More than friends {Reddie fanfic}

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The three stayed up for a few more hours until Richie look's next to him seeing a passed out Beverly laying her head on his arm, so after carefully picking her up and bringing her into her bed he walks back into the living room seeing Eddie shutting off the tv letting out a sigh "Everything okay?" Richie ask while dropping down on his make shift bed on the floor.

"Yeah.. It's just, It doesn't really feel real.. Every time I think about it, it just doesn't feel like something she would do yet here I am" Eddie sighs again looking down at Richie seeing the sad look tugging at his face "I'm sorry Eddie.. I really am"

"Why are you sorry? It's not your fault"

"Maybe I shouldn't have kissed you so close to your house, I just didn't expect your mom to be watching out the window or something" Richie shrugs sliding his glasses off Eddie's figure becoming blurry, "It's not your fault Rich, plus maybe it's a good thing it happened this early.. At least I have time to figure out what I'm doing now that I'm all alone" 

"You're not alone Ed's, I'm here.. The rest of the losers are here for you too" 

"I know.. I'm glad you're here, it feel's sort of weird talking to someone knowing they really don't fully understand.. But at least you do, but you got lucky your parents are amazing"

"Yeah they are.. I'm sorry it couldn't have been as easy for you" Richie sighs still looking at Eddie even though at the moment he just looked like a blob of color to him, "Well I don't think it was easy for you, with me like panicking and everything" 

"I thought you were going to like hate me for the rest of our lives, I really didn't want to scare you off"

"I wish I had realized sooner, you liked me for years but I didn't even notice"

"Maybe I'm just really good at hiding" Richie shrugs with a smirk hearing Eddie let out a small chuckle "Yeah I guess so", the room falls silent again Richie leans forward wanting to grab his glasses so he was able to see Eddie's expression to see how he was feeling but before he could slide them up his nose Eddie speaks up finally breaking the silence casted over them. "What if we told the other's?"

"Wait what?" Richie says looking up at him seeing his face crystal clear now, his brown eyes locked on his "With everything that happened, I'm scared of hiding it I just want the other's to know and get it over with.. Plus at least we wouldn't have to like hide it around them"

"I'm up for it if you are" Richie says making a small smile grow on Eddie's face "Really?"

"Yeah of course, I don't want you to be worried all the time and it's sort of like ripping off a bandage right? Might as well just get it over with"

"Yeah okay" Eddie smiles down at him, sure he was nervous but a part of him knew that the loser's wouldn't end up hating them.. It was their thing, they were loser's because they were different.. "Now go to bed before you start thinking up any more idea's" Richie teases making Eddie roll his eyes "Okay fine" he sighs laying his head down on the pillow Bev had giving him laying on his side watching Richie remove his glasses again before laying down rolling onto his side with a relaxed sigh "Night Ed's" 

"Night Rich" Eddie's voice was quiet he's eye's staying looked on Richie wasn't his chest rise up and down, he wasn't tired even though it was nearing midnight he still couldn't find it in him to just close his eyes and fall asleep but with the room so silent his thoughts just become louder.. He rolls over his back facing Richie Eddie closes his eyes hoping that if he just pretended to be tried he would eventually fall asleep, another thirty minutes pass of him just laying there eyes wide open as he stares off into space.. It was no use he just wanted tired he couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard he tried, Richie roll's over onto his other side his tired eyes pealing up when he hears shuffling through his blind blurry vision he see's Eddie figure sat up "Ed's?"