Don't Be A Dingus; Byler ??

23- Theatrics

"I have no clue. I can't remember anything! Will told me this like an hour ago." The tall boy threw his hands in the air.

"Shit Wheeler! You kissed the man and can't remember!" she said in a jocular manner.

"It's just all so... confusing." Mike whined.

"How?"

"Well, it's like me and El are on a break right now, right?"

The redhead raised her eyebrows, "You're on a break?" she asked inquisitively, this was new information to her.

Mike merely nodded, "We both decided we were kinda not on the same wavelength; it was nothing major." he shrugged, "Anyways, it's like; Will is dating Robin so it's like, maybe he just doesn't want to be with me..."

"Have you asked him?" Max asked as if it was the most obvious question in the world.

"I kinda ran away from him just now." Mike admitted a tad embarrassed.

"What did you do?" she deadpanned.

"Let's just say I pinned him down and covered his mouth so we could talk about how he's been ignoring me." he said in one go, ready for another scolding.

"Micheal!" Max yelled stunned,

"Okay, look- I didn't do it on purpose," Mike exclaimed, "At first I went to go check on him because he said he was sick, but he lied so I wanted to confront him and make sure he would listen."

"So you... pinned him down?" Max said sarcastically.

"Listen-" the tall boy ran a hand through his hair in frustration, "I just... wanted to get my point across without interruption."

"Okay, fine, whatever. Then what?" The redhead dismissed, wanting to get on with this story.

"So like we got into this argument; or more like I was shouting at him because he couldn't really reply and then..." Mike paused, whispering, "He kinda told me he loved me."

Now that was surprising, Max blinked processing this information, "Oh... like 'in love' with you?"

"Yep!" the tall boy nodded

"Woah... you learn something new every day," she chuckled, her eyes widened slightly.

"You can't tell anyone though!" Mike quickly warned.

"Who am I going to tell dumbass?" Max quipped, "So what's the plan now? Are you going to tell him you love him back?"

Mike sighed, "I wish I could, but I can't! Will's with Robin and considering he's with her, he obviously loves her more than... well, more then he'd ever love me."

Max looked both ways, almost sarcastically, "You won't know unless you try right? Besides you like Will and Will likes you, you're already there! And if he does say no, then at least you'll have closure and move on,"

"I mean... I guess you have a point, but what would I even say?" The tall boy questioned with a slight frown.

A devilish smile painted Max's face, "Well..."