5SOS Preferences

You Find Out He Likes You From One Of His Band Members

Ashton: milkshake dripped from your nose embarrassingly as you laughed at something Calum said. He grinned. "Ashton would've found that hilarious." You were glad Ashton hadn't seen that. He would never have let you live it down.
"Ashton would have taunted me for weeks if he had seen that." You said.
"Yeah, 'cause it would give him an excuse to talk to you more."
Calum's eyes automatically widened, like he had said something he hadn't meant to.
"Wait, what was that? What do you mean?"
"Oh- uh- nothing. I just meant he'd be able to make fun of you more which is funny..." He stammered, his face turning bright red. He sighed deeply. He knew this was a train wreck.
"Cal, just tell me."
"He, uh, likes you."
"He what?"
"Please don't tell him! He made me swear not to tell you. If he finds out I'm dead."
"I won't tell him, Cal."
Calum smiled gratefully, but you didn't really know what to do next.
"He... He likes me?" You half whispered.
Calum nodded, "yeah, [Y/N], he likes you."

Calum: everyone sung happy birthday as they brought you your cake. The smiling faces of all the people you loved were around you, except one. Calum. He had gotten a pretty bad cold yesterday which, if he wasn't going on tour again in two weeks, he would've ignored and risked infecting everyone to come to your party. But, unfortunately, he was, so he thought it would be safer to stay in bed. He had sent your present with Luke though.
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When everyone but a few had gone home, it was finally time to open your presents.
"Oh my god." You whispered, staring at the plush rabbit in your hands. You couldn't believe he had remembered.
"What?" Luke asked from next to you.
"This... I told him about it years ago. It's exactly the same as the one my grandma gave me on my first birthday. I lost it when I was little but it was my favourite toy. I just showed him a picture of one, it must've taken him ages to actually find one to buy. I can't believe he remembered this."
"Why? He remembers everything you ever say." Luke's cheeks filled with colour instantly, as if he had said something wrong.
"What do you mean?"
"He... He's just a really good listener."
"Luke..." He sighed in defeat.
"He likes you, okay?"

Luke: you used all of your strength to roll Michael off of you and onto the other side of the bed. He groaned but still didn't open his eyes. He had fallen asleep on you while you guys were watching a film and now he was hogging all of your quilt.
"Michael!" You complained, tugging at the covers. He barely even moved, so you jabbed him aggressively in the ribs. "Ow!" He squealed, releasing your quilt for long enough that you could yank some away from him.
He finally moved, but unfortunately it was to torture you some more. He dropped himself back on top of you, and you groaned in discomfort. He laughed as you failed at pushing him away, and eventually you gave up.
"Hey [Y/N] do you..." Luke began, trailing of as he saw the two of you. You waited for him to continue, but he didn't. He just shook his head and left the room quickly.
"What the hell was that?" You asked Mike.
"God he's so obsessed with you."
"Wait, what?"
"Oh god I said that out loud. Pretend I didn't say that! Shit. Balls. Fuck."
"Michael what the fuck?"
"He likes you, but don't you dare tell you him that I said anything. Shit."

Michael: you rolled your eyes as Ashton and Calum continued their debate about whether Michael had let you win your game of Fifa earlier on. They didn't trust that you were just awesome at it. You had offered to play them a few times just to prove that you could beat them, but neither one of them wanted to risk losing their dignity.
"But Michael is the best though! He must've let you win. There's no way you could've beat him."
"Like I've said, Ash, I'm just good at it."
"He'll have done it to make you feel good. You know what he's like, always trying to make the girl he's in love with happy."
Ashton's eyes grew wide instantly and Calum backhanded him across the chest.
"Ashton!" He hissed. Ash was shaking his head quickly. "No no no I didn't say that." He mumbled. What the hell had he meant?
"Uh, Ash? Can you explain that for me..?"
Ashton turned to Calum, who shrugged at him. "You may as well tell her now mate."
Ashton sighed. "Michael kind of loves you. He has for a while. We weren't supposed to tell you but... Well it just slipped out."
You weren't sure whether to believe him. You wanted to but... It was just a lot to take in. Could Michael really like you?