18 ➳ lashton

「 f o u r t e e n 」

Ashton is sceptical about Luke's behaviour the other day. He liked how the brunette asked about his day and it was something he wanted to hear from him for awhile now. But he wasn't sure because he knew that Luke wouldn't care, he couldn't take advantage of it.

He want to ask pops about Luke, but he is afraid that he wouldn't approve of the boy even though they aren't dating. Pops isn't a huge fan of tattoos and piercings, so he would not be a fan of Luke—but who knows?

He would go to pops for anything, but not about Luke. Ashton felt like he always asked people for advice about the blonde and he is tired of it. It's about time that he put it into his own hands and march up to him.

Which is exactly what he is doing at lunch today.

He head straight to the table where the blonde sits at. "Hello Luke."

"Um..hi."

The blonde sounds like he's in a better mood, but he can't be too certain about that.

"How are you?"

"Doing great...I guess."

Ashton couldn't believe that Luke is talking to him, sure he's bewildered about the whole things. He ponders if Luke is having a good day.

"Are you having a good day?"

"What kind of question is that?" Luke ask with a quirk of an eyebrow.

"I don't know! I'm trying to keep the conversation going." Ashton chuckles. For a split second he saw a tiny smile tug on the brunette's lips before it slips away. He was going to mention the smile, but he doesn't say anything.

It was a nice thought that Luke would someday smile at something; knowing that something made Luke happy to the point that he express his emotion. To Ashton, it is a lovely thought.

He hopes that Luke will smile with his lover and realise that everything is at ease and he is no longer suffering from whatever he was dealing with. Ashton will not be at ease until he sees the brunette truly smile, even though he might not be the reason. That is one of his goal—to see Luke smile.

The dirty blonde thought it is cheesy, but it is true. No one deserve to suffer as everyone should be happy, but he understand that his opinion is far fetched from reality.

He turn his attention back to the brunette sitting in front of him. Ashton knows that Luke is a lot of work because he has to go through a lot of layers to get to see the real him. He can tell that the brunette built a plethora of brick walls to keep his vulnerability at sake and he could been through a lot.

He watch as Luke look everywhere except at Ashton because he doesn't like it when people stare at him for long periods of time. The dirty blonde look away from him for a little bit before doing it again, this time, taking a closer look at him.

Luke's brown hair is pulled up in a quiff as it is covered by a grey beanie. His blue eyes that resemble the ocean and can be seen from far away and his lips has the usual black lip ring. Ashton move his eyes to his left arm where there lay several tattoos that would paint Luke's story.

The teen admits that Luke can be a good person if he can slowly open him up.

He look over at his old group of friends that sit not far from him and frowns a little. Calum was the one that introduced him to his two friends and showed him around. He thought that they would be best friends, but that was when he met Luke. Ashton did not want to be around anyone that spreads rumours about someone. He didn't talk to Michael at all during the days when he sat with them. He only introduced himself to Ashton and that's it. Phoebe on the other hand, she is the genuine one out of all. They still talk and he consider her as his friend.

Ashton shake the thoughts out of his mind and look back at Luke.

"Is there anything wrong?" Luke ask, which surprised the dirty blonde because he does not care about anyone's feelings.

"Oh uh...no. Everything is good, I'm trying to think of something to talk about because you are hard to communicate."

"Ha. Thanks."

"I mean, I want to get you interested in talking about what you like." Ashton respond.

"Alright," the brunette groan.

"Um, are you interested in music?"

"Okay. Yes I am, who isn't?"

The dirty blonde nod as he agrees with him.

To Luke, music has always been by his side when everything went wrong. It was always there for him when he needed someone the most, all those empty nights was better with music blasting through his earbuds. His home life isn't the best, and he never want his soulmate or children to experience what he went through.

The brunette look at the dirty blonde who is sitting in front of him. For a moment, he thought that Ashton wasn't all that bad. For awhile he would dread seeing the dirty blonde, but now, he doesn't know.

He doesn't know what is going on, and it is kind of freaking him out. All these new feeling that he experienced because of Ashton is beyond crazy. But he think that his mind is not taking it lightly and is making everything weird.

He want to continue to not feel anything and be alone from society. And Ashton saying that he wants to help him is extremely weird for Luke to comprehend. He believes that he is wasting his time because he can't be fixed.

Luke was going to say something before the bell interrupt him. Ashton said goodbye and walk out of the canteen, leaving the brunette standing there before leaving.