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Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to Will Byers (@willthewise): lucas looks so good today i hate it here
willthewise: He looks the same as he always does
MADMAX: wrong he looks 20% hotter than he did yesterday
MADMAX: god i think its that stupid letterman jacket. why is he still wearing that high school was like three years ago
MADMAX: why am i attracted to lucas sinclair
willthewise: It’s basic biology
willthewise: He's also your boyfriend?
MADMAX: i dont want a fucking science lecture
willthewise: What about basic facts
MADMAX: no
willthewise: Then I can’t give u a real answer
MADMAX: this is so annoying
willthewise: I know
MADMAX: if we were dating this wouldnt be a problem
MADMAX: we would be the ultimate power couple
willthewise: Oh I agree
willthewise: Too bad I'm gay :/
MADMAX: inconvenient
willthewise: Sorry I love u
MADMAX: tell wheeler hes an asshole
willthewise: ??? How did you know I was with him
MADMAX: fork in kitchen. now speak
Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels) to Max Mayfield (@MADMAX): WHY AM I CATCHING STRAYS
Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to Lucas Sinclair (@sinclairlucas): just took a buzzfeed quiz on what delicious food pairing we compare to as a couple
MADMAX: we got wine and cheese
sinclairlucas: what
sinclairlucas: i took that and we got pizza and ranch
MADMAX: so u took this quiz and u didnt tell me that u took it or what ur results were
sinclairlucas: um.
sinclairlucas: nope?
MADMAX: first of all i hate ranch
MADMAX: second of all i hate this relationship
sinclairlucas: yeah that's why i didn't tell you
MADMAX: whatever
sinclairlucas: also why are you taking a buzzfeed quiz is it 2015
MADMAX: u allegedly took it first. freak
MADMAX: i wish tho 💔 id be free
sinclairlucas: of what
sinclairlucas: of what max
▶️ See Mike Wheeler's listening history! … In My Room by Insane Clown Posse … Cool About It by boygenius … Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat
Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to Will Byers (@willthewise): are u over wheeler yet u can be our third
willthewise: No :/
MADMAX: fucker
Lucas Sinclair (@sinclairlucas) to Will Byers (@willthewise): i'd treat you better than mike ever could
willthewise: I can't help who I fall in love with
sinclairlucas: pick me. choose me
Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to powerpuff girls: sleepover tonight NOT optional
willthewise: It's movie night??
MADMAX: with who
willthewise: Mike
jhopper: Cancel.
MADMAX: bros before hoes
willthewise: Nobody says that anymore
MADMAX: i just did
Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to the party: show of hands who says bros before hoes anymore
henders0n: i mean like ironically sure but not actually
mikewheels: no
willthewise: I rest my case
Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to Lucas Sinclair (@sinclairlucas): back me up here or else
Lucas Sinclair (@sinclairlucas) to the party: i say that!
willthewise: Boooooo
mikewheels: booooooooooo
henders0n: booooooo
jhopper: Booooo
MADMAX: boooo 👎 👎
sinclairlucas: why are you booing me??? YOU told me to back you up!
MADMAX: crowd mentality and also now ur a snitch so thanks for that
@sinclairlucas: my gf is mad at me i hope i die
@MADMAX: bro get up
Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels): ur movie night is cancelled
mikewheels: you can't do that you weren't invited
MADMAX: so u hate women
mikewheels: I DIDNT'S AY THAT
MADMAX: ok so its cancelled
mikewheels: what the hell
mikewheels: WAIT AM I THE HOE?
mikewheels: MAX AM I THE HOE IN THIS SITUATION
mikewheels: WHO'S HOE AM I
mikewheels: I KNOW YOU'RE READING THESE
Jane Hopper (@jhopper) to Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels): Did you know snails can live up to 25 years depending on the species?
mikewheels: oh wow cool
mikewheels: why are you texting me facts about snails
jhopper: I saw it on a website labelled "Fun Snail Facts for Kids"
mikewheels: why are you on a website labelled fun snail facts for kids
jhopper: Holly sent it to me!
mikewheels: oh my god my baby sister still texts my ex.
jhopper: She likes me better
mikewheels: are you also at this sleepover max is having that my plans got cancelled for
jhopper: Yes sorry
jhopper: Cuddle with my brother some other time
mikewheels: ST OP
Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels) to Will Byers (@willthewise): sooooooo
mikewheels: are you free tomorrow we can do movie night tomorrow instead
willthewise: Wow you didn't even put up a fight for me?
mikewheels: what
willthewise: You folded so easy
willthewise: You don't love me :(
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mikewheels: i do love y
mikewheels: of course i lo
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willthewise: damn wheeler you choked huh lol
mikewheels: what
mikewheels: MAX?????
mikewheels: HOW ARE YOU HERE RIGHT NOW
willthewise: expert hacker skills
Will Byers (@willthewise) to Max Mayfield (@MADMAX): Stop hacking into my account
MADMAX: stop making it easy
willthewise: I don't???
MADMAX: stop logging into ur account on my ipad then
willthewise: That was one time!
MADMAX: and ur downfall
▶️ See Will Byers's listening history! … Little League by Conan Gray … Vodka Cranberry by Conan Gray … Class Clown by Conan Gray
Jane Hopper (@jhopper) to Will Byers (@willthewise): I'm dogsitting this weekend! Do you want to come?
jhopper: I can invite Mike too. We can walk him
jhopper: The dog. Not Mike.
willthewise: Never let Mike or Max see these text messages
jhopper: 🤐
Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels) to the four nations: hey is anybody free tn
sinclairlucas: why are you using this gc we haven't touched this thing in like a year
mikewheels: yes we have
henders0n: last message sent was literally over a year ago dude
henders0n: is this because of the sleepover we weren't invited to
willthewise: I mean I was invited
mikewheels: no that is completely unrelated maybe i just want to hang out with my best friends
sinclairlucas: ooooooo i'm telling el you don't think she's one of your best friends
mikewheels: NO
henders0n: he's messing with you
sinclairlucas: am not. i hit send
Jane Hopper (@jhopper) to Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels): 😭
mikewheels: HE'S LYING I DIDN'T SAY THAT
jhopper: He sent the screenshot
mikewheels: NO
Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels) to Will Byers (@willthewise): this is so dumb i miss you
@mikewheels: chat what does it mean if your best friend cancels on movie night to hang out with other friends and says bros before hoes when he does it
@MADMAX: did you mean to post that on this acct lol
@mikewheels: FUCK
Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels) to Will Byers (@willthewise): hahahahaha ignore that it was a joke lol
willthewise: Ignore what
mikewheels: exactly
willthewise: No seriously ignore what
▶️ See Dustin Henderson's listening history! … Enter Sandman by Metallica … Under Pressure by Queen, David Bowie … Across the Stars by John Williams
Dustin Henderson (@henders0n) to Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels): dude i can feel you moping from here. just come over
mikewheels: i'm not moping you're moping
henders0n: okay so sit in your apartment by yourself then see if i care
mikewheels: no wait i'm coming
mikewheels: i wish your cat would love me
henders0n: we can't all get what we want. bring food as tax
mikewheels: this economy sucks
Lucas Sinclair (@sinclairlucas) to the four nations: i see two of you bitches hanging out without me. where tf was my invite
mikewheels: literally scroll up
sinclairlucas: i'm coming
willthewise: This timing sucks???
mikewheels: i'm not the one splitting the party
willthewise: I didn't?
mikewheels: no it's just like we literally had plans and then you bailed on me to hang out with max and el so like you can't get mad at me for hanging out with lucas and dustin
willthewise: I never said I was mad
mikewheels: whatever man just saying like you can't get upset
willthewise: Okay
Lucas Sinclair (@sinclairlucas) to Dustin Henderson (@henders0n): talk him down before i get there i don't want to spend an entire night listening to him mope and yearn
henders0n: already on it man
henders0n: anybody else tired of the longing looks or is it just me
sinclairlucas: i can't take another week of it. are we just too woke
henders0n: no mike and will just don't know how to talk about their feelings
sinclairlucas: will's fine
henders0n: no mike just doesn't know how to talk about his feelings*
sinclairlucas: exactly
sinclairlucas: i'll bring extra snacks tho
henders0n: hell yeah
▶️ See Max Mayfield's listening history! … Never Ending Story by Limahl … Never Ending Story by Limahl … Never Ending Story by Limahl
Dustin Henderson (@henders0n) to Max Mayfield (@MADMAX): i'm serious i'll kill you
Jane Hopper (@jhopper) to Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels): There's a species of snail that can take down a starfish
mikewheels: cool
jhopper: The world's smallest snail can fit through the eye of a needle!
mikewheels: is anybody else getting these snail facts or do you just exist to torture me
jhopper: Dustin says you're moping
mikewheels: dustin is a snitch and a liar and an asshole and his cat hates me
jhopper: Oh!
mikewheels: i just don't really understand why MY plans had to get cancelled for you guys to hang out
jhopper: You're upset because it was plans with Will?
mikewheels: no i'm upset because it was stuff i was looking forward to and then max does what she always does and steps in and controls the situation and she did this when we were dating too and the movie night i was looking forward to all day gets flipped upside down
mikewheels: it's always me she does this shit to not anyone else in the party
jhopper: Do you want her to apologize?
mikewheels: she's not going to mean it if she does
mikewheels: it's fine it's not a big deal
jhopper: Mike.
jhopper: If it feels big to you, then it is big, and it is important. So it's worth talking about. Max will care, and she will mean it. You just have to be honest about it.
mikewheels: oh so the one thing i hate doing. cool
jhopper: I know. It's scary. But sometimes being comfortable means having to do something uncomfortable first.
mikewheels: you're like scarily emotionally intelligent has anyone ever told you that
jhopper: Yes. Many times.
▶️ See Jane Hopper's listening history! … Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles … My Man on Willpower by Sabrina Carpenter … hope ur ok by Olivia Rodrigo
Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels) to Max Mayfield (@MADMAX): hey can i just be a bitch for five minutes and then we never talk about this again
MADMAX: ur always a bitch but continue
mikewheels: nvm
MADMAX: ugh
MADMAX: yes mike this is a safe space. speak
mikewheels: ok
mikewheels: it's just like. i had a shitty day and i was looking forward to hanging out with will tonight and then you're in dms kind of cancelling the plans so that you can steal him and that kinda sucked
mikewheels: and maybe i should talk to will about this too but you know he always just goes along with what people say because he wants to make everyone happy all the time and he knows i'm never actually mad at him which is true but that doesn't mean i'm not like hurt about it or whatever
mikewheels: so when you guys wanna do your powerpuff thing or whatever that's fine but maybe like ask if it's okay to reschedule instead of just cancel
mikewheels: because i love hanging out with dustin and lucas but it's not the same and you know that it's not the same and you are literally the only person i have admitted that to willingly so like.
mikewheels: yeah. whatever
MADMAX: oh fuck are u actually upset
mikewheels: ??? no i just made all of that up to fuck with you
mikewheels: fucking. yeah max i'm just feeling a little weird about it and i'm trying to be honest about it
mikewheels: whatever forget it
MADMAX: no fucker hold on
MADMAX: sorry ur not really honest about shit i meant it when i said this was a safe space
MADMAX: look dude i guess i just didnt think it was that big of a deal. and normally u dont mind when its last minute like this. like i just assume u and will have plans every day so i didnt think abt it like that
mikewheels: yeah normally it's fine today was just shittier than usual so i guess i'm taking it worse than usual haha
MADMAX: ill send him over
mikewheels: what no
mikewheels: he's like. his own person you don't have to send him to me. and i'm with dustin and lucas so i'm fine do your sleepover thing
MADMAX: next time ill ask before i bully people into cancelling whatever else they have going on
MADMAX: u know ur one of my best friends right
mikewheels: yeah i know
MADMAX: im serious.
mikewheels: i said i know
MADMAX: so tell me shit when u think i need to know it so i dont do shit that hurts u
mikewheels: okay
Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels) to Will Byers (@willthewise): i miss you
mikewheels: sorry if that's stupid
willthewise: It's not stupid
willthewise: Are we okay?
mikewheels: yeah sorry i just got in my head about stuff
willthewise: Okay
mikewheels: we're good though
willthewise: It's okay if we're not. I should have told Max that I didn't want to cancel on you
mikewheels: she's like scary convincing i don't blame you
mikewheels: and it's cool. we're hanging out tomorrow
willthewise: Maybe I wanted to hang out tonight and tomorrow
willthewise: As long as you don't get sick of me haha
mikewheels: will i could spend literally every single minute of my life with you forever and never get sick of you
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mikewheels: sorry was that too
mikewheels: no i just meant like
mikewheels: and like
mikewheels: maybe i want to. if you want to. that would be cool.
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mikewheels: please say something lmao
willthewise: Sorry can you be like a little more straightforward on what you're saying I don't want to misunderstand anything
mikewheels: you're not misunderstanding
willthewise: No I'm pretty sure I am so can you just explain it to me
mikewheels: i feel like i'm gonna throw up and i don't actually want to
mikewheels: i was gonna tell you, tonight. i was gonna make you watch empire strikes back with me and i was gonna make a joke about han and leia except we're really like han and luke because el is for sure leia but i was gonna remind you about that time mark hamill said harrison ford gave him a kiss in an unused scene and then i was gonna say something else i don't know i hadn't gotten that far but the point is that i was gonna try and tell you tonight and now you're with max and el which is fine because apparently i'm your hoe so like i guess i don't need to figure out what else i was gonna say and now you know i'm thinking about fucking han solo and luke skywalker kissing except it's you and me and dustin's cat is literally plotting my murder so you can imagine my misery
willthewise: You're my what
mikewheels: hoe
mikewheels: max said bros before hoes. which makes me the hoe
willthewise: Oh my god
Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels): whatever ur texting him just made him bright fucking red btw
mikewheels: how do you know we're texting
MADMAX: he has a mike face u two are honestly pathetic its adorable
mikewheels: oh my god fuck off
Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to Lucas Sinclair (@sinclairlucas): hey i love u
sinclairlucas: who are you and what have you done with my beautiful girlfriend
MADMAX: god forbid a girl get emotionally vulnerable every once in a while
sinclairlucas: i love you too
MADMAX: im aware
sinclairlucas: is this related to mike having his will face on right now
MADMAX: maybe
sinclairlucas: he doesn't share we'll never get will to ourselves 💔
MADMAX: whatever. let them be happy ig
▶️ See Lucas Sinclair's listening history! … Ma Meilleure Ennemie by Stromae, Pomme … Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush … St. Chroma (feat. Daniel Caesar) by Tyler, The Creator
Mike Wheeler (@mikewheels) to Will Byers (@willthewise): you totally don't have to say anything back to that by the way don't feel like you have to
willthewise: I'm trying to think of something to match that
mikewheels: anything you say would match that
willthewise: You just called me Luke Skywalker and the only thing I can think of right now is "you're my hoe"
mikewheels: i love you
mikewheels: help me obi juan whoever the fuck you are… you're my only ho
willthewise: What if we watch Empire Strikes Back tomorrow
willthewise: And you give me your speech
willthewise: And I'll give you mine
mikewheels: you don't have to think up a speech just because i have half of one
willthewise: I've been thinking about kissing you for years Mike Wheeler I don't need to think about a speech I already have one
mikewheels: jesus christ i have to kill max for keeping us apart tonight
willthewise: So? Tomorrow?
mikewheels: yes yeah tomorrow i'll see you tomorrow 💙
willthewise: 💛