WILL POV-

The pair ride in the car, the air feels thick, the humidity from the outside world spreads inside. The slight hum of the radio fills the air, Mike keeps his eyes fixed on the road occasionally glancing at the chestnut haired boy, Will looks out the window counting the cars that pass by. The blush of Wills face remains prominent.

"I don't see you drive your car anymore, what happened to it?" The taller boy blurts initiating conversation, he smiles Will turns his head around thinking of an answer to give that doesn't make him seem silly

"Oh umm! it just kinda stopped working so I tried to fix it myself and... I only made it worse" the chestnut haired boy admits shying away

"Worse?" Mike furrows his brows

"Yeah really worse" Will jokes

"The engine exploded" He adds nervously giggling

"Oh my gosh! Did you get hurt?" Mike questions, taking one hand off the steering wheel to grab the smaller boy's arm examining it

"I'm fine, really Mike" the chestnut haired boy states pulling his arm away from the taller boys grip, Mike feels a weird sensation inside of his core hearing Will call his name, the sound of his voice, Mike yearned to hear it again. He shook his head continuing to drive carefully

Upon reaching at Starcourt the pair parked the car sitting in the parking lot

"Thank you for the ride Mike! But you really didn't have too" The chestnut haired boy chuckles opening the door, their it was again that feeling Mike felt; like a shiver sent down his spine.

"I wanted to... and plus I wanted to go out again" Mike states grabbing his cap and sunglasses out of the glove compartment. Will nods unsure of what to say,

Mike gets out, items in hand he places them on his body. The pair walk towards the entrance the weather was warm, the Mall was filled with people of all ages walking around taking an escalator to Scoops Ahoy, Will enters the store where the air conditioning had been turned to its highest. Will shivers. Walking past the counter, Erica holds out her arm signalling For a high-five; Will does so; escorting Mike to the store room, where Mike sits down on the table in the centre, Will immediately walks to the bathroom, uniform in hand changing his clothes. Mike laughs upon seeing Will in his new uniform.

"My uniform isn't that bad..." Will pouts crossing his arms

"I didn't say it was bad, it's actually quite cute on you" The raven haired boy has a genuine smile on his face

"Don't mess around" the smaller boy blushes turning his body towards the front main door pass Mike, a hand grabs his left arm

"I'm not messing around" a serious face washes over Mike, he didn't know why he felt like he needs to make Will happy no matter what. Will releases himself from Mikes grip for the second time today.

"Yeah, I mean yeah of course!" Will stutters pushing the door open towards the main room. Mike stumps his head on the table scrolling through his phone. Will walks to the counter, Erica stands by his side. The chestnut-haired boy looks around the store only two customers on such a busy day, he crosses his arms leaning on the counter behind him tapping his foot to the ground in boredom

"Oh this is so stupid. Why are we even here if they are taking all our customers?" Will blurts pointing both arms toward an ice-cream store opposite theirs crossing his arms again

"Chill! it's literally not that deep" the youthful girl mimics his pose.

"No but it's like there is nothing to do" the chestnut haired boy rolls his eyes

"Calm down! You have lover boy in the back, if you really want to sling icecream just give some to him" she jokes placing the icecream scooper in his hand.

"Okay I will" he mocks taking the scooper slinging a scoop of cotton candy icecream into a waffle cone, he walks once again to the back room , Erica watches as she didn't expect Will to actually give Mike the icecream.

"These two boys! I swear" she mumbles under her breath. Will enters the room quietly walking to Mike's side

"I thought you might be bored. Here" The smaller boy states holding the ice cream out to Mike, the ravenette raises his head, accepting the cone with a massive grin plastered on his face

"It's gonna be a long shift and if you want you can go home, you must be tired" Will added speaking in a calm and collected tone

"I'll wait of course, when do you finish?" The taller boy questions a hopeful look on his face

"Well my shift ends at 9 soo..." the chestnut haired boy checks his watch

"I have another 5 hours" he adds cheekily smiling, Mikes face scrunches

"Is their any other way for you to finish for the day?" The ravenette tilts his head, resting both hands on the table.

"I mean If we run out of ice cream on display but that never happens" Will shrugs his shoulders walking back towards the front of the store towards a table scrubbing it effectively, he looks under it scrunching his face from all the chewing gum underneath, the boy sighs

"This is going to be a long shift"

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AFTER THE SHIFT

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"What was even the point of working today?" The chestnut-haired boy locks the front door of the store, the time read 9:00. Will wipes a sweat off his head they finished a few minutes early, jumping up reaching the shutters; a hand already pulls them down for him. Mike effortlessly pulls the shutters down no words exchanged between the two

"What is with all this flirting?" Erica stands to the side shaking her head watching the two, she scrunched her face. The two boys jump scowling at Erica

"Its just the facts" She simply states leading them to the exit, the two boys follow, Will smiles following the youthful girl. Mike idles for a small while then sprinting towards the smaller boy.

Upon reaching the car, Mike unlocks the door allowing both Erica and Will to enter, Will sits in the front while Erica sits in the back crossing her arms, the ravenette starts the car reaching for the car radio keeping his eyes on the road, the trio reach the Sinclair household, Erica jumps out the car

"Have fun you two" She mocks stretching the last words skipping home. The boys sit in the car, Mike looks at Will. The raven haired boy starts driving, no words are exchanged between the two, Mike takes an unfamiliar route

"Umm where are we going" The chestnut-haired boy tilts his head

"My house! For the party" Mike slows his words keeping both eyes on the road

"But I still need to change" The smaller boy retorts

"I think you should wear your Sailor outfit" The ravenette giggles, the chestnut haired boy pouts scowling, slumping in his seat

"I'm kidding, I'm sure we'll find something good for you to wear at my house" Mike bursts out laughing wiping a singular tear away from his eyes. The pair drive to Mikes house. Will looks up, this place wasn't a house, it's more like a palace gawking turning his attention towards Mike who just smiles at him.

"So shall we go in, Mr Byers?" The ravenette comments in a posh tone holding out an arm to Will. Will nods taking the hand leading him to the entrance 

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