Six 2 Five 2 Four | Sequel to Caught In The Loop: Steve Harrington X Reader

~5~ Billy & Steve Moments

I yawn tiredly as I lay in bed. When Steve dropped me off, he alerted Billy since Billy saw Steve pull into the driveway. I think Steve told Billy that there was a shady guy who knew about me and made him say goodbye to me at the doorstep. I got my own way back to bed and did my best to get a lot of sleep that night.

It worked, for the most part. But today is gonna be a good day!

I had made Dustin something special as he hadn't been in Hawkins for a whole month! I sadly will not be able to help celebrate his arrival with Max, Will, El, Mike & Lucas but I will, however, get to say hello to him when he plans to meet Steve as his work.

So for now, I take this time to greet Billy at the pool center, where his job as a lifeguard is and say hello.

"CANNONBALL!!"

I watch as a big kid jumps face-first into the water with a green shirt. He's quite pale so I suppose it's good that he's getting sunlight.

"So you're saying that this Finley boy does indeed have powers like you?"

I had told Billy a couple of days after I woke up from the attack I had last year. Me & Eleven have superpowers and the two of us showed him our wrists and our powers so he wouldn't spin out if he saw it for the first time out of the blue. Now I've told him Finley's number is 005, and can force love onto people like some fucked up flustered mind control.

Kids and adults shout in cheer with their little games and floaties, splashing about and getting water out of the pool itself.

"Yeah. The guy had an interest in me in the past and I fear it'll stay the same now by the way he's acting."

He sits there silently in the sunlight. Bare-chested, with his necklace and whistle, sunglasses and his wavy curly long hair. Unsure of what to say, he seems speechless.

"Enough about me!" I huff. "What about you? I see you have the hots for Mrs. Wheeler."

He gives me this shocked expression, with his mouth gaping open slightly in surprise like he expected me to not say that even when it was obviously something I would say.

"My relationship with Mrs. Wheeler is none of your business." He laughs.

"And my relationship with Steve is none of your business." I smirk.

"Hah, jokes on you. I'm gonna keep an eye out for you. It is my business actually if this lovemaking dude tries to get in the way of you and Steve."

I feel myself frown, before a bit of fear creeps into my chest.

"Oh, come on. Y/n, I didn't mean to scare you."

"You didn't scare me." I scoff.

Mind you, it is a bit intimidating remembering last year he beat up Steve. And is sitting in the shade on the lifeguard seat inches above me so I have to lean my head up to at least look at him.

"Everything is just so tense lately. But I'm fine."

"You better be." He says pulling his glasses down slightly. "If he tries anything, talk to me as soon as alright? I'll take care of the little shit."

I smile slightly. Yes, it's imitating. But it has its moment. He's protective but sometimes a jerk, at the end of the day. He's still my twin brother. He still cares. "Thanks, Billy."

He doesn't reply as he keeps his eyes on the pull. But I see him nod in acknowledgment.

"Do you wanna keep talking or..."

"Thanks for talking to me but I have a job to do. Maybe we can get lunch later, I feel like you could have something that Steve probably didn't think of getting."