♪ Byler oneshots ♪

♪ Painful starts ♪

(They're both 13 so s2 look I guess)

Mike and Will's bodies were so close, the gap between them was barley even noticeable, Mike was blushing and so was Will. Their hands clasped together as Mike's other hand was gently placed between Will's waist and hip, Will's hand was lightly gripping Mike's shoulder as they swayed from side to side. Mike was leading and Will was following, it was a bit hard at first but soon go easier and fun. Their smiles grew from ear to ear as the swaying and music continued. The music echoed out of the basement and Karen instantly knew what was happening as soon as she heard the song, a song to slow dance to and she smiled. Mike's smile soon fell and he grew a bit nervous, Will noticed and he quickly focused on Mike. "Will..?" Mike asked as his eyes quickly scanned the boys face, Will perked up and stared into the boys eyes as he hummed softly in response. "I'm sorry.." Mike said, Will was confused, he didn't need to be sorry for anything. "For what?" "For everything! El, the Mind Flayer, our stupid fight about El and the liking girls shit, not playing d&d with you and when we did we mocked you about it and.. And-" Mike was choking back tears, his eyes were glossy with tears about to spill out, he was sorry, so sorry for everything. Will moved the hand on Mike's shoulder and put it on his cheek while smiling the warmest of smiles. "It wasn't all your fault Mike, and if it was then I sure as hell don't blame you for it." Will comforted Mike, it sorta worked but yet he still felt this nervous pain in his chest. 'Should I tell him...?' Mike thought, maybe he should. "There's something else I need to say Will." Mike roughly swallowed his saliva as his eyes were pointed to the side, they pulled away from each other as Will was confused and Mike was trying to keep calm. "I, uh- you.." Mike had a frog in his throat, he couldn't speak or breath or even scream, that's all he wanted to do in that moment, scream.
"Will, I don't really know how to say this, but I think I like you- Well, I think I'm in love with yo-" "Mike!" Ted yelled from the door, he was standing in front of the stairs. Mike's eyes were wide and his hands gripped into tight balls. He heard steps come closer, he didn't want to turn around, Wills face was full of horror and almost colourless as he saw Mike's father step closer. Ted stopped and put his hand on Mike's left shoulder, roughly gripping it as Mike let out a whimper in pain, he covered his mouth with his right hand. Will furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at Mike, he slightly raised his hand to help him or something but he was stopped by a glare from Ted. "Will. I think you should get going now." Ted said, his voice was calm yet harsh. Will just bit his lip and looked down as he nodded slightly, he grabbed his backpack and rushed up stairs, closing the door behind him. Mike looked up at his dad in pure horror as his dad gave him a disappointed look.

Will was now upstairs and grabbed the phone from the kitchen, he dialled his house phone and thankfully someone picked up. "Byers residents, who am I speaking to?" A woman said, Will couldn't tell who it was. "Uh, Will Byers.. Who's this?" Will mumbled, the woman took a moment to reply. "It's Nancy, Will. Is something wrong?" Nancy asked, she seemed worried. "Well.. Sorta, I just need to go home..." Will replied, Nancy looked over at Johnathan with a confused face, Johnathan didn't like that face. "Okay, Johnathan will be over soon."
Nancy hung up and Will said goodbye to Karen and waited outside.

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Will got in the front seat of Johnathan's car and looked at his shoes, they were wet from the rain, infact, him in general was wet from the rain, he was practically soaked. "You okay? You look a bit.. Scared." Johnathan asked, Will just sighed and continued to look at his feet. "I'm fine, I'm just worried about Mike." Will mumbled, Johnathan was confused, Will was always worried about Mike but never really said it. "Why? Is he okay?" Johnathan said, Will just paused and thought for a while.

"I hope so.."

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They arrived home and Will went straight to his room, he was too shocked to cry yet too sad to be happy. 'I hope Mike's gonna be okay.. Did he really mean what he said tho? That he loved me?' Will thought as he paced around his room and fiddling with his fingers, before he could get another thought out of his mind, he was frightened by a knocking on his window. He could hear a faint voice. "Will." It was Mike! Will quickly rushed to his curtains and opened them along with the window, Mike was standing there, fully soaked from the rain, his hair was all flat and dripping, his clothes were darker from them being wet and his knees down were splattered with mud and grime. He had a faint black eye, his nose and the corner of his mouth was bleeding and his hands were slightly bloody too, probably from tripping on the way. "Oh my god, Mike! Are you okay!? You're bleeding.." Will basically yelled as he pulled the other into his room, he quickly rushed to his closet and grabbed some clothes for him. "What happened..?" Will asked, he turned around and gave Mike the clothes but Mike stayed silent, he just stood there, looking at Will. "What's wrong!?" Nancy and Johnathan yelled as they entered the room, Will turned around in shock. "Michael?" Nancy said, Mike looked up at Nancy and tears started to fill his eyes. Nancy ran up to Mike and gave him a hug. "What happened?" Nancy asked, Mike just muffled his sobs into Nancy's shoulder and hugged her back as he started to cry harder. Nancy instantly realised that Ted finally did what he threatened to do to him if he ever liked a boy, but she wanted to make sure. "Was it dad..?" After a few seconds Mike slightly nodded, Nancy grew angry. Johnathan was confused, Will just looked sad, he didn't think Ted was capable of doing that to his own son. Mike pulled away and darted his eyes over to Will as his head was facing to the floor, it was an unnoticeable stare but it was long and helping him.

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"You feelings any better Mike?" Johnathan asked, Mike and Will were sitting on Will's bed when Johnathan walked in. "A bit, my face still hurts but Will is helping me with that." Mike said as he slightly pointed to Will, Will was pinching a cotton ball with a small bottle in his other hand. Johnathan nodded his head and walked out, closing the door. Will scooted closer to Mike and started to dab the cotton ball on Mike's cheek, but as soon as it reached his eye he pulled away and winced in pain. "Ow!" Mike yelped, Will tried to pull his hand away but as Mike pulled away he grabbed Will's wrist and held it there. "Sorry, I didn't realise it would hurt that much." Will said as he put the bottle down on his bed side table and put his now free hand on Mike's knee. "I must have gotten used to the pain when I use it for myself." Will said, rubbing Mike's knee with his thumb. Mike noticed the sudden change in mood and moved closer to Will, he was so close that they could feel each other's breaths on their faces. "Wha' do you mean?" Mike asked slowly, Will didn't want this to be about himself, he liked it went it was about anyone but himself. "Just.. When I was living with my dad and the bullies. It isn't a bit deal-" "Are the bullies being physical..?" Mike interrupted, Will didn't want to talk about it but he couldn't say that to Mike, Will decided to stay silent and look down. "I'm-" "Please don't say you're sorry, I get that enough from Johnathan and my mom. I don't want you saying it to me too now..." Will said, Mike nodded in agreement. "You don't want to be treated differently than before all this stupid shit." Mike said, it was sudden and true, Will looked up and slightly smiled. "Thank you for not treating me differently when everyone else did." Will's cheeks turned pink as his face relaxed, still holding that slight smile. "No problem." Mike said as he placed his hand on Will's and intertwined them, Mike's eyes soon trailed now to Wills lips then back up to his eyes when he realized his lips hand slightly parted. "You didn't answer by the way." Mike said, Will just sat there confused with a raised brow and his head slightly tilted to the right. "When I told you I'm in love with you, you were cut off." Mike answered to Wills confusion, Wills face grew redder and his eyes scanned his room. "Mike.. I think I'm in love with you too." Will answered as he composed himself, before they could even cheer or just stare at each other a bit longer, Mike pushed forward and kissed Will and like everyone, he kissed back just as sweetly. The kiss only lasted for a few seconds but it still felt amazing, they both smiled into the kiss and seperated, their smiles still there. "Glad we could finally clear that up." Mike sighed playfully, Will chuckled and nudged Mike's arm softly. "Only took us 5 years." Mike smiled and gave a final kiss to Will on his cheek.
"Thank you."
"No problem."

1 post right after the other? Suspicious 👀. ANY who, I realised I never actually posted this so I'm posting it now! I know I know, "it's so looonngg!!" Yes, it is, but I just had so many words for this! Hope you all enjoyed it tho!! It took 3 fucking months to write this shit so you better have.