YESS I'm so proud of myself I've been updating all of my stories recently wow 😂 but this chapter is gonna be pretty short but it's something at least sorry for not updating sooner :/
AND EW SCHOOL IS STARTING FOR ME SOON IM GONNA CRY IDK HOW MUCH ILL BE ABLE TO WRITE BUT ILL TRY
I still feel like this story sucks but as long as people are reading it I'll keep writing I guess haha
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Michael's POV
"You punched Luke? What the hell, Calum? Why are you lashing out at people like this? He was just defending Ashton from you, the one who everyone is afraid of-"
I waited until I got Calum to come into my house after school to actually talk to him after ignoring him in school all day.
Well, not really talk. More like explode in his face.
I was not happy to see Calum hit Luke like that, or shove Ashton for no reason. I realized how wrong it is to bully people, but why hasn't Calum?
The boy looked up at me from where he sat on the couch, eyes wide. But he wasn't...mad or angry like I thought he would be.
"I - I don't know why-"
"Obviously you do have a reason, because you won't fucking stop being a-"
Calum looked strangely vulnerable and nervous, so I found myself stopping mid-sentence. He bit his lip in distress, slowly meeting my eyes.
"I do it because...I'm confused." I got lost in Calum's warm brown eyes as he spoke, and I realized I hadn't said anything in response so I awkwardly choked out,
"W-what are you confused about?" I felt as if my feet were glued to the floor as I painfully waited for Calum to say something, anything.
"You. I mean...you make me so confused. I can't - I just don't know, okay?" My brain wasn't fully functioning as I said the first thing that came to my head,
"Me? If I'm the one confusing you, then why don't you bully me? Why do you bully Ashton?" Calum's face paled, and I slowly put the pieces together. "You...like Ashton?"
Calum shook his head vigorously, making me feel a bit relieved.
"Well, no. But I did...at one point. I don't know, I was just-" Calum showed no signs of completing his sentence.
"You just what?"
He looked up at me, eyes watering slightly.
"I was scared, okay? I felt so weird - having feelings for a guy. It didn't seem right to me, and you know how religious my parents are...so I had to deal with the stress somehow, and I began to feel so angry all the time. So I took it out on other people - on Ashton mostly. Even when my feelings for Ashton went away, I still continued to bully people. But, by now I wasn't just doing it because I was confused...I-"
Calum took a large intake of breath, shaking his head at himself.
"Never mind." He mumbled, standing up from the couch. But I immediately pushed him back down, how could he just leave me like this?
"No, you didn't tell me everything yet. Please, I want to understand." I pleaded, and Calum gulped nervously.
"W-well, y'know...I continued to bully people because of other daily stresses in my life; bad grades, getting detention, getting yelled at by teachers and my parents, and...I realized how much I like you."
I stood there in shock, even though he had already hinted at having feelings for me before. But I couldn't believe it, he actually liked me back? His stupid best friend that's covered in tattoos on the outside but really just nerdy and lame on the inside? He liked me?
"You probably hate me now, so I'm just gonna go..." Calum trailed off, and I hadn't realized that I didn't respond until then. But I just couldn't get myself to say anything, I was speechless and I was still taking in everything he just said.
As Calum was about to open the door to leave, I let out a strangled noise.
"W-wait!" I ran over to him, and he turned around immediately. I couldn't tell what he was really feeling by his expression, but I knew I couldn't just let him leave.
"Calum, I...I like you too."
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Sorry for the short chapter and no lashton but malum makes up for it right??
And I really need to knoW: since I don't have a preference in malum (like who's dominant or whatever) I WANT U GUYS TO GIVE ME UR OPINION AND IT'LL HELP ME WRITE THE MALUM PARTS IN THIS AND MAJORITY RULES SO JUST COMMENT WHO U THINK IS DOMINANT OK
Bye guysss ~Hannah
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