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four

eddie woke up in a bed that was neither his or stanley's. he took a quick breath in and almost immediately recognized the room as richard tozier's. he opened his eyes to see the dorky boy laying on the carpeted floor with a blanket and pillow. 

eddie didn't want to wake him but he didn't want to leave him on the floor either. "rich." he said, with a voice so raspy it cracked a hundred times with that one word. 

richie didn't hear him so eddie woke him up physically, he stuck his pinky into his mouth and immediately after into richie's ear. richie jolted out of his comfortable position to be met face to face with eddie. with that thought he was comfortable again. 

"get in your bed, loser." richie groaned grabbing the pillow and blanket pulling himself into the bed. eddie just stood there and smiled.

"well," richie started. "aren't you coming?" he offered. 

eddie just shook his head. "i'm gonna head home." eddie sighed. he didn't want to go home, but he couldn't fall back asleep and he knows that's all richie wanted to do. 

"let me drive you at least, my parents don't work 'til later. they won't mind if i take the car." eddie nodded. richie of course wanted to get dressed before they left. eddie was already in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. 

richie quickly changed his pajamas into a pair of jeans a red hoodie. eddie looked away as richie pulled his shirt over his head. 

"gosh, eds i'm free you know." eddie just groaned. the two walked out of the room together and richie grabbed the car keys off of the hook. "let's go." 

eddie walked around to the other side of the car as richie and buckled his seat-belt, something richie never bothered to do. even if it were a day richie decided to he could never admit he got nervous, plus it annoyed eddie.

richie and eddie drove for a while before richie took a turn that didn't lead to eddie's house. 

"wrong turn dumbass." eddie pointed out.

"i can't let my boy go home unfed." it was close to nothing but for some reason the words rang on repeat in eddie's head. my boy. 

"so where are we going?" eddie was now curious to what restaurant they'd be eating at, or if it was even a restaurant. 

"just ihop." richie told him. eddie nodded and tucked his knees up and facing richie's direction. he was still sleepy and richie admired every bit of it. of course he'd never admit that.

he turned the volume of the radio slightly up to hear what was playing, it was nothing he knew but it killed the silence before the silence killed him. he softly pulled up to the ihop parking lot. it was nearly empty it was a saturday and people usually ate brunch here. "alright eds." they both got out of the car. eddie stood close to richie not wanting to be left behind. though in an empty lot that was nearly impossible. 

the two got seated at the table. eddie ordered a hot chocolate while richie ordered a coffee. the made small talk, richie was always able to make eddie giggle. eddie rested his head on his hand while they waited for their food. their drinks had already arrived. 

richie couldn't help put stare at the soft face sat across from him. untamed curls that lay on his forehead and the lightly spread freckles that led to his bright smile. "i'm so fucking happy you're alive." he admitted.

"why's that?" eddie asked before taking a sip of his hot chocolate. richie didn't want eddie to hear that but now he had to build off of it. 

"well that's a stupid question, aren't you glad you're alive?" it was supposed to be rhetorical but eddie answered anyways.

"most of the time." richie sighed at the response. 

"plus, i can't take stanley on cute breakfast dates. he'd get annoying." richie laughed but on the inside eddie froze up and richie knew it. 

"date, huh?" he teased. in reality he was freaking out. richie just called this a date, is that what it was?

throughout the time they were eating eddie couldn't stop thinking about that. he never even imagined thinking of richie like that but it seems now that the idea was brought up it didn't seem so far fetched. eddie did admire richie. though he was a complete asshat he was still so precious when he smiled.