the dead ones aren't resting [muke] ✔ [CURRENTLY EDITING]

fifteen

ok here have a double update and a (short) fluffy chapter bc y'all deserve that tbh

LUKE'S POV

Even though I told Alex to leave him alone, I found myself looking for Michael anyway. He looked pretty upset and I couldn't help but pity him. After all, he probably still thinks that this is all his fault and the accident was a result of lack of sleep and anxiety. It was kind of my fault too, since I creeped up behind them without making any noise. I was again watching them practice and when Michael collapsed I wanted to check if he was okay.

He has been sleeping so bad for the past days, and the times that he finally managed to fall asleep he was having nightmares. I often had to hug him until he calmed down, but he never woke up from that. I had been feeling different around him lately and I didn't know how to react to it, so I tried to distance myself around him. Still, when I wasn't around him, I felt a pulling in my chest.

Deep inside I knew what this meant, but my consious knew that this was bad news so I held it in. I couldn't like him. Not only because he was a demon, but he had no idea how everything worked and it would made me look like I took advangie of him. But my feelings for him were getting stronger everyday and I was afraid that one day I would break and do something that I might regret.

I walked towards the entrence and heard sniffling and.. purring? I walked around the corner and saw a figure sitting against the door, holding Alex' cat. There were small sobs coming from the person and I emediatly knew it was Michael. I killed me to see him so thorn up, his mind making him blame himself for everything.

"They can feel emotions." Michael's head shot up, looking at me in confusion. His beautiful eyes were red (redder than usual) and puffy, trails of dried up tears on his cheeks and his nose wss running. I felt a pang in my chest.

"The cat, she knows how you are feeling. They can sense someone's emotions. Like right now, she knows you're upset and that you need someone, so she's letting you know that you're not alone," I explained. He nodded, and stroked the cat. She stared purring harder and Michael smiled at that. I walked over to him and crouched down next to him. His faced turned to me and I noticed a few small tears in the corners of his eyes. I wiped them away and smiled lightly. He was so beautiful, even like this.

My hand was still resting on his cheek and our face were getting closer, and I knew that I needed to stop but I couldn't. There were a few inches between our faces left. Michael's eyes switched between my lips and my eyes before he opened his mouth.

"Hey, Luke, can I ask you something?" I nodded. I saw a blush creeping up his cheeks and then he opened his mouth again. "Can I kiss you?" I answered by pressing my lips into his. It was just for a few seconds, but it made the feeling in my stomach become ten times worse. I liked it, though. His lips were soft but slightly chapped. We parted and he was smiling widely.

"I'm sorry for that, just ever since you told me what it meant I had been thinking about it," he told me. I was surprised. He actually thought about this? He actually wanted, it wasn't impulsive. He wanted to kiss me. It made me giggle, which made him giggle tiredly back. I gave him a small kiss to let him know it was okay before I picked him up. The cat had already walked away, because she wasn't there anymore.

I carried him all the way to the room he was staying in. On the way there, his head had falled on my shoulder, indicating that he had fallen asleep. When we arrived, I lay him down on the bed. I was about to leave, when he pulled on my arm.

"Stay," he begged sleepily. I gave in and scooted over next to him, spooning him. He mumbled a 'thank you' before drifting off. I pulled him closer to my chest, inhaling his scent that calmed me down. I still couldn't believe it. We kissed.

But I knew that this happiness wouldn't last long.

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they finally kissed, after fifteen chapters. frick that took long.

fun fact:there isn't going to be smut in this story. 

◈ liam