Mike and Will are older in this story. It's like at the end of season 4 but with out all the Vecna stuff and other upside down stuff. No moving again
Art cred: noodles_and_tea
Enjoy!
Mike stepped into his new work. He had been trying to get a job for ages now and finally got the job at Family video. It was an old store in their town and not a lot of people came there, except on weekends. He stepped into the store being met by two older people. Not much older but still a good few years older.
"So this is the new kid?" The girl said.
"What's your name?" The guy said, ignoring the girls comment.
"It's M-Mike... how about you?" His awkwardness was really showing.
"I'm Steve, that's Robin, sorry in advance if she says something rude"
"Awe, Stevie! Protecting the new kid, I thought we were friends"
"Whatever, I'm going on my break so please just take care of him, I've gotten too little sleep"
Steve leaves to the back and I'm still standing there looking at Robin. She smiles at me. A genuine smile. I walk over to the counter and stand behind it with her.
"Okay, you'll tend to the customers at the counter and I'll go and fix up some of the movies" she says walking away to an aisle of horror movies.
I almost fell asleep waiting for people to come in. Robin finished the movie thing and showed me how to work the register. And the computer but she said I could just ask them for help if I needed it. Then she just sat down on a chair.
A door bell rings as a boy walks in. About the same age as me and maybe a bit too cute. I see Robin in the corner of my eye, peeking over the counter looking at the boy.
"Ay! Byers!" That name seemed familiar...
"Hey Rob!" The guy says. Is his name Byers? What kind of name is that?
"Is Steve sick?" He says, looking at me and walking up to the counter.
"Nah, this is the new kid! Mike!" Robin wraps her arm around my shoulder.
I barely notice it. The boy has short brown hair. I think I'm blushing. His hair looks so soft. Like a squishy mushroom, or maybe he just looked like a mushroom with his bowl cut. He looks at me. His eyes are a dark brown colour. They're adorable.
"Hey Mike!"
"H-Hey!" I blurt out, getting snapped out of my day dream.
"Yeah, Will is like- the only customer here, that's why he gets special access to all the cooler movies kept in the back!" Robin says.
"That's and over statement, The others come here too"
The back door opens and Steve walks out.
"Oh, hey Will," he says.
"Hi Steve!"
Steve walks over to the counter and places his face in his hands. Robin and Will, the boy, keep talking for a while. I can't stop looking at his eyes, and lips. His eyes looked just like dirt and his hair was probably softer than a cat. His eyes a soft pink hue.
Steve finally has enough of them and snaps me back to reality as well.
"Okay, Byers what did you want we kinda have to close up"
"Oh yeah, here! I was just gonna return these"
He hands me a few movies. To me out of all people. Our fingers briefly touch.
"Steve! Can we take both the kids home?"
"Really? We said we would stop adopting kids" Steve whispers, obviously a joke.
"We might as well have more, we already have 5 what's another one"
Steve and Robin go off and argue behind me.
"Trust me, they're always like this," Will says.
"O-oh, are you a part of the "adopted kids" I say, quoting the adopted kids part.
"Y-yeah, it's just me and my friends... your allowed to join the-"
"Alright it's settled! Mike, welcome to the gaaang, grab your things we're driving you home"
"I would rather say I'M driving them home"
Steve walks over to his car and we all sit in it. Steve and Robin in the front. And me and Will in the back. It's quiet. Before Robin starts babbling with Steve about work. Even if I should care, I really don't . My plan wasn't to work. I was gonna spend all summer alone anyways.
"So, ehm, you wanna like, hang out sometime?" Will breaks the silence.
"I-I mean sure, when are you free?" I say, frantically.
"This weekend, are you free then?"
"Y-yeah"
"Hey Will, this is your stop"
Will grabs a pen and paper from his bag and writes something on it. He hands me the note before stepping out of the car and walking inside. Steve does not drive until he sees Will inside the house.
"Hey Mikeee!" Robin drags out the e.
"W-What?"
She smirks at me.
"You chose a good crush~"
"W-Wait- no, ehm, what?"
"Although, I've never seen Will like someone like that before, like you both were so obvious"
Mike stares down at the note. It's Will's number. He memorized every number. Robin's stop was next. She got out of the car and waved goodbye to Steve and me. Steve still was not driving till she made it inside. Ones Steve started driving again we made it to My house. I stepped outside looking back at Steve whose car didn't move an inch before I got inside. He heard him drive off and Mike went up the stairs.
"What's that?" Nancy said , as Mike got over the last step.
"Oh- it's nothing..."
Nancy snatched the note out of his hand and started reading it.
"Hold up- this is Jonathan's number? Did you get a date or something?"
That's why it felt familiar. It was Nancys boyfriends last name.
"No! Just this kid I meet at work"
"Last time I checked, Will didn't have a job," Nancy says.
"You know Will?"
"It's Jonathan's brother for Christ sake," Nancy says, handing me the note and walking off.
A few days later, Will invited me over to his house. It felt weird. He had told me his address over the phone and Nancy just said she could drop me off. I was sitting fiddling with my shirt sleeve in the car.
"Do you like him?"
"What!- no..."
"Confirmed, you do, take your shot"
"What?"
"He likes you too, Mike! Don't be stupid"
She pulled up at his house. It was alone in the forest. It felt kinda gloomy. I hadn't seen it that well last time because it was dark. Nancy drove off the second I got out. Barely saying bye.
I walked up to the door and knocked three times. There were footsteps coming from inside and the door opened to reveal Jonathan. My sister's boyfriend.
"Oh, Mike. What-"
"Hi Mike!" Will said coming from the corner and over to the door. Jonathan looked at him in surprise and just walked away.
Will showed me around his house. His Mom wasn't home but his brother and sister was. I didn't even know they had a sister but apparently her name was El. We walked into his room and it had artwork on the wall. I walk closer to one. It was a drawing that looked like Will, with the words "Will the Wise" written over it. It was a really good drawing. He was dressed up as a wizard of some sort.
"Oh- don't look at that one! I drew it when I was like 10"
"N-No it's really good, I-I mean it looks really good"
"Thanks!"
He sat down on his bed and I sat next to him. We both were staring at each other. My eyes switch from his eyes to his lips every 5 seconds. He seems to be staring straight at me. I could feel us getting closer. I decided I'd had enough.
"C-Can I... kiss you?" I said, my finger touching against his.
"...Yeah..."
I looked at him for about 2 seconds after that before leaning in further and touching our lips together. His soft pink lips rubbed gently against mine. I ran a hand through his hair, it was as soft as I had though if not softer. He broke away to breathe. My hands around his cheeks.
"A-are-... I'm sorry...."
"N-No! It's-"
"Nope, I shouldn't have done this, I literally just met you and now I'm kissing you, god I'm sorry I'm so stupid, I should just leave"
My rambling was stopped by Will putting his lips on mine. I melted as he wrapped his arms around me. My hands now on his shoulders. The kiss didn't stop. We kept kissing for a while before breaking apart again, breathing heavily in each other's faces.
"I like you too... If that was what you were trying to say" Will mumbled.
No words came out of my mouth. Just a hug. A hug so tight I might have actually choked him if he didn't hug me back. We laid there hugging and cuddling. Kissing and just talking for what felt like hours. And all those hours felt like a dream.
This will have a part 2
Also too the one person reading late at nigh, sleep.
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