Just Friends - Byler

XI

Will got back from the hospital and was happier than before, he wasn't constantly bleeding from him nose anymore and him and Mike were back on talking terms. Well...sort of. Will would usually plan when they will hang out together and every time, Mike would bring Eleven along with them without asking Will. He was sort of okay with that though, they aren't really dating anymore anyways.

"Hey, so you wanna come hangout with the party at the arcade." Will swallowed, it hurt his throat like swallowing a big rock or a bunch of dull rusty nails. He didn't know what Mike would say and was afraid of rejection.

"Yeah sure." Mike smiled to Will, looking up from his comic book that he still reads.

Will felt a relief and released a large breath he didn't even realize he was holding. Maybe that's why his chest hurt so much, that or he is dying. No, it can't be that. Don't be silly! The light slightly flicker and neither Will or Mike thought anything of it. Will felt a small trickle of something fall onto his upper lip, it can't be. He quickly wiped it away, rustling for the tissue box causing Mike to look back up from his book. Mikes eyes widened with fear and he went over to Will who was stuffing tissues on his nose to stop the blood from dripping down more.

"Is that-" Mike started.

"Nope! I think it's just hot in here, you know?" Will chuckled, fanning home self with his free hand. He wasn't even sweating and it was a pretty cold summer day.

Mike rolled his eyes and went over to Will to help him with the tissues. He lifted Wills hand slowly off the crumpled tissue and held onto it himself. He was always the helper of the friend group, there's no denying it. Will gazed into Mikes eyes, he didn't look back though. Mike was also the most oblivious of the friend group.

"O-okay I think I'm good now." Will caught himself from starring for too long and pulled away from Mike. "So, do you want to bring El?" Will asked, already knowing the answer was going to be yes.

- - - -

"Hey Will!" Dustin hugged Will as he pulled up to the arcade with Mike following behind shortly after.

"Hey Dustin!" Will smiled and embraced the hug. Max and Lucas got there soon enough after and so did El, she was with Max.

"Oh I see you finally wanted to be here." Lucas joked around.

Will looked at Lucas confused then looked at Mike who had a bright pink tone forming on his cheeks, highlighting each and every freckle on his porcelain skin. Will once tried to count them but gave up after a while, there were too many. It was like trying to count all the stars in a night sky.

"What do you mean?" Will asked, he was actually very curious about this, he was never really the one to be curious about most things.

"I don't know man, he was probably just going through an arcades are for little kids." Phase Lucas mocked Mikes voice, well tried, he made it more exaggerated and high pitched. Mikes voice was no where near that high of a pitch, Will would know, he has the entertainment of listening to it everyday now. Who knows the things that will come out of this idiots mouth one day, we already found out last summer. Wills still trying to get past that moment, he's tried to forget but can't. Those words Mike said just hurt him too much, he knew he hurt Mike too. He felt like he hurt everyone, his mom, Jonathan, Eleven, Bob, Mike.

"Will!" Mike waved his hand in Wills face. "We're going inside now, you okay?" Is that actually worry in his eyes? I mean, of course it is. Mikes the most caring person ever, Will doesn't deserve him at all. He gets sick thinking about how no one deserves him, he's horrible to them. He caused everything that went wrong in their lives. Hopper, Bob, Barb, Billy. He now knows why his dad did what he did. Will felt a tug on his arm and got out of his thoughts once again, he must've zoned out again. Mike was pulling Will into the arcade, it was cold and loud from the fan blaring and the sounds of video game guns and Pac-Man dying over and over again, that was Dustin.

"So, what's up?" Mike asked Will once they both sat down at a table in the arcade. He glanced at Will, looking him up and down.

"Nothing much, you?" Will spoke. He doesn't really wanna talk about himself right now. He's supposed to be enjoying himself and playing dig dug with Max or Pac-Man with Dustin.

"Okay then, I'm getting fries." Mike walked away then came back with a basket full of fresh golden fries.

These fries were always Wills favorite, they were always made in fresh batches. Will took a couple fries and ate them, he hasn't eaten in a while since the hospital. It felt good to finally be eating something that wasn't mushy oatmeal and stale toast.

"Still better than you remember?" Mike smirked. Will wanted to kiss him so badly but he wasn't Wills to have.

"Yeah, maybe even better!" Will smiled back, the smile quickly faded though. He could feel Mikes eyes staring intensely at him.

"Will Byers you're so pretty." Mike muttered to himself.

A/N:
Sorry for the slow updates! :(
Only four more weeks of school and I promise I'll update more. I actually haven't been on here for a while. I'll try to finish this book before I forget about this app completely LMFAO

Time written: May 20, 2022 1:15 a.m
Word count: 977