The Girl In The Red Raincoat (Pennywise x Reader)

Chapter 24: Truly

   It was now the end of summer and school was back up again. I got switched to a new dorm and was finishing unpacking. I didn't have much to pack up but I could understand the confused look on some people's faces as they saw me carry two suitcases and a single red balloon up two flights of stairs to my new room. I again, was in a single, but I was happy with that. I still haven't spoken to Margaret, we have passed by each other in orientation for a few classes we have together, but that was it. 

I ended going back home to visit my family before school started up again. Penny wasn't too thrilled with the idea of me being so far away but he knew I was with people who would protect me.
Before I left I ended up telling him stories about my childhood.

Flashback
"Yeah I had these blonde ringlets that would get so knotted up my mom sometimes just wouldn't brush it." I said, laughing. "I also had these huge glasses, I couldn't see by the time I was two and I looked so funny, they took up my whole face."
Penny was silent throughout all my stories, smirking occasionally as he was watching my mouth move.
"We you ever, like, a kid?"
"Me? No." he scoffed.
He had a hatred for children, a deep hatred which I would never understand, but then again, he isn't human. 
I hoped my stories weren't making him too uncomfortable.
"Hey I'm sorry you probably don't wanna hear about my childhood..." I said chuckling, shaking my head.
He scoffed then smiled, "I like hearing about you as a child."
I smiled back.
"What were you afraid of as a child?" He asked suddenly.
"Uhhh was this was a trick?" I thought.
"Clowns." I said winking at him.
He didn't find it funny, he just looked at me, tilting his head.
"I'm kidding...I was never afraid of clowns actually, one gave me a rose once when my family when to a circus." I said, moving my eyes over to look at him as my head faced toward the window. I was curious to see his reaction. To my surprise his eyes were glowing blue, his face still in its resting position with his adorable buck teeth resting on his bottom lip.
"To answer your question..." I said, taking his gloved hand and playing with his fingers.
"I was afraid of... death. Somebody I was very closed to died when I was young and the realization of never being able to see them again really hit me. I guess you just don't know what it's like on the other side, and that can be scary." I said, realizing how vulnerable I was being.
I was nervous to express this, especially to him, someone who has actually killed people.
"I've never thought about that." He said, almost puzzled.
"I understand why you haven't" i said dropping his hand.
*

I stood in my room, unpacking the last few items from my suitcase. I had my record going and I was singing along to the song, swaying my hips. In between lyrics I heard the familiar sound of bells ring from behind me. I turned around to see Penny, looking at my butt, with his eyes furrowed together.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Dancing." I said, shocked he didn't know.
"Where is the music coming from?" He asked looking around.
"From my record player" I said, pointing over to my side table.
He walked over to it, picking up the cover of the vinyl I had playing. It was Truly by Lionel Richie. He examined it.  

In all the years he'd been on Earth he's never heard music?" That must be awful.

"Come here" I said, ushering him over to me."
He complied, dropping the cover and walking over to me. I took his hands  and started to sway, he stood perfectly still, looking down at me like I was insane.
"Come on, dance with me"
He hesitated at first then slowly started swaying. It wasn't natural at all, he looked like a stiff board moving side to side, but I didn't care, he was trying.
" I need to tell you this
There's no other love like your love
And I, as long as I live
I'll give you all the joy
My heart and soul can give" I sang, looking down at our hands. I looked back at him, noticing him starring at me.
"What?" I asked
"You mean it?" He asked back.
"Wh- oh... yeah I do." Realizing he was referring to the lyrics I had sang, my heart began to flutter.
"I need to have you near me
And I feel with you in my arms
This love will last forever" I sang, looking into his eyes.

*SO CHEESY! But I'm developing the story and relationship so just hold on. 🧀😉*