18 ➳ lashton

「 n i n e t e e n 」

They met in their usual spot at Luke's table the following Monday and Ashton could not help but shyly smile. He saw Luke doing the same thing, but when their eyes met, they both blush. The brunette hates the fact that Ashton is making him feel this type of way. He hates it. At the same time, he likes it. This is still confusing to him.

Neither of them knew what to say since they are afraid to admit their feelings for one another. Hell, they don't have each other's numbers! Ashton realise that he does not have Luke's number.

"Uh, Luke?" he ask after the first time that period.

"Hm?" the brunette hum in response.

"I uh, well...do you happen to have a cell phone?"

The question made Luke quirk an eyebrow before he respond, "Uh yeah. It's kind of broken since I can't afford to fix it. Well, I can still text or call and do everything else."

"How?"

A flashback brought Luke back into the moment. He saw his father (who was on drugs) threw the phone against the wall and one of the creeps tried to step on it. They always managed to break anything when they are on drugs to take away the pain their bodies felt. That is why Luke's phone is cracked and is slow, so when he received any notifications they were usually an hour late.

"Carelessness." was all he said with a shrug.

Technically, Luke is not lying to Ashton because that is basically the rundown of it.

"Oh well...I was wondering if I could maybe...have your uh, phone number?" the dirty blonde blush as he nervously ask the teen.

The question made Luke pause in his seat because he worry that Ashton will think that he left him on read all the time by how slow his phone is.

"Oh uh...I have to give a fair warning. My phone is extremely slow, so it will be a while until I get your text or call. Which I don't understand why you want to talk to me outside of school."

"Luke," Ashton chuckles. "We literally went to the carnival together. Of course I want to talk to you outside of school. And I understand your phone situation, so I'll try to be patient with it."

A soft smile appear on the brunette's face as he looks at Ashton. They went to exchange numbers and Ashton felt like he succeed in life. This is the first boy that he gave his number to! To him, this is a huge milestone.

The fact that Luke actually went to do that blew his mind. Literally awhile ago, if Ashton asked Luke for his number, he would be getting shit. It is weird how people change over a certain amount of time; sometimes it's for the good, sometimes it's for the worse. He is proud that Luke is slowly coming out of his shell.

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Ashton sat there as he stare at his phone. His mind is telling him to make the first move and text Luke. At the same time, he is scared because he does not know how Luke will react or if he will ignore the text. He hates making the first move, but if he wants to go somewhere, he has to do it. Or maybe the brunette will surprise him and text him first.

There's no way.

At the same time, it is possible because Luke did say that his phone is slow.

Ashton bite his lower lip as he contemplate whether or not he should text Luke. He did not realise how hard it actually is.

"Are you waiting for anyone?" a voice ask him, which brought Ashton back to reality. He look up and see that it is pops.

"Uh, no."

Pops went to sit next to Ashton with a lovely smile on his face. "Are you sure? Wait, you never told us that anyone is coming over."

"No, I'm just nervous." Ashton admits to the man.

"About what?"

It is too late to back down now because pops wants to know details about what someone is talking about. He is very into drama and Ashton blames YouTube for that. He also does not know if he's ready to tell him about Luke because he does not want to jeopardise the relationship.

"You know the guy I went to the carnival with?"

"Yeah, Luke right?"

Ashton nods before he continues on. "Anyways, at school today... I asked for his number and we exchanged them. He did warn me that his phone is super slow and I want to make the first move... but I'm scared."

"Aw, my little bean." pops cooed as he place his hand over his heart. "I'm so proud that you want to make the first move! Just go and do it because you never know that Luke could be dying for you to text first. All I can say is do it. Who cares if he doesn't respond back, the least you did was made the first move."

A smile grew on Ashton's face as he felt a tiny boost of confidence grew. He's definitely going to do it.

"Thanks pops."

"You're welcome, kiddo." the man smiles and stand up to leave his son alone.

Ashton went to the contact list and saw Luke's number in it. At first he was hesitant, but went ahead to do it.

To: Luke
From: Ashton

Hi Luke, it's Ashton :)

He hit send and all he does is wait.

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The fact I'm going to be 17 next month...wow. AND WHOS READY FOR THE NEW ALBUM???!!!!

Oh! I'm going to see Troye in concert in October!!! I am so excited because I love that smol bean since 2016 and now I'm going to see him in concert with my cousin is amazing!!!

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