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Mike looks hopelessly- hopelessly at Will as his bright hazel eye stares back.
Will’s eye.. the other one must be sitting around after Will had ended the pain, ripping it out.
Mike tugs and tugs on the vines holding him down, trying to rip free from the spire to get to Will. Resistance is futile.
Mike’s eyes dash around the scenery— the bright red storms in the background, and the bodies of his friends and family in the foreground. It’s like a horrifying picture, one that was painted by the one he holds the closest to his heart.
Will makes a pitiful noise, a flick of the wrist, and the vines go crashing down as Mike falls, a small groan as his back hits the slimy vines. He scrambles up, looking at Will, whose eye is now closed.
He must have used the last of his energy on freeing Mike.
A sour look comes on Mikes face, a bit of pity and sadness filling his eyes as he gets his bearings.
He hears the pitter-patter of his feet hitting the ground, the squelching of the vines being the only sound except for the thunder occasionally sounding.
It feels like minutes, no, hours until Mike finally gets to Will, and when he finally does, he slips and falls. In one quick motion, Mike swirls around and cradles Will’s head in his lap, watching as Will’s eye slowly opens.
“M.. M..ike..?” he whispers, like his eyes aren’t believing him.
Mike nods fervently, tears filling his eyes. “It’s me.”
Will’s eye flutters, tired, so, so, tired.
Tears fill Mikes eyes. “I love you Will. I’m, I’m so sorry I’ve never said it before, and I really wish I did, but I just never.. never realized how close you really were to me. I’ve been an ass all this time and never even turned back to realize how much I feel for you.”
Mike leans in, pecking Will’s cheek, not willing to cause him any more pain.
Will’s eye opens, realization flooding through it. He lets off a soft smile, such a soft and sad one, like he knows he wont make it.
“Don’t give me that look, Will, we’re both gonna make it out,” Mike says to him, even though they both know how this is going to end.
Will nods softly, sharply, before his eye widens for a slight second, the word tumbling out of his lips-
“Mike!”
Mike forgot something dire, something important. Although he was almost gone, Vecna was still alive.
He doesn’t realize it until it’s too late, until the feeling of Vecna’s claw through his chest hits him.
Not until he looks down, seeing the red curved point, choking out blood.
Mike sinks to the ground, crumbling next to Will.
Will lets out a yelp of pain, screaming Mike’s name.
Blood gushes out of Mike’s mouth, a splatter on the ground, before he drops to his knees, falling beside will.
Both boys mutter their last words with their last semblance of energy and life,
“I love you.”