forget you || byler

four

"so kid, tell me about mike" robin said while stirring her coffee with a tiny spoon.

who drinks coffee at 8pm will thought staring at the older girl in front of him

"what do you wanna know?" will said slowly

"well i think i've already gotten the point where him and his girlfriend are stupid"

will sighed, "they're okay when they're not together"

robin stretched out her hand and tapped wills gently, "are you jealous will"

"what?! of course not, why would i be jealous"

robin leaned forward and whispered, "let me tell you something about myself"

"what?" will said softly

"so there was this girl, right, in my class that i had with steve harrington. and, and she couldn't keep her eyes off of him and his stupid hair," she said putting an emphasis on the word stupid. "all i wanted was for her to look at me the way she looked at steve"

will froze, "you liked her"

"yeah kid"

"you think i like mike"

"anything's possible"

"im not gay"

"okay kid"

"they can't be right"

"who can't"

"troy and... my dad"

robin frowned, "you shouldnt let your fear of your dad and your bully change who you are, i'm not saying you're gay but if you are there are people that will accept you... like me okay?"

"okay" will said softly

robin finished her food and stood up.

"let's get you home kid"

the two didn't talk most of the way home, but when they were about five minutes away from the wheelers. robin smiled and turned up the radio, should i stay or should i go blasted through the speakers.

"i love this song" will said smiling for the first time that night.

"me too kid" robin said softly, ruffling the byer boys hair.

"we're here," robin said coming to a stop in front of the house.

will froze, "i don't wanna go"

robin leaned over and wrapped will in a hug, "hey it'll be okay". she then tore a part of the receipt off and wrote on it. "here's my adresse and phone number if you need to get out or talk to someone"

will took the receipt and smiled, "thank you robin"

"anytime, now get inside before your mom thinks i kidnapped you".

"okay, okay, see you around robin"

wills heart felt a thousand times lighter when he re-entered the wheeler house

"oh my god, where were you" max shrieked wrapping will in a hug the second he entered the house. the rest of the party simply stared at him. "i was so worried", she continued.

"i'm fine. i was just out for dinner"

"out for dinner?!" mike finally spoke

"yeah wheeler that's what i said" will spat rolling his eyes and attempting to walk away

mike grabbed his arm and stopped him, "out with who?"

"a friend"

"a friend" mike repeated

"have you gone partially deaf while i was gone mike? yes a friend"

this time will actually managed to shove past mike and begin to walk away but not fast enough to hear mike say

"what did i even do to make you hate me so much."

that made will want to turn around a tell mike everything he'd been doing wrong but he didn't. he simply walked down to the basement to walkie eddie and complain about how much he absolutely hated mike wheeler and his obsession with the girl he met in the woods.

the thing was will byers didn't hate mike wheeler

not a little bit

not at all

he felt quite the opposite about the raven haired boy

as much as he tried to convince himself otherwise

he still and always would

love mike wheeler