soft spots // ot4

.8 - maybe more?

it's been almost a month, and all of the boys have gotten closer.

calum and michael are still dating, and luke and ashton have officially started dating.

all four boys have hung out multiple times, and everyone can tell they have a thing for one another. the boys don't realize this though, they're too blinded by their lovers to see.

lukes been winning his matches, and ashtons been in his ring when he gets in to train. luke always gets pissed, and ashton always fixes it with a kiss on the lips to make the pouty boy smiley.

"ash!" luke groans when he sees him the following day, in his ring. "get out! i need to practice!"

ashton looks at him to see him pouting slightly, chuckling and heads out, hair flopping and sweat dripping. he walks over and puts arms around his neck, luke putting his hands on his waist.

"sorry baby.." and with that, he presses lips to his. luke kisses for a few moments before pulling back. "it's okay, princess."

"i told you to stop calling me that!" ashton whines, pulling away from him. "im not a princess!"

after arguing about that and ashton partially agreed to it, saying "only you can call me that, and only in private", the boy left leaving luke to train on his own.

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when luke and was done, he walked out and starts heading to his car, when he sees someone by his car. as he gets closer, the person becomes more clear and he sees it as michael.

"mike?" luke looks at him confused as he sets his bag in he car. "what are you doing here? and this late?"

"can i stay with you tonight? like, spend the night?" he asks quietly, looking up at luke with glossy eyes, looking like he's about to cry. "i-i mean, i don't have to, its-it's just my parents a--"

"of course mike. you don't need to ask me." luke put his bag into the back of the car, heading to the drivers side. "c'mon." and with that, michael got into the passengers side and buckled in.

as luke started driving home, he sensed michael was nervous and put a hand on his thigh to calm him down. it seemed to help him a little, seeing him loosen up a bit.

"what'd they do, mike?" luke asked after a couple minutes.

"they got mad at me for--for an a-minus on a paper." michael stuttered out, looking down at his lap.

luke rolled his eyes. "they shouldn't get mad for an a-minus. especially on a paper. it's above average, and i get worse grades than that. papers don't make much of a grade anyway."

"e-exactly!" michael squeaks out. luke just shakes his head and doesn't say anything else.

when they get to lukes house, they walk inside and head straight up to the bedroom. michael crawls into the bed, as he's done this before, and luke changes into sweats.

"mike, do you need to change?" michael shakes his head. "im already wearing sweats."

luke hopped into bed after turning off the light, going towards the wall. he falls asleep after sending ashton a goodnight text.

after awhile, michael still couldn't sleep. he looked over at luke, and shook him lightly. "l-luke?"

luke groans, looking up at him. "hm?"

"ca-can we cuddle?" michael asks quietly. "i-i mean we don't have to, i-it's just I can't sleep a-and--" michael cuts off his sentence, seeing luke's already wrapping
his arms around michael and is pulling him close to himself.

"t-thank you.." michael says quietly and closes eyes, falling asleep.