Asexual [cake au] ✔

Ten

Double update bc I'm HAPPEE

Chapter 10

"Are you sure everything is okay?" he questioned, glancing at me from the side as we walked back to his. "You don't normally just state that you're sleeping at mine."

"Yeah, well today I'm feeling impulsive."

He smirked, looking ahead again. "You won't guess what happened after you left, Luke."

"What happened?"

"Guess."

"Hmm... did you get your homework done?"

He rolled his eyes. "C'mon. Be serious. Guess."

"Hmm... you walked in on Ashton showering naked?"

"Ugh, in my dreams. Nope. Keep going."

I decided to say the most obvious one, knowing that it would be true. Part of me didn't want to acknowledge it though. "Did you kiss Ashton?"

"YEP!! It was literally a peck but I did it, and he didn't pull away or disown me after, so I'm guessing things are gonna work out for us!"

If only he knew. "Great, I'm really happy for you." Oh shit, I hadn't meant to make it sound so sarcastic.

"You don't sound it."

I slowed down to a halt and looked up at the sky, closing my eyes. "I am, sorry if that came out wrong."

"I don't think everything's okay. Does you escaping to the beach have anything to do with home stuff? Is that why you're crashing at mine?" When I didn't reply, he added, "I'm your best friend Luke. You know you can tell me anything on your mind, and I'll listen."

I knew that, but it wasn't the right time to tell him. There was a lot he didn't know about me, despite us having been friends for pretty much half my life. Whilst I didn't want him to think everything was perfect for me, I also didn't want to distract him from his current focus, Ashton. I wanted him to be happy and who knows, maybe Ashton wasn't that bad and would see Calum's feelings.

"Luke? You've been standing still staring at the sky for ages. Let's go. If you're not going to tell me, then fine."

Was he seriously getting pissed right now? "I'm sorry."

"Forget it," he retorted as a whisper, continuing to walk. I sniffed and pressed on, joining him.

~

"Here, you can borrow this," he said monotonously, throwing a white shirt and sweatpants my way. I caught them with a bit of difficulty and started changing right there despite knowing I needed a shower. "Don't you want to wash?"

"Don't have a towel."

He tsk-ed and threw me one too. "Go clean yourself, you mutt. You've been sleeping on the beach, god knows how many insects crawled through your hair." I smiled as he told me to go downstairs to shower, taking my things and heading down to their downstairs bathroom. I passed Calum's parents who were watching a film, waving and observing as they smiled back, hugging each other on the sofa.

It was sweet. I sort of yearned for that kind of relationship too but I don't know, I was too scarred from my childhood to even begin one. Dismissing the thought I headed into the toilet and pulled the light cord, stripping in front of the mirror and forming a clothes pile on the tiled floor.

Then, a knock came. "Luke, dear? I'm sorry, that shower, we found out today, is broken, you'll have to go upstairs!" she notified, her voice muffled due to the door.

"Oh, okay. Thanks for letting me know," I called back, putting my shirt on but using the towel as a cover-up for down below. Heading back upstairs, I found the bathroom and without thinking, walked in.

"What the- Luke!"

I glanced up and saw a naked Calum in the middle of the room, desperately trying to cover himself up. "Oh fuck, sorry... why didn't you lock the door?!"

"Well you were supposed to be downstairs!"

And then, to my surprise, I started blushing.

I hurried out of the bathroom, closing the door and leaning against it, heart pounding like mad. Stop this, I told myself. Stop before it gets out of hand.

It shouldn't have been weird to see your best friend's private parts. I'd seen them before, randomly, and it hadn't been an issue back then. For some unknown reason, I was now getting flustered, and I hated it.

And then, I began thinking that his body was rather hot.

And then, I ran to his room, jumping on his bed and pulling the duvet over my head like a little kid.

Pull yourself together. You're better than this.

~

I woke up because my stomach kept growling menacingly at me – not because I wanted to. Then I remembered, I hadn't even had dinner or lunch, and my stomach wasn't having it.

Sitting up, I found that I was half-naked – my jeans had been replaced with the sweats Calum had given me earlier, but my torso was bare. I was in Calum's bed, and he was next to me sleeping soundly. Had he changed my clothes for me? Moreover, had I fallen asleep after diving into his bed, embarrassed?

I groaned as quietly as I could and not caring about the time, got out and went downstairs to find something to eat. It had to be quick and eaten cold, because I wasn't going to try cooking anything at this time of night especially since it wasn't my house. Sure, I came here a lot, but I didn't want to be held responsible for burning it down.

Fumbling about in different cupboards, I found some cereal and a few bags of crisps, deciding that I'd make do with that. I was ready to sit down at the table when I bumped into Calum.

"What are you doing up?" I yawned, walking past and sitting down. He joined me, eyes boring into my face.

"Could ask you the same thing."

"I didn't eat anything yesterday and my stomach woke me up. Your turn."

He pouted, stretching his arms out on the table. "You made the bed go cold after you left."

I chuckled at how lame he sounded. "Since when have you been a light sleeper? Every other time I've slept here and left temporarily during the night, you never woke up."

"Well... people change, okay?"

I raised my eyebrows, offering him a crisp. He rejected, saying it was weird eating in the middle of the night. "Suit yourself." He smiled smugly, watching me eat as the clock ticked away.

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I'm excited for how this is gonna play out but I gotta be careful...

Luke is such a doofus haha XD 

I wonder if Joy said the shower was broken on purpose? Maybe she ships #cake too ;)

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Kimmy xx