If He Only Knew

after midnight

two months after luke joined the band.

"So, who's up for lunch?" Ashton asked, rising from the couch, yawning. The entire band groaned. Michael spoke up, "Ash it's 3.30 in the afternoon and I can not be fucking bothered."

Calum let out a laugh. "It's now or never mikey!" Ashton winked at him. Luke's head rose instantly as soon as Ashton said "mikey", he hadn't been listening to the rest of the conversation.

Calum rose from the couch faster than usual. He had just realised how insanely hungry he was. "Okay," he began, "since you're all lazy fucks, I'll drive."
"Where are we going?" Luke asked. Michael raised an eyebrow jokingly at him. "To lunch." He replied.

Luke let out a groan. "Do we have to?" He whined. Michael laughed his angelic laugh, "C'mon Lukey, it'll be fun!" He sat down and ruffled the blue-eyed boy's quiff.

Luke's heart skipped a beat. Michael had just called him "Lukey". It was the damn cutest thing he'd ever heard. He inaudibly sighed. Two months, and he was still in love with his kitten boy. He looked over at the green eyed angel he was head over heels for, "Fine" he pouted playfully, and rolled off the couch, James Bond style. Michael giggled and pointed his fingers at Luke, shaping them like a gun, and then helped him off the living room floor.

"Anyway," Ashton chuckled, "which place? I was thinking the new diner, ARZ's, down the street." All three band members, especially Luke, cringed and made a face. "Went there a couple weeks ago, it sucks." Michael said, "All the waitresses do is flirt with you. It's disgusting." Luke and Calum nodded. Ashton shrugged, "How about J's?" He asked. Like he needed to, the boys were practically sprinting to the car.

Once they got to J's, they got a table and sat down, Calum next to Michael and Ashton next to Luke. Michael and Luke ended up opposite each other. Sometimes, they would accidentally look up at the same time and lock eye contact for what seemed like hours, and Michael would run his hand through his hair. The truth was Michael never really looked away. Luke fiddled with his lip ring nervously. Damn. Michael really liked that lip ring.

Calum picked up the weird vibe, feeling awkward, and spoke, "So. Band until 6.30? Watch a movie after?" They all nodded smiling. After their lunch, they drove back to the apartment, listening to Nickelback on the radio, singing along. Luke was smiling the whole way back, he was so glad to be a part of this band, plus he was sat next to Mikey, who was acting like a total dork but somehow making it look cute.

When they got back, they went straight to the studio in the top floor of the apartment. It was state of the art and Calum and Michael had saved for years.  After playing a few of their own songs and a couple covers. Ashton turned to Luke, "Luke, final song, your choice, go." Ash shoved him into the booth. Luke nodded and picked a track.  Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. Perfect. Michael's heart leaped. This was his favourite.

Ash and Cal smiled. They loved this one too. Ash nudged Michael, who had a massive grin on his face, and said "Amp buddy." Michael glided over to his stool-thing, and plugged in his amp.
He knew this one off by heart. Calum played the first few bass bars and smiled to himself. This really was a good song. Michael's eyes practically lit up as he heard that low-raspy voice that he could recognise anywhere. His Lukey. And he was good. Really good.

Luke finished the second verse, his voice cracking at the end of the line. Damn he hated it when he did that. He watched as Michael ripped out into a guitar riff. He was amazing. Luke stared at him, mouth gaping, Michael looked up at him at the end and smiled at him, making Luke melt.

Calum rolled his eyes.
"Can they seriously not just make out already?" He thought. Ashton seemed to read his thoughts and laughed through his drumming. Luke finished the last lyric and breathed heavily into the mic, making Michael's breathe hitch. Wow he thought. Just wow.

Luke looked up at Michael and blushed, Michael's heart did backflips. He was now sure he was unconditionally in love with Lucas Robert Hemmings. And there was nothing he could do about it.

Calum unplugged his amp. "So, movie?" He asked excitedly, " Race you Ash!" Ashton laughed and started sprinting down the hallway, Calum following, leaving Michael and Luke alone. Luke spoke first, "You absolutely killed that riff Mikey..." He said blushing an obvious red.
"Why thank you Lukey," Michael replied, bowing, "but dude I had no idea you were so talented at stuff like that. Your vocal range is unreal." He gushed.

Luke breathed in deeply. He knew it was weird, but he had to. He reached across and squeezed Michael's free hand.

Michael almost dropped his guitar. He put it down cautiously. It felt like a million volts of electricity had been shot through him. But he didn't let go, he squeezed Luke's hand back and then laced his fingers through Luke's, reaching his other hand over to bop him gently on his adorable button nose.  They both laughed and dropped their hands to their sides as they walked to the living room and plopped down on the couch next to Ash and Cal.

"We're watching The Woman In Black so buckle up Lukey." Calum laughed, he knew Luke hated scary movies, and after the crappy flirting between him and Michael in the studio, he decided he needed to jumpstart this thing, just to itch their flirting to a new level. Michael would never make the first move. So Luke needed a scary movie, or two. He smiled to himself, "I'm such a good best friend" he thought. Luke cringed and curled his legs up onto the couch.

As the movie went on, Michael could see how scared Luke was, all he wanted to do was grab his hand and hold him and tell him everything was going to be alright. But he couldn't, not with Ash and Cal around. Once the movie finished, all the boys got up to go to their rooms, except Luke. Michael glanced at him, concerned, and Luke tried his best to send out a reassuring smile. Michael thought nothing of it so he went to bed as well.

It was two in the morning. Michael got up to go and get a glass of water, as his throat hurt from band practice, it never usually did. He walked back to his room with his glass, when he heard a slight gasp coming from the living room. He walked in cautiously and another gasp turned into a yelp as he turned the light on. Luke was just sat there, red-rimmed puffy eyes and tears spilling from his beautiful blue eyes.

Michael's heart broke there and then.

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