finally finished what a lot of you wanteddd ;))

also, i changed my user . it used to be @frogface_finnie , but now its @-maddiesziegler

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-5 months later-

he still misses her. wanting to call her his again. but of course, he hasn't said anything, afraid of feeling that he's rushing her, but-

"Mike!" y/n calls out, jogging up to his locker in the hallway at the end of the day. he turns his head.

"Hey, y/n/n." he responds, closing his locker.

"Soo I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go to the arcade later, around 4. Since it's Friday and all." she smiles up at him.

"Uh, sure. Just- just us?" he stutters, blushing at the thought of them two alone for the first time in what feels as forever.

"Yeah! If.. thats okay? The others don't want to, I already asked them." she lies. she actually didn't mention anything of it to any of them.

mike nods. "Of course."

"Okay, uh.. see you there, then. I have to get going." y/n hesitates, but decides to do so, and kisses mike's cheek.

she walks away, out of the school, his cheeks turning color.

"She still loves you." el comes up from behind mike, scaring him.

"What?"

"Y/n? She still loves you." el repeats.

"Really?" happiness fills his insides. el nods.

"You.. still love her back? Right?"

mike nods immediately after she says that, starting to walk. "I don't think I ever stopped."

"Well, listen to me. She thinks you've moved on from her. So later, make a move. If you don't, I'm ripping your head off." el threatens, giving him a serious look.

"What!?"

"You heard me, Wheeler. Now get your ass moving. You have 2 hours."

el seperates from mike outside of hawkins middle school. "I swear if she kills me I'm sueing her." he mumbles.

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"Come on, where the hell is he?" y/n mutters to herself, standing next to her bike in front of the arcade. he's 15 minutes late so far.

she pulls on the sleeves to her flannel, biting her lower lip. what if he doesnt show?

a few more minutes later, when she's about to give up, y/n sees mike on his bike, pedaling quickly to the arcade.

he reaches next to y/n's bike, standing the bike up. "I'm so sorry, my mother-"

y/n shakes her head, smiling softly. "Its okay. You showed, didn't you?"

"Yeah, 20 minutes late." he rolls his eyes. her hand wraps around his wrist, dragging him inside.

"I can only be here for maybe an hour or so. Dad needs me home for dinner."

"You call Hopper dad?" mike asks.

"Why wouldn't I? El does too. He's the closest thing to a dad that we have." y/n shrugs.

"Just- what games should we play?"

"I need to beat Lucas at Dragon's Lair." y/n says, making her way over.

"You're not going to." mike chuckles.

y/n smacks his arm playfully. "Shut up."

putting coins into the machine, the game starts up. 2 minutes into playing, she dies, causing her groan.

"Told you." he smirks.

y/n scoffs. "Whatever. My highscore still stands in Dig Dug." keith shows up next to them.

"Not anymore. Max beat it again." he says, chewing on whatever is in his bag.

"No. Thats bullshit." y/n gasps, running over to Dig Dug. right above her name is MADMAX.

she hits the machine. "Max, I'm going to kill you."

mike and y/n hear keith laugh at her from the side, and y/n grumbles, moving her hand to make his bag fly out of his hands.

"Y/n." mike scolds.

"He laughed at me!" she defends, throwing her hands up in the air.

"I will sue you for doing that." keith threatens.

"I didn't even harm you, shut the hell up."

"You destroyed my food! Yes you did!"

"You know I didn't, but I wont hesitate to now." she growls stepping towards keith.

mike grabs her by her forearm, taking their bag of coins and walking out of the arcade.

"Why can't you just shut up for once. You're gonna kill someone one day."

"Yeah, and it'll be you." she jokes, but mike's eyes widen as he stares at her. y/n giggles at him, shaking her head.

"I'm joking, Mike." she tells him. mike smiles at the sweet sound of her giggles and the sight of her smiling.

he realizes he's staring a few moments after, but he can't do anything now, as she saw him.

"What? Is there something on my face?" she asks, touching her cheeks and forehead, feeling for anything.

mike laughs, shaking his head. he grabs onto her hands, stopping her movements. "Nothing is on your face, y/n."

"O-oh." her voixe quiets down, the close proximity between the two making her heart jump.

"You know that I still love you. Right?" mike whispers to her. y/n's cheeks burn pink.

"You do?"

"Never stopped, baby." his thumb runs over her cheekbone, his hand caressing her cheek gently. her breath hitches at the nickname.

"Um...I- uh- I still love you too." she shows a small smile, her y/e/c piercing into his dark chocolate ones.

"So you'll be my girlfriend again? I promise you I'll treat you right this time. Like I should have done. And- and no more assumptions from me. I promise. Please?"

y/n smiles, gripping onto his collar and pulling him down to meet her lips. mike's arms find their way around her waist, holding onto her tightly as he kisses back in an instant.

her hands move from his collar and up into his puffy hair, tangling her fingers through it.

she couldn't get enough of him, but mike definitely couldn't get enough of y/n. he was full of love and happiness, finally getting his girl back, knowing that finally, her absence in kisses and cuddles and long hugs are back again.

mike breaks the kiss. "I'm guessing that's a yes?" he questions.

"Yeah." she giggles quietly.

"Hey kids! Take that shit back to your-"

y/n makes the door close, hitting keith in the face. mike holds in a laugh, trying to be serious. "Y/n, don't."

"He can go choke on those cheese curls of his."

"I love you." mike laughs, kissing the top of her head.

"I know you do." y/n smirks, getting on her bike.

"Hey!"

"I'm kidding. I love you too, dork."

okay, so now el won't rip my head off. i hope. mike sighs in relief at the thought, getting on his bike too.

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they finally got a happy ending . well sort of . you never know . ;)