Kisses | Reddie

three ☆ writing on his wrist

♡by: hi_im_trash on ao3 (all credit goes to them)

Soulmate!au: when you first meet your soulmate, the word(s) that your soulmate says to you when they realize that you are their soulmate appears on your wrist. When they say those words to you, the words on your wrist turn gold.

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On the first day of kindergarten, Eddie Kaspbrak met a lot of people, some, for years would be his best friends. He met Bill, with the interesting stutter, Ben, who already knew how to read, Stan, who was six years old instead of five, Beverly, with the pretty hair, and Mike, with his quiet voice. For the entire day, the six of them were inseparable. Until Eddie noticed the one boy with the huge glasses, playing by himself in the corner. He looked miserable.

"Whose that? Why is he alone?" Eddie asked his new friends.

"Don't talk to him, he eats glue," Stan replied.

Eddie cringed, yet, he still walked over to the strange boy. The boy looked up and saw Eddie. He smiled and stuck out his hand. "Hi! I'm Richie! Do you want to be my best friend?" Richie said loudly.

"I'm Eddie, and sure, I will be your best friend!" Eddie replied, as he shook the boy's hand.

"Thank you...uh...EDS! I'm gonna call you Eds!" Richie stated with a goofy grin.

"Please don't," Eddie replied, while wrinkling his nose. He absolutely hated nicknames.

"Sorry, Eds. Can't do that," Richie said. Eddie rolled his eyes and laughed, and soon enough his friends came to join them. The group of six was now the group of seven.

When the school day ended, and the students had to go home. Eddie blurted out everything about his new friends to his mom. It wasn't until later, when Eddie's mom took his sweater off pf him to give him a bath, that he noticed the black words scrawled on Eddie's wrist. The words said:  It's you, Eds.

Sonia gave Eddie a soft smile. "Eddie! That girl whats-her-name is your soulmate!" She squealed.Eddie looked confused. Sonia thought it was Beverly.

"Can my soulmate be a boy?" He asked. Beverly never once called him "Eds". Richie did.

Good heavens no, Eddie. Why do you ask?" Sonia replied, with a strange look on her face.

"Beverly doesn't call me Eds. Richie does," Eddie said. At five years old, he didn't realize how his town thought boys and girls had to be together.

"Well, maybe when you are older, Beverly might call you that, you never know."

About half a block away, Richie was having the same talk with his mom, Maggie. She also had noticed the writing on Richie's wrist. Except, Richie had no clue who it was. "What does it say, mom? Who is it?" He asked with a smile. Richie was very excited to find out who his soulmate was.

"I'm in love with you," his mom read to him. "It was probably that girl, Beverly, that you were telling me about, unless you talked to another girl today. But, she seems like a nice girl."

"Beverly???" Richie replied, as he scrunched up his nose. He didn't want it to be her. She was a nice girl, but even at five years old, he didn't want it to be her. He knew it had to be someone else.

*9 years later*

The losers were freshman in high school. Valentine's day was only three days away. Everyday, Eddie's mom would ask him how things were with Beverly. Sonia was obsessed with it. Every day, Eddie would give her the same answer; fine. Until, one day, Sonia decided to take it further.