Something's wrong | BYLER

Why? | Chapter 11

*SMALL TIME SKIP*
It was 3 hours later, and the sky was already turning dark and cold because it was slowly becoming evening. While the boys Mike and Will were still cuddled up on the couch, Both of them laying right now while sleeping, Will's head on Mike's chest and Mike holding Will, El was already getting changed in her pajamas in the shed that was basically her bedroom now, meaning Mike and Will were alone in the cabin. Well, that is what they thought.

While Mike and Will were sleeping on the couch, Joyce and Hopper finally got home after about 4 hours long. It turned out the couple didn't only get groceries, but they also went to a small cafe that they met while walking back to the surferboy pizza van that was standing close by the grocery store. Hopper and Joyce both got out of the yellow van and walked straight to the front door of the cabin and slowly opened and then saw Mike and Will cuddled up.

Joyce and Hopper didn't wanna ruin Mike and Will's moment at all, so they both decided to ignore it and wake Will up without saying anything about the way he was cuddling Mike. Hopper carefully closed the wooden front door and then walked to the couch in the living room, and woke Will up. Will was in a pretty deep sleep and dreaming about all kinds of things, until he felt a hand on his shoulder which woke him up and snapped him out of his dreams.

When he had finally fully opened his eyes, he looked up and saw that it was his step-father Hopper and his mother Joyce who came back from the grocery store. What the hell took them so long? Will, El and Mike have been staying home alone for about 4 hours now! "Hey kiddo. Sorry that it took so long. Your mother was buying too much stuff." Hopper lied so he didn't have to tell Will about his embarrassing food obsession whenever he was in a cafe.

"Excuse me? You were the one who saw a cafe and ate like 2 lobsters, 4 pancakes and a whole cake!" Joyce raised her voice at Hopper. Of course they weren't actually mad at each other, Joyce was just reminding him of his weird and embarrassing food obsession and that it was his fault it took so long. Will just stared at them 'arguing' and laughed, until he realized he was still cuddling with Mike. That made his smile fade away.

This meant that both Joyce and Hopper saw them cuddling like this. Will removed his head from Mike's chest and looked embarrassed at him and then turned completely red of embarrassment. "We're going to make food, it's getting late." Joyce said and then kissed her son on the forehead and walked to the kitchen so she could make food with Hopper. Agh. Will thought to himself. He hated kisses.

Will now put his head back on Mike's chest, but suddenly he felt a hand stroking his hair. "Hey, are you awake already?" Mike said in a sleepy voice. Mike has now woken up too just like Will, and he was the one stroking Will's hair. Will nodded. "Yeah, Hopper woke me up." He answered which made Mike panic like crazy. HOPPER!? DOES THAT MEAN HOPPER SAW US CUDDLING!? Mike screamed in his head. He felt embarrassed but also scared as hell, and quickly got up and sat on the couch.

Will just laughed at Mike's reaction and now got up too and sat right next to Mike. "Relax! He didn't say anything about it." Will laughed. Mike now finally calmed down a bit. "We should get changed." Mike recommended, Will nodded in agreement. El already got changed too anyway, so Will and Mike should too even though they still needed to eat. Will was about to get off the couch, until Mike noticed something.

Because of the way Will slept, his sleeves were rolled up. Both of them, and Mike noticed something by his wrist. Scars. Mike didn't know how he got those scars, so he wanted to ask Will. "Hey uhm-" Mike started, Will turned his head to Mike. "What?" Will said, but Mike stopped when he realized what it could be. What if they are self harm scars? Mike thought to himself, getting chills down his spine.

He was hoping it wasn't true. He didn't wanna see Will in pain, not at all. "Nevermind, It's not important." Mike said and Will just answered his boyfriend by nodding. Mike didn't wanna make Will cry or start a awkward conversation in public, so he decided to ask him it in the bedroom while grabbing clothes. Will and Mike now both got off of the couch and walked to the bedroom. Then they opened the door of the bedroom, and Mike closed it.

"Why did you close it? we're not going to change here?" Will said confused while looking at Mike. Mike sighed, and then finally decided to ask it. "Are those self harm scars?"

Will froze.

Will had no idea what to say. How did Mike even notice the self harm scars!? Will now looked down at his sleeves and saw that they were both rolled up. Shit. Will thought to himself. Will was so bad at lying, so he couldn't lie about this, he couldn't escape this conversation.

Mike was shaking right now, shaking of fear. Please tell me it's not true. Mike thought to himself in a worried way. "W-What..?" was all Will replied, trying not to be awkward. "M-Mike w-why would you th- think that..?" Will stuttered, trying to escape this conversation by lying even though he knew that was impossible. Mike already knew he was lying. "Stop lying to me Will." Mike said in a clear tone, making the stress Will had right now even worse.

What if Mike was going to call him an attention seeker? What if Mike was going to say he was annoying? Will now burst out of tears, making it even more obvious that he was lying.

"Will..." Mike said while his voice was shaking because of how worried and scared he was. What if Will was going to do more than self harm someday? What if Will was going to do suicide? No way he was going to lose Will. No. Way. Mike walked towards Will and gave him the biggest hug ever. "Will why did you do that!?" Mike raised his voice, but not because he was mad of course. He wasn't mad at all! he was just so so scared and so worried.

"I- I just...I just thought i'm a freak and that i'm annoying.." Will cried into Mike's shoulder. Mike just stroked Will's back up and down to comfort him, which didn't seem to help much. Will just kept crying into Mike's arms, until Mike stopped hugging him. Mike now grabbed Will by the cheek and looked him right into the eyes.

"Will, you're not a freak at all and you are not annoying. You're the most funniest person in the whole world. You're not only funny, but also nice and caring. I just wish you could realize how amazing you are." Mike said while stroking Will's cheek with his thumb, and Mike's words made Will smile and blush like some weirdo. He gave Mike the biggest hug ever now, and obviously Mike hugged back.

"I love you, Mike."

"I love you too."