WILL POV-
---- 7:36 PM ----
Will and El roam the Mall; after the earlier incident they decided to have a more chill atmosphere to spend the night, after all they were kids and needed to have fun sometimes. Will thought about everything as they trotted from store to store; he didn't understand why Mike randomly flipped out on him or why he hadn't seen him since their little exchange. The smaller boy was discharged from the nurse's office and allowed to go home but he paid no mind to that shaking his thoughts away from his head cut away by El speaking.
"What do you think I should get for camp?"
"Camp?" Will furrowed his brows. There is a camp portion in the comic but that's way later: in chapter 30. If he was thinking correctly, they were nowhere near that point in time. He wished he had someone to talk to about all of this; he felt confused and alone like the only real character in this comic, worried that if he told one of the comic characters about it, he would be labelled insane or break their perception of life.
"Yeah! Haven't you been packing?" She nudged his side
"Umm no..." Will stretched his words still trying to comprehend how fast the comic has been moving ever since he got here.
"Geez! How hard did you hit your head?" she joked waving her hands "WILL! It's next week"
"That's plenty of time!" The brunette shrugged
"That's four days" She rolled her eyes placing a hand on her hip
"C'mon!" She continued, grabbing his arm dragging him toward the stores to pick up different clothes she picked out, throwing them into his arms forcing him to try them on. The girl sat poised on the chair catapulting him to the changing rooms. She was elated feeling as though she was playing dress-up; loving fashion and being able to choose clothes for others.
Will walked out the changing rooms each time with an uncomfortable smile on his face loving the clothes but being critiqued every time he does, even so far to be criticised for the way he walked as if he was on a runway, but El savoured this moment being engrossed by the outfits she made; complimenting herself each time.
"Can we go now?" Will sighed, trying on the last pair of clothes. He was never aware of El's interest in fashion and all things colour related even down to knowing specific lingo to do with clothes design; it was never addressed in the comic. El nodded grabbing the best clothing items for the camping trip. Since the weather was supposed to be good, El chose a lot of graphic tees and shorts for the small boy, along with grabbing a few comfortable clothing options for herself.
Walking to the cashier with two baskets filled with clothes and other miscellaneous items, they checked out with a total being a lot higher than Will expected, never being something he would have usually paid for in his real life. It was lucky in the comic that his family was wealthy or he had no clue how they would have paid for this.
"Now we need to do my clothes shopping" El chirped holding two bags
"Didn't you just buy some" Will deadpanned
"Don't be silly" El mocked "I need some to impress Max"
"I think Max would be impressed if you wore a potato sack" Will muttered, he was honestly just tired of lugging these heavy bags around
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Comic Catastrophe; Byler ✔️
Fanfiction⋆｡°✩˗ When high-school student Will Byers finds that he is transported to his favourite comic book as the villain, he decides to to change his character accidentally finding the love of his life. ⋆｡°✩˗ But merely being a character from a comic book...
