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December 18 1990.
After the call with Lucas, Will immediately dressed up. He grabbed some medicine from the cabinet and went into his car. He drove to a store and bought Mike's favourite food. He knew that Mike was alone, his parents kept going out for some quick 'vacations' lately, Nancy hanged out with Jonathan all the time, and Holly spent most of the time at her friend's house. When he got there he didn't bother knocking and opened the door, stepping into the quiet house.
Will took his coat and shoes off. Then he went upstairs, making sure that he doesn't make any noise as he slipped into Mike's room. The first thing that he noticed was how the window blindfolds were down, and the soft snoring coming from the bed. He walked up to Mike's bed and saw him asleep under four blankets. "Idiot..." Will thought and gently touched Mike's forehead, noticing that he's burning up. Suddenly Mike moved and woke up.
"Mmm...Who broke in the house again..Oh...Will..?" Mike yawned as he opened his eyes. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and looked at Will.
"Hey...yeah..are you okay? How are you feeling?" Will asked worriedly, his hand going up to stroke Mike's hair, and he smiled when he felt Mike nuzzling it.
"Horrible...I'm sick.." Mike muttered quietly in response and coughed. "What are you doing here? I mean..Not that I'm mad that you're here, I'm really happy. I just didn't tell anyone that I'm ill." he added.
Will immediately noticed how sick Mike sounded, and he sighed worriedly.
"Yeah. You didn't tell anyone. And you should have. Lucas called me and said that you're being quiet and we kind of figured that you're sick, so I got worried and came here to check on you."
"Look..I know that I should have told you...I'm sorry...I just didn't want you to worry about me. You're so busy nowadays, with art commissions and all that.."
"Yeah yeah...but I always have enough time for my boyfriend. Now sit your butt down because I'm giving you medicine and you're going back to sleep."
"Nooo..wait..I want to stay with my babe.."
"Yeah yeah, your babe or babygirl or whatever will take care of you now. So be quiet."
Will stood up from the bed and chuckled when he heard Mike's disappointed whine, he went over to his bag and took out the bottle of medicine that he previously took from his house. He grabbed two pills and went downstairs to the kitchen. He took a cup and filled it with water. Will decided that Mike needs to eat something too, because that guy is too lazy to take care of himself when he's sick so the chance that he has eaten anything is really low. Will pulled out Mike's favourite food, then walked up to the microwave and put it there. He waited a few minutes and then pulled it out, he took out a plate and put the food here. Will made a cup of hot tea for Mike's sore throat and returned to his room, he had to carry it all on a board because he wouldn't be able to carry three dishes at once without everything falling. Mike grimaced at the sight of medicine, Will knew that Mike hates pills, and ruffled his hair to cheer him up.
"Babe, I feel like you're trying to choke me so that you can steal all my hoodies and my comics." Mike said, looking at the pills.
"Pfft, do I have to remind you that you're the one stealing things from me? Now take these pills, come on."
"You know that I hate pills..."
"Yes I do, but they're not a monster. I'm there for you."
"Yes they are! What if I choke on them?"
"That's what the water is for, idiot."
Mike sighed and finally gave in, taking the cup of water and pills. Will sat next to him, gently rubbing his back to soothe him. Mike took the pills and grimaced at the taste. He quickly gulped down the water so that the taste will go away, and he groaned when it didn't. Will chuckled at Mike's sick behaviour and picked up the plate with food, placing it on Mike's lap.
"Eat this food so that you can rest after." Will stroked Mike's cheek gently and smiled when Mike started eating, quickly cheering up at the taste of his favourite food.
"You always know how to cheer me up."
"Cheer you up from what? The Pill Monster?"
"Yeah, right!"
Will laughed and Mike joined him.
"You're such a dumbass.."
"Your dumbass." Mike shot a wink at Will and he shook his head, chuckling.
"Right."
After Mike ate the food, he pulled Will into the bed next to him and threw himself on top of him. Will groaned, but he wrapped his arms around Mike and placed a gentle kiss on the top of his head. Then he started massaging Mike's head gently, and Mike spoke up sleepily
"Tell me about your day..."
"Right now? You're supposed to sleep, silly."
"Yeah I will...I want to fall asleep while listening to your voice."
"Awh, that's really sweet of you, love. Okay so..."
Will started talking about how he drew some portraits and landscapes in the morning, and about how he spent time with El and Hopper outside at noon. Mike listened quietly, slowly falling asleep in his boyfriend's arms. When Will noticed that Mike is asleep, he smiled and leaned down to kiss his forehead. He nuzzled his boyfriend's hair and quietly whispered "I love you" before falling asleep himself. They slept peacefully throughout the night cuddled up without anything disturbing them.