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"me in your sweater."

                          
the party along with joyce, jonathan, and hopper finished packing everything and helped loaded all of the things into the moving van.
                          
though, everyone was upset about their friends moving away, they tried to stay positive while packing everything and loading everything into the van.
                          
joyce and hopper were going to be driving the moving van and will and el would be in the car with jonathan.
                          
"well, that's the last of the boxes." hopper sighed.
                          
"do you want to take one last look around, boys?" joyce asked her sons.
                          
they both nodded and followed their mother into the house.
                          
will took a look around the empty living room, seeing that the letters that were once on the wall were painted over. the whole house was empty, and it looked weird to him.
                          
he had one last look of every single room and finally got to his own. he sighed as he reached it and stepped inside.
                          
it looked different, but he could still remember where everything used to be. a million memories flashed through his mind and he smiled and teared up at the same time.
                          
he looked at the ground and saw a picture lying there that someone must've dropped. he picked it up and examined it. it was his favorite picture of him and mike that he had held while he sobbed the night mike broke his heart.
                          
will put the picture to his chest again, then placed it into his pocket.
                          
"will," joyce stepped into the room. "it's time to say goodbye to everyone.
                          
"okay." will said and followed her outside.
                          
he started with nancy, giving her a small hug. 
                          
"lucas." will said and they hugged.
                          
will felt the tears start to run down.
                          
"i'm going to miss you, pal." lucas exhaled.
                          
"me too." will pulled away.
                          
next was dustin who engulfed him into a bear hug.
                          
"i wish you didn't have to leave!" dustin exclaimed.
                          
"me either." will cried and moved on to max.
                          
max started to cry as well. she didn't say anything, but she just hugged will, tightly.
                          
eleven and jonathan started saying goodbye as well.
                          
"remember, if you ever need me, i'm always one phone call away." max reminded.
                          
"i know." will replied.
                          
lastly, it was mike. when will got to mike he wrapped his arms around the tall boy and sighed into his chest.
                          
"i don't want to leave you." will cried.
                          
"me either. i'm going to miss you so much." mike sniffled.
                          
after a minute, they pulled away and pecked each other on the lips, both knowing that it would be the last time they would get to interact for a while.
                          
"here." mike said and handed will a piece of clothing.
                          
"i-it's your sweater. the one you let me wear that night." will realized when he looked at it.
                          
"i want you to have it to remember me by." mike explained.
                          
"i can't forget you mike, you're my boyfriend." will pointed out.
                          
"i know." mike murmured.
                          
"i have something for you too." will said and handed him his sketchbook.
                          
"will, this is your sketchbook! i can't take this." mike shouted.
                          
"no, i want you to have it. all of my favorite drawings are in there. my most favorite one is the 20th one. just flip to that drawing and you'll see why it's my favorite." will whispered.
                          
"okay." mike nodded.
                          
"i love you, michael wheeler." 
                          
"i love you too, william byers."
                          
the two boys hugged each other for the last time and then will and el got into the car.
                          
will put his hand up to the window as jonathan started to pull away and he started to cry harder.
                          
mike and the rest of will's friends faded away as they got farther and farther away from the house, until they completely disappeared and all will could do was look at the picture of him and mike and cry.


                          
word count: 657
i cried while writing this chapter, by the way.