5SOS PREFERENCES ( DISCONTINUED )

#42: High School AU (Part three)

Ashton: "I can't believe we're graduating in a few weeks," you heard Ashton say and your lips curled into a smile. You just finished your finals, and all that's left were graduation exercises. You had so much fun tutoring Ashton for a few months, and now you couldn't believe how fast time just few by. It seemed only yesterday your teacher asked you to tutor Ashton for the weekend, and you ended up tutoring him every single weekend. Most of the time, you two would do anything but study, because you two would either be talking or fooling around, he was just too fun to be with and he's just so lame in every single way. He became your best friend, and your feelings for him eventually developed into something a whole lot more. It was only just an innocent crush at first, but then you fell deeper and deeper as time went by, and as you began to know him more and more, your feelings for him slowly bloomed into love. Of course, he didn't know that you fell in love with him and you wanted to keep it that way, because this is the first time you became best friends with a boy, and you wanted Ashton by your side until the end. You just didn't want to lose him and your friendship with him over your silly feelings. "Me neither, time just passes us by so quickly, huh?" you sighed, as you leaned into his chest. You felt his arm wrap around you, pulling you closer into his body and you rested your head on his chest, and to your surprise, you could actually feel his heart hammering against his chest. You decided to ignore it, choosing to believe that it was just from the running you guys did before arriving here ten minutes ago. But that was ten minutes ago though, why is his heart still racing like this? "Yeah, and if you remember, tomorrow is gonna be the anniversary of the day we met!" He was talking about the day your teacher introduced him to you as the boy you were supposed to tutor - both of you didn't know of each other's existence before that day, and you forgot you had to thank your teacher for pairing you two up like that. If it weren't for him, you never would have met Ashton and you never would have fallen for him, nor would you have had your very first guy friend ever. You made a mental note to thank him tomorrow when you bump into him, and you chuckled, "That's right, I remembered you struggling to figure out how to find the x in this certain equation," He made a face at you and you laughed harder, "But now you understand all of these things, and I couldn't be prouder of you Ash." Ashton called you up a few days ago telling you that he passed his finals with a significantly higher grade than the last midterms. And the reason why he managed to get his grades up is because of you, and you just couldn't help but feel proud of him. You felt like your hard work paid off when he wrapped his arms around you and told you that he passed all his exams - you felt like a proud momma that moment. You also secretly wished that he couldn't hear the loud pounding of you heart in your chest in that moment. "It's all thanks to you, Y/N," he says as he looks into your eyes once more. "Since we're graduating soon, I hope you don't forget about me, alright?" You tell him, poking his side as he giggled. He slung an arm around you and grinned, "Of course I won't forget you, Y/N. You're like the coolest person I've gotten to know and you helped me pass my finals, you're like my savior!" He laughed, pinching your cheek. "And you-" He withdrew his fingers from your cheek and his hand flew to his mouth, cutting himself off. You turned to look at him and you noticed his cheeks flushing, and you giggled asking, "Are you blushing? Aww, did I make you blush?" You poked his dimple but he didn't respond. You continued to poke it again and again until he grabbed your wrist, boring his eyes into yours. "What would you do if I said yes?" Your eyes widened at his sudden question and you found your cheeks heating up as well. "W-well, honestly speaking, if you do," you peered up at him and smiled. "I would be really happy because I sorta kinda like you a lot," Once those words leave your lips, his suddenly found yours and you were taken slightly aback by his sudden actions. You also found yourself kissing him back a second later, and you pulled away for a moment. "H-hey, you-" "I sorta kinda like you a lot too," he whispers before attaching his lips on yours once more.

Michael: You made your way through the crowd, squeezing through the people and groaning whenever you'd try to push past people who didn't even budge when you say, "Excuse me," You felt a hand wrap around your wrist and pull you away from the crowd. You looked up, and your eyes met familiar emerald colored ones. You gasped, but smiled when he pats your head with a grin, "Come with me, you'll be safe with me," His words made you feel safe, and you smiled at the ground, trying to hide your blush from his view. You noticed him leading you backstage, where the three other boys were now ready, guitars and drum sticks in hand. "Show time," Luke smiled when he saw the two of you and nudged Ashton. You followed their gaze and saw that they were eyeing your hand in Michael's, so you tried to pull away but he didn't let go of your hand. He turned to look at you and gave you a warm smile, "I want you to listen to the song we're gonna play alright?" Your lips curled into a smile and you nodded, and sighed when he let go out your hand. He grabbed his guitar and grinned at you, before they headed on stage. You took this as your cue to go out, and you pushed through all the people once more. You managed to push around enough people, and you were right in front of Michael. He smiled down on you and Luke grabbed the microphone from the stand. "Hello everyone! We're 5 Seconds of Summer," Luke gestured towards Calum, Michael and Ashton and grins, "My name's Luke!" A few girls squealed, making Luke smile. This caused the people to start gathering around the stage and you smiled. "I'm Calum!" Calum says as and smirks when girls began to squeal for him too. "My name's Michael," Michael grins and girls squealed for him too which made you frown slightly. "And I'm Ashton!" Ashton yells and girls began to bounce up and down. "Alright, this first song is dedicated to special girl. Y/N, I hope you like it!" Michael says as he winks at you. Calum started off the song, and Luke and Michael began to strum as well. "She sits at home with the lights out, seeing lights in different colors. I think it's time that we wake up, so let me take you away." Calum laughs and wiggled his eyebrows at you, and you laughed as well, listening to the lyrics intently. "We could run down the streets with stars in our eyes. We can tear down this town in the dark of the night. Just open the door, we got time on our side. We can make it out alive," they sang and you smiled. You've heard him hum this song a few times before, and you thought it was really great so you asked him to play it for you. "Hey, we're taking on the world. I'll take you where you wanna go. Pick you up if you fall to pieces, let me be the one to save you. Break the plans we had before, let's be unpredictable. Pick you up if you fall to pieces, let me be the one to save you." He didn't want to play it for you before because he says it wasn't finished yet, and you feel so happy now hearing him sing this with his band. Throughout the entire set, Michael kept glancing at you every now and then. Once they finished, Michael pulled you on stage and grabbed the mic. You were about to ask him what he was going to do, but he just smiled. "Everyone, this is Y/N. I just want you all to know that she's beautiful, she's absolutely flawless and I've been in love with her for years now," he turns to look at you. You could feel the blush creeping up your cheeks and you bit your lip. "I've been too scared to talk to her before, so I would just admire her from afar. And whenever she's near, I would chicken out and avoid her, because I didn't want her to think I'm lame or anything. I've only started talking to her recently, and she was everything I dreamed she would be. I don't know if she feels the same way about me, but I don't care. I want the world to see how much I love her," You turned to the audience and everyone 'aww-ed' at you and your lips curl into a huge smile. "Who says I didn't feel the same way about you, dumbass?" You laughed as you wrapped your arms around Michael. "I love you too, Michael." You heard the crowd whistle and cheer, making you smile. Even if they were there, you just felt as if you two were the only two people in the world, and that's what mattered the most.