byler oneshots ;)

outed

tw- homophobic slurs

mike dragged himself out of bed ready for another agonising day of school. he hated it but hey, at least he got to see will. ok he might a litttlllee crush on will. fine he was madly in love with him but no one can know, no one knows that he's gay and no one ever will as long as mike can help it. the only person mike was remotely considering telling was will, will had been out to him for years (and so far he was the only one who knew) so he knew he'd accept him, his only fear is that will would discover his crush, will only saw him as a best friend and mike certainly didn't to mess up his friendship with him so he wanted to keep his sexuality quiet.

as mike walked into school everyone was staring, he thought nothing of it until he reached his locker, there it was. a sign "wheeler's a fag"  the coloured drained from mikes face as his stomach dropped. he frantically looked around seeing everyone staring and whispering. they knew, they all knew. who did this? how did they even know? the party started approaching, mike didn't know how they'd react, he just wanted the earth to swallow him whole.

"hey bud are you okay?" asked a concerned dustin
mike didn't respond, he could barely speak,
"i-i'm f-fine, i just- need to get out of here" mike mumbled whilst holding back tears. as he started to walk towards the front doors he heard will try and stop him "mike wait!"
as much as he loved will, he couldn't stay in this school for one more moment,
"just- can all you please leave me alone"
will looked disappointed but he understood, mike needed some time.
"sure, take care dude" lucas responded understandably.

mike pretty much ran the entire way to his house, luckily his parents wouldn't be home for hours so he was clear of any questions being asked. he got straight into his bed and just cried. no one would ever look at him the same. they all hate him now. everything was ruined. he continued to sob until he heard a tap at the window, he look up to see his favourite boy at his window, will. he wasn't disappointed to see him at all, in fact he was probably the only person he wanted to see, he'd understand.

mike opened the window and let will climb in,
"hey" will said in a soft voice
"hi" mike looked down, he was embarrassed even though logically will would understand more than anyone.
"are you okay?"
mike didn't respond and just sat back down on his bed, will soon followed and held his hand for comfort, something that they've always done and that's always given mike butterflies.
"i wasn't ready" mike said as he broke down yet again, will pulled him into a tight hug,
"i know" will said almost as a whisper as mike sobbing into his chest.

will had never seen mike this upset or vulnerable and it broke his heart, he loved mike as way more than a best friend, he wished he could just make all mikes pain go away.
"can i ask you something?" will said as mike calmed down a little
he sniffled "yeah"
"why didn't you tell me?" will wasn't hurt, just confused, mike is the only person he's out to, he wondered why mike never said anything.
"i wanted to" mike replied solemnly, "i just-"
"didn't know how" will finished, mike slightly smiled, he understood and was all he needed, for someone to understand,
"i wanted to tell you first, i guess it's to late now"

will squeezed mikes hand harder, honestly he didn't know what to do, he's never been "outed" specifically, people just assumed about him. they were right of course but it still hurt. (hehe)

as they were staring into each others eyes they started to lean in, just before their lips touched they heard the sound of karen coming home. mike quickly pulled back,
"you should go before my mum see's you, then we'll both be in shit" mike smiled, almost regretfully,
"ok, will you be alright?" will slightly smiled back,
mike just shrugged, his parents weren't the most accepting, what if they knew as well?

and what would've happened if karen never came home so mike and will were never interrupted?

to be continued..