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MALY

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"𝘏𝘮𝘮, 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘺 - 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?"

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ

━𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐘, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐆𝐎 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐎, 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄

She does NOT want to be here.

"Get out".

"I have been waiting for 10 minutes standing like an idiot Raina, if you do not get out of this carriage, I will drag you out" grumbled Ivan.

Raina rolled her eyes, clearly amused and finding it impossible for Ivan to do something like that. "And if you do drag me out then you will have to face your precious general."

Ivan sighed, fed up as he stood in front of a carriage in the blazing heat while everyone else looked at him as if he was an idiot. He muttered incoherently to himself then said, "How about this, if you do not get out, I will-". 

Until a voice interrupted, "Come on now Raina, dinner's ready"

The voice belonging to General Kirigan. 

Ivan straightens his back while clearing his throat.

"They have those tiny lava cakes right?" Raina asked as she hopped out of the carriage with the help of the general and took a couple of steps into Kribirsk.

As the general and Raina made their way in the front, Ivan scoffed, shaking his head as if he was annoyed even though you could see his lips twitch the slightest way upwards.

"All it took was lava cakes..."

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"So first you steal food from the Grisha tent, then you have the decency to drop some of them as well," a voice sarcastically asked the man. 

When he turned around standing a few feet behind him, leaning on the wall with her hand crossed and a scowl present was the famous and everyone's favorite, Raina Hart.

"Fuck," cursed the man as he quickly dropped on his knees trying to collect the freshly good grapes. "Wow, so you even curse at the presence of a Grisha", Raina scoffed as she heard the profanities he was mumbling.

The man looked up with a shocked expression as if he forgot whose presence he was with, "Ah, no, definitely not, you're R-R-Raina Hart".

"Oh am I, am I Raina Hart", she mocked. "What's your name buzz cut?", she questioned as she was silently laughing inside at how terrified the man looked.

"Malyen." 

She raised her right brow waiting for him to continue and as he took a notice of this, he quickly replied. "Malyen Oretsev mam, first army soldier and one of the best trackers". 

He puffed up his chest as he stated that proudly.

She obviously caught that; "Hmm, Maly - I'm going to be calling you Maly, is that alright?".

Maly nonchalantly nodded although he felt giddy inside as soon as he heard that name coming from her. "Well Maly, as I stated earlier, you stole food from the Grisha tent and you are not doing a good job at hiding that fact", she pointed out. 

His breathing got heavier at the thought of being caught, "I am just getting some food for my friend." He pointed to one of the tents behind him.

She hummed as she slowly walked forward. His heartbeat was raising while his palms were getting sweaty. 

"What would happen if I tell the other Grishas or rather the general about this little..situation.", Raina teased as she stopped in front of him looking straight into his eyes as an intimidation move. Which certainly worked.

Although he had the confidence to answer back, "Well I guess you could arrest me and bring me to them." he flirted?

 Yes, he flirted with her.

A roar of laughter escaped her mouth. She laughed straight onto his face, her body shaking.

"I-I can't breathe," Raina said, obscuring her mouth with her hand. "Did you just flirt with me, oh my saints, who did you use that line with because that is one horrible attempt, oh my", Raina poured out as she held her stomach. 

As for Maly, he has never been this embarrassed. Raina could see it as well as he started shifting his weight from side to side while fidgeting, so she took pity and tried to stop while breathing in and out to control the laughter.

"I'm sorry, I was bored waiting around so I decided to have some fun and well the first person I saw was you", Raina sincerely apologized. "Anyways as you know, I am Raina and it's a pleasure to meet you Maly", she continued while sticking out her hand in front of him. 

He moved the food to one side while putting his hand in Raina's while shaking it but instantly cringed when he realized his hand was sweaty and probably disgusting. As he looked up from his hand to Raina, he saw her smiling sweetly at him, not even slightly bothered.

"People call me Mal, but you already have a name for me, so that's fine", he responded as he looked away from her captivating eyes. She giggled, "So Mal, do you do anything around here to have fun....other than stealing food of course".

As they walked into the dark conversing with each other, two things were long forgotten, the food in Maly's arms and the haunting yet charming black eyes that pierced through their heads belonging to a certain General.

𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞!

i want to ask you all a question before i continue. 

i have gotten messages from people telling me if i can make fanfic with mal in. so I saw that many fanfics don't include Mal, which is why as you read the chapter, you see some rainaXmal moments. is this fine with all of you? is it alright if I have some rainaXmal moments, pls comment so I can know? 

let me know your thoughts

xoxo NS