A hurt tattoo artist, a crazed painter, a confused druggie, and a controlling gangster...It sounds like a chaotic mix of colors that shouldn't be able to mix, but instead they take that expectation and they make themselves blend together instead.
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Pressing the doorbell to Luke's front door, Michael patiently awaited for the painter to open it up for him. After a quick few seconds, Michael saw the door open up with Luke looking towards him expectantly.
"Hey." Luke said softly, letting Michael in without his usual bright smile or enthusiasm. This sudden change in character confused Michael, but he still walked in. He was immediately amazed by the certain aesthetic of Luke's living room, since it was absolutely full of his paintings.
This is what Michael imagined his own house to look like, but Marissa had challenged against it to instead keep it plain and simple.
"This is amazing, Luke." Michael said basically star-struck, finally looking over at the other who was still near the door watching him.
"Thank you." Luke blew off the compliment easily, putting Michael even more off put from the change in him, "What did you want to talk about?"
"I..." Michael started, but suddenly got nervous from this. Ashton had warned him not to talk to Luke about their conversation, so this would be explicitly disobeying him. He didn't know Ashton that well, but he seemed like a man who didn't appreciate somebody not listening to his orders.
"It's about Ashton and Calum..." Michael finally said, making Luke narrow his eyes in confusion. Why would Michael need to talk to Luke about Ashton and Calum?
"What about them?"
"They came to my house to talk to me...about you and I."
"Alright." Luke nodded for him to continue, since he already knew about the other two going to speak with Michael.
"Don't you think that's a little weird? Like how did they know where I lived? And Ashton's questions...? He was so convinced that we were a thing."
"I told him that I was interested in you." Luke said too nonchalantly, barely answering one of Michael's various questions.
"It's still strange, Luke. He seemed so...intense? And Calum was set on the fact that you're in love with me."
Luke's eyes narrowed towards Michael even more due to two key reasons. The first one was because of the fact that he was truly and utterly in love with Michael, but he didn't return the feelings or even thought that Luke would be in love with him. The second reason why was that Ashton certainly didn't tell him that Calum announced to Michael that Luke was in love with him. Why would Calum tell Michael that?
"Sorry." Michael said nervously as he noticed this slight glare from Luke, making him feel even more ashamed about all of this for no reason. Michael knew that he was too oblivious and too hard on himself. In Michael's negative eyes, he was completely weak within himself.
