Don't Be A Dingus; Byler ??

34- I AM LOVED!

He carried the cupcakes back to where the group was gathered, forcing a smile as he made his way over. However, on his way, he bumped into someone, dropping his drink, immediately apologising, "Sorry,"

"Oh, don't worry! I wasn't looking where I was going," The male voice quipped, ducking down and picking up the bottle, handing it to Will. Their eyes met, a recognition passing over both their faces. Will knew the boy's face; he seemed very familiar and yet, the brunette couldn't place a name to the face; his hair was unruly and long, with bangs covering his forehead: he looked very... punk.

However, it seemed like the man knew exactly who he was as he said, "Byers?"

"Yes...?" Will furrowed his brows confused; how did this random man know his name?

The man then firmly grabbed his arm and Will panicked confused; what the Hell was going on? Who was this man? He was led to a nearby table, almost dropping his cupcakes to the ground. But upon reaching the table, Will exhaled seeing the familiar faces of Robin and Steve as well as Vickie.

"Harrington! Look who I found!" the man by his side motioned to him. "I found him wondering around!"

The group stopped talking, and Steve turned to the long-haired man with crossed arms, "What did you do? Why does he look terrified?"

"I dragged him here!" The man smiled.

"Did you at least introduce yourself? Or explain who you were?" the funky boy questioned.

"I may have forgotten." The long-haired man admitted.

The funky boy rolled his eyes, "Of course you did," sighing with a facepalm, "Will, this is Eddie, a 'friend' of mine."

"Oh right..." Will paused for a second, "Nice to meet you Eddie, so like, how do you know me?"

Eddie chuckled with a fond smile, "Steve talks about you a lot man. You're like a little brother to him."

"Yeah, well, let's not go along blabbing all my secrets," Steve admitted.

"You think I'm like your brother? That's sweet!" this surprised Will; he felt thankful and also a little uncomfortable being the subject of someone else's conversation.

Steve shrunk in his seat, "I didn't think it was that surprising." before turning to Eddie and bickering playfully.

The brunette chuckled as he looked between the two of them, sensing some... romantic undertone from the both of them, "So are you guys' friends? Or 'friends'?" he questioned,

"The second one." Steve whispered with a chuckle; a blush painting his face.

"Oh sweet!" Will exclaimed, but before the conversation could die down, Vickie asked, "So what are you doing here today Will?"

Feeling a bit sad from his overthinking but not wanting to delve into his emotions, Will gave a brief answer, "I'm here with my friends." he said, deciding not to get into such details over the planned date between Jennifer and El.

Robin sat silent this whole time, studying her friend; she could sense something amiss but could not put her finger on it. She watched the way Will's fingers nervously played with the wrapping on the cupcakes, clutching the bottle of fizzed up soda tightly, eager to leave.