"Get well soon Arthur" phoned Romania from the other line.

"Will do"

"So how's Maria?"
"She's doing some errands, and I have asked her to clean the summoning room, since you have made a mess there"

"What!"

"What's wrong?"

"Arthur, we have mistakenly summoned an omen yesterday, we haven't completely destroyed it yet. It may still be lurking in the summoning room, we have only conjured up blocking spells for it not to get out, you have to go and get Maria before she enters the room. Hello Arthur? Arthur?"

Arthur quickly got out of his bed, dressed in his uniform and ran as fast as he could to reach Maria on time. I do hope she hasn't cleaned the Summoning room yet. He was nervous there was no way Maria could take on an omen. As he reached the club, the door was unlocked and hurried to the summoning area. He opened the door and saw the creature who was now heading towards Maria. He took out his wand "Evanesco!" he cried out loud, light coming from his wand attacked and diminished the creature for good.

Maria woke up to a familiar atmosphere. It was her room. Her sight is still blurry after what happened and head still aches. She sits up in her bed and noticed that there was someone else in the room other than her. The man was sleeping in the armchair near her bed an as she was rubbing her head, the man woke up.

"Maria, are you alright?" as he quickly walked towards her.

"A-Arthur? What are you doing here?" and her head pounds.

"Is your head pounding?" Maria nodded. "I'll get you some water". Arthur returned with some water and some medicine. "Here drink this, it will ease your pain" She drank the medicine that was given to her and was now staring at Arthur for questions.

"What happened in the Summoning Room?" Maria asked

"You passed out, Apparently, Norway and Romania only informed me of what they had summoned after I gave you the list. You are lucky that I came their just in tim-" he stopped as Maria slapped him hard across the face. "What the bloody hell did you do that for?" Arthur was now angry as he rubs his now sore cheek, it appears that he was not the only one angry.

"You just placed my life in grave danger without even knowing the circumstances of your actions" her breathing was now heavy. Arthur was lost for words, and boy was she angry. She relaxed as her palm twitches.

"I'm sorry Maria, I should have known first what they had summoned"

Maria finally calmed down, stowing away her twitchy palm. "So, what was the creature?"

"An omen"

"And why would Norway and Romania summon something like that?"

"They didn't, there was a glitch in the spell they had summon, one wrong word, and they might summoned something else"

"Oh, I see"

"That was some slap Maria" as Arthur was still rubbing his cheek.

"Sorry, so do I still have to be your 'assistant'?"

"Since I have put your life in danger, apparently no, you're free from your punishment"

Maria's face turned from unreadable to a wide smile. "Yahoo!" she rejoiced, jumping in her bed. Arthur chuckled at the sight of this. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing" and continued to giggled. "It just reminds me of you, when you were a kid, eccentric and troublesome"

"Hey!" as she nudged his shoulder and both laughed at the memory.

"Well then, I better get home" he stood up but as he was heading towards the door, he passed out.

Maria quickly got out of bed and came to him. "Shit, what the freaking hell is wrong with you today?". His has this sour look on his face. I forgot, he's sick today. Maria then checked his body temperature. "Holy hell, you're hot, literally". She laid him on her bed, grabbed a towel and some hot water. His breathing was heavy and his face was feverish. Oh god, please be okay Arthur … Did he clamber out of bed just to save me? … That was very chivalrous of him though.

Now, she was the one babysitting Arthur, she waited on the armchair until she had fallen asleep. When she woke up, Arthur was still asleep and it was already four in the morning. She checked his temperature. Whew, good thing his fever got down, poor guy, being a slave driver can be hard work .. Hmm, maybe I should fix him some soup, I still have plenty of tomatoes. Again she opened the fridge. Oh right, I still haven't shopped yet, and I need to find a job, pronto! He won't mind if I made soup out of tomatoes only.

"Uggh!" I guess slave driver woke up. She gave a sigh, stopped her cooking and walked back to her bed. "Maria? What are you doing in my room?". He thought that he managed to go home.

"Excuse me, but I don't recall you leaving my room" and rolled her eyes at him

"You mean I stayed here throughout the night?" still couldn't believe that he was stayed in a woman's room.

"Well, That's what I see in my point of view … Oh right, I made tomato soup, do you want one?"

"Please do"

She went back to the kitchen and hands him a bowl of her freshly cooked tomato soup, at first he hesitated to taste it but eventually took a sip out of it. "Hmm, this is really good, tell me what fine ingredients did you use to make this soup?"

"I just used tomatoes that Papa gave me" she said frankly.

"The others are right, I don't have a sense of taste" He remembered the time when Austria gave him a sandwich, he thought it was an exquisite dish, as it was a common meal in Austria.

"Cheer up Arthur, It's not like your food is that bad. I mean I have always dreamt of tasting some British cuisine"

"Really? You're not messing with me, are you? because if you are .."

"And why would I mess with you, What are you going to do"

"Nothing .. Come by the office later this afternoon"

"I thought you said that my punishment was lifted"

"It is, I just want you to drop by"

"What? Why?" as she blushed

"Just do it!" he snapped.

"By the way Arthur, How did you know where my room was?" she asked

"I am the Student Council President, I know where every student lives"

"Oh" was her reaction.

"Thank you for the meal" and hands Maria his bowl. He clambers out of bed, shrugged on his jacket. "I'll be going now, and Maria, thank you" and left her room. Since it was still early, Maria took a brief nap and woke up at 7 am. She took a shower and headed for school, but Elizabeta grabbed and pulled Maria into her room.

"What are you doing Elizabeta?"

"Tell me, are you and Arthur in some kind of relationship, because when I woke up early this morning, I saw him leaving your room" She gasped. "Don't tell me you two are doing it?"

"Doing what?"

"You know .." and Maria realized what Elizabeta was talking about.

"No way, and no, we are not in a relationship, he was about to leave my room when he passed out, he was sick, so he spend the night in my room"

"First of all, why was he in your room in the first place?"

Oh God, interrogation time, I mean, I can't tell her that I was almost killed by an omen, or else she'll tell Roderich, and Roderich will tell Gilbert, and Gilbert being friends with my oh-so-overprotective father, will tell Papa, and who knows what will Papa will do to Arthur, he's already angry with him with the past. God, I have to think of something and quickly. "He came to pick up the latest edition of the school's newspaper" was the only thing she could think of, she then realized that she forgot to give Arthur the paper and Elizabeta looked like she was still not satisfied with Maria's answer. Maria looked at her in the eyes, so she could persuade her.

"I still don't believe you, but judging from Antonio's stories, I know you're not that kind of girl"

"Stories? What stories?"

"Oh, I told Antonio that you were my neighbour and then he told me more stories about you … so are you going to tell me the truth or are we just going to have to coerce you to tell it"

"Alright, but promise me one thing, okay?"

"Sure, what it is?"

"Please don't tell Papa or the others about this" she begged her and gave her the puppy eyes.

"Okay" And Maria told her what happened in the summoning room, how she was almost eaten by an omen and Arthur rescued her, and brought her back to her room. "I'm going to kill him"

"Elizabeta!"

"You were almost killed because he just wants his summoning room cleaned"

"I already slapped him across the face"

"That's not enough"

"Believe me, I wanted to do more than just slap him" she smirked at the things she'd wish she had done to Arthur.

That afternoon.

"Maria! Duude! What are you doing here? We are already leaving, Arthur's the only one there" yelled Alfred from across the room as he saw Maria enter.

"Wait what are you all doing here?" The group comprised of America, China and Australia.

"I'm part of the Student Council, I represent the Americas" Well, it was no surprise, he is a superpower after all

"And I represent East Asia, aru"

"Then who's representing West Asia?" asked Maria.

"That would be Sadiq, but he's busy with the club, aru" said Yao

"Oh right, he's in the Gourmet Club as well .. I can' wait for next week's event"

"So what's your business here mate?" asked Australia.

"Arthur asked me to drop by, so here I am"

"Well that soggy trout is still busy in his room" said Australia. He loves insulting Arthur even though he is his older brother.

"Yeah, he was in a hurry in the meeting and quickly left the meeting room as soon as it ended" said Alfred

"Well I better get going" and said her goodbyes to the three of them.

"Come in, Maria" Arthur said before Maria could even knock. Geez, does he have a six sense? She just rolled her eyes. When she opened the door, there was a dining table in the middle of the room perfect for two people. In the corner of the room, she saw some food laid in a buffet kind of style. "Please do sit" as Arthur pulled out the chair so that Maria could sit. He placed a napkin on her lap and served her some British delicacies.

"What's all this Arthur?"

"Remember when you said you wanted to taste some British Cuisine? Well here it is" Maria took a small piece and tasted it. "I hope you like it, I put a lot of effort into making this much more delicious"

"It's delicious Arthur!" and ate more of the food Arthur had prepared.

He grabbed some food for himself and sat across Maria. "I'm still sorry for what happened earlier"

"Forget about it Arthur, I don't want to talk about it"

"Alright"

"You know you're not very good at hiding your tracks" Arthur gave a questioning look to Maria. "Elizabeta saw you, when you were leaving my room" His eyes widened by the sound of her name.

"And how did Elizabeta see us?"

"She's my neighbour"

"What! Oh God this is going to be a problem" he choked at the last word.

"Why?"

"That woman is part of the Newspaper Club, she is one of their most precious assets along with Kiku. Both of them hmm .. how should I say this, both of them hunt for the juiciest gossips in the school. Back then, Francis , Seychelles and I were in one of the articles, quoting, Famous lover/pervert and Student Council President fighting for the love of the new girl"

"But I thought you were supposed check the editions before they came out"

"I did. But they found ways to inject the news" Arthur put his hands on his head trying to absorb the situation "I can already imagine the headlines, Student Council President came out of one of the female student's dormitories at Four in the morning" he trembled for he did not want his reputation to be trashed.

"Don't worry Arthur, I begged her not to tell anyone, and I'm sure she doesn't want to trash my reputation as well"

"Hmm Quite, quite, but how did you managed to do that? By far, I think this is the most enticing gossip she could ever get her hands on" he calmed momentarily

"I explained to her what happened, that you were sick and had to stay the night. Oh, and I also told her about the omen thing" "Is there something wrong, Arthur?"

"My God, Maria!" both of his hands slammed on the table startling Maria. "If Elizabeta publish the omen thing, the Magic Club would be shut down. Some of the students wanted the club to be dissolved, since they can see no progress happening and they think that the three of us(Arthur, Romania and Norway) are all lunatics and now that the club has putted someone's life in danger, my worst fear will likely happen, plus Elizabeta hates Romania until now, she would do anything to give him a piece of her mind. The only thing that keeps the club running is because I am both the club's president at the same time being the Student Council President" he barked at Maria.

"I'm so sorry Arthur, but Elizabeta kept egging me on why you were in my room, and I was running out of reasons" she said in a low voice.

"That is not an option, there are plenty of reasons you could think of, like 'I came to pick up the newspaper from you because I you forgot to give it to me and that I had to go to your dorm because you where nowhere to be found', See there are a million reasons you could think of! You could have lied! You do know that everyone hates me in this school, right? And if they acquire this information, god knows what the people who hate me do to me. Now I hope she's not going to tell anyone about this because if they do-" he barked at her but stopped at his tracks. He then noticed that Maria was now trembling like there was no tomorrow

Maria tried to regain her composure. "I'm sorry, Thank you for the meal and here's the new edition the paper you forgot" putting the newspaper in the table, she stood up and left the room immediately.

Author's note:

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