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Chapter 11

It had been almost a week since Richie and Eddie had seen each other, Sonia wouldn't let Eddie out of the house because of his arm and the fact that she was being overprotective. Richie sighed as he flopped into the hammock and watched the other losers talk, he really missed Eddie a lot, and it wasn't the same without him around, but he knew if Eddie stayed at home it meant he couldn't get hurt again.

"No no Bill this is how you do it, your technique is all wrong," Stanley said as he hammered the nail into the clubhouse ceiling, "the n-nail literally i-isn't going in S-stan," Bill sighed, watching his hopeless boyfriend try to outsmart him, "It is! If you look close enough, look, right there," Stanley pointed as he continued hammering, Bill squinted his eyes and looked closer, "n-no still isn't S-stan.."

"God would you two shut up? Who cares if the nails going in or not," Richie rolled his eyes before picking up his comic again, "now you know how we feel when you and Eddie won't shut up about the most stupidest things," Stanley huffed, Richie then sighed, the thought of Eddie popping into his head again, just at that moment footsteps started coming from above the ground, "must be Beverly," Mike said, getting up from his chair to go grab another soda.

The clubhouse door swung open, Beverly coming down the steps, Richie heard a few "hello"s but didn't bother to look up from his comic until suddenly everyone went silent and he felt all their eyes on him,

"Hey Rich,"

Richie suddenly looked up, his eyes widening as he saw Eddie standing there smiling, "holy shit!" Richie yelled as he stumbled out of the hammock and ran over to his boyfriend, instantly pulling him into a hug, "no one told me you were coming..!"

Eddie broke the hug and pointed at the rest of the losers, "it was their idea," he smiled as he took Richies hand, "yeah you can thank us later," Beverly laughed, pulling out a cigarette. Richie placed 3 small kisses onto Eddies lips before leading him over to the hammock and sitting down in it, "sit," he said, pointing to his lap, Eddie did what he said and sat sideways in Richies lap, he pressed their lips together for a few seconds before pulling away and taking some pens out of his pocket, "wanna sign it?" Eddie asked, referring to his plain white cast.

Richie smirked before taking the pens from him, he opened the black one and began writing, Eddie rested his head against Richies, watching as he wrote "LOVER" in big letters across the cast, "let me fix that.." Eddie said as he grabbed the red pen and wrote an "S" over the V, so it now read "LOSER". Richie scanned the cast, "it's like last time, but reversed," he smiled, looking into his eyes, Eddie then pressed his lips onto Richies again, melting into the kiss as he brought his hand up to cup his boyfriends cheek.

"They're so cute," Beverly sighed, leaning against the wall as she looked at Richie and Eddie, Stanley turned to look at them too before rolling his eyes, "so are you glad you decided to bring Eddie here?" he asked, trying not to stare at the couple whilst they were making out, "definitely, just look how happy they are," she replied, pointing over at them, Stanley looked over again, seeing Eddie giggling between kisses and Richie smiling like crazy, "don't you think it's a little weird to watch them while they make out?"

"Not at all, I watch you and Bill when you make out," Beverly smirked,

"You what??? When and how..?!"

"I'm just messing with you, idiot," she laughed, flicking the shower cap he had on his head, he then rolled his eyes and looked back over at Eddie and Richie, "I guess they are kinda cute.." he huffed, Beverly smiled, "I knew you secretly shipped them."

Richie finally pulled away from the kiss, his lips red and puffy, "hold on.." he said as he picked up the black pen again and began writing on the other side of Eddies cast, "what are you writing..?" Eddie asked as he couldn't see what Richie was doing, Richie started laughing which caused Eddie to pull his cast away, trying to look at what it said, "Richie I swear to god, what did you write!?" he spat, starting to get annoyed.

Eddie turned his arm around until he could finally read "Richie Tozier makes me horny" written on the back, "Richie you little shit!!" Eddie yelled, playfully slapping his boyfriends arm. He then began trying to push Richie out of the hammock as he moved to the other side, "your foot is going up my ass!" Eddie complained, pushing Richies leg out of the way, "I can think of something else to go up your ass," Richie smirked, causing Eddies face to go red and for him to start freaking out even more, "shut up! You're taking all the room asshole!"

This bickering continued on and Stanley stared at them in disgust, "I take back what I said, they're not cute at all," he said, causing Beverly and the rest of the losers to start laughing.

*time skip*

School was starting to approach fast and summer was almost over so the losers were trying to make the most of it before it ended, Eddie was still banned from going out to see the losers but still managed to find ways to sneak out of the house. "Remind me again why we're doing this?" Richie asked as they all stumbled through the field where the blood oath took place, "shut up Richie!" Stanley yelled, leading the group, "what? I'm just being honest, I really don't think anyone else here wants to go bird watching.."

"Shhh babe," Eddie whispered, nudging Richies side, he rolled his eyes and stopped walking, putting his hands on his thighs and panting, "seriously Rich? I have asthma and even i'm not that out of breath," Eddie sighed, "it's so hot..! Can we not at least take one tiny little break?" Richie huffed, Eddie shook his head and grabbed onto a his boyfriends hand before dragging him along.

After a few more minutes Stanley stopped and looked up in the sky, "right here, this is the perfect spot," he said as he sat down onto the ground with Bill, Beverly and Ben then sat down too, a little closer than they usually would, along with Mike. "Here Rich," Eddie said, handing him a water bottle as they both sat down together, Richie quickly chugged the water bottle until it was almost empty, "did you seriously just drink all of our water?" Eddie frowned, glaring at his boyfriend, Richie looked at him and then back at the water bottle before spitting the water back into it and handing it over to him.

Eddie fake gagged and knocked the bottle out of a Richies hands, "that's so unsanitary," he said, making a disgusted face, "it's just as sanitary as when I stick my tongue down your throat Eds," Richie smirked before swinging an arm around him, "ew gross! I'm never kissing you again!"

"Here Eddie, you can have some of mine," Ben smiled as he threw his water over to him, Eddie caught it and took off the cap, "thanks Ben."

"I can't believe we turn sixteen next year.." Beverly sighed as she looked up at the sky, "y-yeah I c-can't wait how to l-l-learn how to d-drive," said Bill, watching Stan as he scanned the sky for birds.

"I'm looking forward to the school dance," Ben admitted, Richie then shook his head and threw his hand up in the air just to put it down again, "you know why i'm looking forward to turning sixteen?" he asked, a smirk growing on his face as he did, "why Richie?"

"I'll legally be able to fuck Eddie,"