Stranger Things x Male!Reader

Chapter 3

The five boys entered the arcade and went to play games, waiting for [Name] when he went up to the register and exchanged some of his money for quarters to be able to play the arcade games, pocketing the rest of the money into his jacket pocket and walked with the boys while he continued to eat chips.

Dustin pointed at the game Dragon's lair and went to play the game, inserting the required quarters into the coin slot and began to play, going through the quests now being able to get through the part where he will have to slay the dragon, "To slay the dragon, use the magic sword." The pretty blonde princess said as she pointed towards the dragon.

"Oh, Jesus! I'm in unchartered territory here, guys." Dustin said, flinching when the Dragon had suddenly started to claw at Dustin's character, having him press the buttons on the game and move the game stick for him to be able to dodge the thing, all of the boys incoherent words as they watch Dustin play, the dragon breathing fire to the surroundings.

All of them clamoring as Dustin tries to focus on the game at hand rather than the insitant chatter of his friends, Dustin shook his head and insisted that the others were to shut up, "You too [Name] stop eating your chips loudly!" Dustin said as he brought his focus back to the game at hand.

[Name] turning around and facing his back to the others so he could continue eating, though no matter how much he shut his friends up, the dragon had still burned the knight into crisp, his body turning into bones, "No! No! No!" Dustin cried out loud as he stared at the screen, his hands hitting at mechanical video game, "I hate this overpriced bullshit!" He kicked the bottom of the machine and glared at the title screen,.

"Chip?" [Name] offered, all of them looked to the boy before Dustin inserted his hands inside the bag and took a handful of chips and eating it in frustration, "You're just not nimble enough, there'll be a day when you get there. But until then, Princess Daphne is still mine." Lucas smiled, his eyes going to the screen which had the pretty blonde princess staring back at them as the dark skinned boy chuckled at Dustin.

Dustin sighs and takes another chip from [Name]'s bag, the (h/c) haired boy offering it to him, "At least I'm still top at Centipede and Dig Dug." Dustin smiled at his friends.

"Are you sure about that?" a voice asks.

They all turn to Keith as he smiles at them and proceeds to eat a cheese puff, "What do you mean?" Dustin's brows knit together as he stared up at the older boy, Dustin looks to his friends if they know what Keith was talking about but they shrug, though Dustin seemed to had already catched on to what Keith meant as he pushed Will aside to run over to the machines, his eyes looking over to the names to those who held the highest points in each game, Dustin cried out loud as he stared at his name that was now in second place and now below the name "Madmax".

"751, 300 points?!" Will gasped out loud in astonishment as his eyes settle on the number, "That's impossible!" Mike exclaimed, then Dustin turned to Keith, "Who's MadMax?" Dustin asked.

'MadMax? What a nice name.' [Name] smiled to himself, already knowing who could the top player be, their memories playing over to the cool skater with red hair.

"Deffinitely better than you." Keith retorted, to which Dustin flipped him off.

"Is it you?" Will had asked, Keith's face twisted as he spoke, "You know I despise Dig Dug."

"Spill it."

"Yeah! Spill it Keith!"

"Woah there! Now if you want something from me I want something in return."  Keith smiled his eyes going over to Mike in a knowing look, making the other members look over to Mike in confusion, though it took a while he fully understood what Keith had meant, "No, No! I am not going to turn my sister into a prostitute!" Mike exclaimed.

"Come on, it'll be for a good cause." Lucas had reasoned as he looked at his friend, "Ew! Lucas what is wrong with you? There's no way that would be for a good cause." [Name] said as his eyebrows scrunch together.

"You know what? How much do you want? " [Name] spoke up, Keith's attention going over to the (h/c) haired boy, Dustin looked between [Name] and Keith before gently pushing [Name] backwards, "You know what? Let's not. He'll probably waste the money and spread that nasty ass rash between your whole family." Dustin had said.

Keith looked at him offended, "It isn't a rash it's acne and it isn't contagious you prepubescent wastoid."

"Oh wow what nice insults you have." Dustin rolled his eyes as he opened his eyes to speak, but by the time he and Keith were arguing with each other it felt like as if Will had already drifted away from the others, his eyes glancing towards his friends before he slowly walks over to the front door of the arcade, his eyes watching the scenery shift outside of the establishment.

Although it had seemed to be the same scenery from before with the sky being painted black with small hints of the color of dark blue, there seemed to be something in the air and it wasn't love but rather gray ash, he wanted to avoid it and go back to his friends but his curiosity seemed to be peaked when he heard a low grumbling, and from the looks of it, he was the only one.

He was alone again, his surroundings shifted and resembled the place that he dreaded to return to; the upside down.

Will seemed to look around in worry and confusion when he was brought back to the horrid place, his whole body flinched when he heard the front door suddenly crash open and letting in the cold wind, tentatively, Will walked out of the now broken down establishment and looked around, turning his head to different directions.

But when he looked up the sky didn't seem normal and made it seem out of place with the rest of his surroundings, dark clouds had began to form, creating this weird shape in the sky, the thunder seemed to crash and the lightning was flashing a red color in the gaps of the sky where dark clouds weren't covering.

Will stared in horror as he stood there, unmoving.

"Will!"

Will gasped sharply and turned around to see the worried faces of Mike and [Name], "Are you okay?" Mike asked him as he carefully grasped, Will's shoulders, "You seemed to have strayed from the group so we were worried what were to happen to you." [Name] approached as his hands go over to touch his forehead, checking to see if Will was catching a cold of the sort.

"I'm..I just needed some air." Will grasped [Name]'s hand and held it, "You know I won't look into any of your guys heads without permission." [Name] reminded him and Will only nodded, trusting his friend not to use his powers unless necessary, "I know." Will sighed.

Mike and [Name] smiled at each other, "Come on. It's your turn on dig dug." Mike wrapped his arm around Will's shoulder and rubs it in comfort, "Let's go get that top score back." Mike said.

"I want a hug too!" [Name] laughed as he walked behind the two, Will and Mike speeding up their walk back inside the building, trying to avoid getting crushed by the groups pretty boy.

"No! Get away!"

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That's it for now. More chapters to come(I hope) Anyways, I think I'll stick to updating this book since it's fun writing for ST.

I might not post a lot but I try my best to make it worth the read whenever I do.

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2/12/23