Byler one shots I found on AO3

Love, anonymous -byler (fluff) part 3

"Oh....Oh. You- You like me...?" Will said, a soft smile growing on his face despite his attempts to hide it.

"Uhm. Yes. But you don't have to like respond...now...or ever! Really, if you don't want to be friends...I get it. I know you have that crush." Mike said, his voice lowering for a moment.

"Oh my god. Oh my god. Mike, you're the crush." Will said, gazing away for a moment, cheeks flushing in embarrassment.

"What?" Mike said, looking over at Will.

"I like you too." Will said, turning back, the two were so close, they both flushed in embarrassment, flinching back a bit.

They stayed in place for a few moments, eventually Mike turned his body towards Will, causing Will to sit up into place, facing back at Mike.

"What?" Will asked calmly, a bit of a grin on his face from the previous conversation.

"So are we like...together together now?" Mike asked, his eyes wandering the room, avoiding awkward eye contact.

"Oh. Do you want to be?" Will said, teasing Mike.

"You want me to say it, don't you." Mike sighed.

"I would love to hear it!" Will giggled.

"Fine. I want to be your boyfriend, will you be mine?" Mike said, his face stained a bright shade of red.

Will smiled largely, struggling to hold in his laughter from Mike's bright red tomato-like face.

"You find it really amusing, don't you." Mike said, watching Will cover his mouth at an attempt to stifle his laughter.

"No- But, I will be your boyfriend, Mike. So...you love me?" Will said, teasingly.

"Yeah." Mike responded without hesitation.

"I love you too." Will replied, his expression softening as his attention was completely focused on the taller boy.

The two sat in silence, turning their bodies back up at the ceiling.

"So...what now?" Will asked calmly.

"You could...call off Lucas and Dustin's stupid challenge...?" Mike said, attempting to do puppy-eyes, although he was just as bad at it as Dustin.

"I dunno...Kinda wanna see where this goes, we could mess with them a bit." Will suggested, turning back to Mike as they scooted closer.

"We could mess with them, if you want." Mike said, a breathless laugh escaping his lips.

"Alright, let's do that..." The two of them seemed immediately distracted by each other.

They scooted closer, a tense silence filling the air. Mike rested his hand on Will's, as they nearly bumped heads. Mike made eye contact for Will, as the two of them nodded softly. They shared a short, but sweet kiss. Everything felt right. They finally felt safe together. Will, this time, leaned in for a second kiss. It lasted longer. If they were being honest, they could've sat there together forever. But Will giggled his way out of the kiss.

"Sorry- It just...doesn't feel real, I guess." Will said, as Mike's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"I...like it. Being with you–" Mike stuttered, flushing.

"Yeah, I feel like I've been waiting for this...not in a weird way...I just, I thought I lost all chances when you got with El."

"Hey, we're together now, I really do love you Will." Mike said, his expression softening into a sweet smile.

"I love you too, but– oh– Mike it's 9 pm." Will said, a bit of worry in his voice.

"Can I just stay over? If your mom doesn't mind?" Mike said, trying again with those stupid puppy-eyes.

"Sure, I'll go ask my mom." Will muttered.

Will made his way out of the room. Mike could hear the muffled chatter between him and his mother, and the phone being picked up. Mike was nearly kicking the air in excitement. Somehow, he didn't expect the letter to go...this good.

Will burst back into the room, covering his face.

"Something wrong?" Mike asked, worry falling over his face immediately.

"It's fine– My mom just asked me why I was so flushed. Didn't think it was so...obvious." Will muttered, his face flushing even more.

"It's cute–" Mike started, immediately shutting himself up as Will's eyes widened.

"Anyways– My mom said you could stay, she confirmed it with yours, so, you won't get killed tonight...unfortunately." Will said, teasing Mike as he plopped right back into place.

"Haha. Very funny." Mike said, rolling his eyes.

"Anyways– You can sleep in my bed tonight, we don't really have time to pull out the sleeping bag." Will said, settling into the place next to Mike, snuggling himself under the covers.

"Alright." Mike said, getting under the covers, brushing up against Will.

The two boys drifted off to sleep, a comfortable warth falling over their bodies. They felt secure, safe with one another. Everything fell into place.

Suddenly, a loud alarm clock played, waking the two of them up.

"Mm...Morning Will." Mike muttered as he messed with his disheveled hair.

"Morning...Sorry I forgot to turn the alarm off." Will said, grabbing his walkie talkie and beginning to mess with it.

"What's up?" Mike said, yawning into his elbow, sitting up calmly.

"I thought I heard it being weird last night, I dunno." Will muttered, quickly turning it on, setting it back down on his nightstand.

"What d'you wanna do today?" Mike mumbled out, shifting his body towards Will's direction.

"Dunno...We could just hang out here, but it's up to you." Will responded quietly.

"Hm...–" Mike started inching closer to Will, but was interrupted by the walkie talkie, once again.

"Will?" They heard Dustin's voice on the other end.

Will shifted away, grabbing the walkie talkie, "What is it Dustin?" He responded, a bit of an annoyed tone.

"Meet us at the arcade in...20 minutes." Dustin said with a stern voice.

"Why–" Will started.

"Just be there, it's about the challenge." Dustin responded, he seemed to have left immediately after, as they couldn't seem to get anything else out of the walkie talkie.

"Well, I guess we'll go to the arcade today." Will said, laughing a bit as Mike rolled his eyes.

"And you're sure you won't call it off? Please?" Mike said, looking up at Will as he stood up.

"C'mon, can't we just mess with them...just a little?" Will said, a stupid grin on his face that Mike could never say no to.

"Fine. I guess it serves them right for meddling with your love life..." Mike said, half joking, but also a hint of jealousy in his tone.