Warning: MORE SWEARS! MWAHAHA! How evil am I? Also may be hinting at adult themes(?)

Secrets

He had taken his pill like his mother had asked, with some teasing from the bedroom door with a creepily bent finger. "Why don't you start chanting 'redrum' while you're at it?," Eddie mocked as he dumped the rest of the water down the drain. Of course, Richie did just that.

Eddie escaped Richie and went back into his bedroom, bouncing on the bed as he sat down. Richie followed him but calmly sat next to him, instead of continuing to bother him. Eddie was expecting him to turn at any moment and pounce on him.

Richie was completely content. All his usual sarcastic and savage attitude evaporated, staring blissfully at his Eds. Suddenly he got the perfect idea.

"Wanna play truth or dare?," he asked casually, pretending his heart wasn't pounding in his chest at the very thought. Eddie's guard dropped in surprise.

"What?" He must have heard that wrong. Richie must have insulted him or dared him to do something, or both.

"Truth or dare?," Richie smirked, feigning confidence like always. Eddie hesitated. Richie knew he'd pick truth, that was a no-brainer. He felt like he was being trapped but he wasn't taking a dare from Richie. God no...

"Truth," Eddie said cautiously.

"If you had to fuck a guy from the Losers Club, who would it be?"

"What?!"

Richie sighed. "The Losers Club. You know, me, Stan, Bill, Ben, Mike, you? Can't choose Bev."

"What kind of a fucking question is that?"

"A good one," Richie's smirk widened. "Alright, fine. We'll say 'date'," he said with air quotes after Eddie only stared with disbelief, not saying a word. Eddie looked to the floor after the amended question.

"I... I don't know, Richie," he said after a few thoughts passed. "I guess..." He couldn't choose Bill. Bill didn't deserve to be dragged into this. He was an oblivious but sweet guy and he didn't deserve Richie's teasing. Richie, on the other hand, deserved all the teasing but the only teaser was him. Then Richie would tease him constantly and Richie would tell everyone and no one would believe him when he explained his mind processes. That left the one who could fight back with amazing, out-of-nowhere comebacks... "Stan." He kept his eyes on the floor with a surprisingly straight face. He knew how to play Richie's games, he ought to know them by heart by now. "Truth or dare?"

Richie's heart had fallen through his stomach, through the bed, and splattered on the ground. He wanted to completely fall apart and go home that very second. He kept his composure, though. His idea had taken an ugly, heart-wrenching turn but he wouldn't lose his cover because of it. "Stanley? Stanley Uris? Really?," he asked incredulously, his voice going up an octave at every other word.

"Would you just shut up and answer!? I answered yours!" Richie didn't answer right away. He saw his friend's face flush a darker red than the irritation around his nose. Richie's heart was into the soil below the house by then, and with it, his feelings, buried deep below the Kaspbrak house.

"I'd choose Bill," Richie blurted, but he knew what he was doing. "I like his black hair and slim figure... not to mention, his eyes are gorgeous... and his skin... flawless," he seemed to trail off since his voice became soft but he wasn't finished. "And his voice is the cutest thing in the world..."

"Oh... ka-y?," Eddie somehow felt even more uncomfortable after that. "I'm pretty sure Bill has brown hair not black hair..."

"It looks like black to me."

"Well, it's brown."

"It's the same thing, Eds."

"It's really not, Dick," he retorted, hiding his smugness of calling him a nickname that he hates.

"You little shit," Richie said through gritted teeth. He moved quickly into Eddie's "bubble" and Eddie squeaked in response. Richie grabbed his shoulders firmly and almost growled in his face.

"It's not fai-r," Eddie whined. "You call me Eds all the freaking ti-me."

"Well, you don't scare me. But I scare you so it works for me."

"I can be scary," Eddie pouted. Richie laughed obnoxiously in his friend's face. "I can!"

"Yeah, and I'm a girl that has telekinetic powers."

"What?," Eddie asked, very confused. Richie sighed in annoyance. "What?," he said defensively.

"Read a damn book for once..."

AN: What? Two Steven King references in a chapter of a Steven King based universe? What insanity! If you didn't get the references, the first one was The Shining and the second one was my girl, Carrie. But be warned! I don't any of them! Just in case any of you thought I was the King himself... yeahhh...