Rain (Reddie)

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A/N: Yoyoyoyo. Here's the first chapter! I've got eight chapters in total written since I've posted this on other platforms, so I'm gonna post one chapter a day. They're about 27-28 and it takes place modern day. This story is so much angst so u kno... buckle up if you decide to go on the journey. Hope y'all enjoy!!!

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"Richie, are you here?"

A trembling, but soft sigh sounded past the blue tinted lips of Eddie Kaspbrak as he closed the wooden door behind him, visibly wincing at the squeaking sounds of his sneakers as they collided with the hardwood floor beneath him.

It was raining. Hard. His previously dry jacket was now soaked to the point that his once-dry clothes took a heavy hit as well.

This caused Eddie's body to tremble like an autumn leaf, but the immense relief he felt once walking into the warm apartment helped to curb the effect a bit.

"Richie? Did you fall asleep in my bed again?" Eddie called out once more, carefully removing his shoes before walking further inside of his small abode.

There wasn't much to his apartment; it unfortunately lacked space. It contained one bedroom, one bathroom, and a kitchen/living room that shared the same area. In fact, the common area wasn't too much bigger than his room, but that was fine to him. He had what he needed. Besides, living in New York meant that any decent apartment would cost a fortune.

He had done his best to make it his own by using subtle, but neat decorations to line his walls and inexpensive furniture in hopes of not making it too cluttered.

After grabbing a towel to dry himself off with, running it over his curls, Eddie walked over to his bedroom to see if his theory was correct. However, a deep frown began to settle on his face when he found both his bed and bedroom empty.

'Where the hell is he?' Eddie thought to himself, trying not to become worked up over his boyfriend's absence.

The first thing he did was try to call Richie a few times once he got off of work. All of the calls went straight to voicemail, which made him a little nervous, but Eddie wasn't too stressed about it. He knew that sometimes Richie forgot to charge his phone and tended to be irresponsible with handling it.

That was when he did the next best thing, and he checked Richie's apartment, which was across town from his. His boyfriend's apartment was slightly more spacious than his, but both of them still preferred to spend more time at his apartment because Richie's apartment was always a wreck.

This too failed, but he knew he had one more destination to check on before beginning to worry, which was to go back to his own apartment. That, obviously, had failed, too.

Eddie honestly thought that Richie might have been over, given by that god awful smell of cigarette smoke that hit him once he walked inside. His apartment would only smell that way if Richie was over. But, alas, he could not find the curly-headed male anywhere.

"Fucking shit, Richie... now I have to go back out in this rain.." He grumbled to himself after changing out of his soaked work outfit into a fresh pair of jeans and a pastel polo shirt.

While changing, he had thought of one last place that his other half could be, and that was at the studio. Richie had been in a band since he was sixteen, and six years later, they were signed and had anticipated to have such an amazing sophomore album release that a headlining world tour could be on the table.

Eddie was so proud of how far Richie had come, but he still wanted to knock his head off for worrying him.

Even though Richie could be irresponsible, it was unlike him to leave Eddie wondering of his whereabouts. He was trying hard not to jump to the worst conclusions, but the unusual lack of communication had his mind racing: What if Richie got hurt? What if he was lying somewhere dying, breathing his very last breath all alone?