I still own nothing! Just the thoughts running through my head...
Chapter 6
I listened to the water running down the drain and the soft noises Alec made as the hot stream met his aching skin and muscles. I went into the kitchen and began to make breakfast, first of all some coffee, I just needed more of it today. Not nearly enough sleep, a fight with my man I could just hope the spell will work this day couldn't get more bad, could it?
I placed some bacon and eggs on a plate when Alec came out of the bathroom, just dressed in a towel and with another one drying his hair. Without a glance in my direction he went into the bedroom to get dressed. Why didn't he use the other bathroom next to the master bedroom? I shrugged and readied a plate for myself, I carried everything to the table in the dining room, pouring both of us some coffee. Alec came back fully clothed and sat down at the dining table. "I already had breakfast at Taki's, but I'll drink some coffee." He pushed the plate to the middle of the table but took the coffee cup and took a sip. I glared at him, slowly getting angry. "Alec... What the hell is going on? This is not because of Hayden." "I'm just not in a good mood. The night had been far too long and then I'm coming home and see my boyfriend cuddling with another man..." "There was no cuddling! I've been ... Alec... I'm way too tired to discuss this right now." "There's nothing to discuss. I think we both need some sleep. If we talk about it right now it will end up bad." I rolled my eyes and picked around in my eggs shoving them around on my plate, all appetite lost. I drank my coffee in silence, picked up the plates and everything went into the trash can, the empty plates in the sink.
In the bedroom I took off my clothes and crawled under the sheets, still angry and silent and sad. After a few minutes I felt the mattress sink down on Alecs side of the bed and his hands slipping over my naked waist, his chest pressing against my back. "I'm not in the mood for sex." I felt Alec stiffen behind me. "I didn't want to..." "You didn't? Because when Hayden and I were cuddling, this is sex already, after all we're both naked." "Magnus... I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it like that." Alec kissed my shoulder and pressed himself even more into my back. "I love you, more than anything else. You know I'm jealous as hell, than I'm just getting mad and weird and ridiculous and..." "I get the point. Let's sleep." "Okay." I looked over my shoulder and Alecs lips met mine in a slow, assuring kiss. After that I closed my eyes and drifted down into sleep so fast I didn't even realize it.
A few hours later I woke up alone, nearly alone. The sheets next to me were ruffled, a note lay in the middle of Alecs pillow, in the middle of the note was the Chairman sleeping tight. I smiled a little and carefully picked him up and laid him down on my pillow to read the note that said that Alec had been called back to the institute. "Hey little one, are you hungry?" I petted the soft fur with my fingertips, the small paws slightly grabbing them to hold them there. His beautiful eyes closed again as he yawned then standing up and hopping from the bed to tumber to the kitchen with his short legs. A look out of his windows told me how long I've been asleep, it was already dark again, I really needed the rest but I felt better now. I gave Chairman some tuna in his bowl and went for a shower. After putting on some clothes, I grabbed a few things I needed for the spell and locked myself in my spell room for the next hours squeamishly following every detail and order the greek warlock wrote down.
You've got to be kidding me! What the fucking hell!? I snapped my fingers and blue sparks became visible at my fingertips. For Lilith's sake, that still works, so I can correct my fault. I stormed out of my spell room into the living room and one of the book shelves. My finger roamed over the spines of the books, grabbing out the right one and turning around but stopping in my tracks as the door flys open and Alec and Goldilocks enter my flat, the book fell to the ... Fuck...
"... cast a spell. You can smell it in the floor and in the apartment it's even more..." Alec laid his keys down and looked me straight in the eyes, his widening instantly. "Magnus..." Jace pushed his way past him into the living room and began laughing loud the second he saw me. "What the hell?!" He pointed his finger at me and laughed frantically nearly starting to cry because of it. "What... oh my... by the angel..." He came over to me, while Alec stood there frozen in place and gaping at me open mouthed. Jace reached out, still laughing his ass off, and grabbed my tail (Yes! I've got a tail now! ) I have to say... gently. "Look at this... a tail..." He let it slip through his fingers, I turned around in high speed, slapping my tail out of his hands and hissing (Hissing... I could hiss!) in his direction. I cupped my mouth with my own hands, shocked over my own reaction. Jace looked at me, his eyes still wet gleaming from his laughter. "Did you just hiss at me?!" His hand tried to reach for my ears. "Come here kitty kitty..." Alec finally did something and moved to stop Jace from touching me, he grabbed his wrists and turned him to the door, nearly pushing him out. Jace didn't really fight against his parabatai, he was too focused on laughing again. "Come on... that's hilarious!... Alec..." Alec shoved him out onto the floor and without saying a word he closed the door but you could still hear Jace giggling and lightly knock on the door. "Alec... that's fucking funny... let me back inside..."
Alec came back to me, now my turn to stand there frozen with my hands still over my mouth. My tail was twitching from the left to the right side behind me without me even realizing it, I looked into Alecs blue eyes. "Magnus... What have you done?" His hands reached out to me but stopped a few inches before he touched me, his insecurity showing in his worried eyes, in his posture. His fingers softly touched my right ear, his fingertips gently caressed the black fur and the thin skin underneath it but it still twitched back a little and with that out of his reach for a second. "Alexander..." My hands fell to my sides, loosely hanging there. "The spell went all wrong! I don't know what happened... I wanted to be human, to change what I am... and now I'm... I'm..." I pointed to myself with both hands. "I don't know what the hell this even should be!" I stomped to the ground with my feet in anger, but although they were bare and there was no rug or something it felt soft and didn't really make a sound. I tried it again with the same result. "My feet are... they make no sound! I've got cat ears! And a fucking cats tail! I'm hissing at people for fucks sake!" Alec touched my cheek, lovingly caressing it with his thump and it worked, he could calm me down a little. "You're a neko." "A... What!?" "A neko. I know it from the mangas I always had to read with Max. A mixture of human and cat, often mentioned in mangas and anime." His eyes became sad as he mentioned his younger brother, like always. "But why am I a neko? I wanted to be mortal and die after living my life with you, that has nothing to do with being half a cat!"
Alecs eyes shot up and looked directly into mine. "Really?! You wanted to become mortal?" "Yes, for sure. I love you." "I love you too, honey." His lips closed softly over mine, parted them and made way for his tongue to slide into my mouth. I moaned at the contact, my rage just subsided, I felt my ear twitching again as Alecs fingers went through the fur but it was so sensitive it really felt more than good and very intimate. I moaned again and pressed my lips harder to Alecs, feeling a vibration in my throat that I didn't know before. I felt Alec smiling at my lips before he broke the kiss off, my eyes stayed close, my forehead leaned against his, the vibration in my throat was still there. "Magnus... Are you really purring?" My head shot up, my eyes opened and the vibration was gone immediately. "Nooo...?" Still smiling he looked at me until a meowing sound broke the silence. "That wasn't me... I'm not meowing!" I looked to the right and on the floor sat Chairman Meow. His tail twitched from side to side and he looked at me with his head up in an arrogant manner. I went down on my knees and held my hand out in his direction. "Hey little one. You still recognise me, do you?" The Chairman looked at me a few seconds his whiskers quivering as he tried to catch my scent before he came over and pressed his spine up into my hand. I picked him up and pressed a kiss in his fur at his neck. "My sweet one, I'm glad you still love me."