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im sorry every song IS about you

Summary:

so this is like malum from the begining cuz there so gay for eachother it hurts and they have soooo much history [yh i changed the name so what] the story of two boys [a green ipod with the wrong initials carved onto it] and their love for music

Notes:

September 2009 the morning of year 7 orientation at Norwest Christian college

Chapter 1: the clifford household

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it was early too early Michael had snoozed his alarm twice and his mum was yelling that breakfast was done and that if he didn't get up now she was guna tell everyone he liked the spice girls
'mum there's literally NOTHING wrong with a guy liking the spice girls but if you do that im leaving home' Michael yelled thru his pillow 'and im up' a loud thump was heard from downstairs' honey did you just fall out of bed' his mum askes worried for her sons bones 'NO I meant to do that' he shouts getting up rubbing his elbow' whatever you want me to believe and your toast is getting cold' his mum laughs 'okay okay I coming down now' Michael scrambles around his room finding his uniform 'why don't I put this on the chair all together omg' michael complains to himself he gets dressed and throws himself down the stairs 'mikey I don't think those shoes are appropriate for school' his mum sais pointing down at his beat up vans 'karen its fine I asked dave and joy what shoes calum is wearing and they said hes wearing his vans too so if mike gets in trouble we can blame them' mikes dad interjects 'DARYL we cant blame the hoods for that my word' karens dumbfounded that her husband would even suggest such a thing 'yh dad its not there fault the school hates mine and calums sick ass kicks' michael laughs at his dads words 'how is calum anyway I haven't seen him in a bit' Michael wonders out loud 'of course YOU want to know how calum is you always did have a bit of a crush on him' 'DAD OMG STOP no I didnt' michael interupts 'im sorry honey but yes you did atleast that's how we all saw it' karen confirms 'OMG IM LEAVING GOODBYE' Michael walks out of the front door only to come back a minute later realising he forgot his bag and his mum is driving him to school 'mummy help I need your car' Michael sais with puppy eyes and a pout 'ok come on lover boy' 'MUMMMMM'

Chapter 2: the hood household

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its an hour before calum even needs to get up and his sisters blasting destiny's child and singing along he can smell breakfast cooking he assumes a fry up his parents always say to have a hearty breakfast before something important calum wouldn't say that this is important hes already got into the school they cant kick him out on the first day so as long as he sticks to football he should be good and now hes fully awake 'shit' he sais to himself as he rubs his face 'if mum and dad here you swear your dead but whats up' there's a voice from the door way 'what if I suck at football and get kicked out mali' calum stresses to his sister 'dude you haven't even started your first day and your already stressing' mali sits on the bed 'calum you got in didnt you' he nods 'well there you go you are good at football' she inhales 'also get in the shower you smell like ass dude' they both laugh 'thanks mali and I don't smell THAT bad' he sais smelling his arm pits 'breakfast will be done soon get ready before mum starts at you' mali calls out while she leaves the room he has a shower gets his uniform out the cupboard puts them on his bed and goes downstairs hes got a fry up waiting for him as expected and his dads looking at him like hes done something wrong 'calum you cant eat breakfast in your underwear' 'oh so thats it' cal thinks 'I can and I will its easier that way so i don't get my uniform dirty' he replys 'yeah but we all have to see your uglyness' mali adds making a puking sound 'mali-koa hood be nice to your brother' their mum pipes up from the sink 'he started it' mali replies 'HOW literaly how mali' calum argues 'shut up or your both grounded' their dad adds 'unfair' mali mutters 'we spoke to the cliffords the other day' calum nearly chokes on is egg 'did you now' mali asks hiding a laugh 'hows Michael' she adds and calum could die 'hes good still a rowdy one tho' joy starts 'still got that silly fringe' their dad interrupts and calum self consciously fixes his fringe 'dad cal has a fringe that he TOTALY doesn't have cuz he thought michaels was cool OW' mali sais and cal elbows her 'oh honey we know you and Michael were always looking at each other with such love' joy speaks and calum thinks he was put on this earth just to be haunted by Michael Clifford 'okay that's it im getting dressed goodbye' calum puts his empty plate in the sink and runs upstairs mali calling out something he thinks is 'baby brothers in love' and he wants no part of that he slowly gets dressed thinking about what his family said but then shaking the thought of Michael when he hears his mum say they need to leave he runs downstairs clad in his ironed uniform and beat to shit vans and bag his dad yelling something about him breaking his neck calum throws his bag in the car and they leave calums stressing again

Chapter 3: the hemmings household

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bricking it doesnt even begin to describe what lukes feeling he hasn't slept hes spaced out staring at his alarm clock willing it to go off so he can get up and get this over with sadly hes got HOURS till he has to get up he thinks about going down the hall and knocking on his brothers doors but he doesn't want to wake them there groggy in the morning and that's NAWT what he needs right now so he lies in bed waiting for what, he doesn't know he gets bored after like 20 minutes and decides to shower he straightens his hair gets out his uniform and just stares at it. first day new school hes scared because he didn't go to the primary and so he doesn't know anyone and what if they hate him hes gunna be the weird kid hanging out with his older brothers like eww he shakes away the thoughts and goes to the window its still dark outside and he hears the door open he doesn't turn around he knows its his brother 'why are you up' jack sais between yawns 'cant sleep' luke replys 'well theres no point in trying to sleep now you wont get up and mum will flip out so good morning' jack chuckles 'morning why are you up anyways you don't have school today' luke questions 'needed piss' he sais bluntly 'could you be any more blunt mate' luke looks at him weird 'stupid question stupid answer little bro'

they hear a loud crash and a yell and go downstairs to see there mum and what used to be a mug 'sorry for waking you boys' 'no worries mum we were already up' jack replys 'let me help you' he goes to get the dustpan and brush 'you nervous for your first day lukey' his mum asks 'yeah I am and stop calling me lukey im not six' he frowns 'you will always be our little lukey pookie' jack sais and he pinches lukes cheek 'who are you nan get off of me' luke slaps his brothers hand away 'luke your going to be fine' his mother sooths 'well seen as were up what do you boys want for brekkie weve got bread and cereal' 'wide selection mother were spoilt for choice' luke jokes 'ill have cerial tho' they eat and chat about all the things luke needs for school that he may have forgotten to put in his bag and hes glad they did he nearly forgot his calculator and ruler he feels less anxious about it all he goes upstairs gets into his uniform sprays his hair with hairspray so it stays and goes back downstairs to leave 'look at our smart little man' his brother jokes 'im going to say the same thing at your graduation now get in the car ill take you to shanes house its on the way' their mum sais they get in the car and have light conversation and lukes bricking it again

Chapter 4: the first day [still 2009]

Summary:

the first day doesnt go so well for anyone and ovc it gets worse thank god there actualy friends

Notes:

heyyyyy bestiess this took 4evr to write cuz im illiterate yay :] its like long asf and probly shit but enjoy ig i wanted to make a katy perry your so gay ref but that song came out in 2008 [haha im an idiot YAY] so i couldnt also the song at the end is kinda on the nose if u havent listened to bang the doldrums by fall out boy u should cuz itz LITTT again enjoy dunno when the next chapter wiw be done so yh OH punctuation is kinda in this one and im getting better at paragraphing i think [again if u saw 2007 no u didnt]

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the three cars pull up to the school at the the same time, michaels falling out of the car like a crack head redbull in hand hes not the most gracefull guy but calums looking at him like hes an angel. 'go talk to him its not like your strangers' his mum encourages 'we arnt friends either and look at him hes to cool to talk to me' he states like its the most obvious thing in the world as he gets out the car. 'bye mum' luke yells and waves, the three lads walk into the front reception to see where there going and are told to go to the hall, Michael is asked to throw out his can he downs the rest and does 'that's gunna come back to bite you later mikey' calum laughs 'yeah I don't think that was such a good idea but what else was I supposed to do' michael starts 'actualy throw it away?' luke questions 'um why that's a waste of a good drink' Michael continues 'define good' calum adds 'just cuz your boring cal doesn't mean I am' Michael complaines 'maybe if you slept better you wouldn't need to drink them' calum sais as the enter the hall Michael fake yawns in response and flips him off.

 

to calums dismay hes not in the same form as Michael but he is luke 'so how long have you known mikey?' he askes calum when they find there seats 'since we were 8 were not realy friends tho' calum yawns out while looking at his time table 'oh and I wouldn't call him mikey to his face he HATES it' luke laughs 'ohhh I see how it is' hes wiggling his eyebrows suggestively 'you and mike aren't friends but your the only people other than your family that can call you a nickname bit gay don't you think calum' before he could reply there form tutor miss judd tells the class there going to do an ice breaker before going to find there classes to calums dismay he has to go first 'hi im calum my birthdays January 25th I play football and I have an older sister' 'that's nice calum, whos next?' miss judd sais and they go around the rest of the room turns out luke can play the guitar.

 

they do some more talking luke and calum comparing timetables they have some classes together like music, D.T, maths and English which was the class they were struggling to find now 'its over here luke this is M block M110 is over here' there already five minutes late for class 'no its not cal its downstairs this is M202 so 110 is DOWNSTAIRS' 'okay okay don't get your knickers in a twist lukey youarefullyrightbutimnotgoingtoadmitthat DOWNSTAIRS WE GO' the lads go downstairs to find as luke said there classroom and outside is a verry smug looking Michael his arms and hands covered in pen ink 'ohhh this CANT be good' luke whispers 'ignore him lets go in' 'I wouldn't do that if I were you shes INSANE' they walk past Michael into the class 'you must be luke and calum you can sit at the back' miss Mathews points to the seats next to the window 'I know its your first day so im going to be lenient this whole week with being late but please get here on time' she hands them there books and tells them what to write on the front 'ok class im going to go talk to Michael outside so just talk amongst yourselves for a bit' miss sais and closes the door 'this is what we get for being late luke we don't get to see mikeys stupid actions' calum complains 'you think about mike a lot don't you' luke blinks at him calum goes red 'NO I DONT I think about mikey a regular amount' 'OHH so you do think about me' Michael sais from behind calum 'shut up' the rest of class is pretty uneventful

 

the next class goes so slow calum thinks, its drama without luke or Michael but who cares about him not calum. he barely gets thru it too much talking or his liking. break comes and goes calum and luke had to fight Michael for pizza he didn't deserve 'MIKEY YOU ALREADY HAD A PEICE GIVE ME ITTTTTT' 'NEVER ITS MINE' 'I WANT A BIT TOO MIKE this is UNFAIRRRRR' luke pouts 'LADS BREAK IT UP' mr imrie yells as Michael was about to spit on the pizza to call dibs 'your all getting pizza, Michael is it' Michael nods 'give them the slices' Michael reluctantly does 'its not actualy that good im just hungry' mike sais as he walks outside 'OMG I HATE HIM' 'LUKE that's not nice' 'just cuz your inlove with him cal' luke huffs 'lets go find our next class'

 

the rest of the day is as Michael put it at lunch shit don't realy know how he came to this conclusion 3 classes into his first day something about mr Imrie and a dead pen calum wasn't really listening and he wasn't staring at michaels lips in a gay way either he just has audio processing issues okay.

 

by the end of the day calum realised Michael was right this is shit 'earth to calum' luke waves a hand in his face 'hm what' 'oh I was asking if you were doing anything this weekend and if not you wana come to mine' luke asks shyly 'oh yeah sure it will need to be after practice tho so like 1/2 is that good' 'perfect actually my brothers will be out god there annoying' luke laughs 'my mums here see you tomorrow cal' he waves to luke and goes to sit on the wall 'I dont like him too blond' Michael sits down next to calum 'well you don't have to like him mikey hes MY friend not yours' calums too exhausted to argue properly he leans his head on michaels shoulder 'dude what are we 10 get off' Michael pokes him in the cheek 'no your warm and soft' calum wraps his arms around mike and leans further into his neck 'ooh I think we use the same detergent its nice isn't it' 'cal your mums here why is my mum with her?' 'why would I know' cals speaking into michaels neck at this point 'carry me big man' calum sits on mikes lap 'fine just this once NEVER again you big baby'

 

they get in the car 'mum why are you in joys car you didn't say we were going over' Michael questions his mother 'oh did I not tell you we were having diner with the hoods once a week again' karen answers 'no you didnt' 'mum you didn't tell me either' calum wines at his mum 'sorry sweety we knew you would say no so we didn't tell you' 'oh you would of said no would you' Michael whispers into calums ear and he shivers. the car ride home was full of questions about school and what they were having for dinner 'NO PIZZA' Michael and calum shout in unison and their mums crack out laughing 'okay then no pizza'

 

dinner was as awkward as calum assumed it would be sitting across from Michael and next to mali was NOT a good idea they had spaghetti bolognaise and chatted more about school but michaels gaze was relentless not to mention the footsie being played under the table calum knocked his knee a couple times and that earnt him a knowing look from his sister and a warning from his mother 'so why didn't you boys want pizza for dinner' joy askes 'oh we had it at break that's all' calum replys and slaps his foot down on top of michaels followed by the loud noise of mikes foot hitting the ground 'BOYS what is going on with you Michael you carried calum to the car and now your trying to immobilise each other' karen sais angrily 'YOU CARRIED HIM TO THE CAR OMG im telling everyone' mali laughs 'kill me now' calum askes the ceiling 'I would love to babe just give me a second to finish this' Michael replys mouth full of food 'im going upstairs' calum slaps the back of mikes head on his way 'well that was nice joy' Michael stands and follows calum 'mikey that's realy not a good idea' his mum calles after him but hes already up the stairs

 

'heyyyyy cal-pal' Michael ruffles the youngers hair 'have you aways been this annoying I don't remember' cal mumbles into his pillow 'so a 'friendly' game of fifa is off the table' calum swiftly turns around grining from ear to ear 'OH YOU ARE SO ON CLIFFORD' mike laughs 'that's the cal I love to hate' 'don't lie mikey you just love me' calum batts his eyelashes at him 'in your dreams hood' they ended up falling asleep playing fifa mike lost miserably but he will never admit that

 

it was about 10pm when Michael woke up with calum ontop of him he reaches for cals ipod puts in the headphones and presses play my humps by the black eyed peas stars playing 'your so gay hood' calum wakes up and takes a headphone ear 'you love this song Clifford I guess your gay too' 'im not the one lying ontop of a guy' Michael quietly chuckles 'exactly this is more gay on your part and no im not moving as stated earlier your warm and soft' calum snuggles into mike more 'why are we still in our uniforms ew' 'cal I have no clothes um can I borrow some' mike sheepishly askes 'yeah dude of course wait no this means I have to move' 'that it does cal-pal' calum begrudgingly gets up 'stop caling me that we arnt 9 anymore' calum cant lie and say that he wasn't checking Michael out and Michael cant lie and say he wasn't checking calum out but they will they get changed in silence the ipod lost to the duvet when mike threw it on the bed 'wow mikey you look great in my clothes they fit your orangutan arms so well ' calum giggles and throws a sock at him 'leave me alone' he throws the sock back 'we should probably go back to bed we have to get up early' calum picks up the sock and puts it in the wash 'I guess im staying the night' Michael rubs his face 'am I seeping on the floor or are you gunna be nice' cal tilts his head like a confused puppy 'why would you sleep on the floor were not strangers get in bed cliffo' they get settled in bed with the ipod and drift off to sleep to bang the doldrums

Chapter 5: what a match

Summary:

awkward moment after awkward moment why did they have to fall asleep and why does mike like cals ipod SO MUCH [slightly sugestive cuz mike loves a dick joke]

Notes:

omfg ive been so distracted lately i got the twilight books and am TRYING to get thru the first one got supernatural on the go as well ANYWAYS hope yous like this thre will be WAYYY more fall out boy refrences to come cuz im a slut for them so yh enjoy?

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calums alarm went off at FOUR AM to michals chagrin 'WHYYYYYY cal this is evil I hope you die a bloody and painful deathhhhh' he moans into calums shoulder lying on top of him stopping calum from getting out of the warm bed 'its fucking cold did you leave the widow open' Michael mumbles pulling up the covers 'mikey it is NOT cold stop being dramatic' calum gripes 'you know if you let me up ill close the windowww' calum coaxes Michael to maybe let him out from under his large frame 'nooooo listen to the soulful voice of Patrick stump and stay here' calum picks up the headphone ear that fell out in his sleep and hears disloyal order of the water buffaloes 'ok mr half doomed up we get' calum strains sitting him and mike up, he looks at calum with a goofy loving grin 'what?' calum askes confused 'you called me mr half doomed' 'so' calum shrugs 'doesn't that make you mr semi sweet' calum goes red as Michael boops his nose 'we match' Michael sais delirious from being woken up so early 'mikey go back to bed im going on a run ill be back in a bit' calum pushes Michael back onto the bed him taking calums headphone ear with him 'but you LOVEEEEE fall out boyyyyyy, WAIT' mike sits upright apparently out of his tired delirium 'are you going out alone in the DARK' [his green orbs im JOKING] his eyes widen 'no mike im going with dad...' calum starts 'THANK THE LORD I did NOT want to have to offer to go with you' he interrupts and flops back down on the bed kicking a pillow up to his head and wrapping himself up in the duvet again 'oh how nice, you get 2 hours mikey then you have to get up' calums rummaging thru his socks trying to find the pair to the one hes holding 'ah fuck it' he picks up a random other sock 'why do I have to get uppppp let me stay here all dayyyy' Michael whines into the duvet that he is somehow able to breathe thru 'weve got school dude remember the place you've been avoiding since we first started' calum sighs at his PALE 'friend' 'calum boy are you ready' his dad calls from downstairs 'yeah give a sec mikey wont give me my ipod' calum yells back 'RUDE you haven't even asked for it, take it mr sad sack who runs in the mornings' Michael begrudgingly handed it to cal

mike slept great for a whole hour and a half he was at peace calum on the other hand had ZERO peace his dad asking questions about him and Michael sleeping together 'DAD we used to share a bed when we were kids whats the big deal about us doing it now' he huffs wanting to get this run over with and get back to mike 'nothings wrong with it its just the way you were sleeping was verry... I don't know... intimate' he chuckles 'DAD YOU WERE SPYING ON US' calum yells 'not spying no we just came in to tell you michaels parents were leaving and saw you curled up on the floor your mum thought it was cute' 'DAAAAD stop can we get this run done PLEASE' calum begs his father, the run back was silent thankfully for cal.

when they get in mail's eating toast on the sofa watching wheel of fortune re runs 'your boyfriend snores cal' she sais flat leaning her head back on the sofa 'no he doesn't' cal slaps the back of her head walking to the kitchen 'and hes NOT my boyfriend' 'GIVE ME THE IPOD' is all calum hears before a large figure lunges at him taking him to the floor 'HOLY SHIT MIKEY' 'language calum' his dad scolds 'yh cal-pal watch your mouth' mike taunts from above him 'dude this is so gay you sure you and mike arnt a thing' 'mali SHUT UP OMG' calum awkwardly shuffles the ipod out of his pocket and into mikes hand and he gets of him 'I would say is that the ipod in your pocket or are you just happy too see me but' Michael shakes the ipod in his hand 'here it is' calum runs upstairs embarrassed that Michael isn't wrong he is hard 'SHIT SHIT SHIT no this isn't happening hes not hot im not into my best friend' calum thinks 'oh who am I kidding I am SHITTTT' he gets in the shower its a good thing he has cold showers after a run anyway.

he gets out the shower wraps a towel round his waist and heads to his room 'have a nice time cal' Michael has a stupid smirk on his face 'fuck off clifford get out' to calums surprise he does but not without smacking cals ass on his way 'MIKE' he squeaks, calum puts his uniform on for breakfast today not wanting Michael to comment on his underwear.

'toast for breakfast because its all weve got' his mum sais passing him a plate of vegemite on toast Michael reaches a hand over to take a piece but calum slaps his hand before he can 'its mine mikey get your own' cal whispers 'were not doing THIS again' 'fine but your evil' mike stands up and ruffles calums hair 'im gunna go get dressed' 'don't take forever we have to leave in a bit' calum yells after him 'you know what theres no point hes not guna listen' calum huffs.

20 minutes later Michael comes back down a little sweaty and flustered in his uniform 'oh cal I hope you don't mind I stole a pair of you pants' 'MIKEY you went thru my underwear' 'did you see the dino ones he has' mali interjects with a laugh 'yes I did and some other INTERESTING style choices' Michael winks at calum and he blushes 'oh ive nicked a pair of your socks too' 'do you want anything else of mine m'lord' calum stands and bows 'yes actualy but we'll talk about that later' Michael smirks again 'boys we need to leave now come on' calums mum orders them to the car, malis laughing her ass off as they go.

Chapter 6: long live the car crash hearts

Summary:

okay so maybe they are inlove they arnt guna tell eachother and what if luke is somewhat gay mike doesnt need to know and aparently neither does calum

Notes:

unrelated but i got realy into house MD recently thats wut ive been doing instead of writing my old laptop went bunk so netflix doesnt work on it neither does my telly its rude truely anyways i dunno what my obsession with cals ipod is but hey ho oh and mr imrie totez isnt a former teacher i had beef with TOTALY [fuck u big immers] OH MIKE AND CAL SAY FAG IN THIS I CAN CONFIRM I AM GAY SO IM IN THE CLEAR

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the school week went by in a blur but honourable mentions for #1. Michael getting detention for the whole of the next week for 'not doing half his work' aka 'I cant do this sir help' he whines 'Michael its basic maths what don't you understand' 'all of it can I be moved down sets' mr hughes rubs his eyes sighing 'Michael do your work' 'fuck that worked last year' Michael groans. oh and mr Imrie wants him dead. #2. calum forgetting he had football practice until 5 minutes after the bell rang for lunch 'SHIT' 'what' luke sais mouth full of panini 'hes got practice and forgot' michael states like everyone knows calums schedule 'mike do you not have somewhere else to sit' luke complains 'YOU KNEW AND DIDNT REMIND ME MIKEY YOU FU...' Michael puts a hand over calums mouth so he doesn't get in trouble for swearing 'HEY im not your mother and I love to see you suffer' mike smirks 'now go before mr gills kills you with that mole of his' 'don't be rude mike' luke pipes up 'EWW YOU LICKED ME CALUMMM' Michael whines wiping his hand with a baby wipe he just has for some reason [OCD who said that] 'DESERVED' calum yells back as he sprints to the field. he narrowly avoided detention by running laps. and #3 luke trying to befriend Michael (which isn't going very well) 'mike can we be friends' luke asks as mike was about to sit down at there table 'ummm no I don't think so bye' he U turn and sits under the tree outside instead 'well that's one way to get him to not sit with us' calum rubs lukes back.

'I don't think mike likes me verry much cal' he yelled to his phone getting ready for his and cals sleepover 'I regret to inform he doesn't I thought we learnt that at lunch yesterday' luke frowns 'why I haven't done anything to him and its only been a week' 'lukey don't take it personally hes always had a problem with me having friends who arnt him' calum sighs 'hes kinda possessive I hate it' 'liar' luke laughs 'but anyways are we meeting at the park to loiter' he asks 'like the delinquent teens we are' calum replied 'see you in 10 then. fuck mikes calling me' luke winces when he answers 'LUCAS YOUR HAVING CALUM OVER' mike booms 'yeah hes my friend so what' luke replies annoyed 'also my names not lucas oh nevermind you don't care' luke sais mainly to himself cuz yeah mike didn't care 'I hope you have FUN with him' michael spits 'OH MY GOD' luke gasps 'what' mikes confused 'you think Im INTO calum' luke laughs 'are you not, HOW are you not [haha gay], WAIT are you not a fag' mike questions him like hes comit a crime 'no mike im not and even if I was calum is NOT my type' lukes gone red and hes glad Michael cant see him 'oh so you know what your guy type is but your NOT gay I seeee' luke can hear the smirk on mikes face 'mike are you INTO calum' luke regrets asking 'NO OMG EWWWW I would never' luke swears he hears a quiet yes in between mikes monolog about how calum is his best friend and basically family and it would be 'unethical to do that its like incest' mikes actual words 'okay mike im putting the phone down now byeeee' luke laughs 'well that was weird' he puts his shoes on and runs downstairs yelling a goodbye to his mum.

'mikes MADLY inlove with you btdubz' luke smacks his hands down on calums shoulders from behind him 'JESUS luke you scared me and NEVER say btdubz again' calum grimaces 'no questions about mike being inlove with you I see' luke smirks 'I simply do not care he say anything of interest' calum tries to change the subject luke lets him 'yeah actualy he thinks im into you told me to 'have fun with you' kinda gross not guna lie' he grimaces 'HEY' calum feigns offence 'not the sleeping with you him telling me to have fun with it' luke scrambles out to not seem rude 'I know I was joking also I do not wana sleep with you' calum pats lukes shoulder 'glad weve cleared that up' they walk over to the swings and sit 'oh and im not gay' luke ads 'I bet that shocked mike' calum laughs 'it did he was also shocked that I didn't like you like that' calum sighs 'did he call you a fag' 'yeah he did' 'im sorry ive told him to not but he wont listen sais its ok cuz hes reclaiming it' calum looks at his shoes 'wait does he actually like dudes' lukes shocked 'I thought you knew this' luke shakes his head 'well surprise mikey and I are bi' 'WHAT OMG, sorry I don't actuay care about the liking dudes thing that's cool good for you BUT invite me to you and mikes wedding' luke blurts out 'glad your ok with it I realy did think you knew tho' luke looks at him funny 'why' 'mikey always sais its obvious but I guess it takes one to know one' he chuckles 'hate to topic change but how did mike even get my number anyways' luke wonders aloud 'im guna assume he stole it when he was at mine the other day' cal shrugs 'the likely answer its getting cold lets go back to...' 'LUKE RUN' calum yells over him he does as told.

they run all the way back to lukes house 'why were we running' luke pants flopping on his bed 'I saw mikey' calum huffs slipping off his shoes 'he looked PISSED' luke laughs shaking his head 'of course hes pissed' 'BOYS WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR DINNER' lukes mum yells from the kitchen the two boys stumble down the stairs 'what do we have' luke tries to take a look in the freezer 'a whole lotta nothing hows takeout pizza' liz asks she knew the answer tho 'its great mum thanks' luke looks to calum 'wana split a margherita' calum nods

pizza gets there 20 minutes later 'thanks liz' calum sais taking the pizza back to lukes room 'ive been waiting for him to ring me' calum sais between bites 'why he has no need to' luke mumbles 'I dunno he has a habit of demanding custody of my ipod, which I left at home. shit' calum explains and as if he knew they were taking about him 'mikeys ringing me' 'creepy' luke shudders 'I have your ipod' mike states 'HOW' calum yells 'you forgot to close your window' mike sais like its a normal weekend activity to break into your 'best friends' house and steal there stuff 'righttt a TOTALY normal and sane thing to do' luke sais sarcastically 'this doesn't concern you luke' mike dismisses the blonde 'mikey I don't wana argue with you come over tomorrow when im back from lukes and give it back ok' calum sighs dejected and frankly fed up with mikes antics 'oki doki cal-pal' mike hums happily and hangs up 'I hate him' cal sadly shovels pizza onto his mouth 'no you don't cal that's the point' luke feels bad for him 'yeah' he sighs 'all of this over fall out boy' 'huh?' luke tilts his head confused 'oh, when he came over like a week ago I called him mr half doomed cuz we were listening to fall out boy hes been all weird since' calum explains lukes jaw dropped 'oh em gee..' 'luke say words like a normal person PLEASE' calum begs 'never anyways, that's the gayest thing ever did he call you semi sweet' luke smiles already knowing the answer calum nods meekly 'shut up' 'wan play fifa' luke asks mouth full of pizza 'luke swallow before you talk my god' 'that's what he said' luke snorts 'I cant with you'

two hours, the rest of the pizza and a whole lotta yelling later luke gives up on fifa 'YOU CHEATED' he pouts 'ok how luke' calum laughs at the statement 'im not sure but I know you did' he whines 'maybe you just suck' calum shrugs 'your a meanie' luke sticks out his tongue like a child 'ok sore loser you got any films' calum hopes this will cheer luke up 'yeah box in the cupboard' he points in the direction of a plastic bucket 'cats and dogs really luke' calum holds up the ratty old DVD 'its shit but in a good way okay and jeff Goldblums in it' he shrugs 'you got a crush on jeff or something' calum sais putting the film in the player 'nah hes just a good actor I guess dunno'.

'well that truly is time im never getting back I don't know why I think its gunna get better if I watch it again' calum complains while the credits roll 'yeah still bad' luke agrees yawning 'bed time?' cal asks 'I think so im knacked' the two lads climb into lukes bed after turning the telly off 'mikeys guna kill you ya know' cal yawns 'fuck him you wana sleep on the floor cuz I dont' lukes muffled by the pillow hes already drooling on 'nah, night luke' 'hmm' is all luke replies with

Chapter 7: tonight the headphones will deliver you the words that I cant say

Summary:

a crime a mixtape and a confused blonde

Notes:

ok so i did write a whole nother thing that i had to cut cuz um yeahhhh. im still watching house ITS INSANE OMG big up my tumblr mutual for putting up with me yapping abt it. if you havent noticed [cuz ur blind or not a fan] all the chapters are being titled after fall out boy lyrics i feel like ive said this b4 oh well ENJOYYYYY xoxo sauce [the ipods a 4th gen nano btdubz]

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'whats so special about your ipod anyways' luke asks fisting a box of cereal to get the bag open 'I don't know truly' calum shrugs 'its got his initials on it I guess' luke nearly chokes on his drink 'WHAT' 'yeah he did it the day I got it, it was a birthday present from mum she was PISSED' calum smiles fondly 'and he just, carved his initials in it' luke repeats dumbfounded 'yep' calum nods 'calum this is insane' lukes eyes are wide looking at calum like he told him mike was his beloved husband or something to that effect 'its truly not but ok' calum takes spoonful of cereal and shrugs 'he downloaded all his fav songs too it aswell which is annoying when your having a moment and smack that by akon starts playing' lukes in hysterics now 'dude that is so funny' he sais gasping for air. they eat breakfast and calum cant help but think maybe him and mike are too close '... and then he got kicked out, calum?' he waves a hand in the maoris face 'huh, what I wasn't listening sorry' calum apologises 'well welcome back to the real world, thinking about mike were we' luke wiggles his eyebrows suggestively 'oh piss off mate' calum pushes lukes face 'I should get going actually mikes probably trying to download porn on my laptop' calum shudders 'again' luke giggles 'what is he 70 who downloads porn' he shakes his head 'I dunno but if I see one more blonde twink in my downloads ima kill him' luke blushes calum slips his shoes on and luke opens the front door 'ring me when he leaves ok' calum laughs 'will do lukey pookie'

the walk home was boring without any music. he goes round the back of the house where his rooms window is to see if mike is lurking round there or if hes broken in but hes not there and to cals surprise his bedroom windows closed 'strange' he goes in thru the back door 'muuuum im homeeee' he yells 'don't yell its 9am and shes at work dingus so's dad' mali grumbles from the kitchen counter head nearly in her toast 'your boyfriend slept here last night maybe you should just give him a key so he doesnt have to break in' she goes upstairs presumably to go back to bed 'so that's why my windows closed' he smiles and sneaks up the stairs leaving his shoes at the bottom

michaels still asleep when he enters his room he grabs his camera out the draw by his bed and takes a couple photos of the large sleeping boy 'your a lot nicer like this mikey' he whispers going over to the window to open the curtain. mike still doesn't wake up calum takes a few more photos cuz he thinks 'the light makes him look like an angel' 'jesus that's gay' calum mutters 'whats gay? you taking pics of me while I sleep? or something else?' mike chuckles voice laced with sleep and cocaine calum thinks 'n-nothing um why are you here' calum moves the conversation away from his creep activities 'oh I wanted to make you a CD, i knew it would take me all night so i broke in and stayed so i could be here to give your ipod back and not have you complain that im late like always' mike smiles 'and IM the gay one, christ.' calum breathes 'wheres my CD then casanova' he make grabby hands at the pale boy 'toss me a shirt and ill give you it' mike laughs at calums childish ways 'no' calum sais getting into bed with mike 'give me the CD or face my wrath' calum leans in real close to mikes face 'what are you guna do? kiss me? go ahead i still wont give you the CD' he smirks 'in your dreams cliff' calum leans over him grabbing the CD from the drive in his laptop [BRING BACK LAPTOP DISK DRIVES] 'wait i haven't written on it yet' mike whines 'oh my god your a sap you know that your oozing all over me' calum complains 'your the one lying on me not the other way round' mike sais scribbling on the CD calum huffs leaning against the headboard 'aaaaandd DONE here you go your mixtape is complete' mike hands him a case with a cd that sais tonight the headphones will deliver you the words that i cant say 'i know they broke up and your sad about it but there lyrics are still fucking sick its not all fall out boy the track lists on the back' mike whispers embarrassed cal turns the case over 'why is tell that mick surrounded by hearts' calum questions warily 'oh im giving you ideas' mike giggles 'MIKEY oh my god' calums laughing too 'theres a few joke songs in there like tell that mick but most of them mean stuff' their giggles come to an awkward stop.

calum sees theres a piece of paper behind the track list he decides to not read it till later 'you staying, or do your parents want you back?' calum asks kinda hoping he can stay 'about that' mike scratches the back of his neck 'Michael G****n Clifford [ooo not the legal name] what have you told them' calum sais sternly 'ok mum jeez, I told them I was staying here for the week, sorry' he lets out a nervous laugh 'don't kill me' he whispers 'I think my parents are on business trips this week so your lucky' he sighs getting up and walking to his sisters room 'mali can I come in' he asks 'yeah, what do you want twerp' she sais from under her duvet 'mum and dad go on their trips today right' he asks 'yeah why' she sticks her head out to question her brother cal takes a deep breath before answering 'mikeytoldhisparentshesstayingherefortheweek' he rushes it out in hopes she brushes him of and doest ask questions but hes out of luck cuz she yells 'MICHAEL G****N CLIFFORD COME HERE YOU PALE BITCH' Michael feels all the colour he doesnt have drain from him 'shit' he makes his way into malis room 'hi' he waves 'don't 'hi' me Clifford your a sneaky bitch' mike thinks hes guna get kicked out 'you can stay' the two boys sigh with relief 'BUT please don't fuck to loud I don't wana hear all that' she grins 'MALIIII stop' calum whines 'don't worry we can do it in the garden if we have to' mike winks at cal and goes back to his room looking all smug 'I hate him' calum frowns 'sure you do cal that's why your letting him stay a week' mali mocks 'SHUT UP' he storms out not closing the door 'YOU BITCH' she yells after him.

'I like your sister' mikes still not wearing a shirt and calums about to kill himself 'shes not desperate or a creep' calum sais flat taking his trousers off 'oh were fucking right now I was guna wait till she left but ok' mike jokes but starts to take his underwear off 'MIKE OH MY GOD NO KEEP YOUR PANTS ON' calum turns around and covers his eyes 'GUYS IM GOING OUT ILL BE BACK FOR DINNER I THINK' mali yells from downstairs 'MUM AND DAD ARE 20 MINUTES AWAY THERE COMING TO PICK UP THEIR STUFF' she finishes and they hear the door lock 'its sex time cal' mike laughs 'OMG NOOOO' calum uncovers his eyes and runs to the bathroom locking himself in 'im not coming out till you put pants on' he sais thru the door to mike 'cal you already came out' mike thinks that's realy funny 'you are not funny mikey' calum laughs 'liar, FINE im putting on your pjs tho' mike huffs and skulks back to calums room. calum uses the toilet and joins mike hes fully clothed now in calums tmnt pjama bottoms and shirt the sleeves a little short so hes rolled them up 'oh heres your ipod btw' mike throws him the green nano 'I downloaded some more songs hope you don't mind' calum scoffs 'no why would I mind YOU downloading songs onto MY ipod' mike feigns offence 'hey you love my songs' cal rolls his eyes 'sureee you tell yourself that'

they go downstairs to eat and the door unlocks and opens the two boys look at each other wide eyed and calums parents enter their home 'oh hi Michael' calums dad sais unsurprised 'were not even gone yet and your having people over' his mum jokes 'Michael basically lives hear its fine, wheres mali?' his dad askes 'she went out said she would be back for dinner tho' calum shrugged 'oh ok, were just here to get our stuff then were off for the week' his parents head upstairs and shuffle around a bit coming back down minutes later with their stuff calums mum kisses him on the head and he gives his dad a hug 'you boys have fun' he winks 'don't make a mess and if you do clean it up' his mum orders 'yes mum byeeeee' he closes the door and locks it 'glad they didn't question why im here' mike chuckles 'could you maybe move out your too comfortable' calum rolls his eyes 'no mum and dad like me' 'oh fuck off clifford' this is gunna be a LONG week calum thinks.

Chapter 8: Lets hear it for australia's suitehearts

Summary:

Luke never got his phone call, the week was hell, their teachers are now setting homework and calum is forgetting what free time is its now the lead up to halloween its a saturday this year so cal is having a film marathon with mike and luke (who still hate each other?) [tw for the use for faggot in a demeaning way and violence] [this is also realy long so ya]

Notes:

hi i know its been AGES soz hektic month yk cuz MICHAEL FUCKING KISSED AWSTEN KNIGHT i finished house twas good otto wood is curently my one true luv big up my drummer boy CALUMS ALBUMMMMM omg its lit and so so so sad sunsetter is my fav oh i cant realy move my left leg at the moment thats fun ig #chronicpain im watching the office now awsten has persuaded me xoxo sauce XP

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Monday october 26th
‘What does this all hallows eve entail cal-pal’ mike flicks a bit of sweetcorn at luke and he catches it in his mouth cheering mike rolls his eyes but smiles ‘were guna carve pumpkins get shit faced on sweets and watch scary films’ he gushes halloween is calum and mikes favourite holiday ‘OOO my brother has all the elm street films i can bring those’ luke sais exited because their parents all agreed that they could watch 18 rated films ‘yeah those are grotty’ calum nods ‘isnt it like 14 hours to watch them ALL’ mike sais ‘are you complaining cliff cuz it sounds like you are’ calum sticks out his hand ‘pay up’ mike huffs and scrounges around in his coat pocket ‘i wasn't complaining but here you go your highness’ he hands over a crunkled up dollar bill, calum has accumulated 30 bucks from mike this past month from his complaints, hes ended up spending it all on mike anyways so it kinda defeats the point but they over looks that, ‘film complaints don't count RIGHT they cant’ michael whines ‘ok fine ONLY because i know you LOVE to moan about films, rightfully i SHOULD be making bank off you’ calum makes a face and snaches his headphones out of mikes hands hes somehow sneaked them out of cals pocket ‘but you love him’ luke mutters continuing with ‘anyways it doesnt mater how long the films are its a saturday were in the clear’

‘MIKE do you mind’ calum scolds, the blonde is face first in calums bag looking for lord knows what ‘AH HA’ he holds up a ratty old notebook ‘i KNEW you still carried this around with you’ mike chuckles and calum wants to die ‘anyone wana tell me what this is’ luke is rightfully confused calum doesnt exactly go around telling people he has a diary esque notebook from when he was little milling around at the bottom of every bag hes ever owned ‘its cals old notebook, wrote some interesting stuff in here if i remember corecty cal-pal’ mike ruffles the flustered Māoris hair calum tries to snach the book out of mikes hands but luke gets to it first flipping to the last page dated november 19th 2006 ‘why is the last entry the day before mikes birthday must of been a BORING party if cal didn't have anything to say about it’ luke insults mikes party throwing skills the other two boys just look at each other in HORROR as luke takes a closer look at the page ‘theres a page missing’ luke looks up at the traumatized boys ‘you ripped a page out of a book no one knows about?’ luke laughs ‘mike i guess your party wasn’t bad after all but i will never know’ before calum could get embarrassed anymore the bell rang for classes

To calums horror hes got an hour next to just mike in english because luke gets called to be office help. there studying romeo and juliet this term and are for some reason watching the leo dicaprio ‘romeo and juliet with guns’ as mike calls it. Mike leans into calum and whispers ‘i like to think i've gotten better since the great cupboard of 06, but that wont matter seen as it was “the best night of your life”’ flashing calum a perfectly folded all be it clearly old piece of paper ‘you keep it in your wallet realy calum’ mike mocks ‘YOU KNEW!!?’ cal whisper yells ‘assume i know everything cal’ mike winks at the flushed boy going back to watching the film ‘i hate you clifford’ ‘aw i hate you too hood’

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Tuesday october 27th
Lunch is where all their problems lie mike has beef with everyone and luke knows everyone because of his brothers ‘OMG LUKE IM SOOO SORRY’ a kid in the older year yells after the jacket potato he was throwing at mike hit luke ‘i assume this was for you’ luke sais flat lobbing the potato in what he believes to be mikes bag the latter just laughs and lukes confused until calum comes back with his lunch ‘WHY THE FUCK IS THERE A POTATO IN MY BAG’ he yells mike pointing at luke ‘MICHAEL can you stop pissing people off’ luke and mikes jaws are on the floor for different reasons ,mike cuz hes getting told of instead of luke and luke because never did he think he would hear calum call him michael. ‘why are you yelling at me blondie was the one who put it in your bag’ mike gets defensive ‘yes but it was being thrown at you wasn't it’ he nods ‘im sorry cal i thought that was his bag’ luke pouts ‘its fine luke i was guna put it in the wash anyways cuz SOMEONE’ he looks at mike ‘spilt red bull all over it’ mike stifles a laugh but is grinning ear to ear remembering last night knocking his drink over while pining calum to his bed ‘can we sit outside please i dont want anything else thrown at me accidentally’ luke asks ‘yeah its a nice day’ cal agrees

Oh how that was a mistake its been not even five minutes and cal has raked in $15 from mike and what is he complaining about you may ask ‘luke give me the fucking cheese string’ mike deadpans ‘no its MY cheese string get your own’ luke turns away shielding it from mike ‘if you want to be my friend you have to give me your food’ mike pouts ‘how is that fair this has to be a crime of some form’ luke whines shoving the whole thing in his mouth chewing and swallowing mike looking at him astonished that he would eat his own food and not share ‘mike eat your fucking baguette and stop whining’ calum sais, nonchalant like its a regular thing to say cuz for him it is, not looking up from his book.

he reads whenever he doesn't want to deal with michael which is often, hes currently reading twilight because mike said it was pretty bad and he wanted to know if mike was just being a bitch like always turns out he was actually right its pretty atrocious. ‘WHAT THE FUCK OMG’ cal exclaims putting the book down mike picking it up looking to see what the insane shit he just read is luke looking with a questioning gaze at the two lads mike who is now laughing and calum who looks ready to cry/puke or commit an act of violence lukes not sure ‘that–blue–looks–good–with–YOUR–SKIN WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK IS THAT’ calum sais thru his hands that now cover his face ‘yeah edward is pretty weird’ mike laughs patting calum on the back ‘he said WHAT’ luke is as appalled as calum is the bell rings for class bringing the boys back down to earth ‘calum’ mike turns to him when theyre about to walk into the bulding ‘practice not spanish GO’ calum swiftly makes a U turn ‘fuck you clifford’ he sais running to the changing rooms ‘YOU WISH HOOD’ mike yells after him ‘he would be lost without me blondie’ he sais to luke who is seriously starting to wonder what hes walked himself into with this ‘friendship’

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Wednesday october 28th
Calum actually likes running laps around the field during practice because hes allowed to listen to music and it gives him a chance to think todays topic ,like always, is michael and the music of choice is the album fallen by evanescence because 1 mike likes them and put them on the ipod and 2 calum has to admit sometime that mike has pretty good taste in music, he would never say that to his face tho. He slows down his pase a bit cuz he actually wants to hear all of this album his mind wanders to that party of ‘06 that luke has either forgot about or been too busy to asks about calums doesn't care which hes just glad he hasn't said anything.

it was a good night, mikes 11th birthday, they had cake and played DDR at an arcade calum shudders remembering the awkward moment he gave mike his ‘present’ in the cupboard of his house — ‘hey mikey! i have something for you’ calum yells over the other screaming kids throwing dye balloons in the yard ‘ooo a special present’ michael smiles at his nervous and slightly sweaty best friend ‘what is it’ the blonde makes grabby hands at the māori who flushes seeing all the people around them ‘um actually n-nevermind ill give it to you later’ he turns around to continue the game michael grabbing his wrist and pulling him indoors before he could grab another balloon ‘hey! Where are you taking meee mikeyyy’ calum whines ‘you will see’

‘Your shoe cupboard’ calum looks around at the small room, shoe cupboard was a nice way of saying the cupboard you throw all your useless shit in and also your dirty shoes sometimes. ‘mikey why are we here?’ calum asks genuinely confused ‘so you can give me my present’ he smiles cutely, calum thinks, ‘o-oh we-well umm i-i-i’ calum stutters nothing really he has no words mike thinks he has a pretty good idea of what calum wants to give him but hes guna do this even if hes wrong. Mike places his hand on calums cheek the boy melting into the touch michael moves his face closer to calums he meets him half way with a soft kiss they pull away blushing ‘happy birthday mikey’ calum whispers michael doesn't say anything he just kisses calum again harder this time sloppily making out ‘ou wan stay ere a whle’ mike slurs into calums mouth ‘yes peas’ cal replies. ‘has anyone seen michael its time to cut the cake’ mali replies with ‘i saw him and cal go into the cupboard about half hour ago’—

‘Why are you so happy calum you enjoy running that much’ mr gill asks smiling ‘not really sir i was just thinking about something’ he brushes sir off not wanting to talk about it ‘what you listening too’ his teammate ollie asks ‘shit’ calum thinks his team ,like most people, dont exactly like michael and they dont actually know how close he and mike are ‘oh um evanescence’ he decides not to lie ‘i didnt know you were ACTUALY into that emo shit’ another teammate bill sais ‘yeah thought it was a ploy to get girls’ ollie ads “how the FUCK does that work” calum thinks he just rolls his eyes and goes to get changed

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Thursday october 29th
‘Cal.. calum.. wake up’ luke whispers in the dark shaking cal slightly ‘luke? What time is it’ he rolls over to look at his alarm clock that he thinks reads 2am but theres something blocking his view ‘luke its 2am what is this’ calum yawns reaching out to the thing next to him ‘i expect this from mikey not you, bad luke’ his hand touches something soft and warm luke blushing at his friends words calum has decided that whatever is next to him isn't evil and is the softest thing hes ever felt so hes snuggled up to it petting it luke turning the lamp on for a bit of light holding back a laugh at the site in front of him ‘whaaat's funny lukeee’ calum groans into the cozy thing hes nearly underneath ‘nothing sugar’ the thing sais wrapping its self around calum ‘OH MY FUCKING GOD’ calum yells freaking out but michael pokes his head up calums hand still in his hair ‘im going to kill you clifford’ calum calmly states luke breaking down in laughter ‘not before i tell you why were here hood’ mike replies winking an arm snaking down to rest on calums hip rubbing lightly calum ,who still hasnt removed his hand from mikes hair, looks at luke with pleading eyes that say please remove this giant oaf from atop me but instead he turns around sits down on the floor and sais ‘you get 10 minutes and im using the ipod’ ‘LUKE, omg no, why the fuck are you here’ calum accepting his fate under mike asks the blonde who lies down next to the boyfriends

‘Well you see i was coming over to ponce off your homework and mike was already here’ luke states ‘mike was what’ calum askes mouth agape ‘i was already here cal-pal’ he plants a sloppy kiss to calums cheek calum wiping it with a disgusted face ‘you didnt know? Is this a common occurrence? should i ring the police?’ luke asks worried ‘nah luke its fine he does do this often its fucking anoying’ calum sais and rolls himself and michael off the bed landing on top of michael with a oof ‘i hate you hood’ michael tries to hide his smile failing ‘love you too clifford’ calum whispers kissing mike climbing back into bed like nothing happened michael lying paralised on the ground mind running ten to the dozen “omg omg omg calum kissed me fuck aaaaah the calum hood the guy ive been inlove with for like ever eeeeeek” hes got a dorky smile on his face when luke looks over at him ‘eeer mike? You okay dude?’ he snaps out of his daze getting back on the bed ‘yeah im fine it was just comfy on the floor i guess’

‘thanks for helping with my homework calum miss would have been pissed’ luke sais in the car on the way to school thankfully calums parents didn't ask too many questions and luke told his mum he was ‘getting up early and going to calums’ i don't think they realised quite how early he would be sneaking out with a bag full of stuff ‘oh calum can i bum a pen i didn't bring any of my stuff’ mike whispers to calum pulling down the sleeves of calums slightly too small spare blazer ‘mike you really didn't bring ANYTHING with you’ calum looks disappointed at his pale friend(?) who shakes his head calum hands him a pen ‘what would i do without you cal’ he beams hugging him sneakily kissing his cheek ‘i dunno mikey die i assume’ calum shakes his head with a smile.

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Friday october 30th
Michael was known to have a flair for the dramatic [ptv album released circa 2007] and a true love for mischief so it was no surprise when he told calum and luke he had to stay after school for detention ‘michael i hate you’ calum hit his head on the wall leaving it there, he and luke were forced to wait for him because luke and mike were staying over at cals all weekend, they all brought there stuff to school and dropped it in cals mums car this morning in preparation. ‘calum its only an hour go hang out with your form tutor or something’ mike laughs ‘i mean we could seen as your mum isnt coming just yet’ luke shrugs michael got reception to call calums mum to tell her the situation wich was actually good cuz she had some more work she needed to do ‘okay fine we’ll go comune with miss judd’ calum looks up to the sky ‘please god tell me shes already gone home or is making out with miss lambert and is nowhere to be found’ the three lads laugh mike walking into the class detention is being held in ‘Welcome michael i assume you know what you have to do’ mr haddington said mike nodded picking up a piece of lined paper and the school rules that he was to write down for this hour.

‘What do you think hes in for he didn't tell me’ luke asks walking to their form room ‘im assuming he mouthed off to his maths teacher again or like drew a dick on mr imries door and signed it’ calum laughs ‘you know something stupid and very michael’ it was truly shocking that they didn't know why mike got detention it was a whole spectacle in his class and he was sure luke and cal would know by the end of the day. yes it did go down in maths and yes, he did draw a dick on mr imries door when he was sent out but thats besides the point and hes not stupid enough to sign it.

michael clifford punched a kid in the face for calling calum and luke faggots. the kid nathan got suspended for a week and he thought that was totally unfair because mike punched him and he what only called two people a slur and apparently that was okay who knows hes an idiot mike thought — ‘Hey mike you doing anything tomorrow theres a party at marthas house that you should totez come to’ ollie asked mike while sir was going on about pithagarus and his theorem or something mike wasn't paying attention he was eating a sausage roll at the back of class ‘oh no im busy sorry,’ he swallows his bite ‘watching horror films with calum and luke but thanks for the invite’ he smiles turning back to the front ‘wait your friends with calum and luke’ nathan sneers mike nods seeing nothing wong with being friends with them ‘here i was thinking you were cool and your hanging out with those faggots’ nathan spits mike stops chewing and turns back to nathan swallowing thick ‘what did you say’ hes mad ‘calum and luke are total faggots what about it’ michael swiftly gets up walking over to nathan ‘michael sit down what are you doing-omg let him go…’ sir sais as michael takes the collar of nathans shirt into his hand draws his other fist back and punches him square in the face ‘they may be faggots but theyre MY faggots’ mike spits in nathans bloody face ‘...MICHAEL OUTSIDE NOW’ sir yells michael blowing nathan a kiss on his way out winking at ollie. deciding to go on a walk instead of waiting for a teacher to come get him—

‘Did you enjoy your talk with miss’ mike asks jumping down the stairs ‘she wern't in her room we just walked around a bit’ luke said with a smile ‘yeah we were wondering what you were in for, you never told us’ calum adds ‘oh i punched nathan, i thought you would have found out by now’ he shrugged like it was no biggie ‘fair enough he had it coming, asshole’ luke clapped mike on the back calum was less amused but he assumed mike had a good reason hes not violent unless he has to be ‘right wheres your lovely mum cal’ ‘tell her you drew a dick on mr imries door please’ calum knows his mum will flip her lid if she knew what mike really did ‘well i did that too’ he laughs