It's 4:05 PM and everyone decides to get out of the pool and go home. Will climbs out of the pool, dripping with water. One by one, everyone else does the same and gets there their stuff and walks to the gate of the pool. Up ahead, Will could see Mike and El holding hands, and then El puts her head on Mikes shoulder. Will grasps the painting that he brought, but showed no one, a little tighter, slightly crumpling the rolled up paper.
Everyone gets on their bikes and part ways. Will and El both are biking when out of the corner of his eye, Will could see El looking at him, unable to tell what she was thinking. They continue to bike without saying anything to each other. Once the both of them get home, El says, "Hey Will? Have you noticed Mike acting... weird, at all?" Will wasn't completely sure what she was talking about so he then followed with "No, what did he do?", El quickly responded by telling Will about Max and their talk at the pool.
Will silently listened to her, and after she was over talking, he instinctively gave her a hug and said "I'm really sorry. Honestly I've sorta thought he's been acting a little different too." El hugged back and said, "really?", Will just said how Mike was distant then acted all friendly and El seemed to think the same.
The next few hours, Will spent watching TV with El, laughing at most of it, and then they heard the doorbell ring, so while El continued to watch the TV, Will got up to answer the door. As he was walking to the door, through the window, Will could see who it was.
"Hi Mike, do you want to talk to El?", said Will to Mike. Mike grabbed the back of his neck and starred down at his feet while he said, "uh, yeah. Can I come in?" he asked, Will nodded and let him through the door.
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Hopeless (byler)
FanfictionMikes been pushing Will away, and Will can tell. Mike suddenly starts feeling weird about Will but he can't out his finger on why. Meanwhile, Will is struggling with this painful neglect while being in love with Mike.
