40 | Strange Behavior & 'Stealing Masks'

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IT WAS NOTICEABLY SILENT IN THE CABIN THIS MORNING

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IT WAS NOTICEABLY SILENT IN THE CABIN THIS MORNING. Five sat at the small dining table sipping on tea while reading a book, sometimes glancing wearily towards Levi who has not said anything since he woke up.

Hopper was eating, not paying mind to them, watching through the window as El paces on the porch outside, occasionally looking out into the woods to look for Mike who was supposed to show up but he never did.

Levi glanced up through his lashes as the door slammed open and Eleven came stomping in, watching her as she walked up to the phone on the kitchen wall with a glare.

When Mike finally picked up the phone El stomped towards her room taking the phone with her, slamming the door on the cord surprisingly not severing it.

"Ahh...gotta love trouble in paradise." Five sighed dramatically, looking up from his book, his green eyes landing on Hopper's stern stare. "What? Oh, come on! I'm teasing! You don't even like them together!"

Five stared towards Levi, frowning when the boy didn't smile, just sat there staring into space. "T? What's up?"

Twelve snapped out of his thoughts, looking up with wide eyes. "N-nothing."

Five's frown deepened as Levi hurriedly walked to their shared room as El came out of hers slamming the phone back onto the wall mount.

Five heard Hopper leave out the door, but Five couldn't focus on it as he thought about what could be bothering Levi.

The two haven't talked about what happened last night, Five had tried asking what Levi meant by something bad was going to happen but the boy wouldn't answer, just staring blankly into space not saying a word and eventually Five gave up but that didn't stop the worry filling his chest.

The phone started ringing again, causing Five to sigh and grab the phone more aggressively than he meant to.

"Hello?" he rudely greeted, no one really called them except Mike, Dustin, Richie, and Eddie and he would have been nicer but he was stressed.

"Meet me and Will at Mike's," Lucas said into the phone before hanging up, leaving Five looking at the phone in his hand with confusion on his face.

Rolling his eyes, he slammed the phone back on the receiver, thinking over the options he had, which weren't many, and even though he was still worried he decided he needed a small break.

"T! El! I'm gonna go hang out with Lucas!" Five shouted before teleporting away.

El sighed and jumped off her bed, walking to Levi's door, knocking softly before slowly opening the door seeing Levi mumbling quietly to himself.

Taking a cautious step into the room she walked towards Levi, concern on her features as he didn't look upon her entry. "Twelve?"

"Huh?" the boy looked up at the girl from his seat in the middle of the floor as he squeezed Ben in his hands.

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