byler oneshots

20 - head over heels

*spring of freshman year*
*will and mike are together*
*mike pov*

I wake up to the sound of my mom barging in my room and kissing me on the head, just like she does every year.

"Happy birthday, honey!" she squeals as all I can do is groan in return.

"Get up and let's have some breakfast!" she says, opening the blinds so all the light shines on me. I stumble out of bed and follow her downstairs where Nancy is putting chocolate chip pancakes onto plates and puts a candle in one of them.

"No singing, please!" I laugh. They just sing me happy birthday in response as I laugh in embarrassment. I eat my pancakes quickly so that I can open presents. My mom and dad got me a brand new bike that is way better than my old one. Holly just made me a card, of course, and Nancy got me a few new T-shirts.

"I'm gonna go see Will, but I'll be back in a little." I say, running upstairs to change. I grab a pair of jeans and one of my shirts along with converse and pull it all together before hopping on my new bike, but just as I'm pulling out of my driveway, Will is pulling up to me on his bike.

"Where are you doing?" I laugh, hopping off my bike.

"To see you! I had to bring you your present!" he says, laying his bike on the ground and wrapping his arms around me.

"Happy birthday." he says quietly into my shoulder. I lean away and he kisses me quickly before I invite him inside. We stroll up to my room quietly, trying to avoid conversation with my parents.

"Do you have plans for your birthday?" he asks, sitting next to me on my bed.

"Well the only thing I had planned was going to your house to see you." I laugh, a thought coming to mind.

"I just remembered what my birthday wish last year was." I say hesitantly.

"Don't tell me or it won't come true!" he says.

"The wish was for us to be together." I say, leaning over and kissing him firmly.

"I'm glad that wish came true." he says, kissing me on the cheek and pulling a rectangular present out of his pocket.

"Here." he says, handing it to me. I smile and unwrap it to reveal a mixtape decorated with hearts and stars in pink and purple marker.

"You made me a mixtape?" I say, almost ready to cry.

"It has fifteen songs that remind me of you because it's your fifteenth birthday. Well, some of the songs remind me of us." he says. I feel a few tears streaming down my face at the thought he put into the gift.

"Thank you, Will. Thank you so much. This is honestly the most thoughtful and caring gift I've ever gotten." I say, quickly wiping away the tears and pushing play on the mixtape.

My heart immediately begins to flutter when Head Over Feels by Tears for Fears begins to play, filling the room.

"This song sorta kinda reminds me of how I feel about you." Will says quietly, looking down at his lap and blushing. I move the mixtape beside me and lift his chin with my hand, our eyes meeting.

"Thank you, Will." I say, kissing his cheek softly and watching his face turn red.

"Of course. Happy birthday." he says, kissing me. Our lips move with hunger and passion as I listen to the song playing in the background, and it perfectly describes how I feel for him, but I need him to know that. I suddenly pull away, keeping my hand on his chin.

"Will...I know that we haven't really said this before...but I've always felt it. I love you, Will." I say, hesitating in the process.

"Mike, I love you too." he says, leaning back in as the song continues.