he's not [that] bad / magdan

episode 22

benton dusk, owner and president of dusk indrustries. age: 25.

when magnus broke into studio d way back when, he did his own research on the man and finally confronting him face to face. he didn't look all that threatening but for some reason just knowing he was related to ms. philomena, his far more menacing previous boss, he felt a little uneasy. and this was coming from the kid who broke his lab down and robbed him of precious research.

benton furrowed his brows, he looked over at the four brawlers for an explaination. "uh... kids? what is he doing here?"

dan was about to explain everything, just like he promised, but wynton beat him to it. the ventus brawler put his arm around magnus' neck and brought him close, magnus mentally fumed at the gesture. "why this is our latest recruit, magnus!" he said. "and we are just soooo happy to have him." with his other hand he reaches over to ruffle his hair in an attempt to get him on his nerves which definitely worked by the way magnus growled and pushed wynton off him. wynton smiled over at lia, she approved.

"yeah we actually are happy to have him." shun said but unlike his peers, his reaction was genuine.

lia nodded at that, agreeing in a fake manner. "uhuh, and having him in was all dan's idea."

"oh, really?" benton looked down at dan, his look of disapproval intimidating the brawler yet he pushed that aside and stuck up for his friend like he promised. "yeah! i was also the one who invited him into the awesome ones." dan looks at magnus and magnus nodded with a warm smile as he shifted his focus at the tall business man

"i know you may not like me because of what i did to your lab mr dusk, but i promise it was all just a misunderstanding." magnus said as he put a hand over his heart, trying to convey an innocent look. "i'm trying my best to change and the awesome ones are leading me through the right path," he then looks down at dan, his look innocent but his feelings malicious "... especially dan kouzo, if it weren't for him i don't know where i'd be."

dan smiles wide as his eyes gleam, he feels his cheeks slightly warm up. if his friends weren't here he'd hug him right in the spot! shun and emily share a laugh while lia and wynton roll their eyes. as if the benton dusk would fall for such a lie!

"hm." benton eyed magnus up and down keeping a serious look on his face, magnus continued to smile warmly though on the inside he was ready to just snap and break everyone's neck. sometimes he wondered how in the world he still had the patience to keep up with all this! seconds transpire and to everyone's surprise, benton's demeanor shifts to a calm look and he smiles back at magnus. "well, i see you're going in the right direction magnus. welcome to the team." he extends his arm for a hand shake, magnus takes his hand as he begins to process what the heck just happened. he was expecting more, more from the man he robbed and brother of the witch he once worked for. as did everyone else. dan sighs relieved benton trusted him while lia grits her teeth that he didn't.

"what? benton! you're really gunna trust him that easily?" the girl squawked

"well, yeah." the elder shrugged "i'm a firm believer that people change and to be honest, you should feel honored someone to magnus' degree chose you to be his step in the right direction" after benton said that, magnus turned to her and smiled smugly.

lia groaned and right before she would throw hands wynton grabbed her shoulder. "just let him be." he whispered. the blue haired sighed. why couldn't anyone but her see the evil she saw in magnus?

"anyway brawlers, let's get inside." benton said. he gestured the ao to follow him. "i invited you all here for a reason."

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