The Little Things

Chapter 2: Platonic Soulmates

 

Chapter 2: My Best Friend Robin

"Steve... Steve, can you hear me? Steve!"

"R-Robin? Is that you?"

I met my best friend Robin 3 years ago. When I first met Robin, I had a slight crush on her, I mean she was just so amazing but a couple months after we met, she came out to me as a lesbian. I came out to Robin a year ago, she was incredibly supportive and became more protective of me. Robin has many amazing traits, like her humour, her bluntness, the way she gets so easily invested in things and when I need her, she's always there. These are just some of the reasons that I love Robin.

I met Robin when we were both working at Scoops Ahoy, an ice cream parlour in the Starcourt Mall, we immediately hit it off, laughing and joking We've been through so much together. The whole of Hawkins has but I think we would all like to forget any of it happened.

She came out to me in a bathroom stall, a strange place to do it to be truthful.

"Listen to me Steve, it shocked me to my core, but I like you. I really like you. But I'm not like you other friends. And I'm not like Nancy Wheeler"

"Robin, thats exactly why I like you"

"Do you remember what I said about Miss Clicks class? About me being jealous and, like, obsessed?"

"Yeah?" I nod

"It isn't because I had a crush on you. It's because she wouldnt stop staring at you"

"Mrs Click?"

She chuckled. "Tammy Thompson. I wanted her to look at me. But she couldnt pull her eyes away from you and your stupid hair. And I didn't understand because you would get bagel crumbs all over the floor. And you asked dumb questions. And you were a douchebag. And-And you didn't even like her.I would go home and just scream into my pillow."

"But Tammy Thompsons a girl?"

"Steve" she looked down at her hands.

"Yeah?" she looked back up and into my eyes, suddenly it all made sense.

"oh."

Ever since that day, me and Robin have been best friend and believe me there have been some crazy days and some days where things where just horrible, but Robin was always there to make me feel better.

There was the first time I came out to her:

"Robin! I'm trying to tell you something!"

Or when I lost my hearing in my right ear:

"Steve? I want you to know, It'll all be okay"

The day I had a panic attack in public:

"Steve, I'm here, you're here, just focus on my voice"

The second coming out:

"Robin I think I like him in a non-platonic way. Help"

And many other times.

I guess Im just thankful for everything Robin has done.

But maybe I should start from the beginning. June 15th, 1988.

The day that this all started.