The one for me 💗 (Michael Afton x reader)

chapter 29- A shiver

Michael talks about random stuff his siblings do throughout the day. I smile while I eat the pizza. Honestly, I don't know how he did it, but that pizza tasted so good I literally could not stop eating it. 

"And Evan? That kid is crazy. He finds everything scary. He always complains about nightmares. I mean honestly..who cries after having a nightmare!?"  Michael complains while giving me a glance. I was too busy eating. I stopped chewing at the sudden silence.

"uh" I said with my mouth full. I quickly swallowed. 

"I mean..he's really young. Plus, you cried over a nightmare too" I winked and took a bite out of my slice. Michael looked away with some sort of embarrassed look. His eyes narrowed and he sighed. 

"I mean..different reason." He turned back to me with a smirk and sniggered when he looked at me.

"What's so funny?" I tilted my head. Michael lifted his hand to my face and used his thumb to get something off. I think it was pizza sauce. My eyes widened and my cheeks got hot. Was my eating that messy?

Michael looked at the TV and back at me.

"You wanna watch something?" I perked up. 

"Mmm..sure. After we're done tho" Michael nudged me and I gave him a weird look. I continued eating. 

"Honestly..Elizabeth isn't that bad. She's really sweet" I said between my chewing. 

"I guess. She's such a handful though" Michael scoffed. I chuckled lightly. It was funny to see him complain.

"Well you don't need to complain any longer, I'm done" I ate the last bit of my slice. Michael looked at the plate which had a whole pizza about 20 minutes ago. We basically finished the entire pizza. I felt way better than before. Micheal nodded and he stood up. I was going to thank Michael and clean up with him but I thought of something.

"Thanks Mike" I stood on my toes and gave Michael a peck on the cheek. Michaels head turned to my direction. His eyes were wide and his cheeks were flushed. I stood innocently and smiled. Michael cleared his throat with a funny look.

"Well- I'm glad you liked it" He gave me a smile. He still had that embarrassed expression. I smirked and picked up the plates. Making my way to the kitchen, I see my phone on the counter. It was blasting with notifications. I squinted and left it there.

"I'll wash those princess" Michael followed and took the plates out of my hands. He places them in the sink. I rolled my eyes.

"No. You're the guest, I need to wash these" I nudged Michael out of the way. He stood next to me and scoffed.

"Are we gonna bicker like an old married couple?" Michael smirked. I gave him a raised eyebrow.

"Married?" I questioned

"Uh yea." Michael slowly pushed me aside and started to clean the dishes with running water.

"I- I mean- whatever" I gave up and sighed. I knew we would keep going back and fourth. 

"Glad you didn't deny getting married to me" Michael stuck out his tongue. I gasped and hit his fluffy hair. It bounced back.

"OKAY OKAY-!" Michael laughed. I joined in the laughter. I picked up a handful of water and threw it at Michael. He gasps and looks at me. Water droplets surrounded his fluffy hair and his face was shocked. 

"Oh you're so going to regret that" Michael got a handful of water and threw it at me. I shrieked and threw more at him.

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Finally we were done. I mean..  we didn't really wash the dishes. We mostly squirted water at each other but- whatever.

"Alright. Let's go watch the movie" I took Michaels arm and dragged him to the living room. He placed the last dish and quickly followed. I flopped on the couch and Michael sat next to me.

"Mmmm..what should we watch.." I picked up the remote and flicked through different movies. Some had goofy covers while others looked dark and gloomy. I clicked my tongue when I found one.

"You into scary stuff Michael?" I gave Michael a side glance and he gulped.

"Y-yea. I've watched some really scary stuff. ..

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Are we watching this just so you could cuddle with me?" Michael wiggled his eyebrows. I scoffed.

"Me? Nah. You're the one looking worried" I nudged his shoulder and clicked play on the movie. The movie started with an eerie tone. I huffed. Honestly, every horror movie starts with some sort of creepy sound.

The movie continued. It honestly wasn't that bad. I looked at Michael every now and then. He looked okay. Just okay.

"EMMELIE! WATCH OUT!" Marcos yells at the top of his lungs. Emmelie turns to his direction. Marcos let out a pained cry as a knife sliced right through him. His stomach squirted blood and Emmelie runs up to his bloody mess of a body. She cries for help.

My jaw dropped. What have I just witnessed..? I felt a shiver down my spine. My face had a worried expression. I was sitting next to Michael. I glanced at his direction and he looked really tense. I exhaled and continued watching.

"MARCOS! NO!" Emmelie buried her face deeper in her now dead love. She cried and cried, begging for help..yet no one came. Her head perked right up when she heard a crunch of leaves under a heavy boot. "Hello..?" She whispered, pain strangling her voice. Someone was behind her. Their shadow engulfed the girl in a dark presence. She slowly looked up.

I couldn't contain myself any longer. I shuffle closer to Michael. I usually wasn't that scared of horror movies. A jumpscare came on and I felt someones someone wrap me in a tight hug. My heart dropped 50 ft into the ground when the scream filled my ears. A creepy face lights up the screen. I started to hyperventilate. Looking up I see Michaels sweaty forehead. I reached for the TV remote and paused it with a flick. Holy crap.

"A-are you okay?" I cleared my throat and put my hand to my heart. It was beating really erratically. I turn to Michaels face. He looked like he was on the verge of breaking down. Oh, he really wasn't doing well.

He sorta sat there, looking away with wide eyes. I looked at the floor then back at him. He did the same. We sorta stayed in eye contact for 2 minutes. I felt my cheeks rise in heat. He- he really was giving me that look. 

Out of nowhere, he scoops me in his arms and gives me a tight hug. I think he really needed it. I hug him back and exhaled in deep breaths. I heard his thumping heartbeat. It was quite quick. It slowly calmed down, only leading to a slow and steady beat. My eyes couldn't stay open. 

I kept trying to blink, to keep myself awake, but it wasn't so easy. Michael leaned on the pillows, letting my rest on his chest. His heartbeat was comforting. I felt something in my hair, it was someone playing with it. Was..was Michael stroking my hair? My heart started to beat faster. My cheeks blushed a deep crimson but I didn't do anything to stop him. I exhaled a shaky breath. I relaxed to the sound of his steady heartbeat.

Slowly I drifted off to sleep, his hand still playing with my hair. It felt nice being around him. Honestly that movie was much too discouraging for me to sleep alone in my room. My nose was a bit blocked, I mean I was still sick..but I felt way better. I let myself doze off. 

I hope I can always be in this moment.

A/N

HEY EVERYONE!! 

I finally finished all of my exams so I'll be posting much more now! (finally oh god). Also- sorry for making the chapter so short- I was pretty tired today. Don't fear tho, much longer chapters will be coming up in the future!

One more chapter until camp 😉!

I have quite the surprises for some upcoming chapters so stay tuned !!

Thank you all so much and have a wonderful day/night! 

-Nella 🥱