Happy (Malum Twitter AU) -on hold-

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Cal <3: Wanna hang out again?

Mikey: i would, but cody is here

Mikey: cant leave him alone ya know?

Cal <3: Yeah, that's fine

Cal <3: What about tomorrow?

Cal <3: Mikey????

Cal <3: It's been 10 minutes... where'd ya go?

Mikey: Hey, it's Cody.  Mike had to step out for a minute... but I'm here now! So like you're way better off w me

Mikey: Anywhoo, I was wondering if you'd want to go out for lunch today w me and Mikey

Mikey: Oh and our friend, Alia

Mikey: She's chill tho so no worries

Cal <3: Ummmm... okay

Cal <3: Yeah, I can

Cal <3: and I wasn't worried soo

Mikey: Okay I'm gonna kill him

Cal <3: Who??

Mikey: Cody duh

Cal <3: Ohh right

Mikey: you don't need to come out to lunch

Mikey: if you don't want to

Mikey: cuz i was under the impression that c and i were just gonna sit around and be fat

Cal <3: well, I don't need to come I guess

Mikey: OH NOOO

Mikey: I DIDN'T WANT IT TO SEEM LIKE I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE YOU

Mikey: CUZ I DO

Mikey: I DO WANT TO SEE YOU

Cal <3: lol

Mikey: don't say lol

Cal <3: lol

Mikey: first c and now you

Cal <3: So you and Cody are close?

Mikey: Yeah we've known each other since kindergarten

Cal <3: I wish I had friends like that

Mikey: no you dont

Cal <3: I just said I did

Mikey: But yours are much cooler than cody

Cal <3: Have you seen Luke?

Cal <3: He's like a walking stick of awkward

Mikey: But hes a cute adorable breadstick

Cal <3: Ew no he's not

Mikey: imma just pretend you didn't say that

Mikey: Okay so somehow cody got stuck in the toilet so i gotta go

Mikey: But we'll meet you at Mr. Wong? In like an hour

Cal <3: Okay, see you then xx

"Okay, C, how in the ever-loving world did you get yourself stuck in the toilet?" I sighed as I pushed the door of the bathroom open.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud at the scene I saw in front of me.  Cody had one sleeve of his long sleeve shirt rolled up to his elbow, with his hand stuck in the toilet bowl.

"Hi," he waved to me with his free hand and a cheeky smile on his face. "It's a funny story, really.  You see, I was doin' the do, as one does, when my ring- the one that used to be my grandfather's- fell off my finger and into the hole.  This led to that which led to the other thing and then the other other thing. So, long story short, my hand is now stuck in a toilet bowl hole full of my pee."

"Only you Cody, only you."

We spent the majority of the hour we had before I said we'd meet up with Calum squeezing Cody's hand out of the toilet and fishing out his ring.

Alia had arrived at my apartment sometime during the toilet episode, refusing to touch Cody and his pee covered hand.

I sent out a quick text to Calum, explaining that we might be around 10 minutes late.  He replied with an 'okay' and two x's.  Those x's will be the death of me.

"Come ooooonnnnnnn, guys.  We don't want to keep Calum waiting," I whined.

"You mean, you don't want to keep him waiting," Alia snipped.

@eternalmikey
off to lunch w my boo

Cody, Alia, and I arrived at the restaurant just five minutes late, which I'm pretty sure was a record for us.  Calum waved us over from the booth he was sitting in in the back.

We walked over and he stood up to give me a hug.  I accepted it eagerly, maybe a little bit too eagerly, and almost squeezed the death out of the boy.

"Mikey, aren't you going to introduce us?" Cody asked from behind me, interrupting our 'moment.'

I blushed as I pulled away from Calum's embrace and turned to face Alia and Cody.

"Cody, this is Calum.  Calum, this is Cody.  Alia, this is Calum.  Calum, Alia.  There now you know each other and we can eat."  I plopped myself down on the cushion.  Calum sat down next to me and Alia and Cody sat down across from us.

"So, how did you guys meet each other?" Calum asked the three of us.

"Um, well, Cody's mom and my mom were best friends, so we had a lot of scheduled playdates.  Then in, like, 7th grade we met Alia in chorus and we've been inseparable."

Alia sent Calum a smile, "How did you and Mike meet?"

"He's a big fan of mine, I guess.  A lot of people were telling me about him and stuff, so one day I just searched him up and started tweeting him."

I pushed his shoulder, "You mean, you started to indirect me and make me think I was crazy."

"Yup, but it was all worth it," he slung his arm around my shoulders and pulled me slightly into him, and he looked pointedly at Cody.

I didn't fight him, just snuggled a little bit closer to his side.  I gave Cody a quick glance when he nudged my foot with his own.  He gestured to Calum with his eyes and raised his eyebrows, smirking at us slightly.

Calum's grip on me tightened and I looked up at him to find that he was shooting daggers at Cody.   I leaned up slightly and whisper, "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Nothing," he replied gruffly.

"I don't believe you."

"Well you should, because I'm telling the truth."

"Are you jealous?""

He looked at me incredulously, but his arm around me tensed," What? No."

"Good, you shouldn't be.  I only have eyes for one person here and Cody's dating Alia anyways."  I gave him a quick peck on the cheek before I wriggled my way out of his grip and picked up the menu.