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Chapter 7-
Misunderstandings
Summary:Simon get's the wrong idea about Magnus and Raphael
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Simon turns nervously back to the door, really hoping to see Magnus, an apology ready just in case he IS actually at the wrong apartment, and freezes.
That is, most definitely, Not Magnus.
"Uhh…H-hey, uh, hi, Raphael." He stutters out
Raphael is staring; he seems just as shocked as Simon.
Well, at least they're on the same page with this.
"Uh, hola, Simon"
"Wh-um... What are you doing here?"
Raphael quirked his eyebrow
"I… live here?"
"Y-you...Oh, umm, I, sorry, I-I thought this was Magnus's place?"
"Uh, yeah, it is... He lives here too. Were you looking for him? He is out right now. The station called, something about paper work, he said it would probably be quite a while."
Simon nodded quickly, eyes wide,
"Oh…um, O-okay, uh, thanks, s-sorry to bother you" Simon stuttered awkwardly,his hopes falling fast.
The way Raphael had talked about Magnus, they had just sounded like really good friends. It hadn't even occurred to him that they might actually be, like, a couple.
He guesses it shouldn't have be that big of a surprise; they were both gorgeous, and witty, and fashionable. Both really amazing, interesting people. He guesses it would stand to reason that they were together.
He starts to turn to leave.
"Hey, wait"
Simon stops, taking a deep breath, trying not to seem as disappointed as he was. He turns back around to face Raphael. He looks really concerned. He's really nice too… he and Magnus really are perfect for each other.
He never really stood a chance.
"What did you need? Is everything okay?" Raphael asks, concerned
Simon shook his head faintly, unable to keep in a slight sigh,
"Umm, yeah, i-it's fine. Magnus just said he'd help me with something, but it's not that important, he must have just forgot or something. It's no big deal." He finished quietly, trying to turn again.
"Well, is it anything I can help with?"Raphael asked, moving a bit closer
He shook his head, trying to wave him off,
"Uh, well; i-it's okay, I don't want to bother you. It's really not that big of deal. I don't want to impose on you or anything."
Raphael tilted his head, smiling slightly,
"It is not a problem, I have the day off. I'm sure, whatever it is, I can help as well as Magnus…only my help will probably involve far less dramatics and glitter." He says jokingly,
"It's okay, really. It's fine…
Y-you two make a really cute couple by the way." He says softly, once again starting to turn
"Couple? We are NOT a couple!"
Simon whirls back around, shocked
"You're not?!"
"Oh, GOD no!" Raphael exclaims, loudly, and with great emphasis
"No, no, no. no… Don't, uh, don't get me wrong; I love Magnus… in a brotherly, family, best friend, completely platonic, absolutely NO romantic interest whatsoever, kind of way."
"Oh, that's so great!" Simon exclaims
Then he realizes what he said
"N-not that Magnus isn't a great guy! He is! He seems really nice and funny and really cool and he is really good looking and you'd be good together…but you're not together and that's good too! I mean, cause, uh, i-it's great that you have such a great, supportive best friend, that's what I meant! Not that, like, I'm glad you're not with him or single or anything or, umm, yeah, so, okay…"
Simon hazards a peek back at Raphael, cheeks burning.
He was leaning against the door, hand covering his eyes, and seems to be trying to hold in his laughter, it's not really working though, like, at all. Simon really didn't like being laughed at; but at least the guy wasn't offended or upset by his rambling, so there was that.
And he wasn't dating Magnus
So that was really just, absolutely fantastic.
"Uh, s-sorry, so, what was it you needed help with?" Raphael asked when he got his laughter in check, looking up at Simon with the most unbelievably beautiful smile he had ever seen.
-Wait, what did he need to see Magnus for?
It was something
Something…important?
Damnit; Raphael needed to stop smiling like that, he couldn't think...
Well, it was really okay though; cause it was a really great smile…
No, focus…
What did I need to see Magnus for?
Work, something about work…
CLOTHES!
That was it!
"Clothes!" he exclaimed
Okay, well…That probably wasn't as good of answer to Raphael as it was to Simon; if the confused, eyebrow raised kind of look he was giving Simon was any indication.
God, the guy probably thought Simon was having a stroke!
"Umm, uh, Well, see, you know how I got that promotion at work?
Well that means I don't have to wear the uniform now and that will be really cool and awesome and everything but, like, I don't have any 'Work' type clothes, like at all. And so I called Magnus and asked him if he could help me pick out some stuff, cause he has such a cool style and seems like he knows a lot about that kind of thing.
Plus, I've kinda been wearing the same type of stuff since high school, and I am getting really tired of people still thinking I AM in high school, but, like, I really don't know where to even start changing that. So I thought, if Magnus helped me I could look more like an actual, 25 year old, professional, detective, rather than like the kid who cut math class to sneak over to the comic book store... And he seemed like he was really happy to help. He told me to come right over; I just talked to him about half an hour ago.
But I guess… I guess he must have forgotten to call me or something when the station called to let me know he was busy, or something… " he finished, trailing off a bit
He really didn't think Magnus seemed the type to ditch him...At least he hadn't thought that.
"That meddl-" Raphael started, then shook his head rolling his eyes a bit
"I am sure he must have forgotten; he can be VERY flighty, and distractible. Because he is my best friend, I am required to say it is charming and endearing, but really, it's just annoying as hell."
Simon laughed, relieved. At least that meant that Magnus hadn't just ditched him like he was starting to think.
"If you want, I can help you? I may not be as flamboyant as Magnus; but I do have a pretty good sense of style" he said with a really charming smile.
"Really, you'll help me?" Simon asked excitedly
"Yeah, no problem"
"Oh, Thank You! You are SO amazing!" Simon exclaimed, surging forward hugging him tightly
He froze
Crap!What am I doing?!
He quickly let go of Raphael, backed away a few steps,
"Sorry, dude, I, um, I totally didn't mean to do that! I just, it is so nice of you to help me and really cool and you have even better style than Magnus;
And I was actually going to tell him that I really liked your style and I kind of hoped he would go with something like your look for me, cause I like his style too… But, like, I don't actually think I'd really be good at the whole makeup kinda thing and I wouldn't have time to do anything like that every day. And I didn't want him to think I didn't like it or thought it was weird, or something, it's just that it wasn't me.
And I was going to compliment him on it but I didn't want him to think that I was like hitting on him or something cause I like him, but not Likehim,
Plus I kinda think he and Alec could end up having something.
And um..." Simon took a deep breath and resolutely snapped him mouth shut, trying to gain some semblance of control over his talking.
He nervously looked up at Raphael.
He had a really soft, slightly surprised smile; He almost looked like he was blushing a bit, but it must just be a trick of the light or something.
"So, um... W-Will you still help me?" Simon asked, shyly
"Dios, ¿cómo puedes ser tan lindo… Of course I will still help you. Come on in." Raphael smiled, shaking his head a bit.
He moved to the side holding the door open, letting Simon in.
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Dios, ¿cómo puedes ser tan lindo: God, how can you be this cute?
O10O
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