♥︎Opposites Attract♡︎ᵇʸˡᵉʳ

2

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As Will and El were walking home from the bus stop, They got an alert on their watches. A small apartment building just down the street was on fire and six people are missing. Will and El ran the rest of the way home. Once they were home, they put on their uniforms. A black sweatshirt and black baggy jeans. Black leather gloves, grey beanie, and a black mask over the eyes and today a black paper mask over their mouth to help with the breathing, everything non-flammible. Not your typical tight, colourful hero costume that you see in movies. They don't even have those cringy names that end in 'boy' or 'girl'. El chose said her name was Eleven when someone asked once, but Will doesn't really have a 'superhero' name.

They ran out of their front door and down the street. As they were running, they noticed a huge cloud of smoke in the sky.

"Holy shit." El whispered as they approached the apartments. The top floor was completely burnt and gone, the second to top floor, the 5th floor, was close to being gone.

"Let's split up. You take the first floor, I'll take the second." Will suggested. El nodded and they ran inside, pushing past crowds of people outside.

Will searched for the stairs. Once he found them, he raced upstairs, kicking down doors. "IF THERE IS ANYONE IN HERE PLEASE MAKE ANY NOISE." He would yell after every door was knocked down, of course checking after.

"Found three people on the first floor." El's voice came through Will's watch.

"The second floor is clear." Will replied. "You take third, I'll take fourth."

"Got it."

Will ran up the next two flights of stairs, getting to the fourth floor.The fire was worse there, making it almost impossible for Will to breath. He kicked open a door and a blast of fire and smoke hit him, sending him to the other side of the Apartments, right by where there was a hole in the wall from the fire. Will coughed. His neck suddenly went cold. Before he could even turn around, he felt something push him off. Not something, someone. It was a hand.

Will flinched as he saw the ground right in front of him, but he stopped falling. He was slowly brought up to the third floor.

"There is no point on checking the fourth floor. Anyone who may be left there is gone. Help me check this floor." El stated as she wiped the blood off her nose.

Will shook his head. "Someone is up there, and their alive. I know because I felt them push me off." Will said, running up to the third floor. El tried to grab him but couldn't. Will coughed as he made it up there. The flames we much bigger, even though he's been gone for only a short period of time.

"Will, the place is gonna blow up.You need to leave." El's voice came through Will's watch.

"N-" Will tried speaking, but he blacked out. Later, Will's eyes slowly opened. He was in his room, on his bed, still in uniform. His head was pounding and his hands were shaking. Will had dealt with fires in the past, but nothing like this. Small fires. That he could save everyone from. But there was six people left inside. Only three were saved. How did he even make it? He blacked out on the worst floor to be on.

Suddenly El opened the door. "Oh, you're awake." She smiled at Will. "How are you feeling?" El sat down on Will's bed next to his feet.

"My head is pounding." Will answered quietly.

"Mom is bringing you water." El whispered, trying not to hurt his head even worse. Will nodded slowly.

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Will and El didn't go to school for the rest of the week, which was just wednesday, thursday and friday. Though, they were forced to go back on Monday so they didn't seem suspicious. Will and El threw themselves onto their seats almost at the same time. They weren't first in class today, luckily. Mike and Max were already there and so were a few other students. Mike was talking to Max, but as soon as Will and El sat down, he shut up.

"Why'd you guys stop talking the minute we got here?" El questioned the two, suspicious of their behaviour.

Max shrugged. "We're talking about family issues, which is none of your business." She answered. Will looked down and noticed a burn mark on Mike's hand.

"What happened to your hand?" Will asked Mike, leaning in closer to examine the scar. Mike pulled his hand into the sleeves of his black hoodie.

"As Max said, family issues." Mike responded.

Will stayed quiet for a moment. "Sorry." Will apologised quietly.

Mike's mouth dropped a bit, he hadn't expected Will to apologise. "It's fine." Mike took his hand out of his sleeve, but still hiding the burn mark with his other hand. "Our apartment building burned down a few days ago, that's why I have that."

"That was where they lived?" El wondered aloud. A bit too loud. Will kicked El's ankle under the chair. "I uhm- heard about it on the news."

Max's eyebrows furrowed. "You guys watch the news?" She said in a grossed out tone.

"Be nice Max." Mike told Max. Max rolled her eyes jokingly. "Sorry about her." Mike laughed. "You guys seem cool, friends?"

"Yes." Will answered right when Mike finished his sentance. He doesn't know why, but he didn't even need to hesitate. El nodded in reply.

"Great." Max smiled at them. "By the way, we're alreayd friends with Lucas. Dustin not so much."

"I don't think you'll ever be friends with Dustin." El said. "He was so mad when you guys got higher scores than him on Dig Dug."

"Speaking of that." Mike smirked. "Last night, I beat Max's highscore, so now Dustin is back in third."

"He's gonna kill you." Will shook his head while laughing.

The teacher, Mrs. Blain, started taking attendance. Then they had to go to block one, which Mike and Max were gonna walk with Will but Will had to head to the bathroom, so he arrived later. When he entered the classroom, his eyes went directly towards Mike. A warm feeling rised in Will's cheeks, but his neck got cold. Will fliched and dodged absoulutly nothing, and the feeling didn't go away. So he ignored it.

It wasn't until a student shoved into Will that he realised he was still standing by the door frame. Will walked to his desk and stared at the back of Mike's head. He noticed Mike had very faint and small brown highlights in his black hair. Cute. Will smiled.

A.N.: I was gonna make this chapter longer but I wanted to publish it today