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Sunday, 25th May 1986,
The Byers' House,
07.15am,
WILL'S POV:
I woke up relatively early for a Sunday so I decided to lay in bed for a few more hours and woke up later at around 10am.
I got up and made my bed, got some clothes out took a bath and got dressed. I was about to head out the front door when I realised I had zero plans for the day so I went back into my room. I took my sketchbook to draw something but nothing came to mind, except Mike of course.
I drew a few sketches of him from different angles. He really does have nice features. I sighed, closed my sketchbook and rested it on my lap.
I wish that I could have Mike to myself but thats not possible, he doesn't like boys and even if he did, why would he like me???
My chest tightened and I sighed, resting my head on the bed frame. A few minutes later, I sunk under duvet and slipped into a short nap which I was woken from pretty quickly from by Eleven a few minutes later.
She came barging into room excitedly and practically dragged me out of my bed and into the living room.
There, in the living room, was Dustin laying on the ground on his stomach, Lucas on the couch, Max beside him and Mike standing awkwardly at the front door. He waved at me shyly, smiling and I waved back and smiled back at him.
"Someone wanna explain what's going on??" I questioned, confused.
"You weren't really planning to spend the rest of your weekend in your room, were you?" Lucas asked. He tapped the space next to him, gesturing for me to sit beside him, which I did. Soon after, Mike followed and sat beside me and El was next to Eleven.
"We're watching a movie." Max said. "It's called Sweeney Todd or something."
"The Demon Barber?" I asked, remembering how Jonathan recommended it to me.
"Yeah, how'd you know? Have you watched it before?" Max asked, handing me the dvd Jonathan got.
"Nope, Jonathan recommended it to me like 2 weeks ago." I replied, getting up to put the dvd into the dvd player near the tv but I felt someone tug at my sweater sleeve. It was Mike.
"I'll do that for you." He smiled, taking the dvd from me. It felt like he held my hand for a bit longer than you need to take a dvd but it could've just been my mind playing tricks on me.
"Wow. What a gentleman." Lucas smiled, rolling his eyes jokingly.
My cheeks went slightly warmer and ears heated up. It was just a small kind action but it's making my heart beat like crazy. I sighed and rested my head on the headrest of the sofa.
After he was done, Mike came back and sat next to me. The movie was about to start when Dustin spoke up.
"Hold on! Do you have popcorn?" He asked, looking at me.
"Yeah, I think so." I said, getting up.
I walked into be kitchen and checked the cupboard and sure enough, we had popcorn. Just enough for all of us to be exact.
"Need help?" Mike asked, walking into the kitchen. He rested his chin on his palm and rested his elbow on the counter, letting his black curls fall over his shoulders.
Of course I didn't need help. I know exactly how to make popcorn but, am I really going to miss an opportunity to spend more time with Mike? No, no I'm not.
"Yeah, thanks." I smiled.
He walked over to me and grabbed a big bowl. I poured the rest of the popcorn into the bowl and grabbed butter and sugar. I put the sugar to one side and took a spoon to put some butter in the popcorn.
After the popcorn had finished popping, I reached for the sugar but so did Mike and just some clichè romance movie, we ended up touching hands and for quite a while too.
A few moments after, Mike removed his from on top of mine and apologised, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!"
Why was he being do apologetic about it? I mean, I definitely didn't mind.
"It's okay, Mike." I said, tapping the side of his arm. I let my hand travel up his arm and up to his shoulder until I was literally playing with his hair.
Not long after, I realised what I was doing and pulled my hand away. My face was completely red and both my cheeks and ears were burning up.
"Shit." I muttered to myself before apologising to Mike, "I'm so soryr. I- Uh-"
I was a nervous mess. I was messing up my words and slurring my sentences. I couldn't believe I actually just did that.
"Haha, it's okay." Mike laughed, "I think we need to go back to focusing on the popcorn."
"R-Right." I said, stuttering slightly.
Mike took the sugar and added some to the popcorn and mixed it up by spinning the bowl.
I looked over to Mike while he was after my 'touching his hair' incident and his face was red. Like noticeably red. It was almost as if he was blushing. But he's not, right? He doesn't like me like that, right??
I pushed away the thought and we returned to the living room with the popcorn. We sat back in our spots and at some point, Mike held my hand, for what reason? I don't really know. I think he got a bit worried that I didn't want him holding my hand so I squeezed his hand to reassure him that I liked it.
I turned to face him and smiled a bit. He smiled back and rested his head on my shoulder, letting his hair fall unto my chest. He laughed a bit and squeezed my hand tighter.
God, he's so cute.
[A/N]:
This chapter wasn't long but thats cuz I'm prepping a really long one for the confession and everything.
I hope you enjoyed reading and have a nice day/afternoon/night! <3