Chapter 3: Rain

"What?" Riven answered.

"Gee. That's a nice way to greet your girlfriend." Musa replied.

"Why did you call?"

"I need to talk to you." Musa answered him.

"You are talking to me." Riven smiled to himself. Annoying her was fun.

"No. Tonight. Halfway between Alfea and Red Fountain. 11:30." Musa whispered.

A chill danced up and down Riven's back. Her voice was, in a way... dangerous sounding. His mouth went suddenly dry. "I'll be there." He rasped.

That night, Musa lay in bed. 11:10. She sat up slowly. Tecna was dead asleep. Musa slipped into a pair of jean Capri's, and threw on a hoodie over her tank top, and tiptoed over to the balcony door. Musa opened it and went over to the left side of the balcony where ivy grew up the wall. She'd climbed down the ivy millions of times, but Musa's heart was pounding as she deftly shimmed down. Once at the bottom, Musa glanced at her watch. 11:20. She still had 10 minutes. Musa walked at a brisk pace off the Alfea campus. It was a unusually cold night. She shivered, and she crossed her arms over her chest. Suddenly, a light drizzle began, which in seconds, turned into a downpour. Why had they decided to meet outside anyway? She sighed. No matter. It would soon be over.

Riven stormed though the mud and puddles, cursing loudly. Where was Musa? What did she want? Suddenly, a slim figure appeared out of the darkness.

Musa heard Riven coming. He was pretty loud. Musa smiled, then called out quietly. "Riven?"

"Yeah." He could see her clearly now. She was only wearing a thin hoodie, and was soaked.

"Hi."

"Hey." Riven walked closer. He hesitantly raised a hand, but let it fall back to his side again. His heart pounding in his chest, Riven took another step towards Musa. "What do you want?"

"I wanted to see you once before I leave tomorrow." She whispered, and in once swift motion, she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Riven put one hand on her hip. His thumb slipped into her belt loop, as he pulled her closer. Musa shivered violently.

"Are you stupid?" Riven, mumbled into Musa's soaking wet hair. "It's pouring rain, and your only wearing this."

"It wasn't raining 20 minutes ago." Musa replied in defense.

Riven broke free of her grasp. "Come on. Let's get you dried off."

A million things ran through Musa's mind. This was crazy. There was no way they could pull this off. But she followed him, back through all the mud and the puddles, towards Red Fountain.

Musa had never been in Riven's dorm. Well, what business would she have there anyway? Up until 2 weeks ago, she'd just been 'The girl whom Riven some signs of interest towards' Riven had always kept to himself anyway.

"Here."

Riven's voice wrenched Musa from her thoughts. She stared at him blankly for a second, before realizing that he was hold a towel out to her.

"T-Thank you." Musa took it gently. She watched Riven grab a towel for himself. He took off his shirt and dried himself off.

"You can go in the bathroom if you want." Riven said.

"Okay." Musa replied quietly, as she robotically opened the door to the bathroom. After being there for merely a few minutes, Musa realized that she had nothing to wear. What was she going to do? After quite sometime of pacing in the bathroom, Musa settled on simply wearing the towel. She took her hair out of her pigtails and let it freely cascade down her back.

Riven was laying on his back on the bed. When Musa opened the door. He merely looked over, and pretty much fell off the bed.

"Woah." He said it under his breath, but Musa was still able to pick it up.

"So." Musa sat gingerly on the edge of the bed.

"You look..." Riven mumbled. "Unbelievable."

"But, I'm wearing a towel." Musa smiled.

"I know. But you make it look awesome."

"Uh...thanks." She replied, while looking at the floor.

"I uh..." Riven sat up. "I was wondering...if uh..."

Musa looked up.

"I was thinking...well...if I did go to...um...Stella's thing. What time should I be there?"

Musa grinned, and put a hand on his shoulder. "Just go with Helia." she replied, then pulled him closer into a hug.

"I'm glad your here Musa." He said quietly, as he pulled back. "How long have we been dating?" Riven asked suddenly.

"Um...2 weeks." She replied. "Why?"

"You've never kissed me."

"I did so! In Realix, when you were...well unconscious, and we weren't dating technically but...was that a hint?" Musa raised an eyebrow.

Riven shrugged. "No. Unless you want it to be one."

"Maybe I do." Musa whispered moving closer.

Riven' s lips met hers firmly. Musa wrapped her arms around Riven' s neck, as he kissed her more deeply. He then pulled away, breathing heavily.

"Woah..." Musa muttered quietly. She stood, and adjusted the towel. She cleared her throat twice, before sitting back do gingerly at the end of the bed.

"So uh..." Riven lay on his back. "Yeah..."

"What do you want to talk about?" Musa asked.

He shrugged. "I don't know. Pick something."

Musa yawned. She lay beside Riven on her back. "Tell me about, your family."

Riven sat up. "Musa. No. Trust me. It's better you didn't know." He said quickly. "I don't really have a life to be proud of."

"Alright. That's fair." Musa mumbled, yawning again.

"Okay so... Musa? Musa?" Riven glanced at Musa. She was fast asleep.

Okay, yes. This one is extremely Musa and Riven oriented, but in my defense, I did just write a 23 chapter fanfic about only them.