starcourt mall
will byers
today has been great with mike. i don't think anything could go wrong. well.. i was wrong.
"oh look it's the gay fags!" not troy again. he walked over to us and shoved mike, and mike smashed his ice cream in his face and i tried to not laugh.
"have some ice cream troy. i'm not dealing with your bullshit today!" mike smiled at troy and took my hand and walked away. once we were away from them i started laughing, and mike did too.
"what? i'm not letting them ruin my date with will byers!" he laughed some more. we went around the mall to just hang out and have fun. i'm so happy me and him can finally be free right now.
after the mall, mike took me to some place. it was night time and it was really pretty and we got to look at the stars. i was happy. he was happy. and everything was great. until suddenly mike wasn't beside me anymore.
"MIKE?" i sat up. why was there vines everywhere? oh god please tell me i'm not back here.
"MIKE?!" i stood up and started walking around. i was scared, where is it? it's around here some where. it has to be. it always is. then i looked up, and there it was forming. oh shit. i ran as fast as i could, and i couldn't even tell where i was. please mike help me..
"MIKE PLEASE WHERE ARE YOU!" i sat down and hid beside a wall. this is like halloween night all over again. that's when i saw it, and it almost got me, and i screamed.
"WILL!" i was back. but i was in the place i was hiding at.. i actually ran all the way here..? mike was there in front of me, both hands on my shoulders and he was sitting down with a worried look on his face. i started crying and buried my face in my hands. mike moved closer to me and pulled me to him, instead of using my hands, i used mikes shoulder. i cried into his shoulder for awhile, i don't even know how long. i grabbed onto his shirt and cried harder. he just let me. and i felt so safe, but i was so scared. by what i saw. it's like it's coming back. and i was so fucking scared. after awhile it was just me laying on mike, no more tears. i sat up and mike wiped my tear stained face.
"were you there again?.." he said softly. i nodded. my hands were shaking. why did i have to go back there? mike held my hands.
"your hands are so cold will, and you're so pale. come on, i'm gonna take you home." he put his hand on my face. he stood up and helped me up. i started to walk but mike picked me up.
"nah, i'm gonna carry you." he smiled and i started laughing.
"michael put me down!" he only held on to me tighter, and i just let him. i felt safe with him, and that's all that mattered. he eventually put me down, and then we walked in silence. it was completely dark outside and the only light was the moon. i looked down and held mikes hand. he stopped and stared at the moon. he was so perfect. his black curly hair blowing slightly because of the wind and his smile was beautiful and real. and this perfect boy was mine. he looked at me and put one hand on my face, then kissed me. we pulled away from each other and smiled.
"you're still really cold will, here have my jacket." he took his jacket off and put it on me.
"then you'll get cold!" he shook his head
"no, i'll be fine. plus, you're pale as well and you look a little purple under your eyes. now, let's go home and you can take a warm shower." he grabbed my hand and we started walking again, and then suddenly mike looked angry and he stopped. i looked in the direction he was looking in and i saw it. troy was punching dustin. he ran over and punched troy off of dustin. i quickly ran over to him and helped dustin up, and i looked over at mike and troy and they were constantly throwing punches at each other. i cant let him do this, not after what he's been through. i ran over to them and i pulled mike off of troy.
"LET ME GO! HE HURT MY BEST FRIEND IM NOT LETTING HIM GET AWAY WITH IT!" troy struggled to get up but once he did he ran off. i was trying to hold mike back, i wasn't that strong but i could also tell he was being gentle. he stopped trying to get out of my grip.
"i'm sorry will." he said softly, i squeezed his hand and we walked over to dustin. what the fuck is wrong with people? me and mike lifted dustin up and we started walking to my house. we walked in silence and he started raining.
"YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" mike groaned. i had his jacket on and he had a short sleeved shirt on, dustin was wearing a jacket and his hat. we started to pick up the pace until we finally got there and we quickly brought him inside.
"dustin!" my mom, joyce ran over to help us and brought him to the couch.
"mike, are you okay?" she felt mikes forehead, and he nodded. she help clean dustin's bloody nose and treated his cuts and bruises.
"you boys go change into some different clothes, and get something for dustin to wear." dustin smiled at my mom.
"thank you ms byers!" mom smiled sweetly and nodded, then me and mike walked into my room, and i looked around for some clothes for dustin to wear, mike sat down on my bed, and pulled his knees to his chest. i walked over to him and ruffled his wet hair.
"mike get up and change, then you can go to sleep" mike stood up and changed into some sweatpants and took off his shirt, then he laid down on my bed and stared at me. i laughed.
"a little privacy? i'm changing" i rolled my eyes and smiled, then he face the other direction, i changed into some shorts and a short sleeved shirt, then i grabbed some clothes and walked back into the living room. i handed dustin the clothes and he smiled at me.
"thanks will!" i smiled back,
"no problem, i can get you some covers and you can sleep on my couch, sound good?" he nodded. i walked back into my room and mike was asleep, i kissed his cheek and got some extra blankets to bring to dustin.
