mike scoffed, "& yours is in utah, your point?" 
dustin back handed mike's shoulder, making him finally face the boy, "ow! what the fuck, man?!" 
"you don't even know her!" 
"i could get to know her though." mike retorted, making dustin all the more agitated. 
"she's like a below us! get with someone your own age-" 
"-a year is not that bad!" 
dustin looked at him in disbelief, completely bewildered at the situation, "when you have a girlfriend it is. plus we fucking hate kids like that, what's gotten into you? have we learned nothing?" 
mike clenched his jaws & shook his head, "i'm talking to her after the game. & you don't know the situation with el, so don't even go there."
"i know that you're technically still dating her." dustin tried calmly, "listen... as a man i know what it's like to have urges-" 
"-jesus, dustin! you can't even grow a beard!" mike groaned, looking back out at the girl.
dustin only glared at mike before sighing & fixing his cap, "her names y/n. she's in my human developing class." 
mike turned to dustin & smirked, "so you have noticed her before?" 
dustin's cheeks grew red & he immediately turned back to the game, "shut up!" 
giggling at his childish behavior, mike turned back to the pretty cheerleader. "y/n... i like that." 
 y/n looked up at the boy & noticed his dazed expression, smiling & waving at him. 
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[ 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ]
y/n was sat beside the boy in his basement, his arm draped behind her while they watched the tv that he convinced his dad to set up. he nervously moved his arm over her shoulders, trying to be subtle. 
"if you wanted to touch me, you could've said so." the girl whispered, leaning into his display of affection. 
mike cleared his throat & adjusted himself on the seat, "sorry, s'just i'm not used to this." 
she sighed & turned her head, "then why did you invite me over here?" 
mike pursed his lips & took his arm from around her shoulder, reaching over to grab the remote to turn the tv off & facing her body. "listen, these last few weeks of us being friends has been... amazing. really, i think you're super smart & very pretty. i like how you react when i run my stupid mouth & say something dirty... & when you think something is funny you kinda push me before you laugh. i-i guess what i'm trying to say is that i like you. yeah! i like you a lot." 
y/n blinked at him innocently, unaware of how to act. sure, she's always thought the boy was really cute, but his friends hated her. she was kinda scared to return the feelings, what if his friend group doesn't accept her? 
that would make her popularity status look bad if even the party wouldn't accept her into their friend group. but she couldn't deny, she's thought about michael wheeler in many, many ways. even before she was a cheerleader, mike just had something about him. he's protective & he likes nerdy things, it's cute.