/// SURPRISE BITCHES did y'all really think I'd leave u hangin' like that cmon ///

"The darkest night never felt so bright with you by my side."

I listened to Michael quietly sing while I laid my head on his chest and he played with my hair. My eyes were sealed closed due to the bright sun shining into my room and I had a small smile playing at my lips. He began tracing small circles on my arm, making goosebumps rise.

"Love me like you did, Love me like you did, I'll give you anything, I'll give you anything."

"What song is that?" I asked suddenly in a raspy voice. He stopped breathing for a second and I looked up at him.

"I didn't know you were awake," he said, not answering my question. I grinned at him.

"Good morning my sunshine," I yawned and stretched. Michael's face turned red and I smiled in satisfaction over the fact that I made him blush.

"Morning princess," he replied, and this time my face got red.

"What does this mean?" I asked him nervously. His eyebrows pulled together.

"That's normally what people say to each other when they wake up."

I rolled my eyes. "You know that's not what I mean."

"It means you're my princess," he declared and kissed my forehead. My face got hot again.

"Oh."

"Is that okay with you?"

I wanted to scream yes a thousand times.

"I guess," I teased, shrugging my shoulders. Michael grabbed my chin, making me look at him.

"Do you want to be my girlfriend?"

*screams internally*

"Okay," I smiled. He smiled back and placed a chaste kiss on my lips, then laid back down and sighed contently.

Holy shit Michael Clifford is my boyfriend.

Holy shit.

How do I react to this? Do I scream? Cry? Jump for joy? I had no clue but my stomach rumbled so I started to get up so I could go get something to eat, but Michael grabbed my hand and pulled me back down on him.

"No stay," he murmured, pulling me close to him.

"But I'm hungry," I whined in his chest. He buried his face into my hair.

"Me too, but not for food."

I squealed and pushed off of him and ran out of the room screaming, "the Cliffoconda has awoken!"

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Unfortunately I got called into work today so now I'm currently mixing a cake together while Michael – my boyfriend – is probably sound asleep in my bed or eating all of our food. I poured the cake batter into the pan as Levi trotted into the empty shop.

"Late as usual, I see," I commented, smirking. I heard him sigh dramatically and he rested his chin on my shoulder.

"You know me so well," he responded, followed with a chuckle. He grabbed the pan and put it in the awaiting oven for me. "So?"

"So?" I repeated, wiping my hands on my apron.

"So! What happened last night you ball bag!"

"Oh, yeah. It was my dad," I sighed, remembering the conversation – if you can even call it that – I had with him.

"Ew," he grimaced, and I laughed. I had told Levi about my dad and he doesn't like him. "What'd he want?"

I shrugged. "To mend our relationship, or something. I don't know. I haven't really had the chance to sit down and think about it."

"Why not? That seems pretty time consuming."

"Uh," my face got hot. "Well uh, you see..."

"Mae..." Levi crossed his arms over his chest and gave me a stern look.

Suddenly the bell of the door jingled and I rushed to the first cash register with a red face. A tall man with a black hoodie on came rushing in. He wore a beanie and sunglasses too, but I'd recognize those black skinny jeans and Converse anywhere. I nearly jumped over the counter.

"Michael!" I squealed, smiling hugely. He came up to the register and took his glasses off.

"Hey babe," he said, giving me a cheeky grin and leaning against the counter. My stomach did flips.

"'Michael?' 'Babe?' Did I miss something?" Levi came up behind me with a puzzled look on his face. Michael's smile dropped and he straightened up and narrowed his eyes at him. I ignored Levi.

"How did you-?"

"Your mom told me when she came home for her lunch break, after she showed me all your baby pictures," he grinned at me now, and I groaned loudly.

"Of course she did," I mumbled into my hands.

"But," Michael continued, grabbing my wrists and pulling my hands away from my face so he could look at me. "I thought I'd come surprise my girlfriend."

I blushed, even though I knew by the way Michael said "girlfriend", he was directing it to Levi.

"Girlfriend?" Levi choked.

"Girlfriend," Michael repeated. "Gotta problem with that?"

Levi furrowed his eyebrows, then tossed his head back and laughed. "Mae's like my little sister."

"That's what they all say," Michael grumbled in annoyance. Levi slung his arm around my shoulder and I stiffened. Michael's blazing green eyes were glued to Levi's arm.

"She's not my type."

Michael scoffed. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

This is not happening right now.

"It means she's not my type," Levi shrugged. "Why are you getting so defensive, anyway? Shouldn't you be happy that I said that?"

I didn't like Levi. I didn't like him any more than a friend. In fact I agreed with him; he was like an older brother to me. Sure he's plenty attractive but I never thought about him romantically. So, why did his comment send my stomach into a a black pit? Why am I not his type? Is it because I'm bigger? Is it my glasses? Is it the way I dress? My dark circles? Were my teeth not white enough? Were my thighs too big? All of my insecurities were washing over me in a sudden wave and all I could do was stare down at the counter and blink back unwanted tears.

"Mae?" Michael's voice brought me back and I looked up at him. He knitted his eyebrows together in concern.

I took a deep breath and smiled reassuringly at him, shrugging Levi's arm off of me and turning around.

"Coffee and muffins are on me today."

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(a/n)

so yeah the story continues bc I TRICKED ALL OF U HAHAHAHAH

y'all are soooOoOOo unprepared for what i have in store for this story i swear

BUT OOOO THEY'RE FINALLY DATING AFTER LIKE ALMOST A YEAR OF KNOWING EACH OTHER OOO A SMALL CONFRINTATION BETWEEN MICHAEL AND LEVI FINALLY OOO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IDK DON'T ASK ME IT'S NOT LIKE I'M THE AUTHOR OR ANYTHING

omfg so I really want to get a kik and do like a huge group chat on there with all of you like can that be a thing would anyone join it and we could all be friends????? raise your hand if you would be part of that disaster waiting to happen

don't be a silent reader!! ❤️

PS DID YALL SERIOUSLY THINK ID JUST END THE STORY WITH NO WARNING OR ANYTHING I MEAN THERES NOT EVEN ANY SMUT YET CMON WHAT KIND OF GIRL DO U TAKE ME FOR