cause you were all yellow | a.i.

thirty eight.

disconnected 5 seconds of summer
"but ive found my sweet escape when im alone with you."

the boys and us had multiple water fights before the sunset, only getting out of the water come dark.

once we all reached the fire ring, we began drying off. i pulled my sweater back on as i grew more cold.

"you cold, yellow?" ashton asked as he dried off too.

"yeah," i told him, wrapping my now covered arms closer around myself.

"mikey?" ashton called, looking back over towards the cars. "you got the lighter?"

"ive got all the shit," mikey called back as he dug through his car.

luke and calum started bringing over wood to the fire pit, mikey bringing the lighter to ashton.

"here, clairo, come help me carry over the rest of the stuff," mikey said starting back towards the cars. "itll warm you up."

"okay," i said running through the sand behind him. "what are we getting?"

"a couple more things," mikey said as i caught up.

"shit!" i heard ashton yell from the fire ring, catching my attention and making me turn around.

"you okay?" i yelled back towards them, seeing the fire started.

"yeah, its just," ashton paused for a second as he caught his breath, starting to laugh. "uh, hot."

"yeah," i laughed back at him, turning around to catch up to mikey at the car.

"how did i not see your car earlier?" i asked as i caught up to him.

"youre not very observant sometimes," mikey told me simply as he started digging things out of his car.

"youre right," i said shrugging it off.

he handed me two guitar cases before digging back through the car for other stuff.

once his arms were full, we walked back towards the rest of the group.

"did i ever tell you clairo how much we all love you?" mikey said, catching me off guard.

"uh, no," i said quietly. "but i think i always knew. just like you all know i love you."

"i just dont think you understand. the person you changed ashton into will keep us forever thankful," mikey explained quietly so only i heard. "happy birthday by the way."

"thanks. but what do you mean the person i changed ashton into?" i asked confused.

"he was never as happy as he is now," he stated simply. "and happy ashton is very different."

"he made me a different person too," i told mikey. "i think thats why i love him so much. cause he made me a better version of myself."

"have you told him yet? that you love him?" mikey asked quieter than before as we got closer to the boys.

"yeah," i nodded looking down. "i was drunk the first time apparently but then he said it at the game and then earlier again and i said it back."

"im glad he finally grew a pair and did it," mikey said, louder so ashton could hear.

"grew a pair to do what?" ashton yelled towards us as he laid down towels for us to sit on.

"finally tell clairo!" mikey yelled back.

ashton tried to hide his face as it grew red.