Sorry for the lack of posting! I've been really sick and haven' been able to do much!
Ben, Bev, Bill, Stan, and Mike were fighting over where Richie and Eddie were. They'd been looking for them for almost an hour with no luck. They checked the quarry, the clubhouse, the park, Bev snuck into the movies to check, and they checked the ice cream shop.
"They have to be at Eddie's! Richie would have picked up the phone if they were at his house!" Stanley argued. "Yeah, w-well we c-called Eddie's h-house and S-Sonia answered," Bill said crossing his arms.
Stanley and Bill were slowly starting to argue a bit like Richie and Eddie, but no one really caught onto it. Like an old married couple.
"So, we'll just go to Eddie's, then Richies," Mike said. It was an obvious answer but it was the Losers if they didn't argue like this it wasn't even them. Ben nodded in agreement, and Bev just went along with that.
Richie and Eddie were laying in Richie's bed cuddling. It had been a week since their date and Richie was unable to be separated from Eddie. Richie thought he might have separation issues from the whole Pennywise thing. He wasn't sure if it fucked him up worse than he imagined.
It definitely got Eddie too. You almost never found Eddie at his house anymore after he found out his mom lied to him for so long. He couldn't face her and always fought with her. He hated his house and he hated the pharmacy.
Richie wanted to just protect him from everything. He hated thinking about Eddie in pain or danger. Eddie was having a bad day, and Richie was not letting anyone come in the way of him being with Eddie.
Eddie was currently asleep and on top of Richie. Richie couldn't get up and was forced to just lay there. He kind of had to pee but he didn't want to disturb the precious boy. Richie looked around his room. He started to drift off to sleep.
The Losers made their way to Eddie's house. They all fought over who would go to Eddie's window to check if they were in his house. They decided Stanley because if anything went wrong, Sonia always liked him the most.
Stanley climbed in through the window to find the room empty. He groaned and shook his head. Fucking Bill was right. He would never hear the end of this one. He quickly climbed out the window when he heard someone down the hall. Mike closed the window and they all ran.
"They're definitely at Richie's," Ben said. Bill smiled slightly but didn't say anything.
They made it to Richie's house and Ben knocked on the door. Maggie opened the door in a rush. "Oh! Hello, I was just leaving," She said "We were just looking for Richie," Beverly said sweetly. Maggie smiled. "He's upstairs, I think Sonia's boy is with him. I'd stay and make you all something but I really have to get going."
The Losers said bye to Maggie before heading inside.
~ A few minutes before
The two boys woke up to Maggie knocking on Richie's bedroom door. Eddie quickly scrambled off of him. She opened the door and they pretended to be reading comics. "Hey mom," Richie said looking up.
"Hey sweetie, I have to get going. I have a meeting with your father out of town," She said. "I remember, you told me last week, I know the rules." Maggie smiled and stepped in the room quickly to plant a kiss on Richie's cheek. She waved to Eddie before leaving the room, leaving it open slightly behind her.
"That was close," Eddie said tossing the comic to the side. When they were sure she was gone. Richie nodded flopping down on the bed. Eddie laid next to him. Richie turned his head to face Eddie. He placed his hand on Eddie's cheek and they locked eyes.
They laid there looking into each other's eyes for almost 30 seconds before they both leaned in to kiss.
As their lips touched the Losers all walked in. "Woah! What the hell?" Everyone but Stan and Bev said in union. Richie and Eddie quickly got away from each other. "I- We weren't doing anything!" Eddie cried.
"Uhhh... right..." Ben said. Richie looked like he was about to die of embarrassment. Eddie started feeling around his pockets for his inhaler. He puffed it twice before he started pacing the room.
"So, anyone wanna explain this?" Mike asked confused. Richie sighed and shook his head. "I was desperate for Eddie's mom but he was the only one around," He joked hoping to lighten the situation a little bit. Eddie turned to look at him. "Seriously?"
"Okay, Eddie and I... were... checking each other's breath," Richie said. "Richie!" Everyone shouted, demanding an answer. Eddie groaned. "We're dating. We have been dating for a month."
"W-what? W-why didn't y-you tell us?" Bill asked. "Eddie didn't want anyone to know he's... ya know. He'd get the shit beaten out of him or something," Richie said putting his arm around Eddie. "I just wanted him to be happy."
"Woah, Richie can be nice?" Beverly joked. "Eddie and his mom know a lot about me being nic-" "Beep beep Richie," Eddie said pushing Richie's arm off of his shoulder. "Don't push me away! Five minutes ago you were sleeping on top of m-" "Shut up!" Eddie said as his face turned bright red.
"I'm gonna kiss you," Richie said. "Do not fucking kiss me!" "I'm gonna do it." Richie turned Eddie to face him and kissed him quickly. "See! I kissed you," Richie said grinning.