Chapter Text
July 4 1990
Mike's perspective:
'Ok ok ok ok ok ok okkk! I can do this c'mon itt's been like 1,2,3,4 years! 4 YEARS JESUS! Right compose yourself, he can't see you like this! God im a gay mess. Oh, yeah that's me, gay. Right knock-' Mike was snapped out of his chain of thought by a ping sound coming from his phone. It was a text. A text from Lucas. It read; 'MIKE WHERE ARE YOU' oh shit SHIT he was supposed to meet with Dustin, Lucas and Max at the arcade (Will was invited but 'couldn't come' and Mike knew that meant he was planning to do fuck all) He texted back; 'Oh shit sorry, I COMPLETELY forgot and now i kinda can't come... but you guys should go without me!' Sent. ' okay now you need to knock for gods sake' KNOCK KNOCK 'OH SHIT WHAT IF THIS WAS ALL A MISTAKE AND-'
"Yeah, who is it? A groggy voice came from inside the house, it was Will's voice. 'OH MY GOD.'
"I SAID WHO IS IT" He yelled again.
"It's me. It's Mike" The door SWUNG open!
"MIKE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE!" He didn't say it in an 'annoyed' way or an 'I fucking hate you please go away' kind of way but more of a 'Wait your here, yay!' kind of way.
"Hi?" He let out a soft chuckle.
"Wh...wh...why are you here?!" He had this, warm, welcoming,wide smile on his face. They pulled eachother into a tight hug only lasting about 30 seconds, but they both wished it lasted longer. "Uh...do you wanna come in or...?"
"Really?" He looked at Will like no one had ever asked him that question.
"Well duh...i'm not gonna let you freeze too death so soon," Will gave Mike a small playful push and a smile. Hang on, wait is Mike reading into this TOO much or was Will FLIRTING with him? No he was obviously reading into it too much, I mean sure Will was gay, i mean he knew that, but how could Will, a handsome, amazing boy, like Mike! I mean...really?
" Mike...? Mike are you coming in?!" Once again Mike Wheeler was snapped out of his thoughts and back into reality.
"Huh...? What? Oh sorry yeah,"
" Too busy daydreaming about me Wheeler?" Mike blushed, knowing Will was joking, but still he wasn't wrong. He gave Will a 'annoyed' but teasing look and stepped into Will's house.
"Jesus Will! How is your house so tidy?"
"Oh TRUST me, it's not. Only the rooms where most guests would go." Will gave a cute, shy (but in Mike's eyes sexy) smile.
"MOST guests huh? Who else you got coming round?" He looked at Will, genuinely wanting an answer but trying to be chill and nonchalant (as always, especially around Will)
"Oh, you know," His smile dropped making Mike concerned that he had said the wrong thing or overstepped, "Just my boyfriend, who, by the way, i'm planning to break up with. Oh but I haven't told anyone so please don't mention it." Mike stood there, mouth practically reaching the floor in disbelief.
"Will of course, I won't say anything unless you want me to! But I have a question."
"Thanks, and yeah you can ask me anything!" Again Will gave Mike that soft, warm smile, that made Mike want to melt into Will's arms and never leave his side, but unfortunately he couldn't, he could never pull a guy like Will. He plopped onto the sofa Will closely following.
"Why do you want to break up with Carlton? Oh and also where is he? Sorry thats alot to ask." Mike was known for messing things up so he was worried to see if he HAD overstepped.