thirteen - byler -

02.

-September 1st-
3:02 am
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Will's POV
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I'm so overwhelmed, I'm numb, my dad finished bashing the back of my head on the walls like 20 minutes ago and my head is still throbbing. I don't know what to do anymore, mom's still passed out on the floor and I can barely stand up. I can't think straight. I can't do anything.

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Mike's POV

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Will. I can't stop thinking about that boy, I don't know what's wrong with me. I hope he's ok. I wish I could help him I just don't know-how.

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-September 1st-

6:02 am

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The floor creaked as Will walked across the silent house and over to the biggest window in his living room, It was an early grayish morning, his favorite. He would often get up before everyone else and just stare out of the window listening to the birdsong until Jonathan woke up. After a while, he got up and headed to the bathroom to wash up and get ready for the thing he dreaded most. School.

To Will, School was pointless. He could learn everything he wanted to and more from home happily, why should he be forced to go into a sweaty building with depressed teachers and idiots like Troy Harrington? He sighed and pulled out a polo shirt and shorts from his drawer, pulled on his socks, and brushed his hair back.

He looked into the bathroom mirror, repulsed at what he saw, and looked away again. Glancing at the clock he realized if he didn't get a move on he'd be late, running out the door without breakfast. That was ok with Will though, more than ok, he hopped on his bike and began his trip to hell.

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Lunchtime

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Lunch period, another thing Will despised about school. He had to sit with people, watching them happily eat and laugh, lying about having eaten a huge breakfast. He trudged over to the party's usual table and sat down, Dustin following shortly after and giving him an enthusiastic hug. 

"I missed you, Will," Dustin said with a pout, Will laughed,

"It's been a day Dustin,"

"Shut up I still missed you," Will snorted which caused Dustin to snort which resulted in them giggling for a good 4 minutes, "What're you idiots laughing at?"

"Hiii Mike," 

"Helloo guys,' Mike laughed as he sat down across from Will, placing his lunch tray right in front of him,

 "Will where's your lunch?" Dustin asked,

"Wait yeah Will where is your lunch?" Mike realized,

Will tensed up, they hadn't asked this in a while, "Oh I had a huge breakfast today," After seeing the skeptical look on their faces he added "Trust me"

Mike nodded but Dustin didn't seem so sure, Will gave him a small smile to tell him it was all right. After a while, the rest of the party arrived, Lucas first, Max and El second. Will watched as El threw cheese puffs into Max's mouth and Lucas cheered them on, he watched as Dustin and Mike discussed their next campaign, he watched. He never joined in, and no one usually bothered to include him besides Dustin. He dug through his backpack until he found his current favorite book, (IT by Stephen King) He loved reading, it allowed him to focus on someone else's sadness when he could no longer identify his own.

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After School

"Hey Will, wanna come over to mine?" Mike asked with a hopeful smile, "My mom got me some really cool comics I think you'll like!" Will was practically bursting with joy, Mike had asked him to hang out! He remembered that Will exists, and Will could not be happier about it.

"Yeah cool!" He replied, 

'Ew "yeah cool," don't be weird Will.'

Mike smiled down at the boy and got on his bike, they rode through the woods together (it was the longer route but neither of them cared) until they reached Mike's house. 
"I'm home" Mike shouted,

"Ok?" Nancy shouted back,

Mike rolled his eyes, "Will's here."

"OH HI WILL!" She yelled,

"Will's here?" Holly came running towards them and hugged Will's legs tightly.

"Hey why the hell don't I get such a warm welcome?!" Mike exclaimed,

"LANGUAGE" Ted shouted from the other room.

Mike grabbed Will's arm and they raced up the stairs into his bedroom, Will flopping down on the bed. Mike put on his record player, walked over to his bookshelves, and brought out his new comics, Will got off the bed and they sat on the floor for hours reading and discussing which one was their favorite. By the time they had decided, It was 8 and Karen had told Will he had to go home. Mike walked him to the door and gave him a hug goodbye, Will felt like he was floating, maybe he was dreaming? He decided to walk home instead of cycle, 

'I need the exercise '

He was almost there when he heard some shouting behind him, he turned to see Troy and James running towards him, nope he was definitely not dreaming, he began to run to but they caught up eventually,

 'Curse you, weak legs'

Troy grabbed his arm and came to a halt, "Well well well, Zombie Boy, what are you doing out so late? Won't mommy worry?" He laughed and Will froze, keeping his head down,

"Well?"

"I was just with a friend why?" Troy looked back at James with a grin, "Oh, were you with Mikey?"

"Well yeah-"

"I knew it, they're gay your honor." Will looked up, confused, "What?"

"You guys are gay," Troy stated

"No, we're not Troy what the hell-"

"Woah why are you getting so defensive? Not very straight of you."

James grunted and nudged Troy, "Alright alright I'll just get this over with," He said, clearly annoyed. "Listen Will, we know you're gay, it's extremely obvious and it's disgusting." With that Troy punched Will in the stomach, knocking him to the floor. 

"This," 

punch

"Is for every thought,"

punch

"Every disgusting thought you think about that boy,"

punch

"Mike."

kick

Everything went numb and quiet, Will didn't care that he was being beaten up, he didn't care. 

'I deserve it.'

"WHY THE HELL AREN'T YOU FIGHTING BACK BYERS" Troy screamed, Will looked up at him blankly as he gave him one final kick, "C'mon Troy let's get out of here." Troy looked at Will for a moment, looked back at James, and spit on the boy's face before leaving.

------- To be continued -------

(unedited)

A/N: hello I'm so sorry for not updating quickly I just had a lot of stuff going on but I hope you liked it! also please please give me suggestions/requests for what should happen in future chapters! <3