Do Not Fucking Touch Me // Reddie

Fifteen

(Richie's POV)

Eddie and I sat in the park on a picnic blanket and ate our lunch. We were the big kids now, eighth graders. Henry Bowers' minions moved on to high school. They wouldn't bother us anyway if they were still here, no one dared say a foul word to my Eddie or about our relationship. I could tell some people disagreed with it. My guidance counsellor thought I was much happier being with him. Even my parents warmed up to the idea.

"So, in Mrs. Kelly's class," Eddie chewed on carrots from a ziplock bag, "She leaned over to pick up a pencil and I could see her fucking asscrack."

I burst out laughing. Eddie has grown so much more confident in the past month. He washes his hands the amount a regular person would. He doesn't even take pills anymore. He threw away his inhaler, but I would always keep it in my pocket just in case.

I painted a grossed out expression on my face. "Disgusting!"

Eddie laughed. "I know! No class, no class at all."

He packed me a lunch that day. He did that every day. We took the same bus to school, and he would hand me a brown paper baggie full of homemade snacks. He was so thoughtful. He packed me peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crust cut off, apple slices, anything my heart so desired, as he told me.

I got contact lenses. Eddie lay down on the blanket with his garbage to the side, looking up at me. In his humble opinion, I look much better without glasses. He said that they were too cloudy, and blocked out the beauty of my eyes, or whatever nonsense he was going on about. I truthfully didn't believe him. Sure, I didn't think I looked that great with the glasses, but without them just felt weird. Plus I had to stick some weird thing in my eye every morning. But hey, if Eddie Kapsbrack thought that I was cuter, I was all for that.

"You have really long eyelashes," he said, starry eyed.

I fluttered them and rolled my eyes back. "Oh these thangs, darlin'?" I joked.

I laid down next to him on the blanket and kicked my lunch aside.

"Hey! I put a lot of effort into that," Eddie scolded. I shook his curls with my hand.

"I wish we didn't have to go to school tomorrow," I sighed.

"Jeez, was my story about Mrs. Kelly too graphic for ya?"

I laughed. "No, no. Just... I want to stay here, you know? I want to lay here on this picnic blanket in the park with you and I want this moment to last forever."

"I love you," I spat out. I thought it, I didn't even know I was saying the words aloud. When I realized that I had, I turned to Eddie. I frowned. He wasn't saying anything. He was just looking at me, staring at me.

"Richie.." he said.

I rolled over to face away from him. My eyes welled up with tears. Of course he doesn't love you, you fucking idiot, I thought to myself. Who could love you?

He tapped gently on my shoulder and I turned my head to him.

"Richie I love you too," he said. He pulled my face closer to his and kissed me gently on my forehead.

I couldn't help it. I was so happy. I was happier than I had ever been. The tears from the corners of my eyes seeped out without stopping them. I couldn't help it.

Eddie's lips collided with mine, suddenly. He pulled away and looked at me, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Richie... Why are you crying?" he asked, desperately pushing away the drops from my cheeks.

I shrugged. "For a second there, I thought you didn't love me back. I just couldn't take that."

He pouted and gave me a full dose of his cute-ass puppy dog eyes.

"I've loved you for a while now. And I fall for you even more every day, Richie. You make me so happy. Can't you see that? It's all because of you."

I smiled gently and pulled Eddie into my arms. He kissed me all over my cheeks until I couldn't stop giggling, I thought I was the one who was going to need the inhaler.

He really loved me. I couldn't help but find it hard to believe. But each kiss, each hug, each teasing nickname and each bagged homemade lunch, told me it was true. I was so in love with this boy it brought me to tears. I held him tight and I knew until one of us died, I would never let him