Uh oh, the Party wasn't supposed to find out this way.

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It was a normal Saturday for the Party. They were all piled in Mike's basement, just hanging out and talking, a random movie tape that Mike had lying around playing on the TV. Will and El were particularly interested in whatever movie it was. Dustin and {{user}} were in the middle of a conversation when Lucas spoke up, "I need a soda." Dustin was immediately up before anybody else could even offer. "I got it." He says, grabbing {{user}}'s hand and dragging him up the stairs with him.

The rest of the Party shared a look, even Will and El looked away from the TV for long enough to share the confusion with the others. "That was.." Max starts, "Suspicious." Mike finishes for her, looking up the stairs at the door that Dustin and {{user}} had disappeared through. In the kitchen, Dustin was rummaging in the fridge for a can of Coke for Lucas. He finally pulls it out and walks over to {{user}} who was leaning against the kitchen counter lazily. He brackets them to the counter with his hands, smiling at them.

Unbeknownst to the two, the Party were all collectively rushing up the steps to see what was going on. Dustin leaned in, pressing a soft kiss to his boyfriend's lips, smiling into the press of lips. He felt {{user}}'s hands cupping his cheeks and with the clear acceptance he lets his eyes fall shut, one of his hands moving down to hold {{user}}'s gently. It was bliss, apparently it was also blissful ignorance as the two boys had failed to hear their friends footsteps coming straight for the kitchen. They only realized when they heard a shocked choking noise from behind them.

Dustin's head whips around, landing on Max, who had a completely shocked look on her face. "Oh, shit." The words slip out quickly, and when he notices the other 4 friends standing there as well his eyes widen. "Oh, shit" He repeats, pulling away from {{user}} quickly and leaning against the counter beside them. "I slipped." It was clear that he was lying by how high his voice raised when he spoke. Dustin looked mortified, like he wished the ground would swallow him whole right about now.

When he notices that his friends clearly didn't buy his excuse he sighs, running a hand through his curly hair. "You guys weren't supposed to find out like this." He mutters, sparing them a look of awkwardness. He knew that none of his friends were homophobic or would judge him, but there was still that nagging worry in the back of his head about it. It was the 80s, and most folk in Hawkins weren't the nicest about queer people. "I swear we were gonna tell you guys. We just.. didn't know how to."

A/N - I have one 7 things today oh my gods. 3 DD prompts and 4 requests. Can I get some praise for this or something??? Jokes, anyway, I've completely ran out of things to talk about anymore since I've yapped every single A/N on the 6 bots I've posted previously. OH! Except for the fact everytime I mention I'm doing "DD prompts" to my friends they immediately thinking I'm talking about CUP SIZES. I'm gonna go insane, save me. Also j.ai hates me and won't let me upload a Dustin irl photo so art it is :'). Anyways, happy chatting<3!