M. 2

MIKE LOOKED AROUND, his heart beating.

The halls were already filled with students, loud as they opened their lockers and chatted about their classes.Mike could literally not find Will in the sea of faces, and he felt his heart pinch.

"I can't believe how much homework he gave us. Ughhh!!" Lucas came out of the classroom and stood by Mike, and was quickly followed by Dustin and Jane.

"Yeah, and it's only the first class of the day." Jane added, and a collective sigh followed.Mike wasn't paying even a little bit of attention- he had spotted the top of a head covered with light brown hair, and a hint of a chestnut sweatshirt...

"Excuse me," he said and pushed past Lucas. He hurried into the crowd of people, his head turning almost violently to every side as he tried to find the boy again.Finally- he saw him again.

"Pardon, excuse me," Mike said as he pushed people away, getting cursed and middle fingers waving at him from everywhere. He didn't care.

"Will!" He called, but Will didn't turn. He continued his fast stroll, pushing past people and calling Will's name. He still didn't turn, and Mike had a really hard time catching up to him.

"Hey!" He said when he finally managed, grabbing Will's shoulder. Will turned, and smiled when he saw Mike. It wasn't his small smile, it was a polite and casual one. "Umm- Mike, hey." Will said. More people passed them, giving him strange looks.

"Why is Wheeler talking to that weird kid?" a girl whispered to her friend just a bit too loud as she passed them. her friend shrugged, and they continued past them.

"You disappeared on me this morning," Mike said. Will shrugged."sorry, I had class." He said, and he wasn't meeting Mike's eyes for some reason.

"It's fine- at least I found you now." Mike said. He put his hand on Will's chin and raised his face, leaning in to kiss him- but Will backed away with a sudden motion."What are you doing?!" He whispered, white faced."Kissing my boyf-" Mike was confused. Will breathed loudly, overpowering the end of Mike's sentence. Then, he grabbed Mike's hand and pulled him away from the crowd into the nearest bathroom.

In the bathroom, he checked all the stalls were empty and then closed the door, throwing his book-bag on the floor. "Why are you being so weird?" Mike asked, a little hurt by the rejection.

"Mike, you can't just kiss me in the middle of the school hall!" Will said, and he still looked horrified. He ran both his hands through his hair."Why?" Mike said.

"Because you're you and I'm me. Because- because we're-" Will checked under the stalls again, and his voice dropped to a whisper even though they were completely alone, "because we're two boys!"

"I know but I thought about it, and I want to be with you! I don't care what everyone thinks!" Mike said, grabbing Will's hands and squeezing them."What if I do??" Will called out, dropping his hands from Mike's. He looked like he was about to cry."I'm sorry, Mike- but we're not exactly in the same situation. I have it bad enough already, do you know what having a boyfriend will do? I couldn't handle it." Will continued, and he stared at Mike with his eyes large.

Mike didn't know what to say. His spirit sank.

Just then, the bathroom door opened. Dustin and Lucas entered, and when they saw Mike and Will they paused. They exchanged looks of confusion.

" I- I promise I'll have the essay finished by Wednesday! I swear!" Will suddenly said, looking at Mike with sadness in his eyes. Mike realized what he was doing, but could do nothing but nod stiffly.

Will grabbed his bag from the floor and slung it on his back, and then hurried to the door. Dustin and Lucas made no effort to move, causing Will to bump into them slightly. He kept his eyes on the floor as he rubbed his shoulder, and continued to the door- but stopped right before existing.

"I'm sorry, Mike." and Mike knew he was sincerely, truly sorry. The Hazel eyes glittered at him one last time, and Will was gone.

"Bro, you have the Byers freak doing your schoolwork? Lucky!" Dustin said as they entered  more. Mike didn't say anything back.

"He looked legit terrified. Did you do that shit to his face? because if you did- damn." Lucas added. Mike had almost forgotten Will's bruised face, he was so used to it by now. The reminder didn't do him good.

His whole being filled with anger. Anger to Troy and James, for doing that to Will. To Dustin and Lucas and everyone else in that fucking school that made Will scared to be with him- the whole town. 

"We're going to go to Dustin's instead of math- I just can't handle algebra right now." Lucas said,"You in?" 

After almost a full minute of silence, Mike realized he was waiting for an answer."Sure, whatever. " who gives a fuck, he added in his head.

 "Cool! Let's bounce," Lucas said, and the three boys left the bathroom towards the exit.

Mike kind of felt like crying.