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LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU!

CHAPTER SEVEN: SILENCE.
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⠀⠀At times, FIVE hated being stuck in the house of the Byers', while everyone else was either at work or at school. The silence of the house made his blood as cold as the autumnal air that crept through an open window. Bereft of any wind the leaves outside hung limp until they fell of their own accord, there was no whispering noise or rustling. It was as if nature conspired to keep him in the dark, not daring to whisper the reassurance he craved. Then several footsteps and the squeak of a door brought his heart racing as fast as a gunshot. His head snapped in an instant from gazing out of the window with unfocused eyes to the figures of a young boy and his mother scurrying inside earlier than they usually did.

⠀⠀Then worry settled into the hole in his heart as he studied the mix of emotions rushing over both of their faces. His mind yearned to question their actions, to calm the many questions swirling around in his overthinking head, but he didn't. He simply remained in his seat by the window, grass-green eyes following their every move as gears turned in his head. He assumed they had their plenty of concerns at that moment so he held himself back from adding another; his overly curious, worried nature.
⠀⠀Probably not what they needed.

⠀⠀The mother and daughter settled down by their kitchen table, their voices filling the deafening silence of the house. Will once more looked overwhelmed with anxiety, like he wanted to retract into himself. Joyce, however, looked haunted with too many emotions to even count. Just based on that, FIVE had an idea of what was going on.

⠀⠀"I can't remember," Will quietly admitted, looking like he would burst into tears at any second. He dreaded situations like this more than anything, anyone could tell. He was young boy who wanted nothing more than to just peacefully play around with his friends and have fun. That had been torn away from him once though and it felt like he was stuck in a loop.

⠀⠀"I need you to try."

⠀⠀"I-I was on the field and . . . and then it-it all just went blank, and . . ." Will carefully recalled, finally peering up from the wooden table and into his mother's eyes. "And then you were there."

⠀⠀"Will, I need you to tell me the truth," Joyce sighed quietly, her heart wanting nothing more than to help her son who clearly was in great need of.

⠀⠀"I-I am."

⠀⠀Joyce pursed her lips in mild frustration, pushing herself out of her seat to go collect one of Will's drawings from another table and drag it over for her son to see, "This shape, I saw it on the video tape from Halloween night. It's the same shape as your drawing."
⠀⠀Something in the young boy seemed to perk up at that statement, his back straightening and his ocean eyes widening slightly.

⠀⠀FIVE was still watching them silently from the sidelines, worry for his friends only seeming to dig itself deeper and deeper into his heart and little did he know; it was only planning to stay.

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⠀⠀Hours later, Joyce and Will had disappeared into her bedroom and FIVE had gotten stuck in the company of Mike Wheeler once more, notes scattered out on the living room table as Mike, clearly distracted by his own thoughts, tried his best to explain more teen-slang to FIVE. He seemed to enjoy himself even less than he usually did, being told to sit and act normal when things were everything but.

⠀⠀"-and it's j-just if, like, something or someone
is being crazy or-"

⠀⠀"What happened with Will earlier?" FIVE interrupted the Wheeler boy, since it seemed to be the only thing on both their minds. Mike could probably answer all his questions, if he wasn't a prick about it at least.You never know when it comes to him. "Did he have another episode?"

⠀⠀"Doesn't matter," Mike brushed the other off, his stubbornness seemingly getting the best of him as per usual. He rolled his cocoa eyes and opened his eyes to go on about the word "mental" for another 10 minutes.
⠀⠀FIVE refused to let it go though.

⠀⠀"I deserve to know, Mike," the green-eyed matched the boy's level of stubbornness, his scrawny figure leaning back and letting the soft pillows of the couch embracing his back in a hug.

⠀⠀"You would think getting on my nerves is your superpower, Jesus Christ," the taller of the two murmured under his breath, dragging a hand down down his pale face at the realization that he probably couldn't get out of sharing the information. Caving in, he raised his voice mildly without even realizing it, as he craned his face to gaze over at the other with irritated eyes, "Yes, FIVE, Will had an episode."

⠀⠀"Is he going to be okay?"

⠀⠀"I don't know, FIVE," something in Mike seemed to snap, having had enough of the boy's endless prying when in reality it was none of his business. They had enough problems already and FIVE was making himself another one.
⠀⠀On top of that, every time he looked at FIVE, all he could see was ELEVEN and get reminded of the fact that he'd lost the possible love of his life; that maybe he could've done something to save her but he didn't and it was eating him up.

⠀⠀"We have enough problems already, dealing with you being annoying is, if you haven't realized, not one we need right now so just back off, alright?" Mike spit out things he'd probably regret later, anger and guilt seeping into his words like poison, as he hurried to collect his stuff so he could get the hell out of there. "Stick to dealing with the fact that you're never going to be fucking normal."
⠀⠀And then his tall figure stormed out, the door slamming and vibrating throughout the entire house like an earthquake and FIVE was left gaping after him, the words of a grieving boy leaving a bigger impact than they should have, because perhaps he was right.

⠀⠀And that hurt.

IDA'S NOTE!
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