kitten ♡ [muke]

4 - "boo."

School was epically boring. Luke didn't exactly expect to see Mikey there, but he couldn't help but to get his hopes up. The day dragged on and Luke couldn't stop thinking about his kitten.

It'd only been 2 days, 2 days; but Luke instantly felt connected to Mikey. Despite the mental age gap, Michael made Luke happy. And that hadn't happened in a very long time...

As Luke trudged home with Green Day blasting through his headphones, he saw the most unnerving sight.

Several boys Luke's age were crowded around Michael throwing water balloons at him and shoving him around. "How's that kitty, don't like water do you?!" "What the fuck is wrong with you? Like to play dress up huh?!" "You're just a fuck-up."

Luke ripped his head phones out and instantly took off running towards the mob of boys, over come with anger. "Leave him alone!!", Luke shouted, grabbing the boy at the head of it all and slinging him to the ground. Luke began to hit the boy over and over and over, and none of the other boys did anything to stop him. He got in a few more hits, and then stood up over the boy. "Don't fucking touch him ever again." The boy shook his head vigorously, shielding himself away from Luke.

Luke turned around to look at the remainder of the group behind him, frighteningly calm with anger. "Boo." And they all took off running like hell, far away from Luke and Michael.

Luke rushed over to Michael who was curled up on the ground crying. "Hey Mikey, I'm here now, it's okay. Shhh...", Luke began to stroke Mikey's hair as he held him closely.

"L-Lukey?", Michael sobbed, snuggling into Luke's chest.

He hurt. He hurt worse than Michael did, and he knew it. Several years slipped down his own face, as he wondered how people could be so cruel. But he knew all too well.

As Mikey craned his neck to turn and look at his tall handsome knight in shining armor, Luke quickly wiped away his tears with the back of his hand. "Yeah it's me, let's get you cleaned up yeah? We can watch some more Shrek..", Luke said.

Michael looked up, and Luke's heart broke. His eye was blackened and he had a split lip. His hair and clothes were drenched, and he had a cut on his cheek bone. He'd never seen a more heartbreaking sight, and he knew it was one he would never want to see again. Luke picked him up like a baby and carried him into the house.

"Where are your parents Mikey?", Luke questioned, furrowing his brow.

"D-Daddy is at w-work and mommy w-went to the st-tore," he choked out, still nuzzled into Luke's chest.

Luke took Mikey into the bathroom and set him on the counter. He turned on the bath very warm, and put Michael in it in his wet clothes. He washed his hair, and carefully cleaned his wounds. After getting him out and drying him off, Luke went to retrieve the boy some warm clothes from the dryer.

Luke came back with a spiderman onesie and some underwear. "Why don't you put these on, and then we'll get you a band-aid and then we'll watch some Shrek.", Luke smiled sadly at Mikey, as Mikey nodded back glumly.

Luke stepped out for a moment, remembering Michael's kitten ears that had fallen off in the yard. He went to retrieve them and wiped them off quickly, hoping to surprise Michael with them.

The door opened and Mikey stood there adorably in his onesie. Luke pulled the ears from behind his back and exclaimed, "Look what I found!"

Mikey smiled weakly, but then quickly began to cry again.

"What's wrong Mikey?", Luke frowned and quicky rushed over to embrace him.

"I don't know if I wanna be a kitty anymore Lukey.", he sobbed quietly.

"Why not kitten?", he asked, although he knew the answer.

"Nobody likes kitty Mikey. Nobody likes Mikey at all."

Luke's heart broke all over again.

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