Alex's phone buzzed.
Magnus: Yo, u done?
Alex: Yea
Magnus: K, I'm in front of the school
Alex: aight, also.
Alex changed Magnus's name to falafelmaster
Falafelmaster: heyyyyyy
Alex: It suits you
Falafelmaster: Welllll.....
Falafelmaster changed Alex's name to PinkGreen&everythinginbetween
PinkGreen&everythinginbetween: Now that is just too long
PinkGreen&everythinginbetween changed their name to Pinktastic
Falafelmaster: ewwww.
Pinktastic: What?
Falafelmaster: It's so...... you... Btw where are you
Pinktastic: In front o school
Falafelmaster: Where....
Falafelmaster: Oh wait I see u.
Magnus waved at Alex and tapped his foot impatiently as Alex took her time walking to him.
"So how are we going to your house?"
"We can walk, it's not that far away." And it also gives me time to admire how perfectly your sweater suits you. Ok that might have been borderline creepy, but Magnus couldn't help himself, Alex looks hot in that sweater. "You know this wouldn't be happening if we weren't complaining about Ms. Judy's class during class time."
"It's not our fault, her class was very boring, and-" Magnus wasn't really listening, he was just admiring Alex and how passionate she can be about something. Oh, he's so screwed, he's just so well and truly whipped for Alex Fierro. Everything about her is way too perfect, from the way her amber and chocolate brown eyes gleam with an intense fire, to the way she holds herself. Confident, and passionate, just like the fire in her eyes. They scare him as much as they draw him to her. It's been a week, but he's in deep. I'm so screwed. Magnus thought. I've fallen in love with somebody who probably wouldn't hesitate twice to throw me out the window the minute somebody even marginally better than me comes around.
A short while later, they arrived at Magnus's home, and Alex's mouth immediately formed an O.
"Wow, when you said home, I didn't think it was this big." Yeah, Magnus might've undersold the size of his mansion a *cough* little *cough* bit. "And you live alone most of the time?"
"Yeah, it gets lonely sometimes, so I'm glad to have company." He beamed. And maybe she was just tired, or something else, but Alex's face looked flushed.
They went up to Magnus's room and after Magnus brought out his supplies Alex told him: "So how do you want to divide it up?"
"I think I sorta understand the problem, so I'll do that and maybe you decorate?"
"Ok, I'll also help you graph one of them too," Alex replied. "Let's get started. And I'm going to put on some music if you don't mind."
"Go on ahead."
Alex put on Fly Me to the Moon and started humming to it. Magnus can't help but notice how at peace and totally focused Alex looks. Well, time to get to work. Magnus went about drawing the graph and solving the problem, despite not being a Calculus whiz, he managed to plot out the graph in no time at all. He handed the poster over to Alex and said, "I'm gonna take a little nap if you don't mind."
"Sure," said Alex. "I'll wake you once I finish."
"Alright." Magnus put his head down and was fast asleep soon after.
Alex went on working to the tune of even more Frank Sinatra songs. Art, like pottery, came naturally to her. It was as second nature to her as breathing, and even though this was just a poster, she still wanted to make it look the very best she could possibly do. So she drew just about everything she could think of and poured her very heart and soul into this just-a-poster-she-had-to-do-because-she-wasn't-listening-in-class. That was her, always going all out on everything she was tasked to do. Except, well, except maybe her crush on Magnus. Not crush, she tells herself, just this little weird feeling I have for a very close friend who's not even supposed to be on Earth, but heaven. Because he's way too kind and accepting for his own good. After all the times I've been mean he's still talking to me. Despite most people shunning me, he's ok with me for being genderfluid, accepting too, in fact. How can you not get all the feels with a person like that?
She really shouldn't be thinking about this. Turning attention back to the poster, Alex went on decorating. First, she decided to beautify the title adding twirls and whirls in the title. Then considering Magnus's nature, she decided to add a sunshine to the title, you know, just for the fun of it.
As she was finishing, she took a moment to observe Magnus's sleeping face, he really reminds her of Sleeping Beauty, only he's a guy, and more handsome than beautiful.
It was as though her gaze summoned it, but in that very moment, Magnus's face suddenly contorted in an expression of pain and helplessness.
And at the very next moment, he screamed.
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Just This Once (Magnus Chase x Alex Fierro)
RomanceMagnus never thought of anything much besides surviving the day and sleeping though to the next. He never had much success with his love life. But when he meets Alex, he hopes and cross his fingers that maybe, just maybe, someone will love him back...
