Re-read the last chapter because I accidentally posted the wrong one and had to re-upload it. I forgot to put in the other one that I kinda don't like 1D, but the song just fit. Sorry if I'm a little sporadic with the posting, lots of family stuff going on. But you dont want to hear about my boring life, you want the beautifulness that is Malec, so here! *There is a small part in here about the events of episode 7 seasons 2 of shadowhunters, I doubt you need me to tell you what event, that shows Magnus' memory and thoughts on the night. I felt like I had to put it in here just because of all the controversy on the subject, that being said, please don't wright a review arguing about it, I just wanted to share my opinion. It is not explicit AT ALL, so safe for the children eyes in all of us, although there is some suggestive stuff at the end ;) , so children probably shouldn't read this*
"So, Mr. Schue, um, whats this about?" Magnus asked, in Mike mode. He had learned through the years how to become someone else pretty well, you just had to let go of everything that did not have to do with the character you were playing. You had to not think about anything, or anyone, from your other lives, just let go and be who you are (at the moment). Magnus found this very had to do with his Shadowhunter boyfriend standing right outside his Glee teachers office, in his high school. In fact, that whole sentence just gave him a headache.
"Well, Mike, I just wanted to make sure everything was... okay. You've been a bit... off the past few days and I just want you to know that you can always talk to me," Mr. Schue chose his words very carefully. He looked to the wall with the door, to where Magnus knew Alec was standing, and added, "about anything."
"I dont know what to say Mr. Schue, theres nothing wrong," Magnus said, using just enough nerves in his voice to pass himself off as a teenager who isn't used to being in trouble.
Will Schuester was very confused. He had had Mike as his student for 3 years now, two of them were spent with him in glee club, and he had thought he had known the boy. He had thought wrong. Ever since those two boys with tattoos had walked into the glee club he had seen a whole different side of Mike. Now, don't get him wrong, he had no problems what-so-ever with Mike kissing the dark haired one, or if he was gay. God knows he had fought for Kurt just for him to be able to bear comping to school. That was only one thing on a long list of concerning things. Mike had started wearing makeup and more exotic clothing, had been talking with an air of superiority, like he knew something that know body else did, or a lot of somethings, and he had gotten a sudden burst of confidence, strutting around with the new kid on his arm. Again, none of this was a problem for Will, his problem was that it was so sudden and so... un-Mike. It was like a switch had been flipped and someone totally new was in his body, he still looked like Mike (under all that makeup and hairspray) but he was someone new. Will just wanted to make sure that he was not being pressured, or that he had not been taking drugs, and that he had not cracked under the pressure of being a high school student.
"Well, Mike, uh, I've just noticed that you've been... different lately, not that its a bad thing... at all. It's just that I've noticed some pretty big, pretty sudden changes and it all started when those two new kids showed up. Your dressing differently, talking differently, and I've seen you hanging out with that dark-haired boy, Alec?" Mr. Schue released all of his concerns on the poor teenager.
"Well, Mr. Schue, I guess I was just tired of sitting in the back and just getting dance parts, sometimes. Half of the glee club can't even remember my name the just refer to me as 'the other asian' or 'boy asian', I'm not even fully asian! I just want to show the world what I have to offer, and, well," He looked down at himself, dressed in black skinny jeans, grey suede boots, a red silk shirt that showed off some of his chest, a grey vest, and numerous amounts of jewelry, not to mention his eye-liner and hair gel, and said, "this is more me." He finished, dramatically. He stole a few lines from different teen dramas he had watched over the years, to make it believable.
"Wow, Mike, I had no idea. If you felt so left out of things you should have come and talked to me," Mr. Schue said, shocked.
"I did!" He replied, a little outraged that he didn't remember all of his attempts to try and audition for a singing part.
"Wait, you were serious about those singing parts? I thought it was a joke! You've expressed your disinterest in singing many times and I thought that you were adamant about it," Mr. Schue said.
"Well, I've been working on my voice as I hoped you could tell by my performance the other day," Magnus said, he was proud of that song.
That brought Will's mind right back to the reason he had wanted to talk to Mike in the first place. "Right, you did do a good job on that song. I couldn't help but notice that you seemed to be singing to Alec," he ended on an open not, as to give Mike a chance to but in.
"Yes, he, uh, well he had no idea that I was here, and he was a little... shocked," Magnus looked down at the rings on his hands. He could easily talk about almost anything with almost anyone, but when it came to his Alexander...
"So you know him? Before he started coming here, that is," Will tried to ease his way into this, he wasn't even sure what he was fishing for, what or why he wanted to know. He was making this up as he went along.
"Yes, I know him," Magnus smirked as he remembered the night Alec came rushing into the apartment. He was flustered and unsure as he told Magnus that he wanted to take next step, catching the warlock off-guard. Magnus had expressed his concern that he didn't want to take things too fast and have Alec regret anything, he wanted the shadowhunter to take his time, enjoying everything that a relationship had to offer. In all honesty, Magnus had been dreaming about the blue-eyed boy in his bed since the day that he met him, but he wanted to be sure that Alec felt comfortable in who he was and in the way Magnus felt about him before doing anything... intimate. He had built up his self control over the years and could keep a cool head in most any situation, but Alec just had this effect on him. Alec had said that he was sure and he wanted all of Magnus, nothing held back, and the glittery man was too shocked to speak as Alec pushed him into their bedroom. Magnus let Alec dictate whatever they did, since it was all new to him. He wanted the young nephilim to explore this whole new side of himself. It had been a wonderful night and Magnus had not let Alec forget how adorably awkward and unsure he had been, and despite his protest and blush every time he brought it up, he knew Alec was quite happy with how the night had turned out, "quite well," he added, still smirking in a way that Mike Chang would not. 'Ah, well,' he thought to himself, 'This alias was getting old anyways,'.
"I see, so are you two..." he prayed that Mike would finish his sentence, or else it would be an extremely awkward guessing game.
"Together? Dating? In love?" Magnus asked, his Mike facade slipping. He couldn't help it, whenever he talked about Alec something just took him over. Mr. Schue just nodded, "Well, the answer is yes."
"And how long-," Mr Schue didn't have to wait for an answer that time, it seemed that Mike was more than keen to talk about the other boy.
"A few months now we've been together. You see, thats where I am whenever I'm not here, in New York. I guess I really only have myself to blame for people forgetting me, Im not here all that often," Magnus told him, more than he probably should have.
"You fly back and forth to New York all the time? Oh, Mike I had no idea! Is it your parents?" Will asked, trying to be a supportive teacher. If his parents were splitting up and he was being dragged back and forth from New York, that might explain some of his strange behavior.
Magnus laughed a bit, trying not to think of his parents, "No, their... not around," He said, not wanting to blatantly lie because he did like Mr. Schue, "Haven't been for quite some time, I take care of myself."
"Wait, Mike, are you living by yourself?" Mr. Schue asked, sitting straighter in his chair, alarmed but still gentle.
"No," Magnus hesitated, it wasn't a direct lie, he lived with Chairman Meow, and Alec... sometimes, "Don't worry about me Mr. Schue, I'm alright."
"Mike, I know it might seem alright right now, but being on your own isn't a good way to live, your still a teenager. Where do you even get money for food, electricity, water? Im really worried about you Mike," Will asked, concerned.
"Trust me I'm more mature than I look," Magnus let out a dry laugh, he was probably older than everyone in the glee club put together, "And I have all of those things, I actually have quite a bit of money saved up. Mr. Schue, I'm honestly fine-" Magnus was trying desperately to assure Mr. Schue that he was alright and that he shouldn't worry about the 400 year old immortal warlock sitting in front of him. But of course he couldn't tell him that, so he had to settle for the limited truth.
"Magnu-uh, Mike," Alec said questioningly, busting into the room. Magnus was glad for the change in subject, it was getting proceedingly difficult to convince his teacher that he was alright and did not need to be reported to social services. Will on the other hand wanted more information out of the boy who, before yesterday was just a quiet kid that was doing well in school and whom could dance well. Now he was a complete mystery, "Sorry to interrupt, I but while you were gone I was watching the Chairman, I know you didn't ask me to but I just thought, since I didn't know when you'd be back, I just kinda stayed there for a few days so I could feed him, and so that you didn't come home to an empty house because I know that you hate that feeling-" Alec rambled on. He only talked like this when he was nervous or very flustered. Most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between this and his normal way of talking, but Magnus knew the difference, it was a period. When he was like this you could not find any spots to put periods, his words were just crammed together in one big, long, run-on sentence. He usually needed someone to stop him before he passed out from lack of oxygen.
"Alexander, dear, is there a point to this lovely story?" He asked encouragingly.
"Oh, sorry, yeah," He blushed, "Point is that when Maryse told me to take a few days off and sent Jace and I up here while she took care of the institute, I told Izzy to watch the Chairman. She was supposed to go there once a day to feed him and make sure had enough water, but she just called me and said that she forgot to go yesterday so she went there today and he was gone. I- I don't know how he got out, but the whole place was a complete mess. I'm so sorry Magnus, I- I really don't know how he-" Alec sputtered out, taking small, subconscious steps to Magnus throughout his explanation, completely forgetting their company.
"Woah, shhhh, its fine. Chairman Meow is with me, he's at my place here. I'm sorry, I would have left a note, but I had no idea that you had been staying there taking care of him. I came back a few nights ago to get my eyeliner and saw the mess he made so I took him with me," Magnus hurriedly explained before Alec hyperventilated. Relief visibly washed over Alec, and Magnus realized something, his eyebrows rising, "Have you been sleeping in my bed?" He asked, also completely forgetting about the adult standing 3 ft away.
"No- I- I- Wha- Why would yo- I- Pfft- C-course no- I'm- I mean," With less than ten words Magnus had reduced this brave, strong, deadly, fierce shadowhunter to a stuttering, blushing, flustered mess. A Cheshire-Cat-like grin creeped on to his face and he took a step towards the other boy.
"Oh, if only poor Benedict Lightwood could see this, a nephilim, a Lightwood, completely at the mercy of a downworlder," Magnus chuckled at the thought.
"Who?" Alec asked, desperate to change the subject.
"A particularly horrible ancestor of yours. Don't worry, he contracted demon pox and turned into a giant worm," Magnus patted his shoulder.
"Demon pox? I thought that was a myth?" Alec said, a look of shock on his face.
Magnus burst out laughing and started humming a tune, he smiled fondly and said, "Remind me to teach Jace that song, it seems only fitting that a Herondale knows it."
Will Schuester was completely lost. He didn't even try to follow their conversation anymore. It was like Mike was a completely different person around this Alec kid. He radiated love and self-confidence, two qualities usually not found together in one high school student, at least not genuinely. A lot of kids would act like they were confident in themselves, but they had not had enough time to really explore all of themselves and accept everything, the good and the bad. Will was still not completely confident in himself and he had had years to grow and accept. Then there was that talk about his ancestor. Why would Mike say that? He obviously couldn't have been around to meet one of Alec's ancestors, especially not one that Alec didn't even know about. And who was the Chairman? Chairman meow, did Mike call them? It must be a pet, probably a cat based on the name. But why would Alec feel like he had to take care of it? Wouldn't Mike's parents, or at least the people he was living with, take care of it? Unless he wasn't living with anyone, but he didn't look like he was lying. Maybe...? Will's thoughts were all scattered and trying to piece together the new mystery that is Mike Chang. If thats even his real name? What did these two kids call him? Max? Mags?Magnet? Maximus? Magnus? Yes! That was it Magnus? But why? Will was getting a headache from all of the thinking he was doing. He looked back to the two boys still standing in front of his desk, and then starred at Mike. He looked for any signs of, well, anything, but he found none. For the first time, Will really looked at him, and he saw years of pain, heartbreak, love, kindness, anger... baggage in his eyes. More than any eyes he had ever seen, Mike, no, Magnus looked very old and wise, but only in his eyes.
"Mr. Schue? Mr. Schue? Hello?" Magnus was calling to his teacher who was staring at him vacantly. He shot a worried look at Alec, who was giving him the same look, before snapping his fingers to try and get his attention. Mr. Schue had heard him the first time and was just trying to clear his thoughts and compose himself enough to have a normal conversation. However, all of that composure flew out the metaphorical window when blue sparks came from Mike's fingers when he snapped. Mr. Schue blinked, he must have imagined it.
He shook his head and responded, "Yes, Mike?"
"Uhh, can I go now?" He asked, somewhere in between Mike and Magnus.
"Yes, but I want to talk to both of you tomorrow. I have some questions and if you don't want me to contact the school board wth my concerns then you better come prepared to put those concerns to rest, OK?" he said truthfully.
"Alright Mr. Schue." Magnus said, dragging a stunned and pale Alec from the room.
Once they were in the hallway Magnus asked, "Are you alright darling?"
A bit of color came back to his face at the word 'darling', he secretly loved when Magnus called him that, "Yeah, I've just never been called into the principles office before," he said, using as much knowledge of school that he had. Unfortunately all of that knowledge comes from cheesy high school movies Magnus made him watch, so it was not very accurate.
Magnus laughed, "It will be fine, he can't do anything to us, really. Besides, if things get hairy, I'll just tell him the truth," He grabbed Alec's arm, gently running his fingers up it.
"B-but you can't, its- its against clave policy," Alec tried to focus.
"For shadowhunters, not warlocks. As long as I don't tell the whole world, a few people won't hurt," He said, running his hands up Alec's clothed chest, "Besides, this town was getting boring anyways, I'd much rather be at home," He kissed his lower neck, "With you," He kissed higher up on his neck, "In bed," He whispered the last words seductively in Alec's ear before licking it.
That was it for Alec, any argument he built up in his head vanished, replaced by all things Magnus. Magnus could visibly see Alec crumble, completely entranced by him, his face now turning back to it's usual, blushing state. They starred at each other for a second then Alec grabbed Magnus by his vest and kissed him, not being able to stand another moment without the warlock's lips on his own. Magnus, of course, reciprocated the kiss before pulling away a few moments later to summon a portal.
"I love that your a warlock," Alec said, admiring him. Magnus smirked and threw himself at the shadowhunter, lips locking, teeth clashing, and tongues fighting as they went through the portal that would take them back to Magnus' place, and more importantly, his bed.
I just want to say sorry that took so long. Ive got my Nana with a bruised heart (I didn't even know that was a thing), one aunt who just had bunion surgery and now only has one foot, and another aunt who just lost her mother-in-law, so my life had been crazy. But make no mistakes, I am not, nor will I ever abandon this story!
Shirsim, thank you, glad your enjoying! LightsaberSnake, its fine I totally get the whole my-life-is-crazy-right-now thing, I hope this was all you thought it would be and more! Suzululu4moe thanks for the whirlwind of reviews, I'm happy that you seem to be enjoying it! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and as always please review, I love reading them!
