Bubblegum || Muke

Chapter Thirty-One || Bugs

Luke was in a cheerful mood. Hot Topic had been a little busy since they were throwing a Blurryface cosplay. His hands had been dipped in black paint and Morgan applied red eye shadow around his eyes. Plus, it was a beautiful day which just made him feel good.

He had just gotten on his break. He hadn't seen Michael all morning and he was so excited to walk into Forever21 and greet his bubblegum boy.

He walked into the store and searched for Michael but had no luck finding him. Once his eyes landed on Riley, he skipped up to her.

"Hi Ri. Where's Mikey?" Riley was a little concerned for Luke, looking at is black hands and his super red eyes but Luke didn't notice.

"Um..." she was still confused. "I'm not even gonna bother asking what's going on at that dark cave you call your work place. But Michael went home early because he found something in his hair. He didn't send you a text?"

"No... I'll stop by his place to see what's up. He usually tells me everything..."

So Luke skipped off to tell Morgan that he'd be back a little late if the situation Michael was in was bad. Morgan always tells herself that she should've fired Luke a long time ago for not following the rules of the employee handbook but she just can't let the lad go.

Luke hopped into his car and raced to Michael's house. He had a spare key just in case something were to go wrong or if there was an emergency.

This time, he doesn't know if it's either of those things. But he sensed something had to have been wrong.

"Mikey?" He first went upstairs to check if he was in his room. His room was empty but there was a little shine of light coming from underneath the bathroom door. "Ugh, why didn't you send me a text to let me know you were leavin-- holy crap!"

Michael was on the bathroom floor with a towel covering his head. Next to him, was a big pile of purple, fluffy hair. Michael started to cry.

"Hey hey! Michael..." Luke sat next to him and took some of the purple hair in his hands. "What happened, babe? Why is all your hair on the floor?"

"I found some bugs, Luke! And... and my mom wasn't home to help and I wasn't thinking so I shaved my head!" Michael was now full on sobbing as loud as he could. He lied his head (a towel still covering it) on Luke's lap. "I'm so ugly now."

"Honey, no you're not. You could have hair to your ass and I'd still adore you. Now take the towel away from your head."

"I don't wanna."

"Michael. You're going to take it off eventually so why don't we just get it over with?" Luke finally persuaded Michael into taking the towel off his head.

Michael's eyes were blood shot. He looked tired. And on his head...

Just little patches of purple hair.

"Baby, why didn't you just look up how to get bugs out on the internet? You're a grown adult. C'mon now... But, you're still beautiful whether you have hair or not. And I still love you." Michael looked sadly at Luke. "And before you know it, your hair will grow back and we can dye it again! My roots are already turning blonde, as you can see." Luke gestured to his hair.

Michael giggled and instantly felt better. "I think you look great with both."

"After this black shit gets washed out completely and it grows enough that I can cut it all off, I'm gonna stick with my blonde hair. Don't really like the black anymore."

Michael giggled again and gave a few Eskimo kisses to Luke.

"Now let's throw all this old hair away because I don't want bugs either. Then I'll call Riley and tell her to let your boss know that you had a family emergency or something. Gotta call Morgan too."

"And then we can lie down and watch Toy Story and a bunch of Disney movies? Please?" Michael made puppy eyes at Luke and Luke chuckled, "Of course, my bubblegum boy."

So that's what they did. Riley was a little bummed that Michael wouldn't be returning because apparently, they're great friends at work. Morgan didn't care, honestly. A few other coworkers were there anyways.

"Can you wash the paint off your hands? My mom will be upset if you get it on her couches," Michael quickly commented and glanced at Luke's hands.

"Oh, right. Blurryface cosplay today at work. I'll go wash it off. Be right back, baby boy."

Michael watched Luke leave the living room and smiled to himself. He was so grateful to have a boyfriend like Luke even though he did cheat. But, everyone makes mistakes. (A/N: IM NOT ROMANTICISING CHEATING OKAY. IF UR PARTNER CHEATS THEN LEAVE THEIR ASS TF)

He also couldn't believe that Luke didn't look at him any different without his hair. The sparkle and admiration is still in his eyes each time he looks at Michael.

Luke at first fell in love with Michael's appearance but learned that beauty isn't everything.

And Michael just simply fell in love with Luke.

A/N: THE END

lol kidding.

honestly forgot that Luke's hair was black tbh 

Q: plans for summer break??

A: I'm visiting the states for a month! morgan is also gonna go to Washington and stay there all summer. she's also gonna dye her hair-- blue to purple. I'm gonna be lonely :(

-Riley x