bitch / byler

chapter two / blood

/ warning; this chapter contains self harm, bullying, and physical abuse /

will had just gotten home from school. will sighed as he saw his mother sitting on the couch drinking. will walked over to the couch and sat next to her. "what are you doing?" will asked, clearly annoyed by the fact she was drinking. "honey, i'm stressed out, i don't know what else to do," joyce sighed and took another sip. will groaned and walked to his room, slamming his door. he wish his family wasn't so messed up. his mom constantly drinks and smokes, his brother is a fucking stalker, and his dad is a complete asshole. as for will, he's bullied everyday by his own crush. will fell back onto his bed and started crying. he cried almost everyday due to his messed up life. he quickly went to his bedside table and searched through his top drawer. at the very bottom in the back, lay razor blades. will picked them and started to slash the blades across his arm. it hurt and bled, but will always found out a way to hide it. he hid the razors and pulled his sleeves back down and sighed. will laid down in his bed and closed his eyes, slowly falling sleep.

as for mike, it was practically even worse at home for him. he entered his front door, still feeling bad about bullying will, but he couldn't stop himself. his eyes widen as he saw his dad home early. "w-what are you doing here?!" mike asked. he has always been completely frightened by his father, since he used to punch and kick him every day. "i got a call today from mrs. johnson. she found out her son had slept with you, mike." ted, mike's father, said in response. mike knew what was about to happen, he knew he was going to get hurt again. karen, mike's mom, had just entered the room, confused. "what's going on..?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at mike and ted. "our son had sex with a boy." ted said, as calmly as possible. karen gasped, "michael wheeler! what the hell?!" mike felt the tears forming, "i-" but mike was interrupted by his father slamming him against the front door, most likely bruising mike's back. "i'm not raising a faggot! my son cannot be a fucking faggot! do you understand me boy?!" ted screamed in mike's face. mike was panting and staring right at him, he didn't say anything. "do you fucking understand?!" he screamed louder and kicked mike in the shin. "ahh- i understand! y-yes sir!" mike sobbed loudly. ted let go of mike and walked away straight to his bedroom upstairs, slamming the door. karen watched completely frightened. "mike, if you don't want your father acting that way, then don't have homosexual feelings. that is a sin and you will go to hell for it." she said calmly and began to walk up the stairs. mike laid against his front door, crying quietly. he slowly got up and limped to his room, encountering nancy. "mike, i'm so sorry," nancy frowned and took him to the bathroom. she sat him on the toilet and began to clean up mike's wound. "you can do whatever you want mike. you can love whoever you want. don't listen to those assholes, they aren't worth it." nancy mumbled to him. mike thought it was finally time to tell nancy the truth. "uh.. nance?" mike whispered. nancy looked up at him, waiting for him to speak. "i've had a crush on will byers since the seventh grade, and i have been bullying and beating him up everyday since then." mike frowned and looked down, feeling completely ashamed of himself. nancy didn't know what to say. she thought. then smiled, "mike you know bullying isn't good. do you want him
to be yours?" mike nodded slowly. "then you can't hurt him. you have to love him and comfort him. are you only bullying him because mom and dad are putting it in your head that it's wrong to like guys?" mike sighed, "yeah. i can't take it out on everyone else so i just bully him." nancy finished up cleaning his wound. she put her hand on his shoulder, "you gotta stop that. if you want love from him, you have to love him first." nancy smiled and got up, closing the bathroom door. mike thought for a few minutes, he did want will. and he wanted to stop bullying him. he needed to stop bullying him.

it was the next morning, and will arrived at school. he frowned as he struggled to open his locker again. then he saw mike from the corner of his eye, walking up to him. mike smiled as he walked up to will. he took a deep breath and began, "hey, i just wanted to know if you were alright. and also sorry for all the bullying.." mike awkwardly looked down. "did you just apologize to me?" will scoffed, "that's the first and probably last." will rolled his eyes, "if you came over here and someone dared you to say that, then fuck you, asshole." mike felt hurt, and frowned. "t-that's not true. i want to stop bullying you." "yeah right, mike." will finally got his locker open and got his books out. he shut it then looked up into mike's eyes. "we both know that's not true." will mumbled and walked away, now completely angry. mike didn't know what to do. he tried to get him back, he tried to be nice to him, but it didn't work. mike just decided to go back to being the bitch he was. he ran up behind will and pushed him down. "byers! accept my apology or i will break every fucking bone in your body!" mike screamed in his face as he pinned him
down to the ground. "ow! mike get off of me!" will kicked and screamed. mike growled and slapped will. "accept my apology and i will let you," he said angrily. then, the principal came. "boys!" he yelled and mike quickly got off of will. "i didn't hurt him sir," mike said quickly. will was on the floor wincing in pain, trying to get up. "both of you to my office now." he said in a serious tone. mike sighed and got up, following close behind him. one student helped will up, and will followed too. he tried to stay distant from mike, "sorry." mike mumbled to will. will looked at him, shedding a tear. "it's fine."