Based off Eddie's idea of sex.
Eddie finished his explanation, slightly out of breath from talking for so long. He frowned in confusion at the looks on Bill and Richie's faces. It was an embarrassing mixture of shock and amusement.
"What?" Eddie said defensively, squirming under their gazes.
Richie closed his mouth, that was slightly agaped, and looked over at Bill.
"Bill you wanna-" Richie started until Bill interrupted him with a 'Nope', shaking his head with a smirk. "Yeah Eds. That sure is how it works." Richie said, barley concealing the laughter in his voice and patted him in the shoulder.
Irritation flowed through Eddie as he shrugged Richie's hand from his shoulder.
"Get off me Richie! What's so funny?" he asked, his voice coming out more shrill rather than demanding as he hoped.
"Nothing Eds. You're just so garsh darn cute!" Richie said in a Minnesotan accent, leaning over to squeeze Eddie's prepubescent cheeks.
The gesture only made Eddie angrier and he shoved Richie off him, causing him to fall over onto the ground. That was when Richie finally lost it, quaking with laughter. Bill could no longer hold in his own laughter and let out a few chuckles, mostly laughing at Richie's laugh.
Eddie felt a wave of shame flow over him, making his skin itch and flush. He hoped the ground would swallow him whole, but instead he hopped to his feet and started to storm away.
"Eddie come on." Bill said, laughter dying.
"Yeah Eds. We was only jokin is awll!" Richie said doing one of the Stooges.
Richie reached out and quickly grabbed at Eddie's ankle. Eddie's felt his heart beat faster and harder, Richie was gone. The hand grasping his jean clad ankle was a sickly yellow, the skin flaking and peeling with the tips where the fingernails once were a bright red. The hand squeezed Eddie's ankle tighter
(I'll do it for a dime!)
and Eddie didn't dare look it in the face.
"Get off get off! Stop calling me Eds and get off!" Eddie screamed, violently shaking his ankle until the hand released. He fell back onto the grass and scrambled back.
"Eddie?" a gentle voice asked and Eddie dared look up. Richie and Bill were staring at him, laughter ceased and wide smiles were replaced with concern. Eddie's eyes moved frantically between the two to his ankle. His chest rose rapidly and he realized that the air was thin, too thin and he felt as if the world was resting on his lungs. He quickly reached into his pocket for his inhaler, only to realize that it was not there. Eddie breath came fast as he rapidly looked around.
"Where's his inhaler? Fuck Eddie man I'm sorry! I-shit!" Richie said quickly, looking around.
"It's right here!" Bill yelled, snatching the inhaler off the ground from where Eddie was sitting and tossed it to Richie. Richie didn't bother to wipe the the inhaler off and shoved it into Eddie's mouth. Eddie inhaled as Richie activated the plunger and he immediately started to breathe easier, vaguely aware of Rich rubbing his back.
After a few minutes Eddie's heartbeat was normal as was his breathing and Eddie was now more aware of Richie's touch, the sensation too nice and comforting.
"You okay Eddie?" Bill asked, eyes scanning Eddie's face. Eddie hugged his knees and nodded a few times before bursting into tears. Eddie's body shook and quaked as Bill and Eddie's did which seemed so long ago. His tears flowed quickly, soaking the knees of his jeans, and a gross trail of snot was rapidly reaching his mouth.
"Eddie come on man. What's got you atwitter ol boy ol pal?" Richie asked in one of his stupid voices and somehow Eddie was able to smile despite his tears, thinking cynically that he was one more emotion away from a bed at Juniper Hill. After Richie told some more terrible voices, Eddie calmed down.
"Eddie do you wanna..." Bill trailed off. "Talk?"
Eddie knew for sure he wanted to talk. He wanted to talk about what happened to him on 29 Neilbolt Street, he wanted to talk about the things he saw day and night and he wanted to talk about how Richie's hands on him felt so right and made his stomach flip.
"What was so funny?" Eddie asked, wiping his cheeks and looked between the two.
Bill and Richie looked at each other before bursting out into laughter again, this time Eddie joining in.