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eighteen

richie and eddie had been dating for a few weeks when they decided it would be good to tell their friends. 

the four of them were sitting at the library table, eddie and richie were holding hands underneath the table. both with sweaty palms the boys were ready to confess.

"guys," richie started. "stanley, bill." he had gotten their attention.

the too boys looked mildly concerned but eddie couldn't help to notice the slight smirk stanley had tugging on his lips. 

"well come on spill." bill spoke. 

"eddie..." richie trailed of. 

"richie and i are dating!" eddie couldn't wait longer. he knew richie wouldn't get it out, but he was just to excited to wait.

"knew it!" stanley called. 

"that's n-no f-f-fair!" cried bill. "y-you had inside i-info!" 

"w-what are you guys going on about?" richie asked. 

"i told bill that you guys would get together, he just didn't believe me." stanley laughed as if this were funny. eddie knew it slightly was. they didn't try to hard to hide it, and if they did they failed miserably.

"oh my god." richie sighed. 

"you guys weren't very secretive." stanley laughed. 

the four boys continued their banter until the bell rang. after their next few classes richie drove eddie home. "do you want me to hang out?" richie asked. 

"sure." eddie smiled. he could never turn down richie. 

the two walked into eddie's house and were greeted by his mother. "hello richie! hi baby!" she kissed eddie's cheeks and gave eddie and richie hugs. 

"we're just going to be upstairs." eddie's mom nodded and left the two of them be. 

"so what do you want to do?" asked richie. 

"chee, you ask every time but in the end you just want to cuddle." eddie accused. although it was entirely true. 

"i can't help it." richie said pulling eddie down onto the bed with him. eddie just sank into richie letting his tall body absorb himself.

"i know you can't." eddie nestled into richie's neck leaving soft pecks on his skin. 

"eddie stop." richie mumbled, his face growing red.

eddie detached his lips from richie's ski and smirked. "why?" he quizzed. 

"because you make me soft. i'm supposed to be the tough guy." complained richie. 

"and what if i love it?" eddie snuggled closer to richie if it were possible. 

"well then i guess i'd have to live through it to make you happy." eddie playfully hit richie's chest when the doorbell rang. eddie expected his mother to answer, and she did. soon eddie was called down. 

"i'll be just a minute." eddie informed before running nimbly down the stairs. 

when he reached the bottom of the stairs his gaze met with stanley's. stanley let out a heavy sigh. "stan?" eddie questioned. 

"can i talk to you?" stanley requested jumping straight to the point. 

"of course." eddie grinned always welcoming his dear friend. stanley cleared his throat. 

"alone." he suggested. eddie complied and walked stanley out to the front deck. they sat down on the steps in front of the door and it was silent.

"what is it you wanted to talk about?" eddie began. he knew stanley wouldn't.

"i wanted t-when did y-ho-" stanley couldn't get his words out until, "how did you know richie liked you back." he blurted. 

"what do you mean?" eddie asked stupidly. 

"i mean, like..." stanley sighed once more. "when it's a girl you know, you can ask her if she likes you. if she does she does, if she doesn't it's usually normal." eddie nodded in acknowledgement. "but when it's a guy." eddie knew where this was going. "if you ask him and he doesn't it becomes extra weird. it's just this whole risk of, what if they don't even like boys." eddie scooted closer to stanley and wrapped his arm around him. 

"remember that party?" stanley tried to recall the thoughts.

"the one you and i went home early from?" he confirmed. 

"yes. well anyways, you took me to your place. i was going to sleep there but for the benefit of both you and i richie took me home. except he didn't take me home. he took me to his house. he knew my mother would have a fit if i came home so late so it was easier to stay the night at his house. richie let me sleep in the bed while he slept on the floor. the next morning he brought me to breakfast, told me he wouldn't let me go unfed. then he took me home." eddie explained.

"well that's all simple stuff, anyone could do that." stan pointed out. 

"well yea, but you just know." stanley seemed to still be confused. 

"i mean i could give you the example where he confessed his love to me when he thought i was sleeping." 

"gosh that's too obvious." stanley complained. 

"look stan, if you really want to know you will. i know it sounds dumb but it's that easy. if you want a second opinion you'll have to te-"

"no. stanley rejected the offer. "i think i'll figure it out myself. t-thanks for helping eddie. i'll see you another time." stanley and eddie hugged then eddie went back upstairs to richie. 

"what was that about?" he asked.

"stanley's relationship issues." richie just laughed and took eddie back into his arms.