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Today was a normal day for the Wheeler family.
The whole family was sitting on their little brown couch, watching the TV, a little fluffy brown cat Mike calls Eddie curled up in a red cat bed with white paw prints on it next to the bed, its front paws stretched out, resting on their bright cyan carpet. The carpet contrasts against their dark brown hardwood floors and light yellow wall paper. Wilma, their youngest daughter, age 5, notices the mail man walking up to their small, hand painted mailbox and putting 2 letters in it through their open window, the curtains flowing with the small breeze.
"Dad!! The mailman came!!"
Wilma said, giggling.
"Can I get it with you?"
Mike nodded slowly, getting up and taking Wilma outside to the mailox. She quickly opened the mailbox and handed mike the letters, one being Mikes paycheck, another being a letter from will..? Mike quickly went inside with Wilma and the letters.
"Whats the mail today Mike?"
Jane yelled out from the couch.
"Nothing much El, just my paycheck and a letter from Will!"
Mike replied blandly.
"what does it say?"
Said Jane.
"I dont know? I didnt open it yet?"
Willow, their oldest daughter, age 15, waved Wilma over as she noticed them starting to bicker and Wilma quickly ran to her.
"lets go play in my room!"
Willow tugged Wilma upstairs to her room as they kept bickering.
"MICHAEL. Lets just open it together."
Jane said, mike slowly moving to sit next to her, holding the letters, and slowly opened Wills letter.
Mike's gaze hardened as he read the big text in a fancy font, colored yellow and blue.
"𝓨𝓞𝓤𝓡 𝓘𝓝𝓥𝓘𝓣𝓔𝓓 𝓣𝓞 𝓞𝓤𝓡 𝓦𝓔𝓓𝓓𝓘𝓝𝓖!!"
Will was getting married to some dude named C-rlton.
At first, Mike didnt eve realize till it hit him.
oh
*oh..*
Mike reread the text over and over, those were Will and his colors, not Will and C-rlton's.
Tears slowly formed in his eyes.
"Oh my god! Will is finally getting married!!"
Jane squealed with excitement.
Mike felt devistated, Mike had a wife, he shouldnt feel so sad, but he did.
Mike sighed and took a deep breath.
"Since i got my paycheck today, lets go shop for gifts for them and take the girls out shopping, maybe even get Eddie a new toy?"
Jane nodded enthusiactially.
"Yes Yes!! Great ideas!! This is why i love you!"
Jane giggles.
Mike smiles and nods as Jane gets up to go get the girls. But when shes gone mike, sighs, tears filling his eyes.
"god, im so dumb."
Footsteps on the stairs quickly alert Mike to wipe his eyes and sit up.
"okay kids,we are only getting you each one thing, and Eddie is also getting something. But we are mainly going to buy gifts for Wills wedding."
Jane said smiling, quickly putting her shoes on and helping Wilma get her shoes on as Mike gets his shoes on and finds Willows jacket for her.
Jane points out on a chair in the living room.
"Willows jacket is over there!"
Mike turns and quickly walks into the living room, grabbig the thin pink jacket off a light blue chair, hurrying to grab his keys and start driving to the store, wanting to get his mind off Will.
Mike quickly hurrys everyone outside and in the car.
Mike sighs as everyone piles into the car quickly, Willow helping get wilma get her seatbelt on. Jane smiles at the sight of her kids being so sweet.
"hey dad, can i play my playlist?"
Mike sighs, remembering last time his daughter played music, she played the horrible song Good Luck Babe, Mike was a mess for weeks. But, to make his dear daughter happy, he says yes. Reluctantly.
"...Fine.."
He awnsered in a blunt but loving tone.
"thanks dad!!"
she laughs as she puts on her playlist, its finally not horrible and life ruining as mike expected.
Mike keeps driving on the road, the kids watching out the window till mike hears something strange.
a song very diffrent from the rest.
"The whole town is talking 'bout how you've fallen in love
I read in the papers, he's someone that girls dream about"
Mikes grip tightens on the steering wheel as he starts to realize where its going. About a minute later, the singing gets a bit stronger.
"You asked me how i've been, but where do i begin
To tell you I should've chased you 'cross every single state
I lay down my sword for fate
'Cause it's too little way too late"
Mike hisses through his teeth, his mind filled with Will, but he pushes the thoughts down, its a simple song, its not related to how you feel about will at all.
Till another minutes, the song still going, the gorgeous singing getting stronger.
"I swear to God, I almost drowned
You asked me how I've been, but how could I begin
To tell you I should've chased you
I should be who you're engaged to
Lost my fight with fate
A tug-of-war of leave and stay
I give in, I abdicate
I lay my sword down anyway
I'll see you at Heaven's gate
'Cause it's too little, way too late"
Mike slams his foot on the breaks, before starting to sob. He cant take it anymore.
...
Mike starts to drive again while crying, starting to speed, Jane and his kids yelling for him to slow down or stop, till he makes a sharp turn. The car flies off a tall cliff, everyone dying on impact. The one thing still working was Too little Too late playing on repeat now.
News reporters quickly doctument the crash, Wills wedding invite was in mikes pocket, leading the police to belive Mike purposely crashed the car due to not being able to get the man he wanted the most.
Will was watching the TV in his NYC apartment with his (UGLY) fiance C-rlton, sharing a small leather couch. Till they saw something
"Mike wheeler, age 32 found dead in a suicide and murder car crash, Driver mike wheeler seemed to have had a extreame emotional reaction to the song that was playing mixed with the wedding invite in his pocket, leads for us to belive he had some feelings for one of the men in the wedding invite, none of the crash victems survived, his two daughters, Willow and Wilma died hugging eachother while his wife, Jane had passed out from fear."
Will gasped loudly before starting to sob, his childhood best friend, mightve liked him, and DIED.
C-rlton tried to comfort will but it was too late, will had locked himself in his bedroom.
Will had hung himself and commited suicide overnight.