stranger things imagines

a stupid fight [mike]

"el you look amazing!" i exclaim excitedly, and max does the same, both admiring the new outfit she had bought.

after thanking us both, she inspects herself in the mirror, smiling at her reflection.

earlier that day we decided to go shopping at starcourt, just us girls. it was nice, none of the boys whingeing about how we were taking too long trying on basically all the clothes in the store.

"okay, my turn!" i jump up from the floor of my bedroom and go into the bathroom, changing into the new dress i bought.

i smoothed the skirt out and looked in the mirror before walking out to my bedroom again.

they both complimented the dress enthusiastically, and i gave them a cheesy twirl and winking.

we ended up having a fashion show in my room, of clothes that we bought that day and stuff that i already had, complete with music and everything.

but the rest of the party was in mike's basement, so we decided to go and hang out with them for the rest of the day since it was only the afternoon.

the three of us approached the wheeler's residence, knocking on the wooden door.

mrs wheeler answered, and greeted the three of us (side note: i presume mrs wheeler does know that eleven is friends with the party but i'm not entirely sure, so if she doesn't then for this imagine just pretend she does).

mrs wheeler was thrilled at the news of mike and i dating, and practically treats me like royalty anytime i go over their house.

"come in, come in. i was just leaving to drop of holly at a friend's house for a sleepover. there's fresh cookies in the kitchen, help yourself if you girls want one." she smiled at us and rushed off upstairs to get holly for her sleepover.

each of us grabbed a cookie from the kitchen and made our way down to the basement and said goodbye to mrs wheeler as she left.

we all sat down with everyone else and resumed conversation. i sat next to mike, who looped an arm around my shoulders and gave me a small kiss.

"where did you guys go today?" he asked me.

"us three went to starcourt to do some shopping." i smiled back and gestured to my new dress and el and max's new outfits, which received compliments from everyone.

the basement resumed it's normal noisy volume of us chatting and doing random stuff to keep ourselves entertained.

after a few hours, it was almost el's curfew and she had to go home again. max offered to walk back with her, since she wasn't allowed out by herself.

i wanted to go with them, but max had to go home early anyways, so i stayed in the basement with everyone else.

just after el and max had left the house, mike turned towards me with a slightly annoyed look on his face.

"why did you go out again?" he asked me.

"cause we wanted to. why, is that a problem?" i retaliated back to him.

"y/n that's the second time in three days." what was his problem? if we wanted to go out, then that's up to us.

"so?" my voice was raising a little bit, since he was testing my patience.

"hopper said she can't go out that often! if you keep doing this she won't be allowed out at all!" he was getting frustrated, now matching my volume which made everyone else quiet down and watch us argue.

"mike she's fine! if we didn't go out, she'd be stuck in that house and she would go insane!"

"that's not up to you!"

dustin, lucas and will tried interrupting the argument but both of us refused to back down.

"well it's not up to you either!"

"y/n you're being so irresponsible! you're being a really bad friend, letting her do all this stuff when someone from the lab or something can easily find her!" at this point i was so mad, it wasn't like i was letting her do anything outrageous, it was only going to the mall.

"fuck you, mike." i stormed up the stairs and out of the basement, not wanting to argue with him anymore.

i was so full of frustration, my emotions just all bubbled up and tears welled up in my eyes.

why was i crying? it wasn't even a big deal. but, there i was, heading for the front door with tears flowing down my cheeks.

before i could reach the front door, nancy walked out of the living room and saw me crying.

"hey, y/n are you okay?" she stopped and looked at me worridly, wondering why i was upset.

instead of giving her an answer, i just shook my head and hugged her, and she hugged me back.

"come on, i'll make you some hot chocolate and we can talk." she gave me a warm smile and lead me towards the kitchen.

we talked a bit about other things which took my mind off crying for a bit as she made the drinks and put a few cookies on a plate.

i helped her carry the stuff to her room, and we both sat on her bed. i took the mug between my hands and blew on it gently before taking a sip.

"was it my brother that upset you? if it was i'll kick his ass." she laughed lightly, and i nodded at her.

"what did he do?" she questioned me, taking a small bite into a cookie.

"we just had a fight, he told me i shouldn't be taking el out so much, and i said that if we didn't then she would be stuck inside the house all the time, and then he called me irresponsible and a bad friend." i recounted to nancy, who was listening attentively to everything i was saying.

"sometimes mike can be an idiot, but i'm sure he just doesn't want to get you or el into trouble. cause he really cares about you." she said the last part with a sweet smile.

nancy and i didn't really know each other that well, since mike would always yell at her to leave us alone, even when the whole party was here.

but she was really sweet and lovely, and i really appreciated what she was doing for me.

"really?" i sniffled, but i was smiling really wide.

"yeah, you're pretty much all he talks about. y/n this, y/n that. everything he seems to say relates back to you." nancy laughs, and my stomach fills with butterflies.

i suddenly felt bad about the fight, maybe we both just overreacted and each other's frustration made us more angry.

"so, what kind of things does he say about me?" i ask nancy, and she giggles. but just as she was about to answer, mike pushes the door open.

"nancy, have you seen y/n- oh." he stops short when he sees me sitting on nancy's bed, and his gaze softens at the sight of my blotchy and tear stained face.

"hey." i said with a weak smile and a sniffle.

"hey." his tone matched his expression, guilty and a little hint of sadness. "i'm sorry i yelled at you earlier, you're not a bad friend. at all. and i'm sorry i called you irresponsible." mike walked towards me and held out his arms for a hug, with a hopeful look on his face.

smiling, i stand up and accept the hug and bury my face into his chest.

"i'm sorry too. i shouldn't have yelled at you and maybe i should be more careful with el." i return the apology and mike finally breaks the embrace.

we both smile at each other again, before he leans down to kiss me gently. it only lasted a few seconds before it was interrupted by an obvious cough.

"ew, not in my room." nancy jokes, since we both obviously forgot that she was still there.

mike grabs my hand and leads me towards the door but before i leave, i turn to nancy.

"thank you so much, nancy. we should hang out more often." i thank her, really appreciative of her caring and kind nature.

"you're welcome. and of course, i'd love to." she replies, and i smile gratefully at her before mike pulls my hand and leads me out of nancy's room.