Mike and Will were always close, ever since kindergarten. But now it's high school, and everyone splits ways for a reason.

. 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. "𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴." - 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘟𝘟𝘟𝘝𝘐𝘐. (37) . 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 - 𝟏/𝟐/𝟐𝟏 . 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 - (𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠) [𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 + 𝘐𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴] [1/4 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 ] [ D I S C O N T I N U E D ]

***Modern Day AU*** Social Anxiety and High School don't mix. Will Byers just has to push through one more year, but a certain boy makes it so much harder, and Will can't help but wonder if he's been going about this all wrong. Maybe Mike Wheeler is just the person he needed to meet. And Maybe Will means more to Mike than he thought. Maybe that makes this terrifying. And maybe, just maybe, they both kind of love it.

Will byers swears he doesnt smoke. Hes never even looked at a cigarette. but, when high school rolls around its almost like he cant get away from the smoke. He meets a boy who smokes, but attempts to give him a chance. Maybe smokers aren't all that bad. - Mike wheeler loves smoking. He feels comfort too it, and wants his friends to get into it too. He meets a boy on the first day of Highschool. The boy asks him to help him hook up his sister and her best friend, but mike couldn't help but attempt to get him into smoking. NUMBER 2 ON NOAH SCHNAPP| 1/15/23 +++++++++++ Started: 1/12/23 Ended: 4/14/23 **************

(i wrote this 3 YEARS AGO! i'm aware the writing and plots are horrible. i've grown as a writer. i recommend reading my other book that i'm writing currently, "hypnotize") - will got bullied pretty much everyday. mike wheeler was his biggest bully. he always picked on will for the most stupidest things.. but what if mike had a crush on him .. (kids are in high school in this story)

When Will and Mike were 12, they made a bet. the rules were that the person of the two to get their first kiss, wins. (and they couldn't initiate it.) This became very difficult after they discovered their feelings for one another. They both felt this way, but couldn't act on it, because of the bet. (yes it may sound stupid that they're now 14 and won't kiss each other because of a bet but shh) changes I made: Mike and Jane never dated. This isn't set in a specific time period, so there's phones and stuff. If anything isn't accurate it has to be that way for the purpose the the fic. Comments motivate me to write so, if u like the story, comment! I'll probably reply! :) I really lack motivation so if u want a new chapter please comment:)

Will has loved mike for, too long. Finally, he realizes that mike doesn't feel the same way. And he found out in the worst way possible.. he caught hanahaki. -for context, hanahaki disease is a fictional sickness that is caused by unrequited or one sided love. A flower will grow in the stomach and after sometime, it will kill you. The affects of this curse include: coughing up flower petals, flowers growing on the skin, and lung failure. You can be cured by getting the flower surgically removed or the victim gets the feelings returned. If you get the flower removed, your romantic feelings for the person with disappear- THE CHARACTERS ARE FROM A SHOW CALLED STRANGER THINGS, THEY ARE NOT MINE !!

ᴏɴ ɴᴏᴠᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 6ᴛʜ, 1985, ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʏᴇʀs ᴄʀᴀsʜᴇᴅ ʜɪs ʙɪᴄʏᴄʟᴇ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴇᴇʟᴇʀ ʜᴏᴜsᴇʜᴏʟᴅ, ᴅᴀᴍᴀɢɪɴɢ ʜɪs ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ 2 ᴅᴀʏs ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ʀᴇᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs. ᴘʟᴀɢᴜᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙsᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ʜɪs ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʜᴀɪʀᴇᴅ ʙᴏʏ ᴡʜᴏ ʀᴇғᴜsᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ, ᴀʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʏᴇʀs ʜᴀs ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ɪs ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴛ.

1987. Will was still in the upside down. It's been four years and everyone just gave up on looking for him. Except for Mike. He knew Will was still out there somewhere, he just had to keep looking. Will couldn't leave him, he wouldn't. right..? ---- In 1983 Will Byers just vanished. No one knew where he went. Some assumed his brother killed him, others just thought he ran away. That wasn't the case. The Vale of Shadows, aka the Upside Down. Will was fighting monsters at the age of 12. Alone in a cold world that somehow looked like Hawkins, but disgusting, cold and dirty.

"So, uhm.. I got dared to tell you I love you." ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ One Saturday night the party all have a group sleep over but Will wasn't able to come, and they decide to play truth or dare. One dare turns Will and Mike's friendship into chaos. ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ Total Word Count: 17,973 ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ Started: 17th July 2023 ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ Ended: 24th August 2023