One more minute ~ byler

Chapter 13

Mike's POV

BANG BANG! I jumped up from my desk and saw Will's head whip up from how it was hung down loosely. We both looked up to see the teacher scowling at us, must've been him that was banging on our desk.
"Take out a book, you have four hours." He said coldly. I pulled out the first textbook I saw in my bag and opened it on a random page, I really didn't fancy studying. Will took a book and started reading from where he left off. I watched his eyes as they followed the story, his lips as they mumbled what he was reading without sound, and then I saw it. That mark I had left on his neck last night. I cringed slightly at the fact that the teacher probably saw it but smiled to myself at what we had done last night. I didn't know if it meant we were now together or not but I knew I liked it, and he did too.

"What are you smiling about?" He smirked, catching my attention.
"You. Your neck." I said shortly. Was that too bold? It seemed to have caught him off guard and he quickly pulled up the collar of his hoodie blushing, but I mean it just came out. I never think about what I'm going to say, it just happens.
"Tell me if my collar rides down." He replied, averting his attention back to his book to hide his embarrassment. I just laughed and went back to putting my head on the desk, there was no way I was studying for four hours.

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After the four long hours of painful, long and insufferable silence, detention was finally over. We said bye to our new freshman friend and hurried to lunch. We were told detention would last all day, but we got let off at lunch which was great. I actually don't know what I would've done if it was the whole day. It was already too long as is. We got to lunch just before the kitchen closed and got our food, sitting down with our friends. Only Dustin was gone this weekend, and the others seemed to be full of questions.

"How's your arm Will?" El asked and Will nodded.
"It's okay, doctor said it would be off in four weeks." I looked over and saw his hickey was visible again, so I quickly pulled his collar up a bit to bring less attention to it then if I were to tell him. I hope no one saw it.
"I'm actually going to kill Troy. That was just fucking insane." Max growled angrily. Will dismissed her attempt to help him, and we just continued eating. "We're all going to the projector room do watch a movie, are you both coming?" Lucas questioned. We both nodded through our eating in agreement and everyone just chuckled.
"You act like the same person sometimes, it's scary." Max laughed. Will just shrugged his shoulders and I finished my food. A movie sounded really nice, it had been a while since they did that. That's what Will said anyways.

We were now headed to the projector room after going to the library and finding the movie we wanted to watch. The room was kind of eerie to be honest, as it was in the basement of the building. I had never been in there before, but it seemed to have a real haunted feel about it. There were only four or five rooms, and this was the only one in use. It was mainly used for school movie nights, so there were a few couches and armchairs which made it more comfortable than a normal classroom. We chose to watch 'The Exorcist', and to add to the mood, we only turned on the lamp in the back of the room, deciding against using the big light.

Lucas put the VHS in the player, and the movie started to play on the projector screen. We settled into the biggest sofa so we could all fit, with me on a side, Will beside me, El in the middle, and Max and Lucas on her other side. They had snuggled up together which made me jealous, because I really wanted to be allowed to do that with Will, but I just couldn't. I didn't even know what we were, we had not yet made it official. We just had this mutual knowledge we liked each other and we kissed a few times, with a bit more. I was still trying to figure myself out to I guess. Will had known he was gay and had experience, but I was still coming to terms with the fact I could even like a boy.

Will started to notice my distress and sneakily interlocked his hand with mine, making sure no one noticed, they were all too enthralled in the movie. This immediately relaxed me and I decided to just enjoy the movie and stop overthinking. Will adjusted his position and brought his knees to his chest, which meant we could continue to hold hands without anyone seeing, reassuring my worries further. It was great how he could basically read my mind.

I was really enjoying the movie, and we were currently watching a very tense scene. I could tell something was going to happen I just didn't know when and-
"AHHHHH" The actress screamed. But she wasn't the only one that screamed. Like a small child, Will screamed and curled into himself, but leaned into me a bit more. Everyone was obviously a bit scared but he was the only one to make a verbal reaction, and we all bursted into laughter at him.
"Guys, it's not that funny." Will huffed, trying his hardest to act angry. Everyone had gone back to the film but I couldn't get my mind away from the fact he tightened his grip on my hand and leaned into me. He didn't back away, and I didn't make him. We were both comfortable, and no one was noticing, so what's the big deal?

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"Can I have a drag?" Will asked as I handed him my cigarette. We were back in our dorm now and it was evening time. After watching the movie, we all just stayed and hung out in the projector room until dinner, and parted ways for the night afterward. Me and Will were just chilling, but to be completely honest, it was kind of awkward. I really didn't know what to do with him. Was I supposed to be affectionate? I know I said I was okay with not knowing what we were, but we were now stuck in this friends with benefits thing, and I really didn't want that. I had to come clean about the night of the party, maybe it'll jog his memory and he'll remember as well, and we can just laugh about it I don't know.

"I'm really sorry Will, I lied to you." His face immediately dropped and he took the cigarette out of his mouth. Well, that was probably the worst way I could've started that conversation, fuck me.
"Uh, on the night of the party, I know I said I forgot what happened, but I didn't. And like, I guess I just like want to tell you what actually happened because if you don't remember you should probably know. So like- when we came back to the dorm we uh-" Will cut me off as he started to laugh. What the fuck was happening? I was so confused.
"What's funny?" I questioned, putting out the cigarette he handed back to me.
"You fucking scared me for second I thought it was serious." This just kept getting weirder, and I kept getting more confused.
"Well, like this is kind of serious."
"I remember too idiot." What?
"Why did you lie?" I asked.
"Why did you lie?" He repeated.
"I didn't want to ruin the friendship." I replied, which was true.
"Same." He agreed. We're actually so stupid.

We both immediately started to giggle at our stupidity and the giggles grew into laughter, which grew into full on cackling. How did we both manage to do the same thing?
"I swear I was going to tell you-" Will coughed up between laughter. We both flopped down onto my bed as we calmed down from our laughing fit and stared at the ceiling, just enjoying each other's company. I turned my head to look at him and just admired the way he was smiling so widely, knowing my face mimicked his expression, as I really was truly happy, for the first time in a while, and it made me so grateful. That I came to this school, that I've made such great friends, and that I met Will.

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A/N

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