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richie knew that the fight with the clown had affected everyone. 

bill had become very distant from the group. he still missed georgie, even if he knew that his brother truly was dead. the only person who he regularly was in contact with was ben, who was the only other loser who cared enough to visit georgie's grave. 

ben had told everyone that he had depression before he stopped talking. with beverly leaving, and her never loving him back, anyway, it was too much for the poor boy. 

mike wanted the group to stay together. he often called the losers, only to be met with a voicemail recorder. eventually he gave up and payed more attention to his work on the farm. 

stan's parents, after they had found out he needed the bandages for his skull, had immediately made him stop talking to any of the losers and pushed him harder to work on his academic studies. as soon as he no longer needed the bandages he had run away, and it was all over derry's news. 

eddie had left. sonia, sick and tired of his "little friends" getting him into trouble all the time, took eddie with her to california, which was all the way across the united states from maine. 

richie had simply been heartbroken. he was close with all of the losers and never wanted to lose them. but his heart was cracked entirely in half when eddie had left. his eds. his eddie spaghetti. his best friend. 

his boyfriend. 

the two never told the losers. they knew that they would be accepted but eddie wasn't ready to be fully out yet, and richie respected his request. they would always venture to each other's house and have cuddle sessions, calming the other down and making him feel better if needed. they stole secret kisses and loved each other unconditionally. 

but eddie moved, and richie was left all alone.