All For You ♡reddie♡

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"...fine, at least turn on some music." richie negotiated, and slowly stood up from his bed. eddie walked over to the shelf that held all of richie's records and slowly flipped through them. "you literally only have heavy metal." eddie pointed out annyoed. "yeah, it's good, play some kiss." richie insisted as he sat in front of his dresser and began folding his clothes sloppily. "don't you have billy ocean or something?" eddie double checked. "no, his music sucks." richie voiced, waiting for eddie's response since he knew how much eddie loved billy ocean. "you suck too, richie." eddie mumbled, pulling out a kiss record and putting it on the record player. "I heard that eddie." richie remarked, smirking. eddie rolled his eyes and sat down beside richie and started folding clothes, too. "hey eds," richie spoke. "yeah rich?" "do you wanna wear my sweatshirt tomorrow?" richie wondered as his cheeks heated up. "which one? your famous maroon one that you wear all the time?" "yep." richie answered looking at eddie out of the corner of his eye. "sure." eddie agreed as a smile spread across his face.
after a couple of kiss songs, and many folded articles of clothing, eddie decided to ask his big question. "rich, can I ask you something?" eddie started. "of course eds." eddie kissed his teeth and thought of all the possible responses he could get, but he had been planning this for weeks, and couldn't back out now. "will you go to the dance with me?" eddie asked nervously. "well yeah eddie, we went together last year." "no richie...not as friends...like you would be my...date..." eddie elaborated with hot cheeks. "oh...well...uh" richie stuttered surprised. "I understand if you don't." eddie added as he continued to slowly fold clothes. "eddie I..."
"sorry richie, I should've never asked, I knew you were gonna say no and-" "eddie i'll go with you." richie stated, turning his focus over to eddie. "r-really?" eddie double-checked. "yes." richie verified, softly smiling. eddie bashfully grinned and went back to folding clothes, even though on the inside he was cheering.

eddie walked into school the next day with richie's notorious sweatshirt, and richie right beside him. richie watched as everyone looked over and saw eddie, and how surprised they were. bev came running through the crowd and tackled eddie to the ground, hugging the life out of him. "eddie you're back, you don't know how happy I am to see you, everyone is going to be so excited and we're-" bev ranted as she held eddie. "okay break if up, wheezy can't breathe and I can't remember the last time he had to use his inhaler." richie commented pulling bev off eddie. eddie stood back up and dusted himself off, peering over at richie and smiling for a second. "oh wait I totally forgot, the other losers don't know you're...ya know." bev pointed out, noticing that eddie wasn't wearing his gloves to cover up his nails. "well where are they?" richie asked standing a bit closer to eddie. "um, in the library I think." bev guessed.
the trio made their way to the library, and richie couldn't help but notice how people went from happy and surprised, to judgmental and disgusted as they saw eddie. he checked on the frail boy to make sure he was doing okay, and he reassured richie that he was okay. richie wrapped an arm around eddie's shoulders in attempt to comfort him, but it only made eddie blush and admire richie more.
"they're over there." bev pointed out walking over to the table the losers sat at. "hey guys." eddie greeted, bringing everyone's attention up to him. the losers all stood up and hugged eddie, congratulating him and welcoming him back. "eddie also has another little announcement." bev pointed out, once again giving eddie the spot light. eddie shot a look over at bev, and laughed nervously. "I...uh, well.." eddie stuttered, not knowing what the other losers reaction would be like. "come on eddie just say it." bev nagged, nudging his arm. "I'm not like the rest of you I guess...I'm...uh..." "eddie you don't have to tell us now if you don't want to." ben reassured kindly. richie whispered to eddie and asked if he wanted richie to tell everyone, and eddie gladly agreed. "so what eddie was trying to say is, he's gay." richie stated like it wasn't a big deal, but to eddie, it meant everything. "im coming out, I want the world to know, got to let it show." stan sung quietly as he stood toward the back of the group. everyone turned around and gave him a semi-dirty look, then turned their attention back to eddie, who was giggling at stan's remark.
everyone accepted eddie, and eventually just, kind of, forgot about it. they treated eddie like they would've any other day, and eddie just loved that. this was the prime of eddie's life, and it couldn't get any better.