he's not [that] bad / magdan

episode 7

the close to 3 hour brawl ended with dan defeated but not like it mattered at all to the red wearing boy, that just meant magnus was officially a part of the team! which made him happy more than anything

but getting his butt kicked worked him up an appetite so after that the ao and their official new member walk by a pizza arcade not just to grab a bite but to celebrate the moment no matter how sour two certain brawlers felt toward the boy

"and then the stupid pelican took all my bread, it was crazy" magnus said, in the middle of a totally made up story only two people were buying: dan and his sister.

"oh, really?" wynton asked. the group was sitting at a table waiting for their food, the ventus brawler sat next to lia and emily who had lightning on her lap and the trio across sat magnus in between shun and dan

"yeah, i'm telling you it totally happened!"

"ok." the doubtful wynton scooted a bit closer to his blue haired female friend, turning his head and covering his mouth as he whispered "i don't think we're looking at the same magnus we've grown accustomed to."

lia shook her head agreeing "totally not" she whispered back

magnus' eyes go half lidded, annoyed those two would just never get a break. he's already picked up on shun beginning to get used to him, he didn't care for the dog and dan was, well..

he's the one who brought him into this mess so of course he trusted him one hundred percent. and did magnus know why? no! and frankly he didn't even care to figure out those reasons

he wanted to laugh in dan kouzo's face for ever trusting him in the first place. after all the jealously and hatred he's expressed his way it was daunting dan would ever think he was a good guy, let alone ever be capable of redeeming himself.

sure, he wasn't as bad as lia and wynton made him out to be but he still had a burning desire to wipe that stupid smile off dan kouzo's face. with all the pain he's put him through he just wanted to grab him by the shirt collar and..

"oh, food's here!" the pyrus brawler excitedly said after a nice waiter put down two trays of pizza on their table, cheese for lia and shun and peperoni for everyone else.

the sight of so much food snapped magnus out of his intense train of thought.

'calm yourself , magnus' he thought as he served himself. 'you'll get your chance to give daniel what he deserves.'

the crew ate and chatted amongst themselves, having a good time as many broad topics were brought to the table. it made emily especially happy to see her brother enjoying himself but little did she know that smile was forced

besides her, he hated everyone here.

after eating the gang made their separate ways to play some games. emily hung out with lia and wynton while shun played alone leaving dan to follow magnus around like a puppy and his master.

"look at him, he's clearly plotting something." wynton whispered to lia. they were at a claw machine and as emily played the two gossiped about her brother who was too busy playing a shooter game with dan to notice.

"i don't see what dan sees in him" the girl murmured. "all I see is a bad brawler who controls his bakugan which by the way, that device is still under his sleeve"

wynton clicked his tounge. he didn't know what magnus' deal was but whatever he planned had to be horrid.

"aw man, i lost again!" dan fake whined as his partner chuckled

"guess your skills are flawed, kouzo" magnus said and picked up his soda. these games were too easy for him but this game of his in which he kept a faked positive attitude was more fun "let's go play another game, i'm starting to get bored of this one." he said

"okay"

the boys walked around in search of a different game when dan started up a chat again

"you know magnus, I like it when you're like this."

violet red eyes look down at him "how?" he asked

"you know, yourself. you're just so laid back, this side of yours is nice"

magnus smiled. he was too into faking everything that he didn't notice this one to be genuine. "i guess being part of the ao just brought out the real me" he joked

dan giggled.

"oh yeah, that reminds me, how come you said no at first when i asked you to join but then changed your mind?"

'because i relized joining i could use you to fulfil my selfish needs' he thought since that was the basis of things but of course he wouldn't say that! having already perfectly planned this sceme of course he knew what to say if any of the four ever brought it up. so he sighed and stopped in his tracks once they reached the wall next to the bathroom "you see dan, when i said no i was still clinging onto the posibility that aaanimus could take me back which by the way, i was only working for because they were my only hope in survival"

"ah, i see"

magnus continued "i just didn't want to admit to myself that i was back to where i started so i kept on working for my own needs, it wasnt until that night that i relized i was better off doing something for myself then working for a corupt organization" "so i came back, i want to change, dan kouzo, and if anyone can help me, it's you"

dan smiled at that, his eyes gleamed knowing he was right all along. he just wanted to help out his friend when that's what he wanted

"... oh," he was too focused in magnus' beautiful smiling face that his words made his cheeks tint pink "i'll try my best "

"thank you dan, anyway," magnus pointed to the restroom "i need a quick break"

the boy nodded and when he was gone, it gave himself the free reign to bury his face in his hands and groan embarrassed

he hoped to god magnus didn't notice his strange behavior because this had to be the final nail in the coffin he was slowly digging himself into

'if only i could control these stupid emotions like i can control myself in brawl' he thought

if only..