rumor has it. ➵ lashton ✔

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Luke and Calum collapsed into a booth seat in the pancake place, which Calum had spoken about. It had just begun raining and they both had to run from Calum's car.

"I'm wet," Luke whined, wringing out his flowercrown and hearing Calum laugh.

"What, are you going to melt? My poor little witch," he smiled, as a man came by to take their order for drinks.

"I'll um, have a diet mountain dew," Luke murmured, smiling in reference to the Lana Del Rey song. He loved her voice, and knew he had nothing to compare.

Speaking of which...

"Calum, I'd like to take up your offer to join your band," the blonde boy smiled, and Calum mirrored him.

"That's great! We just need a name."

Luke gave Calum a look and he raised his arms in defense.

"Really? You invite me in to your band and you don't even, like, have a name?"

Calum looked down into his lap as he felt his phone vibrate.

get it in, cal !

Of course, a text from Michael.

He wouldn't dare touch Luke in that way. Not only because Ashton had taken Luke's innocence first, but because Calum didn't think he was quite ready for sexual activity yet.

Luke took a sip of his drink, thanking the man as he dropped them off at their table.

"I'll have chocolate chip pancakes," Luke smiled, as she took their order. Calum ordered the same, and the man, Jimmy, took their order to the back to get it made.

Luke looked over Calum's shoulder and bit his lip, looking at his lap as he saw Ashton and a few of his douche-bag friends, including Harry, whom he indirectly met in biology.

"Don't look now," Luke rolled his eyes, and felt his hand taken by another. Calum's.

"I guess they had the same idea?"

"Oh my god, Calum, that's seriously so cliche. You can't just expect that because they came to this pancake place at the same time that we did, you think that they had the same idea?"

Calum raised his eyebrows, and Luke nodded. "I think that you underestimate me, Luke."

Luke threw his hands up in the air before the faint smell of alcohol entered his nose.

"They've been drinking, Calum. They probably got like, hungry or something."

"Hungry for something other than breaking your heart? Since when?" Calum asked, in mock horror, making Luke giggle and readjust his flowercrown.

Their pancakes arrived soon, and Luke dug in.

"Oh my god, these are fantastic," Luke moaned, relishing in the chocolatey goodness of the pancakes.

"Aren't they? I went here a few times with Ashton, when we were dating."

Luke nodded, unsure of what to say in reply since this seemed to be a touchy subject for Calum.

It wasn't like Luke didn't know why.

"Oh, that's interesting," Luke murmured, catching Calum's wary eye.