Comic Catastrophe; Byler ✔️

14- Fountain Fumbles

WILL POV-

The pair calmly stepped into the room; all eyes turn to them confused why they suddenly rushed out earlier. Will remained tight-lipped, not wanting to tell the other characters anything unless it's urgent.

Max sat on El's desk whispering sweet nothings to her; finishing her work to make a beeline to El so they could spend what little time they had before lesson started together. The pair giggled bashfully turning red from their conversation.

Dustin and Will approached Mike and Lucas. The ravenette sat idle in his seat maintaining the same unchanging expression he always did.

"Where did you lot go?" Lucas questioned crossing his arms "Monster hunting?"

"Umm it was a UFO" Dustin spat "And we actually went to the snack bar"

"So where is the food then?" Mike finally spoke. He knew it was a lie as he saw them go in the complete opposite direction of the snack bar; it was clear Will and Dustin were hiding something.

"Oh umm..." Will muttered

"We ate it on the way" Dustin lied, thinking of the first idea that popped into his head.

"Whatever" Mike mumbled scrolling through his phone. Even in the comic he was always harsh to his friends despite caring for them. It was confusing to say the least and caused a lot of the angst in the story. Will tried to avoid Mike as much as possible but now he had an even bigger plan as he looked over at Max and El.

Will promised himself to support Max and El's relationship but he couldn't do that if Mike would always come in the way being a thorn in El's side trying to romance her. El showed no interest in the ravenette so far and nowadays seemed more interested in Max and also taking a liking to sowing clothes and fashion; some of which she planned to wear for camp. He smiled bright looking in their direction seeing how happy they were.

Mike looked up from his phone to see the brunette observing Max and El. A thought came into his mind, Did Will like Max? He looked back at his phone scoffing; so perhaps he wasn't gay. That meant he didn't need to interrogate the smaller boy about the pink note. It was probably just something Troy and James wrote thinking it was an insult.

"Okay settle down!" The teacher announced as soon as she entered the room; it wasn't unusual for her to start the lesson earlier than expected and finish pass the bell; yes, she was one of 'those' teachers. Mike sulked in his seat realising he hadn't had a chance to speak with El recently, they met briefly while shopping but that was for mere minutes; it made him somewhat sad, he did like her perhaps even to the point of having a crush on her.

Will sat in his seat, his leg bopping up and down as he took his books out his bag. He was relieved to finally tell someone all the craziness happening around him. He was glad Dustin listened instead of completely dismissing the idea before he finished explaining, but he shook his head allowing the lesson to begin.

---- 12:23 PM ----

After the bell rung, the teacher immediately left leaving the students to go for lunch. Will took a deep breath; it seemed as though time in the comic was faster than that in the real world. It wasn't a noticeable difference; just a few seconds but Will found the inconsistency strange.

Dustin immediately jumped from his desk excited for lunch; he didn't even like lessons seeming as though he only came to school for the meal options and it was understandable. This school was a private school with fresh food for only the richest of students. Will rolled his eyes, never being a fan of lunch time: perhaps it was the lacklustre food options in his public high school or the fact he had no one to spend his time with.