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“Will, I’m sorry man, I didn’t mean to ignore you, I was just excited to hang out with Lucas and Dustin.” Mike walked up to the room Will was locking himself in.
Will murmured through the door, “Where was that energy back in California?” He felt his stomach tighten, like he was going to throw up.
Mike’s throat closed up. He didn’t know how to respond, because, well, he didn’t know. Ever since he met Will in Cali, he felt off. “I don’t..” he paused before answering, “I don’t know.” He scooted closer up to the door. “Will, just, please. We can play Nintendo, just the two of us. We can hang out. We can talk about drawing. Just, please open the door.”
“You don’t understand.” Will felt tears prickle at the edges of his eyes. “Mike, I don’t care about hanging out.” His breath hitched, and his lip began to quiver. “I want to know why you’ve been ignoring me. Why you’ve been distant.”
Mike heard shuffling from the other side, and a sound of something sliding open. “Will?” He tried turning the knob of the door, “Will!” He ran to the front door, swinging it open. He went to the side of the house, noticing a window open from the room Will was in. “Fuck.” He heard the sound of running and breaking of branches coming from the forest. He turned his head to see Will running further into the woods. “WILL, WAIT!” He ran after him.
The sky started to dim, and the clouds began to darken. The light sound of thunder roared in the distance. Rain started quickly pouring from the sky. Mike’s feet splat in the puddles of wet mud. His shoes were dirty, and his hair was covering more than half his vision. Regardless, he kept following the footprints of Will. He started slowing down once he saw the ruins of Castle Byers. He walked up to them, calling out. “Will?”
Light sniffs could be heard from inside the collapsed fort. “What do you want?”
Mike’s mouth went dry. He stood at the entrance of it, looking down at a curled up Will. He mutters under his breath, “When did Castle Byers get destroyed?”
Will looks him dead in the eyes, “When you destroyed my heart.” He felt his lip begin to quiver.
Mike was speechless. “What do you mean? When did I - ”
“It’s not my fault you don’t like girls!”
Mike was frozen. Was Will..?
Will didn’t dare look back at Mike. “You’ve caused enough damage. Just g - ”
He was cut off by Mike hugging him. “I love you.”
Will didn’t move. He couldn’t move. “What-?”
“I love you. I love you and I’m so sorry.” Mike clung onto Will like his life depended on it.
Will sat up to look at Mike. “Love like.. Love, love? Or - ”
Mike kissed Wil.
“I love you.”