why do I even love him ( michael afton hanahaki au)

chapter 9:why her?

Sunday 2 may 1982, the Afton household.

Michael pov:

I opened my eyes slowly..The first thing I noticed is that my vision got worse.." please don't tell me I have to die blind..." I looked beside me..The kids weren't here anymore..I tried to read the clock.." what does it say?...uh-.." I heard the door open.. " Good morning sleepy head..It's already 11:30 am.." Is it already that late?.." good morning fatha.." He laughed slightly.." how's your vision?.." He asked..I sighed..." worse.." He nodded.." then we're going to look for glasses.." I shook my head..I laughed.." that's useless..why spend your money on me if I can die at any moment?..hah..No keep your money.." Seems like that made something snap inside of father..He grabbed me by my shirt pretty aggressive..It scared me..surely now I couldn't see well.. " don't ever say that again..you're not going to die!..since when are you the person to give up?!.." I gulped.." I'm sorry fatha..there's just nothing I can do..He has a lover.."

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It was silent.. I realized what I said.." wait- that's not what I meant to say-" he let go of me.." he?...It's a boy?..." I couldn't read his emotions of his voice or facial expression..I got scared..good going mike..now you're dad is going to leave you to die..He didn't say anything..he stood up and left the room.." what kind of reaction is that?..fuck.." I mumbled..I felt tears in my eyes..I pulled the covers over me and started crying..I totally fucked up..

Henry pov:

I was making breakfast..William went to wake up Mike..It's taking a while..I heard a door close..I looked the stairs.." William..where is mike..Are you okay?..he didn't die right?!.." He shook his head.." no nothing like that..he said something I clearly wasn't supposed to know..I don't know what to think of it..so I walked away..probably the worst thing I could've done.."It made me slightly worried.." what did he say?.." I asked..He made himself a coffee.." it's a boy..." I raised one of my eyebrows.." what?-" William sighed.." He's in love with a boy..he's gay.." I was surprised by it..but it also made sense..Mike never showed any interest towards any girl.." Is that a bad thing?..cause I don't think you should act different around him now.." William smiled.." wasn't planning to..I accept him..It just took me by surprise..and it makes his chance on survival even more difficult..He has to be lucky if the person he likes also likes boys.." I nodded.." do you know who it is?.." he shook his head.." not yet..can you stay here with the kids..I'm taking mike with me to look for glasses..He can barely see anything.." I nodded.. " is this disease really affecting him so much?.." he nodded..He went upstairs probably to get mike..

william pov:

I opened my bedroom door..I could hear mike crying under the covers.." mike..come here.." I went to my closet and grabbed clothes.." go away fatha!" I shook my head.." this is my room..I'm getting you clothes..but then you'll get out of bed and get dressed.." He groaned..I went to his room..I opened his closet..I noticed how big of a mess it is..something caught my eye..It was a little box..with bandages?..why did he have that..and some were bloody..wait..are those cigarettes?..that little-..I'll talk to him about it later..first the glasses..so he can see clearly again.. I grabbed some clothes for him..not to revealing ones..like he oh so loves to wear..I went to my room and threw the clothes at him.. " auw! wtf?!" I shook my head.." don't give me that attitude..we have to talk about your closet later..first dress so we can go for glasses.." I heard him curse under his breath..He knew he was caught..But for what exactly I don't even know..I mean the cigarettes are pretty clear..but the bandages..why he did he need so many of em..