Hopeless (byler)

Ch 3: Will

Will woke up first, and was starving so naturally, he made his way to the kitchen to see what there was to eat. To his surprise, there was a the perfect amount of pancake mix and bacon for all 6 of them. Will got to work prepping the pan and making the mix when he felt a sudden tap on his shoulder with a "Boo!". For a split second he saw the upside down and the mind flayer, but that quickly faded when he saw Mikes adorable face laughing.

After a short back and forth conversation, everyone came upstairs and ate the delicious, fluffy pancakes. As he was cleaning up the pans and putting away the butter and mix, he looked over at Mike and his eyes were locked. There was a minuscule second of eye contact that was broken by Mike turning away to talk with El. Wills stare faded away slowly back down to the dishes that he was cleaning.

Later on, everyone else left Mikes house, except for Mike (obviously) and Will because his bikes breaks needed to be fixed and Jonathan and his mom were still at work. Will called his mom at her work and told her that he wont need to be picked up and he could walk home. Mike and Will were sitting in the basement again, and the silence was louder than Will imagined it would be.

Eventually, Mike broke the silence by asking Will about any new drawings that Wills been up to in California. "Oh, well, actually there is one painting that I've been working on for a while, but I haven't shown anyone." said Will.

Mike recognized the sound of this painting from one of El's letters. He also remembered that El had said she thinks it's for a girl that Will likes. "Well, could you show me?" Mike asked, Will was surprised that Mike took interest in this, but he agreed.

"Oh shoot, I forgot that Jonathan's working a double shift today so he won't be able to pick us up to go to my house to get the painting, sorry.", Will said insincerely. He almost felt relived while saying this because in reality, when he was painting he was thinking about the party, but mainly Mike, and he didn't want Mike figuring that out.

"Oh, well we could take my bike! Just hop on the back," Mike cheered, as if he could tell what Will was trying to do and not letting him. Will was backed into a corner and he couldn't say no at this point, so they got in the bike and were on their way to the Byers house.