The painting ~ byler

VII

- MIKE'S POV -

12:02

"Will!" I begin. All I wanted to know was what got him out of his trance. What was so hard to say about that? Suddenly he just, stopped walking. "Will?"

His head slowly started to turn back, getting quicker every movement. It revealed a monster like being replacing his normal face, slowly emerging its monster form to his body.

"Shit." I stare blankly for a second paralysed. Then I snapped back into reality. I was running as quick as a could wherever I could.

As I kept on running the sky began to turn red.

Shit. Is this what happens?

"Will!? Will where are you?" I scream starting to slow down; but just as I do I trip over a vine. "Help!"

The vine pulled me up to a tree, and lifted my head up to reveal a human-monster type being.

"Will!!" I tried one last time until-

"Mike?" El. "Mike I need you to wake up! That's vecna. You just need to ignore him and focus on us!" But it was useless. The vines weren't moving.

"Mike?" Will. "Mike I don't know if you can hear me but-"

I hear you Will.

"Mike. Do you remember the first day of kindergarten?." He pauses for a second. "I was just- I was just swinging by myself. I had no friends yet, nobody would speak to me. Until you came and sat on the swing next to me. You just asked- you just asked me if I wanted to be your friend. And of course I said yes, because I knew there was something special about you Mike, something really special."

I smile lit up on my face. Did he really mean all that? I feel the vines on my throat slowly becoming looser the more I thought about it. Finally I could properly breathe.

"And- Mike." Will begins again after a long pause. I was now searching for a way out, running wherever I could. "The truth is- I did make the painting by myself, only me. Because I need you Mike and I don't want to loose you. I couldn't loose you. Whatever I said was about El, I meant it about myself but I was just scared that if I opened up to you I would loose you. But now I'm opening up to you Mike. And I-"

Exit.

"Mike!" I hear El scream and she ran to hug me. "Mike we couldn't wake you up. Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm- I'm fine." I look over to Will who was looking to the ground. "Let's go home and just forget about this."

"Sure, Mike. Whatever you want. But you know we can't just forget about this, right?" El looks at me.

"I'm okay. I promise. I don't even know why vecna wanted me. I have nothing going on in my brain." I put on a fake smile and laugh. "Let's go."

- 2:13 PM -

All three of us were sat down in the living area, however not a single word had been said. I had a blanket around me with a mug of hot chocolate that said 'worlds best papa', which I assume El had gotten for Hopper.

"I'm going to get some food." El breaks the tension and quickly gets up to go to the kitchen. I decide this is the time to talk to Will.

"Great speech, by the way." Wow, great way to start the conversation idiot.

"Oh! Uh, well I was just saying stuff- anything, really. To get you out of your trance. I guess it worked." He smiled at me.

Shoot. Suddenly I had a bad stomach. But not like an eating too-much type stomach, but a different type. One I only get when I'm around Will. I just assumed it was normal but maybe it's not. I mean- I've never had it around El. I couldn't help but look at Will again. His gorgeous features. His emerald green eyes. His cute smile.

Shit. There's that word again. What the hell was going on with me. Was it normal to think of your best friend this way? I'm sure someone in the world has. Right? It's not like I like like him. Boys can't like boys. Right? But what if- What if I... liked Will? Is that...

Possible?

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LOL THIS IS KINDA CRINGE but anyways🥰

I think Mike's gæ.