Abandonment

8:michael no good

"Michael why'd you do this?!" I grabbed his arm, tears filling my eyes.

"Michael de-deserve-" 

"No you don't!" My sadness was now anger. 

"Michael's fault mean guy hurt Michael." 

"No it's not!" I paused. "Go to your room."

"Okay Luke," he said, running off to a spare room we had set up for him. 

I pulled out my phone. 

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"Luke! What's the emergency we had to leave the meeting early for?! Do you know how hard it was to get a meeting with th-"

"Michael self harms," I blurted out, pinching the bride of my nose. 

"What?!" Ashton stood up from his seat. 

"You left to go to that meeting and he put on his favourite skirt because it was just the two of us and we started dancing then he told me."

"He just strait up told you?!" Calum asked. 

I nodded. "Pulled up his sleeve and everything."

"Why'd he do it?"

"He thinks it's his fault that he was raped."

"It's not!" They both said. 

Ashton clenched his fist and walked towards Michael's room. 

"Ash no. Calm down." I said, running to Michael's door. I was about to open it when Michael opened the door. Everyone froze at the sight of the pastel boy with tears running down his face. 

"Michael," Ashton's voice cracked. "Is it true?" 

Michael nodded. 

Ashton let out a scream and threw a vase in the floor, causing it to shatter and causing Michael to twitch. "How could you?! We gave you everything! We risked our home for you and you do this?!" 

Michael twitched again. "M-Michael sorry-"

"Sorry's not good enough!" 

"No good. Michael no good. Michael no good. Michael no good," Michael repeated under his breath. 

"Get the fuck out of my house!" Ashton screamed. 

"Ashton stop you're freaking him out!" Calum shrieked. 

"Michael no good. Michael no good," Michael started crying, repeating himself over and over again. I wrapped my arms arms around him. 

"Got out!" Ashton stomped towards us. "GET OUT!" And with that, Ashton ripped Michael away from me by his hair and threw him to the ground, beating him.