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𝐱𝐱.

.𝐁𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄

.𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲

will tucked his old bike into his side as his feet guided him to the wheeler residence once again, this time with a giggling el and max behind him. dustin and lucas were on his sides, with will hyper aware of their meaningless argument of the day.

the group of teens quickly quieted down when will rang the doorbell; with none other than mike wheeler answering. the said teen had grown into his looks (so much so, that will has caught more than one teen girl staring at mike when he wasn't looking during school hours). shaggy black curly hair fitted him in some odd way, of course he still had gangly limbs but that was what made mike so... mike.

"ready to go wheeler?" will teased, his left eyebrow raising slightly. mike let out a little groan as he shut the door (with everyone laughing) and opened up the garage instead, where the party members stood idly and waited for mike to join them.

a couple of seconds tick by and the party sees the bottom half of the original tallest member (even though mike is still taller, will is catching up and is constantly reminding everyone) with his bike held to his side in a loose manner. "let's go losers." mike says once he exits the fully opened garage.

will grins and falls into step with mike. the buzz of the party filled the cul-de-sac's echoes with their voices.

just like old times, will thinks.

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"god this dirt is making me want to sneeze." dustin complained.

lucas rolled his eyes and waved his hand nonchalantly as he and the rest of the group biked along the worn in dirt trail. "whatever dustin it's not like you weren't doing that for the past two minutes anyways."

dustin glared at the back of lucas' head and 'hmph'ed.

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the first bike to stop was max and jane. jane hopped off the back bars and max dropped her bike onto the dirt by a tree stump. they chatted about nothing and everything as they walked down to the bottom of the quarry, sitting down on the rocky dirt.

the second bike to arrive was will. he was sweating and grinning like a maniac as he practically threw his bike down next to max's, with mike being next, a loser's frown replacing his usual stoic features; small twigs and leaves decorated his hair.

"that's not fair you cheated."

"oh did i?"

"yes you did! you pushed me!"

"really? i don't recall." will wore a shit eating grin and it only got bigger as mike chased his crush/best friend with shouts along the lines of 'i'm going to kill you byers!' echoed the rocky walls surrounding the quarry.

"it's not my fault you can't accept the fact that you lost fair and square twig man!" will smirked over his shoulder. the kid wasn't even tired!

(on an unrelated note: everyone (and i mean everyone) has told will he should try out for track on multiple occasions and this is just adding to the list of how fast that teenager really is; he never does try out anyway)

max and jane witnessed the scene play out in front of them with a roll of their eyes and just continued back into their conversation.

the final set of bikes to arrive were dustin and lucas'. they two were poking fun at each other and laughing at mike and will's little chase of cat and mouse.

"they've been doing that ever since mike lost the bike race because will pushed him in a bush." dustin explained once he and lucas reached the girls.

"figures." max rolled her eyes.

jane smiles contently and stares at the two sweaty boys heading their way. "they've never changed huh?" dustin nodded and his curly mop of hair bumped up and down.

"oh man what a workout." will laughed, his hands hooked behind the back of his head, another grin stamped onto his face.

mike growled and flicked will in the back of the head as he sat down next to lucas sulking as the sitting members laughed. "whatever, you didn't even break a sweat." will cackled at mike's face, then cooled to a stop when he seen how dejected the lanky teen is.

will rests his hands on the boys knees as he caught mike's attention. "hey... i'm sorry for pushing you into that bush. it was mean and uncalled for, please forgive me?" will said sincerely, picking out the small twigs out of mike's hair with a small smile. mike blushed and uttered a quiet 'i forgive you', his heart skipping a beat.

will smiled in relief and plunked down next to mike, his arm now using mike's knee as a resting spot.

he's trying to kill me, he's trying to kill me, he's trying to kill me, he's trying to kill me, he's trying to kill me-

mike's thoughts were cut to a stop when he heard will groan and hide his face in his elbows as max and dustin teased him relentlessly (odd thing is the fact that will still couldn't handle teasing; mike and the rest of the party found it funny). mike felt like time slowed when his gaze casted upon the boy next to him. said boy had his hair slicked back with sweat and was a complaining mess, groaning at the mockery of "i'm so sorry mikey please forgive me!" with kissy noises (courtesy of lucas). the muscle is will's arms flexed subtly and mike swore that he almost came close to a nose bleed.

yep, mike thought ruefully, he's gonna he the death of me.

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i'm sorry for not being consistent... i just had a lot of homework and school work to catch up on 😅 can't be coming home with bad grades so i had to raise those. i'll try to be more productive and update as much as i can!

thank you for waiting so long, i appreciate it so much! <3