soulmates~reddie

chapter fifteen

!warning! Making out, cuss words...

'Can we talk now?'

Eddie took a deep breath and let himself fall backwards onto the pillows and blankets. He sighed and turned to Richie, who was sitting up with his legs crossed.

Eddie patted the spot next to him and propped the pillows up a bit so he could lean against them while still sitting up.

Richie stood up and walked over to Eddie. He let himself sink against the pillows and started fiddling with his thumbs, "Look Eddie, we don't have to-" he started but was quickly interrupted by the smaller one. "No, I want to..I just- I-..I-" Eddie stuttered out. "You sound like Bill." Richie laughed to break the tension between them, but quickly shut up when Eddie shot him a glare.

The brunette slowly took Richie's hand in his and started playing with his fingers. Richie watched carefully as Eddie was twirling his long fingers around his shorter ones.

"I did..want to kiss you, Rich. But everything is such a mess right now. I-...How I feel around you..I don't feel that way around anyone else. You make me so happy, even when you're not doing anything...you care about me in a way that no one has ever cared about me. I get butterflies in my stomach when I'm with you. God, I would do everything to be your soulmate...but that's the thing. We aren't soulmates...we're not meant to be."

A tear slid down Eddie's cheek and he quickly wiped it away with the back of his hand. He suddenly heard a sniffle and looked up at Richie. The ravenette had a few tears rolling down his cheek and Eddie wiped them away.

"Rich-"

"No Eddie, it's not fair..this whole stupid soulmates thing, I love you more than anything and I would do everything for you...You don't deserve someone like Henry...all he does is hurt you. Eddie I'm so in love with you and it hurts me so much to see you get hurt by your soulmate. A fucking strand in out hair shouldn't be the reason we fall in love with people. Feelings are the only thing that matter."

At this point both boys were full on sobbing and wiping the tears of off eachothers face.

Eddie looked into Richie's eyes while he caressed the ravenettes cheeks with both his hands.

"Rich..I love you too."

That's all it took for Richie to surge forward and smash his lips against Eddie's. The boys could taste the salty tears on their lips but they didn't care. All that they could think about in that moment was eachother.

Eddie liked the feeling of Richie's chapped but soft lips against his own. Their mouths moved in sync with eachother, their lips collided and both felt like they were on top of the world.

Eddie tilted his head slightly and deepened the kiss for a moment but soon enough had to break it because of the lack of air.

Richie leaned his forehead against Eddie's while both of them were still panting. Eddie giggled and looked at Richie through his eyelashes.

"God, spaghetti, you're the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed." Richie sighed out.

"Shut up." Eddie said, while grabbing a pillow and softly slamming it against Richie. The taller one also grabbed a pillow and hit him back. Suddenly they broke out in a pillow fight while both of them were giggling like little girls. Richie suddenly stopped and Eddie got concerned that he hit Richie a little too hard or something, " 'chee..is everything alright?" he softly asked.