5 Seconds Of Summer Preferences

#17 Cheater (Ash and Mike Part 3)

Ashton:

After Michael had dragged you from the shop and to his car, you turned to him and gave him a funny look.

"Where are you taking me?"

"To the land where everything gets sorted out!" He simply stated, starting up the car and driving in the direction to his apartment. Once there, you tried to escape and run in the opposite direction, knowing that Ashton would be waiting in Michael's house for you, but unfortunately the red haired boy gripped your shoulders, spinning you around and walking you to the door.

As he opened the unlocked door, he led you through to the living room, where Ashton was laying on the couch, tears in his eyes as sobs racked his whole trembling body. He was facing the other way, so he didn't see you and Michael enter the room.

"Mate, I'll be in my room if you two need me!" Michael left straight for his room, and Ashton shot up, looking over to me, as he realised Michael had said 'two'.

"Y/N," He said, his voice cracking as he stood up and slowly walked over to you.

"Ash," You replied, and you both burst into tears just at the sight of each other. You loved him so much, and it ached knowing that it wasn't working. But broken things can be fixed, right?

"Can I say something?" He asked quietly, his head bowed in shame, as though he was out of line. You wanted him to speak first, fearing that your voice would break into a thousand pieces, just like your heart.

"Yes," You nodded, controlling your breathing as he began.

"I'm so sorry I fucked up. And that I shouted at you for not forgiving me. And storming out. I'm sorry for being a complete dickhead and a waste of your time. I understand if you never even want to see my face again. But these last three days without you have been hell, and I don't think I can survive life without you. Even if we are just friends, I need you in my life," He finished his speech, wiping the fresh tears that had rolled down his eyes.

"Ashton, I will forgive you, as long as you promise it will never happen again." You stated, which resulted in Ashton nodding his head profusely.

"Yes, absolutely never again. Not ever, ever, again!" He cried, and you nodded.

"And I don't want to be friends," You said, which caused him to stop nodding, and new tears streamed down his face.

"O-ok, I u-understand," He said, turning away from you. This was part of the plan.

"No, silly," You chuckled. "I want to be more than friends, I love you, Ash!" You finished, and his face turned into a massive grin as he ran across the room to you, picking you up and spinning you around the room.

"Will you be my girlfriend....again?" He asked as he set you back on the ground again. You simply nodded, connecting your lips with his.

Michael:

Luke pulled up outside the apartment you and, well, just Michael now lived in. It hurt, knowing that in this building he had cheated on you, broken his promises, along with your heart.

"Come on, honey," Luke sighed sadly, opening your door for you and helping you out. You didn't realise how much you needed his support until he offered it to you.

"I don't know if I can do this Luke," You started to doubt yourself, but he soon put you right.

"You can. I will be there the whole time!" He smiled sadly, and you gave him a weak smile in return. As you got to the front door of the flat, Luke held your key in his hand. He unlocked the door, going in before you to check the state of the apartment.

You gasped slightly as you entered. Beer bottles lay empty and smashed on the floor, pizza boxes were scattered around and one of Michael's guitars was smashed to pieces. As you looked up at the wall, hundreds of pieces of paper were tacked up, and as you looked closer, you realised they were lyric sheets.

You then looked to the couch, your heart shattering for the thousandth time. Michael was hunched into a ball, sobbing heavily and screaming things like, "Why am I such a fuck up?" and "I would be better of dead, I've wrecked everything!"

He was so absorbed in his breakdown that he hadn't even realised Luke and you were standing in the living room with him.

"Mich-ael" Your voice broke as you started to sob yourself, and his bloodshot green eyes shot up to you.

"Y/N" He sobbed, looking down in ashamed anguish. Even though he had broke your heart, you still felt the overwhelming need to comfort him, wrap him up in your arms and tell him everything will be fine. But you couldn't do that. Just not yet, at least. Luke had moved into the kitchen, so he wouldn't be intruding, but could still intervene if he needed to.

"Why?" You simply asked, sitting down on the opposite side of the couch from Michael, bringing your knees up to your chest and wrapping your arms around your folded legs. You needed answers, no matter how much it hurt.

"I don't even know. I was drunk, but that's no excuse. And I guess I was missing you. You're always away, or I am, and then whenever we're together, one of us is too tired to do anything, I know that isn't a valid excuse, and I hate myself for what I did. I'm so sorry, and I know it's unforgivable, so I don't blame you at all if you can't look at me in the same way you did before. But know that I love you, I always have, and I always will. But I fucked it up. And for that I'm forever sorry." He said through tears, just making a few sobs and gasps for air throughout.

"Michael," You started, deadly serious. "I don't know if things can go back to how they were before completely, but I'm willing to try," You said, and a slight glimmer of hope flashed through those green eyes of his that you had fallen in love with the first day you met him.

"I will do anything to have you back, Y/N! I've barely been able to breath without you!"

"Same here," You giggled humourlessly, and he reached up to wipe your fallen tears with his shirtsleeve.

"Will you take me back?" He asked after a few minutes silence as you just gazed into his eyes.

"As long as it never, ever happens again......And you burn the bedsheets and buy new ones," You replied, and he nodded eagerly, pulling you into his lap, which you allowed him to do so. You missed having his protective arms around you.

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