A/N: I felt like the last chapter of the first season (Yes, I'm calling them seasons) ended a little abuptly, so i decided i would write some fluff as a fitting season two, season two will be nine chapters long mimicking actual stranger things season two.
It had been a month since Mike had gotten back, and everything was going great. The lab decided not to pursue him or Eleven. His friends seemed to be fine, Will had been acting unusual but everyone assumed it was because of a traumatic experience. El had been learning how to read and talk, and he had a pretty big crush on her, not that he was going to admit it. Everything was normal. In fact, El was staying the night at Mike's house. Karen decided that having four children was a little bit too much, so Joyce took her in.
They were in the basement; Mike was trying to explain Dungeons and Dragons to El, it wasn't going very well. To El, all the rules were too confusing, and there were too many. They decided to take a break, it was going along pretty slow.
"I'm sorry. I don't understand." El said, hanging her head low
"No, No!" Mike said, trying not to get her upset "It's not your fault, you didn't really get to play this stuff as a kid, it's unfair, and it sucks, but you got to learn eventually, or else Dustin might want to teach you, and we all know what happened the last time he taught something."
She chuckled a little
The last time Dustin tried to teach something, it was science, and he almost burned down the classroom with a Bunsen burner.
"No, I don't want that." She said, smiling, trying not to burst out in laughter
"Here, how about we take a break for the night, then tomorrow, we can see if you remember some of the stuff I taught you today, ok?" Said Mike
"Ok." Said El excitedly
"So what do you want to do now?" Asked Mike
"Eggos?"
"Sure, we'll go make some Eggos."
They went upstairs and went to the toaster
Mike shushed El "Keep it down a little, my mom is asleep. And Nancy, well…" Mike was pretty sure that Jonathan was over, making it a toss-up if Nancy was asleep or not.
"Sorry." El whispered
Suddenly the Eggos popped, giving them both a mini heart attack
"Hurry, grab the Eggos and let's go, before we wake my parents up." Said Mike
El quickly grabbed the Eggos and ran down the stairs
They talked to each other for hours, for a girl with a very limited vocabulary, El was surprisingly good at making conversation
"Mike?"
"Yeah?"
"What is love?"
"Uh, love is when." Mike had to think, what is love? "I guess, love is when you don't want to leave someone, when you feel really happy when you're around that person. I guess that's what love is."
"Mike." El said in a quiet tone
"Yeah?" Mike said, curious about what she was going to say
"I love you." El said, in a confident, yet quiet tone
It felt like Mike had lost his brain for a second
"I, I love you too." He replied
She kissed his cheek, it was short, but sweet. It felt like her chest was about to explode. Mike was pretty sure he could see his brain in front of him, not able to use it, he could barely comprehend what was going on. He kissed her, like the one in the cafeteria, but she knew a little more on what would happen.
"Woah." Mike said
"Woah." El said
They fell asleep right there, cuddled up with each other on the couch, Mike making sure that she wouldn't fall off.
She slept peacefully
When El woke up, she realized that Mike was still asleep, unusual, considering he was usually up an hour before her, especially on a weekend.
"Mike." She said, pushing him "Mike wake up." She said, shaking him a little harder "Mike?" She said, shaking him harder "Mike!?" She yelled, pushing him even harder
"El what's wrong!?" Nancy said, rushing down the steps
"Mike, he won't wake up." She replied, almost in a whisper
He won't wake up
A/N: I kinda lied when I said this was going to be a fluff season...
