byler oneshots ;)

van scene (how it should've gone)

will had just poured his heart out to mike who couldn't be more oblivious to the fact that he wasn't talking about el, he was talking about himself, he thought maybe after he talked it out with someone he'd feel better but he didn't. Will couldn't shake the feeling that there was something wrong with him, this thought combined with his feelings for mike (which he didn't know much more he could take of the constant hiding from everyone) he was in tears.

The last thing he wanted was to cry in front of mike so he turned to face the window and covered his mouth to try and keep the sounds of his sobs quiet, unfortunately it didn't work as he felt mikes hand on his shoulder turning him around,
"will?" mike said in his soft voice only reserved for will, "what's wrong?"
"n-nothing i- i'm fine" will struggled to get out.
"not you're not" mike said but he knew will wasn't going to talk right now, not with jonathan and argyle two feet away being able to hear everything "how about we talk during the next pit stop?"
will nodded, comforted by both mikes hand and not having to talk right this very minute, he also had time to make up some excuse to hide the truth, something he's been doing a lot lately.

They pulled over at a gas station to get gas, food, go to the toilet etc, mike and will however stayed in the van so they could finally talk but will was panicking, he still hadn't come up with any kind of excuse for his tears, what was he going to say?
"wanna tell me what's going on?" mike pressed softly.
"i'm fine, really" will said not even believing himself at this point.
They sat in silence for a few minutes before mike spoke up,
"look, i know you're not okay, in fact i've known for awhile i just, i don't know i didn't wanna pry but i've never seen you like this, so...timid, at least around me and look, i know i've been distant and just an all around shitty best friend and i'm so so sorry, i guess..no there's no excuse, i should've been there for you, even last summer, some of the shit i said, i'm so sorry, i promise i'm gonna try and be better, spend more time with you and just i don't know, be there and yeah el's my girlfriend, but, well you came first so she'll just have to deal with it"
will sat there and took in mikes whole speech which sounded like it had been held in for awhile, had mike really noticed wills wasn't okay? did he really mean all of that?
"you really mean all that?" he asked
"of course and you can talk to me about anything" mike prompted, he knew that whatever was wrong with will, he's been holding in for a while and whilst mike doesn't want to push him, he knows from experience that it's not good to keep things bottled up.
"i like someone" will blurted out as tears began welling in his eyes, there was no way he was going to tell mike about his feelings, maybe he could still come out to him without him knowing about them, is he ready for that? is he ready for someone to finally see the side of him that he's been hiding for so long?
"well i never thought i'd see the day" mike chuckles, "the will byers actually has a crush, who is she?"
will let out a shaky breath before continuing "it's...not a she" will whispered but mike still heard.
the boys once again sat in silence, will completely terrified and already regretting his decision and mike having no idea how to react or what to say.
"oh" was all mike let out
"oh?" will said in his shaky voice, he couldn't even look at mike as he started to sob,
"woah, hey hey it's ok will, come here" mike said as he pulled will into his chest, will continued to cry as mike held him
"i'm sorry" will cried
"don't apologise" mike stated seriously "don't ever apologise for who you are ok?"
"you, you don't hate me?"
"of course not, you're my favourite person, nothing changes that"
will smiled, his first real smile in 2 years
"so what's his name?" mike asked
"i think you've gotten enough out of me for one day mike" will chuckled, mike may have accepted him being gay but there was no way will was ready to tell him about his feelings
"maybe tomorrow" mike smirked
"yeah...maybe" will said as he looked down but before he looked away he noticed some he must've hallucinated, mike glancing at his lips..