Michael Clifford Imagines/Preferences

Jealous Friend

You drove up to the front of Ashton's apartment complex and started looking for a decent parking spot. You circled around for a few minutes and then saw Calum wave you over. You parked next to him and then jumped out of the car to go get your gift out of the truck bed. You unlocked the back and were ready to hop into the back and grab the gift basket. Before you could, Calum jumped into the back and grabbed it for you. He then smiled, "I can carry it for you, I know you have problems with your wrists." As the two of you made your way over to Ashton's apartment you ran into Michael who was carrying his own small gift.

He tried not to show his jealousy that you were with Calum, "Oh, hey guys, that's a pretty big gift Cal."

Calum laughed, "oh it's y/n's gift to Ash, not mine, I'm just carrying it for her."

Michael gritted his teeth and then forced a smile, "right, well, I'm sure Ash is waiting for us."

Just then, Luke popped up behind him and nudged Michael's side, "what? Mad about y/n getting Ash a bigger housewarming gift than the one she got for you?"

Michael rolled his eyes, "Like I need y/n's gifts."

You and Calum brushed past Michael and made your way to go see Ashton, "ouch Michael, way to be a dick."

You knocked on the front door, you knew which apartment it was, because who else would have a customized drum set door mat? Ashton greeted you all and welcomed you inside his new home. It was quaint, it certainly had that Ashton-esque feel to it. It was a two bedroom apartment, his room was decorated so well, you'd think a professional had done it. It was a stark white, but he had hung his favorite albums on the wall in black and white. The window let in just enough light to make things in the room visible,it really did look spectacular. Ashton was all about aesthetic, so really, you wouldn't have expected anything less from him.

You wrapped your arms around Ashton and gave him a big squeeze, "Ash I'm so happy for you! This place looks amazing!" Ashton lifted you up and started talking about how hard he worked on decorating it. When Ashton set you down, Michael put his arm around your waist, a bit too hard.

You glared at Michael, "dude, that actually hurt."

He pulled his arm away quickly, "sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, I just-"

You laughed and hugged him, "it's okay, I do that sometimes too."

The four of you sat down at the coffee table to eat dinner. Ashton handed out the boxes of Chinese food and then passed around some sodas. While you ate, you all talked about how difficult it is to use chopsticks. You were convinced that there was no way to be romantic while using chopsticks, at least for you there wasn't. Sure, it seems easy, but you always ended up with food all over you.

Ashton was about to hand you a fork, but Luke snatched it from him. You raised an eyebrow at him, "can I have my fork now?"

Luke set it down and then picked up some noodles with his chopsticks, "come on, I'm going to show you how easy it is."

You rolled your eyes and chuckled, "not happening."

Luke held it closer to your face, "come ooooon, open wide."

You sat there laughing as he tried to feed you, "Luke,this is not romant-"

Michael gnawed on his chopsticks angrily, trying not to let his furious thoughts escape.

Luke fell onto you laughing, "no, it's not, but why be romantic when you can do THIS?"

He flung a bit of food into your hair, and you tackled him playfully. You never really thought anything was weird about you acting like this with the guys. People always made comments that it seemed like you were flirting with all of them, but in reality, you all were just really close. You had been through some tough times together, so you were all just great friends.