problematic ➳ reddie

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April ❀ age 20-21

"Hey Eddie" Richie walked in their apartment after a long day at work, holding a huge box in his hands.

"Hey Rich" Eddie sighed tiredly from the kitchen as he was making dinner. He had gotten home from college a little bit earlier today, so he could make food for him and richie.
He wiped his hands on the apron and walked out of the kitchen, only to stop as he saw the box in Richie's hands.

"What would you do..." Richie said as he kicked the door close with his other foot. "...if I came home with four puppies?"

Eddie lifted his other brow warily and looked at Richie without saying a word. The taller one only looked back with a huge grin on his lips.

"Richie..." Eddie started slowly. "What's in the box?"

"What's in the box! Oh god what's in the box!" Richie laughed nervously.

"Don't you quote David Mills right now. Tell me, what the hell is in the box" Eddie said sternly.

"Eddie-"

"Richie. What the fuck is in that box?" Eddie said in his monotone voice, which was dripping frustration.

"I think you know" Richie said, flashing Eddie a scared smile, before the smaller boy's eyes widened as he heard a small squeak from the box.

He hurried to the box and opened it, only being faced with four golden retriever puppies. He looked up at Richie with shocked eyes, until hitting the back of his boyfriend's head. "You idiot!"

"Ow!" Richie whined out and put the box down and rubbed the back of his head. "Fuck, Eds..."

"Don't call me that!" Eddie pinched the bridge of his nose. "Are you insane? We can not afford four dogs right now! And what about Gatsby? Where did you even get these? Richie, what have you done?!"

Richie grabbed Eddie's shoulders and made him look at him. "Eds, I wasn't planning on keeping them...all of them"

"Fucker!" Eddie shoved Richie away from him and walked to the box. "Take this box back. Now!"

"They were gonna kill 'em" Richie said.

"Don't try to manipulate me" Eddie pointed his finger at Richie. "Maybe Alex somehow succeeded, but dogs are so different than cats..."

"No, seriously, if I take them back, they're gonna get those eternal sleep shots" Richie told. "You know Bella? The front desk lady?"

Eddie nodded frustrated.

"Yeah? Okay, well she usually takes care of homeless dogs and takes them for herself or for shelter until a better home is discovered. So today someone brought these fellas to the office and asked her to take care of them, because he couldn't have dogs himself. But Bella couldn't either at the moment, because her house is full of animals right now and four puppies won't do any good for her or for anyone. I had to take them! You know I can't resist puppies"

Eddie gave Richie a hesitant look.

The taller on leaned down to pick one puppy up and lifted it in front of his own face. He pitched his voice a bit and said "Please take care of me, Eddie Spaghetti"