010 | dustin henderson x reader

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we just arrived at a familiar place. mike's house. everyone got off their bikes or skateboards and made their way to the door.

"if mike says anything ignore him, yeah?" dustin said to me.

"yeah, okay." i nodded.

"you're answering to mike. not us." lucas pointed to dustin.

"i got it! just ring the doorbell."

shortly after max pushed the doorbell someone opened the door. not mike and not eleven. a woman.

"hey kids! how are you?" she exclaimed. everyone mumbled good. "who's this?" she gestured to me.

"this is dustin's girlfriend," lucas teased. max snickered. what the hell is a girlfriend?

dustin hit his shoulder, "shut up!"

"you talk about her like she is. how pretty and nice she is." lucas laughed and shrugged. max burst out laughing.

i looked down in embarrassment, "wow," i whispered.

"she's not my girlfriend," he glanced at me and rubbed his neck, "her names is (y/n)."

"(y/n)! what a beautiful name! i'm mrs.wheeler but you can call me karen hun." she pulled me in for a hug. i used this short period of time to get information. her name was karen, which i knew. mike's mom, duh. is oblivious to everything going on. great. loves wine. what's wine? she let go and held her back. "ow, my back. mike and jane are downstairs. ouch." she walked away. i felt bad for making her back hurt but not much. we all walked down to the basement. mike smiled a bit when he saw his friends but stopped when he saw me.

"what is she doing here?"

lucas and max moved out of the way to show dustin. he gave a nervous smile.

"i invited her."

"party members only! i thought i made that clear?" mike looked at lucas.

lucas put his hands up in defense, "hey, i told him alright. he did his own thing."

"whatever. when el-jane comes down she has to go." he sat down on the couch.

"why?" lucas questioned and sat down on the chair along with max.

"she says she has something important to tell everyone. not her," he looked at me, "but i don't know what it is so don't ask me."

dustin and i sat down on the floor, "well where is she?" dustin asked.

"in my room."

lucas snapped his neck over to mike, "in your room?" he exclaimed.

"yeah," he said as if it was no big deal and shrugged, "remember how she said she felt tired and her head hurt? she wanted to sleep so i let her go to my bed. but when i went to check on her she was crying and told to me to get everyone here. again not her," he glanced at me, "where's will?"

"therapy," they all said at the same time. therapy? what are all these things?

"oh okay." mike said. shortly after eleven came downstairs. her eyes were red and puffy. she was slouched over and she moved slow. she hadn't seen me yet. i can't wait to see her face. i sat up. she looked up and her eyes widened when she saw me.

"(y-y/n)" he voice shook as if she was going to burst into tears.

"hey jane," i waved and smirked.

"what are you doing here?" she sat next to mike and held his hand.

"just here with dustin." i side hugged him and put my head on his shoulder. his face turned a light shade of pink.

"o-oh okay. nice," she said awkwardly. it was quiet for a bit. i let go of dustin and smiled up at him. he smiled back. damn, he was adorable. no no (y/n)! stop! no attachment!

"um so, you wanted to talk to us," lucas broke the silence.

eleven looked at me. "go." mike said rudely.

"fuck you too!" i stood up and flipped him off, "i'm leaving." i started to head to the stairs.

"good," i heard mike mumble.

obviously dustin heard him too because he said, "mike! why do you always have to be so mean? first with max and now with (y/n)? i mean we all thought this would be over when elev-jane," he quickly recovered, "came back but no! you stayed persistent on being an asshole! so since she's not welcome i don't wanna be here. so i'm leaving too. let's go (y/n)." dustin passed me and went up the stairs. i smiled a little. he stood up for me. i stuck my tongue out at mike and followed dustin up the stairs.

"where are you guys going?" karen came out from the kitchen with an apron on, "i'm making cookies!"

"(y/n) doesn't feel well and she doesn't know her way around town so i'm taking her." dustin made an excuse.

"will you be coming back then dustin?" karen questioned.

dustin shook his head, "her sister isn't home, so no. sorry."

karen frowned a bit, "it's okay. feel better!" she said and walked away to the kitchen.

"shall we?" dustin stuck his hand out.

i grabbed it, "we shall."

darn was he cute.

—————— time skip ——————

dustin and i arrived at a place he called 'an arcade'. never heard of it. from the look of it looks like a place filled with big game machines. dustin grabbed my wrist and pulled me to a game. dig dug? yeah, it said dig dug.

"this is my favorite game. well it was until max kept on one upping my score," he said, annoyed. he put a coin into the machine and started playing, "you've really never been to an arcade? i couldn't even imagine not going here every week." he took a second to glance me, awaiting my answer.

"no," i leaned on the machine next to dig dug, "my, um, pa- i'm mean dad, didn't let cass and i out much."

"so that's your sister's name. where's your mom?" he asked nonchalantly. i stiffed and stood up straight. "shit" dustin whispered indicating he lost. he looked at me, "what's wrong?"

i looked down, "she left me, us i mean, when we were little." i looked back up to him.

"it's okay. my dad left my mom and i when i was little. i miss him. i would kill to see him." he hugged me. he hugged me! i quickly hugged him back. i smirked.

something to use against him.

my heart was telling me no. but my brain was saying yes.

sorry dustin.

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your feelings are very mixed rn.
someone teach everyone to call her jane instead of eleven in front of you!
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^ get the joke i made? because 1080p and it's 1080 words..? i'll go home