WILL POV-

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Will's eyes flutter open; sunlight peaked from the blinds noticing a figure ahead of him as he picked himself up sitting straight immediately shocking the girl next to him. Her face white as though she had seen a ghost with crumpled tissues in her lap.

Will squinted, blinking to adjust to the lights of his environment recognising this girl to be his step-sister El. He opened his mouth to ask a question but remembering the event that transpired to put him in this position; he didn't know what to start with.

"Will!" El sat on the chair beside him "You were asleep for so long! I was worried" She sniffled pulling the boy in into a deep hug, holding him tighter with every second.

"Did you get hurt?" Pulling off the duvet to see only a small band-aid on his leg and arm, she turned him around continuously scanning his body for any scrapes or bruises. El slowly turned his head, pushing his hair away to observe his scalp and the reflex of his eyes.

"I'm fine El!" Will chuckled grabbing both her arms

"You were trying to protect me from Troy and James, right?" She questioned placing a hand on his shoulder "This all happened because of me" She retreated herself burying her head in her hands wailing "Please forgive me Will!" through tears

"El it's not your fault!" He lifted his head enveloping the crying girl into an embrace. "You're my sister and it's my job to protect you!" he held her for a while until her breathing calmed. She felt guilty for getting bullied and it broke Will's heart; she didn't deserve any of this.

"I'm glad Mike was able to get you here!" El sniffled

"Mike helped?" Will lifted his eyebrows surprised

"Yeah! As soon as you fell; he didn't waste a moment and carried you here" she wiped her red eyes, her expression changing as her lips curled upwards.

"He did?" Will mumbled under his breath. At first, he thought that the ravenette hated him and that's why he was surveying him so closely today. It made no sense as he racked his thoughts. El smiled bright as Will heard commotion from the other side of the white curtain separating them from the other beds. He furrowed his brows, seeing the silhouettes of multiple people through it. El got up unveiling the people behind.

"Why is the entire cast of the Brady Bunch at the foot of my bed?" Will joked crossing his arms scanning the faces of the four people. Dustin had his hands full with plastic bags while Lucas held a book in his hands but his eyes went directly to Mike; The tallest of the group. His eyes averted away from the smaller boy looking at the floor.

"Umm its glad to know your awake!" Max muttered, never really having a positive perspective of the brunette but seeing him protect El made her slightly change her mind

"Oh thanks" Will smiled

"Umm here's the work you missed!" Lucas bashfully stuttered passing a notebook over

"I missed a lesson?" Will looked down at his watch "Holy shit" He pouted

"Don't worry! I made notes for you!" Lucas chirped

"You never write me notes! I've begged you for years" Max's eyes widened turning to face the athletic boy

"Thats because you sleep during the lesson" Lucas raised an eyebrow

"Must I get a concussion before you write my notes" She dramatically raised her hands

"Maybe you should" Mike mumbled

"I'm telling the teacher you said that" Max stuck her tongue out turning her attention to the ravenette

"What are you, five?" Mike retorted

"I'm 18, bitch" The redhead emphasised using hand gestures to illustrate her point

"Anyway" Dustin rolled his eyes silencing the two "We know you missed lunch so we got these" Dustin explained splattering packets of food all over the bed, covering almost the entirety of the small boy on the bed

"How much did you bring?" The brunette's eyes widened

"Umm... So, we may have gone a bit excessive" Dustin awkwardly chuckled rubbing the back of his neck

"A bit?" Will joked

"I told you that this was too much- He's a little guy how's he gonna eat that much" Max scrunched her face sarcastically

"Well Max it's better to be safe than sorry" The curly haired boy squinted his eyes

"I don't think I'd be able to eat this all in this one life time" The brunette smiled, thankful for the food Of Course but looking at it all made him feel full

"Told ya" Max mumbled hitting the curly haired boy on the back of the head

"Do you wanna have a picnic and eat them all here?" Will chuckled under his breath thinking of the idea off the top of his head. When would he ever get a chance to have lunch with his favourite characters especially when they were right in front of him; the group looked at one another deciding it was a good plan before popping down, dragging swivel chairs from across the room to surround Will.

The smaller boy smiled seeing everyone enjoying the snacks, hoping he could have something like this in his real school. He wanted to go back home but part of him enjoyed it here feeling as though he had found his people, the ones made specifically for him. Looking down he opened the bottle of Pepsi; it fizzed up pouring out all over him. Mike popped up from his seat running over to the tissues placing multiple in his lap.

"I'm fine thanks Mike" Will scoffed as the taller boy dabbed him dry with tissues, Will rolled his eyes just allowing him to continue until he was done. The others exchanged glances slightly smirking. Will saw Max whisper something into El's ear before standing up. "We need to go to the bathroom"

"Yeah, we do" El repeated stiffly. Will looked at her furrowing his eye brows but didn't question it as even in his real high school most girls go to the bathroom together but when Dustin and Lucas got up too, he was very confused

"We need to go bathroom too" the two boys said in unison unnaturally, Will didn't understand why they were acting so weird, putting it up to a weird situation. Will smiled, seeing them shimmy toward the exit only leaving Mike and Will alone.

The room was silent.... Dead silent. The pair said no words as they didn't know what to say; Mike had spoken to the rest earlier asking them to give him alone time with Will so they could just speak about the things Mike wanted the answers he was so set on finding the truth to. If he asked Will about his sexuality again and bringing up the pink-note he would only run away again and in a weak state who knows what could happen, he knew he needed to ease into the questions

"H-how's your head?" Mike blurted breaking the silence

"It's fine" Will nodded

Mike looked down at the smaller boys exposed arm, his band-aid was peeling off due to the Pepsi pouring all over him defecting the adhesion "Oh your band-aid is loose"

"Oh!" Will looked down at his arm then he was about to get up, shuffling in his seat

"No! No don't get up!" Mike urged pushing the small boy back to the bed before standing up himself walking over to the desk looking for the box of Band-Aids, seeing it on the highest shelf the tall boy jumped up but unable to get it looking around the room seeing a swivel chair gave him an idea. He could climb up; it was dangerous but decided to do it anyway as long as he was careful.

He placed it under himself carefully stepping atop it. Mike reached almost losing his balance, he calibrated himself shocked. He sighed thankful that he didn't fall to the ground. He stretched a bit further to reach the box and luckily he did, but the force made him lose balance swivelling the chair around, causing him to fall

Will witnessed this unfold and in an instant leaped over using himself as a cushion of sorts for the ravenette, allowing the taller boy to fall atop of him. Will was still a bit woozy from the concussion but if he could help someone, he knew it was the best thing to do.

Mike crashed into the smaller boy not realising the situation they were in taking him a few moments to gather himself. He was hovering away from the brunette who was under him. Their faces inches apart. Mike blushed, feeling the heat rise to his cheeks. Nervously he jumped up sitting on the floor "Are you stupid?"

"W-what? Why are you getting annoyed" Will's voice fell, nothing he did warranted that reaction

"Is your hobby getting hurt by being a hero?" Mike spat

"I was just trying to be nice-" The smaller boy tried fidgeting his fingers

"Nice? NICE?" Mike scoffed "It's not being Nice it's called being stupid" He was riled up for some reason he wasn't even aware of.

"So should I have just let you fall then?" Will pointed to the floor arguing back, Mike had no right to speak to him like that

"I'm not saying that! You literally just had a concussion! What would've happened if you got another one from catching me" Mike was lost for words, he was thankful but was more worried for Will's safety at that moment

"B-but" The small boy understood that. He really did and couldn't refute the logic but he couldn't bear to see someone else hurt.

"If this is you trying to get sympathy while pretending to be nice.... You're being a nuisance" Mike huffed rolling his eyes, he stomped off to the front of the nurse's office clutching the handle of the door. He was being overdramatic and he knew it, the adrenaline in him made him say it, it was the first thing that came to mind.

Opening the door seeing the four friends, he brushed pass them. None knew what had gone on in the room just now but by the look on Mike's face they knew something bad must have happened; Dustin was Mike's closest friend and knew how the ravenette was when he was in this type of mood chasing after him following close behind.

"Mike!" The curly haired boy called huffing out of breath

"Mike, where are you going?" Dustin shouted, running off toward the ravenette who swiftly stomped outside with no clear destination but leaving the building. Outside, Mike made his way over to the football pitch sitting himself on the bleachers; Dustin caught up to him

"Why are you sulking?" Dustin spat taking a seat next to the ravenette

"I'm not sulking" Mike scoffed rolling his eyes

"Did something happen between you and Will right now?" The curly haired boy questioned changing his demeanour to be more serious

"It's just..." Mike spoke "I don't know why he's acting like this"

"What do you mean?" Dustin furrowed his brows

"Will's acting different" The ravenette repeated the same saying he has for the past week

"Yeah, we've established this... Multiple times before" Dustin rolled his eyes hearing this saying over and over again

"No but he keeps getting hurt trying to save other people and then says he's okay out of habit" Mike wined placing his head in his hands to pull on his raven locks

"Are you frustrated with him?" The curly haired boy questioned

"No... I overreacted" Mike admitted

"Woah! You're actually admitting it?" Dustin's eyes widened

"What's that supposed to mean?" Mike huffed

"You never admit when you do something wrong... You've been acting weird too lately" Dustin proved speaking slowly "Like you're the one who brought Will all that food despite 'Not caring for him' and then you didn't want to take credit for it"

"Does Will really bother you?" Dustin continued, he stared deep into Mike's eyes attempting to pull an answer from him, the ravenette really thought about the question. Did Will really bother him these days? It was weird because he was on his mind constantly this past week. He wanted to catch the brunette out, find him doing something wrong but the more he observed these past few days the more he saw how selfless he was trying to be amending his ways from the blood sucking vampire Mike put him up to be.

"Let's just go" The ravenette defensively stated motioning up from the bench walking away with a lot on his mind. 

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