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Mike groaned, slowly sitting up and closing the book he was reading. He once again was interupted while reading to his parents Ted and Karen argueing. He looks out his window, it was still dark out. He got up, going down his stairs to try and break it up. Till he say holly curled up in the corner, sobbing, she had a black eye and her cheek was red. His eyes widened, this was the first time his father hurt her.
"THE FUCK?!"
Mike quickly yelled out, rushing to pick up Holly. Ted ignored him, not even noticing him much, focused on screaming at Karen.
"YOU FUCKING STUPID WOMAN."
Ted yelled before slapping Karen across the face, leaving a small red mark and causing her to stumble. Mike slowly puts holly on the couch before walking over to Ted and shoving him Ted before yelling.
"Neither of them did anything!!"
"YES THEY DID YOU DUMBASS."
Ted yelled before he shoved Mike down, despite mike getting taller, he was still skinny and weak due to his fathers neglect.
God how Mike wished Nance hadnt moved in with Barb, she would always fight back for Mike and Holly.
"you dumb child."
Ted said before kicking Mike and going to the basement.
Holly was sobbing on the couch, Karen was standing up and going back to cleaning while Mike picked up Holly and brought her upstairs.
"shh...hush...you'll be okay."
He rubs Hollys back, comforting her while she cried.
"why is daddy so mean?"
Holly sobbed out
"because he hates us."
Mike replied, taking her into her room, the bright and pastel colors a contrast to the mood.
"take a nap, it distracts you from the pain."
He said as he lied her down on her bed, rubbing her back and tucking her in before leaving, locking and closing the door behind himself.
Mike sighs on his way to his room.
"MIKE GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW."
Mike groans, slowly trugging down the stairs, to see ted, holding stacks of papers, all letters Mike wrote for will, all saying he loves him, all never ever going to be or will be sent.
Shit.
Mike freezes, and Ted grabs him pulling him to the living room.
"YOU FUCKING FAGGOT."
Ted slaps Mike across the face, pushing him down onto the ground.
"awh fuck!"
Mike yells out, hitting his head on the ground hard, his head almost hitting a table corner edge.
Karen quickly runs in, and hits Ted in the head with a pan.
Mike quickly gets up and runs upstairs, his vision blurry and his head pounding. He quickly opens his door, falling onto his bed.
"god, we're his kids why would he treat us like this....."
He curls up on his bed, hiding under his blanket. He wants out of this house.
He NEEDS out of this house.
The idea hits him before he can even get comfortable, he should runaway.
He sighs.
"your so smart michael."
He said to himself, a smirk forming on his face, his eyes glistening with joy. Though his smirk quickly fades and his eyes dull.
"Fuck, what about will."
He sits up, putting his head in his hands.
"Will has the same home life as me, i cant leave him."
Mike whispers to himself, frowning slightly, staring at the blue blanket covering him.
"I'll ask if he wants to come with me..."
He nods his head slightly, a small smirk on his face before he lies down and goes to sleep.
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Mike wakes up a bit early, him and Will were already planning to hang out that day.
He rubbed his eyes as he sat up, his eyes locking onto his closet. already starting to think about what to wear that day. He got up, his medium length black hair messy and tangled. He slowly walked over to his closet, his head still hurting slightly from the fall yesterday. He takes a deep break as he opens his closet, picking out a white t shirt, black jean, a rinestone belt, and black converse. he quickly gets dressed, turning to his bed side table to get his hairbrush, but its not there, he quickly opens the drawer and rumages through it, finding a old handheld brush. He sighs of relief, his face relaxing as he starts to brush his hair, his jaw clenching as he tries to brush his hari as quick as possible. He powers through the pain for about 2 minutes till his hair is fully brushed, when he finishes brushing his hair he slowly goes to the bathroom to brush his teeth and put on deodorant. In a few minutes, hes out the house, not even taking his bike and he walks to Wills house, walking at a somewhat fast pace, glancing around at the trees and cars as they pass. He makes it to wills house in around 10 minutes, and he knocks on the wood door.
"Hello?"
Mike says a bit quietly, waiting for the door to open. Footsteps approach the door, he can hear the door unlocking. He takes a step back and he watches as lonnie opens it.
"what do you want kid."
Lonnie says, crossing his arms across his white tank top.
"uhm..im here to- to get will."
Mike stutters slightly, this is one of his first interactions with lonnie.
"okay."
Lonnie sighs, turning around and yelling for Will, who rushes to the door.
"oh, Hey Mike!"
Will said cheerfully.
"Hey Will."
Mike replied
"so you wanna go to the park?"
Will smiled.
"Sure."
Mike smiled back, watching as lonnie closes the door and Will gets his bike, and a extra for Mike, a small flush on his face as he stares at Wills face.
They start biking to the park together, both watching the trees and flowers slightly blowing in the wind, though Mikes yes drift down to his left arm, he hadnt thought of his scars when he got dressed.
shit.
"so uh-"
Mikes voice cracks, till he falls off his bike, scraping his right elboy bad, blood getting on the road.
"FUCK!"
Mike yells out as the pain finally hits him, tears forming in his eyes.