Part 1: Blue

Magnus was sitting on one of the boulders at the edge of a cliff just above the rolling waves that kept on washing over the bottom of it. The blue sea beneath the cliff began to glow a shade of gold, mirroring the sky above him that had changed color moments ago in his oblivious state toward his surrounding.

It was dusk and yet he was staring blankly at some random pages of a book he had been holding in his sweaty palms for the past minutes—that he couldn't remember how long—while waiting for Alec to come to their usual meeting place. They've been best friends since the age of nine, when Alec and his family just moved to this coastal town.

Magnus snapped out of his trance and his attention was immediately drawn toward the raven-haired boy with the most breathtaking blue eyes that resembles the blue ocean. Ten years have passed since their first encounter, but Magnus' feelings for Alec remained the same, or so he thought until he realized that he sees Alec more than just a best friend. His stuttering fits, his ragged black hair, his constant blush, his quiet voice, his hearty laugh, and his sunny smile that could instantly lighten Magnus' mood. These endearing traits were enough to make him forgave Alec for his clumsiness and random outbursts.

"Magnus!" Alec exclaimed between gasps as he ran across the pebbled field toward Magnus.

Magnus sighed quietly and smiled at Alec. "Alexander..."

He looked up to see Magnus who was seated on a boulder facing him with a sweet smile on his face. Alec smiled back and ran faster to get to him without breaking their eye contact, which caused him to trip on a small rock, and would have face-planted the ground if not for his fast reflexes. His face was beet red when he heard Magnus' muffled chuckle.

"I, uh, Izzy asked me to, um, help her with, ughh..." Alec stuttered breathlessly as soon as he was in front of Magnus. He was hunched with both hands propped on his knees, still out of breath from the long run.

"Deep breaths, Alexander..." Magnus said, the smile not leaving his face.

"Huff..." finally Alec couldn't take it anymore and sighed. He stared at his shoes, avoiding eye contact with Magnus out of embarrassment for his clumsiness.

"Okay, um... what do you want to tell me? You said it was important, so I ran here as fast as I could." Alec said with a shy smile, his eyes back at Magnus'. His black shirt was damp with sweat.

Seeing a bead of sweat dripping from Alec's chin in his still out of breath state, Magnus swallowed then shook his head. He then remembered what he came here for and abruptly closed the book he was holding and stood up, brushing off some dust from his pants.

He hopped off of the boulder and walked toward Alec; his then sweaty palms suddenly felt dry and grew cold as he inhaled a shaky breath. When he was face to face with Alec, Magnus clenched his fists and dropped the book he held to the ground.

Alec was surprised to see what Magnus did. He knew Magnus was the type of person who always treated his books like a treasure bundle. Why had he dropped it on the dusty ground? Alec thought to himself.

They continued to stare at each other for a brief moment. Alec's eyes questioning and full of concern at Magnus' scared expression.

"You have to promise not to hate me or to be disgusted for what I'm about to tell you." Magnus said and clenched his jaw.

"Huh? Magnus, what's wrong?" Alec looked at him aghast. "Is it your dad? Did he hurt you again? Is it ba—"

"I love you." Magnus said, his heart racing.

Alec's heart skipped a beat upon hearing Magnus' confession, but he tried to brush it off as Magnus' usual flirtatious behavior. Though a voice in the back of his mind was screaming in joy, he didn't want to get his hopes up. There's no way Magnus meant it the way he did.

"Huh? That's it? Of course I also, um, love you Magnus, we're be—"

"More than a friend." Magnus interrupted.

He felt a surge of pain in his chest at how Alec responded to his confession. Magnus mentally cursed himself for always hitting on Alec in every chance he got which he always faked as a joke. But this is different, he had been nervous for the past couple of days because of this awaited moment.

Alec's breath hitched, his mouth went dry and hung open, he suddenly felt dizzy. His face grew ten shades redder.

"Magnus, I, um, well, I, uh—by the Angel!" Alec stammered, angry at himself for his inability to form a coherent sentence in this long awaited moment of his life. His heart was beating like crazy and his mind was a mess.

Magnus averted his gaze, nails digging into his cold and trembling palms. He couldn't make out Alec's expression from their distance in the now dim environment and began to expect the worst.

After a prolonged moment of silence between them, Magnus sighed out loud, holding back the raging tears threatening to slip out of his eyes and turned on his heels, his book laid forgotten on the ground.

"I should probably go, goodbye Alexander." he said without looking at Alec.

Alec snapped out of his trance when he realized Magnus was walking away from him.

"Wait!" he half-screamed.

Alec sprinted toward Magnus and caught his shoulder, turning him around. His brain still ceased to help him form a sentence, so instead of saying anything, Alec grabbed Magnus by the collar of his shirt and yanked him toward himself.

Magnus stumbled against him, Alec slammed his lips on Magnus' so hard that it hurt. He had never kissed anyone on the mouth before, not that he care. He kissed Magnus, hard and fast and messy and unpracticed, but with everything he had.

The only person he ever wanted to kiss this way is Magnus, and he finally did it. He could feel his heart stutter in his chest as Magnus' confession playing on repeat in his mind and he couldn't be happier.

Magnus' eyes widened, he immediately kissed back. He attached his still cold palms around Alec's broad back, pulling him closer, while Alec kissed him with all his might.

They finally pulled apart and Alec blinked for a moment as if just realizing what he had done.

"You never cease to amaze me, Alexander." Magnus whispered as Alec leaned his forehead on Magnus'.

Alec smiled, showing the crow feet by his eyes. "I...uh—by the Angel!" Alec felt like slapping himself at the moment for stuttering. He exhaled shakily and looked at Magnus' eyes through the dimness of dusk. "I love you too..." he sucked in another shaky breath. "More than a friend." he added hastily with the blush not leaving his cheeks.

Magnus pulled Alec into a crushing hug and clenched his jaw, letting the tears spill from his eyes. "Thank God." he whispered on Alec's shoulder.

Alec snuggled into Magnus' clothed shoulder blades and tightened his embrace on Magnus' hips.

Magnus pulled back and looked into Alec's eyes, smiling.

Alec wiped the trace of tears on Magnus' cheek then pulled him in by his neck and kissed his lips, this time without any urgency, no rushing at all, just small pecks here and there. But for him, it meant the world.

"I love you, Magnus." whispered Alec.

Magnus smiled into the kiss and whispered, "I love you too."

END of Part 1

A/N: Excuse any grammatical mistake, English is not my mother tongue.