Rainbow in the dark.

6.

Eddie drove in silence. Not even his music was playing. He kept looking over to y/n to see how they were feeling but y/n was facing toward the window. He kept trying to speak but the words wouldn't come out. Probably because he didn't even know what to say.

Finally he simply said "are you okay?"

Y/n slowly turned away from the window, but didn't look at Eddie. They just looked down at their lap. "I can't believe he's here. Please tell me he doesn't go to Hawkins High too?"

Eddie sighed quietly. "Yeah. Yeah he does."

Y/n closed their eyes in despair and said just one word. "Fuck."

Eddie took a few moments trying to figure out what to say next. He didn't want to upset y/n any more than they already were. But he also wanted to know the history. Y/n was obviously scared of Billy.

He look at y/n once again but hesitated before he spoke. "So... uhhh... what's the story there anyway?"

Y/n finally looked at Eddie. "What?"

"Well I'm guessing he's an ex or something? And it ended badly?" Eddie spoke softly.

Y/n huffed. "You could say that, yeah. And he's kind of the reason I got kicked out of my last school."

Eddie looked back over to y/n, confused. "How? He's been here a year longer than you."

"Because he cheated on me."

Eddie was shocked. The thought of anyone cheating on y/n was just insane to him. They were amazing. But he was also still confused. "Well he's definitely an idiot for cheating. But I still don't get how he got you kicked out?"

Y/n huffed again. "Because the stupid bitch that he cheated on me with wouldn't stop talking about it. Even over a year after it happened. One day she caught me in a really bad mood and I just snapped. I hit her in the face with a chair. Apparently I broke her nose or something."

Realisation hit Eddie. "Ahhh, the cheerleader right?"

Confused, y/n looked back at Eddie. "Wait... how did you know that?"

He smiled slightly. "Dustin."

A small laugh left y/n's mouth. "That little shit."

Eddie looked over to y/n again, his smile had grown this time. He had heard y/n's laugh and felt an immense sense of relief.

He didn't want y/n to notice him staring so quickly looked back at the road in front of him before speaking again. "So uhhh... what's the plan now? Do you want me to take you home?"

Y/n answered extremely quickly. "No. I can't go home. My aunt will know somethings wrong and I really don't want to get into this with her tonight." They paused for a moment before looking up Eddie. "And I don't really want to be alone right now."

Eddie looked toward y/n and for the first time since getting into the van their eyes finally met. "Well.... You could come back to my place? If you want to..."

A slight smile grew on their face. "Really? You don't mind?"

Eddie smiled back. "Of course I don't mind. Why would I?"

"Thankyou Eddie. You're actually really sweet."

Eddie could feel himself blushing. So he simply whispered "shut up." Which made y/n giggle.

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After driving in silence again for a while longer, they finally arrived at Eddies trailer. Eddie quickly jumped out his van and ran round to y/n's door and opened it for them.

"Here we are. It's uhhh... not exactly great, but it's home." He was clearly nervous about y/n seeing where he lived.

Y/n smiled softly. "I think it's wonderful."

Eddie smiled back before leading them inside.

As soon as they got through the door Eddie stared frantically tidying up. Y/n noticed it was quite messy but they didn't care.

"I'm sorry about the mess. I don't usually have people here."

"It's fine Eddie" y/n reassure. "I don't care about mess."

Eddie didn't stop. "It's not fine. It's gross."

Y/n moved closer to him. "Eddie it's fine honestly, you don't have to tidy up for me."

He still didn't stop. Y/n moved even closer and took eddies hands so he couldn't pick anything else up. Their eyes met again.

Eddies heart was racing. He let out a soft "sorry"

Y/n, still holding his hands, giggled. "Stop saying sorry, what's going on?"

Eddie looked startled. "What...what do you mean? Nothings going on."

"You seem... nervous."

Eddie sighed. "That obvious, huh?" He thought to himself. He spoke aloud "maybe... I am nervous."

Y/n looked directly into Eddies eyes. "Why?" They said softly.

Eddies heart was racing so fast at this point, that he spoke without thinking. "Because you're here. And you make me nervous."

"Why do I??"

"Because... you're beautiful. And beautiful people make me nervous." Eddie broke eye contact immediately after speaking and looked to the ground.

Y/n smiled again. They placed their hand on Eddies face bringing it up to look at them again. "You think I'm beautiful?"

Eddie looked confused. "Of course I do. Doesn't everyone?"

They sighed. "Actually, you're the first person to use that word."

Eddie was shocked. There was no way that no one had ever called y/n beautiful before. They were the most beautiful person he had ever seen.

"Well now you're lying to me because..." Eddie was cut off by a loud knocking at the door.

Fear overtook y/n's face again.

"Wait here.." Eddie whispered.

"No, Eddie wait!"

"Hey, it's okay. I'll go see who it is and get rid of them." He reassured as he moved toward the door.

A million thoughts shot through their mind. Was it Billy? Was it Eddies friends coming to tell them that Billy beat Steve to death? The cops?!