miller's; richie tozier x reader

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[a/n: y'all are SLEEPING ON OUR IMAGINES CONTEST.]

y/n

a couple weeks into althea's recovery, richie distanced himself from aviana and the bowers. he started sitting alone and he became a quiet, innocent boy.

to anyone that didn't know richie (or didn't know him enough), he was just a shy boy with no friends to be with at lunch. but to the losers, we saw his thoughts right as they appeared to his head.

to our fortune (or misfortune), we were on our field trip on that day. we were at a farm that was a couple hours out of derry.

the bus ride consisted of teachers making students pray the rosary, althea and bill falling asleep on each other, eddie with a dizzy head, stan looking for birds, ingrid and bev giggling like crazy, ben and i talking about recent school events, and a lonely richie staring at the window.

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during lunch, we sat at the round tables at a field within the farm. it was a sunny afternoon with enough wind to make you feel cold despite the sun.

of course, richie sat alone. sitting on a chair, separated from any round table to lessen the waste of a table he'd be occupying when 10 other people should be seated there

"he's back feeling sorry for himself," stan commented.

"hu-he should b-be." bill scoffed. bev grunted and responded, "don't be so rude, guys. we'll end up just like him."

the conversation was silenced as everyone continued to look down and poke their food.

althea lifted her head from the x-men comic she was reading to say, "speak of the devil. look where he's headed."

we all lifted our heads to see richie confidently strided to our seats. once he got close, he started with a shaking voice.

"i... i'm sorry. what i did to you guys was the worst thing i have ever done and the biggest regret i'll ever have. i hope you guys accept my apology with this."

richie rolled up his right sleeve to reveal a cut. a cut that is completely identical to althea's. we all gasped in shock as richie walked away.

i was the first to call him back. "HEY, RICHIE!"

he turned back, "wu-we ac-accept yu-your apology." bill stuttered.

richie walked back. we all giggled together like the old times.

"welcome back, richie." althea smiled.