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The Second Kiss

Wally's Motel, Derry, Maine
Thursday May 9th 1990
7:15 am

Richie blinked, hissing as the, barely seen, sun was in his eyes. He rolled over, grabbing his glasses. He looked around the room, Eddie was still asleep, and Steve wasn't there.

Richie looked at the alarm clock, deciding he'd wake Eddie up soon. He grabbed the remote control and began to look through the channels.

Eddie then rolled over his arm laying on Richie's bare stomach, while his head on his chest.

Well, shit.

Richie didn't move him, seeing there was still time left and Eddie could sleep a little longer. He took his free hand, that was behind his head, and rested it on Eddie's shoulder. He rubbed circles along it. The moment didn't last long till Steve came through the room door, seeing the two.

"Where were you?" Richie asked.

"What's going on here?"

"I asked first."

"I went downstairs and talked with that Doug or Dale, whatever his name is, and I asked about if he considered having a restaurant in the motel." Steve smiled to himself. "Now you answer."

"He literally just rolled over."

Steve nodded. "Okay, but you should wake him up."

"He can sleep for a bit longer."

"Richie, he has barely half an hour left. He still has to get dressed, get ready, and eat."

"But look at him," Richie looked down at Eddie, smiling. "He looks so peaceful."

"You just want to cuddle him."

"What? No!"

"Wake him up." Steve spoke, sternly but not too stern. Richie rolled his eyes as Steve entered the bathroom.

Richie sighed, pushing one of Eddie's locks behind his ear. He looked down at the boy, seeing him asleep, he then kissed the top of his head.

"Eddie~" he sung. "Eds, its time to get up."

He shook the boy a bit, till Eddie opened his eyes a bit before closing them and grabbing tightly onto Richie's torso, burring his face on his chest.

Richie chuckled. "Eds, you have to get up."

"I don't want to..." Eddie spoke, his voice full of sleep. "I'm so comfortable and warm."

"You have school." Richie wrapped both his arms around Eddie, giving him a sweet hug, resting his chin on his head.

"I don't care."

"You have to go."

"I don't want to."

"I understand, but you-"

"You skip school all the time, Richie, can't I do it?"

"Eddie, you need your education. I'll walk you to school, I can meet you at lunch, and I can pick you up at the end of the day."

Richie listened closely, being able to hear the noise of hair spray coming from the bathroom.

"Fine... but you have to be there."

"I promise."

"Okay." Eddie sat up, rubbing his eyes. He walked over to his bag as Richie began to watch the TV again. Eddie pulled out a light blue polo shirt and black shorts, along with a black belt, and long socks. He walked over to the bathroom door, opening it and getting attacked by the smell and taste of hair spray. Eddie began to cough as clouds of the spray exited the bathroom.

Richie looked over with a smile on his face.

"What the fuck?" Eddie coughed out.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Steve asked, his body barely visible in the cloudy room.

"Why do you have so much hairspray?" Eddie asked.

"It takes a lot to make this hair look good, sorry kid." He shrugged, closing the bathroom door to let the hairspray attack his hair.

"I have to get changed!"

"Eds, just get changed out here. I won't look." Richie smiled at him.

Eddie looked at Richie. I wouldn't mind if you looked. Eddie thought, but didn't say it out loud.

He watched as Richie looked at the TV. Eddie sighed, grabbing the end of his white T-shirt and pulling it over his head, not daring to look in Richie's direction. He threw the shirt on the floor, getting his blue shirt.

He messed with the shirt before he began to pull it over his head.

Richie was looking, he was staring. He did say he wouldn't look, but he couldn't help it. He watched Eddie fiddle with his shirt, it seemed like Eddie was moving slower. He took a while to get his shirt on, he did up the collar before grabbing his black shorts off the ground. He spared a quick glance towards Richie, seeing him staring. But he looked away so quickly that Richie didn't even see him look.

Richie then looked away as Eddie got his shorts on, putting his attention to the TV. Making Eddie feel better. Eddie did up his belt and put on his socks, then sitting right where he slept beside Richie.

Eddie's hair was still a mess but he couldn't do anything about it considering Steve was hogging the bathroom.

"Do you always watch this show?" Eddie asked, as Saved By The Bells intro rolled on.

Richie laughed. "Always."

"You don't ever get annoyed by it?"

"Oh yeah, but no matter how hard I try to stop watching it, I can't." Richie looked over at Eddie. "You look nice."

Eddie's face went pink. "T-Thanks." He smiled. They stared at each other with smiles, they didn't know why, but they did.

Even with messy bedhead, Eddie was still adorable. Same with Richie. Ever since the kiss last night to test if they liked boys, both of them felt more attracted to each other, even if they're best friends.

They wanted to kiss each other again, but they didn't want the other to hate them. But, Richie being the bold man he is, began to lean closer to Eddie. Eddie leaned closer as well, making their faces both really warm when they got so close.

Eddie cupped Richie's freckled cheek, attaching his lips to Richie's. Richie grabbed Eddie's hips, kissing him back. Richie pulled Eddie closer, which was basically impossible based off how close he already was. Eddie was now laying on his side, one leg over Richie's.

Richie opened one eye, seeing Eddie was enjoying the kiss, so he decided that maybe he could try to go a step farther.

He closed his eyes, rubbing his tongue against Eddie's bottom lip, making Eddie's eyes shoot open, along with Richies. Eddie has no idea what Richie was doing, but yet he didn't break the kiss.

Richie pulled back a bit, disconnecting his lips from Eddie's but his face was still close.

"What are we doing, Richie?" Eddie asked.

"I don't know, Eddie."

"We're best friends and we just kissed twice..."

"Yeah..."

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