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𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬3/4 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 !

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third wheeling.

it was sadly one of will's best qualities, since he did it so often.

right now, he was third wheeling mike and el. usually he wouldn't mind being a third wheel if it was lucas & max he was with, but when it was mike and el it was nothing more than pure torture. i mean, at least max and lucas pay attention to will while he's with them, unlike what mike and el were doing right now.

the three of them were currently sat in scoops ahoy, mike and el sat on one side of the table and will sat on the other. mike and el were giggling at each other every two seconds, while will was left to watch and eat his ice-cream in peace. he felt like a ghost, what was the point of him being there if they weren't even gonna acknowledge the fact he existed?

will tried not to come to terms with it, but deep down, being a third wheel was not the part that hurt most. it was the fact he had to sit through 3 hours of watching the love of his life ignore him & mess around with his own sister. over the years, will just learnt to deal with it. he had already come to terms with the fact that mike would never be his, and he was okay with that as long as el was happy. he didn't want to jeopardise their relationship whatsoever. he would only ever try to tell mike how he felt if mike magically did it first, but he knew that would never happen.

after a few more minutes, they were all finished with their ice-cream. they thanked robin and steve and made their way home. el got picked up by hopper and mike and will biked home in silence. there was a tension growing in the atmosphere, and they could both feel it.

- time skip -

both boys arrived back at the wheelers', since will was staying there for dinner. he both loved and hated that. they went down to the basement together but mike still wasn't fucking talking to him. will couldn't take any of his bullshit anymore and just snapped like a twig.

w: "why are you not talking to me?" will blurted out, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

m: "what?"

w: "what, you think i haven't noticed you ignoring me these past few months?" he questioned, standing up off mike's couch and walking over to him.

m: "will, i- i havent been ignoring you." he argued, trying to cover for himself. it was so obvious he was lying.

w: "oh is that so? then how come el has a whole book of letters from you and i have not even a couple? and how come you'd phone her every single day for hours, but you'd phone me once every 2 weeks? do you have another bullshit explanation behind that too?" anger was now flaring up inside him, there was really no good explanation for all this.

mike didn't say anything, he just looked at will intently as he spoke. he knew the reason behind all of that, he knew fine well.

w: "mike," he grabbed mike's hand. "where did my best friend go?"

will looked up at mike lovingly, right in the eyes. he was tired of all these lies. he knew mike wasnt telling him everything and needed to know the truth, or else he would just break right then and there. his best friend was lying, lying straight to his face.

m: "will.. i-" he stopped himself. he was petrified of will knowing the truth. will couldn't take it anymore and let go of mike's hand, turning away frustratedly. mike's mouth parted as will began to walk away.

he couldn't bare loosing his best friend.

m: "i love you!"

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𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃 !

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-𝐄.𝐒

𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲.