Lumax One Shots

7

INSECURE LUCAS

"You're always with him!" Lucas exclaimed.

"That's not true, we've only hanged out two times!" Max fired back, looking deeply into his eyes.

"If you love hanging out with him so much, why don't you go out with him!" Lucas yelled as he threw everything that was on his desk to the ground.

"This is Mike we're talking about for Christ's sake! He has a girlfriend!" Max fired back.

Lucas just stared at her, not saying a word. It was an impulse, fighting with her. He really didn't want to hurt her, but he wanted her to be happy. And even though he loved her with all his life, she needed to let go of him in order to be happy. She could do so much better in his opinion, that's why he was trying to push her away.

Staring at her, Lucas just frowned and looked down, defeated. He wanted to be alone with his thoughts. He couldn't stand the thought of being in the same room as her but not being aloud to hold her and kiss her. She needed to go, now.

"Do you want to be alone? I can leave" Max whispered as she got closer to him.

"I want you out of my life" Lucas responded.

"W-what?" Max asked as her lip quivered.

"Get out, I don't wanna see you anymore" Lucas responded, his heart breaking with every word he said.

Max let out a little whimper as she turned around and picked up her stuff from the ground. She left the room but turned around to see him one last time "I love you" she whispered, particularly to no one.

As soon as she left the room, Lucas broke down.

~THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL~

Cafeteria food sucked, so Lucas always brought Max something from his house. With the drama that happened yesterday, she doubted that he will bring something for her. That meant she had to starve until she got home.

Eleven laughed at a joke Mike told her about her chocolate pudding. "I bet you wish you were eating Eggos right now" Dustin commented and Eleven nodded at that.

"What about you Max? Not eating today?" Will asked and Max shook her head.

"I don't want to get sick by eating cafeteria food" Max replied and the squad agreed to that.

"You want a sandwich? I have an extra one" Mike said and Max nodded. He handed her the sandwich and she smiled at him.

"Thank you Mike" Max said. She slowly chewed the sandwich while everyone else continued their previous conversations. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lucas going over to a table and sitting down to talk to a girl.

No one else noticed this, seeing as they were so engrossed in their conversations. Her eyes filled with tears when Lucas put an arm around the girl's shoulders and she stormed off the cafeteria, throwing her sandwich on the way out.

Making her way into the halls, she looked to see if there was any teacher in sight and left the school. If Lucas didn't like her then fine, she wasn't going crawling back to him. She was going to give him space. And by space, she meant not going to school and staying home crying her eyes out.

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It's been two days and no one has seen or heard about Max. Her parents informed the school that she was sick, even though that was bullshit. They were all worried, Lucas was worried the most, he could not live with himself knowing that he hurt her. So, he decided to go after school and see her.

He knocked on the door and Billy answered. He glared at him and held his shirt in his fist. "Are you the little shit who broke my little sister's heart?" Billy asked furiously. "What? No! I just came to see how she was doing" Lucas lied through his teeth.

Billy let him go and glared at him. "Don't do anything stupid" he said and went into the kitchen. Lucas fixed his shirt and went to Max's room. He could her sniffing and winced. God, he really didn't want to hurt her.

He opened the door slowly and saw Max sitting on the floor with his sweatshirt, some worn out shorts and socks. She looked utterly tired and broken. His heart ache just seeing her like that. "Max" he whispered and she looked up. She had huge bags under her eyes, as if she hasn't slept for days.

"Lucas" she responded, her voice breaking. She gave him a sad smile and stood up. "I haven't seen you in some days, I was starting to get worried" Lucas said, inching closer to her, craving to hold her in his arms. She sighed and sat down on her bed.

"Was I not good enough?" Max asked, looking down.

"W-what?" Lucas responded, he wasn't ready for this conversation.

"That's why you broke up with me, you were tired of me already, right?" Max asked, giving him a crooked smile.

"Max, you're more than enough" Lucas said, taking a seat next to her.

"Then why did you break up with me? Why did you hurt me Lucas?" Max asked as hot tears rolled down her eyes.

"I didn't mean to" Lucas said, taking her hand. Max just looked at him with tears on her cheek.

"You're perfect, completely and utterly perfect" Lucas said and Max gave him a confused look.

"You deserve more than me, someone just as perfect as you are, like Mike. Being with me is really embarrassing and it doesn't make sense that a goddess like you is spending time with a piece of shit, like me" Lucas explained.

Hearing this broke Max's heart. He still wanted her, he was just insecure. "Lucas" Max whispered.

"No" Lucas said standing up. "I came to check if you were ok and turns out, you are, so I'll leave and see you tomorrow in school" Lucas said and stood up from her bed.

"Lucas!" Max shouted but he didn't listen, he was heading for the door. "Lucas!" She yelled even louder, making his wrist stop from opening her bedroom door.

"If deep down you still have feelings for me, you will sit on my bed and listen to what I have to say" Max said firmly, making Lucas frown as he sat down on her bed.

"You're stupid" Max told him. "I know" Lucas said sighing. "Stupid enough to think you're not perfect" Max said.

Lucas raised and eyebrow. "Ok, maybe you're not perfect for some people, maybe some people judge you. But, I'm not most people. I'm Max, you know me. I go after what I want, and what I want is you. I don't care what other people say about me, I only care about your opinion" Max said, inching closer to him and intertwined their hands.

"So when you said that you didn't want me to be part of your life, it really hurt" Max said looking down, as her tears fell on their hands.

"Max, I don't want you out of my life" Lucas said, taking her hips and sitting her down on his lap. "No?" She asked him. "Never, I just want the best for you, even if it isn't me" Lucas said with a half smile.

Max grabbed his face and kissed him slowly. "All I want is you" she said and they pressed their forehead together, smiling.

"We good?" Lucas asked Max who smiled playfully at him. "Never been better" she replied. "So about that sandwich that Mike gave you" Lucas said mockingly and Max laughed, kissing him as their backs fell on the bed. 

"I love you" Max said. "And I love you" Lucas said.

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A/N- I'm alive. My phone broke and it took me a couple of weeks to fix it. And I don't like writing in my laptop. Anyways, hope you enjoy this chapter.