100 Ways to Say 'I Love You' | Mileven 💕✅

26. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it

26. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.

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Mike and El were doing something unlike themselves. Fighting. Even before they were dating, Mike and El rarely argued.

"If you didn't create the Upside Down, Will wouldn't have gone missing!" Mike shouted, making her frown slightly.

"If I didn't create the Upside Down, then you wouldn't have met me!" She said, crossing her arms, glaring at her fiancé.

"Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I didn't meet you," Mike said, and then backtracked and remembered what he said. "El, baby," He put his hands over his mouth.

El shook her head and handed her engagement ring back. She then left the apartment she shared with Mike.

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-4 days later-

Mike walked up to Max's apartment door. He had heavy, black bags under his eyes, tear stains down his cheeks. He took a deep breath in and gently tapped on the door.

The door opened to reveal one of his best friends, Max. She gasped at the sight of a destroyed Mike Wheeler.

"Is El here?" Mike asked, his voice rough from the amount of crying he'd done over 4 days.

"She went out to the grocery store, get some fresh air and stuff from the grocery store," Max said and watched as Mike's shoulders slumped. "Come in, buddy,"

Mike gave a small smile. "How's she been since-?" He refused to finish the sentence. His already broken heart, cracking even more.

"If I'm being honest, she's barely left my place since she got here. Constantly crying and eating ice cream. I had to push in the shower, she stunk." Max said, watching Mike's face crumble even more.

The door opened once more, and shuffling was heard as well as sniffling. "I couldn't get any of those stupid batteries you need-" El said, walking into the living room where Mike and Max stood. "-ed."

"El," He whispered, and as soon as El dropped the brown paper bags in her hands, he raced over and scooped her up in his arms. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it," Mike said, stroking her curly hair.

"I'm sorry Mike," she sobbed, gripping on to the back of Mike's jacket, taking her head away from his shoulder and looked at his face. "Oh, Mike," she sniffled, running her fingers along his tear tracks and the bags under his eyes.

Mike reached into his pocket and pulled out her engagement ring. " Jane Hopper, El, baby, I'm sorry for what I said 4 days ago. I'm really sorry from the bottom of my heart. Will you take me back and marry me?" Mike asked, and El smiled at him.

"You do realise that you could have just put the ring on my finger," El said, and Mike's face brightened - becoming the Michael Wheeler she fell in love with.

Mike let out a laugh and slipped her ring back on her finger. El smiled at the ring firmly placed back on her hand.

"Really, same ring?" She jokingly asked, making Mike laugh once more. Mike brought El as close as humanly possible.

Max stood in the background, smiling at her two best friends who got engaged once more.