the last song (mileven au)

love is crazy

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"Where are we going El? I'm tired of walking." Sara not so quietly complained, as she held on tightly to El's hand, which was practically dragging her down the sidewalk.

"We're almost there." El replied hastily, annoyed with how many times Sara had voiced her discomfort. It's not like they had to walk that far. She was just being a pain in the ass and El was already over it. She should've just left her at home by herself.

"Ugh, but my feet hurt!!" Sara whined, her voice growing louder each time she spoke. Thankfully, El spotted Mike up ahead, meaning they had reached their destination and Sara would finally shut up. El happily made her way to where Mike was waiting, eventually catching his eye.

"Hello, gorgeous!" Mike greeted her with smile on his face, a smile that soon morphed into confusion. "And Sara?" He questioned, after noticing the girl at El's side.

"Why is Mike here?" Sara asked, craning her neck to examine the tall boy her sister seemed to always be talking about lately.

El sighed as she looked down at her annoying little sister, "Look, I had plans with Mike today. Just because I got stuck watching you, doesn't mean I was gonna cancel." El apologetically looked back to Mike, "Sorry, had to bring this one along with me. Dad was busy at the church, so I'm stuck babysitting for the day..."

Mike took her hand in his, giving it a light squeeze of assurance.

"That's okay! No big deal." Mike bent down to Sara's level, playfully patting her head, like he had done that day on the beach. "We'll have even more fun now that you're here, won't we?"

"Why do you pet my head like I'm a dog or something?" Sara asked, looking at Mike as if he were crazy.

"Yeah, I don't know why I do that." He said, feeling like a weirdo. "I'll stop, it's kinda weird isn't it?"

"Yeah it is, but it's cute when you do it." She admitted, smiling up at him, a slight blush creeping onto her cheeks. Mike laughed at her comment, then looked to El in amusement.

"Hey! Get your own boyfriend missy!" El joked, tugging Mike to her. He quickly pecked her lips, over and over again, eventually making Sara groan.

"Can you please not do that in front of me ever again? It's weird." She spoke, not really wanting to have a front row seat to their make out session. Mike pulled away from El, sparing Sara from any more of their PDA. 

"So what do you Hopper ladies wanna do today?" He asked them, throwing his plans for the day out the window. They wouldn't particularly go well with a nine year old tagging along.

"Can we go to the aquarium?? PLEASE Mike??" Sara begged.

Mike looked to El for her input, which there really wasn't a need for. After the day they went to the aquarium together, she filled him in on all of her valid reasons for going against aquariums. He knew she wouldn't be up for it.

"I'll get you both in for free?" Mike offered, knowing how much the tiny blonde, currently tugging on his arm, wanted to go. El, not so much, but he figured he could convince her if needed.

"Fine, but only if you show us Yurtle!" She gave in, her compromise sounding hopeful.

"Well, I actually can't do that..." He sighed.

"Oh no? What happened?" She asked, slightly worried that the sea turtle hadn't made it.

"Yurtle is no longer with us. And by that I mean, she's living out the rest of her life where she belongs: in the ocean." He happily informed her, matching smiles now on both of their faces.