cigarette smoke - muke [hiatus]

0.5

"guys, i think we should get this glass out of us before we go anywhere."

"i didn't even notice that."

"michael, how can you not notice shards of glass in your body? i mean aren't you in pain?" mary asked.

"no, i feel fine." mary was about to give michael a weird look but luke whispered, "i'll explain later," into her ear.

"well, we should still get you cleaned up before you get home."

"luke, don't you have to get home too?" michael asked him, clueless of what happened.

"um, mary why don't you get sam to help you clean up upstairs and michael and i will take the downstairs bathroom." luckily she got the message that luke needed to talk to michael and went upstairs. michael and luke stood up off the couch and went to the bathroom.

"take off you jacket and shirt." michael did as commanded and took off his shirt and jacket. luke saw more scars but ignored them as he took a pair of tweezers and started to take out every piece of glass he saw.

"i know you saw my scars," michael blurted out. luke looked up at him and then looked back down at his torso.

"yeah, so what?"

"and i know you felt sorry for me."

"true."

"why?" luke stopped pulling out glass and looked michael in the eye.

"because seeing someone that had the same addiction as me breaks my heart. and since you and mary are the only thing i have left, i need something to take care of and protect."

"what about rose? and your mum?"

"my mum kicked me out.'

"why in the hell would she do th-"

"because i'm gay! okay, i'm gay. i told her mary and my mum that i'm bi because i didn't want them to disown me. it worked for mary. my mum is very religious and is very against gay people and if i told her that i like guys and girls then she wouldn't freak out as badly, but i was wrong."

"is that why you have a giant split in your lip where your piercing should be?" luke nodded.

"she did some terrible things to be that i wish i could forget. she tried to perform an exorcism on me, michael! and now i can't see rose and rose was my last source of happiness." luke started crying. michael didn't want to see him cry. he brought him in for a hug. he didn't care about the glass, he didn't care that he was half naked, he wanted to make luke's pain stop.

"shh, it's okay. i'll figure out a way for you to see rose." luke perked up, looking at the green haired boy.

"you really mean that?" michael nodded.

"i can set up a play date with katie and rose on monday and we can take them out or something."

"thank you thank you thank you thank you, clifford!" luke attacked him with a hug, almost making michael fall into the toilet.

"woah, simmer down."

"hey that's my phrase," luke pouted.

"not anymore," michael teased then stuck his tongue out at him. luke did the same.

"ok, enough of that. i gotta get this glass out of you." luke picked up the tweezers and started picking at the pieces of glass.

"this is boring," michael complained.

"would you like some music?" luke asked. michael nodded. luke whipped out his phone and turned on blink-182. the first song came on was i miss you. they both smiled and started to sing along.