𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 - byler

32 - bonus chapter

they were at will's house and mike snuggled up near will in his bed.

"mike, move away! i'm sick," will lightly coughed.

"then why'd you call me over?"

"i didn't... i called you saying i was sick so that's why we can't hang out today and then next thing i know," will coughs, making sure to cover his mouth. "next thing i know, you're here."

"okay, less talky-talk and more snuggle-snuggle."

will rolls his eyes and scoots away from mike, continuing his drawing.

"ooh, can you draw me? like that one time..." mike's voice awkwardly trails off, realizing he just brought up a time when he used to bully will.

will sniffles, "i am drawing you, idiot."

"why are you so grumpy? anyways, it looks good. i look good."

will side eyes him and then starts smiling, "you do look good."

he takes the pencil off the paper just to think for a minute and starts biting his fingernails.

mike grabbed will's hand, "hey, you don't need anymore foreign things in your mouth."

joyce stopped in her tracks at will's door, "excuse me?"

mike and will sat up and both looked over at joyce then at each other before mike started stammering. "i-i swear- i wasn't- i didn't mean-"

"-he means it wasn't a sexual innuendo."

joyce rolls her eyes jokingly and then realizes how alarmingly close mike is to will, "you know will is sick, right?"

mike wrapped his arms around will, "yeah."

joyce walks away, muttering something about karen.

they get back in a laying position, "mike, can you pass me a tissue?"

"but i'm laying down," mike whines.

"mike."

"will."

will grabs mike's hand and blows his nose in it causing mike to retract his hand, "will, what the fuck!"

mike stared at his hand for a few seconds before rubbing his hand on will's shirt.

"no, stop!"

"it's your fucking germs!" will tried to reach for mike's shirt, "oh hell no!"

will snorted which unintentionally caused snot to come out of his nose. 

mike got out of bed, "i swear to god, will."

"it was an accident! now, get me a tissue."

-

the next day, will and mike held hands as they walked past shops in the mall.

"no offense but what is there to do here besides eat?"

will rolled his eyes, "you've never randomly walked around in a mall or target with your other friends?"

mike scrunched his nose, "no?"

they were about to walk into bath and body works but backtracked when they saw their mothers in the store, "oh, shit."

"you swore."

will sniffled, "yeah, i swear now, mikey."

"don't fucking call me that, willy."

"then don't call me willy."

"i only called you willy because you called me mikey."

"you know willy means penis, right?" will exclaimed louder than he intended. some people walking by gave them weird looks

"y-yeah, i knew that," mike scratched the back of his neck.

will laughed, "liar," he pulled mike along. "let's go to scoops ahoy."

"you sure you should be having ice cream?" mike touched will's forehead, "you're still sick."

"well, i wanna see robin and steve."

"steve? who's steve?"

"my other boyfriend."

mike pulled his hand out of will's grip, "i'm sorry, what?"

"I'm talking about steve harrington! jesus christ."

mike facepalmed. "right, right. the senior- ex senior now 'cause it's summer."

they walked into scoops ahoy and mike rang the bell repeatedly.

"hey dingus, your children are here," robin chuckled at will's pout. "i'm kidding. you're not that young."

steve came out from the back, "hey guys! what brings you boys on this sailor trip... for... um..."

"he's practicing his pick up lines and so far," robin picked up a white board with two sections: you rule and you suck, "none of them have worked."

steve crossed his arms, clearly annoyed. "well, i'd like to see you try."

"well, what do you boys want today?"

mike cleared his throat, "um i'll have a scoop of mint chip in a cup." he turned to will, "do you..."

will rubs his nose with a tissue he pulled out of his pocket, "strawberry, single scoop, in a waffle cone."

"coming right up!" steve hollered.

"they are right there. they can hear you. now, everyone can hear you."

"gee, you're real fun to work with."

robin smiled.

a few minutes later, mike and will's names were being called so they went back to the cashier.

"here is a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream in a cup! and... a scoop of strawberry ice cream in a waffle cone!"

"why do you sound like a talk show host?"

steve ignored her and handed the kids their ice cream. "i hate to see you go, but i love to watch your," steve glanced at his phone propped up next to the cashier, "trans... transom? transum? transom."

"it's tran-som," will corrected.

robin leaned in close to steve, "i would, uh, look up words before you use them."

mike and will walked away giggling.

"i don't know how you're eating that. like, when i'm sick, it hurts to eat anything cold."

"i find it soothing," will licks his spoon.

"seriously, it doesn't hurt your throat?" mike stared at will.

"no. stop asking."

they continued walking through the mall until will got tired and wanted to go home.

"i can still sleep over, right?" mike asked

"let me just check with my other boyfriend, steve."

"oh my god, shut up."

A/N from sept '22: i came out to my parents recently and they were NOT accepting :) it's been a rough couple of weeks and i'm sick rn and i have so much to do this week but writing this story is comforting in a way so here i am with another chapter

A/N from now (march '23): I wrote this chapter bc I'm sick rn (yayyy) and I don't feel like doing any hw or studying.

also just wanted to add some stuff i never officially stated in any specific chapters:

- felix wears purple a lot

- nate mentioned briefly in chapter 16 is a reference to euphoria

- troy, mike, and max are bisexual in this story (but you can think otherwise)

- there's a small reference to sweater weather in chapter 28

there's probably more... anyways hope you enjoyed this. whatever this chapter was