❛ 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥 ❜

𝟎𝟎𝟏; 𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫

CARAMEL
- Tudes And Eyeliner -

A state. Octavia Marrow's dorm room was a complete and utter state. The wardrobe door thrown open with clothes spilling out the front. Even more clothes scattered along the floor. Five different eyeshadow palettes stuck in the sink. Four mascaras on the counter top. And one Michael Clifford sat on the bed eating chocolate and complaining.

"That's not slutty enough via!" Michael groaned for what felt like the thousandth time that hour, throwing himself backwards onto the girls bed as she let out a scoff from her bathroom doorway. The two had been at this for hours. Octavia's dorm mate Lily, had left for the frat party an hour and a half ago. The same time Michael turned up at the door ready to walk his best friend over, only to find himself doing the opposite and dragging her back inside because he disapproved of the outfit she had chosen for that evening.

Lily and Octavia were friendly but not quite best friends. There was no bad blood or distaste between the duo, they just never really sat down to talk about anything serious and get to know one another. About three months after they'd moved into their dorm, Octavia found Lily crying on their couch about her boyfriend so the girl sat down and comforted her and that was as close as they really got. If either needed anything it wasn't a hassle but they weren't ever the kind of friends who went out every night together and walked each other to class. The blonde Octavia lived with also had a huge crush on Michael and thought her roomie was with him way too often for her to ever act natural if they spent time together - so she decided against it frequently.

"Michael any sluttier and i might as well go naked!" The girl shrieked folding her arms over her chest, simultaneously covering her boobs from the teenage boy opposite her. Octavia often wondered why Michael cared so much about what she was wearing to parties - on one hand she thought he was taking his best friend duties of protection too far when he would throw a jacket around her in public or shield her from boys views at bars. Other times he acted like this.

"Yes that's the energy we want!"

Octavia let out a strangled cry in response to the boy before storming back through into her bathroom. The redhead had on a black mini skirt and tube top - a tube top that Michael had taken the liberty of cutting up minutes before hand so that it was even shorter and barely covering her bra. Apparently she hadn't been 'cheery enough' recently and so her best friends solution was to get her laid. It roughly translated to the fact she had spent half an hour in the library completing an assignment once and he thought she was going insane.

"Respectfully Michael it's either this or I tell your mom you've been dealing to afford your secret alcohol stash!" Octavia's voice was slightly muffled through the bathroom door, as she stared into the mirror cleaning up her eyeliner for the evening. The boy obviously wasn't too happy as he grumbled out a response with a very unsubtle roll of his eyes but he made no effort to speak up about his opinions before making his way behind the girl and resting his chin on her shoulder.

"Can we go please?" Michael pouted, watching Octavia's face scowl at him in the mirror - he was the one aggressively slating every outfit she put on and now he wanted to leave?

"Octavia look at me." The boy demanded slamming both his hands down on the girl's shoulders. Said victim of the surprise attack subconsciously began to roll her eyes before Michael had gripped her chin with his hand tilting it to look him directly in the eye - subsequently causing Octavia's eyebrows to shoot upwards in shock.

"First of all lose the tude." Michael sassed. A pointed look on his face as he twisted his friends body to face him, grabbing the eyeliner from her hand and throwing it in the sink with her discarded makeup palettes, ignoring the scowl he was receiving in response - as he usually would when he took charge of finally dragging her out the house for frat parties.

"Mikey no one says tude anymo-" a finger was pressed to the redhead's lips and she found herself fighting the urge to bite down on said finger so that the boy would get his hands off of her face, but she ultimately decided against it.

"Second, you're gonna get laid tonight cause I'm sick and tired of you whining lately. Get with Luke, get with Ashton, get with me! I don't care." He continued his little rant. It had been about four days since the duo had gone out together. And Michael thought that was four days too long - he could not cope, and so his frat hosting a party was the perfect opportunity to get the girl out of the house.

Of course he had his methods of blackmail. The last time Octavia refused to go to a party, Michael dyed her hair red out of revenge - and the fact that he was extremely drunk and had nobody to stop his impulse actions - but still, he was responsible for the girls current hair colour and she didn't feel like waking up with potentially purple hair if she refused to comply to his rules. Besides it was kind of a bonus, now with both green eyes and red hair they looked a lot more like siblings which had diminished the dating rumours around campus significantly.

"Take advantage of rich parents endlessly supplying my friends alcohol and the multiple bedrooms we have." Michael quirked an eyebrow in anticipation, a smile tugging at his lips as he watched his best friend roll her eyes before leaving the bathroom and slipping on a pair of shoes so that they could leave the house. A mix between a triumphant shriek and a sigh left his lips as the duo left the room, turning all lights off and leaving the key under the doormat. It was highly likely Octavia would be crashing at his anyway - especially if she ended up drinking as much as she was planning to.

"And now." Michael grinned, throwing his arm over Octavia's shoulder, pulling her in close to him as they navigated their way around. "We party!" He commanded.

a/n

mike and via >>
best of friends tbh

this is for kay because she wanted the cal book and the luke one that's in my drafts <3