#confidnet

like ok is michael having a really shitty day like really shitty and he's like snapping at everyone and his temper is just terrible. he's super moody, he wants to be left alone the whole day and when calum tries to comfort him, michael just snaps again and tells him to fuck off because he wants to be alone and his tone actually makes calum wince so he says sorry and walks out of the room and michael is instantly regretting how harsh he was but he just feels so angry and he really doesn't have a reason to be he just is.

he's spent the rest of the night tossing and turning in his bed with his phone in his hand and he's just staring at the screen ─staring at a picture of him and calum─ and he wants to scream and he wants to just crawl out of his skin and be a god damn skeleton because its better than feeling this guilt but before he could even start planning on how to become a skeleton in less than 4 minutes he gets a text and it's from calum and the only thing it says is:

michael? 

and michael's heart is fucking stopping because calum ─his calum─ was looking for him when he should be the one to be looking for calum because of how rude and mean he was to him and he swears he's almost crying but he wipes his eyes with the back of his hand and gets up from the bed, takes a deep breath and storms out of his room and goes straight calum's and when he opens the door he sees calum with all the covers on top of him covering him and all you could see was the form of his body, his head hanging low, and a bright light coming from inside the covers which he guesses is from his phone.

calum hasn't got a clue that michael is there because michael was just so quiet and was just standing there in the doorway looking at calum and when he finally gets the courage to walk over to him and say sorry he hears calum say from inside the covers: 

"you promised you'd always answer back"

and you see it was their thing. whenever they wanted each other's attention one of them would text the other with just their names ─much like how calum did earlier─ and the other would reply back with their name. it was just how they let the other know  they wanted to cuddle or they wanted to talk or they just simply wanted other's company.

and he fucking swears his heart just shatters it fucking breaks in a million pieces because he knows he caused this he knows he made calum think that he wouldn't answer back this time and he just wants calum to know that he would never leave him.

so he fast walks over to calum's bed and tears the covers off of him revealing calum's glossy eyes and tear stained cheeks and red puffy nose and now he's sure that his heart is broken. 

the first thing he thinks of is to envelop calum in a tight hug that is returned just as tightly. calum's face is hidden in michael's chest and michael's chin is resting on calum's mess of dark hair. 

michael is the first to speak he's saying a million i'm sorry's and a million i love you's and about a trillion 'i'm always answering back' and at that calum is fast to sit up and look straight into michael's eyes that are just on the brink of pouring tears because he can't stand to see calum sad and it's even worse when he's the reason calum is sad in the first place.

there's a moment when the silence gets a bit too much because michael doesn't know what calum's thinking right now and he knows how deep in his mind he can get so he just cups the sides of his face and kisses his forehead and asks him what he's thinking but calum only replies with "you promise?" and michael is confused because what is he supposed to promise? that he loves him? calum knows that. that he's the most important thing to him? calum also knows that.

so he furrows his eyebrows and says "promise what?" and now calum has a hint of red in his cheeks and he's looking everywhere but michael's eyes. "you promise you'll always answer back?" and michael wants to laugh because out of everything that calum knows michael would do he wants to be sure that he's going to answer to his text. of course calum would worry about this. 

so he laughs. he laughs and throws his head back and makes calum scoff. "way to ruin the moment clifford" michael doesn't stop laughing until he feels calum shrug away from michae's arms. "hey no i'm sorry i laughed really i am" "then fucking promise you're always going to answer back" michael just has to smile fondly. he's got literal heart eyes right now. "yes calum, i promise, i promise i promise" and those three 'i promise' seem to do the trick because now calum's laying on the bed and patting the space next to him inviting michael to cuddle him and michael does because it's his most favourite thing to do. besides banding and playing for thousands. 

when time passes he feels how soft calum has gotten so he knows he's asleep. that's when he retrieves his phone from his pocket and opens up his contacts and clicks on calum. he smiles as he sends the message.

calum?

he instantly hears the faint vibration on the bed and so does calum because he's stirring in his sleep and opening his eyes to check his phone. when calum sees the message he chuckles and so does michael and before long michael also receives a text. he opens the message and smiles. 

michael? 

and michael may be a tough guy to deal with but there's no one else in the world that can break him into soft little cotton ball pieces like calum can and for that he's grateful because he wouldn't have it any other way. 

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