A/N:
you should listen to 'a thousand times' by Hamilton leithauser for this chapter
*richies POV*
here I was, on my bike. the rain pouring down on me and I go faster, craving the heat of eddies house. fifteen long minutes of my legs aching and I was outside eddies house. am I even ready for this yet? what if I'm not what he was expecting. As I walk up to his dark green door I notice the small boy peering out of his window and I hear the build up of rushing footsteps come to the door. Eds opens the door and.. I just stare at him for a moment, wow was he beautiful, I've never looked at a guy like that before but honestly I could've sworn my heart was dancing around in my chest for a split second before he stuttered out "h-hey richie, come in y-you look f-freezing" I laugh slightly and walk through his door. his house was quite similar to mine, just without the empty beer cans scattering the floor, the blood stained rug, or the smell of rum and cigarettes. it was homely. I sat down on his couch and took a quick glance of his living room and seen the cute baby pictures with an overweight woman practically suffocating Eddie in a tight hug. "oh, yeah that's my mom, she's not going to be home soon don't worry" he muffled covering the pictures. "she seems nice" I said with a smile, drinking the hot chocolate eddie had sitting waiting for me. Wow he was lovely.
*no POV*
Eddie could see how cold richie was from his slight shivers every once in a while and the water dripping from his black curly hair. "here, maybe this will keep you warm" Eddie says , wrapping a blanket around richies shoulders. "thanks eddie" richie blurted out, "so what movie are we watching?" Eddie started scrambling through this cabinet which seemed to have almost every movie in history there. He pulled one out and presented it to richie " do you like the breakfast club Rich?" Richie smiled at the nickname. "sure Eds" so eddie stuck the movie tape in his TV and sat at the opposite end of the couch from richie. Eddie started shaking because he didn't have a spare blanket, which was crazy considering his momma never left the house, you'd think there would be more than one blanket. Richie noticed and scooted over to Eddie. "we can share" he said with this smirk on his face. "o-okay" Eddie blurted out, hiding under the blanket with the taller boy. It was amazing, all Eddie had ever wanted. And even Richie admitted to himself that he felt safe, he felt so warm and gentle next to Eddie, he couldn't even explain it. Halfway through the movie, at the part where Brian, Claire, and John are all smoking pot in the school library, Richie could feel Eddies head slowly lean onto his shoulder, so he made the brave decision of wrapping his arm around eddie. It was so quiet, but not awkward, just like they were both enjoying the company. It felt amazing.
A/N: okay so I know these chapters are pretty bad but hopefully I'll improve and stuff, but yeah I'm trying my hardest haha and I'll be sure to post more often. And I hate all that sElF pRoMo stuff but it would mean a lot if you could vote for this book, or even just share it with a few close friends?
