but you're calum hood // malum au

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hey guys! I know omfg an update from jake wat?

this is a shitty chapter sorry lmao

a/n at the end.

 enjoy!

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Michael lets out a shaky breath as he clicked 'answer with video' on his laptop.  Immediately the face of the person he idolized most in the world popped up on his screen. he smiles nervously at the camera while playing with the ends of his sweater sleeves.

"hi Michael!" calum said happily as he saw Michael on his screen.  Michael waved in response before clearing his throat, eyes cast down at his keyboard.

"so I uh.. I wrote the song." cal immediately perked up and rinned widely.

"oooooo play it for me! please!" he said excitedly, sitting in a more comfortable position and staring intently at Michael through the screen. Michael took in a shaky breath and bit his lip (a/n ayeeeee). "are you sure you want me to? it's really not that good.."

"I'm sure it's great, mikey. c'mon please?"  he begged, jutting out his lip to give Michael his best puppy pout. Michael giggled at the face. "okay fine. but I'm sorry in advance for you going deaf after this."

Michael lent over and grabbed his guitar, pulling the strap over his head and the pick from  the small pocket in his guitar case. "it's uh.. it's called jet black heart."

cal nodded and watched as Michael began to strum a few chords on his guitar, eyes cast down at the strings.

"everybody's got their demons,

even wide awake or dreamin,

I'm the one who ends up leavin,

make it okay...

see a war I wanna fight it,

see a match I wanna strike it

every fire I've ignited,

faded  to grey... "

when the chorus came around , michael's eyes were shut gently and he was singing in his full voice, forgetting anyone was watching, let alone his idol.

calum's jaw dropped the moment Michael began singing, anddd it stayed that way til the song had ended and Michael had come back to reality, gazing up at his screen. he saw the tanned boy's expression and assumed it was bad.  "I'm sorry, I know it's bad, I don't know why I even played it for you I'm sor-"

"that was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard in my life." calum cut him off. "you have an incredible voice, mikey.." Michael eyes widened, cheeks blushing bright pink and smiled a little. "thanks.. but I'm really not that good."

calum leaned a little closer to his computer "no, you are. that was amazing. you should be a singer." he said seriously.

"thank you.." Michael said quietly, smiling up at his webcam. "i wish I was as good as you though." calum chuckled at that. "as good? your voice is so much better than mine! you seriously ought to make youtube covers or a band or somethi-"

"cal, mate, we gotta go. we have a interview in 15 minutes." Michael heard luke's voice from somewhere off screen. "alright, i'll be right out. i'll meet you and ash in the car." cal said and Michael heard an 'ok' and a door close before calum turned back to him.

"ugh I'm sorry. we'll talk more after if you want. see ya later, Michael" cal said, to which Michael nodded. they said their bye's and Michael ended the skype call, letting out a heavy breath.

"well damn..." he mumbled. he decided to listen to calum and pulled up youtube. he was gonna put his song up.

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hey guys! it's jake and I'm back

I'm so sorry I haven't been on or updating for so long. I don't have a smartphone anymore and I just got a new laptop.

some significant stuff has been happening in my life right now and things are a big mess of chaos and all that, but my depression is gone and my anxiety is getting better.

anyways, thank you all SO MUCH for 400 reads! AHH! that's incredible, I never thought i'd get even 20 reads so thank you. getting votes and reads on my stories really motivates me to update more. and honestly, comments are my favourite thing ever lol

so thank you all so very much, I love you guys! stay happy guys :3