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Chapter 6

*time skip*

Richie waited outside on his bike for what seemed like forever until Eddie finally came out the door, now with different clothes on. He spat out the pills from his mouth onto the dirt and grabbed his bike before heading over to Richie, "you look hot in those shorts," Richie smirked as he looked Eddie up and down, "you'd look even hotter without them," he added, causing Eddies face to turn red.

"Shut up Rich..!" Eddie yelled as he took off on his bike, Richie laughed and chased after him, "do you even know where we're going Ed's?" he asked as he overtook him, "your house right?" Eddie questioned, "I wanna take you somewhere else first, just follow me," Richie increased his speed and Eddie followed behind him.

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After not long of riding on their bikes, they finally made it to the kissing bridge, both of them got off their bikes and Eddie looked around in confusion, "Rich..? Why'd you take me here?" he asked, "because.. it's the kissing bridge right..?" Richie replied as he stepped closer to him, Eddie dropped his backpack on the floor and looked up at him before looking around again, "no ones here don't worry," Richie said, knowing that it wasn't safe for two boys to kiss out in the open in Derry, especially when Bowers and his gang were around.

Eddie looked back at Richie and pulled him down by the shoulders before pressing their lips together, Richie melted into the kiss, bringing his hand up to Eddies cheek and stroking it softly. Eddie opened his eyes for a second and noticed something on the bridge, he broke the kiss and walked over to it before kneeling down to get a better look, Richie knew exactly what Eddie was looking at.

"R + E..?" Eddie questioned as he examined the carving in the wood, he traced his finger over the letters and looked over at Richie who was now sitting next to him, "Richie.. is this..?" "Yeah.." Richie cut him off, "I wrote that during that summer.. way back before we were together, when I had a crush on you.." Eddie smiled slightly and gently grabbed Richies hand which was now also tracing the letters on the wood, "Rich.." he said softly as he guided his hand to another carving nearer the bottom, "look."

Richies hand was now placed over a carving which was a messy "R" with a love heart around it, he had seen this carving before but thought nothing of it at the time, "I wrote that, during that summer too," Eddie said quietly, "holy shit really?" Richie replied as if it was a surprise, Eddie giggled and turned Richies face to look at him, "I had the biggest crush on you dickwad..!" he said as he jumped on top of Richie, causing him to fall back, bringing Eddie down with him.

"You still do," Richie smirked, looking up at Eddies face, his glasses had been knocked off during the fall and were now on the ground beside him, "wow..." he said as he scanned his boyfriends features causing Eddie to blush, "you're really fucking blurry."

"Asshole," Eddie replied as he rolled his eyes, he then grabbed Richies glasses from the floor and stood up before putting his backpack on again, "hey Ed's, I understand how sexy I am without my glasses on but I need them back now cause I can't see shit," Richie stood up off the ground and squinted over at Eddie who had already gotten back on his bike, "stop playing or i'll steal your inhaler," Richie immediately tripped over a huge rock right after saying that and landed on the floor which caused Eddie to burst out laughing, "you were saying?" Eddie giggled as he got off his bike to help Richie up.

"I'll get you back one day Kaspbrak," Richie huffed as he took Eddies hand and stood up, Eddie smiled and slipped Richies glasses back onto him before placing a soft kiss onto his lips, "come on loser, let's go."

"That boys going to be the death of me" Richie thought to himself as he got back onto his bike and followed after Eddie.

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The two boys finally made it to Richies house and dropped their bikes out the front. Richie opened the front door cautiously, checking if his parents were home or not, his dad usually wasn't home much since he was a dentist and went on a lot of business trips and his mom usually worked all day too so he was alone most of the time. "It's okay no ones home, let's go," Richie said as he grabbed Eddies hand and pulled him through the door, both of them then headed upstairs to Richies room.

"Seriously Rich? When was the last time you cleaned your room..?" Eddie said in disgust as he looked around at all the scattered clothes and comics on the floor, "what's the point if it'll just get messy again?" Richie replied whilst picking up a book that had been left on the floor and placing it on his desk, Eddie rolled his eyes and put his bag down before flopping onto the bed. "Sooo.." Richie said as he clicked his tongue and sat down crossed legged next to Eddie, "hey.. about what happened last time you were here..." he trailed off, regretting even beginning to bring it up, Eddie looked over at him and sat up, "i'm not mad you asked to fuck, Rich," Eddie blurted out, "you're not..? You know I was only joking, I mean not that it's a joke.. like I do want to fuck you- wait no that's not what I meant to say, I mean someday, only if you want of course, I don't mean—"

"Richie," Eddie cut him off, he now had an annoyed expression on his face,

Richie looked at him and adjusted his glasses, "I'm sorry.." he said quietly, Eddie sighed and shifted next to him, putting his head on Richies shoulder, "I do, I want to, someday, but we're too young at the moment.. also when you ask someone to have.. sex.. I think it's supposed to sound magical or something.. I don't know.." he said softly. Richie looked down at him before pushing him back a little so that he could press their lips together, Eddies lips were soft and moist which just made Richie want to kiss him even more, their lips were pressed together for a while before they separated with a wet click but only to connect again after a few seconds.

"What about..." Richie hummed against Eddies lips, Eddie didn't bother breaking the kiss to hear it though, knowing it would probably just be something stupid anyway, after a few more seconds Richie pulled away to talk, "What about alakazam let me slam?" Eddie looked at him in confusion, "..instead of me saying wanna fuck," Richie added, Eddie burst out laughing and pushed him down into the bed before crawling on top of him, "idiot," he giggled as he pressed another kiss to his lips.

"You said it should sound magical," Richie smirked, "you know... just because i'm not ready for.. sex.. yet, doesn't mean we still can't do other things," Eddie said before starting to place gentle kisses onto Richies neck causing his breathing to hitch, "d-do you want to do other things..?" Richie asked as he moved his hands down to Eddies waist and sat up, still with Eddie in his lap, Eddie then pulled away from his boyfriends neck and looked down at him, nodding slowly.

Richie brought his hand up to Eddies cheek as he slowly pressed their lips together again, Eddies eyes then fluttered shut before he started running his fingers through Richies hair softly, after a few seconds they pulled away and Eddie slipped Richies glasses off, placing them on the bed before reconnecting their lips a little harder this time. The kiss didn't last long before the bedroom door burst open and the rest of the losers suddenly walked in.