Calling You at Midnight

Chapter 7: I Like Nougat

((Figured since I updated my other book a few days early why not this one too))

{Lucifer's pov}

I really thought he was going to kiss me. I mean sure a kiss on the cheek is still a kiss but if he didn't do it that must mean he doesn't like me after all. Maybe I did something wrong? We arrive home in silence, he waved goodbye and goes up to his apartment. Ok, school tomorrow, we need sleep.

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The next morning I get up and get dressed as usual. I head downstairs and see Michael wearing a short sleeve shirt. Wait a minute... a short sleeve shirt!

"Mikey! You're wearing a short sleeve shirt! But what about your...?" I say. I don't want to announce it to the whole building. He gestures to a few bandaids on his arms.

"I'll be good" he says with a smile. I pull him into a hug.

"I'm proud of you" I say.

"Thank you" He replies with a blush. Does he do that every time someone compliments him?

We walk to school talking about random stuff, anything and everything. When we arrive Gabe walks over to me.

"Hey Luc, how are things?" He asks.

"Good I guess" I say. We have kind of grown apart ever since I became friends with Michael, Kevin and Charlie. I feel bad but he has a lot more friends to keep him occupied.

"Want to hang out later?" He asks.

"Well I was going to go out with Michael, Kevin and Charlie later but you can come along" I say.

"Ok sounds good, I'll walk home with you guys, later" he says walking off.

We meet up with Kevin and Charlie and head to class, Chemistry, you know the deal. When we sit down we see a new kid talking to the teacher. He has light brown hair and that's all I can really tell from here.

"Who's the new kid?" I ask Charlie. She shakes her head.

"Alright class this is our new student Jack, you can sit right over there" she says first to the class and then to him directing him where to go. He comes and sits at our table.

"Hi Jack, I'm Charlie! This is Kevin, Lucifer and Michael aka fuck nugget" she says introducing us.

"Will you please stop calling me that" Michael says annoyed. We all laugh even Jack.

"Well I'm Jack and I like nougat" he says.

"Cool" Kevin replies.

We talk about random stuff for the whole class while we work on the worksheet. We invite Jack to sit with us at lunch and to come with us later when we go out.

"Sure sounds like fun" he says.

"I'll add him to the group chat" Charlie says.

At lunch Jack sits with us and we learn that his mother recently died and his father was in jail so he was living with his uncle Castiel, his uncle's husband Dean, and Dean's younger brother Sam.

At the end of the day Michael, Gabe, and I walk to the apartment building. We hang out for a few hours and then head to Charlie's apartment where Kevin and Jack are already there. Charlie added Gabe to the group chat along with Jack.

"Who's iamafucknugget?" Gabe asked and we all burst out laughing leaving him baffled.

We decided to go to 7/11 and get slushies and then sneak into the drive in movies uptown. When we get to 7/11, Charlie and Kevin get into a twenty minute long argument about which flavor is the best. Finally she settles and gets the skittles flavor, Kevin gets blue raspberry, Michael and Jack get grape, Gabe gets cherry and I get orange. We get on the subway and go uptown to the drive in. We sneak through the woods and head to the building where the projector is. We climb it and sit on top. We finished our slushies and get comfortable. Jack lays so that his head is upside down off the side of the roof, Kevin sits criss-cross and Charlie sits in his lap leaning against him like an armchair, Gabe dangles his legs off the roof and Michael and I sit next to each other. Eventually he starts to lean his head on my shoulder. We even end up holding hands. He has to like me right? There is no way that this is no homo.

When we eventually head back Michael comes to my apartment and we hang out in my room. Gabe heads home and Kevin texts to the group chat.

kevin_tran: I had a great time tonight guys

_charliemander: same!

nougatlover: me too, we should do it again some time

thetrickster: I agree

DevilChild666: how about tomorrow, it's Saturday so we can hang out all day

_charliemander: sounds good

kevin_tran: Ok see you guys tomorrow

nougatlover: Good night everyone

DevilChild666: night

"Do you want to...stay the night?" I ask. Michael looks up with wide eyes and blushing really hard.

"I mean, sure, it's not like there's anyone to go home to" he says.

"Want to share the bed?" I say smirking. He blushes even harder.

"O...ok" he says. I let him borrow some pajamas, even though his apartment is right upstairs and he could just go get some. It's cuter if he wears my stuff. I gave him some flannel pajama pants and a blurryface shirt.

"You look adorable" I say. He blushes.

"Thanks" He replies.

We lay in the bed under my avengers comforter and he just stares up at the ceiling. I turn so I'm facing him but he still doesn't look at me. I poke his arm and he glances at me still not moving his head. I poke him again and this time he turns his whole body so that we are facing each other, just inches away.

"What?" He asks. I can smell the minty toothpaste in his breath.

"I dunno" I say with a half smile. He rolls his eyes.

"What?" I ask.

"I dunno" he says obviously mocking me. I playfully punch him in the arm. I shouldn't have done that. He looks at where I punched him and just rubs it with his opposite hand.

"I..I'm sorry Mikey, I didn't mean to" I say and try to put a comforting hand on his shoulder but he pulls away.

"It's fine" he says looking up at the ceiling again. After some silence he finally says something.

"Lucifer, were friends right?" He says facing me again.

"Of course we are" I say.

"I need to tell you something and I'm going to need you to not freak out" he says, still looking right into my eyes. I nod, please tell me he reciprocates my feeling.

"I have nightmares, really bad. Like wake up in the middle of the night screaming bad, and if it happens tonight, I just need you to not run away from me" he says. I see a tear fall onto his pillow.

"I would never run away from you" I assure him. He nods and looks back up at the ceiling. He reaches out and hold my hand tightly. He eventually falls asleep but I still can't. Michael is the purest human I have ever met, why does he have to go through these things?

"Mikey, as long as I can, I promise I will always try and protect you, because in these few short days that we've known each other, I've fallen in love with you" I whisper. Good thing he'll never actually hear any of that.

{Michael's pov}

I heard it all.

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Haha cliffhanger, sort of.

Thanks for reading :)