Mikes POV:
I walked into my house to see my mom crying, hugging my siblings. "Mom..?" I ask confused. She gets up and hugs me, sobbing. She hasn't spoken a word, but I know whatever has happened, wasn't good so I let her take her time to tell me. She pulls away from the hug, unable to speak due to how much crying she was doing. Nancy walked over to me and pulled me to the side, wiping her eyes, sniffling a bit. "Dad was in a car accident.." she started, not able to look at me. I look down "yeah?.. and?" I asked getting really worried, my eyes starting to get watery. "He d-didnt make it" she said bursting out into tears before leaning against the wall. I hug her, trying to hold in my tears.
~Later~
I was sitting on my bed, I turned on my phone and texted Eleven.
(M-Mike, E-Eleven)
M: hi el..
E: hello mike
M: can I talk to you in person?
E: yes, but I'm busy right now. We can talk in school tomorrow
M: okay.. see you later❤️
E: ❤️❤️
~the next day in school~
I wanted to talk to El at the end of the day. So I decide to talk to her when I see her walk out of the school. I was waiting on the bench for about 10 minutes, then see her and wave to her so she'd come over. She walked over and sat next to me "hi mike" she said with a smile. "I need to tell you something..." I said getting really nervous and scared. "Yes mike?" She asks tilting her head. I take a deep breath "I....I can't date you." I look down. "What?" She asks staring at me. "Why?" She asked scooting away from me a bit. "You're an amazing person, El. It's really not you, it me.. while dating you, I've just realized some things about myself. And I just can't date you after finding it out." I said looking at her. "It's fine.." she said upset. "Are we still friends?" I ask. She nodded. "Really?" I smile very slightly. "Promise" she said looking down. "The biggest reason I broke up with you, though..." I started saying getting even more nervous. "Yes?" She said looking back at me. "is because I'm gay" I said, scared for her reaction, hoping she'd be okay with it. She had a blank face, and no expression for a couple seconds then finally broke the silence with "what is gay?". I facepalmed, feeling stupid, "gay is when a male, like me.. likes another male, like Wi-WILL SMITH." I said embarrassed, hoping she wouldn't realize I was about to say Will as in Will Byers. "Oh.. okay. Thank you for telling me though.." she hugged me. I hugged her back, kind of happy that she was okay with it. We pulled away from the hug, I looked down, sighing. "What's wrong, Mike?" She asked. I shook my head "my dad g-got in a car accident.. and he passed away" I wipe my eyes. She looked down "it will be okay.. I get how you feel..." she rubs my back. It felt really good to finally be just friends again, it felt right. She seemed to like it too. We hugged again, and talked about life for a while.
~the next day/Saturday~
I decided to invite Will over today. We were talking, I told him all about how it went with Eleven... I might've left out the part where I told her I was gay though.. He was telling me about how Jonathan showed him a new song, and even started singing a bit of it, he's so cute, aw. He noticed I wasn't very enthusiastic and asked me what was wrong. I tell him about what happened with my dad. He gasps, and pulls me in for a tight hug, without saying a word. He had his chin on the top of my head, hugging me, and I finally felt safe, protected. I know this is really fucking cheesy but it's true. It felt like we were hugging for eternity, but at the same time, not long enough. He pulled away "it will be okay. You'll get through this, wheeler. You're a tough cookie" he said with a slight smile. I start to tear up, partly because my dad was gone, and partly because I didn't think someone could care this much for me. He had cheered me up in one of my most darkest moments, he is amazing. "Thank you so much for everything, Will. You're the best" I hug him one last time and we continue on with other random conversations.
Aw RIP, anywayyys, what do you think of this bookkkk?
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