Kisses | Reddie

fortyone ☆ lost

by: HelloHiMeHere on wattpad

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The cold wind of the night nipped at Eddie's nose. His arms, which were covered in a long peach sweater, wrapped tightly around his own waist. "R-Rich," he whispered miserably.
"Yeah?"
"Um, I-I know you want to keep going and look for the camp, but could we just stay here a-and move in the morning? I'm really cold." Tears stung his eyes. This is what they get for camping t the end of fall.

Richie looked at Eddie, he felt terrible. His best friend and crush was freezing. Nose and cheeks a brighter red then could ever be. It sucked even worse because Eddie was wearing shorts and shivering the worst someone ever could. Richie's feet padded over to Eddie, and without any other thought, he wrapped his arms around his small body. "Hey, hey. Yeah... I'm here and I'll keep you warm, okay?"
Eddie hid his face in Richie's chest. "Can we sit down?"
"Yes, come on." Richie walked them over to a tree and sat down, hugging Eddie as close as possible.

When Richie look down, he saw silent tears rolling down Eddie's tomato red cheeks. "Hey, hey... Don't cry, Eddie... shhh. Hug me closer," Richie whispered softly. Eddie nodded, wrapping himself around Richie, and did the same. Richie took the edge of his shirt and wiped the tears off of Eddie's pretty little face. "Eddie, you're okay. We're going to find the others in the morning, yeah?"
Eddie nodded. "Y-Yeah. I'm just really cold, Rich." Eddie looked up. He had a sad sparkle in his eyes. Richie tried to smile, just to show that everything is okay. Eddie barely smiled back, he felt like his face muscles were frozen.

They stayed like that for a while, Richie rubbing Eddie's back. Eddie's legs were tightly sandwiched inbetween Richie's, as he held Eddie close.

"We're okay. It's cold, but we'll be fine, baby."
"W-What did you just call me...?"
"Eddie. I-I called you Eddie, that's all," Richie nervously chuckled.
"No you didn't," Eddie whispered.
"Eddie..."
"Richie. What did you call me?"
"Baby! Okay? I called you baby. It's just, you look so cute and shit right now,and you're always so cute and I really like you. And I accidentally slipped and called you baby," Richie babbled on. He was expecting Eddie to burst out laughing, or be completely be disgusted with him. Eddie instead hugged his face into Richie's chest. "So... you like me. Like... more than a friend?"
Yes, Eddie. God yes. I have since before I knew what romance was."

Richie felt Eddie's lips smile into his shirt. "I feel the same." he whispered.

"W-What? Really? Eddie, are you serious?"

Eddie's head peeked up at Richie. "Yeah." He blushed. His cheeks were already so red, but now he was the cutest little red, puffy cheek thing to Richie. Eddie looked at the ground and hid his face in Richie's chest.

"Look at me you cute little shit," Richie chuckled. Eddie peered up.
"Eddie, I love you..." Richie breathed out.

Eddie's smile was the widest it could ever get. "I love you, Richie." the small 15 year old whispered back. Before anything else could happen, Eddie leaned up, completely capturing Richie's lips.

For a second, Richie didn't kiss back, and Eddie pulled away. "Sorry. Um, you didn't- I should-" He was interrupted by another kiss. Richie's lips were warm, despite their current situation. Eddie could only focus on Richie; his lips, his scent, the way his curls ever so slightly tickled Eddie's face. Richie smelled like cigarettes and mint; Eddie loved the cent.

In Richie's mind, he knew that this was the perfect time to cuddle and do this. Both of them, cold, but the love in their hearts warmed them up just enough. Eddie somehow smelled both like cinnamon and strawberries at the same time. He kept kissing Eddie, his hand finding its way to Eddie's back. After a while, the two broke apart. Eddie smiled and hugged himself closer to Richie, putting his head in Richie's neck. "M' cold," he whispered, playing with the top of Richie's shirt.
"I'm here, Spaghetti." He hugged Eddie as close to him as possible. Eddie slumped down so he was comfortable in Richie's lap.

After a while, Richie heard soft snores, and Eddie's hold loosened ever so slightly.

"Thank god! There you two shits are!" Beverly's voice slightly startled Richie. "Shut up, Marsh!" he whispered, "Don't wake Eddie." He looked down at the boy cuddled on his lap. "Fine, come on, you lovebirds," she said, rolling her eyes.

As they walked, Richie looked down at the boy he was struggling to carry. Beverly smiled. "So... you two were cuddling?"
"Yeah, to stay warm. And... we ended up kissing." Richie blushed, looking down at Eddie.
"Really?! No way! Details, now!" Bev laughed.
"Well, I accidentally confessed to him and then, we kissed for a while, until he wanted to go to sleep," Richie summed quickly.
"Well then, I'm kicking him out of my tent tonight. You guys are sharing now."