Baby//Mike Wheeler X Eddie Kaspbrak

Will

Hawkins, Indiana. August 4th '88

Eddies eyes glistened with tears but the boy still nodded and walked to his bag. Mike stood there, eyes wide at the shock of what has just come out of his mouth.

He suddenly spun around and hugged Eddie. Eddie let out a small gasp but soon melted into mikes arms.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean that." Mike whispered.

"Can you please tell me what's really going on with you mike?" The smaller boy asked.

"When I'm around you I'm happy!! For no reason! I want to be heartbroken and I need to hate you because then I won't fall for you, but I just can't be sad when you're here with me! I want you to go because then I can be straight but I don't want you to leave me. Please, for the love of god don't leave me."

Eddie left out a short chuckle.
"Mike you're gay. You can't change that whether I'm here or not."

"But I like girls too." Mike whined, very confused.

"Then you're bisexual! That's okay too mike! No worries love!!" Eddie smiles at him.

"Did you call me love?" Eddie blushed when Mike said this.

"Oh sorry"

"No no no!! It's very cute." Mike smiles widely.

The two boys walked upstairs after a bit of talking. Richie tilted his head at them as they came to the kitchen. Together. Laughing.

"Woah what happened down there?" Richie got up to examine Eddie.

"What are you doing rich?" Eddie groaned as the taller boy lifted his arm and went under it to look around.

"Need to see if this is really Eddie. Or maybe mike isn't really mike!" Richie went to touch mike but got slapped.

"Why wouldn't we be...us?" Eddie tried to ask and have it make sense.

"Because you're being nice to each other! Obviously that means you aren't really you! Well that or you got some good DICK! No way in hell would mike and my little Eddie bear get along!" Richie snorted obnoxiously causing the small brunette to roll his eyes.

"Shut up. Just shut up, Richie!"

"Oh, trashing the trash mouth I see how it is!" Richie laughed loudly. Mike sighed and walked to the living room where he put on a cartoon and rested his head on his hand.

"Could I watch too?" Eddie softly asked. Mike smiled the tiniest smile and nodded silently.

"So I don't know if you guys could tell but everybody left because you two fuckheads were screaming at each other. I just don't understand how it went from screaming to," he pointed at both of them

"That!" Eddie and Mike looked at each other before turning to Richie.

"What?" They said in unison, causing them to look at each other and yell

"Jinx! Jinx again!" The boys started to laugh as they yelled jinx at the same time too many times to count.

"What the fuck!" Richie smiled at the two but looked extremely confused nonetheless.

It was now around 7:00 and the boys had just began to get hungry.

"My mom will be here in an hour, how about we just make something?" Mike suggested to the two boys.

"What could we make?" Eddie asked, getting up from the chair and stretching.

"We could make toast!" Richie yelled obnoxiously.

Eddie pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"How about we make spaghetti. My momma told me her recipe, it's delicious." Eddie smiled to the both of them who agreed.

Soon after mike was stirring boiling water with pasta in it as Eddie created the sauce from memory. Richie's job was to pick a movie to watch during dinner, but mike and Eddie put restrictions on certain ones.

While the food was being prepared, the Wheeler resistance got a call. Mike jogged to pick it up and heard the voice of Will. He only said "hey." And it was is a sad quiet tone.

"Will? What's wrong?" Mike rushed to ask his best friend.

"It's just- never mind i uh I'm okay Mike" Will stumbled over his words.

"No you aren't. Please tell me what's wrong. Please please please!" Mike begged him quickly, needing to know he was alright; needing to know that no unwanted things had returned to Hawkins.

"You know how Hopper and my mom are living together, yeah?" Mike said he did. After Hawkins was considered rid of the bad men, Hopper and Joyce moved in together and were engaged; of course this meant eleven, Will, and Jonathan were now siblings.

"I thought I could get close to eleven. I had figured she understood things better. I told her- I told her things." Mike knitted his eyebrows together at this.

"Well what kind of things, Will?" Mike asked softly. When will didn't respond mike pleaded,

"Will, you're my best friend. Please, you know you can tell me anything. I'd never judge you."

Will sighed and gave into Mikes pretty and comforting voice.

"What happened is she... she outed me, Mike. It was an honest mistake, she didn't know it was a secret. I'm just- I'm just so sad. I feel so ashamed." Mike didn't know what Will was talking about but he knew it must've been bad.

"Will? What does outed mean?" Mike sounded like a little kid as he asked this and he hated it.

"It... it's when someone is gay and another person tells everyone. It's when a gay person doesn't get to tell people when they want to, and that's because someone else has done it for them." Wills voice was shaky and he was surely about to cry as his hazelnut eyes filled with warm water and his hand that was on his light blue phone began to shake.

"Will... you're... gay?" Mike breathed out I unsurely.

"....yes." It was just below a whisper. Such a faint sound that one noise could prevent Mike from hearing it.

"Will, why didn't you tell me? I could've helped you through this! We could even talk about boys like the boys and I do with girls! It'd be great!" Mike became enthusiastic, knowing that Will needed some cheering up and to be accepted and loved. Although, Mike doubted that Wills family wasn't trying to help right now.

"You're not mad?" It was another faint whisper but it held a soft smile.

"Of course not, Will! You know what? I'm gonna out myself right here right now! I like boys and girls!" Mike whispered to be sure Richie wouldn't hear.

"W-wait really?" Wills smile grew as relief washed over his body. He was accepted. He was normal.