"Are you doing okay?" Joyce gave Will a kiss on the forehead.
Will made a disgusted face and wiped the kiss from off of his head. "Mom-"
"Oh, sorry. I forgot you don't like love!" Joyce joked as she poured herself a mug of black coffee. "Karen and I are taking El and Holly to the video store, wanna come and pick something out before we go back home?" Joyce suggested. What she really wanted was for Will to get out of the house more.
"Uh-no that's okay. I don't feel too good today." Will yawned and pinched the bridge of his nose. He had a pounding headache and every few hours he would have to rush to the bathroom to clean up a stupid sudden nosebleed.
"You're not having those nosebleeds again, are you?" Joyce looked at Wills fingernails and squinted her eyes.
Will quickly placed his hands behind his back, "no, I'm fine!" Great. Will sighed as his nose started dripping once more. It's been like that all morning and he's seriously been losing way too much blood.
"Will." Joyce looked at him with a concerned expression and handed him some paper napkins. "Well, I have to head out. If you need anything, like tampons, you can tell me." Joyce joked and ruffled up Wills hair before giving him yet another kiss on the forehead.
"Mom, what!" Will got up and rushed to the bathroom to quickly to wash the blood from underneath his fingernails and off his face.
"Bye, don't get into any trouble!" Joyce shouted from the kitchen and Will could hear the clank of a coffee mug being set into the sink. He heard the front door close and lock behind his mom. Karen and the kids were already waiting in the car when she walked out.
Will rushed over to the window to wait till the car left the driveway. Fuck! Will beat himself mentally. She knows. Will was terrible, and I mean terrible at keeping secrets actually a secret for a while. He was good at hiding physical for the most part. Just not mentally.
"Hey d'you know where my jacket we-" Mike stopped in front of Will, to see him wearing his jacket.
"Oh, sorry!" Will exhaled and took the jacket off, "I was just cold and like an idiot, didn't pack a jacket." Wills face was flushed.
"No, it's fine." Mike smiled, "when d'you think you're going back home anyway." It hurt for Mike to call Lenora Wills home, Hawkins was. He was meant to stay in Hawkins. IT WASN'T THE SAME WITHOUT HIM!!
"Don't worry, I'll be back for Christmas break." Will smiled.
"But that's not until a whole month!" Mike complained and placed his forehead on Wills shoulder.
"It's not that far..." It was more like Will was trying to convince himself of that.
"Yeah, I guess so." Mike walked over to the couch and slouched down onto it.
"Hey, we've gone a year without each other, what's a couple weeks to that?!" Will bounced up onto the couch.
"You'll be okay right?" Mike looked up a Will, he was picking at his cuticles till they bled and looked irritated.
"I'll be fine!" Will smiled.
•••
"El?" Will broke the awkward silence as they were packing up for Lenora.
"Mhm." Jane smushed all of her clothes down into the suitcase and zipped it up.
"Are you mad at me?" Will stopped packing for a bit and turned to look at her, Jane looked back.
"No." She tensed up.
"Well it's just that you've been sorta distant from us. You're never hanging out and-"
"You're leaving already?!" Dustin came running down the stairs with Lucas and Max following behind.
"I'm gonna miss you so much El!!" Max hugged Jane tightly.
"Yeah, I'll miss you too." Jane smiled.
"It's like we barely got to hang out." Max turned over to Will and gave him a hug too.
"Yeah, ever since I've been back, I haven't been feeling too well..." Will told them.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I hope you feel better." Lucas gave Will and El a hug at the same time.
"Do you need help packing?" Dustin offered.
"Uh...I'm almost done, no need." Will shrugged. He put in his last few clothes, neatly folded, and zipped up the suitcase.
"I'll really miss you guys...but we'll be back on the 23 of December!" Jane said in a singy-songy voice.
"Are you guys all packed?! We have to start leaving in ten minutes!" Joyce shouted down to the basement.
"We're ready!" Jane lugged her suitcase up the wooden steps and Will followed behind her, making sure he didn't bump into her or fall down.
"What did you want to tell me, Will?" Jane turned around when they both got up the stairs.
"I-I'll tell you in the car." Will brushed his hair back.
"I'll miss you so so so much! Please don't leave!!!" Max hugged El tightly.
"I wish I could stay..." Jane frowned and hugger her back one last time before going out to the car.
Will was about to walk out of the door until, "Will wait!" Mike shouted and ran up to him. "Read this whenever you're not feeling ok."
"That's so nice of you!" Will blushed. "Thanks Mike!" He hugged him around the neck.
"Oh! I almost forgot." Mike reached into his pocket and pulled out a bracelet. "It's for you-I know it might seem pretty stupid but I made us matching bracelets cause like, I've always wanted them and..."
"Mike, I love it." Will covered Mikes mouth to stop him from babbling on.
"Oh-uh...thanks!" Mike said after Will took his hand off of his mouth. "I'm gonna miss you..." He hugged Will tightly again.
Will stood there for a few seconds before giving Mike a small peck on the cheek and quickly turning away, smiling and blushing. "Bye Mike!"
"Bye..." Mike couldn't help himself from smiling.
WORD COUNT: 1021
TIME MADE: November 24, 12:31 PM
A/N:
Do you think anyone saw that? 👀 I think I'm gonna start getting back into this story...it's been pretty abandoned.
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Just Friends - Byler
Fanfictionrestarted: 3/8/22. <3 <3 <3 ended: ??/??/2022 • • • "Mike," Will whispered into his shoulder. "I don't wanna go back down there." Mike took Will out of the hug and stared him in the eyes, "it's ok Will, you won't have to go alone." Mike walked into...
