𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 • (byler)

033

"i wish i were..."

el rubbed will's back as he sobbed.

"and now i have to figure out how the hell i'm going to tell my boyfriend." will cried.

"don't worry, i will help you." el assured.

"okay, i just have one question." will sniffled.

"what is it?" el asked.

"how did you know that something happened between alex and i?" will looked up at her.

el sighed, "will, there's a rumor going around school that you guys kissed."

"what?" will's voice cracked.

"i'm sorry." el whispered.

will put his head in his hands and broke down again.

el put her arms around him and hugged him.

"will, i'll be here for you until the very end. you're like...my brother." el said.

"yeah, and you're like my sister." will wiped his eyes.

"now, you have to call mike and tell him everything." el advised.

"i mean, i know i have to, but he's in school right now." will reminded.

"fine, but you have to do it after, okay?"

"okay."

will and eleven spent the whole day talking and hanging out, el trying to get the whole cheating thing off of will's mind.

finally at 2:30, jonathan arrived home to see the two at the kitchen table playing candy land.

"uh, what're you doing home, eleven?" jonathan furrowed his eyebrows.

"i threw up in class and the nurse sent me home." el lied.

"uh, how are you feeling?" jonathan asked.

"better." el smiled.

"good. how are you doing will?" jonathan asked.

"i'm not so good, but el thought it would make me feel better if we played a game." will explained.

"alright, well, i'm going to take a shower." jonathan said and made his way upstairs.

will and el finished their game and then moved on to play connect four to continue to pass the time until it was time to call mike.

suddenly, the phone started ringing. will's heart sunk as he heard it.

"do you think that is him?" el asked.

"i think so." will whispered and got tears in his eyes.

"it will be okay." el assured.

will exhaled and picked up the phone.

"h-hello?" will stammered.

"will! hey! are you okay?" mike asked.

"no."

"what happened? did someone hurt you?"

"no, but something bad happened and you're going to hate me." will croaked.

"i could never hate you, will." mike said.

"my friend alex did something." will started.

"what? what did he do?" mike asked.

his heart started beating fast and will started crying harder.

"h-he...he k-k-kissed me." will confessed.

mike felt like someone kicked him. the phone almost fell out of his hand.

"mike are you there?" will asked.

"i have to go." mike uttered.

"mike, wait, i—."

"goodbye, will." mike hung up the phone.

when he hung up, he screamed and kicked the couch in his basement. he started crying and crying. he sank to the ground and cried alone.

will slammed the phone down and ran to his room.

"will, wait." el called.

"what, el, what can you possible do to fix this?" will yelled.

eleven didn't say anything. she just stood there and looked at her feet.

"exactly. now leave me alone."

will ran up to his room and slammed the door. he flopped onto his bed and screamed into his pillow and cried.

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i'm sorry for the sadness :(