"eddie I missed you, I didn't want to hurt you, I never meant to. I also didn't talk to you after that because I didn't want to just say sorry, I wanted to say so much more. I want you to know that I care for you so much that my chest hurts sometimes, and I would do anything to make up the awkwardness between us." richie ranted to eddie. eddie had crawled back into his hospital bed, and richie sat where he had before. "well I have one thing in mind..." eddie voiced as he admired his rose. richie leaned forward, listening to anything and everything eddie had to say. "you probably don't want to though, I mean, it might just ruin our friendship more..." eddie thought setting the rose on his side table. "eddie, i'll do anything if it means you'll be happy." richie reassured with a tender look. eddie let out a sigh and pressed his lips together in thought. "richie...will you kiss me?" eddie asked looking up to his love passionately.
richie swallowed hard and his cheeks started heating up. he had never kissed a boy before, let a lone his best friend...but he really wanted eddie to be happy, and he really wanted this whole mess to be over with. "richie?" eddie spoke, making richie panic more. richie stood up from his seat and didn't give the whole situation much more thought. he grabbed onto the side railing of eddie's bed, and all richie could hear was his heart beat through his whole body. eddie began scooting closer toward the end of the bed, and looked up at the tall boy, and began admiring him. richie gazed back down at eddie and into his big round eyes, and felt this tingle run through his chest. richie tried to hold back the smile that was creeping across his face, but just couldn't. eddie gently grabbed the collar of richie's hawaiian shirt and slowly pulled richie closer to him.a knock came at the door and stan came walking in. "richie we have to go, it's way past visiting hours." stan stated slightly irritated, "i'll be back tomorrow to visit you eddie." stan added waiting in the threshold of the door. richie and eddie's faces were still quite close to one another. eddie didn't want richie to go, and richie didn't want to go. "i'll see you sometime this week, okay?" richie reassured, giving eddie a compassionate look. "bye rich." eddie mumbled as richie slowly walked away from the side of the bed. "by spaghetti." richie replied as he left eddie's room.
"did you two kiss?" stan blurred out. "no." richie answered giving stan an odd look. "well, it looked like it..." "that's because it almost happed, but apparently it was 'way past visiting hours'." richie mocked. "whatever richie, I had three different nurses on my ass for like an hour, and I barely got to talk to eddie." stan complained turning down richie's road. "well aren't you going in tomorrow?" richie continued to tease, annoying stan more and more. "get out, i'll see you tomorrow." stan grumbled as he pulled up to richie's house. richie began laughing once he saw how pissed stan was, and eventually exited the car.
"alright eddie, this is your one week check in, let's see what kind of progress you've made." eddie stepped onto the scale and watched the numbers flip around in front of him. "wow eddie ninety pounds! that's amazing! five pounds in a week, im surprised." congratulated the doctor as he recorded the information on his clip board. eddie smiled and hopped off the scale, excited to tell everyone the great news.
later that day someone knocked on the door, eddie saw that it was around three o'clock and assumed it was stan coming to visit. but it wasn't stan at all, it was richie. "what's up spaghetti?" he greeted as he walked in, shutting the door behind him. "richie!" eddie giggled as he hopped out of his bed and ran over to richie, jumping into his arms and wrapping his legs around waist. richie held eddie close like he yesterday, and eddie hugged him back tightly, too. "how are you doing?" richie wondered as he set eddie back down. "well, at the beginning of the week, I was eighty-five pounds, guess how much I weigh now?" eddie teased with big smile on his face. "mmm, eight-seven?" richie guessed. "nope, ninety." eddie bragged rocking on his heals. richie pulled eddie back in for another hug and swayed the two back and forth slightly. eddie continued to smile as he hugged richie, he felt safe and warm in his arms.
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