is it too late for a christmas one shot? no, no it's not
please vote and comment on this it makes me sad when no one does
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"Alright, Mike. It's your turn." Michael smiled as Calum handed him the snapback full of pieces of paper with his friends' names on them. He was only the second person to pick so there were still a lot of options. He shook them up obnoxiously, earning a loud "hurry up" from one of his friends across the room.
He laughed and picked a slip of paper and unfolded it. His cheeks felt hot and he hoped they didn't look pink as he read his crush's messy handwriting
Luke
Michael refrained from looking up at anyone so no one would think he got them. He put the piece of paper in his front pocket and watched one of his friends pick a name for himself.
A couple turns later and it was Luke's turn. He was the last person to pick so he jokingly shook the hat and picked the last piece of paper.
Michael couldn't tell who he got by the look on Luke's face. He seemed to do the same thing Michael did by putting it in his pocket so no one could see. The boy had an unreadable look on his face as he gave Calum his hat back.
"Alright guys, we're doing the gifts on the 23rd, so have them by then or you suck." Calum said.
About a week later, it was the 20th and Michael still hadn't gotten anything for Luke. He didn't know what to get the boy. He wanted to get him something that meant a lot to the both of them but Michael was drawing a blank.
It was his second time walking through the mall and trying to find something Luke might like. He went by Journeys and walked in to look at what they had.
Michael knew the boy only wore plain black vans but maybe a change would be nice. He saw the shelf full of slip on vans and went over to the black and white checkered ones.
He quickly texted Luke's mom to get his shoe size and bought the pair immediately.
When he got back to his car he went on his phone and scrolled through all his social media before he started his drive back home.
He went through his Instagram stories and swiped to Luke's, who posted three pictures of Harry Styles's new album with songs playing with them. Michael was about to keep scrolling when he got an idea. He wasn't sure if it was completely stupid or the best idea he's ever had.
When he got home, Michael had a long talk with his parents about how he was going to pay for what he wanted, and they decided Michael would pay for half and his parents would pay the other. After hugging his parents for being the best people ever, Michael ran up to his room and got on his computer.
He bought the gift and printed what he needed and put it in an envelope. He wrote Luke's name on the front and decided to put it in the shoe box underneath the vans and tissue paper.
Three days later, the group of boys stared their secret santa with Calum giving a boy named Josh a t-shirt of a band he started listening to, and Calum getting a soccer jersey from Ashton.
It was Michael's turn to get his gift and he was surprised when Luke stood up and came to him with a bag full of tissue paper.
"Wow, m'surprised you kept that from me." Michael teased and Luke laughed and gave him the bag.
He smiled as Luke sat down next to him and began taking the paper out of the bag to see a frame.
Michael was beaming when he saw it was a collage frame with pictures of him and Luke from when they were young to now.
"This is so cute, Lu. Thank you." Michael said sincerely, looking at the boy with pink cheeks.
"I thought you could take it to college next year or something. So you won't get homesick or whatever." Michael laughed and gave him a hug before reaching to the ground and getting his box.
He handed Luke the wrapped gift, "Funny coincidence." The blue eyed boy laughed and took the box and took the wrapping paper off.
"Mike," He pulled out one of the checkered shoes, "Th-Thank you."
"Woah, Mike. Why couldn't you be my secret santa?" Calum asked jokingly.
Ashton scoffed, "Hey!"
Michael scratched the side of his face awkwardly. "If you don't like them you can return them for ones you like."
Luke shook his head, "No, I love them. But, there was a $20 limit."
The older boy just smiled and said, "Merry Christmas."
Luke put the box down and tightly hugged Michael. "Thank you, Mike. I really do love them."
Michael smiled, "I'm glad."
He took the box and put it behind the couch he was sitting on. He decided the second part to Luke's gift would be better shown in private.
After the gift exchange was over, boys turned on a movie and most of them had fallen asleep. Michael got Luke's attention and asked him to come to Calum's bedroom with him.
Confused, Luke went with him and Michael grabbed the shoe box. They sat down on the bed and Michael gave him the box.
"There's a second part to your gift, and I wanted you to see it without the rest by us." Michael explained.
Luke was still confused as he reopened the box. Michael motioned for him to keep going through it so he took the shoes out along with the tissue paper and was surprised to see an envelope.
He looked at Michael, who just had a smile on his pale face. Luke opened it and unfolded the papers that were in it.
It only took two seconds of reading the paper for Luke to start to break down and look at Michael.
"Wh-What? M-Michael—" He started to cry and reread the paper.
Michael jokingly asked, "Do you like—"
"I can't—"
"Yes, you can." Michael interrupted.
Luke shook his head, "No, this is too much, Michael. Way too much."
"You can and you will."
Luke wipes his eyes and shook his head. Michael brought the boy into his arms and gave him a comforting hug. He rubbed Luke's back as the boy started to cry into his shoulder.
He could hear Luke sniffle and mumble into his shirt. "You got me Harry Styles tickets."
More tears came out when Luke said it out loud. He'd never received a gift like that, especially from a friend. Luke felt the hand that was holding the papers shake as his mind processed the last minute.
Michael bought him tickets to see his favorite artist in concert. For a secret santa. That had a $20 spending limit.
Michael pulled him away and gave Luke a small smile when he saw how distraught the younger boy looked. He took the paper from him and replaced it with his own hand.
"Why-Why would you...Why would you d-do that?" Luke coughed and tried to stop crying when he felt Michael squeeze his hand.
Michael didn't really know how to answer him. Why did he spend hundreds of dollars for a little secret santa party?
"I don't know, I just—I really care about you, and I wanted you to have a good Christmas."
Luke let out a laugh/cry at his words. "I'm gonna have the best Christmas for the next five years."
Michael smiled, "I'm glad you like it."
Luke shook his head, "I love it. And I'm going to teach you all of his songs so you're ready when we go."
"I'm going?"
Luke looked at Michael like he was an idiot. "Yes, stupid! I'm not bringing Calum!"
Michael laughed, "I didn't want to make any assumptions!"
Luke giggled and looked at the tickets and the shoes, "Thank you so much, Mike."
The younger boy went to hug him again and Michael was feeling bold. As he came closer, he kissed Luke's cheek and wrapped his arms around his waist.
Luke felt his face get red hot and pulled away from the boy and pressed their lips together in a short kiss. They looked at each other with wide eyes and bright smiles before leaning back in and kissing again.
They had to break apart again because they both couldn't help their smiles, but neither of them cared.
Michael looked into Luke's bright blue eyes and kept his big smile. "Merry Christmas, Lu."
Luke kissed his red lips and wrapped his arms around the boy, "Merry Christmas, Mikey."
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it's never too late for christmas muke
tell me what you thought of it and maybe ideas for some soulmate au's??