I'd be lying if I said I don't enjoy writing Leila/Sinbad fluff.

I do not own magi or the characters. I do own my oc.

Chapter 52

"You're far more forward than I could have imagined," purrs Sinbad as I lightly bit his neck and he grips my hips tightly. "I like this side of you."

"Really," I say brushing my lips against his ear. I smirk as Sinbad shivers before turning to capture my lips with his. "Maybe I'll have to take the lead more often then," I tease pulling away for just a moment.

"Whatever you want," remarks Sinbad lifting me onto the table behind me. I start to get excited as I look down slightly at him my arms loosely around his shoulders as my fingers play with his hair. His hands start to drift up towards my chest. "You just tell me what you want."

"I think you know what I want," I say leaning back a bit as Sinbad starts to nuzzle my collarbone before sucking this skin there as I let out a soft moan. "Hence why I'm being forward," I say teasingly feeling Sinbad chuckle into the crook of my neck.

"Please, my love," he starts stopping as there's a knock on the door.

"What are you two doing in there," speaks up an annoyed sounding Ja'far. "Babu and Maat will be here any minute."

"We could just ignore him," whispers Sinbad.

"Then he'll just make someone break down the door," I point out feeling Sinbad try not to laugh loudly. "We'll finish this later."

"I will hold you to that," he says pulling me onto the ground. "I love you, Leila," he says smiling fondly. I blush a little as he kisses me more gently than before.

"You really like saying that," I tease as he chuckles letting go of my waist before making sure my clothes are in order.

"Cause you said it back," he points out. "I've know for a while and I want to make sure you know."

"I'm well aware," I remark. "I love you too," I say still a little embarrassed to say it out loud, but it disappears as he gives me that broad confident smile. "Let's not keep them waiting too long," I say pulling him towards the door dropping his hand just before opening it.

"Took you two long enough," says Ja'far rolling his eyes. "What could the two of you possibly been doing?"

"I wanted to make sure Leila's shoulder was okay," asks Sinbad calmly. I nod knowing we still don't want people to know just how close we are. "We didn't want to waste time by going to an actual healer."

"Why you though," asks Ja'far still suspicious.

"He's seen the problems that I've had with it," I remark, deciding to make it a little more complex. "Also, because of where the issues are it's easier to check by me taking my shirt off. Sin's seen me in only me chest wrapping when we were younger so I'm more comfortable with him doing it."

"That's deplorable," says Serendine sticking her nose up. "Allowing a man to do that is degrading. It's sad that you are a King's Candidate."

"I mean I was critically wounded at the time," I point out. "Plus, his mother was there along with another woman from the village, so it's not like he was going to do anything disrespectful."

"That doesn't matter," she argues clearly frustrated with me. "You aren't under any imminent danger, so it's just not ladylike. People like you give all women a bad name."

"Funny," I say rolling my eyes. "I thought you were the one who gave women a bad name. Oh wait I'm sorry," I continue as she glares at me. "It's only royalty you give a bad name to. Remind me why aren't you-"

"Enough," says Drakon clearly annoyed. "We're all on the same side right now. This constant belittling between the two of you needs to stop. The two of you are more similar than you realize. Either figure out a way to get along or don't say anything to each other."

"Tch," scoffs Serendine turning her back to me.

"Fine," I say crossing my arms.

"Did we miss something," asks Maat as she and Babu stand in the doorway of the inn.

"Not really," says Ja'far exasperated. "How are the two of you holding up?"

"We've been better," answers Babu as Maat just looks down.

"I don't know if I can do this," says Maat quietly.

"I know it's hard, Maat," I say going over towards her. "Nour would want you to stay strong though. Part of why he worked so hard to support Armakan is because he knew you all did too. But at the same time he knew you were scared and didn't want to force you to stand up. He did what he did for all of you and now it's up to you to honor his memory by fighting for what you believed in."

"But what if I can't," she asks as Babu stays silent, but it's clear he's having the same debate. "I can't fight on my own."

"I'm not saying to fight on your own," I remark offering them a comforting smile. "That's why I'm here. That's why everyone standing in this room is here right now. We all fight together to help the others. We all have goals and things we want to accomplish, but none of us can do it on our own. We help each other fight for what we believe in and support each other when things get hard. Trust me. I understand that after a loss like this it's hard to keep fighting, but try and we'll help you along the way."

I pause as they both seem to think this over before glancing at each other. Babu shrugs as Maat smiles a little.

"Okay," she says still nervous. "We owe it to our brother."

"Glad to hear it," I say. "It's sometimes hard to keep going, but it's worth it."

I smile again before turning back to the Sindria group. Most are staring at me, jaws open, except for Sinbad, Salena, and Ja'far who all share this knowing look with a smile.

"What," I ask feeling uncomfortable.

"You doubt yourself too much," says Sinbad stepping forward. "That was spoken as a true King's Candidate."

"Yeah sure," I remark rolling my eyes. "Should we head out," I ask looking around. Everyone starts to get ready to leave Sinbad shaking his head a little.

"You really lack confidence in yourself," says Sahel as we all go outside. I look at her confused. I glance over seeing Drakon busy arguing with Serendine (most likely about her and me constantly going at it).

"I'm just honest," I say what everyone wants from me. "Sin's a leader. Not me."

"Yeah because I chose to travel with you for no reason," says Salena rolling her eyes.

"You're the sassiest little kid I've ever met," I say as she grins proudly. "I'm a good fighter and I know that, but a leader or ruler for a country type thing is pushing it."

"There are lots of different type of leaders," points out Sahel. "Maybe you're not destined to be a Queen, but perhaps a General or Commander of an Army."

"Doesn't sound like me," I mutter think about it. "I don't really want to be a General in terms of war or that. I've seen what that does."

"Maybe you're more of a protector," says Salena. "But we can't call you defensive. You can't block a hit to save your life."

"Hey!"

"I know," says the young girl excitedly. "You can be in charge of Security somewhere. Like the Security of Sindria."

I pause thinking about that. It sounds cool, but-

"Hey Sin," says Salena caring the purple haired teens full attention. I glance at him as he meets my eyes before looking away a bit uncomfortable almost.

That's…odd.

"I think Leila should be the Security of Sindria. How does that sound to you?"

"What does that even mean," he asks trying not to laugh.

"She defends Sindria, but she's not very good at defending herself in a fight," remarks Salena with a shrug. A couple of the people try not to laugh as Ja'far nods in agreement. "So I thought she could be the Security of Sindria rather than the Defender of Sindria."

"I like it," says Sinbad cutting me off as I go to scold Salena. "Lady Leila," he says coming up and gripping my hand before spinning me to face him. I can feel my face flush as I lay a hand on his chest to stop my momentum and his other hand lands on my lower back. "The Security of Sindria."

"Stop flirting with Leila," yells Ja'far clearly a bit angry. "She's not another person for you to womanize."

"She's not stopping him," points out Hinahoho as I step away from Sinbad.

"Slut," mutters Serendine walking past me. I shoot her a glare.

"Can we table this discussion and just go to the dungeon already," I ask Sinbad falling into step next to me.

"Of course," he starts winking at me. "As you wish, Lady-"

"Don't you-"

"Leila, Security of Sindria."

"GOD DAMN IT, SINBAD!"