𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈 | mike wheeler

chapter 5

Y/N's POV

"Shit..."

Was my last thought before everything went dark.

Mike caught me and the others helped to carry me, all of us quickly going outside.

"We should go and find him." Lucas said.
"Yeah, bring us to that portal." Dustin added, the boys getting too loud, making me groan in annoyance as my head hurt a bit, eyes closed "We can't. It's too dangerous. The only open portal is in the lab, remember?" I asked and they all looked down.

"Can we just go back to Mike's house and have something to eat, I'm exhausted." I said with a small sigh.

"Yeah, let's go." Mike said and helped me up on his bike, all of us heading to his house.

Upon getting there, I had almost passed out and was being carried in.

"Whoa, whoa, what happened to her?" Boris asked, clearly a bit high to which Mike scoffed and quickly got some fries and whatever else he could find out the fridge.
"Here." he said worriedly and sat down next to me.

I gave a small smile and reached over, starting to eat "I think I abused my own powers a bit."

"Powers?" Boris asked, getting ignored by the others.

"You think?" Dustin asked "You looked like you would die on us?"

"Die?" Boris questioned, only to be told to shut up by Mike.

"I'm just glad to know Will is alive... But we need to get him out of that place." Lucas said and I nodded, letting El eat from my food as well.

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Mike asked quietly and I nodded, slowly getting up after I felt full "I think I'm gonna sleep." I said.

"Alright..." Mike said and got up, helping me to get downstairs.

Upon laying down, I heard him speak again "Hey, uhm... I hope you feel better when you wake up." he said and I smiled softly, nodding.

"Thanks, Mike." I said and closed my eyes again.

3rd person POV

Mike sat down on the couch next to her and silently watched over her while she slept until he heard someone come downstairs.

"Hello, cousin." Boris said, a grin on his face "Is Y/N, alright?" he questioned and Mike looked up, sighing a bit "She should be." he replied shortly.

"Do you like her?" Boris questioned and smirked when Mike's eyes went wide and he protested against his words "Ha, so you do! You've never looked so worried about someone, maybe besides, you know, Will." he said, humming.
"I don't." he stammered "We're just friends." Mike denied and Boris shrugged "Whatever you say, cousin." he said and hummed, walking upstairs while singing along to a song he liked.

For a while, Mike stayed with Y/N until his mom called him for dinner and he went upstairs.
Meanwhile Boris had just walked downstairs and was drinking some beer, when Y/N woke.

Y/N's POV

Upon walking up, the smell of alcohol immediately reached me, making my nose scrunch up a bit.

"Mmm, hey, Boris, mind drinking elsewhere?" I asked and he looked over.

"I'm watching over you." he said.

"You?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow, teasing him and holding back laughter at his fake offended face.

"I'm the most qualified babysitter known to mankind, you shouldn't underestimate me." Boris replied, his accent as thick as ever, a serious face, but was obviously joking.

"We barely have a 2 year difference." I rolled my eyes and then hummed "So how do you even get your drinks and drugs at 14?" I questioned.

"Supplier. I pay him money, he gives me alcohol, drugs and whatever else unhealthy you can think of." he chuckled.
"When did you get into drugs?" I asked and he looked to be deep in though before replying "About 2 years ago?"
"Damn, so at my age." I frowned a bit and sat up properly, looking at him.

He lit a cigarette and nodded, taking a long drag from it.
"What's so great about drugs?" I questioned.
"Mmm, they get you high, make you feel more relaxed." Boris replied and I nodded lightly.
"Yeah, but in the long run, they're definitely not healthy." I replied and saw him shrug, still smoking.

"So about earlier. What did they mean by powers and die?" Boris questioned, looking over at me.
"Mmm, can I trust you with that?" I asked, tilting my head.
"I don't know, can you?" he chuckled and then smiled "Just joking, of course you can." he said softly.
"Yeah, okay." I laughed and then focused on a can of coke, crushing it "That's what they meant. I know, you might not get what I mean, but I have the abilities of telekinesis and mind travelling between our world and... Another world just like hours, but horrid. And as for the dying thing, if I overuse my powers, I put myself in big danger is all there is to that." I explained.

"Shit, more horrid than here? Must be hella bad, this is hard to beat." he laughed, making me chuckle.
"I can't tell if you're joking or not." I replied and stood up, grabbing a bag of chips and opening it, starting to eat.

"I hear that a lot." Boris replied after a while.

A comfortable silence took over afterwards as I let him have his beer and I had my chips.
I sat down, deep in thought once again, figuring out what we could do to find Will and how I could remember my past.

"Of all things Brenner did, why couldn't he tell me how to see the past. But besides that... How did they get me to forget everything. I mean come on, 10 years of life and I can recall nothing?"

My train of thought continued on for a while, but then I thought of Will and a small sigh left me.
I was worried for a boy who I had never met in my life, but at the very least, that made me feel somewhat more normal - the so called feeling - worry.

"Perhaps we could dig a hole deep enough and go down? Wait, no way that would work... God, think Y/N, think."

Will's POV

It's been at least 3 days since I came here, I honestly don't know how much longer I have left and I'm teriffied.

This place was just like Hawkins, everything, from the shops and school down to my house, but everything was so gloomy, dark, slimy and disgusting.

Not to mention how cold it was, despite wearing a winter jacket, I constantly felt shivers and chills down my spine, but honestly, that might as well he due to the monsters screeching and chittering around.

Any wall that I remembered being painted looked like an evil vicious sort of mold had plastered itself over and claimed it, only to spread illnesses and hell to those who dared near it.

And on the topic of illnesses, I've been feeling worse and worse every day. My throat is all scratchy and hoarse, my whole body feels weaker than it was before I came here.
Perhaps due to the lack of food and water here or maybe it is a deadly disease coming to put an end to this hell.

Whatever it is, I just wish I could see mom one last time.

A/N - Honestly this chapter might as well be the calmest one there will be in a while.

Questions:

1 - What do you think of Boris?

2 - Why do you think Y/N doesn't remember anything of her past?

- Mai