Why us? || Byler ||

The Void

Will's POV
And here we are. In Eleven's cabin, in her bedroom, sat in front of the other, not making eye contact yet. Until she blurts out something I didn't expect

"I dumped his ass"

"What?"

"I dumped his ass. Max told me that it would be the best solution"

"Wait. So you are not dating?"

"Not since Wednesday" I hear her sniffling and I raise my head, looking at a sad Eleven

"Hey... why did you do that?"

"Because... Max told me to"

"But you don't have to do everything Max tells you to do, you know that?"

"Yes"

"Then why?"

"Because Will, I don't want you to suffer anymore because of him or me. I couldn't deal with you being unhappy. I know love is not all happiness, but is a very important thing. And not just in a romantic relationship. Do you understand?" I love her. Definitely, I love her so much

"Awe Eleven...You broke up with him for me?"

"Mostly... yes"

"What do you mean?"

"Talking with Hopper about this... I-"

"You told Hopper about this?!"

"Yes... is it bad?"

"Well... maybe now he has even more reasons to kill Mike"

"He won't. I would stop him"

"I would help you" we both laugh

"Why did you yell at him like that?"

"I don't know..."

"You... love him. Why do you fight him then?"

"It's like... now that he knows, I don't care about showing any of my feelings. It's okay to feel anger and sadness sometimes El, but you have to watch your mouth"

"Why?"

"I didn't mean everything I said. And because of that, I almost ended up everything with Mike..."

"So... don't say it"

"It's not that easy. It's like when you use your powers, sometimes you told me you didn't want to use them, for example with Lucas. You didn't want to hurt him, but anyways he shot off by the air"

"Oh..."

"I have the same problem arguing I think"

"I understand"

"But, coming back to the main point, why did you really dump his ass?"

"Oh yeah, while I was talking with Hopper, or with Max, I realized that Mike sometimes is overprotective. And he only wanted me to spend time with him. And-"

"That is not good. It's true"

"Max told me that he didn't let me have my own personality, and that made me more dependent, which is the opposite of what I am meant to be"

"Well... shit"

"What are you thinking about?"

"That... if I dated Mike, it could maybe, be like that. I hope not..."

"I don't think it would be the same with you... it's a feeling"

"Oh. El..."

"Yes?"