𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗰, 𝗳.𝘄

𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗺𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 & 𝗲𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳

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"w-what do you mean it's started? max?" mike panicked, quickly looking over to the redhead. she didn't respond, only looked up at y/n's floating body in the air of the basement.

"max?!" he tried again, seeming helpless as he glanced at everyone. eddie came rushing down the stairs, "i can't stay up there any longer- holy shit!"

"will someone please tell me what's going on with her? why would it be vecna?!" mike turned to robin & steve, where they had been having a rushed conversation on what to do.

"it is vecna, mike. she's under vecna's trance." max explained, rushing over to lucas & dustin to help them look through the cassettes to bring the girl out of the deadly trance & look through one of the drawers.

"that's impossible," mike argued. "why would vecna want y/n?"

"because of this," max held out an envelope. she tossed it to mike, "she had been seeing the guidance counselor for a month prior, just like me."

what? mike quickly took the papers out, studying them. why would y/n hide this from him? mike would never judge her for her visions of vecna, he's seen worse. he would've believed every word.

he thought back to the times where he would ask the girl to go to the movies with him, or the arcade, or just hangout in general. she would always decline.

because she was talking to the guidance counselor.

"mike!" dustin screeched, causing the boy to tear his gaze from the document, looking over at his friends. "what's her favorite song?"

brows furrowed & thoughts askew, mike repeated dustin's question, "her favorite song?"

"yes! mike tell me now, or she will die." dustin shoved lucas, telling him to go get mike's stereo from upstairs.

mike started to panic & thought about it for a moment, swallowing thickly & grabbing at his hair, "u-uhm, shit! she likes madonna & queen!"

dustin & max looked through the tapes, "here!" max exclaimed, holding up a queen cassette.

"i knew that you wouldn't listen to madonna freely." dustin scoffed, looking back at mike.

"mike was listening to madonna?" steve interfered, earning a shove from nancy.
"yeah wheeler, not cool. we're definitely gonna talk about this later." eddie added.

"it wasn't me, it was y/n's idea!" he looked back up at the girl in mid air, "LUCAS HURRY UP!"

just then, lucas came running down the stairs, tossing the stereo to dustin, max popping the queen cassette in & turning the volume up as the music played.

is this the real life, is this just fantasy?
caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
open your eyes, look up to the skies & see.

"are you serious? this song is over ten years old." lucas panted from all the running he had to do.

shh, mike shushed him, "this is one of her favorites." maybe this could help her. it has to, it helped max so why wouldn't it help y/n?

i'm just a poor boy, i need no sympathy.

mike studied the girl intently, she had his undivided attention. he looked down & noticed her fingers twitching. eyes going wide, he yelled, "turn it up louder!"

because i'm easy come, easy go.
little high, little low.
any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me.
to me.

the whole group watched at y/n's eyes fluttered back & forth, her fingers twitching. "does this mean that it's working?" nancy asked, turning to max.

"i think it is," max gulped with a nod, her gaze still on y/n's body. she looked over at mike. he looked exhausted, she almost felt bad for him.

key word: almost.

she was angry at him. how could he cheat on el? sure, y/n's really nice & pretty, but she wasn't mike's girlfriend. she glanced over at lucas & pursed her lips. men really aren't shit.

mama, just killed a man.
put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he's dead.

mama, life had just begun, but now i've gone & thrown it all away.

eddie looked over at steve with a look of disbelief, "can you believe this shit?"

causing robin to quickly shush him.

mama, oooh, didn't mean to make you cry.
if i'm not back again this time tomorrow, carry on, carry on.

as if nothing really matters.

y/n's eyes shot open, gasping for air as she fell down onto mike, his arms wide open for her. she whimpered & let out a scream before she buried her head in his shoulder while sobs escaped her lips.

she trembled, looking up at the rest of the group but mike quickly grabbed the back of her head & placed it in his shoulder, trying to protect her from anything else.

the whole group in the basement stood back & gave them space, mike's stereo still playing. he looked up at max to see her eyes wide while she stared at y/n.

-

"why didn't you just tell me you were having visions of vecna?" mike sat next to the girl, trying to give her more comfort, but she kept a glare on her face, chewing on her nails anxiously.

even with the stares of everyone else, she couldn't bring herself to smile, not even a fake one. she couldn't even show concern. she only had one emotion at the moment. & that was a mix between fear, heartbreak & betrayal.

"get the fuck away from me," she huffed, ignoring his question.

"ouch." robin mumbled, causing mike to look back at her & give her a harsh glare. she wiped the smirk off of her face & got serious while mike faced y/n again.

"i'm sorry i didn't tell you, i'm planning on breaking up with her... but it's been hard."

"WHAT?" the group screamed. mike winced & grabbed his left ear, "ow, fuck!"

"you can't break up with her, she's all we have to defeat vecna." dustin complained, going over to stand between eddie & steve. "plus she's our friend."

mike shook his head, "she doesn't even have her powers back, it doesn't matter anymore."

"powers?" y/n whispered, looking over at max who just stood there helplessly. mike looked over & crouched down next to the girl.

"don't worry about that right now. i want you to know that i want you. i haven't talked to my girlfriend in so long because i wanted to spend my time with you. el... shes important to me, but not the way that you are, not anymore at least." he finished off, looking for any sign of y/n to understand him.

she only glared at the wheeler boy, not letting up her expression. "you lied to me, mike. this whole time you've had a girlfriend & it doesn't matter that you haven't had contact with her. you're not only hurting me, you're hurting her."

knowing that she was right, mike let his guilty eyes fall to the ground, not being able to look at anyone, "i know... i-it was a fucked up thing to do. im a shitty person for it." he admitted.

"damn. that's deep." dustin whispered while everyone else stayed silent.

the tension in the room was thick, with nancy, steve, robin & eddie in the corner coming up with plans to get into the upside down while lucas, max & dustin pretended to be busy but secretly eavesdropping on y/n & mike by the couch.

"i just need you to tell me why you were having visions? please." mike reached out for her hand & she surprisingly didn't reject him.

she just brought her other hand up to her face, feeling like she was beginning to cry, "it was so scary mike..."

"shh," he whispered, going to sit beside her, "i know, i know it's scary... but you gotta tell me so we can help you."

glancing around & taking a deep breath, she started, "i started going to the guidance counselor because... it's embarrassing to admit but... i've always been really hard on myself. & i guess the circle of friends i've had around me weren't always the best."

mike listened intently to his favorite girl, noting all the nervous ticks she had while she explained to him. how could she be hard on herself? she's such an amazing person, inside & out.

sure, the situation with el wasn't helping. but that was his fault, not hers. mike should've just told her about el.

he should've just broken up with el the moment he realized he wasn't in love with her anymore. but he couldn't, he just ran.

ran from her calls, ran from her letters.
he even ran from the topic of her & will the whole spring break.

he just wanted y/n.

"you're a good person... you know that right?" he whispered to her, locking his eyes with hers so she would understand how serious he is.

she furrowed her brows & shook her head, "i'm not... i contributed to you cheating on your girlfriend-"

"-you didn't know. i'm the asshole, not you." he clarified.

y/n looked down at their hands. mikes always engulfed hers. she could feel a small smile peeking it's way to her lips. "we can't... not until you break up with her. i won't participate in cheating."

biting his lip, mike sighed. he knew it could come down to this, so he nodded & brought their intertwined hands to his lips.
"we will be together, i promise."

little did the two know, lucas, max & dustin we're now staring at their interaction, confused on the whole situation. "how could he do this to el? after everything she's done for him." max complained.

"you know," dustin started, "i used to be against y/n because this whole time i thought she was against us," he turned to look at his other two best friends, "but now it's evident that she's one of us."

lucas nodded, "i hate that he did this to her, but mike knows what he's doing. it's not like he had any bad intentions, he's just confused."

"he's obviously not confused anymore," max interfered, "he's obviously chosen who he wants."

-

el slowly stepped out of the van, will behind her as they made their way to hoppers abandoned cabin, where the party had stashed eddie.

her head was shaved & she looked like she had been through a lot. she saw a car outside, so she knew someone had to be at the location.

y/n & max stood by the window, looking out to see a van pull up. max's eyes widened once they landed on el. "mike!" she called out.

from the other room, mike had immediately put down the d&d piece, leaving dustin & lucas to see what was wrong. he followed max's voice before he stumbled across the two girls.

crossing his arms, he gave max a glare, "what is it?"

just then, the door opened & el stepped inside. her gaze was met with mike & the tension in the room suddenly became insanely think. el's eyes welled up with tears while she looked at him, quickly going in for a hug.

y/n awkwardly watched as they hugged & she found her self having to look away. yeah she knew that this was mikes girlfriend first, but she still felt jealous.

all of those intimate moments y/n & mike shared, she just couldn't kick her romance for him to the side.

"your hair-" she heard mike whisper to the girl.

el pulled away with a giggle, going to give mike a kiss but the boy quickly retracted, "i need to talk to you, it's important."

el nodded before her eyes met y/n's & she could feel the uneasiness. "who's... this?"

"y/-"

"-i'll tell you later, come on." mike urged, grabbing the girls hand & leading her somewhere private.
he took her to a separate room & closes the door.

el had a confused expression on her face but decided to leave it alone, wanting to hear what mike was so anxious about.
but there was still that weird feeling in her gut, "who is y/n?"

mike dismissed her question & stuck to the plan, not wanting to be separated from y/n any longer. "listen... el. you're amazing, you're like the glue that holds the party together & i know you're such a special person. you always have been, since the day we found you in the woods. y-you're our super hero & i want you to know that you'll always have a place in this friend group... but i have to tell you something."

el felt the apples of her cheeks get warm & she let out a grin. was mike finally gonna say the L word?

"i've... i-ve fallen out of love with you... & this has absolutely nothing to do with you... it's just long distance &-"

everything after that was blurred out by el as her grin fell & her nostrils flared. it all just sounded like white noise, "it's because of that b-bitch isn't it?"

mike was taken aback by her outburst, his eyebrows raising. "hey... that's not very nice-"

el quickly stormed out of the room, going back to where the rest of the party was gathered. she screamed & held her hand up, making y/n fly against the wall.

the h/c haired girl let out a cry of pain, she couldn't move or do anything. she was terrified.

"el!" will screamed as mike ran into the room.
the wheeler boy quickly ran up to her, "shit! el stop it, you're hurting her!"

but she didn't listen, she only made her movements more intense as she cried, making y/n choke.
mike didn't want to do this, but he had no other choice. he quickly grabbed el by the shoulders & slung her down.

y/n fell to the ground, weakly holding herself while mike & max helped her up.
will, dustin & lucas stood back as el sat up & wiped the blood from under her nose.

"el, you could've killed her." will tried sympathizing. she shook her head as her cries became more frequent, standing up & leaving the cabin.

"shit..." dustin muttered after the awkward silence.

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