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In the basment, the core four favorite place to hang out on the weeknd, the thought of never getting to old to play games with your bestfreinds.
bestfreinds* even if somedays they just get on your nerves right? Theyll always make it up to you at the end..
thats just what bestfreinds do.
Lucas, will, mike and dustin get along pretty fairly and yes sometimes they argue about the sillest of things but who doesnt? really who doesnt.
-"lucas..lucas! Earth to lucas?!"- a voice cutting through the air next to lucas snapping him out of his thoughts immeditly. He looks off of the pending game screen to meet eyes with dustin.
"What?" Lucas spoken up with a grogley voice as he gripped the remote controller tightly in his hand
"Whaddya mean "what" man, youve been staring at the screen for a long time." Dustin remarks in a playful but annoyed tone as he points at the loading screen as he perks an eyebrow up.
mike who was spreaded out on the couch with will smirk and laugh out. "Yea youve been stuck on the same character for a while..pick one or your outa the game." He joked, will stayed a bit silent stealing glances at lucas as he struggled to focus on the game.
"Oh, right uh..i pick veckman." Lucas spoke in a light tone with a laugh as well trying to ease the mood, then he pressed onto the controller picking the character.
finally. "Alrighty!" Dustin practically cheered as his eyes peered onto the game now that all of their characters are chosen, let the games commence.
"About time ranger, thought we were losing you there for a second." Mike said a hand over his mouth as he eyed lucas for a second, slinging an arm around will.
cockly chewing the wrapper of the candybar
there was a silence as lucas shot him a pissed of glare, tired of the constant teasing. Dustin glance between lucas and mike sensing the tension but thought maybe it was somehow just playful.
"Yea man. Sometimes it takes focus and strategie if you want to win a game." Lucas said in a mumble, not enough for Mike across the room to hear it, maybe enough for Dustin to.
"now thats what Im talking about buddy," dustin spoke in a proud smile, nudging him with his elbow. "Thats why were teammates."
Mike just smirk knowing whatever lucas said was smart.
Lucas glanced at will for a moment, usally will is silently focusing on the game with a competitive spirit but at this moment, hes looking back.
"Yea teammates." Lucas whispered speaking back to Dustin but his soften eyes somehow remained on will, he then looked back at the screen.
An hour goes past, unfourtunly dustin and lucas didnt win this round. Lucas endend up throwing the remote on the ground after it was finnished, storming of to the bathroom to wash his face after dustin declared a rematch. But..Was it really just the game his was mad at?
"Fuck me." Lucas said to himself, water dripping over his face as he stared at the mirror blankly.
Will had followen him into the bathroom, lucas glanced over but he diddnt say anything. He bit his tongue as he heared will speak.
"Youve been..acting diffrent..lucas. You know were best freinds"
Yea. "Best freinds." Lucas spoken repeating the words into his brain as he squeezed his fingers onto the sink.
"what was that?" Will followed his fingers a bit confused not catching what it was that he mumbled to himself.
"Nothing." Lucas rubbed a hand across his face "just continue talking please.."
"We're best freinds..you have to tell me if somethings on your mind." Will spoken causaly his voice deepening trying to get his point through to lucas.
Lucas just stared back with an unreadble expression. All he could do was stare back at will hoping he could figure it out all ready. Was else has he been not able to play along with mikes jokes, why else has he been more distant from the group.
Was else was he looking at will this way? Before he could even speak up again.
"Lucas!?" Will said with a raised voice this time, waving a hand in his face causing lucas to flinch and back up onto the door way
"You see! You have been hiding something from me! Why cant you just tell me already?" Will spoke with his arms spread out, his voice raised a bit higher this time.
"..im..im not will. Ive just been a bit carried away with everything lately you know."
Lucas suddenly looked away from will, was his expression to telling or was it showing to much he wondered facing his head across the mirror above the sink.
Will just looked at him through it. Its like his words didnt get to him at all.
They all stayed in silence for a moment, lucas suddlenly open his mouth to change the topic. "so..hows el, hows..mike..hows everything."
"Seriously? Your talking about other things..As if thats important right now?"
"Yea, well.. maybe i dont want the presure on me right now. Maybe i want to know whats up with you and him lately."
Lucas stops himselve, clickling his teeth as he turned away trying to stop himselve before saying anything else to make this situation even more uncomfortable.
"Is this what thats about?" Wills eyes narrowed at lucas, he leaned off the doorway "if you think anythings happening between me and him..then your crazy" will retored
Lucas perks his brows up, hell as if anything like that is true. "Then..what? Its like your not aware of your own actions!"
Wills eyes narrowed on lucas as he raised his voice. He took a step towards him "Oh really? Is this what were doing right now?"
Lucas flinched a bit, his brows pinched together "Yea..yea maybe we are, maybe we are."
Wills eyes darkened a bit, raising his brow as he glanced away taking a long deep breath.
"Well. If you liked mike this much..you could have at least told me yourself damn it." Will said with an annoyed but soft tone.
What. Wait..what? Mike??? Are you fking kidding me. Lucas face dropped completly at wills oblivousness taken aback fully by his response, he almost cocked a laugh
"Tch will, s-seriously? Theres no way in hell i like mike..in that way." But he had to laugh at how cute wills pout was, thinking anything would lieky happen between him and mike. As if.
"Oh yea? Then what was this whole conversion about in the first place? You lost to us, and you never lose to us when were playing a game."
His laugh stop all together, he cough a fist over his mouth knowing he had to take this more seriously.
"If i told you.." lucas eyes melted into his, a breath caught into his throat before he could speak again
"If i told you, youd think of me diffrently and..and..."
Suddenly a loud knock on the door made by dustin, knock, knock, knock. The loud knocks making will jump in place and slapping a hand over his mouth. "What the hells taking so long in here?" Dustin complained, only thinking about another round. "Other people have to use the bathroom you know!"
Will breath through his nose knowing it was just dustin, lucas cocked a brow as he shot his head towards the locked door and just scoffed to himself.
"Ugh damn it dustin the bathrooms aquiepied, theres 3 other bathrooms out there." Will began to mutter shouting through the door making dustin confused as to why will and lucas are sharing a bathroom together.
Dustin took a step back but didnt say anything about the whole two guys in the same bathroom things as to his mind was set on something else.
"Why are you..didnt you guys say youd get ready for a rematch? Me you mike and will? dont think the first game was quite fair..my stomach was emtpy on that one! This time i swear to everything were winning this round!" Dustin said
"Whatever just..one sec alright?" Lucas yelled through the door, the exghustion on his face obvious, he then looked back to him eyebrows crooked trying not to laugh
"Christ.." Will looked at him dropping his arm back down to his side worry replaced with light hearted laughter. They laughed together for a moment before they were able to speak again.
Will looked at lucas "Maybe we should just get back to the game.."
Lucas looked back at will, a soft scoff before speaking soft again "Yea maybe..we should. maybe we should"
Lucas then waited before speaking again this time even softer
"Wait um..will i have to tell you something."
Will sprung an eyebrow, turning his head sideways in a cocky way. "Oh now you want to-"
Lucas cut him off, a despreat glint in his eyes as he began to walk towards him, setting his hands on each of his shoulders as he braced himselve to tell him. "Yea. And i always have been wanting to tell you..will i.."
Ding!
Lucas eyes narrowed a bit as will pulled out his phone, he squinted at the text message and of course..it was mike whoe had text will. Will looked back at lucas and shoved his ohone in his pocket.
"You..were saying?" Will said, trying to listen to lucas but lucas looked another way eyes furrowed.
fuck. He thought to himselves this time, how many more interuptions are therye gonna be. It was like the world had it out for lucas, his grip tighten hard on the wall and he bite the edge of his lip hard holding back whatever else he had to say.
"Forget it, will..i think im about exghauted today anyways.." and i just have had it. He thought, he know he shouldnt feel this pissed theyve been freinds for years now. Mike and will have been close freinds for years now, so why would he let something little be so big?
Will just watched lucas storm out of the bathroom with his hands clutched to his sides, he looked at him in disbelive knowing they went obsolutley no where with this whole conversation. He stepped out of the door reaching his hand out before mike came from behind him out of no where.
Mike held his reached out hand and pressed it to wills raised with a soft grin as he snuggled his head onto his neck, he blew on it lightly to startle him
"Agh!? What the fuck mike?!" Wills ear redden as bit as he cocked his head back to face mike. Mike staring back at him, raised an eyebrow caught of that he actauly got startled.
"Haha, i was just messing with you..why are you so.." mike sctratched his chin looking for a word to renact to the way to him. "jumpy..?"
"Thats because you startled me." Will stated, no bite to his words.
"Your not always this jumpy with me. By the way dont you want to kick their asses this time? Together? Come on will itll be fun." Mike spoken in a singy song type of way.
Will rolled his eyes, avoiding mikes eyes for a second before looking at him again.
"But..lucas isnt playing anymore."
Mike mannerism drop completly, and he suddenly drop his hands to his side away from will as he just stared down at him before picking up the same mannerism again.
"Hes probably just being a sore loser..because he lost the game."
"...." will doesnt speak he just crosses his arms as he stands there.
Mike looks at him not speaking as he smirks a bit.
Will finnaly speaks in a annoyed tone. "..Dont call him a sore loser, mike."
Mikes eyes damped a little before his smirk perked back up again and he slapped a hand over wills shoulder again. "Come on..lighten up, i was only just joking around."
"..why does it matter anyways." Mike voice deepens enough to make will jump in place, will tugged away from mike to face him.
Wills face was unreadable as he looked at mike, mike looked as unphased crossing his arms waiting for will to get on with it already.
"Mike, dont you think this is..too much?"
"Are you saying my jokes are weak? Or are you just saying they dont land." Mike spoke, his lips a little curled at the edges of his mouth
"No- mike thats..not what- ugh nevermind." Will palmed his face, wanting to bring lucas up in the convo but didnt have the balls to create even bigger problems.
"Ahh..i thought my jokes were funny, tch i mean how could they not be?" Mike shrugs his shoulders looking at will from the side of his eyes hoping to be entertained by his nonesense.
"Yea. Funny." Will spoke lowly
Mike laughed a bit, an arm on wills shoulder as they walk toghether back to play another game. Wills doesnt speak much as his head is down as they walk, hand tapped to his sides. What is it that he could be thinking about..and why does it hurt his throat so much when he tries to say it outloud..?