Aaron was angry

Again.

He could feel it boiling inside him and it had been like that for a few days now. He was angry at Luke and he didnt even know why anymore.

He got angry when Luke spoke to someone else, or when he laughed with Trey, when he didn't look at him in class like he always did, or when he ignored him like he had these few past days.

There it was.

The real reason why he was angry and bitter and why he wanted to slam the face of everyone who got Luke's attention into a wall.
He was jealous.

But he would never admit it, he was way too proud and didn't even understand how he could be jealous about his roommate.
Sure he had slipped a few times and messed around with him, but he wasn't attracted to him...

He didn't like the way he complained over meaningless things, nor the way that his dimple showed when he smiled, he didnt like they way he looked at him, he didnt like the way he talked and laughed, he didnt think he looked like an angel and he certainly didnt like the feeling of his lean body against his...

Shit

Aaron slammed his hand on his forehead.

Shit shit shit

What the hell was he thinking?
Now he was really angry, why the hell was he picturing Luke at his mercy just like he had been the other nignt, shivering in his arms.

He slammed the bathroom door fuming.

"Why on earth are you slamming the door so early in the morning?" growled Luke, who had just woken up.

Aaron turned around slowly and caught a glimpse of Lukes lower abdomen when the sheets slid down. It was too much and something in him snapped.

"Why the hell do you even care?" He retorted venomously.
"I was sleeping you asshole!"
"Well you're not anymore."
"Hey what is wrong with you, you wont talk to me for days and now you're banging doors at 6 am? Seriously, get a grip on yourself Aaron I can't deal with you anymore!"

"Its your fault." Muttered Aaron through gritted teeth.
"Its my fault again? I seriously dont understand you! One day you want to fuck me and the next you want to ignore me or send me straight to hell.

Make a damn choice Aaron, you cant have both!"
"What are you even talking about I dont want to fuck you!" Replied Aaron, raising the tone of his voice angrily.
"Oh yeah? Well it sure seemed like it when you kissed me!" Shouted Luke.

Aaron was taken aback, and is cheeks reddened instantly.
"I dont know what you're talking about." He repeated, eyes dropping to the ground.
"See? There's your problem Aaron. You never face anything, you just run away. Maybe since it's the only thing you're good at.

Aaron's head shot up.
"Shut up Luke." He snarled.
"No you dont get the right to say that. I'm fed up with your attitude, I want to change dorms, I've had enough." Luke got up and furiously shut the bathroom door behind him.

"Well, l guess were both slamming doors at 6 am now! Wonder what our neighbors will think." Shouted Aaron, making sure that Luke could hear him.

He finally left to cool down. How could Luke even dare get mad, he was the one ignoring him, tempting him and stirring up these ridiculous feelings.

Aaron and Luke spent the entire day appart, not even nodding to each other in the corridors and neither sitting at the same lunch table.

Even Ash seemed to feel the tension between the two and raised a brow each time they passed each other and threw death glares.

By the end of the day, he was so fed up with their childish attitude that he stopped Aaron in the locker room after training.

"What is going on with you and Deans?
Wait you know what? I don't care. Just pull yourself together you're getting on every ones nerves and Trey is sensitive to others' emotions.

Just take a look in the mirror and you'll get what I mean. You look like shit." Ash didn't give him a chance to reply as he shut his locker door and left.
Aaron was finally alone in the locker room and he stared at his reflexion in the mirror.

His natural glow had disappeared, his messy hair stuck to his forehead, his cheeks were hollow and deep purple bags had appeared under his dull eyes. His charming smile was gone along with his will to laugh.

Ash was right, he looked like shit

and he felt like it too.

He sighed and opened the faucet to wash some grim away. He didn't want to face Luke but he knew he had to eventually.

                        ***

When Aaron finally came back to his dorm room, he found Luke sitting on his bed doing homework. He prayed for the blond boy to ignore him and allow him to just go to sleep. But Luke was not letting him off so easily.

"Aaron we really need to talk now and you know it." He started.
"I don't have anything to tell you." Replied Aaron, turning his back to the blond.
"Can you stop being so damn stubborn? I need real answers now!
What do you want Aaron?"
"Right now? I want to sleep and thanks to your whining I can't." He grumbled.

"Gosh please grow up Aaron! I can't stand this rage comming from you any longer. I don't even know why you hate me so much!"
"I don't hate you..."
"You don't? That's new.

But if you don't like me and if you don't hate me, where do I stand huh? Am I nothing now that you've had your fun? Now that you've experienced what you wanted, does our friendship no longer mean anything to you?"

"We were never friends Luke you know that, I only put up with you because you're my roommate and you used to do my homework that's all." Replied Aaron coldly.

He would never admit it but Luke's hurt face pulled at his heart strings and made him feel terrible. But he ignored it, it was for the best.

"Oh yeah? " Said Luke in a calm and deadly cold voice.
"Well, you're the biggest asshole I ever fell in love with. I hate you you don't even deserve to be cried after."

Aaron's eyes widened.

He hadn't heard the end of Luke's sentence, focused on his first words: "You're the biggest asshole I ever fell in love with."

Luke was in love with him?
What the hell?

Aaron's mind was blank. What did that even mean?
So many questions then came to his mind, totally muting Luke's voice.

How? Why? When?

He was confused and Luke's now visible anger wasn't helping.
"Aaron stop ignoring me! Just say something!" The emotionless facade he had tried to hold up was now gone, tears welling up in his eyes.

But Aaron didn't utter a word, too stunned by Luke's unexpected declaration. He simply grabbed his jacket in a daze and left a speechless Luke in the dorm room.

                       ***

Aaron couln't think straight and the only way for his wild mind to calm down was to go for a run.

He pushed the building doors and was instantly engulfed by a cold breeze. The lights were off and the night was dark, but he knew exactly were the track was.

He had raced it so many times he could tell where it was with his eyes closed.
He dropped his jacket and started jogging.

He ran and ran, faster and faster,  jumbled thoughts rushing through his mind.
He didnt know how to react, neither what to say, it was the first time that he had ever felt so worked up; and over a boy nonetheless.

He ran until he couldn't feel the soles of his feet, until he was out of breath and until he felt his heart bang loudly against his ribcage.

He finally stopped, completely exhausted and mind finally clear.

But suddenly, he felt slightly dizzy. So he carefully layed down on the cold track and closed his eyes trying to take his breath back.

Aaron was finally at peace with himself, in a calm place and didn't want to get up and face Luke again. Not now. Later maybe.

Everything was silent, he almost couldn't even hear the annoying sound of his heart wildly banging in his chest anymore.

He felt relief wash over him and closed his eyes, unaware of Luke's silouhette running towards him and minutes later, the sound of sirens blaring through the night.

{Cliffhanger!
What do tou think will happen next? See you at chapter 19!
Xoxo Moonlightshow 🌙}