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It was another day at New York city, Will had gone out to a friends party and ended up drinking way too much.
His boyfriend came to pick him up, his brows burrowed and his eyes sharp and lips shaped like a banana, not happy with Will being drunk like this. When Will hopped on the car, both of them stayed silent and the only thing they could hear was the cars outside and their honks, the motorcycles and the kids that pass on the sidewalks giggling and laughing as some of them run and some of them walk. They end up on the red lights and the silence is finally broken by Will's boyfriend
"I told you not to drink, and look at this mess you've made out of yourself already.."
Will sighs and he holds his boyfriends hand and tries to look him in the eyes
"Im sorry, ill take it easy next time i promise.."
Will tries to look him in the eyes, but his boyfriend doesnt look at him, not even a glance just a mad expression on his face and after some while, will takes his hand off and turns his head to look outside of the window
Will is now watching the clouds that are moving slow and turning into different shapes, the sun that looks like its running next to them, the budings in different colors and brands, some old and some new. Will watches the busy people minding their own lives, he smells only the cars and hears their engines, there isnt woods or grass in sight, everything seems so grey, and something about this just stings inside Will's heart, he misses hawkins, he misses the summer smell of the grass and the old roads, he misses the trees and water in there, he misses how the colors in there were so bright and colorful, but mostly he misses his friends, he misses lucas and his facts, he misses dustin and his explanations about mathematics and he misses mike and his stories and his writings, and then he bites back tears.
He thinks that hes being overly dramatic right now, that hes just drunk and his emotions are sensitive because of that, but he cant help but bite harder and swallow this feeling.
They are now back at their house, and they both walk inside in silence, and his boyfriend walks past him coldly, trying to make Will feel bad for not listening to him, and drunk as Will has had enough of this, its not just today, but many times that this has happened from even the smallest things, and oh hiw Will is so done with all of this bull that he is being given with that attitude and as hes drunk the anger is even more in fire, and Will finally snaps
"I cannot do this anymore, i-"
Will tries to calm himself down before letting anything else slip out of his mouth that isnt connecting with his drunken mind
"it was just a few beers and you act like it was the end of the world??"
Will's boyfriend turns to look at him a little surprised, its Wills first time snapping at him like this and he opens his mouth to say something but gets interrupted by Will
"You are childishly just ignoring what i say and you dont even look at me when i talk to you, making me feel bad for something that isnt even a big deal! Im 19 and turning 20, and you are acting like id break from something so small like that."
Will's boyfriend flinches everytime Will's voice is raised and he walks up to will with his shitty puppydog eyes, and will wont fall for it, not like he would for you know who. Will's boyfriend grabs wills shoulders with both hands
"Im sorry baby, i just dont like it when you dont listen to me.." Wills boyfriend says with a baby talk voice
Will gets more pissed and tries to shove him off of him as his boyfriends grip gets sharper on him
"Ow! Stop your hurting me!" Will stumbles
"Ill let go only if youll listen to me in the future." Wills boyfriend insists
Will tries to grab his boyfriends collar but ends up grabbing his necklace, that breaks when will pulls it hard without noticing, and wills boyfriends grip is no longer there, and Will looks at the necklace in his hand, broken.
"I- uh.. Im sorry, i can fix this." Will says softly now
Wills eyes scan the necklace and then turn to look at his boyfriend, and he gasps as everything around him is dark, and his boyfriends face melting into horryfing holes, his eyes falling on the ground, his bones rotting and turning black, his skin melting and dropping on the ground, calling out Will's name in a way that it sounds horrifying.
"W..i..ll..."
Will is left shocked and his whole body has freezed, his eyes water and he wants to scream but something stops him, so he cant do anything else but sob and groan as hes watching his boyfriends body rot and melt into pieces and little by little it gets harder and harder to breath, and it feels like theres something in his throat and it feels so familiar in a way that makes him want to puke, and he tries to wriggle but it feels like something is wrapped around him and tightening everytime he moves even an inch, everything is starting to get blurry and dark but the voices get louder and he sees his boyfriend trying to reach at him, hand pointing at his way and calling his name in that horrible way that makes will flinch and gasp and he closes his eyes shut while tears flow down his eyes like waterfalls.
Suddenly everything goes blank, the loud voices dissapear with the vision of his boyfriend, and Will slowly opens his eyes, he is in a shed with vines strapped around him, one of the vines in his mouth and he starts panicking. Will moves around to get the vines off of him but they just tighten around him the more he struggles to get out of them, and he starts feeling more scared and huffs as he tries and tries so badly to get out, he starts getting panicked and his eyes blur, he looks around the room to see anything that could help him, only to see mike at the other side of the building, strapped in there with vines around him and his mouth, Wills fear turns into being furious and he feels it in his burning heart, and suddenly his eyes turn to white, and he snaps the vines around them both, and he collapses on the floor and he takes a grip, not questioning what just happened, but pulling the vein off of his mouth with full strenght that he has left in him, he pukes and gags and his body feels so weak, his eyes lock onto mike
"M- Mike..!"
He trembles as he goes over to mike whos vines he had also snapped with his powers, and Will takes a breath before pulling the vine out of Mikes mouth and Will falls onto the ground when the vine snaps, and Will hears Mikes frownings.
"Uuh.. Ugh... Wha- where am i..??"
Mike speaks after waking up, Will looks up at Mike and a big weak smile runs straight into Wills face and he gets up with his trembling body
"Mike! Oh thank god you're okay! I-"
Wills words broke short as he starts sobbing, too weak to handle his emotions, ofcourse since he has not eaten anything but the slugs that he was given by vecna to keep them alive for his plans, anyone would feel very overwhelmed when not eaten properly, and so did Mike feel very weak too, but he was stronger with his emotions.
"Will."
Mike says, as he slowly walks up to Will, and hugs Will tight, and Wills sobs are now pressed against mikes dirty shirt and fingers now clawing at the back of Mikes shirt
"Mike..." Will sobs
"Its okay, well figure out what the hell is happening here" Mike says, very confused about everything, scanning around the shed they woke up in, but as soon as he realized the veins snapped on the ground, he knew exactly what has been happening, but cant quite understand when or how long they have been in those veins "Vecnas curse..." Mike mumbles to himself
"W-what?" Will pulls away, not understanding what Mike had just said
"We have been in vecnas curse, this whole time.. I just- i dont know when or how... Its like a missing puzzle piece got cut off of my memory" Mike says, looking at Will and then his eyes trace over to the veins, and then the shed doors "no.. It cant be, were not in upside down are we..?"
Wills eyes move forward to to door and he scans the atmosphere around them "yeah.. Im pretty sure we are in upside down" Will shivers as the realization comes into him, and he puts his arms around himself, the cold feeling is everywhere and he starts getting flashbacks of the last time this happened to him, and his breathing starts to quicken and Mike realises with hearing wills breath fasten his and bis eyes drawn back to Will and his eyes that tells Mike that he is in shock.
"Will, look at me" Mike calls out to will, who cant hear Mike through all his thoughts and images he sees in his mind. Mike slowly grabs Wills hands with his left hand, and with his right hand Mike grabs Wills chin so that Will would look at him and not the ground
"Will look at me" Mike says with a soft voice. "This isnt like the last time. He cant hurt you, not while i am here and i will make sure that you are safe, breath slowly and dont think about the past, think of now and the future" Mike tries his best to calm Will down, and suprisingly it does. Mike looks at the shed door and curses under his breath as he runs straight at the door, ready to bust it open without thinking
"M-Mike wait!" Will shouts but its already too late, Mike is on the ground, the doors were never locked and very easily could be opened, and this dumass just straightforward ran into his embarassment like hes seeing an old friend, Will huffs out a little laugh and then holds it back as he walks outside and offers a hand to Mike, and Mike looks up at Wills hand with his bloody nose and messy long hair as he holds Wills hand and gets up "Heh um.. I shouldve checked that first." Mike scratches the back of his neck, and Will brushes the blood out of Mikes nose while letting out a little chuckle "Its like they say, try before you deny" Mike smile widens at the joke and then they start looking around places, and then it hits will straight to his heart like a knife, the man he loved, it was all fake and even though they had harsh times together fighting about nearly everything, there was times that were sweet to the memory and unforgettable, Will gasps as he remembers how the one person he let himself love like that and who loved him back was never real, gone. Died in that dream in such a painful way and will walks farther away where mike wouldnt see him, as he sheds tears, he sees his reflection on the window as he walks past it, and stops to look at himself, long hair and very dirty looking with a red face out of crying and then he punches the window in anger and takes a few huffs of breath before taking a glass shard off the ground and starts cutting his hair with it, with anger so blinding that he didnt realize that his hand had started bleeding, and even if he did realize he wouldnt have cared anyway, Mike rushes from the corner to see whats happening and stops when he sees Will and his oh so awful haircut, but somehow it suited Will, and will looks down at mikes hands, and sees a bat in his hands, Mike looked at Wills hand that is all bloody, and freezes and his eyes says hunger, but gets snapped back into reality when will speaks to him
"Um.. Mike? You okay??" Will asks and Mike flinches
"U-uh yeah! Um its just uh i- i found this bat from the side of the shed where was alot of other junk!" Mike is not sure what to say after having that suspicious look on Wills hand, but then will interrupts Mike while he is yapping about anything and everything that is not even related to their crisis at all
"Is it good..?" Will asks, cheeks flushing a bit and rubbing the back of his neck
"What?" Mike doesnt understand what Will is trying to say
"The haircut, is it good?" Will answers with the same guestion but this time with a explanation
"O-oh, um" Mike scans around wills hair, and looks away with a smug "no, not at all" Will gives Mikes shoulder a little bump with his fist and laughs while Mikes head is up like hes very proud, but then he looked at Wills hand thats still holding the glass and bleeding, so he grabs Wills wrist and takes the glass off of Wills hand
"W-wait, Mike! You are gonna get hurt-" Wills words are cut short after he sees Mike cutting his own hair now with the glass and when done, mike shouts "Now we are blood brothers!" As his own hand is bloody and his hair cut short, but it doesnt look bad as his curls makes it look better than it really is
After shouting that, Mike flinches as he hears howling and barking, Mike turns around to see two demodogs running torwards them, like vecna knew about them waking up, Will gasps and Mike throws away the glass on his hand and takes the bat in his hand in a pose like the bat was a sword and Will is behind Mike, both looking at the demodogs, Will tries to look around now to find any kind of weapon but he cant find anything, the demodogs now jump torwards Mike and Mike hits them off with the bat, and while he is battling with the demodogs, Will is trying to find anything that would do as a weapon, and then he hears screaming behind him, the demodogs managed to make him fall down and Will gasps, his mouth trembling and eyes wide open in terror, and then suddenly it happened again, Wills eyes went white and the demodogs blew up like bombs were planted inside them, and Mike is now covered in demodogs blood and teeth marks on his leg, but he cant help but look at Will in awe, his eyes sparkling as Will cleaned the blood off of his nose, and then ran to Mike
"Oh god your leg! Are you okay??" Will is very worried, but Mike on the other hand just keeps looking at will with sparkles in his eyes "no no, im good.." Will rips his sleeve off and tied it around Mikes leg and helped Mike get up
"Your so awsome, like a sorcerer" Will could feel the back of his neck and his cheeks burn and he looked away "we have other matters to think about, Mike."
Mike laughed, and they both talked about where they should go first, and what their plan was going to be as they collected stuff from the shed and the houses, Will took a warm jacket from one of the houses, and Mike put on another one aswell but from another house, because he is pretty picky, insisting on putting anything that he thought would look bad on him, or the ones that were ugly and dirty, and then they found a house with a bandage in the cabinet and they bandaged their hands that were cut and bleeding. After going through lots of houses, they decided that it was time to take a break and so they found a house where was two beds in the same bedroom, but not together, which was good for them because wouldnt it be weird to sleep in the same bed with your best friend? And if something happened, they both will be together ready to defend themselves and eachother.
They both laid down on their own beds, both of their backs facing eachother as they both were silent before Will broke it
"Do you think, I dont know... That maybe the others would be in here in the upside down, strapped into the veins too... In the curse of vecna? Or that theyre even alive...?" Will spoke, voice higher at the last words and a bit trembling
"Im not sure... But i do know that they are way too smart and brave to be dead" Mike answers, voice soft and careful
"Yeah.." Will says, but the thought of their friends being somewhere out there or dead isnt leaving his mind
"I bet Lucas would scream like a girl if he woke up with those veins around him" Mike added as a humorous joke to ease Wills worries, and it works as Will laughs and then Mike turns around to face Wills back
"Im sure theyre all okay, and maybe if all of it was fake and the upside down is still here, so is Eleven and she must be taking care of the others" Mikes voice goes softer like the soft voice from before wasnt enough and Will turns to look at Mike and smiles, and they both slowly drift to sleep after a few jokes to ease up their minds