ALEC POV
Everyone knows I will do anything to make Magnus happy, even if I am bored/scared to death. At the moment we are in a long line for a haunted house. One of the most boring mundane things I have encountered. Magnus and I have spent the whole day together, shopping, eating, we saw a movie, and now that it's dark out Magnus wanted to go to the haunted house that was a couple miles from our apartment. Me, I would rather go to the zoo and see some Llamas, which are my favorite animal. Don't judge.
The line was moving slowly and Magnus was getting really excited, I don't know why, I didn't want to make him unhappy. As we waited I heard many awful comments that I knew were pointed at Magnus and I since we were the only gay couple here that I knew of. Magnus sensed my discomfort and and packed my cheek.
"Don't worry Darling, they are just a bunch of bajingan (assholes in Indonesian)." He said, trying to comfort me, behind his back I saw him snap his fingers and the comments stopped. I turned around to see what Magnus did to them only to find that they were all wearing short sequined skirts and neon tube tops with six inch heels.
"Magnus, you shouldn't have done that, but thank you." I told him after almost dying with laughter.
"Don't worry only you and I can see it all they can see is what they were already wearing, they just can't talk for the next hour." As he talked his eyes glistened with happiness, I don't know the reason for that. "No laws have been broken today, I promise you."
I smiled up at him before I replied, "Good, I wouldn't want to lock you up after our date." I joked with him as we moved up in line. We are now almost to the front. Magnus took my hand into his and leaned down to whisper into my ear.
"I think I would be the one locking you up, not the other way around Darling." I felt my cheeks go scarlet red as he rested his head on top of mine as if he didn't say anything. "aku mencintaimu sayang (I love you Darling) with all my heart."
"I love you too." We were silent the rest of the way to the front of the line. We didn't need to talk constantly when we are together, everything is better when I'm with Magnus, even the silence. We walked slowly to the front of the line when it was our turn the people working the haunted house gave us some nasty looks except one who looked like she wanted to watch us in our holy gayness.
As we entered The first thing I noticed was the darkness, the only thing illuminating the room was some red strobe lights placed at various places. My grip on Magus's hand tighten and he slightly turned his head to look at me. One thing I have never told him is that I am terrified of the dark.
"Darling, are you okay?" He sounded worried but I wasn't going to ruin this for him.
"I'm fine, come on let's go." surprisingly my voice didn't quiver as it usually does.
Magnus and I walked further into the house occasionally people dressed as 'monsters' jumped out at us. Magnus laughed and smiled as they did so while I was trying not to have a panic attack and start crying. I'm a grown man I shouldn't have such an irrational fear. We were halfway through the house when Magnus looked over at me again. For the first time tonight he looked absolutely terrified. I would have said something if I was able to breath. Magnus grabbed my arm and we ran towards the exit, by now I was having a full blown panic attack.
Finally we reached the exit and Magnus engulfed me with his arms. "Segalanya akan baik-baik saja (everything will be okay) Alec, sweetheart, whats wrong? Are you okay? What happened?"
I stayed silent, crying into his chest. It is so embarrassing to have a fear like this. Having a panic attack because of some stupid mundanes. "Aku cinta kamu,(you know this one) darling please tell me what's wrong." He sounded like he was about to start crying himself.
"I'm fine," I muttered through my shallow breaths. I wanted things to go back to before the haunted house. Magnus and I were having fun, now this. "Can we just go home?"
"Of course we can but when we get there I need you to tell me what's up, I hate seeing you like this." Magnus said as he guided me to the car, yes car, I made him get one a while ago.We sat in silence the whole way home and up the stairs. I tried to go straight to bed to forget the second half of the night but Magnus wasn't letting me. "Come on, you need to tell what happened in there. Please."
"Okay, just give me a few minutes, okay?" I try to buy myself time to try and figure out what to say. After a few moments I finally started talking. "Since I was little I hated being in the dark, when I was nine (Max) I started hiding it from everyone. Usually I feel better when I am with someone, but lately it's been getting worse. I didn't want you to have to put up with my fears so I kept it from you, I never planned on telling anyone. I'm sorry." As I talked I slowly started crying again.=
Magnus pulled me into his lap so that I am now sitting on top of him. "Darling, it's okay. This doesn't make me think any less of you. You will always be my Alexander that I love. Nothing will ever change that. I wish you told me all of this sooner, I would have helped you. I will help you. I will always be there for you. Aku cinta kamu. Aku cinta kamu. Aku cinta kamu. Aku akan selalu mencintaimu (I will always love you)."I was no longer crying, instead I was holding onto him as a kid would with a stuffed animal.
"I love you too. Can we please go to bed now?" I said quietly
"Darling, of course we can. Come on." He picked me up, surprising me. I didn't fight it, it was nice. As we entered the room Magnus snapped his fingers and a soft light barely illuminated the room, it was just enough for me to make out everything. Also for my fear not to be disturbed (oh-ah-ah-ah-ah). I also noticed that Magnus and I had been changed into pajamas. Magnus set me on the bed and walked to his side and laid down, grabbing me to bring me down with him. He kissed my lips softly before resting his head on the pillow and gently closed his eyes. I listened to his breathing, for once in a very long time it didn't take hours for me to fall asleep. Within minutes sleep over took my thoughts.
