Crazy Together

13

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Somehow, Will and Mike had ended up in the middle of a staring contest during lunch - time in the cafeteria.

It wasn't the usual staring contest however, as it was un-announced and all they were doing was finding themselves glancing over at each other practically left and right.

They were sitting across from each other, as El had sat next to Will and Dustin had already been on the other side of him when Mike had come back to the table with his lunch.

He didn't mind too much, sure he did want to sit next to Will but maybe it was better to keep their closeness on the low for now.

Every - time Will catches Mike staring at him, Will blushes and looks away. However, when Mike catches Will staring at him, all he does is smirk at Will and start laughing to himself.

El picks up on this and nudges Will when she sees Mike looking at him again. "I think he likes what he sees," she whispers, which makes Will's face turn extremely red now that she had picked up on it as well.

"I'm gonna use the bathroom," he says hurriedly, placing his palms on the tabletop and rising from his seat.

Eleven giggles as he gets flustered and runs off to the rest - room to hide in peace.

Mike's eyes wander to watch as Will walks away, and he looks confusedly at El who is giggling and currently submerging herself halfway through a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She shrugs with a big grin when her eyes meet Mike's.

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Will splashes water on his face, brushing his hair back as he looks at himself in the mirror. Huh..

He is still blushing furiously as he tries to make it go away but all that happens is a wide grin splits across his face as he looks at the mess that was himself at the moment.

He can't believe himself. He's so flustered over such a simple comment, but it must be true. I mean.. if Mike really was his boyfriend.. ( it still hadn't registered in his mind all the way ) then he -has to- like what he sees, right?

Even if Mike hadn't told it to him himself, the way Mike would smirk at him when he caught him staring was enough confirmation in his mind.

He splashes his face again but the grin only breaks wider as he replays Mike's stupid smirk in his mind. He hates Mike for flustering him like this during lunch. Maybe he just wanted to eat in peace without having a giggle attack in the bathroom.

He hears the bathroom door open and he turns his head to see Troy.

His grin drops at the sight of three guys behind Troy. They must have followed him in here. Boy was he fucked now.

"What do we have here?" Troy says, grinning at Will with his disgustingly sinister laugh to accompany it.

"What do you want?" Will says, in between rolling his eyes at Troy and crying in the corner to his mom.

Troy bites the corner of his lip before bursting into laughter. "I want you to know that me and the rest of the school doesn't appreciate faggots, and that if you go near Wheeler again, there'll be issues."

"Oh yeah? Well guess what? Not gonna happen. Me and Mike have known each other since kindergarten. I don't care if you think I'm gay for him or something, I'm still hangin' out with him. Or maybe I'll just get El up on your ass again, hm?"

"Is that what you're going with?" Troy says, his grin spreading even further as somewhere in his twisted mind this seemed to be the answer he was going for.