Linked (Reddie) [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 5- Wounded

The two boys sped home. Richie's face stung and the metallic taste of blood lingered in his mouth. Eddie only escaped the incident with a bruised arm, Henry threatened to break it next time...

Richie on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. His left eye appeared to be almost swollen closed, blue and purple bruises resided on his pale face. His lip was cut in four different places and each of them stung worse than the last. His glasses had been cracked in the center, barely balancing on his nose of which dark, thick blood spilled from. He was in pure AGONY but he had to pull through. Their lungs were in desperate need for a break. Especially Eddie. He was wheezing and panting but knew he had to keep pushing forward, in fear that they're being followed.

Richie takes note of this.

"Do you want to pull over?" Richie asked.

"N...No. We're nearly there I'll... I'll be fine."

Richie didn't believe him and decided to pull over into a narrow alleyway.
Eddie immediately took out his inhaler from the fanny pack which hung loosely around his petite figure.

Eddie inhaled the fumes, feeling better almost immediately.

"Better?" Richie asked. A concerned tone hung in his voice.

"You're an idiot."

"Um, excuse me?" The lanky teen asked, raising an eyebrow in a confused way.

"Why the hell did you start that fight?! If you didn't go and start yelling insults at that guy then your face wouldn't look shittier than usual!" Eddie rambled.

"Oh? Concerned are we?" Richie teased a little, a smirk painted on his  face.

"W-What? NO! I just think it was really fucking stupid, dipshit!!"

"Uh-huh. Whatever you say, Eds."

"E-D-D-I-E! EDDIE! Not Eds, stop calling me that!" The anger burned Eddie's face. He hoped Richie couldn't see right through him..

"Alright, fine!" Richie held his hands up in defense. Then... Then he noticed it.

Connecting the two boys was a red string. The ravenette's heart almost exploded.

"Let's just go back to my place to get you fixed up." The brunette scoffed and picked up his bike.

"Yes sir!" Richie replied with a small salute. He picked up his bike and followed Eddie.

They reached Eddie's house in about 10 minutes. The boys are now sitting in Eddie's cramped bathroom, Richie sitting on the counter and Eddie standing in between his legs, fixing the countless bruises and scratches scattered around the older boy's pretty face. Their faces were mere inches away but they didn't really complain to be honest. What Richie found adorable was the way Eddie's tongue poked out of the corner of his mouth as he tried his best to heal the idiot's face. 

"You probably wouldn't be killed if I didn't pull you away." Eddie said, breaking the once comfortable silence.

"Well.. I'm not dead yet." Richie said in a sort of blunt way.

"What does that even mean?" The small boy's eyebrows furrowed.

"Uh- what does what mean?" Richie played dumb... Dumber than his usual self.

"Why did you say yet?" Eddie pressed down on one of the cuts with a swab. He wasn't going to let the dumbass play dumb.

"Don't worry about it.." The pale boy avoided eye contact.

"I'm going to worry about it now, you know that don't you?"

"Yeah.. Yeah I know, Eds."

"Don't call me Eds. Just tell me what's going on, Rich."

"Nothing's going on." He lied.

"That's a lie." Eddie stated with an eyeroll.

"No it's not."

"Yes it is!"

"How do you know?"

"Because for the past day that I've known you, you scrunch your nose a little everytime you lie."

"What- No that's bullshit!"

"Ok fine, lets test it. Tell a lie or something."

Richie smirked, seeing this as the perfect opportunity to tell a mom joke.

"Alright, hey Eddie where did you come from?"

"M- ... My mom's vagina??"

"ME TOO I WAS JUST THERE! It's beautiful this time of year."

Eddie stifled a laugh and pushed Richie's shoulder playfully.

"Dude that's disgusting!" But then he saw.. "HA YOU JUST DID HE NOSE SCRUNCH THINGY!" Eddie laughs.

Richie thought Eddie's laugh was absolutely angelic. He just sat there admiring his delicate features for a while.

"Uh Rich-?"

"Huh?" Richie snapped out of his trance and adjusted his glasses.

"You were staring.."

"oH- Sorry... Hey, nice string by the way. The red color matches your shorts."

Eddie just looked at Richie, a surprised look painted onto his face.

"What?"

A/N- Sorry for the late updates. School is kicking my ass and I have 2 exams next week. ALSO MY BOOK IS #1 IN ITCHAPTER1 I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY ABOUT IT TYSM!!! <3

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~Alyx