled. Morgiana was about to ask who was 'Ahbmad' but she was taken aback. "Haven't you received the financial support? Or an apartment south of the city? Or..." He pressed his chin, a gesture of thinking. "...or a pair of new shoes?" He said awkwardly.

Mor gasped. How did he know all that? Her mind went in panic, though there was no proper reason to be. The only words that came out of her mouth were, "I haven't," which somehow enraged Alibaba even more.

"Alibaba-kun, what's the meaning of that?" Aladdin held Alibaba's hand firmly, which calmed the raging boy.

The blonde stopped from steaming, as he exhaled it all. "Nothing," Although that that single word was accepted by Aladdin, it only added to his worries.

Morgiana felt the same. She thought that maybe Alibaba had some issues within his family and those were the reasons of the sadness she had seen in him.

"Well..." Alibaba changed the look of his face. "...what can you say about the school?" He said, addressing to Morgiana.

She reviewed her previous experiences from the last few hours, which sent her mixed impressions. "The school is really remarkable. I really like it," She said with a soft smile, hoping to ease the tense.

"Hmm..." He nodded. "How about you, Aladdin? Did miss Yamraiha teach you?" He then looked at the blue haied boy.

"Uhm..." Aladdin turned his head above, his eyes meeting the high ceiling of the dining room.

Morgiana could tell that Aladdin was a magician because of the different uniform he wore. He had a wizard's hat and a metal wand leaning on his chair. She wondered about the things the kid could do; she pictured Aladdin lifting a huge boulder and lobbing it to the direction of the bad guys using a complicated magic spell.

"Actually, it wasn't 'Miss Yamuraiha' who attended our class. It was another miss that I..." Aladdin squinted his eyes, thinking deeper. "...well, I forgot her name!" he smiled sheepishly at Alibaba, whose left eye twitched.

"What did that 'miss' tell you?" The blonde tried to keep patient with a little smile.

"She said that Miss Yamraiha would be late and would attend our class tomorrow instead. She also said that Miss Yamraiha's ship was delayed because of the storm."

Alibaba raised an eyebrow. "Storm? The day is perfectly fine, isn't it?"

Morgiana thought of the same thing, but there was something in the air that was odd. The breeze she felt this morning was soothing, yet, it was quite cold. Maybe there was really a storm coming.

"Well, we couldn't tell," Aladdin shrugged. "The weather is unpredictable, right?"

The blonde frowned. "But you told me you haven't experienced rain. You're contradicting yourself."

Aladdin grinned. "I just learned it from a friend!" He looked down at the flute he wore as a necklace and gripped it tight.

She tilted her head a bit. Haven't experienced rain? Her curiosity flared once more. How could he not experience rain? Was he locked in a cage or something?

"What do you want with Miss Yamraiha anyway?" Aladdin looked at the blonde without taking off his hold against the flute.

"I want to talk to her about that flute of yours," Alibaba said, as he puffed a cheek.

The blue haired kid turned at his flute once more. "How many times do I have to tell you, Alibaba-kun? He is my friend, Ugo-kun."

Morgiana's eyes grew big. Flute? As a friend? What sort of mind did Aladdin really have?

"Yeah, yeah. I know him. But I want to clarify some things to Miss Yam, so I really need to see her," Alibaba rolled his eyes and sipped some of his remaining juice.

While gulping the juice, Alibaba noticed Morgiana, who was looking at him. "Hey, Morgiana!"

The Fanalis girl snapped out of her gaze. "Huh?"

"I really hope you don't feel out-of-place with us. He is just an idiot," The blonde gestured at Aladdin.

"Hey..." Aladdin reprimanded.

Alibaba ignored the kid beside him as he placed his cup back on the table. "You were the girl this morning, weren't you?"

Morgiana felt a strong pump of blood within her as she slowly nodded.

"I want to apologize again, since we haven't gotten the chance to talk longer. I hope that the lunch is enough as a peace offering?" The blonde scratched the back of his neck out of instinct as his lips formed a half cresent.

Is he really serious? "I can't accept your apology because it was my fault.

"No, it was my fault."

"No. It was mine," Morgiana said sternly, as her cheeks puffed.

Alibaba hid inside of his shell and just nodded, forcefully agreeing that what happened last morning was her fault.

"Wait a minute, Alibaba-kun, Mor-san," Aladdin raised a hand, gathering the attention from the other two.

"Alibaba-kun," He turned to the blonde. "Mor-san is the cute girl you were telling me this morn-prvdszrttz," Alibaba quickly wrapped his arms around Aladdin's head, covering the kid's mouth and stopping him from saying something more.

"Aladdin!" He squeezed the kid tighter, as the blue clad tried to escape from the hold. "You see, Morgiana, this kid is an idiot!" Alibaba turned his head and met Mor's astounded look, his cheeks tinted with pink.

"I'm not lying!" Having the opportunity to escape from the wrap, Aladdin blurted out.

"You shouldn't tell those secrets!" Alibaba hissed.

Cute girl? Me? Morgiana tried to process what she had heard but she couldn't. When did she become cute? Moreover, it was Alibaba -as Aladdin said- who gave that remark. She suddenly felt something weird within her stomach, but she knew she was not hungry anymore, since she just ate. What is this feeling?

While Aladdin and Alibaba spent the remaining time in brawling and chatting abouth things Mor didn't know, the loud bell rang, alerting all stidents inside the dining hall. The trio stood up simultaneously and looked at each other.

"Well..." Alibaba sighed.

"See you again, Mor!" Aladdin beamed, his bright smile rivaling the sun.

"Thank you very much, Alibaba-san, Aladdin," She bowed down.

"It's alright, Morgiana!" Alibaba tapped the girl's shoulder, as he smiled at her, gently.

They all parted ways and headed to their respective rooms, with joy seen in their faces. Morgiana had mixed emotions after meeting those two. They even considered her as their friend. She couldn't stop herself from smiling.

Morgiana entered the room with a cool look from her. She was in an obvious good mood, but she retained the nonchalant look she always wore whatever she may feel. She headed towards her seat, waiting for a teacher to come.

Since she was beside the window, it was her only entertainment and to contradict boredom. It looked like Aladdin was right about the storm. The sky was dark and she could see the lightning from a distance; rain was really approaching.

She just remembered that she had no protection against the rain.

By the looks of the sky, it seemed like the rain shower would last long until their dismissal time. She only carried her stuffs by her bare hands and because she had nothing to shield herself like an umbrella, her only roll of papyrus would be soaked in water; it would be completely useless.

Only if she had the power to stop storms, she would definitely do it. What she had was a strong body, not a waterproof one.

She sighed and wished for a miracle.

After a few minutes of waiting, the door opened. She snapped her head toward the direction.

A classmate of hers gasped. Until finally, a very familiar blonde entered which made her gasp as well -he was no other than, Alibaba.

Why was he there? Not that she didn't want to see him, but what she knew was that Alibaba was also a student, just like her. She now wondered who he really was.

"Hey guys, this is Class E, right?" He said, nonchalantly.

"Yes," The student nearest to him answered.

"Alright," Alibaba entered the room, as all eyes were into him. Alibaba stopped in the middle and blinked, seeing the surprised expression from the class. "First of all, I am not your instructor, okay. I am just substituting him... I guess," He whispered the last two words, as he received a squint of the eyes from Mor. The blonde cleared his throat. "Our class is assigned to come over the rooms of classes without a teacher. Basically, I'm assigned..." he grinned. "...to watch over you," He spanned his pen and looked at Morgiana, as he waved a hand.

Mor felt awkward, since all eyes averted to her. She decided to just bow down to acknowledge him.

"Actually... You... We have nothing to do. You can roam around the campus if you'd like. As long as you keep yourselves from dying, it's fine with me."

After that, half of the class went out.

Morgiana looked at Alibaba with a perplexed face. The boy noticed this, and gave Mor a grin.

"Morgiana!" The blonde half whispered.

Since she was already looking at him, she nodded and gulped. Why was he calling me?

Alibaba walked toward her and pulled a chair, placing it beside Mor's. The red haired shifted a bit from her seat.

"Can I sit beside you?" The blonde asked.

"Yes," Morgiana said hastily, as if she already expected the question.

"Uh, you know... I was not able to ask you," He sat down.

"Huh?"

"Where do you live?"

Morgiana creased her brows. Asking about her home was uncommon. He, visiting her was more...impossible. She could not let him see her poor situation.

Alibaba felt she was taken aback. "Oh, I mean, since you have never received the benefits of winning that raffle, maybe your house is somewhere else...?" He scratched the back of his neck and smiled at her in a sheepish way.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you..." She bit her lips. "...not this time," Morgiana bowed her head down.

She couldn't tell him her location for her fear that he would despise him and disregard their friendship. But then, maybe she could spare some time since this was just the first day of school.

"Why not? We're friends, right? And friends go into each other's house!" He exclaimed, in a childish manner. After declaring that, murmurs from the other students echoed inside the room.

Alibaba sighed and settled down, crossing his legs. "Alright. I guess I couldn't force you," He pulled out a pocket watch and looked at it with a frown. "I only have five more minutes..." He mumbled.

Morgiana leaned on her chair and turned her head to the window. Now she felt so bad. Were friends really required to do such things? She really needed to learn more about the world. Being unable to explore the planet made her close minded about matters like friendship.

The blonde stood up, gathering the attention from everyone but Morgiana. She was too busy thinking of what she should have said.

"I'll just sit there, Morgiana," He placed a hand on Mor's shoulder, alerting her, "It's kinda off and I feel like my instructor is coming," He whispered in Morgiana's right ear. He was about to leave when the Fanalis grabbed Alibaba's wrist.

Okay. What should I say? She just stopped him with no reason.

"Uhm," She quickly removed her grip. "It's fine. I just..." She looked at her desk with a frown.

Alibaba tilted his head. "What are you-"

Suddenly, a surprise guest appeared. The blonde already knew who it was. He quickly spanned, facing the door.

"Young master! What have you done?!" An aged man, wearing the uniform of the army said.

"Oh! Hi, Barkak!" Alibaba waved a hand at the fuming man.

"Why did you leave your classmate there?! You were supposed to watch over Class C!" Barkak said, panic within his voice.

"Them...?" Alibaba acted innocent, but the stopped for seeing Barkak's red face. "Alright. My bad. I'm coming," The blonde walked toward his instructor. "Guys, you'll be dismissed at 3:00," With that, he went out of the room and left the students in the class with another confused expression.

"What was that?" A classmate of hers said. Someone giggled and looked at Mor.

"Hey, Morgiana! You and that guy are close, aren't you? You're lucky!"

The red haired flinched.

She decided to ignore the chats from her classmates and just looked at the scenery provided by the window.

Skipping a chair from behind her was Hakuryuu, who sighed and bowed his head a bit.

Oh great...

When the bell rang, the most awaited rainfall also came. She almost punched the glass window in frustration. Why did it have to be three o'clock?

Having no so much of a choice, she grabbed her things and embraced them. She must not stay in the school longer because she still had a work to be done. If she wouldn't, then she also wouldn't gain foods and shelter.

She hastily skirted her way out, hoping that the rain stopped or at least weakened.

But it seemed like the clouds didn't want her to eat.

Just when she opened the door, a strong thunder roared. Flashes of lightning scarred the sky. Even the wind joined the action.

Her other schoolmates were expectedly lucky, for they have servants to fetch them. Obviously, she didn't have,

"Need some help?" A voice from her behind knocked her out of her thoughts. She snapped her head ajd met the golden gaze.

"A-Alibaba-san?!" Mor narrowed her eyes. She couldn't hide her surprise by opening her mouth wide.

The blonde grinned, opening his umbrella. "I guess this has a room for two."

A/N: Looks like there is something... Haha... Yey! Another chapter! What do you think? Please write a review, pretty please!

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