Who Do You Love|| 5SOS

Luke: Conspicuous

"Are you and Kira friends again?" I asked Calum as he sat across from me at the table in our tour bus. Calum half glanced up at me from the book he was reading and said nothing. "I'm gonna take that as a no." I muttered a little under my breath. "Will you tell me what's up?" Calum huffed and put his book down, pushing his glasses up onto his forehead.

"It's nothing Luke."

"It didn't look like nothing two days ago." I had tried to get Kira's mind off the fight when we had dinner last night at that restaurant but I don't think I helped at all. She was spaced out all night and instead of having fun on our date... Both of us were a little miserable.

"It was nothing." Calum repeated through his teeth. I sighed and threw up my hands.

"Fine, it was nothing but you're both.." Calum picked his book up again, pushing his glasses back down onto his nose.

"Both what Luke?" He said with a sigh.

"You're both acting so... Conspicuous." Was it my imagination or did Calum stiffen a little? He looked up from his book nonchalantly.

"What do you mean?" He asked. I shrugged. I didn't really know what I meant honestly. Their whole dynamic just seemed... Off. I glanced over to the door for the bathroom where Kira currently was taking a shower. She woke up this morning looking a little tired and worn down. She said she had been tossing and turning all night. She had looked at Calum, I guess to try to talk to him about something but he wouldn't even look at her which I thought was a bit of a dick move. So with a sigh, she gathered some clothes, kissed my cheek and told me she was going to shower and change. She'd been in there almost an hour but the water had long since shut off. She was probably doing her makeup if anything. The mirror in the bathroom is really big.

"Does she know?" I found myself saying, though I'm not sure why. Calum arched an eyebrow at me.

"What?" He said. I took a deep breath. I guess now was as good a time as any to tell someone about this.

"Does Kira know about what I've been... Hiding from her?" Calum looked intrigued now.

"You're... hiding something?" Okay so clearly he didn't know either otherwise he would come right out and say it. I nodded and Calum leaned out of his seat giving me a funny look. "What?" He demanded. Taking a deep breath, I pulled the small box out of my back pocket and slid it across the table toward him. Calum pulled away from the box like it was on fire. "What the fuck." He whispered. I guess a small box is enough to clue someone in on their intentions.

"You can open it." I said, biting on my bottom lip. "I feel like I should have asked for your opinion on it when I bought it but it only occurred to me just now." Calum's hand slowly moved towards the box. When he picked it up, he flipped open the lid, exposing the engagement ring I had bought for Kira. It was a thin band with one huge rock in the center and then several smaller diamond encrusted around it. Calum's Adam's apple bobbed on his throat.

"When did you get this?"

"A couple months back... sort of."

"Sort of?" Calum sputtered out. I don't know why he was so surprised. Kira always talked about how she wanted to get married out of college. I knew she wasn't out yet but she was very close to being finished. She only had two semesters left.

"Okay fine, I bought it almost a year ago." Calum's jaw dropped. I've never seen him so surprised before. "What? Was I jumping the gun?"

"I... Just... Wow Luke. I don't know what you want me to say." He paused. "If you bought it a year ago.. Why haven't you proposed before now" I shrugged as he slid the box slowly back across the table.

"It never seemed like the right time you know? But now... It does. I want to propose to her in New York or maybe on one of those first couple of days we're in Europe. That would be cool right?" Calum looked a little pale as he nodded at me.

"Yeah, cool." He repeated just as the door to the bathroom opened. Kira emerged looking like a ray of sunshine. She was wearing a low cut shirt tucked into some dark shorts and I was obviously right about the fact that she was putting on her makeup because she was carrying at least two cosmetic bags in her hands as she emerged, smiling at me and shaking out her hair.

"Hey, don't tell her okay." I whispered to Calum. "Or anyone else." Calum slowly nodded as Kira put her stuff down and came to sit next to me at the table, kissing my cheek. "You look amazing babe." I said with a grin.

"Thanks Luke." She slid her eyes to Calum but he was pretending to be engrossed by his book. Kira pursed her lips, looking disappointed. "Well, what's for breakfast. I'm starving." I laughed.

"Well, you know where the overly sweet American cereal is." I said, gesturing to the cupboards.

"Yum." Kira said with a small laugh. I smiled as I watched her make a bowl of cereal for herself. I can't wait to marry her. I can't wait to make her mine forever.

A/N:
Luke's chapters are always so short because... He bores me hahaha but I had to write his parts into the story so we get all 3 sides of this love triangle. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter! See you all next week!