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by yvesanas

by yvesanas

what actually happened
(on the day they kissed)

luke ran home after being kissed on the lips by calum. the feeling of calum's lips still lingered there. not going to lie, he liked it a lot. he was already starting to develop a strange feeling towards calum, but he was too dumb to realize.

he was screwed, he knew. for sure, he was so dead. he was late again, and he hated himself for it. once he unlocked the door, he sighed and prepared for whatever that was about to happen. the furniture were all upside-down and anything fragile were all shattered. he ran up the stairs and into his father's room - only to see his father sitting in the corner of the compact room.

the old man showed luke his middle finger and threw an empty beer bottle at his direction, which luke fortunately managed to dodge.

"WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN? IT'S 7 FUCKING PM. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE LIBRARY AGAIN? HAVE YOU BEEN MEETING THAT ASSHOLE? WHAT DID I TELL YOU?"

luke started to cry and apologize. his father was throwing profanities at him and he didn't like it, but he was used to it after all. he waited for his father to continue his lecture on the same thing for the 9000th time.

"I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO MANY TIMES, LUKE FUCKING HEMMINGS. YOU USELESS CHILD, WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT LOVE? YOU CAME HOME SMILING THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU WERE LATE, AND I KNOW IT ALREADY! YOU'RE MEETING SOMEONE OUTSIDE AND LET ME TELL YOU AGAIN - IT IS NOT FUCKING ALLOWED!"

the drunk, abusive old man got up and threw his fist across his son's face.

"I TOLD YOU SO MANY TIMES, EVERYONE ENDS UP ALONE! AND YOU DON'T FUCKING BELIEVE ME. YOUR MOTHER DECIDED TO DIE EVEN AFTER SHE AND ME DISCUSSED OUR HAPPY-EVER-AFTERS. YOU SEE WHAT I FUCKING MEAN?"

and he threw a lamp at him. luke fell to his knees and earned a kick in his abdomen.

"YOU DON'T DESERVE TO FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE LOVE DOESN'T EXIST, EVERYONE WILL END UP ALONE, YOU CAN TAKE ME AS AN EXAMPLE!"

luke shut his eyes and felt more tears gush out.

"I TOLD YOU TO COME HOME BY 6:30 TO GET ME MY BEER, BUT YOU CAME HOME LATE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED OUT OF THE HOUSE AGAIN! YOU FUCKING CUNT," he kicks his face. "WE ALL END UP ALONE," he takes him by the collar of his shirt. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" he slaps him across the face and forcefully throws him against the wall. luke nodded with tears pouring out of his eyes.

"i'm sorry, dad. i'll go and get you your beer now." he stood up shakily, tapped a finger on his bloody nose and wiped it on his shirt. he walked out of the house, down the street to get his dad the beer he needed.

just before he entered the shop, he pulled out his phone. he pressed on calum's contact number.

"dear calum, i love you." he started to type. "but you're no good for me. goodbye, calum. thank you for everything. you kept me sane for a period of time. i still remember that smile of yours, it's forever burnt into the back of my head. you have no idea how much you have made me happier with my life but we will all end up alone. but i hope you don't, i hope god will treat you differently because you are one amazing human being..."

he saved that text message into his drafts and blocked his number.