soft spots // ot4

1.0 - cafe talk

after hanging up with ashton, michael went straight to the cafe that's across the street. he chose the booth that's right next to the window, further back. michael sighed, taking a drink out of his hot coffee that he bought. he bought one for ashton as well.

a few minutes went by, and a ding went off, signaling someone came in. he looked back and saw ashton, waving him over.

ashton came and sat down across from michael, looking down at the coffee sitting there "..is that for me?"

michael nods, and ashton takes the mug with a small smile, taking a sip. "why'd you call me here?"

"i wanted to talk about what happened between me and luke, and then i have a suggestion that i think we should all think about.." michael said the last part a little quieter than the rest, making ashtons eyebrows furrow.

"oh.. okay. well, what happened between you two?"

"it was late, like after his practice late.." michael started off, unsure of how ashton would react. ashton stayed quiet, though, his eyes trained on michael. "and i was walking to him. i had a rough night with my parents.. they were yelling at me for an a-minus on a paper."

ashton froze in his spot. his parents yell at michael for getting an a-minus on a paper? "isn't that like.. a really good grade?" and with that, michael shrugged. "not in their eyes."

"anyway back to my story." michael stated before starting off again. "i saw luke, asked him if i could stay the night. y'know, because i didn't want to be around my parents. he agreed and took me home. he asked me what happened and i told him. we got to the house and we went inside and went to bed, simple as that. no more, no less."

"but you two woke up cuddling?" ashton was confused on that, looking at michael with a confused expression on his face.

"we woke up like that. i don't exactly know how, we were on opposite sides of the bed." michael concludes that, taking another drink of his coffee.

"okay..." ashton trails off. "what's your idea now?"

"can we maybe.. call the boys over here?" michael asked quietly, moving around in his booth. ashton sighs. "of course. do you want me to call them?"

"no i'll call calum." michael smiles softly and pulls out his flip-phone, calling calum and tells him to come where they're at. ashton does the same thing with luke, but reassures him he's not mad at him at all and says that michael is safe with him, luke being worried about michaels parents yelling at him more.

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by the time both of the boys come, it's 5 minutes past one. calum and luke come at the same time, making them look at one another in confusion.

shaking it off, both boys get to the booth and sit by their lovers, each sharing a kiss. luke kissed ashton for a little while longer, though, saying that he missed him and that he's sorry. ashton giggled and kisses him back, saying its okay and there's nothing to worry about.

"so michael has this idea.." ashton trailed off. "and the reason why he made everyone come down here is so that he can explain what his idea was."

when all eyes were on michael, he had this sudden panic, like he didn't know how to speak. calum grabbed his hand and made small circles on his hand, making michael look down at them and shiver slightly. he didn't know how the boys were going to react and hell, he didn't know how his own boyfriend was going to react. he took in a deep breath, looking back up at all the boys.

"when i was walking home, before i called ashton, i was thinking about us being friends.." michael started off, still looking nervous. "and i thought, why don't we just fuck it and try a relationship with all of us? to see how it goes?"

all the boys looked at michael like he was crazy. calum looked at michael in disbelief. his own boyfriend. was he doing a good job? was he doing something wrong? is he good enough? calums thoughts were running through his head. he didn't know what to think. calum looked at the other boys and back at michael.

"michael, are you saying, like a foursome?" luke broke the silence quite awkwardly, looking around the table and meeting calums gaze.

michael nodded. "yeah. why not? we can all just try it, and if we don't like it we can go back to being friends?" michael looks around the table before looking back down, squeezing calums hand. "sorry. stupid thought."

"i don't think it's a bad idea." ashton looks around the table.

"i-i mean, i'll be okay with it if everyone else is." calum said quietly, afraid of everyone saying no.

"no I'll do it." luke agreed. "three precious and gorgeous boyfriends to look over." luke said with a slight smirk.

"so it's settled?" michael looks at everyone. "we're trying this?"

they all nodded.

"okay princess--"

"luke don't call me that."

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okay