When Mike Arrives In California Will Is Happy And Wants To Hug Him But Mike Is Distant. A Lot Of People

When Mike arrives in California Will is happy and wants to hug him but Mike is distant. A lot of people said it was because he realized that he missed Will a little too much and that he feels a little more than friendship for him, that's why he doesn't get too close to him and is embarrassed. But what if it was also because he was jealous and hurt? At the beginning of the previous episode, El writes to Mike “Will is painting a lot” “Maybe it is for a girl? I think there is someone he likes” and Mike is not at all ok with that, especially when he sees that Will took his painting with him. That's why he has a hard time getting in touch (literally and why he rarely speaks to her while he's gone) with Will.

New analysis:

S4 ep5: Mike and Will talk when they're sitting on the car, in addition to being a parallel to other scenes like the one with Jancy for example, there's the “emotional and tender” music again, and Mike says “I should've explained myself. Maybe Eleven would've taken me with her and things would be different.” “I didn't know what to say” yet it would have been easy to know what to say, he had to tell El that he loves her and long before that moment, and maybe nothing of that would have happened; and explain WHAT Mike? There shouldn't be anything to explain, Mike loves El and tells him so or he doesn't (at least not romantically). Especially since in episode 4 he says “if I would’ve said that thing” so he KNOWS basically what he should have said.

Then Will continues by saying “Sometimes I think it’s just scary to open up like that.” he mainly talks about himself and his feelings for Mike but he adds “Because, what if... what if they don’t like the truth?” and Mike nods at that exact moment, meaning he agrees with that sentence. Except that if Mike tells El he loves her, El would be happy so why wouldn't she like it? What I mean is that the only truth Mike could tell about his feelings that El wouldn't like is that he doesn't like her (and maybe he loves someone else, you know what I mean?)

Okay let’s go.

In season 4, El freaks out at the roller rink and we can't say that Mike reacts very well to that, which El notices by the way. Mike doesn't come near her, doesn't try to reassure her or hug her, he stays next to Will and watches her cry and shiver. On top of that, when they're at the table, he adds a comment that causes El to run away and accentuate his grief. He told her the next day “I was a little upset in the moment.” “I mean, it just was so crazy. It happened so fast.” but if we make the comparison with Mike's behavior in season 2 we realize that when Will acts strangely, that he is haunted and suddenly starts shaking, he never leaves and always stays with him, even puts his hand on his. And I think in this context we can even mention the scene "Crazy together" because here Mike doesn’t tell El that they will be crazy or monsters together.

And before all that he says “I don’t really understand” which means he needs El to talk to him to understand. Let's a parallel with the dialogue he has with Will next: Will says “I didn't say it” and Mike answers “You didn't have to” (and besides an “emotional and tender” music is just playing after this precise sentence mmmh) unlike El, Will doesn't need to say anything to be understood by Mike, here's what to remember.

Sorry I’m in my byler era again BUT I just realized he's holding a can of 7up !

Ok I explain : he is holding a GREEN can with the number 7 on it…

mike kabedon-ing will would be funny i think ⚰️

The sun boyfriend and the moon boyfriend :’)

Reverse version and close-ups under the cut !! 

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