Richie's PoV (fr I was shocked too)
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Fucking Valentine's Day.
It's a useless holiday. I didn't even know why it had to be a thing. In my own personal opinion, it was just an excuse to fuck your significant other.
I walked out of my house and into the mushy, almost melted snow. Time for another fucking day at school.
"Wait up!" I heard someone call down the street to me.
I turned around to see Eddie huffing and puffing, trying to catch up to me.
"Hey Eddie Spaghetti," I said lazily.
"Hi Rich."
Eddie started off a long strand of words, "I think I want to tell Brandy today but what if she doesn't like me back and it ruins our friendship and I die!?"
I groaned, "I don't know! Why don't you pick her a flower or something?"
"That's a good idea," Eddie responded, frantically looking around to find a flower to pick.
He ended up settling on a little pink flower I didn't know the name of.
"Is this one okay!?" he asked me, concern in his eyes.
I nodded, "it'll be fine, Eddie. Don't worry about it."
Eddie and Brandy were killing me. They were worse than Bill and Bev. At least Bill and Bev weren't completely ignorant to the fact that the other liked them back. Brandy and Eddie could go on like this for years, both of them wanting each other so bad, but neither of them doing anything about it.
"So who do you want to ask to be your Valentine, Rich?" Eddie asked me.
A name popped into my head.
Fuck no.
Never.
She was annoying as fuck.
I shrugged, "Valentine's Day is just a stupid holiday where people's stupid parents show their stupid love for each other, and I sit at my house and listen to mine fight. It's fucking pointless."
Eddie seemed to not know how to respond.
"But ya know I might just hook up with a hottie tonight," I said with a smile, trying to lighten the mood.
Eddie rolled his eyes. It was never spoken of, but he and I both knew I was a virgin.
The school came into view, "Okay," Eddie said, breathing out.
He began to approach the school, ready to finally tell Brandy about his feelings for her.
"Go get em tiger!" I called after him.
I saw the flower slip out of his hands as he watched a scene unfold in front of him. He turned back to me, a teary glint visible in his misty eyes.
"I-I'm sorry Eds."
He gulped back, "it's fine. At least I didn't make a fool of myself."
"Hey," I said brightly, "at least now you can stop obsessing over a girl way out of your league!"
"Beep beep Richie," Eddie mumbled, looking at the ground.
Shit. Did I say the wrong thing again?
Eddie looked back up at me. I hated to see him this crushed. None of this added up. Brandy liked Eddie back.
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Eddie's PoV
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I watched as Lucas handed Brandy a large box of chocolates. I watched as she accepted them and pulled him into a hug, a smile on her face.
She likes chocolate covered strawberries more than plain chocolate.
I let the little pink flower slip from between my fingers and hit the floor, my heart hitting the floor right next to it.
I turned back to Richie, holding back tears.
Richie tried to help, but it only made me feel worse.
I ended up tuning him out and just walking away. Walking to class.
"Hey Eddie!" Brandy said, a huge smile on her face. Jeez why was she so cute? Why was she making this so hard for me.
"Hi," I said coldly.
Her smile faltered. I didn't want to be the reason she frowned, but I couldn't help it.
"I see you have a valentine."
Brandy smiled, looking back at the box in her hands.
"No, but Lucas got me chocolates. Isn't that sweet? He got boxes of chocolate for all of his closest friends."
I nodded, "so are you two more than friends?" There wasn't any emotion in my voice. I was angry.
"No!" Brandy said, sounding rushed.
I wasn't convinced, but I let it drop. My heart was still dragging on the floor. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to think.
"Okay. I have to go."
She nodded, "all right. Can we hang out tonight?"
"No. I can't."
Brandy smiled less. But I didn't care right now. Why couldn't she just go hang out with Lucas? She seemed to enjoy that quite a bit.
"W-why not?" she asked.
"I'm busy."
I pushed past her and walked to my first period class, regretting everything of the prior conversation. I couldn't think of another way to show my distaste for the situation.
I wished she'd just love me back. I wished I could just tell her all the things she did to me. I wished I could somehow make her understand how much she meant to me. Make her comprehend that I wanted her more than anything else.
But I couldn't. I could never turn my emotions for her into words. I could never fit everything in.
So I bottled them up and turned them into anger.
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A/N:
This chapter kind of hurt not gonna lie. Tbh I hope y'all cried bc I almost did just because of how Eddie dropped the flower sadly.
