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flowers

reddie

eddie liked flowers- this was probably due to the fact he was ever so frequently under the influence of his mom, who happened to be utterly obsessed with flowers and the way they were so different yet all shared a mutual glory. but nonetheless, he liked flowers, and gardening, for that matter. even if he hated to admit it. the way they bloom at different points in the year, the way they are just so absolutely gorgeous.

the one loser who knew this was the one you'd think would be least likely to know- and it was richie. richie trashmouth tozier- who, upon finding out about his little backyard garden, threatened to tell everyone jokingly. with eddie's luck, he genuinely thought he was telling the truth. but he wasn't. he had kept his secret love for flowers, well.. a secret, for longer than eddie thought he would have been able to. and he didn't seem like he would falter soon (if ever, but this is the trashmouth we're talking about).

and so, here richie stood, admiring eddie as he rambled on about the differences between annuals and perennials. he already knew this (eddie rambled about this frequently, under the impression that richie wasn't listening, of course). if any other loser had known about this, they would freak at how eddie got richie to shut up like this- because he was literally the only one who could do it, and even richie himself acknowledged that.

"are you even listening, rich?" eddie quickly said, looking up at the boy just admiring him with love in his eyes that he clearly didn't see.

"oh- uh, yeah. personals, or whatever." richie said, pretending to not have been paying attention so he could listen to the rambling again some other day- as usual.

"ugh, perennials, you mean. sometimes i can't tell if im happy you know about my love for flowers or not with the way you clearly don't care for them yourself." he said, which made richie smile. both of them knew eddie loved to tell richie about flowers. even if one would never admit this, and the other could blabber on and on about it teasingly for hours on end.

"perennials, personnel. same things to me." he shrugged slightly, with a sly smile spreading across his lightly freckled face. eddie sighed, looking away to avoid richie seeing his smile or the way he slightly giggled. he would never admit that he found richie funny- he wanted to keep up the angry facade.

but he loved the way he teased him, and he would honestly be happy to be teased every day for the rest of his life if that meant he could spend the rest of this life with richie.

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a/n : a bit of a shorter update, but you should totally vote for this !!!