Sweetheart • muke •

Chapter Twenty-Eight

•December•

And you had the 'best Christmas ever'

"Calum and Ashton are here"
Michael yelled in the direction of the stairs.

"I'm almost done"
Luke yelled back, his small footsteps being heard all over the upstairs floor. Michael chuckled, leading the two tattooed boys inside of the apartment. Luke came bouncing down the stairs with the boxes held in his small arms.

"Lucas how much money did
you spend on presents for us?"
Ashton asked, his arms crossed over his chest with a scolding expression on his face. Luke have the tattooed boy an innocent look as he placed all of the presents down.

"My first two pay checks"
Luke said, smiling cheekily.

"I didn't know that"
Michael chimed in, giving Luke
a shocked expression.

"It's okay. I wanted to do something special
for the three boys most important to me"
Luke defended sweetly. The three boy were at a loss for words, knowing they couldn't argues with such a sweet, innocent blonde.

"You're so fucking cute. Those next
pay checks are all yours though"
Michael said, kissing Luke's cheek. The blonde smiled, nodding as he kissed Michaels lips gently.

"Alright. Let's get this Christmas
started, my mum will literally kill all
of us if we're all late for dinner tonight"
Ashton said. Michael furrowed his eyebrows as he looked down at Luke.

"You're having dinner
with Ashton's family tonight?"
Michael asked.

"No. We're having dinner
with Ashton's family tonight"
Luke smiled.

"If you want to"
Ashton said. The three boys looked at Michael expectantly. The colorful haired boy smiled.

"Yeah. Yeah of course"
Michael said. His heart was completely overrun with joy and warmth as the three other boys smiled and nodded. He never really had friends growing up, everyone thought he was weird so he just kept to himself. Now he had three boys who wanted to spend Christmas with him, especially a small blonde who loved him just as much as he loved the blonde.

"Come on, let's open presents"
Luke excitedly said. The three boys sat in a small circle on the floor, Luke sitting in Michaels lap.

"Luke, what are you wearing?"
Calum asked with a playful chuckle, staring at Luke's Christmas sweater, antler ears, and bunny slippers.

"This is my Christmas outfit!"
Luke yelled, throwing a fallen ornament at Calum. The four fell into laughter, Michael wrapping his arms around Luke's waist.

"I think you look adorable"
Michael defended, kissing
Luke's cheek.

"Thank you"
Luke smiled, sticking his
tongue out at Calum.

"Alright, alright. Luke open this"
Ashton said, placing a medium sized box on Luke's lap. The blonde smiled, lifting the lid of the bed and smiling at the cute crop tops and tee shirts that were placed in the box.

"Thank you ashy. They're so pretty!"
Luke beamed as he placed the box down and leaned over to hug the older boy.

"You're welcome Lukey"
Ashy smiled.

"Okay, mine next"
Calum said, handing Luke a box.
The blonde opened it, his eyes tearing up at the sight. He flicked his eyes between Calum and the box, his heart fluttering.

"What is it?"
Ashton asked. A tear fell from Luke's eye as he pulled out the pretty, lace pink dress. It was exactly the same as the one he had wanted for his thirteenth birthday. Luke let out a small cry as he threw himself around Calum, hugging the boy tightly. Ashton leaned over to explain the significance of the dress to a confused Michael.

"Thank you so much Cally"
Luke whispered through his tears. Calum gently hugged Luke back, kissing the boys forehead.

"You're welcome"
He whispered.

"Why don't you try it on while
I get for first present from me"
Michael suggested. Luke nodded hurriedly, delicately grabbed the dress and rushing out of the room. Michael hurriedly got up and rushed to the guest bathroom, grabbing the box he had in the bathtub and closing the lid. He took it out to the living room, ignoring the confused looks on Ashton's and Calum's faces.

A few minutes later Luke came back out in the pretty pink dress, smiling wide as he spun in circles. The blonde giggled, smoothing his hands over the dress

"Lift the lid"
Michael smiled as he presented the box to Luke. The blonde furrowed his eyebrows as he lifted the lid. Luke gasped as a small kitten jumped on the side of the box, staring curiously up at Luke. Michael, Ashton, and Calum all smiled as Luke picked the kitten up and smoothed his hand down against its fluffy white fur.

"Mikey! It's so pretty!"
Luke gushed, cuddling the kitten to his chest.

"Well I'm glad you like her, but I'm sorry to say that she can not sleep in our bed"
Michael said.

"Where will she sleep?"
Luke pouted.

"In the comfortable little
pink bed I bought for her"
Michael said. Luke beamed, pressing himself against Michael without crushing the kitten.

"Thank you so much Mikey! I love you,
This is the best Christmas ever!"
Luke said.

"I love you too, princess"
Michael smiled, kissing Luke's lips softly.