Silence (5sos ot4)

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A/N- ANOTHER CHAPTER YAY!! A very unedited chapter that is :P and I typed it on an iPod but.... PLEASE ENJOY

Michael made his way up the stairs and into his bedroom. He knew the kiwi boy would probably have a mini freak out once he woke up in a foreign room if no one were in there with him. He had to check up on him.

When he opened the door, he found Calum still asleep, his knees curled up to his chest.

Michael went over to one of his drawers and pulled out a blanket. He tiptoed back over to Calum so that he wouldn't wake him up, and was about to drape the blanket over him before he saw something that caught his eye...

He thought about waking the smaller boy up to talk about it, but decided against that. Calum probably wouldn't want to talk to Michael about that until he trusted him and knew him well enough.

Michael simply covered Calum with the fluffy blanket and walked out of the room. Calum looked exhausted, even while sleeping, so he just let him sleep.

While walking downstairs he heard Ashton and Luke talking quietly in the entertainment room.

"...doing this, Lukey. You know how unhealthy this is," Ashton was pleading.

"I know, Ash. I'm trying. I really am, but it's really hard sometimes. I just can't help it. I don't think about it really... I just... start doing it again. And what he says and does doesn't help either," Luke poured out, sniffling every few seconds.

"It's okay, darling. Please don't cry. When you cry it makes me want to cry. You'll get better. Mikey and I are here for you... and I'm sure now that you and Calum are on good terms, he's here for you too," Ashton tried to comfort.

Michael walked into the room. Ashton was holding Luke on his lap, trying to calm the boy's crying but letting a few of his own tears slip instead.

Michael just watched sadly. It was times like these when he felt extremely selfish. He hadn't been through half of the things his boyfriends and hopefully new friend have been through in his 17 years of life. He's never had abusive parents or eating disorders. He's never self harmed or even thought about it because he hadn't had a reason to. His boyfriends have. The boy whom he had grown new feelings for has as well. He didn't have to ask to know because he knew how to spot someone broken from a mile away since he met Ashton and Luke. Michael felt really selfish. And sometimes... sometimes he wished he could take away their pain and keep it himself, just so that they wouldn't have to deal with it.

Michael walked over to the couch. He say down and rested his head on Ashton's shoulder, snuggling into his side. "Are you guys alright?" he asked quietly. He felt Ashton nod.

"Yeah. We're alright now. You worry too much babe," Ashton said, turning a bit and kissing Michael's forhead.

"I just want you guys to be okay," Michael whispered. It silent after that. They all sat in each other's presence, enjoying their time together.

They sat there like that for at least ten minutes before Luke spoke up.

"We should go check on Calum, guys. He's been asleep for a while," he said. "I'll go this time." He got up from Ashtons lap and walked up the stairs to Michael's room.

He opened the door quietly and peeped inside, finding Calum still asleep. He was curled up under a blanket, one hand over his tummy and the other gripping the corner of the pillow his head was lying on. Luke thought it was adorable and smiled to himself.

Then Calum started stirring. He rolled onto his back first, then back over to his side. He did a kitten like yawn and rubbed his eyes. Then he sat up and slowly opened his eyes, glancing around the room quickly before spotting Luke in the doorway.