The devil wears Versace (Lashton)

Feeling some type of way

Ashton laid in bed unable to sleep. Today had been such a good day. He had expected to be more upset about Leliana but he was fine. He checked the time. It was 2 am which meant it was eleven am back home. Calum would still be up. He dialed Calum's number.

"Hey, man, how are you?" Calum asked.

"I'm doing alright." Ashton answered.

"Just alright? I saw your text about beating Leliana, that's good. Do you feel bad or something?" Calum asked concerned.

"No, not at all. I'm just... well it's hard to explain. Let me start at the beginning." Ashton sighed before catching Calum up on the past two days.

"So now I'm laying in bed and I can't sleep cause I can't stop replaying the day in my head."

"Ash, do you have feelings for Luke?" Calum asked.

"What, no, I- he's my boss. I just...I.." Ashton fumbled over his words.

"You said you felt like you were jealous of the fact that he likes someone." Calum pointed out.

"I said maybe but I don't think it's cause I like him, that's ridiculous." Ashton argued.

"What was your favorite part of today?" Calum asked.

Ashton pondered for a moment before responding.

"I don't know if I can pick just one. I liked the fact that he trusted me enough to jump off a rock with me. I loved his reaction to seeing the sharks. I loved having normal conversation with tipsy Luke. I loved dancing with him. I loved teaching him how to catch a sand crab. I loved that he was comfortable enough to tell me a little bit about his family." Ashton listed off the highlights of the day.

"Something had to stick out more than the others." Calum pressed.

"No, not really." Ashton disagreed.

"You realize he was probably talking about you when he told you he might like someone, right?" Calum stated. He hoped Ashton would see how obvious it was that Luke liked him.

"No way. I think he might have been talking about you." Ashton said shaking his head even though Calum couldn't see.

"Nope, definitely you."

"I don't get why you're convinced he likes me?" Ashton sighed. He really didn't think for even a second Luke could be interested in him. He never acted like it.

"Let's look back shall we? We are at the gala. Luke is watching you and Leliana the entire time and constantly making snide remarks. He then makes a few towards you before complimenting you in white. He continues to make remarks while you're dancing with Leliana. He then asks about your last relationship. Is interested in the fact that your ex was a guy. Is also interested in the fact that you're in to blondes. Tells you to wear white the next day.
Then he wants you to model for him and cancel plans with Leliana. Then gets jealous when you sleep with her.
He takes you to barbados for the weekend. He spends an entire day with you and you really don't think he likes you?" Calum recited the past few weeks.

"Calum, you read way too much in to everything. None of those were out of character or jealousy." Ashton sighed.

"How are you so blind?" Calum scoffed.

"Okay, can we be done talking about this please?" Ashton groaned. He didn't need Calum convincing him Luke had feelings for him. It was bad enough he was feeling weird things towards Luke. Luke definitely had him feeling some type of way.

Luke laid in bed unable to sleep either. He kept replaying the day. He had replayed it about a dozen times and had come to the conclusion that he was falling for Ashton.

Ashton treated him like Ashton treated everyone which made Luke happy. Most people avoided Luke or treated him like a horrible person.  Ashton had avoided him as much as possible in the beginning but as the days progressed Ashton questioned Luke and called the shots occasionally and seemed unfazed by Luke's attitude. Nobody ever questioned Luke or tried calling the shots. And his attitude seemed to bother everyone.
It was refreshing having Ashton around. Luke only hoped his feelings for the brunette would go away. It was clear Ashton didn't show any interest in Luke. And Luke never really had relationships. He had a girlfriend back in high school buy he got too busy helping his dad with the business. Then he dated a guy for about a year the year before his mom passed but they both agreed neither were committed and the relationship was more like a partnership. Both had worked for Luke's dad and spent more time working than together. Luke's mom had been so glad when the two split.
Once Liz passed and Luke's dad gave the business to Luke, Luke spent every moment of his time on work until today. It had been strange but so refreshing. He felt the stress of taking over Gucci lessen and he felt regenerated. He knew he had Ashton to thank for that. In fact he had Ashton to thank for a lot of things but Luke wouldn't say anything, like he always did.

*AN*
Short update, filler chapter. Enjoy. ☺