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There’s something wrong with Michael Wheeler.
Will knew that something was off with Michael a long time ago… he just didn’t know what it was.
They had always been close, maybe a little too close.
They used to get bullied when they were kids and one day, one of the bullies pushed Will too far and he got hurt really bad.
The next day both of the bullies had gone missing, presumed dead.
Will never used to suspect anything… until something happened to his crush that rejected him. It took a lot of courage for Will to ask out his crush, and then he turned him down. He wasn’t nice about it either. Will cried and complained to Mike about it, and a few days later… he was also missing.
Will started to catch onto a pattern… everyone that treated him badly ended up disappearing.
And then one day… Will caught him.
present day
Mike rushes into the bathroom and slams the door shut behind him. He turns on the faucet and frantically washes the blood off of his hands.
“Mike? You okay..?” Will asks as he walks up to the bathroom door.
“Uh— yeah! I’m good..!” Mike said somewhat frantically and Will knew something was off.
“Are you sure…?” Will asks and he put his hand on the door knob.
Shit, I forgot to lock the door. “Don’t come in—!”
Will frowns and he opens the door anyway.
“Mike—“ he pauses and stops abruptly.
Mike freezes. Bloody water washes down the sink and there’s blood stained on his clothes.
“I — “ his voice trails off as he looked at Will with wide eyes.
“W-What are you…” Will started to ask and he frowned. “Is that… blood… on your shirt…?”
“I — “ Mike let’s out a deep sigh, “Yes.” There was no use in lying.
“What happened? Are you hurt?” Will asked frantically as he walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind him.
No, but someone else is.
“No, I’m fine, I just…” he tries to think about how he should tell Will this. How does he let him know that he killed Carlton? Hey, I killed the guy that broke your heart?
“You know… when you um… came to me crying a few days ago…? About Carlton..?” He says as he avoided eye contact and stared down at his fingers.
Will frowned slightly, “Yeah…?”
Mike gulps and he looks up into Will’s eyes.
“He’s dead.” He said sternly and Will saw something dark in his eyes that he’d never seen before.
“Dead…? What do you… what do you mean he’s… dead..?”
Mike lets out a deep sigh, “I mean he’s dead.”
“I’m… confused.. how did he.. — “
Mike cuts him off.
“I killed him.” Mike says in a tone that sounded like he had done something like this before.
“What do you… what?” Will asked in a confused tone. He surprisingly didn’t feel scared or anything.
Mike sighs again as he slips his blood stained shirt off and tossed it into the trash can. “He hurt you. So I got rid of him.” Mike replies and Will heard him but he was too focused on staring at Mike’s bare chest.
“You.. what? I’m.. sorry..” Will replies awkwardly as a light blush covered his cheeks and he looked back up at Mike’s eyes. He thought he had gotten over him, guess not.
“I got rid of him. Don’t ask what I did with his body.” Mike says sternly as he picks up the trash bag and ties it.
“Oh… um.. wait, I’m… lost. Why exactly did you… you know.” Will asks awkwardly.
“Because he hurt you.” Mike answered almost instantly.
“That’s.. it?”
“Yeah. Do I need a better reason?” Mike asked as he sat down on the toilet seat. “He made you cry.”
Mike shrugs slightly, “I took care of it.”
Will stays silent for a few moments. He knew that this was fucked up but it still made his heart flutter.
“You… did it because he hurt me…?” Will asked in a soft voice.
“Yeah.” Mike looks at him like the answer was obvious. “I’d do anything for you, Will.”
“Anything…?” Will asked as he felt his heart skip a beat.
“Anything.” Mike repeated firmly.
Will stayed silent for a long moment. He needed to process this. It was insane and he should feel scared. In fact, he should leave now and never look back.
But he doesn’t.
After everything that he’s been through… he loved the thought of someone going the extra mile for him. Especially Mike.
“So what does this… mean..? For us…?” Will asked softly as he took a few steps closer to Mike.
“What do you want it to mean..?” Mike asked as he looked up at Will.
Will swallows hard, “People don’t normally kill for their best friends…” he says softly as he cupped Mike’s face with his hands.
“Are we just… best friends.. though..?” Mike asked as he leaned into Will’s touch.
”I don’t know, Mike… are we..?” Will asked softly as he gently stroked Mike’s cheek with his thumb.
Mike stared up into Will’s eyes silently as he gently wrapped his arms around Will’s waist.
“I don’t think so… I think… we moved past that point a long time ago..” Mike says softly as he gently pulled Will closer to him.
Will goes silent again as he stares down into Mike’s eyes.
Mike stared up at him like he worshipped him. Like Will was the only thing in the world worth believing in.
“So if I asked you to do it again — “
“I would.” Mike answered without hesitation.
Will’s heart skipped a beat and a small smirk appeared on his face.
“Hm..” Will hummed softly as he moved a strand of hair from Mike’s forehead.
“Good to know.”