Lover •Richie Tozier x Reader

//Chapter 12//

Y/N

Me and Richie went back to his house, his mom greeted us at the door with a fresh batch of cookies. They were chocolate chip, mine and Richie's favourite, his mom knows us well. I can't remember how much cookies we ate but it was a lot.

We then watched a couple of movies until it was time to eat dinner, Richie's mom made Y/F/D (your favourite dinner) and of course I had lots and so did Richie, we had some more cookies for dessert, Richie's mom likes to call us vacuums for eating so much, but me and Richie just laughed.

After dinner me and Richie went up to his room, I was sitting on his bed reading a book while Richie had his head on my lap as he played his Atari 7800. As I read my read, I couldn't help but think about the events from earlier, everything that happened with IT and how the Losers may be broken up thanks to IT, and I couldn't help but think what Billy had said to me. At the thought, it made me sigh which caught Richie's attention.

"You okay Y/N?" He asked, pausing his game and looking up at me. I hummed in response and looked down at him, putting my book beside me. "I don't know Rich." I say with another sigh. "I was thinking about what happened earlier and how the Losers are torn apart by this clown that is ruining our lives by showing our fears. It's completely destroyed Billy when Georgie disappeared and of course it destroyed me but, after Neibolt, I realized that Georgie is really gone, a much as I don't want to believe it, he really is gone Rich." I say, a tear rolling down my cheek.

Richie quickly sat up after noticing the tear rolling off of my chin and onto my lap. "Hey hey don't cry Y/N...it'll be okay." Richie said as he put his head on my cheek and wiped my tears away. "What if someone else I love disappears too because of that clown, like Billy or you." I say while sniffling. "Y/N." Richie started as he made me look at him. "You will not loose any of us, not Billy, not even me, why? Because we will always be with you no matter what, we'll be by your side threw everything that is thrown at you." He said.

I sniffled again and wrapped my arms around Richie's torso and hugged him tightly, placing my head on his chest. Richie wrapped his arms around my waist and held me close, and he ran his hand through my hair. "What if Billy hates me Richie, you heard what he said before we left, he got mad that I was coming here. What if he thinks that I'm not on his side of this and won't talk to me anymore?" I say letting my tears run down my face, making them blur my vision. "Billy is my brother, he's the only thing I have left, the thought of him hating me is too much to handle, I never wanted him to be upset that I came here, I'm not picking any sides because it wouldn't be far."

"I know for a fact that Bill would never hate you." Richie said quietly. "Like you said, you and Billy only have each other left, and you need each other. I'm sure if you talk to him about things, I'm sure he'll understand. I know that Bill can hold grudges, because he's done it to us a lot but he couldn't never hold a grudge against you, because you are his sister, and he needs you more than you need him." He said. I looked up at him with teary eyes as he looked down at me.

Again, he wiped the tears from my cheeks with his thumb. "Thank you Richie." I say, my voice cracking a bit. "You're welcome love." He said. I smiled at the nickname he gave me. "I love when you smile." He said smiling as well. "Your smile brings light to everyone and makes their day better." He continued. "Really?" I asked. "Of course, and because your smile brightens up my day every time I see it."

I felt my face start to heat up and I stuck my face in the crook of his neck. "Richie stoppp, you're making me blush." I say with a small whine. "Good," Richie started. "Because it means my statement is true." He said. Even if I couldn't see it, I knew it Richie was smiling brightly. I looked up at him once again as he looked at me. He leaned down and planted a soft kiss on my lips.

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"Thank you for walking me home Rich." I say, letting go of his hand and walking in front of him. "It was my pleasure princess." He said while bowing. I let out a giggle as he let out a chuckle, he stood back up. "You're such a dork." I say lightly hitting his arm. "But I'm your dork."  He said. I gave him a smile before kissing his cheek. "Goodnight Rich." "Goodnight love." He said before walking away with a smile planted on his lips.

I looked towards the house before walking up to the front door and going inside. "Ah, Y/N honey, how was your time at Richie's?" My mom asked as she looked up from her book. "It was okay mom, is Billy upstairs?" I asked her, she gave me a nod. "But he told us he didn't want to see anyone." Hearing that made me frown. "Alright, thanks." I say before going upstairs.

I know Billy had said he didn't want to see anyone but maybe just maybe he would want to see me, like Richie said, he could never be mad at me for long.

Once I was upstairs, I walked over to mine and Billy's room and slowly opened the door. "Billy?" I say as I fully opened the door. I looked inside and saw Billy sitting at his desk, looking at pictures. He put the pictures down and looked over at me. "What do you want?" He asked, annoyances laced his voice. My heart started to beat quickly in my chest, what if he does hate me?

"I um, wanted to apologize for earlier." I say again, my voice cracking. "I didn't mean to make you feel like I was picking sides, because I would never do that to you because you're my brother, and you're the only brother I have left and we need to stick together." I didn't even realize but, tears were streaming down my face. "And if you want to hate me that's fine, but I never intended to make you upset by my actions and for that I'm so sorry for being a terrible sister."

As I looked down at the floor, I heard Billy stand up from his chair and heard him walk over to me. I soon felt his hands on my shoulders. "Y/N," He started. "I do not hate you okay, and you're not a terrible sister." He said, which made me look up at him. "I realized that I shouldn't have snapped at you the way I did because I realized that, you can do whatever you want. I may be your twin brother but that doesn't mean I can run your life for you, and I should have understood why you went with Richie because he is your best friend, and I know you could never choose between the two of us because it would hurt you. So I am sorry for being an ass towards you when I should have been okay with you going with him." He finished.

I sniffled and looked at him. "Boyfriend." I say simply which made Billy look at me with confusion. "Richie, he isn't my best friend anymore, he's my boyfriend."

Billy first had a shocked facial expression on his face but it slowly turned into a smirk. "So you really played kissy faces with him huh?" He said, which caused me to blush. "Billy!" I say as I smacked Billy's arm which only earned a chuckle from him. "You guys totally did." He said with a bigger grin on his face.

"I hate you." I say. "Oh but you love me." He replied, pulling me into a hug, I hugged him back and sighed. "You're the worst but best twin brother ever." I say. "You aren't so bad yourself sis."

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Hey guys! I'm so sorry for such a late update! Writers block really hit me hard, but as you probably noticed, this chapter isn't part of the main plot but it's totally okay. Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter!

~Jazmyn

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