It'll Be Our Little Secret || Michael Afton x Female Reader

*Chapter 26*

Hi, guys! Since the last chapter, Y/N and Michael's relationship had been revealed to Maddie (and will be to other people too), I'm wondering if I should change the name of the story (third time's a charm😭😭) probably to "Till death do us apart" or sum. Cause I realized that if everyone in the friend group knew about their relationship, it wouldn't be their "Little secret" anymore😶.
So, expect a little name change in the story anytime soon.

P.S. Sorry that this chapter is boring but it just happened like that

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Y/N's POV
May 27, 1985
12:45 PM

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Once I did all of that, I finally laid down on my bed and cried myself to sleep.

--- Time skip: Morning ---

I woke up at around 12:45 PM and I was actually surprised since I had never slept this late ever. At least, I didn't have any plans for that day so I was planning on just staying home and ignore the world.

The lighting from the outside outshined my room and that's what woke me up. I wondered if I should get up at least to close the curtains but eventually lead to the conclusion that I was already awake and there was no need.

I stayed in bed for a while before gaining motivation to get up and make myself look somewhat presentable.

My feet hit the warm floor as I took a second before fully getting up. I yawned aswell as I stretched out my arms, legs and my back mostly, hearing a little "Pop!" now and then. I made my bed neatly ( I don't know why I made it knowing that in a few hours it'll look the same).

I headed to the bathroom and unfortunately for me, my dad was already in there, showering. Why was he showering so late? I had no idea but I didn't think much of it cause I thought work could've been delayed for a while or something. Obviously, I wasn't getting in the bathroom too soon so I made my way downstairs to the kitchen where I decided that for breakfast I was going to have a fruit salad.

Although, I didn't really feel like I wanted breakfast, I still decided to have some to at least not stay hungry. I got a clean bowl from the drawer. Right at that moment, I actually had a whole ton of fruits so it was my lucky- not so lucky day.

I cut up some strawberries and put them in the bowl. That same thing was repeated for the rest of the fruits- pineapple, kiwi, blueberries and a little bit of mango. On top of the whole salad, I put some whipped cream as a finish.

I returned to my room with my breakfast, on my way noticing that dad was still not out of the bathroom. I closed my door after me and sat on my bed with my legs crossed and turned on the TV, where there was nothing interesting to watch but still.

I ate my breakfast for about 5 minutes and placed my bowl on my nightstand where it was expected to sit for another week. I got up from the bed and headed to Olimphia, my owl who has been forgotten since the 10th chapter (sorry, I'll try to include her more😭).
I played with Oli for a while, I fed her, gave her some water until my dad got into my room.

"Morning, sweetie! How was yesterday?" He cheered and got straight on with his question.

"It was okay! Kinda tiring but still fun!" I lied through my teeth and tried to act as if it was the best experience I've had in a while. Still, with that forced, believable smile, it wasn't obvious that none of the said was real.

"I'm happy to hear that!"

"Weren't you supposed to be at work, though?" I asked, even though I tried to brush it off.

"I was, but it got delayed and I won't be going until 4 PM" He explained shortly in which I replied with a small smile. Actually, I was kinda happy that he was going to be home for a little bit so I could at least talk to him.

He humbly left and I laid on my bed again as I unlocked my phone. I was surprised when I saw that I had 7 missed calls from Michael but yet, I didn't want to talk to him or see him in the slightest. When I saw those calls, I felt so weak that I actually started crying. So I buried myself in my pillow and let it all out until I felt better.

At this point, I just thought "What if it wasn't meant to be?", "Is it something I did?" and "Why did that happen?". I wanted to talk to someone about it but I also didn't. I guess it was a way of coping with these kinds of things. And yet, I should've stayed strong and try to act like I didn't care about him. No matter how hard it was.

I wiped up my tears (which was quite the failed attempt because there were more tears coming out of my eyes) so I just stayed in my bed until I felt emotionally stable to go talk to my dad or anyone else at this point.

I hugged my pillow and burried my head into it as I let the rest of it out. And I continued thinking. I couldn't even believe that I saw the guy I thought would be the love of my live kissing this girl's filthy lips. And that absolutely disgusted me.

I knew I probably should've listened to him after he said "Y/N, it's not what it looks like!" but I also shouldn't be naive cause of course he would've said that it wasn't what it looked like.

But just thinking about the fact that I still deeply loved him hurt me even more and the fact that he also used to love me was just breaking my heart in million pieces.

I honestly just wanted to scream but at this point I didn't care who would hear me so I just shouted into my pillow and there was the muffled scream that was expected to be heard. I kept on crying for at least 10 minutes til I felt relieved for the moment.

Unfortunately for me, my dad got in my room in the most unexpected time and when I heard, I raised my head and wiped my tears quickly then I turned to my dad. Before I started talking, I made sure my voice wasn't broken up.

"Yeah, dad?" I said with my eyes all swollen up from tears. I knew I looked as if I have cried but I was just hoping he somehow wouldn't notice.

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I'm going to leave you guys a teaser so now you'll have to wait a while until you know what Y/N told Henry😛

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