Mike frantically ran up the stairs, tripping on his shoelaces in the process. He turned the knob and opened the door, showing a soaked Will with a bag on his back. "Jesus! What are you doing?! Get in here." Mike said, pulling Will inside and closing the door. "It started raining on the way here, it was to late to go back." Will said, wiping a droplet of rain from his cheek. "Oh. Well let's go downstairs. I'll get you something dry so your not all cold." Mike smiled. "No really I'm fine." Will said, not wanting to cause any trouble. "No really it's no problem. You can just have some of my clothes." Mike said smiling ear to ear. Wills face heated up at the thought. Wearing Mikes clothes.
Once they were downstairs Mike was rummaging through a laundry basket of folded clothes. He grabbed a sweater and some grey sweatpants. He handed to Will. "Thanks." Will felt awkward, especially since it'd been so long since they hung out. Will began walking towards the bathroom. "Oh wait!" Mike said, causing Will to turn. "Here's a towel." He said handing it to him, "For your hair." He said, pulling at a strand of Wills hair causing him to have heart palpitations. Will didn't say anything, turning and walking into the bathroom, closing the door with a creak.
Mike sat down on the couch. He felt good. He was in a weirdly good mood. For the first time in months Mike felt like he wasn't absolutely miserable. He didn't understand why. He hoped it was just because he missed his best friend.
In the bathroom Will was pulling at his wet shirt, trying to get it over his head, which he barely succeeded in. He grabbed the towel and began to dry off his chest and hair. He pulled off his soaked shorts and put them in the corner. His underwear had managed to stay dry, which was shocking looking at the downpour outside. Will grabbed mikes sweater, the fabric was a dark red, soft and worn. He pulled it over his head, immediately feeling safe for some reason. He realized he probably seemed like he was taking ages so he pulled on the sweatpants and shoved his clothes into his bag. He opened the bathroom door, it creaking loudly and causing Will to cringe. His eyes were immediately met with Mikes. Who stared at him, looking him up and down, his face dusted a light pink. "U-uh. Thanks for the clothes again. I appreciate it." Will said, fumbling with the sleeve of the sweater. "Oh yeah of course! Come sit down." Mike said scooting over. Will listened and walked towards him, sitting down on the couch and sinking into it.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" Will said gently. "Talk about what?" He definitely knew what he was talking about. "You and el." Will chewed at his lip, honestly curious to the reason of their break up. "El. Just. We..." he was struggling, it was obvious. "I don't think I ever liked el." Mike said inhaling sharply. Will looked at him with shocked eyes. "I just- our whole relationship was really messed up. I felt like the whole time I was pretending. But I didn't even realize it because..because...I felt like...I was supposed to date her. I'm supposed to like her. But for some reason, when I kiss her I don't feel anything. It makes no sense." Mike threw his hands up, looking away from Will. Will was completely dumbfounded, confused and lost in Mikes panicked rambling. "It makes sense. I get it." Will said, a tear forming in his eye. "What do you mean?" Mike said, turning to Will. "I don't feel anything either. I mean..for girls." Will bit his lip hard, ready to be met with screams of disgust. "Oh." Mike said. "Well that's okay! You're still my best friend. Doesn't change anything for me." Wills mouth seemingly fell open. His eyes overflowed as he began to let out choked sobs. He forced himself to look at Mike. "Please don't hate me." Mike looked at him afraid, he'd seen Will vulnerable before but not like this. No words could fix this. So instead Mike hugged Will. He wrapped his arms around him fully and squeezed him tight. "I'm not going anywhere Will. Ever. I'm right here. I don't hate you. I could never hate you." Will gripped the fabric of Mikes shirt as he let out all the pain he'd been holding in for months.
The rest of the night was peaceful. They sat on the couch cracking jokes and reminiscing on old memories of the group. Laughing wholeheartedly and every once in a while staring at each other for long periods of time which became suspicious after a while.
But Will had an even bigger secret. A secret that could ruin everything.
