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jealousy

will byers is in this but only for the sake of another character- it is still the IT universe and stranger things is not relevant here

Richie walked down the hall at school, hand in hand with his boyfriend of four months: Will Byers. For almost a year, Richie had been hopelessly in love with his best friend, Eddie Kaspbrak. But he knew the boy could never love him back, so for the majority of that year he'd been working on getting over him.

Then he met Will. Will was new to Derry, and Richie had immediately taken a liking to him. He was small, sensitive, and adorably paranoid. He reminded Richie of someone, but he didn't know who.

"I've got to go to class Rich." Will stopped and smiled at his boyfriend, standing on his tiptoes to kiss his cheek.

"I'll wait here for you after" Richie winked and kissed the smaller boy's head, waving as he walked into his classroom.

Richie turned and caught the eye of a red faced, glaring Eddie. The look of anger on his face disappeared the second they made eye contact- but Richie knew he'd seen it. What was he so mad about? Now that Richie thought about it, Eddie had been acting weird for a while lately. He'd been a lot more distant, ignoring the Loser's calls and walking alone in the hallways. Before Richie could ask Eddie what was wrong- the boy was lost in a crowd of students all rushing different directions. Richie sighed and made his way to class, deciding to talk to Eddie after school.

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Richie ran and caught up with Eddie as he walked home alone, again. Eddie looked up at the curly haired boy and Richie saw his face fall. It hurt Richie seeing that his best friend was actually upset to see him.

"Eddie- what's going on? You've been avoiding everyone all week."

"Nothing Richie, I don't have to spend every second with you guys." Eddie said sharply, and even though his small innocent voice could never sound angry, Richie knew he was trying.

"Eddie what's going on with you? Is it your mom or something?" Richie asked, and Eddie wanted to laugh at how oblivious he was.

"It's not my mom Richie!" Eddie snapped with a burst of confidence, "it's you! I can't be around you!"

"What...?" Richie stared at him, confused.

"You and Will. It hurts me seeing you two together! I've had a crush on you since I've known what a crush was! And you completely look past me and now you're with some stranger..." Eddie swallowed, his anxiety taking over again. His instinct was to run, to ignore everything he'd just said and continue to push away his feelings. But he couldn't. Because Richie had grabbed both of his shoulders and pressed his lips against Eddie's.

Once Eddie got over his initial shock, he kissed Richie back for a count of five seconds before the taller boy let go of him, pulling away to reveal his bright red cheeks. Eddie knew his were the same color, and he couldn't help but smile.

"Eds... God it's always been you. Always."

Eddie was quiet for a long time, a grin playing on his lips before he spoke up.

"Don't call me that." He grinned and Richie just brought the boy into his arms. That's when he realized.

Will reminded him of Eddie. Eddie's sensitivity, his paranoia, his size and how delicate he seemed. But they would never be the same. Because Eddie was the boy Richie loved.

i didn't mean to make richie cheat on will i just forgot about will for a second don't judge me i don't condone cheating