Innocence (5sos OT4)

* Stop It

When Ashton called Luke at one in the morning, the blond had no idea what to do. All he knew was one minute he was asleep, cuddling with Calum and the next, this. He was perched up on his bed, rubbing Calum's shoulder softly on hopes of keeping the maori asleep.

"Ash... Ash, please stop crying. Please, calm down. I cant understand- what? Wait-" The poor blond couldn't keep up with Ashton's rambling, especially while the sobs escaping his mouth were so loud. Luke flinched as he saw Calum beginning to stir under the covers.

"Baby? What's going on?" The blond locked eyes with his confused boyfriend and shrugged helplessly.

"Ashton? Ashy? Can you talk to Calum for a sec?" Luke spoke into the phone. Without hearing an answer (all he got was a small whimper) he gave the phone to Calum before getting up. He picked up his "boxers" and slid them on before getting a band tee and some skinny jeans and putting those on too. He looked at Calum, who was still sat naked on the bed, with his eyebrows furrowed in concern.

  Luke hurried back to the bed and sat down.

"Ash?" A loud wail came from the speaker and calum winced, putting the phone on speaker and setting it down onto the sheets.

"I LEFT HIM" Ashton shrieked, dragging out the 'm' in a long, broken sob.

"HE FINALLY T-TOLD ME HE L-L-LO-O-OVED ME! AN-AN-AND I-I-I LEFT HIM!" Ashton wailed. Calum and Luke looked at each other with wide eyes.

"Wait, Ashton?! You left Michael?!" Calum's tone was worried as he locked eyes with me. I furrowed my eyebrows before turning the webcam on.

"Ashton-"

"N-no! I l-look like a m-m-ess!" I sighed and ran a hand down my face.

"Ashton." Calum sighed.

"FINE!" I watched the screen as Ashton's face popped up. His eyes were red and his cheeks were wet and red. His lips were swollen and bitten raw. True to his words, he looked like a mess.

"Baby." Calum said, sympathetically. Luke felt slight jealousy flood his veins but pushed it aside quickly.

"Calum! He told me he loved me! An-and i LEFT! WHY AM I SO STUPID?!" The longer Ashton talked the higher his voice went, and ended in a sob.

"Honey, you aren't stupid. If he did something to upset you then you have every right to leave him." Ashton covered his mouth with his hand and closed his eyes, letting his eyebrows furrow in sadness.

"I miss him." He whispered.

"How long ago was the breakup?" Calum asked.

"Like, twenty minutes ago-" Calum cut ashton off with a barking laugh. Luke glared at him before hitting him in the chest.

"Babe, it'll be fine! Its Michael! If he wants you, he will fight for you!"

"B-but, what if he doesn't?" Ashton in that moment reminded luke of a crying child or a sad kitten. He was so broken yet, so pure. It almost made him fall again.

Luke

"That's not possible. And if it is, then you have us." Ashton hiccuped and looked at Calum in confusion.

"Like a threesome?" Calum and i let out barking laughs as i fell off the bed, coughing as i choked on air.

"WHAT?!" Ashton giggled and let out a quick apology before calming down completely.

"We got into a fight and... Things just went south. He kept telling me that he owned me and stuff and I got angry and a little depressed. I blocked him after he told me he loved me. " Calum was listening to Ashton carefully. I sat back and watched them silently, trying hard to analyze what I could about what was happening. It just didn't make sense to me. Why would michael try so hard to keep me away from ashton, Just to... Let him go like that? It confused me.