I'd Dye For You || m.c.

Chapter 25

Michael's POV

"Good morning Mikey." I hear her whisper into my neck.

"Morning."

"Do you want to make me some pancakes?"

"Not really."

"Waffles?"

"Nah."

"How about some french toast?"

"Zoe, I'm not making you breakfast."

"Why not?" She whines.

"Because I would much rather stay here and cuddle with you." I say, regretting how I added the 'and cuddle with you' part to that sentence.

"I guess you're right. I'm comfy, too. But still hungry." She groans, wrapping her legs around my waist. Why does she have to be sooo sexy? .........Oh god.

"Uhhhh I can make you those waffles now, heh heh." I say trying to get her off me.

"Noooooo now I want you to stay and keep me warm." She says as she struggles to hold onto me.

"Zoë I would really appreciate it if you would let me have 5, no wait, 10 minutes to myself." I say finally shaking free of her. Thank the lord she didn't put up much of a fight.

"Fuckin' fine then." She grumbles.

I quickly scurry to the bathroom to take care of my 'problem.'

When I re-enter the bedroom, I walk back over to the bed and get back under the covers. Zoë snuggles up to me and I take in a deep breath of her scent. Lavender and citrus.

"Sooooo.......how was your wank?" She asks through closed eyes, causing me to choke on my spit and have a mini coughing fit.

"W-what are you talking about?" I ask trying to look completely confused about what she was talking about.

"You know what I'm talking about Cliff." She giggles.

"Oh, uh, I was, umm, shaving. Not doing, uh, that." I stutter.

"Oh really? What were you shaving?" She asks scratching the stubble on my face.

You've fucked up now Clifford.

"Myyyyy legs?" I say but it comes out sounding more like a question.

"Wow. You could have just said your side burns and it would have been 10 times more believable." She says patting my shoulder before propping herself up and stretching.

I just sit there in my bubble of embarrassment as she gets up out of bed and walks out the door.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid!" I whisper yell at myself, tugging at my hair.

I groan as I get up out of bed and head down the stairs as well.

When I get down to the kitchen I see that Zoë had made two bowls of cereal, one for her and one for me. I grab the bowl and sit down next to her at one of the island bar stools.

"I know you hate Alpha-Bits so I gave you Frosted Flakes instead." She says taking a massive bite of her cereal.

"Thanks." I mumble, taking a bite of mine as well.

After we both finished our cereal, we headed over to the living room and spread ourselves out on the couch. My feet were by her head and her feet were by my chest. I loved how short she was.

"Soooo, how was your date?" I manage to say in a 'nice' tone.

"It went pretty good. We went out to dinner, which was amazing by the way, and then he took me back to his place and played me a song on his piano that he had written for me after I left for Sydney." She explains.

"Wait, you dated him before?"

"Yeah, we were high school sweethearts but when I finally had enough of all that went on in that school and moved up to Sydney, we had to break up." She says, her expression saddening.

"I'm sorry."

"But wait, I thought you were from Sydney." I say, slightly confused.

"Yeah, I was born here but my parents and I moved to Melbourne when I was about 3. The bastards...." She trails off.

"Sensitive topic?"

"Well yeah, but, my parents left me and my brother when I was 13 and Calum was 15. He had to get a job and work really hard to make enough money to keep us off the streets and make sure that we had food. Sometimes we went days without anything more than a pop tart. Kids at school would tease me because I wouldn't have the coolest clothes or wear any makeup. They didn't know my life! They didn't know what Calum and I had to go through on a daily basis just to have a roof over our heads!"

She was shouting and big tears were streaming down her cheeks.

"C'mere." I say as I pull her to me.

Her tears drench my shirt and I can feel her sobs as they shake through her body.

"Shhhh it's okay. Everything's okay." I whisper over and over again into her ear.

"It was so hard Michael." She chokes out through her tears.

"Shhh I know, I know."

"B-but since we've moved up here, everything has gotten better." She keeps talking.

"Zoe, shhh it's okay, just relax." I whisper into her ear.

"I won't let anything happen to you ever again."

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A/N: Awwww Michael's so cute!!!

I know this is short but I wanted to get in some backstory in here.

Hope you enjoyed <3