Morgiana had heard a lot of things, but she had never heard something like that.
Now, she certainly wasn’t the worst, but she was nowhere near the best. Still, the pretty redhead had approached the mike with such confidence... The results had been a little jarring to say the least.
“How did I do?” She beamed the biggest smile Morgiana had seen all day.
“I think you’re a bit rusty,” Morgiana took a deep breath as she tried to pick the best way to say the woman wasn’t as good a singer as she thought she was.
“Oh honey, I know I’m no star,” She laughed an infectious laugh. Morgiana couldn’t help herself but smile a little at it.
“Why did you want lessons in the first place?”
“My brother’s birthday is coming up,” The redhead beamed. “This year I want to be able to sing to him without making his ears bleed. Plus after hearing your angel voice and the fact you’re giving lessons, I knew you’d be perfect for me!”
Morgiana blushed at the excessive praise.
“Well then we should work out some dates and payments, shall we?”
“Sure let’s-” However the woman gasped as she noticed the clock behind Morgiana, “Oh no, I’ll be late for my hair cut! Here take my card. It has my name and info. Does tomorrow at the Rukh Cafe sound good to you? You can pick a time.”
Morgiana could barely process the flood of words. She simply nodded at the pretty woman, hoping she was making sense.
“Good!” She sighed. “I gotta go, bye!” With that she raced out, faster than you’d expect for someone in high heels.
It took a few seconds before Morgiana registered the card in her hand. Quickly, she scanned it an learned her customer’s name: Ren Kougyoku.
To be honest, she knew nothing about her, but Morgiana was positive that even though she had an “angel voice” this Kougyoku was truly the heavenly being.
A.N. After seeing that thing about Magi characters and sports (karaoke was also on it) I couldn’t get this idea out of my head
"You see her?" Morgiana’s coach pointed to the tall redhead wearing a jersey that said #8 while shooting three’s like they were going out of style. "I’m depending on you to stop her, got it?"
Morgiana nodded just as the buzzer signaled the game was about to start; and so Morgiana pushed and pulled and did whatever it took to stop #8, despite her small stature.
However she might have been trying to hard, for #8 ended up tripping and falling on Morgiana; After the game had ended (they had beaten Kou High barely by 2 points) and a series of apologies and “good games”, #8 and Morgiana exchanged phone numbers, and both girls left that gym with the biggest smile on their face.
ah ye whoops. let's see... how about 8 bc first kisses are hella adorable
Rating: G
Summary: Kougyoku was bright and animated. She drew out more smiles than Morigana knew she had and called her pretty, making her feel simultaneously like soaring and crawling into a hole to die.
The Eighth Princess of Kou had always interested Morgiana. She was strong, one of the strongest people she knew, but so certain she was weak.
Morgiana supposed she was like her in that respect. Besides bright red hair they shared their unwavering loyalty to their loved ones and animalistic ferocity in battle. It was strange how similar they were despite their different backgrounds. Morgiana had never set foot in a palace till she joined Aladdin and Alibaba and this strong princess, who Morgiana still had trouble remembering what her name is, probably never worked a day in her life. Even then she felt a strange kinship with her. (Ren Kougyoku, she finally remembers, the syllables foreign on her tongue.)
So after long weeks that turned into months, Morgiana worked up the courage to talk with Kougyoku.
Five minutes in, she is amazed how different she acted then she expected. Morgiana knew of how she strikes foes down mercilessly, but when not fighting she was almost a completely different person. Friendly, sweet, kind. She insisted on Morgiana dropping the strict Miss Ren for simply Kougyoku and laughed and smiled and called her Mor like they were best friends.
So Morgiana found herself secretly talking with the Eighth Princess more and more.
It was strange but she wanted to keep this relationship separate from her other ones. She loved Aladdin, Alibaba, Hakuryuu, and Masrur but something about this was different from the way she felt for them.
Kougyoku was bright and animated. She drew out more smiles than Morigana knew she had and called her pretty, making her feel simultaneously like soaring and crawling into a hole to die. It was so refreshing and honest, Morigana was selfish and just wanted it to herself. She knew Alibaba respected and liked her as well (though seeing Kougyoku make flower crowns for him made her feel uneasy for some reason) , still it felt like letting anyone else in on their silly giggles and little talks would taint it somehow. It wouldn’t be something Morgiana chose freely anymore
It on that early morning Kougyoku was leaving Mor gave her farewells. While the others slumbered she tiptoed silently to see the Eighth Princess’ smile as intense as the sun itself.
They promised to write. (Mor didn’t mention she wouldn’t be able to understand those scribbles. Money could always persuade a stranger to read it allow to her and reply.) They hugged and cried, heartbroken about losing their only female companion. It hurt but Morigana knew it must be even harder for Kougyoku.
She knew of the princess’ aching loneliness. Kougyoku never breathed a word of complaint, but it lingered in all her activities. She had no friends back in Kou, only stoic brothers, mocking sisters, and an oracle that had long since forgotten the childhood they shared. Morigana had gained so many friends since she had escaped her chains. Even when alone she never felt as isolated as Kougyoku probably felt every day.
So Morigana did something stupid. She asked if she could kiss the lonely, bright, so insecure, but so strong princess.
And she replied yes.
A.N. Thanks a lot attackonjudalsbraid, I’ve been saying forever I’d write koumor (I wanted to do this long deep thing comparing the two) but this finally motivated me to start. Honestly this is why I love requests, it gives me something to start with