Broken Hearts ~ Stranger Things s4 fanfic (DISCONTINUED)

Betrayal

~Will~

I ran to Mike's house, even if we weren't on speaking terms. It's basically around the corner from  Max's house so I didn't have to go that far. When I got there, I completely ignored the front door, running through the backdoor and into the basement. "Mike!" I said, rushing in. I then stopped in my tracks as two shocked faces turned to look at me. Instead of Mike in the basement, there was Nancy and Robin. I had just caught them making out. I'm happy for them. "Will please don't tell-" Nancy started saying before I cut her off. "It's fine, don't worry about it." I said, smiling before running up the stairs and heading to Mike's room. 

Inside the room was the rest of the party in different places, talking to eachother. They all turned to look at me and Mike stood up, walking towards me. "Will? What's wrong?" He asked, clearly worried. He put out a hand to place on my shoulder but I just slapped it away. He seemed hurt at that but honestly, he didn't get to feel hurt. He was the one who was being all homophobic. My nose was probably still bleeding but I just ignored it. "Oh nothing. Just Max punched my randomly." I said as innocently as possible. 

Everybody jumped to their feet, asking questions. "What did she do that for?" Lucas asked me. I shrugged my shoulders, not saying anything. It was probably better to leave out anything involving Billy or the gate. Max was sort of right about not worrying them. "We have to talk to her." Mike said, already halfway out the room. I nodded once as everybody followed after him. As I was walking out, I briefly noticed El giving me the death stare but I just ignored her.

~Dustin~

We all met up at Max's house thirty minutes later. Mostly because Will was pissing himself from running so much and Lucas was hungry. I walked up to her door, being the only one who wanted to knock. I raised a fist, about to knock when I heard some clattering inside. I hesitated for a minute or two, seeing if the noise would begin again but when it didn't I nocked on the door loudly. From inside, I could hear Max making her way over very slowly.

At last, she opened the door, leaning against the frame. She seemed really pale and had dark bags under her eyes. She seemed really ill, and it wasn't like her to get sick. "Woah, are you okay-" I tried asking before Mike cut me off. "We have to talk." He said flatly. Max hesitated before stepping to the side to let us in. The first thing I noticed when I stepped inside was the mess in the kitchen. A lot of things had been knocked over. It was probably what all the clattering was.

El instantly went to Max's side, pulling her into a hug. "Are you alright?" She asked. "Yeah, I'm fine- Ow, Ow!" Max said, wincing. El stepped back, her eyes widening. "Sorry.." She said. I found it a bit strange how El only hugged her shoulders and yet she was still in pain. Didn't she get stabbed in the gut..? I found it strange but I didn't bother asking,

"Why did you punch Will?" Mike asked, getting to the point. "Oh, I uh-.." Max said, clearly caught off guard. "So you have no excuse?" He said coldly. "No! He was talking bad about-" She tried to say but Mike cut her off again. He was talking about what happened to Will from his perspective. He wasn't even letting her explain. "Mike don't you think you should hear her side of the story?" I asked him but he completely ignored me. 

"I was going to-" She tried to say. "No. Don't." Mike said flatly. They stared at eachother before Mike began again. "You nearly broke his nose!" Max nodded, admitting what she did was wrong. "We don't want you in the party anymore." Mike said with no consideration. Everybody turned to look at him, shocked. "You don't?" Max said, tears filling her eyes. "We don't?" I asked him, very confused. We didn't talk about this. Confronting Max isn't kicking her out of the group. What is he doing? "Don't talk to us anymore." He said with no emotion in his voice. "Mike-" Lucas tried to say but Mike cut him off by holding up his hand. That's when El stepped in between them. "Mike, that's enough." She said. "She beat up Will!" Mike said, his voice raising.

"Probably for a good reason! You know her! She's not like that!" El said, trying to reason with him. "She beat me up!" Mike shouted at her. "You deserved it!" She shouted back. Nobody dared to say anything as they fought. "Instead of asking why she beat up Will, ask what did he do to make her fight him!" She shouted at him. "If you're going to defend Maxine, go fuck yourself!" Mike shouted at her before storming out of the house. 

Everyone slowly followed after him, not sure what to do. Everyone except El. "Max, I'm sorry I-" I tried to say but she stopped me. "Just go.." She said sighing. I hesitated before walking out and leaving them alone. I turned to look back at the door before leaving the house. My last view of them was Max crying into El's shoulder as El hugged her.