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"what are you talking about? the goonies is obviously the greatest movie on earth," eddie told richie, who refused to listen.

"um, wrong," richie protested. "e.t. is the best fucking movie and you can't change my mind."

"whatever richard. just pick a movie," eddie rolled his eyes and stood up from the bed.

"e.t." richie said back quickly, as eddie knew he would.

"okay, well put it in. i'm going to make popcorn." and with that, the smaller boy disappeared from his room and ran downstairs.

richie rolled off his spot on the bed as well to put e.t. in the disc player. before long, eddie was back upstairs with a big bowl of buttery popcorn. he hopped back on the bed with richie and he pressed play.

"eds," richie whispered right in eddies ear, who was ignoring him. "eddie spaghetti. spaghetti man. ed-"

"what?" eddie barked back at him.

"there isn't enough butter on the popcorn."

"for god's sake, richie!" eddie snatched the bowl of popcorn and trudged downstairs for the second time, richie chuckling to himself.

eddie didn't feel like spraying the butter on the popcorn himself, so he grabbed the can and skipped back upstairs. big mistake.

he plopped the bowl of popcorn on the bed and threw the can of butter at richie, "there you go, doofus."

"ow!" richie shouted dramatically.

"oh shut up, that didn't hurt!" eddie rolled his eyes and sat on the bed. "it's not even a pound, you dumbass."

richie chuckled and grabbed the butter and the popcorn. he probably sprayed half the bottle on the popcorn, until it was all soggy and gross.

"ew richie, oh my god! not that much!" eddie snatched the bottle out of his hands as richie laughed. they switched the movie back on and began to eat the over-buttered popcorn, which almost made eddie gag, by the way.

after about 45 minutes into the movie, eddie was already starting to get a little tired. it was past his bedtime after all, or as his mom liked to make him think. he reached to grab another handful of popcorn when richie's hand grabbed his.

the two boys kinda just stared at eachother for what seemed like forever, their hands still clasped together.

richie snapped out of the daze first mumbling, "sorry i was just trying to get some popcorn." as he quickly pulled his hand away. they sat there in silence for the rest of the movie, avoiding eye contact.

both of them definitely felt something that made them feel some type of weird way. it's not like they haven't touched before, but this felt different. it made them feel fuzzy and jittery inside, they've never  felt that way before.

after the movie ended, richie cracked a stupid joke to try and end the awkwardness between them, but eddie still wasn't over that.

"i'm going to bed, i'm tired." eddie pulled the covers over his tiny stature and rolled over to the edge of them bed.

"seriously? it's only 10 o'clock, eds. don't be a party killer," richie joked as he nudged eddie.

"goodnight, richie." eddie closed his eyes, which made richie pout because he didn't have anything else to do.

what seemed like forever passed, and neither of the boys could fall asleep. they were both still thinking about earlier, their stomachs were still full of butterflies.

why was it such a big deal? their hands just touched, that was all. they shouldn't be feeling that way over a silly little touch.

eddie raised up and looked at him, "hey rich, you awake?"

"yeah, eds?" richie sat up and faced him as well.

"i can't stop thinking about what happened earlier," eddie whispered, embarrassed to say it at first, but he knew he could trust richie. "it made me feel.... different."

"me too, but," richie furrowed his brows, "that doesnt mean anything, right?"

eddie nodded, looking down. in the back of his mind, he was hoping that richie would say something else.

"unless," richie trailed off.

"what?"

richie slowly took eddie's face in his callused hands, gazing into his honey brown eyes. he leaned in and hesitantly planted his chapped lips on eddie's. richie couldn't believe he was doing this, but they were both so glad he was. the shorter boy reached up and tangled his hand into richie's dark curls.

eddie pulled his lips away and pressed his forehead against richie's, breathing heavily. they both smiled and looked into each other's eyes.

of course, richie being richie, he whispered, "well, not bad, but your mom was better."

eddie immediately shoved him away and crossed his arms with a pout. "beep beep, richie!" only to make richie throw his head back with laughter, and eddie couldn't help but laugh with him.

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this was an old story
i hate it lmao
i deadass lost my last two braincells and i cannot write anymore lmao plus i'm like half asleep sooo

um i'm sorry this sucked 😂 i'm tired and it's like almost midnight so i'm probably going to fix this or add to it in the morning. so i'm just gonna no balls it and post this lol

but i hope you enjoyed it!
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