When will you realise (byler)

Chapter 22

(Wills POV) 

"Hey Will you didn't come to dinner, are you okay?" Johnathan asks me.

"Yeah, I'm just not hungry."

"Is this about Mike?"

I don't answer I just turn my body to look at him. I wish he wasn't high all the time he used to be one of my favorite people in the world i mean he still is but i can't talk to him anymore it'll just go straight in one ear and out the other.

"It is isn't it."

"Maybe." I say in a harsh tone.

"Will you know you can talk to me right? You can talk to me, just like you used to."

"NO, I can't Johnathan. I can't. You can't listen like you used to, you can't sympathize with me anymore because you have no idea what I'm going through. Heck while you were gone who knows where I almost died twice!"

"What? You almost died twice?"

"Yeah and you don't even care Johnathan if i didn't tell you, you wouldn't even know that."

"Will I-I'm sorry."

"Save it i don't want to hear it just get out of my room go smoke your weed or do whatever the heck else you do." I yell at him.

"Sorry." He says as he exits my room shutting the door behind him.

Why did i say that all to him he was only trying to help whether he was aware or not of what was happening.

"Hey Will." El says in a cheerful tone.

"Hey El are you already packed?"

"Yeah we are leaving in the morning early so i have to say bye now, I can call you everyday and write and i can come visit you every now and then."

"I'm going to miss you."

"Same here."

After talking to El I do have to say i feel a lot better about everything really. It's going to be sort of weird without her because it was just us and then all my friends are back it'll just take some time to get used to.

(Mikes POV)

I don't know if i should go i need to get my stuff but what if he's sleeping I wouldn't want to wake him up I'll just go in I could just be quiet and sneak in. 

As i open the doors I notice Will lying down on his bed,  on one, side hugging a pillow with the curtains still open. I walk over to them slowly and quietly. I pull them closed so no light can penetrate through. A slither of light peeks through the curtains illuminating the beautiful boy's face lying in the bed.

As i get into my over-sized t-shirt and some shorts I can hear soft crying noises coming from Will.

"Hey Will, are you awake?" I question.

"Yeah." He says as he turns his body over to face me.

"What's the matter? Is there something bugging you?" I ask in a hushed voice so quite it's almost a whisper.

"Yes Mike, there is. You, you are what's bugging me." He says louder than me but not so loud that you could hear what he was saying behind the closed door.

"Me?" Why would it be me did i do something? I look back on everything that I've said to him during the past few days but i can't remember anything that would make him mad at me apart from when he told me that he liked me and i didn't stop him from going anywhere. I should've held him back and told him that it's all fine but i didn't I just watched him leave.

"Yes you! You are treating me like you did when i came back from the upside down like I'm a baby! And i feel like a fucking fool! I told you I liked you even though i know that you are straight and could never like a fag like me! My dad was right i should've stopped this when i was little before it got too big to control. And just for a little cherry on top, El is leaving just when i needed her the most! But that's just my luck isn't it?"

"Will what do you mean?" I don't know what specifically I'm asking about maybe that fact that he thinks that i don't like him or that she should've just  listend to that lame excuse of a father?

"You know what vecna said? I found what i needed to find so now there's no doubt about it I'm going to die."

"What did you find?"

"I'm like El i can control things but that's why i need El because i can't control it! I have no clue why I'm even telling you this you probably don't even want to be seen around a fairy." He says turning away.

"What do you mean why would you being gay make me want to stop hanging out with you?"

"Well people might get the wrong idea about us and about you and i don't want you to have to face the things i do Mike."

"The wrong idea of me?"

"They might think your a fag like me."

"I don't give a fuck Will because they wouldn't be getting the wrong idea."

"What do you mean?" He asks as he turns a violent shade of red.

"Will I- I-" c'mon spit it out you know exactly what you want to say! "I like you Will and I have for a long time."

Will sits there with a shocked look on his face and his jaw hangs open. I hope this was the right choice.

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