It Gets Stranger [Stranger Things x Reader]

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eleven months later...

"y/n. y/n, you copy? i've got four quarters, what's your haul?" i hear dustin's voice coming from my radio.

"take your puny haul and multiply it by five!" i brag.

"how?" he asks.

"while you were scrounging around like a homeless bum, i mowed old man humphrey's lawn!" i put the radio down and quickly fix my hair.

"old man humphrey's got that kinda cash?!" lucas says, joining in our conversation.

"just call mike already." i say.

"you call mike!" dustin argues.

"no, i have to go take a shower from doing real work. over and out!"

once i'm ready, i walk down the hall and see my uncle wayne sitting on the couch.

"where you off to?" wayne asked me once he saw me.

"to the arcade, i'm gonna meet my friends there." i grab my money pouch from the counter.

"alright, just don't be home so late" he briefly smiles.

"will do." i close the door, get on my bike, and head towards the arcade.

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i arrive at mike's house just in time to see him riding away from nancy.

"mike!" nancy yells, running behind him.

he get closer to me and we ride away. he was out of breath.

"asshole!" i hear nancy yell.

"what did you do?" i ask once we're a block away.

"i took money from her piggy bank." mike grins.

we eventually pass by everyone else's house and we ride together to the arcade. will was gonna get a ride since his mom didn't want him out too late by himself. he got to the arcade just as we were putting our bikes in the bike rack.

"let's go!" i grab mike's arm and the others run behind us.

we walk up to dragon's lair and dustin puts some quarters in.

"to slay the dragon, use the magic sword!" princess daphne says.

"oh jesus. i'm in uncharted territory here, guys" dustin says nervously.

"down! down! down!" we all yell.

"i'm going! i'm going!" dustin yells back.