Kisses | Reddie

twentyfive ☆ i'm letting you go so you can be happy without me {part 2}

by: grazer_boi on wattpad (all credit goes to this amazing author)

{Part 2}

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Richie felt something inside of him break. It was the worst pain in the world, and it made him let out a breath, like someone knocked the wing out of him.

Eddie stared down at his dangling string with flushed cheeks and hot tears in his eyes. He set the scissors down and sat on his bed.

"Eddie..." Richie managed to get out, "why didn't you tell me?" he cried out as a tear slipped down his freckled cheek.

"You love Stan." Eddie wiped his eyes. He couldn't feel anything.

"I do, but-" He looked down at his shaking hands. It was like the world lost its color. "You cut out string... and it hurt."

Eddie shrugged. "You wanted it."

Richie got up from the bed and knelt down in front of Eddie. He took both his hands in his and looked into his eyes. He changed. His face grew pale and his once warm brown eyes had turned grey and dark. Lifeless.

"I wouldn't of done it if I knew..." Richie sniffled.

Eddie looked at Richie. It was like everything was fading in and out. It was so empty and dark now. "You loved Stan, but you weren't soulmates. You were platonic soulmates."

Richie let out a sob, "I'm so sorry Eddie..." He leaned his forehead against Eddie's chest and cried onto his shirt. The normal Eddie would have cradled his head against his chest and ran his fingers through his hair. This Eddie stared down at him like a stranger.

"Come on, please." He hugged Eddie's torso and cried harder. "Put it back! I love you, okay? I knew I loved you, I just couldn't do that to Stan!"

Eddie didn't respond. He couldn't. When he look down at Richie, he couldn't feel. When Richie touched him, he didn't feel the old butterflies. The cut string on his finger felt like a weight.

Richie pulled away and looked at Eddie. His grey eyes looking blankly back at him.

"I can tie you to Stan now," Eddie said in a mono toned voice, "but Bill will be sad."

"Bill?" Richie asked. "Is he Stan's soulmate?"

Eddie just nodded.

"No, we can fix us." Richie wiped his eyes, cupping Eddie's cold cheeks. "I love you, okay?"

Eddie just stared at him.

"You can tie us back together, right?" Richie asked. Eddie looked down at his hands. He couldn't see his string. He couldn't see Richie's either.

"I can't..." Eddie marveled down at his finger. The only that had a red string on it for years until now. It looked so alone. "I can't see it..."

"Fuck..." Richie muttered, "this is all my fault..." He tried to think of what to do. First, he had to tell Stan and Bill.

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Richie took Eddie's loose hand and went into Bill's dorm.

"Bill, is Stan-" He stopped at the sight in front of him.

Bill and Stan pulled apart, and looked at Richie and Eddie with wide eyes.

"Shit, Richie. You weren't supposed to-" Stan began as he panicked and stood up.

"We were just-" Bill tried.