A loud thud wakes me up. I glance around, looking for the source of the noise. I check the time on my phone; 1:32 am. I literally slept all day and half of the night. I groan as another thud echoes through my apartment and I realize its coming from the door. I make myself get up and look through the peephole.
"Ashton..?," I whisper to myself as I'm looking at his drunken body leaning against the door through the peephole. I open the door slowly, careful not to make him fall.
"Mikeyyy!," He slurs, the stench of alcohol wafting into my face.
"What are you doing here at 1:30 in the morning?," I say bitterly as I shut the door. He throws himself onto the couch.
"The real question is, *hiccup* what are you doing here at 1:30 in the morning?," He says and then he starts laughing as if he just heard the joke of the century.
"I live here, dumbass," I mumble as I rub my hands over my face. "You haven't talked to me for years, why.. why are you showing up at my apartment, drunk?," His face falls as I finish my sentence.
"I, um... Calum... He cheated on me. So I went out and got drunk off my ass, isn't that what people do?," He says in a sad tone.
"That's what alcoholics do," I say, trying to lighten the mood. I'm really bad at comforting people, especially when its relationships getting them down. Ashton and I were friends a few years back, I would crash at his house after my parents kicked me out and I had no place to stay. We were best friends until I got into drugs and shit then he just stopped talking to me. It was the first time I've seen him since he told me to leave him alone forever. Him and Calum got together before that, they've been together for ages.
"Did you let him explain the situation? I'm sure there would have been a reasonable explanation," I say as I sit down next to him.
"No, that's why I'm so mad at myself. He was telling me what happened when I stormed out without saying a word," He said, burying his face in his hands.
"Well, maybe you should go talk to him. At a decent hour of course, not now. I'm sure he didn't mean to, maybe it was an accident," I shrug.
"Give me drugs," He says suddenly.
"W-what?," I say, surprised.
"I want drugs. Let me try, come on," He begs.
"Definitely not. Drugs will completely ruin your life," I say, shaking my head.
"You do drugs, it didn't ruin yours!," He says, getting a little frustrated.
"that's only because my life couldnt get any worse," I exclaim.
"Well right now, mine cant either!"
"Oh believe me, more things can go wrong than having your boyfriend cheat on you," I say quietly. His face scrunches up and before I know it, he's crying on my shoulder.
"I messed up, Mike. I messed everything up! I didn't just leave before he got a chance to explain, my anger got ahold of me and I-I-I-oh god- I hit him and now everything is ruined and it's all my fault! He probably hates me!"
If it's possible, he cries harder and I wrap my arms around him, whispering 'it's okay's and 'he'll forgive you's. I'm shocked that Ashton let his anger get the best of him. But I really believe that Calum will forgive him, Calum is the funniest, most forgiving guy I have ever met and Ashton may not deserve him but they go together perfectly.
Eventually he falls asleep curled up against my shoulder and eventually I manage to fall asleep too.
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Tribulation»Muke AU
Random(SLOW UPDATES) trib·u·la·tion (ˌtribyəˈlāSHən/) noun a cause or state of great trouble or suffering. Michael doesn't have friends, his disorder prevents him from being close to anybody. But if he does get attached, he gets almost too attached. When...
