friends don't look at friends that way | ruke

pretty boy

reggie was sitting on luke's couch right next to julie, and she was about to pass out. luke was sitting on alex's drums seat, resting his head
on his hands. «oh my god, whats taking him
so long?!» julie brats, being impatient as fuck.

«he's been probably fixing his hair for ten minutes straight, i just know him too damn well, he used to do that a lot before going on dates» luke says, julie rolled her eyes right after. «i'm coming out there ladies and gents!» alex shouts from inside the bathroom.

he slowly opens the door, reggie stands up from the couch and so does julie. alex shows up in a beautiful black skirt, and a purple sweater, that makes everyone drop their jaw.

«holy» luke mumbles, «shit» reggie continues his sentence, they look at eachother for a hot second and then get back at staring at him.

«oh my gosh alex, you look fucking amazing!» julie screams excited, going up for a hug, he gently picks her up a little, and smiles. «thank you for helping me choose the outfit, i really didn't know what to wear..» he says, rubbing the girl's shoulder. «of course, don't thank me!» she replies, getting back on the couch.

«dude, you look stunning, truly..» reggie says approaching alex «i'm sure willie will go crazy» luke adds, standing up next to reggie, patting on his right shoulder. «thanks boys.. i love you» alex says, looking at them just like the first time he ever did. luke gets closer for a
hug, holding both of them so freaking tight.

they hug for a few seconds, until the taller one breaks the awkward silence. «okay okay, now please just let me go enjoy my DATE!» he says emphasasizing his last word, getting excited.
julie gives him another warm hug, and lets him go just like a proud mama. «look at our boy, he's all grown up..» she says, as soon he left
the shed. «and he's got a date!» reggie says, making both luke and julie giggle.

«alright guys, i'm gonna go do some homework.. last week of school! see ya later okay?» jules says, going upstairs, leaving the two of them alone, in a saturday evening.

reggie went back sitting, luke following. «do you keep forgetting this is my couch?» the
one with the beanie says, making his friend chuckle. they were close again. sitting right next to each other, but not looking into each other's eyes, they never did that on purpose. whenever they shared a mic, they deeply
stared tho. «so um, whatchu wanna do?»

reggie asks, looking anywhere else
but luke's eyes. «um, i don't know..
we could practice? or try to write something?» luke says, finally glancing at his best friend.
«i thought you and julie wrote songs..?»
reg replies, looking at him. «we could try?
you know, just killing time» luke insists,
reggie nods, they both stand up and take
their instrumensts.

«oh, reggie, almost forgot, this morning
i was checking my notebook, just in case we booked a gig and needed a song, and i noticed you wrote something.. uhh, here!» luke says, pointing at an almost blank page. it said
"will they won't they" and some song lyrics.

«h-how would you know this is mine?»
reggie asks, completely panicking. «man,
i know your handwriting. we've been in the
same class since middle school, don't you remember?» luke says, chuckling at his friend. «uh yeah, anyways, its a scrap, don't mind it» reginald says ripping off that piece of paper, and putting it in his skinny jeans' pocket.

«okay.. so this is something i wrote the other day, i was just feeling inspired, it's not about something or someone in specific» luke mumbles, showing his best friend the lyrics
of his new song "pretty boy". reggie smirks
at him. «i thought you were over alex?»
he teases, looking at him kinda confused.