5 Seconds of Summer Preferences

How You Meet

Hi everyone! Before I start I just want to say that this is something that I never thought I'd do. I retired from writing fanfiction since I was like 13 but this was sitting in my drafts for 8 years (I kid you not) and it was lowkey annoying me 💀

Please keep in mind that my writing has matured a lot since this. Also, any authors notes (aside from this one) were written by 12 year old me so there might be some cringey statements. You have been warned.

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Ashton: It was a busy Saturday afternoon at the mall. You were there alone because all of your friends bailed on you at the last minute. You had been shopping for hours and your feet were begging for a rest so you decided to go to the food court. You ordered a slice of your favourite pizza and a bottle of water. When you got your food you sat at an empty table and began to eat. You heard a group of loud, teenage boys enter the food court but you paid no attention to them. After a while it felt as if someone was staring at you. You looked up only to be hit with the piercing gaze of one of the boys. He was very handsome. He had shaggy brown hair and hazel eyes. You blushed and looked away when you made eye contact. You heard low murmuring and then the scraping of a chair. Footsteps made their way over to you but you focused solely on the slice of pizza in front of you. "Hey there." he said, taking a seat across from you. You mumbled a shy "Hi." in return. "I'm Ashton. What's your name, sweetheart?" he asked, an air of confidence around him. You were the exact opposite, especially when it came to guys. "Y/N." You replied back shyly. At this point you still hadn't looked up. You felt long fingers wrap around your chin and tilt your head up. "What a beautiful name, for a beautiful girl." he replied. You giggled at that. "Ooh, smooth." you said with a playful wink. A large grin made its way onto his features at this. You found yourself being mesmerized by the deep indents in his cheeks. His dimples were so adorable! "I have a feeling that you and I will be great friends, Y/N." he said, a slight smirk on his face. You returned his smirk. Little did you know, he planned on being a lot more that just "great friends".

Michael: You walked down the aisle of the music store, your fingers skimming across the rows and rows of albums. You had been here for almost an hour now, trying to find a specific one. Your y/e/c eyes lit up when you found what you had been looking for. You were just about to pick it up when another hand shot out from the other side of the shelf and grasped the same album. You immediately let go. The person took up the album and your heard their retreating footsteps. "How rude." you huffed. You turned to go and find the person to give them a piece of your mind when you came face to face with a boy. He was very good looking and appeared to be around the same age as you. "Looking for this?" he held up Blink-182's self-titled album. "Blink-182. I never knew that a girl could have such great taste in music." he said, an impressed looked on his face. "That's very sexist." you spat at him. How dare he? You made a move to walk away but he grabbed your arm. "I was just kidding." he said, rolling his eyes as if you were supposed to know that. "My name's Michael but you can call me Mikey." You detected an Australian accent in his words and couldn't fight the small smile from making its way onto your face. "I'm Y/N" You replied. " Well Y/N, I believe this album is yours." You looked down at the album that he placed in your hands. "No it's alright, I can get anoth-" you stopped talking when you realized that he had already left. You were a little disappointed but you shook it off. You opened the album case and saw a small piece of paper fall out. Confused, you picked up the hastily folded white square and opened it. 'Call me sometime~ Mikey ;) xx' Under those words was his phone number. You smiled to yourself and pushed the paper into your back pocket. You were definitely going to call him.

Calum: Exhaling loudly, you faced the next customer in line. You had spent the whole morning working at your new job in a cafe downtown. You shouldn't be complaining though, you got paid well enough. At this rate you'd get to buy the used car you wanted. You made the man's order and gave him his coffee. When you did, you realized that he was the last customer in line at the moment. You sighed in relief and sat down to take a breather. You didn't even look up when the chinming of bells that signalled the entrance of a new customer sounded. "U'm, excuse me miss? I'd like to order." You looked up to the smiling face of an adorable

Luke: Your best friend was working in the ticket booth at the local zoo and since you had nothing better to do you decided to spend the day there. "So what kinds of animals do you guys have here?" You asked her. She was on her break, texting someone on her phone. "Umm, pandas, lions, penguins-" "Wait, did you say penguins?" You squealed excitedly. You quickly ran off, searching for them. "Goodbye to you too!" she yelled at your retreating figure. After running around for a while you finally found the penguins. They were so cute! You watched them for ages until you noticed a group of four boys. They were all wearing ripped t-shirts and jeans, as if they were trying to be punk. The tallest boy, who was blonde, was watching the penguins with a huge smile on his face. It was so adorable. His mates stood with him half paying attention, half not. They were all insanely attractive. When the blonde one noticed you staring, you looked away quickly. You heard the four boys talking and tried to listen in on their conversation. "Go over there! She won't bite!" one said loudly. You didn't think it was you so you kept your head down. A few seconds later someone bumped into you. You turned, only to be faced with a hard chest. "Oh sorry." you said quickly. "Don't be, it was my fault." The blonde boy said. You blushed, looking at the ground. "Oh uh. I'm Luke and you are?" He asked nervously. You looked up at his gorgeous face. "Y/N. It's nice to meet you." you said sweetly. "You too. Are you a penguin lover?" He asked turning to look at the penguins waddling around the ice. "Yeah, they are my favourite animal." you said happily. "Me too. We're a match made in heaven." He joked. Before you could say anything he continued. "I know this is forward, but I think you're really beautiful and I was wondering if you'd like to go to lunch with me or something?" He asked, scratching the back of his neck. You smiled even more. "I'd love to."