Chapter 116

Magnus's POV

Whenever I saw Lin's nose bleeding, I instantly told someone to grab a tissue. Alec went and grabbed some and came back and handed them to me. I wiped the blood from his nose. He was still clinging onto Hyungwon and crying.

Magnus: Hey, it's okay. Breathe.

Lin: I can't. I can't.

Hyungwon: What happened?

Max: He started panicking after Dongwook took the breathing tube out.

Hyungwon: That shouldn't be happening. Lin, look at me.

Lin looked at Hyungwon while breathing heavily. He calmed down from crying but was still gasping for air. Hyungwon looked at his eyes and then made sure he was okay after everything.

Hyungwon: Slow deep breaths. Slow deep breaths. In through your nose, out through your mouth.

Lin did what Hyungwon said and soon his breathing was steadier.

Hyungwon: There you go. How does it feel to breath fully?

Lin: Confusing.

Hyungwon laughed.

Hyungwon: It might take a while.

Lin smiled. Max kissed Lin's head. Lin hugged him.

Lin: I wanna go for a run when we get home.

Max: Depends on if you're fully recovered or not.

Lin: Awww.

Hyungwon: The main thing you need to worry about is the stitches in your chest. That's it. Other then that you should be fine.

Magnus: Wait, don't you want to renew-

Hyungwon: Hush about that!

Magnus: Okay. Sorry.

Hyungwon: It's fine.

Alec put his arms around my shoulders and held me. I stood up and excused us and walked out with Alec.

Magnus: Babyyy.

Alec: I know. But we haven't discussed the other situation that me and you need to take care of.

Magnus: What, back at the compound?

Alec: Yes! Jace has asked us to get there as soon as we can.

Magnus: Well right now is not a good moment.

Alec: Oh come on! Jace said it was important!

Magnus: IT CAN WAIT ALEC! I'M HERE FOR MY BROTHER AND MY BROTHER IN LAW! JACE CAN WAIT BECAUSE HE KNOWS ABOUT ME AND HOW PROTECTIVE I AM! SO THIS CAN WAIT!

I stormed off to the cafeteria. I needed a break.

Alec's POV

Max walked out from the room and saw Magnus walking off. He looked at me.

Max: Idiot. You know that he's protective. And I know he just told you that but still. Give him a break Alec.

Alec: But Jace needs us at the compound.

Max: It can wait. Magnus isn't in the best of moods. Plus, his brother-in-law is in the hospital. Trust me, he is way more protective whenever Eddie is in the hospital but cut it out.

Max walked off in the direction that Magnus walked off in.

Max's POV

Once I got to the cafeteria, I saw Magnus sitting at a table by himself. I went and got a coffee for me and him. I went over and set the coffee down in front of him. He looked at me and took the coffee.

Max: Speak when you're ready. And no you can't have a margarita.

Magnus laughed.

Magnus: Alec is trying to get me and him alone together so we can have the time that he wants to have even though that time causes me not to be able to walk straight for a week or two.

Max: Needy much?

Magnus: Kinky much.

Me and Magnus started laughing.

Magnus: I miss us time. I love hanging out with you.

Max: That's because I know how to make you smile when you're in a bad mood.

Magnus: That's true.

Eddie came over and sat down. He was panicked and freaking out. Magnus sat up when he saw Eddie.

Magnus: Eddie?

Eddie: I hate school. I wanna drop out.

Max: Well you have a year ahead of you.

Eddie: But I want to drop out now. I can't take it anymore.

Eddie started panicking even more. I pulled him into a hug.

Max: Calm down. It's okay. What happened?

Dustin walked up.

Dustin: People were putting flyers up that said that Eddie had slept with different girls and is a freak that is doing drugs.

Max: What?

Dustin handed me one of the flyers and I read it then handed it to Magnus. I looked at Eddie.

Max: You can stay home for a couple days until this passes. I will talk to the principal and see what's going on. Did you take your medicine today?

Eddie: No.

Dustin: Wait, he's on medication?

Max: He's on a medication that helps him stay focused.

Dustin: I'm still confused.

Max: He has ADHD and he gets panicked really easily so he has medication for his ADHD and medication to help him stay calm.

Dustin: Oh. I didn't know that.

Eddie: Because I don't talk about it and I don't want to talk about it right now!

Max: Hey, Eddie, calm down. It's okay. There's no need to get mad.

Eddie: I'm not mad. I'm just annoyed.

Max: You get mad sometimes whenever you start to get annoyed. So calm down. Where is your figet?

Eddie pulled out the figet he had and started to mess with it. Magnus looked at me then at Dustin.

Magnus: Who did this?

Dustin: We don't know. But Eddie panicked and he ran out of school and came here. I was the only one who came after him. Steve said that he would be here in a little bit.

Magnus: Okay.

Eddie had calmed down.

Eddie: I wanna go home to dad.

Rang had walked up and held his hand out to Eddie.

Rang: No need. I'm right here.

Eddie hugged Rang tightly.

Rang: What's goin on?

Max: There's rumors going around about Eddie at school and since he didn't take his medication he panicked and came here. But I told him that he could take a couple days off so he can calm down. And I'm going to go talk to the principal and see what's really going on.

Rang: Okay.

Eddie was still holding onto Rang.

Max: Dad?

Rang: Yeah.

Max: Where did mom go? You never told us where she actually went. You always said that you would tell us when we were older whenever we would ask.

Rang: Well, your mom never stuck around a couple months after Eddie was born. But that's because she found out that she couldn't have kids anymore and she hated that her last kid, which is Eddie, had a disorder.

Max: But that didn't affect him then.

Rang: I know but she didn't understand that it didn't affect him then. And she was also dying.

Magnus: What do you mean?

Eddie looked at Rang.

Rang: She didn't want me to tell you about it.

Max: Dad. Where is she?

Rang: Your mother passed 5 months after Eddie was born. You were 6 at the time and Magnus was 4. While Eddie was 5 months old. I didn't know until 3 days later.

Magnus: What was mom like?

Rang: She was the most beautiful woman I met. You guys would have loved her if you would have been around her more.

Max: Why weren't we?

Rang: She never really wanted kids. Well her father never wanted her to have kids. She had you guys behind her dad's back. But her father would always want to see her so that's why she wasn't around that much. But when she was, you guys would be asleep already.

Max: So she was split between two worlds.

Rang: Yep. But she wanted to be around you guys a lot more. She wanted to be around you so she could be a mother. But her father didn't want grandkids.

Max: Is he still alive?

Rang: Yes but he doesn't talk to anyone. Not since he became an enemy to our kingdom. Well your uncle's kingdom.

Max: But why didn't he want grandkids? He had a daughter.

Rang: He always thought your mother was a mistake. He had slept with her mother not knowing that it would have consequences. So in his eyes, your mother was a mistake. I never saw that in your mother.

Magnus: But why didn't mom say that she had kids and that she had a life outside of him?

Rang: Because your mom was only 19 at the time she had Max. Then she was 21 when she had you Magnus and then she was about to be 25 five months after the day Eddie was born.

Max: Did you ever try to tell her father?

Rang: Your mom asked me not to. But let's talk about this more later. I want to check on Lin.

Max: Okay.

Me, Magnus, Eddie, Dustin, and Rang walked to Lin's room. I pulled Magnus back a little.

Max: Are you okay enough to be in the same room as Alec?

Magnus: I guess.

Max: Let's talk more tonight. You need it.

Magnus: Okay.