Shadow softly smiled at the response he made. This was her purpose now: Protecting her master now...friend. She really needed to get used that term, considering that she has never been labeled as one before. “Of course”.

As long as she had embraced him, the genie didn’t want to let go. Somehow, it made her feel safe and vice-versa. But, she knew they couldn’t stay like this forever, no matter how much she wished. 

“Thank you for accepting me the way you did”, the teenage girl was truly grateful.