The Clues We Leave, When We Are Gone (Mike X Will) Completed!

"He Kissed Me!"

Hopper went out by the highway to find more tapes or pages, he found one, it seemed in prestine condition, like it had never been touched. And Hopper then saw the label when he flipped it to the front, and the little tag said "It's Always Been For You". He wondered whose it could have been, he ruled that it was most likely Will's, as his brother had the equipment to process this, and Jonathan and Joyce were rarely home so he would have time. He took out his cassette​ player and played the tape. Hopper heard Wills voice as he spoke 

'Mike's been weird, real weird, he's talked about running away, he said "we'd make it on our own" I laughed at that and said "yeah, into starvation, are you crazy?!" He looked at me, like right at me, in the eye and said  "I know it hurts you to be here, it does to me too, so why stay?". And I-I couldn't respond, I just couldn't, he knew that I didn't have any good reason and said "exactly". Then I asked "wait, then why are you here?" He got real, real close to me and whispered "because of you Will, it's always been for you"'.

Hopper knew that Mike was in love with Will, but he was unsure if Will felt the same, it would make sense. Just then Hopper got notified that the alert bore no fruit, they were too slow. Hopper searched along the highway for more clues and found a note, he was able to read all of it. And this was what the note said 

'Oh no, Nancy found out about Will, it wasn't what I thought it'd be like. Nancy told mom and dad! I was furious, but that didn't stop the conversation I knew I was going to have. In the end I was in tears, they, essentially insulted my love for Will. Mom said "it's a sin" and dad said "you'll find the right girl, son, just wait". And Nancy sat there, just fucking sat there! Like... Like she wasn't solely responsible for me bursting into tears. They weren't angry or sad, they were all in denial. I felt the tears prick at my eyes and then I cried "why?! Why can't I be happy?!" Then, silence. I just wanted answers, but it was silent, no one had any, they didn't have any reasons for anything they said. And so I ran, out of the door, I felt like I could vomit out my insides, I felt sick and nauseous. I didn't know where I was going, but I just ran. I didn't care how crazy I looked, It broke me to think they didn't respect me enough to believe me, I had never felt so distant in my entire life... I just felt unwanted, like I had done something wrong. I knew then that I needed to leave, with Will, I knew then, that, that I couldn't live without him. So I went to his house, and I saw it, everything flashed before my eyes. All of our memories we shared, and... And I cried, I cried! Will found me outside and hugged me, like the hardest I had ever been hugged. He looked at me and asked "what's wrong Mike?" and I confessed everything in the pouring rain. Everything, that my parents were in denial, that I was so confused, that my insides were breaking, that it hurt to breathe... That... That I didn't want to be alive. That all I could ever think of was him, and us, and everything that we had experienced in the 12 years I had lived. And I told him "Will... I can't live without you! I just can't! Please Will, please... Come with me, let's find a place for us and... Let's live, please Will, please". I had never felt so hurt in my entire life, I had never cried this hard. But... But he said "Mike, I... I don't think I can, I have my family here... I just don't think I can Mike... I'm so sorry". I told him "Will for gods sake they know about us! They don't care about us! You know that Will, you know!" He got on his knees and he held my chin up in his hand and as the rain fell on my face, my red puffy eyes and my freckled cheeks and my messy hair, and he whispered "I'm sorry Mike, I'm sorry". And...He kissed me, He Kissed Me!'.