he's not [that] bad / magdan

episode 24

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magnus made it to benton's lab with time to spare. he hopped off his nillious after arriving at the main gate, placing him in his pocket when it returned to ball form.

the gate was already opened so he just walked right in making his way into the lab. having no idea where to go and not seeing any members of the ao around, naturally the boy began to wander around the big halls.

by the sound of familiar voices talking over head, he makes it in front of what looks like a garage. in it were many things but the main attraction was the massive blue plane. when benton said they were going by airtravel he assumed they'd be sent to the airport on their merry way but this? he wasn't expecting it

"yo, magnus! my man! you finally made it" wynton's booming voice echoed in the garage which startled him enough to slightly jump and look over seeing him make his way to him with shun by his side. "sure took ya long enough to get here, i almost worried you ditched us."

magnus narrowed his eyes, he didn't care but he was certain wynton wouldn't mind that!

"oh come on wynton, i'd never ditch you guys," magnus lied "but, um, where's dan and lia?"

"dan hasn't made it yet, he's probably still packing" shun replied. "and lia's here but.." the blond boy looked around "i haven't seen her."

"she actually left.. to take care of things" wynton said and his uneasy voice made magnus aware of his lie. "anyway, i see you brought a suitcase along, want me to put it in the back with the others?"

magnus shrugged "okay." he said and handed it over to the other. he had nothing to hide so what the use in declining? such a friendly handover should had been enough to convince anyone that the teen hid nothing but the only haos brawler of the group thought otherwise. lia ran from behind the plane where she hid and snatched the suitcase from wynton's hand with a determined smile

when the three looked over with different expressions on their face, lia stood up and cleared her throat "well you heard what wynton said," she nervously laughed and pointed behind her "we're gonna go put this in the back with the others" she began to walk off, when her green wearing friend didn't follow she looked back "come one wynton" she growled

"oh uh haha, right" he tagged along, venegas led styles back where she previously hid leaving shun and magnus to watch, one disappointed and the other amused

"i'm sorry about lia, guess she didn't take what dan said to face value" the japanese boy sighed.

"it's okay" magnus shrugged "it's not like we can force her to get along with me" and it's not like he cared anyway, whether lia got along with him or not was just a luxury at this point. he'd get his hands on the unknown power, reach his main goal and he'd leave the awesome ones for good. he'd throw away the 'relationships' he formed with them and maybe even give lia a pat on the back for being right the whole time but with dan.. he'd gladly throw his heart on the ground and stomp on it. giving dan kouzo the pain he deserves was an understatement, he wanted to break him emotionally to the brink of tears and feel satisfied about it. he was anticipating to savor that moment

such a sadistic thought made him grin and speaking of dan, the noise of a ukelele strumming by the door brought him back to reality. he looked over and there dan stood, smile on his face as he played the instrument.

that wasn't the only thing to note, instead of wearing his usual red outfit today he wore a yellow hawaiian type shirt, dark blue shorts, a purple flower neckless hanging over his neck and shades on top of his head. an outfit as such was kind of surprising, compared to everyone else he'd be the odd one out

in magnus' words: he looked ridiculous than ever

"dan?" shun laughed. "what are you wearing?" and he couldn't have asked it better

"well, benton did say we were going to an island so i decided to dress appropriately" dan chuckled back and put one hand on his hip to strike a pose, at that magnus couldn't help but chuckle. he did look silly but.. it fit him well

"don't you think it's a little too.. i dunno, too much?" the blond boy questions. "benton said the plane gets a little cold and i don't think wearing shorts like those is such a good idea"

"oh who cares what benton says! i'll be okaaaay, a little air conditioning never bothered me" dan shrugged. the privilege of living in an airconditioned home caused him to grow accustomed to it after all. "besides, magnus really seems to like it" he looked up at his friend. "right?"

"of course" the question didn't even faze magnus, it made him quickly reply instead. and he could have left it there, the response satisfied daniel but as if the words formed themselves: "i think it looks cute on you."

cute..

..cute