Friendships Don't Last~ lrh • • • Discontinued

Chapter 36

We walked into the mall and saw the same disgusting food court and same shops. The smell of fake cheese and burnt tacos filled my nostrils. I looked to my left and saw the homemade candle shop. I smiled at the memory when Angelina and I made candles there.

"So, what do you want to do?" Luke asked me.

I looked around and saw this really old arcade that I used to go to with Luke when I was younger. I pointed at the arcade and looked at him. He grinned widely and we walked to the arcade.

Before we could reach there, we were stopped by 2 fans.

"Oh my God!! Hi!!" They squealed. They ran to Luke, pushing me out of there way so that they could hug him.

Feeling really pissed and hurt, I sat on the bench and waited for Luke to finish taking pictures with fans.

I heard snickering and felt fingers point at me. I looked back at the 2 girls and they were definitely talking to Luke about me. His happy expression turned into more of a hurt and anger expression.

He said something to them, running out of breath when he finished. They stared at him blankly and they mumbled something to him before walking back from where they came from. I could tell that they were pissed by the way they were walking.

Luke walked back to me and offered his hand. I took it and looked at him with an worried expression. He was frowning and looking ahead. He was thinking, I could tell.

"What's wrong?" I asked him, snapping him out of his trance.

"Nothing" he muttered.

"Luke, what did those girls say about me?" I demanded, putting my other hand on my hip.

He looked down and he sighed.

"I can't tell you" he mumbled.

"Luke" I said, feeling a bit hurt. "Tell me. I won't get mad or cry or whatever the other shit emotions"

"You sure?" He asked me. He looked into my eyes. I could tell that his eyes were just sad, hurt, and anger.

I nodded, feeling a bit worried what they said about me. He nodded and lead me to the nearest bench. We both sat down, still hand-in-hand. He squeezed my hand before looking into my eyes, sadly.

"Those girls called you horrible names and asked me to have sex with them instead of you because..." He stopped, not wanting to say the words. "They just said horrible things and that they should be a 5SOS groupie. All those groupie rumors are not true. When I told them no, they said some..disgusting things".

He squeezed my hand tighter and I looked away from his eyes.

"Like, we say dirty-minded things, but their's.. Was bad. They tried to do some things when you weren't looking. They touched my butt and dick, Flora!! That's so fucking gross!!" He put his head in his hands. "I didn't know my fans were like this. I mean, there are some very crazy ones on the Internet, but I never seen one like this in real life. Did we do something wrong to them? What did we do? I don't want my fans to be like this. Ever since we started hanging out and stuff, the fandom has been way worse".

It looked like he was on the verge to cry. I rubbed his back. I listened to every word he said. It was true. Ever since we've been hanging out, this fandom has been out of control. It's like fighting with the Fifth Harmony fandom all over again, but worse.

"You didn't do anything wrong, Luke" I told him. "I just.. I don't know. Maybe they're jealous".

"Maybe.. But they should accept the fact I am dating someone. I am happy for once. I am happy for them too, but ever since this, I haven't been happy with them. They should accept the fact that I am happy. Shouldn't they happy for me because I am happy? It shouldn't matter who I am dating. We are doing all of this to make them happy, but they're not returning the favor" he ranted, almost running out of breath. "Everybody's got their demons. Even wide awake or dreaming"

He looked at me, teared up. I engulfed him in a hug. I felt a few drops of his tears on my shoulder, but I didn't care. I felt really bad for Luke. I felt like this is all my fault. Luke is never emotional like this. Only when he is super nervous or scared. I don't want this to happen. I don't want to hurt Luke anymore.

"Luke.. I don't want to hurt you anymore" I told him. "This is all my fault"

He looked at me with wide eyes and shook his head.

"This is not your fault. It's never your fault. It's my fans fault for not accepting that I am happy" he put his hands on my cheeks. "I don't want to lose you because of this"

"But, Luke.. All of this, is because of me" I looked down and fiddled with my hands. "Maybe we should just.. Break up"

I couldn't believe what I was saying. We just dated for a week, but I didn't want him to be hurt anymore. Tears welled up in my eyes. I felt a few drops hit my hands and my vision were blurry.

"Flora.. No.. Please" his voice was cracking. "I don't want this. I might get hate from my fans, but you are the world to me. I am not losing you"

I looked at him with teared-eyes. Tears were flowing out of his eyes as well. People were looking at is weirdly, but I didn't care.

"Luke.." I croaked. "I don't want to see you get hurt. I don't want this hate anymore too"

My throat was closing up and my tears were flowing down my face so hard that my sweater was getting wet. Luke grabbed my hand and squeezed it. He shook his head.

"We're going to make this work" he croaked as well. "I promise"

I embraced him and cried into his chest, not caring about the people looking at me weirdly. I nodded in response.

"I just don't want to hurt" I cried into his shirt.

"I know" he said, feeling his hot tears on my shoulder and hair.

We forgot about going to the arcade, going to weird shops, and going to eat at the repulsive food court. We sat there, still embraced into each other's arms and still crying on each other's shoulders, for an hour before we decided to head home.

All this pain in me was killing me. I don't want to break up ever. But, I don't want to keep hurting him because of me. I just wish we can be happy and not have any troubles in our relationship.

After our silence by taking the long way home, he muttered something; something that he didn't want me to hear.

"You're the reason, the only reason"

wOW!! This chapter is like the saddest chapter I ever wrote. Probably the best too. But still pretty sad. ;( It gets better though, don't worry. ;)

Q: Do you like my story?

A: lol no. Kidding, it's okay. I wish I can write really good like the ones in my reading list. They're so good at writing and I am jealous.
;(

I hope you like this chapter!!