Reddie Oneshots

World of Color

the one where Eddie Kaspbrak can't see color.  

Eddie sighed heavily as he stared out the window of the bus. He watched as the shaded world passed by, filled with colors of gray, white, and black. He listened as the small remarks were made of how blue the sky was that day or how pretty a field of colorful flowers was out in the distance as they passed. He knew he should have been used to this life but it never did get easier.

He wanted to see the rainbows that would appear just when the sun would shine through the rain. He wanted to see the beautiful field of flowers. But instead, all he could see were the dull shades of no color.

That's right, Eddie was born color blind. 

His mother realized it when Eddie could never learn the concept of what red was when she would hold up a card that was colored just that. He was brought to a specialist and her heart shattered when she learned her son couldn't see color. 

Eddie rolled his eyes at that idea. He couldn't even count how many times his mother had mentioned how heartbroken she was over his eyesight. He's the one who had to live with it. How the hell could she state she was the one in pain over it?

His annoyingly hurtful thoughts came to a close when he realized someone trying to squeeze into the seat beside him. Eddie raised an eyebrow and sat up from his slouched position then moved over to give room. He looked over at the boy that fell into the seat beside him with a huff. Nobody ever sat with him?

"Uh... Hi?" Eddie muttered shyly. A hint of annoyance rode his voice. The other boy looked at him while he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. He cracked a grin, showing off his slightly crooked teeth.

"Hey!" the boy responded far too loudly. Eddie almost jumped out of his seat from how loud this boy's voice was. Luckily, the rest of the kids were also flooding the bus with their own voices to really focus on the kid beside him.

"Um... Do I know you?" Eddie asked cautiously.

"Nope! My first day" the boy held his hand out. "The name is Richie but you can call me tonight" he winked. Eddie looked down at Richie's hand then up at his face and awkwardly declined the handshake. Richie shrugged and dropped his hand down into his lap.

"I'm Eddie" he responded. 

"Eddie huh?" Richie asked then a smirk appeared on his face. "Eddie spaghetti!" he announced with a British accent. One that was definitely fake and needed a lot of work on it. Eddie rolled his eyes and turned his attention back out the window. 

"Just Eddie" he mumbled while he stared at the light gray sky. 

"Yeah, no. That's boring" Richie started laughing and Eddie sighed to himself. Why was he stuck with this kid? "So, Spaghetti Boy, wanna be my best friend? It comes with a lot of pros!" Eddie shot a glance over to Richie and let his eyebrow raise. 

"Pros huh?" Eddie couldn't help but let out a slight laugh. "And what's that? Being annoyed to death so I don't have to go to math class?"

"Fuckin' right!" Richie started laughing too which made Eddie laugh even more. The two continued their laughing fits until the bus slowed to a stop in front of the school. They inhaled deeply to catch their breaths then grinned at each other. "So? What do ya say, buddy?" 

"Hm... We'll see" Eddie shrugged and stood up. Richie stood up too and stepped out into the aisle once the rest of the kids were ahead. 

"Oh! Playin' hard to get?" Richie asked as he stepped back to let Eddie get off the bus first. Eddie walked out into the aisle and chuckled with a shake of his head.