Best Friends With Benefits (Muke)

Chapter 10

LUKE'S POV

I'm sitting on the couch when the boys walk in, my head in my hands.

"Hey, where's Calum?" Ashton asks, his usually dimpled face looking concerned.

"He's upstairs. Um, Michael, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I mean, alone."

We go into the kitchen, and I'm looking down at the floor tiles, trying to find the right way to tell him everything.

"Michael... okay, so, I sorta found out why Calum quit the band."

"Oh! What is it??"

I take a deep breath. "Apparently, he's in love with me."

I look up into Mike's eyes, watching all the emotions run through them. Surprise, hurt, anger, fear.

"Don't worry, I don't love him, I'm obviously madly in love with you."

He grins and kisses my nose, but then his face forms back into a frown.

"Would it be rude of me to punch him?" he asks, his brow furrowing.

I laugh. "Yes, Mike. Look, he can't help what he feels. Let me just talk to him, I can get it all sorted out."

I kiss him on the cheek and squeeze his hand before going upstairs, knocking on Calum's door.

"If that's Luke, I'm not ready to talk to you yet." he yells through the closed door, and I can hear the pain in his voice.

I walk in anyway, closing the door behind me. "Calum, listen."

CALUM'S POV

I turn away from him, looking out the window. There are pictures of the boys and I all over the walls, so I avert my eyes. I'm hoping I made the right decision.

"Calum. I mean... so... you love me."

"Yeah, Luke. So what? Of course I love you, how could I not? You're gorgeous, you're talented, and you have one of the kindest hearts I've ever seen."

I turn to look at him, making eye contact. His eyes are a blinding blue, and there's just the perfect amount of stubble on his jawline. I can see how sad this is making him, but I can't look away.

"Calum, I'm with Michael, and you know that. I've been with Michael for like 2 years."

"Yeah. I know."

My eyes travel over his chest, and I can see his abs through his tight blue shirt. His muscles bulge out of the sleeves, and I swear it's like someone lights a fire inside of me. 

Then again, I bet this is exactly what Mike sees when he looks at him.

"Luke..." I say in a pained voice, my eyes meeting his again. "Luke.. please?"

"I'm not--"

I cut him off and stand up, giving in to my impulse and kissing him, long and hard.

MICHAEL'S POV

"What's taking him so long up there?" Ashton asks, walking into the kitchen.

"I dunno. Apparently, Calum's in love with Luke."

Ashton's eyes go wider than plates as his face echos the surprised feeling I haven't been able to shake off.

"You know, we should just go check on them, see what's going on."

"Yeah." I nod, and we head up the stairs together.

Without knocking, Ashton pushes open Calum's door, and I gasp.

Luke and Calum are stretched out on the bed, kissing each other in a way that Luke's never kissed me before. Calum's shirt is off, and Luke's hair is all ruffled in a way that shows that they've been kissing like this for a while.

"Woah." Ashton says loudly, jumping back and covering my eyes. I push his hand away, looking down at Luke and Calum.

"Oh! Shit! Mike!" Luke says, jumping up off of the bed. "Um, this isn't what it looks like."

I roll my eyes and mentally try to stop the flow of tears threatening to spill over my cheeks.

"You're obviously madly in love with me, huh? Yeah, Luke, this is exactly what it looks like. Have fun together."

I storm out of the room, running down the stairs and out of the house and down the street. I don't even know where I'm going, I just need to get out.

My phone buzzes about a thousand times, all with calls and texts from Luke, and eventually I just shut my phone off. 

I keep running, stopping only when I get to an abandoned children's park. I sit down on one of the swings, running a hand through my hair.

I should've expected this, but I feel so dumb. 

"Michael. Michael!" Luke comes running up over to me, still pulling a jacket on.

"Save it for Calum, Luke. I should've known that something like this was going to happen, I should've known not to trust you."

Luke looks devastated, but he sits down on the swing next to mine. 

"I'm so sorry, Michael. I'm honestly so so sorry. Can I explain?"

"I'm guessing that you're going to anyway. Go ahead."

"I went upstairs to talk to Calum. I told him that I'm in love with you and I could never be with anyone else, and it's been like that for 2 years. He got up and kissed me, and I tried to pull away, but he just kept kissing me harder. I eventually gave in, because I figured that if I let him get that one kiss, he'd stop, but I guess I was wrong. I'm honestly so so so sorry, Mike. I love you. I love you, so much."

"Okay."

"Michael, please, forgive me. I didn't mean for it to go that far."

"Luke, almost all you've done so far in this relationship besides kiss me, is hurt me. You've hurt me so much, I just feel broken and it hasn't even been 2 days. I need to believe that that's not going to happen again."

"It won't, Michael. I promise. I love you more than anything. Please, Mike."

"Fine."

"C'mere, let me kiss you." he smiles, wrapping his arms all the way around me and pulling me in. I fold into his chest and I swear we fit perfectly, but I can't stop thinking that the last person he did this to was my best friend.

He presses his lips to mine, though, and all my worries flood away, and I feel alive.

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hey, loves!!

omg i have not updated this story in legit like 5 months

i am so so so sorry!

it's been getting a lot more reads and i'm super duper proud of that, tysm!!

i posted this chapter in honor of calum's bday. 21 years of our lil kiwi!!

btw, my bday is on friday, and i'll be turning 15!!

i hope you enjoyed this update, and i don't want to be one of THOSE people, but please, it would make my day if you would comment and vote!!

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rach:)