byler oneshots

05 - goodbye

*takes place the day the byers moved*
*the scene will not be the same as the show was - mike and el are broken up*
*will pov*

I wake up to the sound of a truck pulling into the driveway, and jump out of bed and look out my window to see a big moving truck sitting in front of my house. I can immediately feel my heart sink as it reminds me that today I'm moving from my lifelong home. Away from my lifelong friends and my favorite town in the entire world. Hawkins.

I grab a pair of khaki jeans and a striped shirt and put my pajamas into one of the many boxes that sit by my door, that being the last thing I have to pack.

I carry my many boxes to the truck, sliding them to the back and setting my donation boxes by the door. I walk by my moms room and hear El crying and my mom trying to comfort her, so I decide to ignore it. I then walk down the hallway and hear Nancy and Jonathan talking, so I walk back down the hallway and to the front window to see Max, Dustin, Lucas, and Mike parking their bikes in front of my house.

I swing open the door and they all look up quickly, each of their eyes looking red and puffy.

"Byers!" Lucas yells, running up and wrapping his arms around me.

"Hey guys! Thanks for coming." I say, my mom and El walking out of the house and to the truck. I instantly feel this pit forming in my stomach, not just because I'm leaving my friends, but because I'm leaving Mike. I've been wanting to tell him for a while how I feel, and if I don't tell him how, I might never do it.

Each of us begin to cry, me crying the hardest as we hug and say our goodbyes. When I finally see Mike looking at me, I gesture towards the front porch and he follows me up there, the rest of the party biking off and my mom and El climbing into the truck.

"God, I can't believe your moving to California. What am I gonna do without you, Will?" Mike says, tears violently streaming down his cheeks.

"I'm gonna miss you so much. Promise me that you'll write to me." I say, wrapping him in my arms.

"Of course I will. I'll call you at least three times a week and talk about school and you can tell me all about your classes and who's in them." he says, slowly leaning away and noticing the look of regret on my face.

"Will, what is it?" Mike asks.

"It's just that - ever since you and El broke up it's made me realize my feelings for you. I'm the luckiest person in the world to have you as a best friend, but sometimes I wish that we were more. I know that this is all really sudden and hard to process, but if I didn't tell you today I thought that there might not me another chance." I say, his eyes becoming soft and his jaw loosening.

"Will I - I feel the same way. I always have. I tried to date her as disctraction from how I really felt about - about you." Mike says, a million thoughts running through my mind.

"You do?" I choke out.

"Yeah. I do." he says, pressing his lips to mine and not giving me anytime to kiss back before he leans away.

"I don't want you to leave." Mike cries.

"I don't wanna leave either, but it's best for El. I just wish I didn't have to go with her." I say, kissing him softly and wiping the tears off his face as I lean away. He walks me to the car, and just before I am about to get in, he wraps his arms around my waist and I wrap mine around his shoulder, crying.

"Bye, Will. I love you." he says, my heart aching.

"I love you too." I say, leaning away and getting into the car.