Demons // A.I

Part 11

I woke up just after 5am in the morning. I looked over to see Ashton sleeping peacefully next to me. His hair was ruffled and messy and his chest was evenly rising an falling.

I sighed, I honestly did love him but I just couldn't do this anymore, he has many enemies and I don't want what happened to me happen again so I knew this would be for the best.

It would be the best for both of us, he didn't need to constantly worry about me and I didn't need to constantly worry about doing anything wrong to make him angry.

I decided to get up and leave him in my bed not wanting to wake him just yet.I walked downstairs and into the kitchen it was pitch black except for the light of something on the kitchen counter, I couldn't make out what it was until I got closer.

It was the light from Luke's laptop as he was typing away on it, the light illuminating his face.

He looked up startled as he heard me enter the kitchen. His shoulders visibly relaxed as he saw it was just me.

"How are you doing?" He asked sleepily

"I've been better" I chuckled

He sighed shaking his head in disbelief.

"What are you doing up at this time?" I asked curiously.

He looked as if he hadn't slept at all and that he had been in the same position for hours.

"Oh you know the usual, just trying to hack into the security cameras of a few clubs nothing too unusual" he laughed.

I chuckled at him. A peaceful silence fell over the room as I sat down on the bar stool next to him.

"Can I ask you a question?" I said

"You just did, but go ahead" he smirked.

"I'm being serious Luke" I moaned

"Okay, sorry go on"

"What do you think Ashton would do if I - if I left him?"

It was silent as he looked at me shocked. Five minutes had passed when he finally decided to reply.

"Honestly... I think he would act like he didn't care, but I've know him long enough to know that he would, he's very good at hiding his feelings, he hates them, he doesn't know how to deal with them"

"Do you think I should do it?"

"Look, you have to be the one to decide" he said softly " do you love him?"

"Yes, but I can't live in fear of other people coming after me. Because if I stay with him... That's probably likely to happen again and I can't handle it" I sighed.

"Then you know what you have to do" he said pulling me in for a side hug.

"I should probably go back to bed and stop interrupting you from your work"

"Hey, it's fine ... This is probably going to sound weird because I don't do this much but, if you ever need somebody to talk to come and find me"

"Thank you" I said hugging him appreciatively knowing that saying that probably made him very uncomfortable.

"You should get some sleep Luke" i said.

I walked back upstairs to my room hoping Ashton would still be sleeping, I couldn't face him now. I hadn't thought of how I was going to do this. To be honest we were never even in an official relationship, we just fucked and told each other we loved one another.

I opened the door to my room seeing Ashton awake and sitting up on my bed. He was looking nervous and his hair was all ruffled from sleep. It was an adorable sight surely something that wasn't going to help the situation.