"mom! can we just go now!" will complained, sick of taking photos for halloween.
"fine." joyce laughed.
"yes!" will jumped, running to the car to meet up at mikes house for the fun night coming ahead.
as will got dropped off, he saw mike look over and light up. he looked very excited to see will and start the night.
"love you!" will smiled, kissing his mom on the cheek.
"be back by 9:30!" joyce pointed.
"okay, okay!" will giggled, hopping out of the car to go give mike a hug.
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"who you gonna call?" the boys all screamed in unison.
"ghostbusters!" will shouted, laughing.
the boys had a blast running around to every house and filling up their pillow case with candy, until will had gotten left behind.
will had turned around to see no one behind him.
"shit. not again." will trembled.
will hated being alone. hated it. he had gotten anxiety over it, and would get panic attacks.
will found a little alley way, and slid down the wall trying his best to stay calm in the dark.
just breathe. one...two...one...two... will thought, shoving his face into his knees.
will had zoned off into his own world, panicking.
but mike was calling for him. he just couldn't hear it.
"will! will! where are you? will!" mike screamed, turning around the corner to see a small boy, curling up into a ball with his head in his knees.
"will! are you okay? are you hurt?" mike asked worried, shaking will into reality.
will looked up startled, but relieved to see his best friend.
"i'm going to get you home, okay?"
will nodded, acknowledging that mike counted his home as wills, too.
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mike had gotten will home and relaxed, giving him time to breathe and talk.
"i-i just got anxious. i don't want to go back to the upside down."
"will. you're not. we killed that hell of a thing a long time ago." mike assured.
"are you sure?"
"yes, will. i will always be here to protect you at all costs." mike smiled, his eyes being drawn to wills lips.
there was a short silence until will said, "sometimes i feel like i'm going crazy."
"me too. but hey, if we're both going crazy, then we'll go crazy together, right?" mike laughed, putting his hand on wills.
will looked down at the position, and then back up, "yeah. crazy together."
both will and mike looked into each other's eyes. but mike couldn't fight the feeling anymore.
so, mike leaned in, and connected his lips to wills.
shit— wait, my boyfriend is kissing me. what am i so scared about? will pondered, but didn't pull away. he somewhat... enjoyed it.
and i can't fight this feeling anymore! the lyrics replayed in mikes head over and over again. oh how dearly he loved william byers! mike knew will wasn't 100% ready for kissing, but he couldn't hold it. he needed to.
will had pulled away, giggling and blushing.
"i've loved you for so long, byers."
"oh, i think i've loved you longer, mikey."
will had relaxed and fell into mikes lap, looking up at mike, very flustered.
"please don't tell the others. you know, about my anxiety and this." will politely asked.
"no i won't." mike shook his head, rubbing wills forehead.
"crazy together, mikey." will stated.
"crazy together, byers." mike smiled, looking down at the boy he's loved for years.
i hope you enjoyed this! the book isn't finished just yet :)
