somebody to love / cashton

Twenty Three

Ashton had been acting weird and it was starting to make Calum a little paranoid.

All Calum asked was if Ashton wanted to go out and do something tomorrow, and he completely shut it down.

"Ash...what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Ashton shook his head, wrapping his arms around Calum. "I just don't wanna do anything tomorrow. I want to stay in bed and hold you all day."

Calum sighed. "As much as I'd love that. It's not exactly like you, Ashton you always want to go out."

"Well tomorrow I don't."

Calum stares down his boyfriend. "Why? What's so bad about tomorrow?"

Ashton shrugs his shoulders and mumbles. "It's my birthday.."

"What?"

"It's my birthday Calum."

Calum gasps and hits Ashton. "Your birthday is tomorrow!? How could you not tell me? What kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn't get you something."

Ashton groans. "This is why I didn't want to tell you. I don't want a party or a bunch of gifts. I just wanna spend the day with you."

"Why are you so miserable about your birthday?" Calum questions.

"I don't know." the boy sighs, "I've never celebrated it before. Foster parents never seem to care. My birth wasn't all that pleasant considering my parents decided to give me away."

Calum frowns, not realizing it was such a touchy subject. Birthdays were always fun for him. "Are you sure you don't want to do anything special?"

Ashton shakes his head. "Like I said. Just wanna be with you."

Calum nods his head, "Alright..then that's what we'll do." But Calum was already planning something in his head for tomorrow.

"Thank you." Ashton smiles and little, then pulls Calum back into his side.

"Goodnight Ash."

"Goodnight Cal."

- the next morning -

Calum had woken up extra early and was rushing to dairy queen to go pick up a cake for Ashton.

Technically he wasn't going against Ashton's wishes, he was just getting something for the two of them to eat.

He had also somehow convinced his parents and sister to give them the whole house alone, for the day.

Calum brought up plates and a knife to cut the cake and set them down in their bedroom. He also started pulling blankets off his bed to make a fort.

Thank god Ashton was a deep sleeper.

He tried to make everything as comfortable and cozy as possible, because well that was his only inspiration as a nerdy virgin teen.

An idea popped into Calum's head as he searched for the bag with a whip in it that Lia had got from that sex shop.

He was going to give it to Ashton as a joke gift.

Finally once everything was set up, Calum rushed back downstairs to grab Ashton's cake. He put a few candles on top and lit them.

Then he carried the cake back up stairs, bursting through their bedroom obnoxiously singing happy birthday at the top of his lungs.

When Ashton still didn't wake up Calum set the cake down and jumped on top of him. "Wake up wake up wake up!"

Ashton lets out a noise of pain. "It's too early."