soulmates~reddie

chapter four

'Everything for my Eddie Spaghetti.'

Eddie smiled to himself when he thought of the words Richie had told him that evening. MY Eddie Spaghetti, he referred to me as his. Eddie couldn't stop thinking about him or what he said. The evening was great, he received lots of great birthday gifts. Bill, Stan and Mike gave him a brand new Polaroid camera, Bev gave him stickers, lots and lots of stickers, and a set of coloring pencils, Ben gave him a poetry book and an empty journal, and Richie gave him Vans that he had been eyeing. They were the old skool baby pink suede ones. He loved all of their gifts.

They had eaten the amazing food Eddie and his mom made, then they watched christmas movies, while eating candy and popcorn and were all sipping on Eddie's infamous hot cocoa. Richie had never had it before and was totally swept away by the first sip he took from the mug. "Oh my fuck- Eds this tastes incredible." he was telling Eddie with wide eyes. The small one answered with a shrug and said "yeah, I know."

Now he was laying in bed, just playing the good moments over in his head while snuggled up under his blanket. He loved The Losers with his whole heart. He was excited for the next day, he had a Christmas party with his family and it would be officially his birthday. Eddie couldn't wait to see his aunts back that he hadn't seen in almost a year, but he was also excited to be 17. But for now he needed sleep so he closed his eyes and slowly dozed off into a good night rest.

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Eddie woke up and stretched himself out. It was finally his birthday, he was finally 17. He was laying in bed, thinking about what gifts he was going to get from his family. He decided that he was going to take a morning shower before going downstairs to eat something.

Eddie stood up, gathered an outfit from his closet, which contained a pair of black skinny jeans with rips at the knees, a plain white tee and his new sweater he got from Richie, and then walked to the bathroom but froze when he walked past his mirror. Did he- did he just imagine that? He slowly stepped a few steps backwards and looked in the mirror again.

And there it was...between his dark brown curls that were still messy from sleeping, there was a colored streak running through his hair. Eddie was so happy and wanted to run downstairs to show his mom, but the happiness didn't last long because he recognized the color..he knew who his soulmate was. It couldn't be- omg no! between Eddie's dark brown curls ran a light blue streak. The same color as...Henry Bowers.

Eddie couldn't believe it. He thought only soulmates could love eachother, then why was Henry his soulmate because he certainly did not love Bowers. Hell, he despised the guy because he made Eddie's highschool life a living hell. It couldn't be real.

He quickly ran to the bathroom and started stripping. Richie probably dyed his hair as a prank or something because Bowers just couldn't be his soulmate. He hopped in the shower and immediately started to intensely scrub at his hair, but the blue was staying...he really was Bowers' soulmate.

When he was done showering he got dressed and started looking for something to put on his head because he was not about to have an awkward conversation with his family about that his school bully is apparently his fucking soulmate. He found a christmas hat all the way in the back of his closet and put it on. It was a decent cover up and nobody would suspect anything because it was, in fact, christmas, so Eddie was satisfied for now. Even though the feeling of being Henry's soulmate kept gnawing at him.

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Winter break was over and Eddie needed to go back to school, but he didn't want to. He had been avoiding everyone as best as he could and when he hung out with The Losers, he always wore the hood of his hoodie, a beanie or a cap to cover up his streak. And because it was freezing outside no one suspected anything.

Eddie was now sitting in third period. He had survived the last few periods by sitting in the back with his head down and his hood pulled over his head. The bell rang and Eddie exited the class. He walked to his locker where he would meet up with Richie so they could walk to chemistry together. "Hey Eddie-bear." the tall one cheesily smiled at him. Eddie flashed him a smile and started walking to chemistry. "Hey, is something wrong?" Richie asked, concern now lacing in his voice. Just as Eddie was about to answer he bumped into someone.

He immediately started apologizing when he looked up to see who he bumped in to. His eyes locked with Henry's. "Well, well...Look who we have here. Our two fruitcakes." the boy grinned at them, evil flowing through his eyes that Eddie was still starring at. "Fuck off, Bowers. Come on Eddie, we need to go." Richie reached out for Eddie's wrist but Henry pushed Richie away and stepped closer to Eddie.

The small boy let his head hang down, his hood now covering his eyes. "What's wrong? Afraid that I might hurt you or your faggy friend?" the blonde one said with a mocking tone. Eddie kept staring at the ground and didn't answer Henry's question. "Answer me!" Henry loudly ordered Eddie, but the boy kept looking at the toes of his sneakers as he stumbled back a bit.

Henry stepped closer and reached out to grab Eddie by the throath but the boy quickly turned around to start running. This action caused Henry to grab the back of Eddie's hood and pulling it off his head. Suddenly Eddie felt the grip on his hood loosen and he slowly turned around to face Bowers. When he turned he saw Richie standing behind Henry with a look of confusion and sadness spread across his face.

Henry stumbled back a bit while pointing at Eddie's hair, "Y-you-.." he was at loss for words. Eddie looked him in the eyes and saw something change, the evil started to slowly eb away and a sparkle started to appear. Suddenly the blonde one had a look of love in his eyes and ran to Eddie. The smaller boy flinched because he was convinced he was going to be hit by Bowers. But instead of getting hit, he was engulfed in a hug.

"I can't believe it. I have a soulmate." Henry muttered into Eddie's shoulder. He let go of Eddie and stared at him. "Come on babe, We've gotta get you to chemistry." he said while putting an arm around Eddie's waist and pulling him closer to protect him. He kissed Eddie's cheek and started walking with him to class. Eddie looked around for any sign of Richie but he was nowhere to be found.

Walking to class with Henry's arm around his waist was something new for Eddie. He kept looking at the ground, but when he occasionally looked up he saw many people whispering and pointing at the two of them. Eddie didn't blame them, he was just as confused as them.

Henry and Eddie finally reached Eddie's chemistry class, which felt like an eternity and Eddie started to wiggle himself out of Henry's grip. The blonde one looked lovingly at the boy in his arms and pecked his cheek, "See you after school?" he shyly asked Eddie. Eddie hesitated at that, but eventually gave in. "Sure, wait at the bike racks." he answered. Henry smiled at him and Eddie didn't know what to do. He wanted to go inside but Henry's arm was still around his waist.

So Eddie did the only thing that seemed logical in that moment for himself. He pushed himself a little up on his toes and pecked the boy on his chapped lips. A blush started to appear on the blonde one's cheeks. "See you later, Hen.." Eddie quietly said. Henry finally let go off Eddie and Eddie started walking to the door of his classroom. "See you later babe." he heard Henry say.

He walked into the classroom and the teacher asked why he was late. He told her that he had to drop something off at the principal's. Eddie couldn't believe he was lying but he couldn't tell her about the Bowers incident that just happened, because Eddie was still recovering from the shock. He walked over to his desk and plopped in the seat next to Richie. "So... Bowers huh?"