forget you || byler

eight

"so tell me about yourself" Sophie said while taking a bite of her food

"mmm well I actually live in Derry" will said not sure what else to say

Sophie laughed, "thank god because I am not ready for a serious relationship, my last boyfriend cheated on me and so I'm done with serious dating for a long while, at least with boys"

will smiled, his heart felt 100x lighter because honestly, he didn't want to date Sophie, no matter how perfect she was

Sophie seemed to realize shed let the "at least with boys" part slip and slapped her hand over her mouth

"hey it's okay Soph, robin told me"

"and you're okay with it"

"totally"

Sophie grinned and slid her plate over to will, "try this it's amazing"

it seemed to be a mutual understanding between the two that this wasn't anything more than platonic so will spoke the words he'd been dying to,

"I'm gay"

Sophie choked on her food

"sorry that was so abrupt I just needed to tell someone face to face and I just thought you'd be cool with it considering....." will said his face flushed

"no oh my god it's okay, it just caught me off guard.... so if you're gay byers, why'd robin set us up on a date"

"she was trynna help me be sure and I am now, I'm sure"

"what made you be sure"

"well, I mean you're literally the most perfect girl ever"

"I am not", Sophie said giggling slightly

"okay but you are, and everyone can see that but like I feel nothing romantic towards you, no attraction because I like boys not girls" will added on, whispering the last part.

Sophie leaned back smiling, "okay Byers, so let me help you find a boyfriend"

"no no no no no"

"yes yes yes yes yes. plan find will Byers a boyfriend is in action"

will sighed and Sophie stood up, "before we put this plan in action, I like really need to go Christmas shopping, will you grace me with your presence"

"course I will miss Foster"

Sophie took wills hand and dragged him towards the door, "we are gonna have so much fun Byers"

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the two had been shopping for about an hour now and will had actually found some amazing gifts for el and Jonathan while Sophie had ended up buying a bunch of clothes for herself, forgetting why she'd come to the mall in the first place.

"will", she called, holding up a Walkman, "dyou think my older brother would like this?"

"yeah probably" will answered

Sophie bought it and together the two headed off towards a more deserted store.

"Soph"

"can you kiss me"

"what?!" Sophie said sharply, "I thought you were gay"

"I wanna be sure"

"okay uh... right here?"

"yeah I mean sure"

the two quickly pressed their lips together. will byer felt nothing. that was when he knew for sure that he was gay. that he didn't like girls like he was supposed to

at that moment Mike wheeler turned around the corner.

he dropped the snow globe he'd been carrying and it shattered. he felt his heart drop. he felt sick. and so so jealous. he could feel the jealousy consuming him, bubbling like hot lava in his stomach.

will froze and stared at him, "cmon Sophie, let's go"

"okay," the gorgeous girl said softly letting will pull her out of the store

Mike felt his heart breaking and he didn't know why

he didn't know why seeming someone kiss will made him so jealous

Why he wanted to be the one to kiss will not some girl

however what mike didn't hear was will laugh and say, "yeah definitely gay"

all Mike felt was jealously

and more than anything the urge to run over and kiss will byers the way he kisses el.

because suddenly.

all he wanted was the boy he'd been bestfriends with since kindergarten

but it was too late now