i lied || mileven

| 12 |

"are we there yet" eleven rolled her eyes and pressed her head against the car window.

"no." hopper answered for the 20th time.

eleven paused. "are we there yet?"

"ask me one more time, kid. one more time." hopper sounded annoyed

eleven sighed and looked over at mike, who was looking out of the car window. he seemed nervous and worried for el.

"mike?" she asked. he turned around to face her. "can you ask if we're there yet?"

mike rolled his eyes, but complied. "hopper, are we there yet?"

"yup." he pulled up to a small, old cabin that looked to be about 100 years old. hopper and the kids all got out of the car and walked into the cabin. it was very cold, and looked very worn out. eleven frowned as she looked around for something entertaining to do in the cabin, but, there was no tv, one phone, and two huge chapter books.

the kids walked around the wood cabin, prepared to kill any bugs that were near.

hopper mentioned that if they didn't want to sleep in their clothes, he had extra pajamas in his room. obviously, they'd be absolutely gigantic on such small kids, so, they politely refused and sat on the old red couch by a window.

"i'll be right back," hopper said as he walked towards the door.

"what?" mike stood up. "you can't just leave us here! what if dan comes and slaughters us?"

"slaughters us?" eleven asked.

"what if he kills us. he didn't hold back the first time i met him." mike walked closer to hopper, pointing to the unhealed cuts and bruises on his face from their first encounter.

"the doors are locked. i'll only be gone for an hour. he won't find us here." hopper tried to unlock the door, but it wouldn't budge. "the hell...."

mike turned around and saw blood drip from el's nose. she was preventing hopper from leaving.

hopper kept pulling on the door handle but to no avail. he sighed and turned to el. "stop it."

she shook her head. "no."

"let me leave, eleven." hopper sounded annoyed. "i'll pick up some clothes for you guys on my way back."

"don't leave us." eleven said angrily as she continued to concentrate on the door.

hopper sighed. "fine." he slammed his keys on the table, causing eleven to jump, and he stormed off somewhere upstairs.

mike sat down beside eleven, who wiped her nose with the sleeve of her shirt.

"el.. can you please talk to me about what happened with dan?"

eleven avoided mike's question and walked up to the dusty bookshelf. she grabbed the smaller book and sat back down on the couch and pretended to read.

"you can't read." mike rolled his eyes.

"yes i can." she replied in a sassy tone.

"you're holding the book upside down." he sighed.

"oh." she turned the book around. "i know."

mike raised an eyebrow. "what's it about?"

"what?" she replied without looking up from her book.

"the book." he sat closer to her. "what's it about?"

eleven stared at the pages. "love. mystery. hope." she smiled.

mike read the title of the book. "roman's dictionary; over 500 words and terms."  he smiled at her imaginative mind. "is it good?"

eleven nodded. "very good." she continued to look at the book for a couple more seconds before putting it on the floor beside her. "i can't read." she sighed

mike giggled. "i know."

eleven looked embarrassed, but also smiled slightly.

"here, how about i tell you a story?" mike smiled.

eleven nodded. "i'd like that."

mike put his arm around her. "well, once upon a time, there was a pretty young princess named el." eleven smiled and looked up at him.
"princess el was trapped in a castle her whole life, but finally escaped with the help of her magic powers. uh... then she was walking around in the woods when she met a boy named michael."

"the prince." she grinned.

mike laughed. "okay. prince michael and princess el were madly in love. they thought they would live happily ever after, but el was taken away by a monster from another world. they were both... um... very sad without each other." mike paused, reflecting on the darkest time of his life. "but after a long time-"

"353 days, to be exact." she rested her head on his shoulder.

"after 353 days they were finally reunited. they were... happy. but....." mike paused.

"but what?" eleven responded.

"princess el was taken away by an evil dragon. and... and this dragon hurt princess el. he hurt her a lot." mike started to talk quicker.

"mike stop." el said quietly.

"this dragon... this god damn dragon hurt el so badly, that she couldn't trust anyone anymore."

"mike, i-"

"she couldn't even trust prince michael anymore-"

"she wants to tell prince michael." eleven said sadly.

"but she won't. princess el refused to tell him what the dragon did. then, prince michael became scared. he was scared for the princess and she wouldn't let him do anything. he would always think about princess el, and her safety." mike didn't even stop talking to notice the tears streaming down his cheeks.

eleven took her head off his shoulder and looked at his sad eyes. "mike..."

"he was always scared the dragon would take her again. he needed to know how to make things better, he needed to know how to love her again and-"

eleven leaned forwards and pressed her lips against his. suddenly, all of their problems disappeared, and it was only eleven and mike. mike and eleven only. their worlds slowed down as the kiss assured them both immunity from danger.

they both slowly pulled away and looked at each other for a second, tears still streaming down mike's face.

"princess el will tell prince mike. she isn't ready yet. they will beat the dragon together, and they'll live happily ever after." she smiled and wiped the tears off of his face. "okay?"

mike smiled. "okay."

mike hugged eleven tightly. while their world wasn't a fairytale, eleven transformed mike's reality into a dream come true.

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this was my favourite chapter!! it was kind of boring, i knowwww, but MILEVEN KISS YEEEEEET. i love their relationship so much❤️❤️ next chapter will be way more exciting i swearrr