❛ HOW TO STOP LIKING BOYS! ❜
STEP ONE: Don't think about his smile or the way he looks you in the eyes when he talks to you or his laugh
FAILED STEP ONE.
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WINNER OF BEST MIKE WHEELER FIC
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"DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT?" Daniel asked as they waited inside the AV club room for Dustin. Everyone just looked at him and shrugged. The boy had the urge to reach out for Mike's hand, but Max was there. He sighed.
The silence of his unanswered question settled and Dustin burst through the door, throwing a box on the table. It was one of the props from his costume the night before, which only left everyone in the room confused.
Dustin opened up the box where an odd sound was being made. Daniel leaned over and saw a slimy creature inside. He resisted the urge to gag. What the hell was that thing?"
"His name is d'Artagnan," Dustin introduced the disgusting creature. To Daniel, it looked like a mix between a lizard and a very mutated frog. All around, it was ugly. Dustin picked him up and the boy automatically stepped back, not wanting that thing anywhere near him. "Cute, right?"
"Dustin, what the fuck," Daniel said the words in a more of an awed and disdainful statement than a question. Dustin simply smiled.
"I'm with him," Mike scoffed, except instead of backing up with Daniel he leaned in, "D'Artagnan?"
The curly-haired boy nodded, "Dart for short. I found him in my trash can last night."
"Doing what?" Max asked, her red hair falling over her shoulders in a messy fashion. Daniel honestly didn't know why she was here, but he didn't want to start anything with his friends. The one fight that almost tore them apart last year was far more than enough.
"Foraging for food," was Dustin's answer. "You wanna hold him?"
Everyone at the table immediately backed up. Max aggressively shook her head, "No, no."
"He doesn't bite!" the boy exclaimed, handing the creature over to Max despite her protests.
"Oh, my God, he's slimy!" the girl exclaimed, handing it off to Lucas, who handed it to Will, who handed it to Mike. Mike went to hand it to Daniel, but he raised his hands in a surrender motion, not wanting that thing near him.
Mike kept him after that, raising him up to eye level and asking, "What is he?"
"My question exactly." Dustin pulled a bunch of books out of his backpack and threw them onto the table, beginning his explanation, "At first, I thought it was some time of pollywog," Max interrupted for a moment to ask what a pollywog is, which even Daniel knew, "It's another word for tadpole. A tadpole is the larval stage of a toad."
"I know what a tadpole is," Max sighed and Daniel felt a little bad about Dustin talking down to her like that. Stuff like that wasn't cool.
Dustin seemed unphased by her comment, continuing on, "All right, then you know that most tadpoles are aquatic, right? Well, Dart, he isn't. He doesn't need water."
