regret and heartbreak || chapter 16

                                    

                                          
(Tw!! This chapter contains mentions of blood and homophobia) 
A few days had passed and Will had been avoiding Mike. 
Mike had tried talking to him through their radios, tried calling his house phone, tried going to his house, everything.
But Mike found the perfect opportunity to talk to Will, Dustin and Lucas had asked on the radios for all of them to go to Star-court Mall tonight to go see a movie, Mike didn't respond on the radio because he had heard Will say he would go.
 He figured he would wait at the Mall before meeting up with Dustin and Lucas, then find Will as he gets dropped off or bikes there and then they could talk. 
Later that night, it was time to get going in order to be there, early to find Will before the movie started. Mike was patiently waiting leaned against one of the big pillars of the mall, he had his hoodie up so it would be harder for Will to recognize him from afar. 
Mike patiently waited watching around looking for any sign of Will hoping that he didn't miss him and was already inside until he saw the smaller male, flying down the side of the pavement and parked his bike and locked it up. He adjusted himself and how he looked straightening his hoodie and fidgeting until Will was walking passed him.
"Will." 
Mike spoke desperately and grabbed out for the males hand, pulling him back and taking off his hoodie to reveal it was Mike and not some creep. 
Will had jumped slightly and looked back when his arm was grabbed, but he couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions seeing the taller, dark haired boy again. 
Mike let go and Will turned towards him, Mike grabbed the males hand loosely, intertwining their pinkies "Mike what are you doing here..I really don't-" Mike soon cut the boy off. "I know- I know..look I just wanted to say that-" Mikes whole heartfelt apology that he planned all day was soon ended before it even started when he heard a familiar, irritating, headache inducing voice. 
"well well well, look who it is fag #1 and fag #2" he chuckled with his friend. Mike was quick to let go of Wills hand unsure it Troy saw or not. Mike was always good about choosing his words when it came to Troy, but this time he had felt...caught. 
And deep down that terrified Mike they were in public and that was what was so scary, so instead of saying some good comebacks and teaching Troy a lesson with words, Mike said some hurtful words that he would regret forever. 
"Ew! What? Me! A fag? I would never ever in a million years date a guy! especially not Will Byers! Even if he was the last person on earth!" Mike exclaimed.
Troy and the two bullies did the 'ooo' burn sound effect. "Wow Wheeler! You are RUTHLESS" 
Mike soon realized all of the hurtful words he had said, he didn't mean ANY of it, he was just so scared of anyone finding out because Mike had been struggling with his sexuality. 
Mike looked back at Will, the energy that Will had when they first spoke tonight was completely different, he was gripping his chest where his heart was like it was in pain, his whole demeanor had changed. It's like there was a dark stormy rain cloud above Wills head. 
"Will.."  Mike called out desperately.
Will glared up at Mike, he tried to speak but the lump in his throat was so big, he felt frozen, he felt sick to his stomach. "Never..speak to me again." Will muttered and was quick to run off, unlocking his bike and sped away. 
"Will! Will! Wait!" Mike chased a little but knew he couldn't catch up, he heard the two bullies laughing like crazy. 
heated. furious. enraged. 
Was all Mike felt, he had teary eyes as he turned around angrily walking towards Troy. "Uh oh..did little Mikey lose his little boyfriend?" 
Mike had no reasoning in his body anymore, all he felt was anger. 
Mike swiftly grabbed Troy by the shirt and threw him up against the pillar. "If you thought I was joking when I told you to stay away from me and my friends..let alone Will and that I would kill you, you were sorrily mistaken, so I hope you have your last words ready." Mike spoke coldly, with no emotion like he wasn't even in his body. 
Mike threw Troy to the ground, Mike got on top of him and started punching him in the face. A crowd started to form around them, Dustin and Lucas saw commotion outside so they ran out to see what was going on, Dustin shoved through the crowd with Lucas following behind. 
They stopped dead in their tracks to look and see what was happening right now. 
Mikes fists were all bloody and Troy was still kicking and yelling, trying to shove him away. Troys friend had run off to grab security and the two big tall men pushed through the crowd and grabbed Mike underneath his arms and pulled him off of Troy, who was now unresponsive. 
Mike kept fighting trying to go back to Troy, Dustin and Lucas ran over. "Mike! Mike stop! What are you doing!" Dustin yelled worriedly, Lucas blocked Mikes sight from Troy. "Dude! It's okay! Calm down!" Lucas Exclaimed, 
"Let me go! Let me go!" Mike yelled. Dustin and Lucas looked at each other worried, it's like Mike wasn't even there. 
He was so angry. Lucas and Dustin had never seen Mike like this ever. 
The crowd scurried off after police sirens could be heard. Mike was still fighting the security guard trying to get off, Hopper soon made his way through the dying crowd telling them to shoo, he took his sunglasses off and looked shocked. He quickly ran over and helped the security guard with Mike, "Kid! Kid you need to stop right now!" 
He grabbed ahold of Mike and the security guard let go, the one that was holding Mike was now with the other guard looking at Troy and talking on the phone, most likely to an EMT for an ambulance. 
Dustin and Lucas followed mumbling a-bunch of nonsense to each other as Hopper brought Mike to his car. They asked what was going on and everything, Hopper knew this was bad but he was going to make sure this never happened again with this Troy kid.
He tried to last time when Will was in the hospital but ended up talking with Troys mom instead and talking about how serious it had been, they had come to an agreement since he didn't want Mike to get in trouble last time but now he knew he had to do what he had to do, to protect Mike. 
All of the kids and teens that knew about the upside down and everything they were like he family now, and he would do anything for them. 
The two boys kept bickering as Hopper put Mike in the front seat, "you two need to go home, right now..I'm serious unless I need to get parents involved," the two boys shook their heads they said some affirming words to Mike as they ran off trying to make him feel better.
As they drove off, an ambulance flew by them and turned into the Mall. Mike sighed and glanced at his cut up, dried up blood covered knuckles and sighed once more. "Where are we going." He asked feeling defeated, slowly coming back into reality. 
Hopper sighed and patted him on the shoulder for a moment, "The station, you're not in trouble we are just going there to talk, privately." 
The rest of the drive was pretty quiet, Mike knew this was going to be a long night. 
( HEY GUYS JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE AND SAY THAT SORRY I DIDNT POST FOR A FEW DAYS I WAS SO BUSY, BUT TO MAKE UP FOR IT I POSTED TWO CHAPTERS!! I HOPE YOU LIKED THEM! LOVE YOU ALL 💛💛 )