Chatterbox ❥ Malum [SEQUEL to Mute ❥ Malum]

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I wrote this at 4am and I've been so so busy w school I'm sorry xx
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Calum's POV

I watched over Michael as he slept - I know that sounds extremely weird but it's not, I loved how peaceful he looks with his mouth parted slightly while snoring softly.

I heard a knock on the door, I told the person to come in, thinking that it was a nurse or Phil's boyfriend but then I saw who came in and anger bubbled inside me.

"Why the fuck are you here?" I whispered harshly, I didn't want to wake Michael up.

"I wanted to see how he was doing." Luke said with sympathy in his voice, fake sympathy no doubt.

"No you don't. You just wanted to see the damage your little posse did. How stupid do you think I am Luke? I can see right through your 'I'm so sorry I want to be your friend again' act. You just want to get close to Michael again and then when he finally starts to trust you you'll do something that'll fuck him up more than you originally planned and he'll drop off the edge. I remember when I first met him, he was mute. He was mute because of you. And you couldn't even touch him without him flinching. You couldn't shout his name without him turning around in a panic thinking it was you and your posse coming to give him yet again, another fucking beating." I said getting angrier and louder. I didn't care by this point as I was at my tipping point.

"Calum, if you think that then you are stupid." He said sighing.

"Excuse me?"

"I genuinely do feel bad for what I did to Michael. I didn't tell Alan and the others to beat him up. They decided to do it themselves and I just went along with it."

"Bullshit." I said walking towards him, getting up in his face.

"I'm not bullshitting you Calum. I have hated myself for the past 4 years for what I've put Michael through, I know you really don't like me but I think we should try an-" He didn't get to finish as my fist connected with his jaw.

"Don't you even dare suggest that we try to be friends. I don't like you? I fucking hate you Luke." He stood up and brushed himself off, I expected him to punch me back but he didn't even move his arm up to attempt.

"I suppose I deserved that." He said wiping the blood away that was trickling from his mouth. I don't know why but the way he said that made the anger inside me rise up again and I grabbed him by the collar of his neck and dragged him over the table next to Michaels bed - knocking everything over in the process, and slammed his back up against the wall. I opened my mouth to speak but I heard a gasp behind me.

"Cal?" I turned around and saw the confused but equally horrified expression on Michaels face.

"What a-are you doing? No. Why are you holding Luke up against a wall?" He said his eyebrows furrowing.

"I w-" I said but he cut me off.

"Put him down. You still blame Luke for this don't you?"

"BECAUSE IT IS HIS FAULT THIS HAPPENED TO YOU MICHAEL!" I shouted.

"No. It isn't, I was with Luke all evening and not once did he touch his phone or anything so he couldn't of told Alan when I was leaving. We were doing our music project - which is nearly finished. And he even offered to walk me home because he didn't want anything to happen to me but I kindly rejected and walked on my own."

"Then he told them you were leaving as soon as you left his house!" I said frantically.

"I trust him Calum. When I was on the verge of passing out, he was there beating Alan up. He fucking broke his nose, and then he threatened Zack. He even rang the hospital and even rang you. So if you still have it into your head that he did this to me I want you to leave this room." He said crossing his arms.

"I'm sorry." I said sighing and looking down to my feet.

"You shouldn't apologise to me." He said gesturing over to Luke who was looking at his lip in the reflection of his phone.

"I'm sorry Luke. I just have this built up hatred towards you for what you put him through."

"I know. It's okay. But I promise I won't do anything to ever hurt him again."

"If you do it won't just be your lip being busted." I grumbled sitting on the chair next to Michaels bed.

"I'm gonna go and get my lip checked out. I hope you feel better soon Michael." Luke smiled before walking out of the room.

"Thankyou" Michael whispered before kissing my head.

"Yeah. Yeah, it's okay." I said rolling my eyes making him chuckle.

"I love you." He said looking up at me.

"I love you too." I said kissing him softly.