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The rain pattered down on my windshield as I pulled up to the Afton household, grabbing my pink and yellow umbrella I climbed out of my beat up Ford that I had gotten for my 16th birthday a few months ago.
I looked up at the 2-story residence from beneath my umbrella. Michaels house always had an off vibe about it that I could never put my finger on. It was a nice house for sure, the front lawn was always trimmed and the grass was never too high or too short, the bushes were always rounded to perfection, the purple paint was never chipped or flaking. But something about it made me feel a bit uneasy every time I saw it. That never stopped me from going in of course, It was the only way I could hang out with my best friend after all since his crazy dad never wanted him too far away.
Michael Afton and I had been best friends since we were 12 years old and ever since then we were inseparable. Nothing could ever keep us away from each other. We were practically attached at the hip and we never hid anything from each other. We were always open about our feelings with each other. And he probably knew me better than I knew myself.
Except for the fact that I had a massive crush on him of course. He'd NEVER get to know that.
I made my way up the steps and before I could even knock Michael was standing before me grinning so wide it looked like he was about to split his face in half. I yelped as he grabbed me by the waist and tugged me inside and into a hug.
"Y/n I've missed you so much!!" He said before pulling me back to look into my blushing face. He arched a brow at my red face "Are you ok? You look kinda red."
"Oh, yeah I must have caught a slight fever or something I'll be fine."
"Are you sure?" He asked. I nodded, "Ok let's go to my room I just got new music."
I scrambled up the stairs after Michael. His long legs made it hard for me to keep up with his pace especially given how much taller he was then me.
We passed by Elizabeths room, her door was covered in drawings adorned with pink heart stickers and ladybugs. And just as I walked by she popped her head out the door.
"Y/N!!!! Hi Y/N!!" She exclaimed racing after me and wrapping herself around my leg.
"Hi Lizzy! How are you doing today?" I spoke to the ginger little girl
"I'm doing great! Mikey played barbies with me today and I made him put on a fancy tiara." She giggled
I chuckled and glanced over to see Michaels red face "Elizabeth! I thought I told you not to tell y/n about that!"
"Whoops I forgot, sorry Mikey!" She laughed while running back into her room so Michael wouldn't yell at her
"So how was barbies?" I laughed as Mike's red face turned impossibly deeper
"We aren't gonna talk about it." He grumbled and trudged over to his room
I chuckled and followed him into the lavender messy room
Michael walked over to his music player and popped out two new cassette tapes
"Look at what Robby gave me yesterday, they are some big hits in Japan." He grinned looking up at me
"Wow, I don't think I've ever heard those before. Which one should we listen to first?" I asked
"This one is my favorite so far." He held out the cassette tape that said 4:00 A.M. and popped it into the boombox
Music filled the room and I felt myself start to sway to the baseline of the song
Michael was tapping his foot to the drums of the song and it didn't take long before he started to hum the lyrics
I stared at the brunette boy as he started getting lost in the music, his singing voice was surprisingly nice and he got up and started to dance around to the song
I laughed as he spun around and danced
Suddenly he stared at me and his face seemed to light up with an idea
"What?" I chuckled as he grinned at me
I yelped as he grabbed my arm and pulled me up into his chest
I blushed as his hand came up to press my head into his chest and his other hand found my waist and he started to sway with me to the music
"Lorrrd give me one last chance" He sung as he spun me around
"Michael!' I cried as he dipped me down while he simply laughed at my fear
"I've got you don't worry" He smiled at me and I swear I felt my heart stop as I realized how close we were
My eyes flicked from his beautiful blue eyes to his plump pink lips
I think he noticed because his pupils grew and his lips parted as he flicked from my eyes to my lips
What the hell are you waiting for? KISS HIM!!!! something in my brain screamed at me I slowly closed my eyes and started leaning in
Just as our lips barely touched his door slammed open making Michael and I both yelp as he dropped me and I let out an "Umpf!" and hit the floor
William stared between us with a quirked eyebrow "Your...your music is really loud please turn it down." He murmured and closed the door behind him
My face was burning and I was horribly embarrassed "I should probably go" I said and quickly stood to gather my umbrella and rain coat before racing down the stairs tears pricking in my eyes
I had probably just ruined our entire friendship and I'm sure Michael wanted nothing to do with me now
I opened the door and trudged over to my car
"Y/n wait!" Michael yelled as he ran down the wet cement to my car
As I turned around he grabbed my cheek and kissed me
I pulled back my pupils blown wide and face pink as he grinned at me "see you on Monday" and with that he ran back into his house giggling
I stood by my car for a moment processing before getting into my car and smiling like an idiot all the way home