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#82: He's sweet around you but a dick around his friends (part two)

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Ashton: You groaned as you finished another one of the Ben and Jerry's your mother had bought you. It's been a day since you ended your friendship with Ashton, and he hasn't called nor texted you, at all. This made you hate him even more, your impression of him deteriorating as time passed. You've decided to just drown the hurt out with food and decided to do a lot of comfort eating these past two days, the food didn't help cure the broken heart but it numbed it down, even just a little bit. You tried to be strong though, and you were strong for only a second before you burst into tears once more. You loved Ashton so much, you loved him to bits and having him around was something new for you. You had to admit that what he did hurt and was a really dick move, he would choose to treat you like shit in front of his friends but whenever he was only around you, he was the selfless and kind person you fell for. You didn't understand it at all, was he ashamed of you? Or was there another reason why he just pushes you away whenever he has his friends around? You wanted so desperately to know, but you weren't gonna come crying for Ashton to take you back as his best friend. You weren't gonna do that after you severed your bond with the one guy who stuck with you through thick and thin for years now, you have decided to move on with your life, even if it meant that you had to let him go. You had to learn how to be strong without him, but it was extremely hard to do and you couldn't just forget about him. You rolled around your bed and buried your face into your pillow, wanting nothing to do but sleep to forget about him. But you still thought about him even in your dreams, which brought you to the conclusion that you could never escape the thoughts of him. Every single thing reminded you of him and you didn't like that, at all. You suddenly felt a hand on the back of your head, stroking your messy and unruly hair. You thought it was one of your siblings, but you realized that your siblings wouldn't be this loving towards you so you lifted your head to look at whoever was stroking your hair. You let out a gasp and immediately distanced yourself from the boy with the curly golden hair. His beautiful green eyes weren't as bright as they used to be, they were bloodshot and puffy, like he was crying. He also had huge black bags underneath his eyes and his hair was extremely messy, like he had just woken up. He looked like a wreck, but he was nothing compared to you. You were a total mess and he actually still looked good even if he was a wreck. "Ashton," His name escaped your lips and he quickly pulled you into an embrace. He buried his head into the crook of your neck, with his arms snaked around you tightly. "I missed you," His voice was raspy, as if he really had just woken up and it made your heart race. You found yourself hugging him back, rubbing his back with your hand as you took in his familiar scent with a small smile. You missed him dearly, and you were glad to have him back in your arms because you didn't know how much longer you would last without him. "I'm so sorry," He murmurs against you, before pulling away slightly to look into your eyes. "I've been such a dick to you, and you don't deserve that at all. I really am sorry, I was just afraid..." He trailed off, and your eyebrows met in confusion. "What are you so scared of?" He bit down on his bottom lip and shrugged, "I guess I was just afraid that you would want to befriend those boys. And I don't want them to befriend you, so I tried my best to push you away whenever they were around." You still didn't understand and so you asked him why he did that, and he just looked down. You noticed the faint streak of pink across his face when he answered, "I didn't want you to fall for any of them, and I didn't want any of them to get to know you and fall for you."

Michael: You continued to stab Michael's picture with the pen that he let you borrow the last time you tutored him. It's been almost a week since the day he used the nerd card as a cover-up, and you were still very much furious at him. You didn't understand why he would just hide you, the girl he likes, from his best friend and pretend that you were just a nerd who was helping him pass the subject he was failing in. He could have just told Luke the truth about the two of you, but instead, he chose to do a dick move. It didn't really hurt that much to be called a nerd by Michael, you were used to that nickname because you would admit that you were kind of one. The thing that stung the most was that he didn't tell Luke the truth, he hid the fact that you two were dating and that hurt you. You assumed that he was just ashamed to be with a nerd like you, because there wasn't any other explanation why he would hide your relationship like that. You needed him to explain himself, but he hasn't been replying to any of your messages or calls, which led you to believe that he only used you for his own advantages. He whispered sweet words in your ear and fed you lies, only to get his grades up in class, which made you tear up. You can't believe that he used you, the boy you liked and the boy you believed to be such a sweet and kind person. You should have just believed what everyone else said about him - he really was a selfish dick who would do anything to get what he wanted. You were blinded by infatuation once again, and you dropped Michael's picture onto the carpeted floor, your hands making their way to your eyes. The tears stung in your eyes, and as they streamed down your cheeks, you wiped them away furiously, wishing that Michael never came into your life and made you fall in love. He made you fall for him in such a short amount of time and you believed that he would be there to catch you. He was at first, but then he just dropped you like a hot potato and it hurt when you fell on your own like that. Your phone buzzed and you picked it up from your drawer, wiping the last of the stray tears away from your face. It was a text message from an unknown number, but it might have been something important so you decided to open the message. "Hey, can you please meet me at the park in 5 minutes? I need to tell you something - Luke" You didn't know what Luke was planning, but it seemed like it was an urgent plea or something similar, so you decided to just go ahead and meet Luke. You didn't trust him just yet so you decided to keep your guard up as you made your way to the park. You were expecting to see a certain blonde haired boy, but instead you were met with Michael, who was holding a guitar in one hand and a red rose in another. You raised an eyebrow at him, eyeing the rose in his hand and then fixed your gaze onto his pale face. He had an apologetic expression on his face and his eyes were really sad. He approached you and looked directly into your eyes, and you tried your best to hold yourself back as he was making it really hard to stay mad at him. "So, I'm sorry for being such a dick to you before. I should probably tell you why I lied to Luke about you," You took the rose from his hand with a small smile and looked up at him. "I was scared that he might not accept you, you're not like most of the girls I used to date before. You're so much different than they were, and I didn't know how Luke would take that and I was scared that he might judge you. I don't want him to judge you," he says, leaning to wrap his free arm around you. He rested his chin on top of your head and your ear was pressed against his warm chest. "I am in love with you, and I need to do this right." Once he pulled away, he began to strum on his guitar. He kept his gaze locked on you and he would occasionally look down at his guitar, checking to see if he was doing the right chords. "I'm gonna break down these walls, I built around myself," Michael's soft voice made you giggle, and you loved how he was singing your favorite All Time Low song to you. "I wanna fall so in love with you and no one else could ever mean half as much to me as you do now. Together we'll move on, just don't turn around..." You leaned in and Michael's eyes widened before you pressed your lips onto his. He pulled away after a while and his jade eyes were fixed on you with a smile. "Let the walls break down."