corny ↠ cake [in editing]

7 [unedited]

before i start i would just like everyone to know that i've never had someone write me such a long and meaningful text that literally made me cry for the rest of the night and i just love sara so much she is my sunshine and my stars and all the fucking galaxies to me i just love her more than the air i breathe ok bye

luke and calum haven't spoken in a week.

they drive to school in the same car, eat at the same lunch table, sleep in the same house, yet neither one of them has been able to find words to say.

it's on one day when they are both seated at the dinner table, that calum's mother slams her fork down on the table, startling the two boys. she's tired of their silence and just wants them to go back to the way they were. she doesn't even know what happened, and frankly doesn't care.

"you two are either going to work this out, or you can both quit calling this place your home!" she exclaims, looking between the two boys with tears in her eyes. this terrifies calum to the point of tears, but neither of them move a muscle. so calum's mother pulls herself away from the table, grabbing both of the blokes by their shirt collars and dragging them down the hall. they both know better than to argue with her, so they let themselves be dragged.

she throws them into the large closet into the hallway, and locks it from the outside, saying that she won't unlock it until they're able to work things out. luke has no intention of speaking to his old friend, turning to face the wall and crossing his arms over his chest.

"luke," calum breathes, after what seems like forever. the simple name is enough to send him into hysteria, as he leans his head against the wall, heart full of pain.

"luke," calum tries again, gripping onto his shoulder. luke doesn't turn around, rather sobs into the coldness of the wall. calum lets a drop fall from his eye as he forcefully spins luke around by his arm, pressing him against the wall, silencing his cries. luke searches the brown eyes in front of him, sniffing loudly.

"please, let me explain," calum begs, breath fanning over the shorter boys face. "it kills me to not speak to you..." he trails off, hand still placed firmly against his forearm. the proximity of their bodies is too close for luke to back out, so he just nods.

"i didn't mean what i said that night. i was drunk, and i was stupid, and i was wrong, and i hate myself for the words that i said to you. i replay them in my head every second and i wish i could take them back more than anything." calum rushes, a pained expression on his face. luke swallows audibly, his breathing loud and unsteady.

"the truth is i was scared. i was scared that you would think i was weird for kissing you, and why i said the things i said, i'm not sure. everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night's sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. the best thing to do in these circumstances is to wake somebody else up, so that they can feel this way, too." he finishes. luke's heart stops beating for the better part of five seconds. he opens his mouth to speak after a few moments spent staring at each other.

"i don't understand what--"

"goddammit luke!" calum releases his grip, running his fingers through his hair. the younger boy's lip trembles lightly.

"in your smile i see something more beautiful than all the stars and the planets and all the fucking galaxies. you are the light of my whole life, luke. i love you so, so much. i've never meant anything i've ever said more than i do right now."

luke is absolutely speechless. he has no words for the absolute perfection that stands before him, but only a thousand tears.

calum doesn't want to hear how broken luke's voice sounds, so he kisses him instead. not like the kiss they shared the other night, but something that means more to the both of them than all of the money in the world.

calum kisses every inch of smooth skin across luke's face, tasting the saltiness of his tears on his lips. luke's hands cup calum's face gently, eyes trying to capture this moment permanently in his mind.

"i love you more than the air i breathe," luke's voice cracks over each word, legs almost giving out beneath him. "the epitome of perfect, you are. i love you so fucking much."

"what did one volcano say to the other?" calum smiles, biting his lower lip to keep from laughing. luke wipes under his eyes, laughing softly.

"what?"

"i lava you," calum smirks, placing a chaste kiss to the top of luke's forehead.

one of the things calum said i didn't actually write it was a quote from a source i forgot ok bye