byler oneshots

12 - coming out and confessions pt 2

*continuation of the last chapter*

It's almost like I can feel everything around me stop. For a second it's like I can't hear or see anything. My eyes are locked on Mike who looks incredibly scared. His eyes are wide and his face is quite pale as he stands up, me doing the same. 

"W - what?" I stutter out.

"Will, I think I like boys too, and I think you're the boy I like." he blurts out. I move closely toward him as we both begin to cry. He wraps his arms around me tightly as I do the same, both of us crying into each other's shoulders loudly.

"Mike, I like you too. I always have." I whisper into his neck. I watch goosebumps cover his skin and I suddenly forget everything else in my life besides this moment. He leans away but his hands stay gripping my waist.

"Are we wrong to like each other?" he cries.

"Some people might think so, but I don't think that at all. Liking boys is no different then liking girls." I say, wiping his tears away with my thumb.

"I like you so much." I say quietly.

"I like you more." he says. Before I can argue, he takes my chin in his right hand and cups my face, tilting it up towards his.

"Can I kiss you?" he whispers.

"Please." I whisper back. He slowly places his soft lips on mine, and at first I don't know what to do, but then our lips simply start to move in sync and comes naturally to me. I entangle my fingers in his beautiful black hair and pull him closer as I stand on my tip toes.

When he finally pulls away, our faces stay only inches apart.

"You have no idea how long I've waited to do that." Mike says, causing me to blush.

"I've waited my whole life for that. Plus, it was my first kiss." I say in embarrassment.

"I was your first kiss?!" he says happily.

"Yup." I giggle.

"How was it?" he laughs.

"Perfect."

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He changed into pajamas and I try not to blush when he lifts his shirt over his head and I see a glance of his almost bare body in the mirror. I lay down on his bed as he puts on some music and lays down next to me, both of us staring at the ceiling.

"I'm sorry if I'm awkward, Mike. I've never been with someone before." I say nervously.

"Don't be sorry. I can't wait to make all your first time as special as I can." he says, his arm snaking around my waist. Before I know it, he is pulling my body against his under the blankets. My back is pressed to his chest and he kisses the back of my hair softly.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Mike quietly asks.

"I guess I was just nervous. I was scared that you might not want to be my friend." I say sadly.

"Nothing could ever change the way I feel about you, Will." he whispers into my hair.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" I question.

"I was in total denial for a while and I wasn't letting myself feel it while I was with El, but after her and Hopper moved, I realized that it was you. It's always been you." he says, kissing the back of my head. I bring his hand up under the blanket and press my lips to it, interlocking our fingers slowly.

"Is it okay if I fall asleep? I didn't get much sleep last night because of how nervous I was." I say nervously.

"Of course. I'm pretty tired too. Goodnight, Will." he says.

"Good night, Mike." I say.

If you would have told me last night that today I would be falling asleep in Mike arms, I would have thought you were crazy, but here I am.