i lied || mileven

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"mike". eleven whispered as she lightly shook him awake.

mike opened his eyes halfway. "yeah?"

"i heard a noise outside." she whispered. "we fell asleep."

"it was probably just a raccoon. it's fine." he said quietly.

but then he heard it too. a loud noise coming from outside the house. it sounded like someone was scratching or dragging something across the wall.

mike frowned. "should we get hopper?"

eleven nodded slowly, unsurely.

the duo got off of the couch and tried to silently walk up the creaky old stairs. there were only 2 rooms upstairs, one of the doors were closed, and the other was open.
they realized the open door was a bathroom, so they knocked on the closed door.

no response.

the scratching noise was heard again, but followed by a mischievous snicker from outside.

dan.

"we need to hurry." eleven said quickly.

mike tried to unlock the door, but it was locked. "god dammit." he mumbled. "could you possibly..." he pointed to the door.

eleven nodded and a second later the door was open.

she wiped her nose as they crept into hopper's room. there was no sign of anyone there. hopper wasn't in there.

"where is he?" mike sighed.

suddenly, they both heard the front door open.

they both froze and stared at each other as they listened to dan's heavy footsteps wander the cabin floor below them.

"where do we go?" mike mouthed to eleven.

they both looked around the room frantically. eleven pointed to a closet.

they opened the closet door. it was much smaller than they expected due to the amount of clothes there was. mike pointed to under the bed. "you go there." he mouthed.

she nodded and slid silently under the bed as mike adjusted himself in the closet.

"eleanor... you should really stop hiding from me. it's pissing me off." they heard him say loudly downstairs.

mike suddenly remembered the last time he was in a closet, he was caught. he quickly scanned the room for a better place to hide, but in the far right corner beside the tiny dresser was his only option.

he heard dan moving fast.

what should i do?

"not down here, once again." they heard dan run quickly up the stairs.

their hearts were pounding out their stomachs and they were shaking uncontrollably. nothing ever went right for these kids.

"if you told mike or that police officer what we've done together, i will not be happy." dan said in a serious tone. he walked into hopper's room and stood by the doorway as he looked around.