Imagines and One-Shots (Book Three)

Now or Never (Calum Hood)

word count: 1653
requested by: none
pronouns: she/her
warnings: none
fandom: 5 seconds of summer
au type: wedding, best friends
summary: you finally gain the courage to tell your best friend how you feel, but it's not in a way anyone expected
inspired by: honeymandos on tumblr (https://honeymandos.tumblr.com/post/642514370087321600/infernal-hearts-chapter-nine-finale)
authors notes: none
other parts: none

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You never should have let things get to this point.

You should have confessed your secret before he told you he was seeing someone. You should have confessed before they were celebrating their one-year anniversary. You should have confessed before he told you he was going to propose. You should have confessed before the wedding plans were finalized. You should have confessed before you found yourself sitting in the church pew, watching the couple get married.

You should have just confessed to Calum that you were in love with him.

Realistically, you knew Calum would never let unreturned feelings ruin a friendship. There had been plenty of times he didn't feel the same as someone throughout the years you'd known him that could've made things awkward and uncomfortable if it were any other person. Any other person might have been told their friend wanted to be more than that, said they didn't feel the same, and let friendship fizzle out until they were no longer speaking anymore.

But then again, Calum wasn't any other person.

Calum was confident and bold and caring and kind and honest and charming and easy to talk to and offered the best advice and didn't mind being a shoulder to cry on and- Alright, maybe he was the kind of person you could go on about forever. You definitely didn't blame his fiancée for falling for him.

Sadie was just as sweet as Calum was, so you weren't at all surprised when they told you they were dating. You could never hate her – and God knows you tried – but she managed to find a way to become your best friend. You went to her for advice, to celebrate every victory, to vent about every stupid problem that she assured you was valid being upset over.

Maybe that was why you were beating yourself up over being too scared to confess your feelings for Calum – because you loved his fiancée just as much as him.

But it was unfortunately too late now.

You wouldn't be the last to admit the wedding was beautiful. Sadie had a knack for finding the most hole-in-the-wall places that ended up being a staple for your circle of friends. The decorations throughout the entire venue were absolutely stunning – the theme and colors being everything Sadie had been dreaming of.

You tried not to focus on the couple at the altar. You spent most of the ceremony looking at the decor and fiddling with the tiny pillow previously holding the rings that Michael had tossed to you so he didn't have to hold it the whole time. Your eyes met his a few times as you scanned the room, and it certainly wasn't lost on you that he was disappointed you never fessed up.

Michael knew long before you even did about your feelings for Calum. And boy, did he let you know how dumb he thought you were for bottling it up. He always told you you'd regret not telling him – that it would hurt to watch him be with other people. But you would never admit he was right.

You were brought back to earth when you heard the minister offer up the last chance the confess.

"Anyone who should object to this wedding shall speak now or forever hold their peace," Ricky – a long-time friend of Calum's father – announced.