Brotherly Love// Mashton

Michael was alone in his bedroom. He laid on his bed wearing khaki pants and a button-down shirt with coyotes on it. His messy hair fell so perfectly on his head. He wore his converse, the worn out American flag print skating shoes he'd chose to wear at rather than the plain dress shoes his mother had suggested he wear. His mom was out at dinner with this guy. It's been like that ever since her and his dad, Daryl split up. Every Friday night they would meet up, go out and come back at around 1:00am, except tonight she said they'd be back at 9. How'd he end up here? He remembers the conversation going like this. ~ "Michael Sweetheart, now don't go out because Stewart and I will be back at 9 and we are expecting to talk to you when we get here." Karen, Michaels mom begged. Michael rolled a sigh out and groaned "Do I have to?" His eyebrows furrowed as he let out a huff. "Stewart gives me the creeps" He reminded her giving her a pleading Look. "Michael, we aren't going to discuss this now." She grabs her keys, adjust her dress as she gives herself one last glance in the mirror and heads towards the door. She stops "Oh and Michael-" Michael Looks up with a concerned look, as if she couldn't say anything to make this moment worse than it already was. "Dress to impress, Stewart isn't the only guess we're expecting." With that she's out the door. Michael is left alone to take it all in. The last thing he wanted was to meet someone that Stewart knew let alone Stewart himself. With time to kill, seeing as how it was only 5 and they weren't due back until 9, Michael popped some pizza rolls into the microwave and plopped onto the couch to play some Call of duty. The day would clearly be a long one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After what had only seen like an hour of extreme ass kicking, Michael looked at the clock on the wall and nearly had a heart attack when it read 8:00pm He jumped off of the couch nearly taking his PlayStation with him and rushed up the stairs. How would he get ready with only an hour? Fuck. s**t. f**k. Michael thought to himself. He tore off his boxers and got into the shower. He lathered the smooth body wash all over his body, not missing a spot. Letting the water trickle out the hose he rinsed his body and ran his hands through his hair. The water felt so good running down his back. Turning the faucet Michael grabbed his towel from the above hanging rack and wrapped it around his lower body. After drying off he looked around for and outfit. Spotted. The perfect outfit, the shirt seemed laid back, casual and the pants seemed formal and professional. Finally, successfully Getting dressed, couldn't decide what shoes to wear. His mom has left him a note to wear a new pair she had bought him, but Michael couldn't bring himself to put them on. Desperately searching his room for the right shoes his eyes stopped on his favorite pair of shoes. Converse. He put them on and collapsed on his bed. It was exactly 8:59. He sighed In all but 3 minutes he heard a car pull into the drive way. He peaked out the window. It was Karen's car. He sat up in a hastened pace. Great, they're here... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Michael would you come down stairs?" Karen yelled up to Michael who had not yet come to greet the guest. Michael surrendered to his mothers beckoning call and hustled down stairs making his way to the dining room where his mothers voice lead him. He greets his mom half heartedly. Michael spots Stewart. Ok ew, but where's this other guest. Maybe they realized this was total sh- "I'm made my way to the bathroom Okay." A mysterious Voice interrupts Michaels thoughts Abort mission! Abort Mission! Michael screams to himself, but it's too late. The Mysterious voice belongs to a body. The body sits across from Michael at the table. The body is looking through its phone. Fuck It Michael looks up. The body. The body belongs to a boy. Michael Just observes. "Here I'll play some music." The body offers, standing up and walking to the stereo system. "Ashton don't be rude, introduce yourself to Michael." Stewart tells The body- Ashton. He continues to fiddle with the audio equipment. Finally connecting his phone to the aux cord and putting on a song. Somebody Else by The 1975. "I'm Ashton" He says extending his arm for a hand shake. "Michael." Michael says, ignoring the gesture and looking away. Ashton sat down disregarding how rude Michael was. Karen and Stewart joined them both at the table. They smiled politely and Stewart placed his hand on top hers. "So the reason both of you are here tonight is because we have some rather big news" They looked at each other and then to the boys. "We are engaged!" Michael angrily shifted in his chair. "What?!" He clenched his fist so tight that his knuckles were turning white, well more pale than he already was. "Yeah!" Stewart over enthusiastically stated smiling. " You two are going to be step brothers!" Michael looked at Ashton and then back at his mom. "I object!" Ashton folds his arms and chuckles leaning back against his chair. Flipping his hair . The older boy didn't mind having a brother. He actually was looking forward to having some company. He was so used to being alone with his uncle Stewart out of the house all of the time, having Michael there would give him some entertainment. "So how's this going to work?" Michael settled after being so against it. "Well Since You and your mother live in the bigger house. Ashton and I will come live here. Ashton will transfer to your Highschool and he'll sleep in the extra room." Stewart explained Michael frowned. "But for tonight, he'll sleep in your room" Karen added "That's all" Michael made eye contact with Ashton and stood up. Ashton stood. Gathered his things and followed behind him as he stomped away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael sat awkwardly on the bed across from his soon to be big brother in his desk chair. "You can shower in my bathroom." He Pointed to the door opposite his Closet. "Thanks" Ashton smiled. Michael tossed him a towel. He went into the bathroom and shortly after Michael heard the shower turn on and relaxed on the bed. He pulled out his phone and shot a text to his best friend. Michael: So... my moms getting married. Luke: To Stewart?? Michael: Yep :-( Luke: Look on the bright side, at least he doesn't have some weird kid. No siblings for you. Jack and Ben ... don't get me started. Michael: ... Luke: Oh no *facepalms* don't tell me ... Michael: His name is Ashton. You'll see him tomorrow he's coming to our school. Luke: Oof. I got to go :/ See Ya tmm buddy. Michael: Later Michael locked his phone and as if in cue Ashton burst through the door only wearing a towel. The younger of the two hadn't even heard the shower stop. He sat up abruptly. A dripping wet Ashton makes his way to the bottom bunk. "Hey Mikey, got any boxers I guess I forgot to pack mine" He asks rubbing his neck reaching his arm behind his head. "What the f**k did you just call me?" Michael asks sharply The rather muscular and toned boy looks up "Mikey.." He raises an eyebrow "You know a shorter way t-" "Yea I know what Mikey is short for, just DON'T call me that." Michael looked down at Ashton and tossed him the boxers. "Sure." Ashton shrugged and Dropped his towel. His full body was now visible to a flushed Michael. "W-what are you doing" Michael managed to ask with his now dry mouth. "Getting dressed" the hazel eyed boy with honey colored hair smirks. "Here?" Michael ask in a shocked voice "Yeah.. we're brothers now, what's the big deal" Ashton batted his eyelashes. "So come down here and help your big brother out" He smiled almost innocently. Michael thought this was all wrong. "With what? Listen ash-" Ashton cuts him off, "Well Can you help me find my pajamas they're in my suitcase" He motions to his luggage The younger boy sighs, relieved not looking Ashton in the eye. "Yeah, sure" climbing down the ladder, Michael joined his newest family member on the ground . Michael got on his knees. Then after putting on the other boys boxers Ashton joined him. "I think this is going to be fun, having a brother I mean." "Yea? Well I'm not so Jazzed about it." Michael sighed "I might just kill myself before the actual wedding." The cheeky boy smiled "Well then, I'll settle for a ghost. Michael Laughed "I'm serious" Ashton slapped the back of Michaels head. "I like you so don't take this away from me." They found his pajamas and He slipped them on. "I call top bunk" Michael Screamed slipping off his clothes and climbing into bed. "Ok, it's cool" Ashton said. He'd agree to pretty much anything if it meant keeping his little brother happy. Ashton hit the lights and Got into bed, "Goodnight Brother" He said "Goodnight." Michael whispered ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Alarm screeched. Ashton's Eyes popped open. "Ugh!" The younger boy grunted, "turn that demon box off!" He rolled over and then put the pillow over his ears. To his surprise it stopped. He looked down to see Ashton groggily rubbing his eyes and Standing up. Damn it, I thought that was a weird dream. Michael thought to himself. "I am gonna shower first," the messy Lilac hair boy said. "Don't even bother disagreeing with me because it's my bathr-" Michael was Cut off "SHUT. UP." Shockingly the older boy proclaimed, Michael was surprised that this was the same friendly boy he had met the night before. "Huh?" Michael spoke with a puzzled look. "Just shower, please..." Ashton Begged Michael didn't bother responding he just gathered his things and went into the bathroom. While he showered Ashton Picked out his clothes. He wasn't nervous, with his charismatic nature he easily made friends and was very outgoing, the opposite of Michael. He grabbed His Black skinny jeans and Guns N' Roses Muscle Tee and laid them out on the bed. He decided to shower in the the other bathroom so he and Michael could leave at the same time. Michael finished Showering and chose his clothes. A Pokémon muscle Tee and and pair of Black skinny jeans and socks with pizza printed on them they matched his backpack. Michael was getting dressed only wearing socks and a Tee shirt, when Ashton burst through the door. "Hey!" Michael covered his body shielding himself from Ashton. "Sorry my clothes are in here" Ashton stared at Michael for a bit and resumed to fetch his clothes. He sat on the bed across from Michael also getting dressed. ~ "Are you ready?" Michael Sighed. "Not yet something's missing" Ashton frowned. He looked around the room. Then rummaged through Michael desk drawer. Spotted. A red bandanna. "Perfect" Ashton tied the bandanna around his head to hold his hair back and smiled. The two were finished and ready to go. They went downstairs, where Michaels mom attacked him with kisses and wished him a good day. He tried to escape. While walking to school Ashton said "Why don't you like affection from your mom?" "Because... she smothercates me." Michael says in a 'Duh' tone "First off- 'smothercates' Isn't a word it's either smother or suffocate. Pick one." He sighs. "and you should cherish the moments you have with her because she could be gone an in instant. Some people... Some people long to be loved. They want to feel loved or in your case 'smothercated'. Some people are just dying to feel love like the weather... all over them" Ashton Mumbles "but sorry I went off on a tangent" Michael Is silent "It's ok" He Says. They walk the rest of the way in silence. until they finally reach the school. Hii. So if you don't like this bare with me because I have things in store for this story. I promise It'll get as good as it can get.