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Mike and Will are in kindergarten.
“Hey, will!” Mike said, walking up to Will with a big smile on his face.
Will was a little startled. He hadn’t seen him in a few hours. “Oh- hi, Mike!!”
Mike said, joyfully, “I have an idea!”
“What is it?” Will said, curiously.
“What if we had a wedding!”
“Oh…why?” Will was confused. Why was he asking him this? It was pretty unusual.
“Uh…just for fun!”
Will said excitedly, “Wow! That does sound fun!”
“Okay! we can do it…tomorrow!” Mike suggested.
“Ok…you can be the bride! I don’t wanna do it.”
Neither of them wanted to be the bride.
“I don’t wanna be the bride. That’s for girls!” Mike said, defensively.
Will argued, “It’s just pretend, right? It doesn’t matter, just be the bride!”
“Then why can’t you do it if it doesn’t matter? Are you scared or something?” His voice got louder.
Will hated when people raised their voices at him. He hated arguing. All of it reminded him of his shitty father, Lonnie. He yelled, he argued, and he fought. It all just brought back bad memories to Will.
He felt his throat start to hurt. First, a single tear rolled down his cheek, then more. Soon he started to sob louder and louder.
Mike felt guilty as ever. He knew that Will hated when people raised their voices. But he briefly forgot, and now he felt terrible.
“Wait, Will! I-Im sorry! I didn’t mean to yell!”
Mike wanted to cry too. He hated seeing his best friend cry, but he blinked it away.
He walked over to Will, still crying. Mike hugged him and kept apologizing.
“Will, i-im sorry I really didn’t mean to yell..”
“I’ll even be the bride if you want…”
Will’s mood changed quickly. He sniffled and wiped his tears with his sleeve.
“Okay…thank you.”
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Day of the “wedding”, in Will’s backyard.
Mike and Will decided that Will’s brother, Jonathan would officiate the wedding.
Will and Mike held hands standing infront of Jonathan, trying to hold in laughter, looking at a imaginary crowd of people. It felt a bit awkward, but they both enjoyed it still.
Jonathan cleared his throat and said, “Mike, Will, I pronounce you husband and wife.”
Mike and Will both giggled before they shared a hug.
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Later, in castle byers
Sometimes, Mike and Will liked to sit in castle byers and just read comics, silently. It felt calming to them.
Mike broke the silence suddenly.
“Hey..Will?”
Will looked up from his comic quickly
“Huh?”
“I wanna say…im sorry again about what happened earlier. I really didn’t mean to yell at you. It was really mean.”
“It’s okay. I know you didn’t mean to.”
Mike leaned towards Will and hugged him. The next few hours in the castle, they sat closely next to eachother, sharing a comic.