Telepathy [ONE-SHOT]

Cherik One-Shot

It had been 6 months since the battle with Apocalypse that joined the new X-Men team together. Everything was back to normal and everyone was pretty much used to the new changes that came since then- X-Men training and their new addition to the mansion.

Magneto.

Professor Xavier had always had a soft spot for the metal manipulating mutant. They did have a long (and deeply complicated) history, after all. The professor offered Erik a chance to stay right after they defeated Apocalypse and Erik actually took it up. Many of the students were uncomfortable with this at first, knowing him only by the stories they saw on the news about him. They weren't good ones, either. Quite a few of the kids were convinced he was a villain, even. The X-Men felt especially weird about Erik staying, considering they were the ones who fought against him and Apocalypse. But, they trusted the Professor and he trusted him.

Actually, Erik was extremely civil. He kept to himself for the most part, but started talking a bit with the students as time went on (most likely with the encouragement of the Professor) and he was very polite. He was just another one of them now and everything was completely normal.

Until recently.

It was your average Sunday morning in the mansion. Kurt and Scott were talking at a table alone over breakfast, "He's been acting so weird lately, don't you think?" Scott said.

"Who has?" Jean asked as she joined them, sitting next to Scott with a piece of toast.

"Magnet man." Kurt replied in a lower voice even though no one was listening to them. Scott nodded to confirm Kurt's reply. 

"Erik?" Jean hummed a bit as she took a bite of her toast. She took a moment to think about when she had seen Erik and how he would have been acting different, "Yeah, I suppose he's been a bit off." She shrugged.

Scott shook his head, "He's been totally weird. This whole week! He's been looking over his shoulder more often and speaking in an odd way. It's like he's anxious. It's very subtle, but I've noticed. And Kurt agrees with me! I think other people have noticed too." Kurt gave a singular affirming nod.

Jean raised an eyebrow, "Well, what do you two think of it?" She looked between them and the other two looked at each other as well.

They both looked back to the redhead, "We think he might have had enough. He's gonna split and run." Scott explained with a visual hand gesture, "He didn't want to disappoint the Professor when he asked him to stay a few months ago, but now he can't take it here anymore so he's plotting to run away!"

Jean rolled her eyes, "Oh, come on! Maybe he just doesn't feel well or something. You're thinking to much into this." She insisted.

"What if we're not!" Kurt said, "The Professor will be crushed! We can't let him do that then run off and be Magneto again!"

Jean frowned. He had a point. "Well, how are we supposed to know then? I want to protect the Professor, but we can't accuse his best friend of something like that when nothing could be going on! It would be offensive and insulting to Erik and probably hurt the Professor's feelings too..."

Kurt and Scott exchanged a glance again then both stared at Jean. Kurt spoke, "We were thinking..."

"You could read his mind!" Scott blurted, interrupting Kurt.

Jean's eyes widened and she blinked, "What?! No! I-I can't do that! Erik doesn't even let the Professor do that, that's why he used to have that helmet! A-And it's a total invasion of privacy! I don't read anyone's minds! Professor said not to! I won't let you use me as a tool to get into Erik's mind as soon as he starts to like us!"