a little more ✩ byler

IX. The Talk

Flashback to Chapter 7
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"How was the arcade with Lucas?" Will asked, hoping for a confession.
"Fun, blew a lot of money" Mike answered.
"Nice." Will answered.
"So where the hell were you all day" Mike said back, turning around to face Will.
"At Lucas's. " Will said back as he grabbed a clean tee shirt and pair of shorts to change into. He quickly left the room and slammed the door behind him before Mike could say another word. Mike felt the color leave his face, he knew that Will knew he lied.

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Mike sat up straight on his bed and put his head in his hands. He felt immediate regret and knew he had to make this right with Will. He stood up and locked himself in his room,
sat down at his desk and pulled himself together from his meltdown earlier in the day.

Will, on the other hand, was just angry. He was angry with himself. He went to the bathroom and locked to door so he could shower. He stood toward the shower head and began to cry. Will knew he had to talk to Mike and he felt awful for how he reacted to him. It was only a small lie and Will felt that he blew it out of proportion. If Mike wanted to be with El, who was Will to stop him. Will had known for years that he had some sort of feelings toward Mike, he just never thought anything of it. Will knew he had to apologize to Mike.

Once Will was out of the shower and dressed, he walked down the hallway and knocked on Mike's door. Just as Will was about to knock again, Mike opened the door and stood in the door way.
"Can we talk" Mike said
"Y-yeah." Will replied. "That's actually why i came in here"

Mike and Will both walked into the room and sat down on the bed, Mike sitting at the head of the bed and Will sat in front of Mike with his legs crossed. Will stared at his hand and began to fiddle and pick at his fingernails. Will usually did this when he was nervous or anxious. Mike noticed Will, so he held both of Will's hands and began to tell Will truth.

"Will, I went to talk to Eleven today at the park. I had to talk to her because I needed to tell her how I was feeling lately." Mike began to explain.

"W-well how have you been feeling lately." Will interrupted.

"I don't really know I just, I don't know. I know I love her I just don't love her the way I should love her." Mike said.

"How should you love her?" Will questioned.

"I don't know, I just know I love her more as family instead of a g-girlfriend. I think that makes sense" Mike said.

"So you love her, but like how you love Nancy, and how I love Jonathan?"Will said

"Yes, exactly. And I lied to you about where I was going because i didn't want you to think I was sneaking around with her behind your back." Mike said

"It's okay Mike." Will replied

"So we're cool?" Mike asked

"Yeah, we're cool." Will replied.

Will stood up off of the bed and started to walk over to the door but was stopped by Mike. Mike grabbed Will's hand and pulled him into a hug before Will made it to the door.

"Hey," Mike said pulling away from the hug just enough so he could meet eyes with Will, " You weren't gonna run off without giving me a makeup hug were you?"

"I'm sorry, I just didn't think you wanted one." Will said staring into Mike's deep brown eyes.

"Never think that" Mike said, while he stared right back into Will's eyes.

Mike gave Will and smile and began to lean closer to the boy. Mike's stare had moved from Will's eyes to his lips. Will also was staring at Mike's lips, but he didn't think anything of it. Mike and Will continued to lean closer into each other right until they were interrupted by a loud "WILL" shout coming from downstairs. Will pulled away from Mike, walked out his door, and began to walk toward the stairs, but something stopped him from going downstairs. Will turned toward Mike's door and began to walk back.

Will walked back to Mike's room and put both of his hands on Mike's cheeks and pulled him close until their lips met. Will pulled away and smiled and continued back on his way down the stairs. Mike stood in his room with fireworks going off in his stomach. He sat down on his bed in disbelief that he has just kissed Will. Mike wanted to kiss Will again, but he was still confused on how he was feeling. Mike wanted to kiss Will, that's one thing he did know.

Will was freaking out on his way downstairs. His cheeks were red and his stomach was in knots. He felt his heart beat out his chest. After almost a minute, panic set in, however. Will began to think that Mike would have thought he was disgusting. Will wanted to kiss Mike, but he didn't know if Mike wanted to kiss him. Will ran to the basement and anxiously began to bite his fingernails.

Hi all, This is kind of a short chapter. ive been really busy so im sorry if it seems rushed, hope u all are staying safe and healthy <3

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