Same Blood, Different Feelings ~OC x Will Byers~

Chapter Three: The Pollywog

Oscar couldn't focus during class, his mind was too wrapped up in what happened last night.

Will was keeping all kinds of secrets from him, and now so was Mike?

Those two have never kept anything from him before. He knew...everything.

Then again...Oscar was kind of keeping his own secrets.

But it was different, his kind of secrets were...the sort of things he couldn't tell the guys.

"Psst, AV club meeting at lunch." Mike whispered to him after Dustin barged in disrupting the class.

"Yeah, sure, whatever." Oscar muttered, unable to keep the bitterness out of his voice. Mike's eyes widened at him, but he didn't say anything.

~~~
When they got to the AV club, Dustin opened his special container he had when he was a Ghostbuster and revealed the strange lizard like creature inside.

"His name is d'Artagnan." Dustin grinned, taking it out.

"It's very...gelatinous." Oscar cringed.

"And he was in your trash?" Max questioned.

Dustin nodded. "Foraging for food. We can call him Dart for short."

He handed him to Max, who handed him to Lucas, who handed him to Will, who handed him to Mike. "What is he?"

"My question exactly." Dustin smirked before taking out a bunch of books. "I thought he might be a kind of pollywog."

"Pollywog?" Max questioned.

"Another word for tadpole." Dustin explained. "But he doesn't need water."

Oscar's eyes narrowed. "He doesn't need water?"

"Wait, it looks like...there's something moving inside it." Mike frowned.

Dustin shined the light to get a better look, but the creature cried out and tried to run, Dustin barely caught him before he fell off the table. "That's another thing, reptiles love the sun, Dart hates it."

"So he's not a pollywog or a reptile..." Lucas frowned.

"I think I've discovered a new species." Dustin grinned.

That's when the bell rang and they had to leave.

~~~

They met up again to show Mr. Clarke, and were about to open the box...

Only for Mike and Will to run in. "SORRY MR. CLARKE IT WAS A STUPID PRANK, WE NEED TO GO RIGHT NOW!" Mike yelled at them quickly as he snatched the box and bolted.

"What...was that?" Mr. Clarke asked in a daze as the others hurried off.

Oscar swallowed hard. "I have no idea." He hated that he was telling the truth.

He quickly ran after the others and saw Max waiting outside a door. "Are you keeping guard?"

"No." Max scowled. "They won't let me in!"

Oscar huffed and knocked. "Guys? What's going on?"

He heard them bickering back and forth, and for a split second he was scared they weren't going to let him in.

But then the door flew open and Mike was pulling him inside quickly before slamming it shut. "What is going on!?" He snapped angrily.

"Last year Will saw something that was like Dart, but without a tail. And yesterday he heard noises." He confessed.

Dustin scowled. "Why didn't you tell us?"

"I wasn't sure." Will insisted weakly.

"We're worried that while Will was in the Upside Down he got True Sight." Mike explained.

Oscar pinched the bridge of his nose. "English?"

"It gives you the power to see into the Ethereal plane." Dustin huffed.

"Maybe these flashbacks Will keeps having aren't flashbacks at all, maybe they're real." Mike added. "Maybe he can see into the Upside Down."

"So...Dart is from the Upside Down." Lucas realized.

Oscar shook his head. "This is crazy, we need to take him to Hopper."

"No way!" Dustin protested. "We don't know for certain if he's from the Upside Down and even if he is that doesn't automatically make him bad!"

"Do you hear yourself!?" Mike fumed. "What are you saying!?"

"We have a bond!" Dustin insisted. "He trusts me!"

That's when the box began to shake and Dart started growling, startling them.

Dustin allowed it to leave the box and their eyes widened to see it was bigger, and then legs shot out of its sides. It roared.

Mike went to hit it with the microphone, but Dustin stopped him last second.

And of course Dart ran for it, at the exact moment Max picked the lock to the door and opened it, allowing him to escape.

~~~

The group had split up, searching for Dart around the school. Thankfully school was out so there was hardly anyone still there.

Will entered the boy's room to see Oscar already there searching. "Oh...I didn't think you'd...I'll go look somewhere else." Will started awkwardly.

Oscar's eyes narrowed. "Didn't think I'd what?" He snapped, making Will freeze. "Be in the boys restroom?"

"That's not what I meant." Will started with a sigh.

"Yes it is." Oscar told him simply, and Will didn't bother arguing it this time. "I was looking for Dart. School's out so it's not like anyone will know."

Will shifted his weight from one foot to the other. "...I know you're mad at me."

"What was your first clue?" Oscar questioned simply, not bothering to look at him as he searched the corners.

"It wasn't personal! I wasn't ready to talk to anyone about this stuff!" Will insisted.

Oscar all but fumed as he paused his search to storm over to Will, pointing at him. "Do not give me that crap! Not when you talked to Mike!"

Will's eyes widened. "...You were listening."

Oscar froze, looking away from him.

"That is such a violation of privacy!" Will exclaimed, tears burning the corners of his eyes. "How could you do that!?"

"HOW COULD YOU LIE TO ME ABOUT EVERYTHING!?" Oscar exclaimed angrily. "YOU'VE KEPT ME IN THE DARK ALL YEAR WILL! AND THEN YOU TALK TO MY BROTHER INSTEAD!?"

Will winced. "But it's not the same thing! I just felt more comfortable talking to Mike because..." He trailed off weakly. "He's..." His voice faded off as more tears formed.

Oscar stared at him for a moment, before realization morphed on his face. "Because Mike's a boy."

Will looked down as tears started to roll down his cheeks. He didn't have a reply.

"...Got it," Oscar nodded a little. "Wouldn't walk to talk to a girl about your problems and feelings would you?" He choked out, voice going hoarse as he headed for the door.

"Scar-" Will started desperately, reaching out and grabbing him by the back of his shirt. But he felt something and froze, letting go in an instant as his eyes widened.

Oscar spun on his heel to look at him, paralyzed with horror as a loud snap filled the air.

Will's shock morphed into pure disappointment. "...I guess I wasn't the only one with secrets."

Tears filled Oscar's eyes as he felt flooded with humiliation. "GO TO HELL!" He hissed before storming out of the bathroom, leaving Will to search on his own.