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Trouble x2

Will takes a swift sip of his apple juice as he enters his room. A few drops of the sweet liquid had dropped onto the floor from the straw as he shut the door. He turned around to see Mike Wheeler lying on his bed with a relieved expression.

"I'm back, Mike!" He beams as he takes the opportunity and plops down next to the boy.

Mike practically shoots up from his original position. It reminded Will of a puppy when its owner comes home from a long day. He snickers at the thought as he relaxes onto the squishy mattress.

"Will! Finally, you took like- forever!"

Will chuckles softly at Mike's antics and puffs out his chest, "Fear not, sir Mike, for Will the Wise is here!"

The two couldn't help but remember the days where they would play DnD non-stop. Nowadays, they'd play occasionally, so hearing Will the Wise was refreshing for the both of them.

Despite Mike knowing he'd enjoy whatever banter this would lead to, he rolls his eyes and doesn't play along, "You are such a dork."

"Yours truly," Will winks, not missing a beat.

Mike's face went hot, which also caused the tips of his ears to redden. Will, thankfully oblivious to it all, just laughs again. The Wheeler boy shakes his head with an adoring smile and straightens his posture.

"So what do you want to do next?" Mike asks as he takes a glimpse of Will, breaking their comfortable silence.

"Mm, I was thinking we could play a board game, draw, watch some movies and pop some popcorn, whatever works."

Mike nods in agreement, "Sounds good to me."

A smile plays on the brunette's lips as he hops off his bed and begins to exit the room again. He stops mid-way and turns to Mike, "Oh yeah, what game am I getting for us to play?"

The lanky boy makes a humming noise to signify he's thinking. He taps his chin then gasps in an overdramatized manner.

"We should totally play Trouble!" He suggests with obviously exaggerated enthusiasm.

Will scrunches his nose in distaste, "Trouble? I wanted to play Monopoly."

Mike tuts Will's proposal, "Monopoly with only two people goes way too fast, plus there's a clear winner basically the whole game."

Will pauses for a moment before shrugging his shoulders in compliance.

"Fair enough." He smiles, leaving the room to go claim the box of Trouble.

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"I found it Mike!" Will announces as he comes back into the room where his best friend sat alone.

Mike scrambles to get up, almost trampling Will as he snatches the box from his hands and sets it on the ground slowly, imitating the noise of something heavenly. Will laughs and grabs his apple juice before situating himself across from Mike on the floor.

"I call blue!" Mike teases as he opens the box and steals the blue pegs.

"Mike, I wanted blue!" Will groans, dragging out the "I" in Mike.

Mike begins to laugh like a maniac and just pats Will on his head in mock consolation.

"Poor you, I guess you'll have to have yellow, it's a cool color too."

Will almost protested since there was green or red as an option too, but seeing the huge smile that would spread across Mike's face was worth it. He rolls his eyes playfully, and he holds out his palm to accept the yellow game pieces.