room 999 |reddie|

3.

they enter the room, taking in the smell. it didn't smell very good, it smelt like stale cigarettes and expired cheese.

"the smell isn't that pleasant but we'll work with it, eds." richie said.

the bedding has some cigarettes burns. someone definitely smoked in here, despite it being a non-smoking room.

"it's fine," eddie shrugged. "at least i'm with you, that's all that matters."

"you're one of my best friends, eddie."

"and you're one of my best friends, richie."

richie started thinking. i love you. i love you. i love you. i- "love you."

"what?" eddie raised an eyebrow.

"i didn't say anything." richie tried to say.

"rich-"

"eds, please, forget i said anything."

"richie, i love you too. you're my best friend."

yeah, right. best friends.

richie smiled. it doesn't matter if eddie felt platonic or romantic love, he still loved richie.

"i need to go to the store, can you drive me?" eddie asked.

"yeah, of course, anything for my spaghetti." richie said, pinching eddies cheek, then kissing it.

"that's gross, rich." eddie said blushing.

"you like it eds."

richie grabbed his keys and him and eddie headed to the nearest store.

eddie went into the store, and about ten minutes later, he came back.

"okay, let's go," eddie said.

richie turned on the radio which was playing some rock song and drove back to the hotel.

"eds," richie said, turning his head to look at eddie briefly, then turned his head back to the road.

"yeah?"

"have you-" ever had a crush on me "forget it, never mind."

"no, finish your sentence." eddie said.

"it's stupid," richie said by the time they got to the hotel, parking as close to the room number as he could.

"richie,"

"hm?"

"tomorrow is my birthday."

"i know," richie said.

"do you think we can do something special?" eddie looked at richie as they got inside of the room.

"like what, eds?"

"i don't know," they both laughed. "we can go out to eat or something."

"yeah, for now, though, we need to sleep." richie said.

"we need to shower though."

"shit, you're right. shower, then sleep."

"i call rhe shower first!" eddie exclaimed.

"we can shower together." richie joked.

"beep, beep, asshole." eddie said, getting his clothes he's going to sleep in and walked to the little bathroom to shower.

richie waited patiently for eddie to finish his shower, knowing he'd have to wait to take his. let's be honest, there's not much hot water in hotels.

eddie finally got out of the shower after 15 minutes, hair dripping and a towel on his waist.

"jesus what took you so long eds?" richie said.

"not that long,"

richie laughs. eddie raised his eyebrow in confusion, after a few seconds he got why he was laughing.

"shut up rich, you know what i mean."

"if you may know, my dick is really big."

"that's cool, but find who the fuck asked."

"rude," richie muttered.