Flatmates// Cake & Mashton

Chapter thirty five

Michael's pov

I felt a lot better after my chat with Luke, don't get me wrong, my head was still completely fried from earlier but at least it's mellowed down a little now. I went into the kitchen and grabbed the glasses, alcohol and mixer and brought it all into the living room, pouring us all a glass, I probably made them too strong, it was like a triple vodka and coke, possibly even more than that, oops? before I left the room I changed into something else, a little more edgy, hoping Ashton would find it sexy and sprayed some aftershave on too. I heard the footsteps and chatter enter the room "hey guys!" I said with a smile, holding my gaze on Ashton for longer, he had also changed from what I previously saw him into today and fuck me, he looked so hot earlier but even more hot right now, I didn't even know it was possible for someone to be as hot as he was. Luke gave me a little smirk before he sat down, Calum sitting down next to him, damn he really wanted to play Cupid by the looks of things. Ashton sat down, I sat next to him, feeling disappointed when he hadn't acknowledged me.

Calum sipped his drink yet started coughing "Jesus that's strong" he said, trying to compose himself "that strong is it?" Luke said and raised an eyebrow, taking a sip himself yet also ended up coughing "Jesus Christ Mike" he added "just the way I like it!" I said with a chuckle and looked at Ashton who was yet to say something, he looked really down, I hope it wasn't anything I've said or did "you okay?" I asked him, wanting to hear his beautiful voice "yeah..you?" he said yet didn't give me eye contact back, just taking a sip of his drink with no reaction unlike the other two "good now I know someone knows how to handle his drinks!" I said with a smile, hoping he'd return it but unfortunately he did not. "Pffft sorry hards" Luke teased "it's been a while since we've done this together!" I said with a smile, we tried to do this a few times a week but with uni becoming more intense we hadn't done it for a week "it's so nice that we do this, the four of us..I mean look at us, me and Cal sitting together, you and Ash sitting together..it's great" Luke said which left the room with an awkward atmosphere, oh god I love him to death but is this his way of playing Cupid? yikes.."oh aha.." I said trying to break the ice and gently stroked Ashton's back but making sure I didn't make it obvious, I felt my heart flutter once I noticed how his tense body had started to soften at my touch, we were all thinking the same, this atmosphere was fucking awkward "it's nice.." Calum said "yeah.." Ashton mumbled "aha" Luke said and sipped his drink again, must of forgotten how strong it was since he gagged again "nah Mike, that's fucking awful sorry" he said and put the drink on the table "yeah I can't drink that either" Calum said with a chuckle "fineee! help yourself to your own dosage" I said and pointed to the vodka and coke bottles. The alcohol had eased the awkwardness air and we were all starting to loosen up a bit more now, however I barely got a word out of Ashton which hurt like hell, I understand why he is being like this but it didn't stop it from hurting.

A few hours had gone by of us chattering and we were all begining to feel pretty tipsy after mutiple drinks. "Let's play..never have I ever" Luke said, giving me a painfully obvious wink, I felt like 😶 but I appreciate his help "sure" I replied and topped up mine and Ashton's drinks "Cal wanna go first?" Luke asked "yeah sure, never have I ever..squished a bug" I mean..not the most interesting question but we'll go with it, all of us sipped apart from Luke "it was a moth okay! it was bullying me" I said, seeing that Luke didn't look impressed that we had killed little creatures "you are all monsters" Luke said and shaked his head in a jokingly disapproving manor "it was an ant when I was seven pffft..okay..Ashton?" Calum said "um..pft..okay, never have I ever..kissed someone and regretted it" he said, Luke sipped "ex's aye?" he replied, Calum didn't sip and shaked his head while slightly peering at Luke, it was pretty cute, I sipped to but regretted it straight after once I noticed Ashton's reaction, he was upset, he didn't sip and I could tell he probably thought that I was on about him "Luke said it right, exes! um..never have I ever.. fantasised about someone in this room.." I said hoping I reassured Ashton and was curious what his answer would be. Calum started blushing and sipped, Luke had a similar reaction and also sipped, nervously chuckling "whoops?" he said and glanced at Calum, Ashton took a discrete sip, probably hoping that I didn't notice, but I did, I also sipped as well and I could tell that Ashton saw, we were sitting right next to each other "who Luke?" I asked, wanting to see if he would admit it in front of Calum "um.. Calum" he said shyly with a blush "yeah I fantasised about me and Luke playing video games last week, I won" Calum said innocently with a chuckle, what? that's..that's not what I meant at all, I could tell Ashton and Luke were also confused by his statement but that's innocent Calum for you and we love that "I'll make sure I win in real life then" Luke said and winked at Calum "you'll have to prove that to me! what about you Ash? have you fantasised about playing video games with Luke too? or me? or Michael?" oh god, Calum really didn't know what I meant did he? "um..who's er, turn is it?" Ashton asked with a nervous chuckle and sipped on his drink. Luke looked at me before he began talking, the alcohol was starting to hit us all more now so I hope he didn't slip up in front of Ashton "never have I ever..doubted my sexuality?" fuck, fuck did he really just ask that? I felt a bundle of nerves build up inside once he had said that, the three of them sipped like it was nothing, but that was okay for them, they knew their sexuality, I still didn't have a clue what I was really. I sighed "um..why are you..fuck this shit" I mumbled and stormed out of the room, I hated to leave like that, I probably made Luke feel bad and the other two in utter confusement. But I just couldn't stay, my emotions were running wild and the alcohol wasn't helping, it was just making things more intense.