A/n: literally don't know where im going with this rn. im so busy with everything lately not to mention im back in my hometown in michigan rn so im sorry 😭
Also TW⚠️ su!c!de/s3lf h&rm mention
The pair of boys were now sitting on Will's bed. Will was still shaking and crying... well sobbing... uncontrollably sobbing at that. But Mike held onto him for dear life until he was ready to talk.
Will eventually calmed down, still in Mike's grasp, too ashamed to look him in the eye. "I'm sorry Mike." He managed to spit out.
"Will, you really need to stop with the apologies. No one's upset with you. I'm just worried about you." "Y-yeah sor- I mean yeah, ok." Will said, still looking down.
"Hey, look at me." Mike lifted Will's head. Will finally lifted his head to look at Mike. He had a tired look in his eyes, partially from crying and partially because of the fact that it was about 9pm by this time. He thought about that fact that he had spent the entire day with Mike and smiled internally.
"I know you're not ok Will. Can I just ask why you've been writing this? No- wait- let me rephrase my question. Can you please just tell me the truth to why you've been writing this?" Mike asked with pleading eyes.
"I just- I guess I kinda deserve it." Will gave in. Mike was secretly happy that Will gave him something to work with so quickly. "W-what do you mean?" He replied.
"I don't know. I mean- well, people are always worrying for me and it causes them to care more about me and less about themselves. Everyone's probably so sick of me by now. Will started to whimper. I just feel bad because of how much people sacrifice for me when I'm too much of a bitch to do the same for them."Will ended, getting quieter.
Mike couldn't help but laugh inside his head. Was this boy really harming himself because people care about him 'too much'?
"Will." Mike started, rubbing Will's back in a circular motion. "What do you mean what people sacrifice for you.?"
"Well like- a little while ago Troy was bothering me so Lucas stood up for me and got into a fight with him. And- well- he, he didn't win. Like at all." Will looked down again.
Mike simply lifted Will's head again so he could look him in the eyes. "Will it's not your fault that assholes like him make your life harder. I- I mean it's a good thing that you have all these people who care enough about you to help you. Trust me, no one is sick of you and no one hates you."
"You have to be a little tired of me Mike. I mean all I've done so far is force you into my problems and have you worried for me 24/7."
"Will, you just keep assuming that everyone is mad at you but it's all in your head, I swear. You're messing yourself up, thinking like this. We love you Will, I love you."
Will couldn't help but smile. Everything he said to Will just seemed so genuine.
He hugged the taller boy back. "I love you too." Will replied into Mike's shoulder. Mike hugged him even tighter.
The boys sat there in their hug with no plan on breaking it anytime soon.
*BOOM*
The two jumped apart at the sound of something being hit against the house. They suddenly heard the noise of glass shattering.
"Uh, Will." Johnathan rushed into Will's bedroom. "There's some crazy chick outside throwing shit at our house. And I'm pretty sure she mentioned your name."
"Oh shit." Mike whispered under his breath.
"What? What 'oh shit'?" Will asked in a panic.
"Ok so when we were at my house earlier, Jane was at the door being all bitter and saying that she would get vengeance on me or something but i just ignored her and kicked her out. But I assumed she was just gonna do something to me not come to your house and- and well- vandalize it!"
Will just stared back with his eyes opened wide.
"B-but don't worry, I'll go handle it! J-just stay here." Mike said, quickly while leaving the room.
"Jane!" Mike made it to the front yard. "Please, just get out of here. Will and his family didn't do anything so why are you ruining their home?"
"No! He hurt me. I thought he was my friend but he's not. He's just as bad as everyone else!"
"Jane, please." Mike started again, more calm this time. "J-just- can we please talk about this later on? I know you're angry right now but breaking Mrs. Byers' house is definitely not the way to go."
Jane paused for a minute.
"You know what, fuck you and fuck him and fuck this, I'm going home."
Jane hopped on her bike and started on her way down the road.
Mike sighed in relief before going back inside to check on Will.
Will was now in the living room on the edge of the couch with Johnathan standing over him, comforting him.
"Hey, it's ok. I got rid of her." Mike said, reassuring him.
Will got up to hug him. "Thank you Mike." He smiled. "No problem." He hugged the boy back stronger, returning the smile."
Now, don't ask what was going through Will's head, but he kissed him, hard.
This caught Mike by surprise considering Will's brother was still standing right there. His eyes opened wide but eventually he just went with it. Will was just so beautiful and who was Mike to give up an opportunity like this?
The two stayed like this for until Johnathan let out a loud "uh emm." Which is when the boys broke apart.
Will playfully rolled his eyes and dragged Mike back to his room. "Mike?" Will started to question while taking a seat on his bed. "Do you think you can maybe stay over?" He whispered.
Mike smirked. (probably thinking impure thoughts) "Y-yeah, of course I can stay. He stuttered. "You sure? I don't want you to get in trouble with your dad." Will looked up at Mike who was now taking a seat next to him. "Don't worry about him. It'll be fine."
"Ok, well do you mind if we go to sleep? It's been kind of a long day." (a/n: no literally, this one day has been going on for so many chapters now wtf am i doing?)
"Yeah, of course, but Will?" Mike started. "Hm?"
"Do you still have thoughts like that?" He motioned to the notebook he found earlier. "And please tell me the truth." He got closer to the shorter boy. "I mean- I guess sometimes I do." Will basically whispered. Mike's face dropped. "Well when was the last time you wrote in it?" Will thought back to when Max found him on his bathroom floor. Luckily she got there after Will had already cleaned the blood.
"Couple days ago. I felt bad for kissing you behind Jane's back." Will once again couldn't look Mike in the eye. "Will, I am so sorry that I put you in that position and made you feel that way. I just want you to know that you can talk to me about anything. I-if I'm doing anything that makes you sad or uncomfortable or just anything like that then you can tell me." Mike was tripping over his words, trying to hold in a cry and put on a brave face for Will.
"I know Mike." Will answered. This wasn't good enough for Mike. It didn't seem genuine. But he thought he'd give Will a break for the night and they could just work on it slowly together.
"I'm gonna go get changed. I'll be right back." Will gave a half smile before getting up and leaving the room.
Mike (and his impure mind! 🤨) had to admit he was kind of disappointed that Will left the room to change.
But soon Will came back with a brighter look on his face. But then it dropped again. "Oh, I forgot you didn't bring any clothes."
"Oh, yeah. I mean it's fine, it's not a big deal." Mike quickly got up and started to lift his shirt over his head. Will's eyes widened as he was taken back by the fact that Mike was so comfortable doing this. Will could never.
"Do you have any old pants I can wear?" Mike asked so weirdly normally. Will was still in disbelief. "Oh- uh- y-yeah." He went over to he drawers and pulled out some sweatpants. "Here."
Mike immediately took off his jeans, revealing his dark blue boxers. "Thanks." He said as he grabbed the black sweatpants from the wide eyed Will. "What? Enjoying the show Byers?" Mike laughed as he put his legs into the pants.
"Shut up." Will said quickly as he started toward his bed. So Mike did know what he was doing. "I mean you were staring pretty hard there." He chuckled again while turning off the lights. "Don't flatter yourself."
Will got under the blankets and Mike slid in next to him. Still shirtless, he grabbed onto Will's waist and started to cuddle him.
"Goodnight little one." Mike smiled between yawns.
Will returned the smile even if he couldn't see it.
"Night Mike."
A/N: is it just me or are my chapter qualities getting better??? 🤭🤭anywayssssss sorry for not updating... im gonna try and do another one in like two days cause i have another flight tomorrow. LONGEST CHAPTER YET BTW!!! Rly happy with how it turned out too. but uh that's all I have for now!! Love y'all ❤️❤️
~Mo :P