❤ Lover Boy ❤[Reddie]

Chapter 16

Richie's POV

Eddie was still in my pajamas because I didn't get him new clothes. But he still looked adorable because it was oversized.

"I have an idea." He said. What the hell is this boy thinking about?

I gave him one of my tropical shirts (the one Richie wore when he said the Eddie's mom vagina on Halloween line) that took a while of convincing to wear because he said they're ugly pieces of shit, but I can tell he likes wearing my clothes. He took some pumps from his inhaler and we went to the day carnival that went on all day.

"We are going to play ALL the games they got beside the kiddie games."

"Aw but you're a kid, Ed's."

He glared at me and then flipped me off.

"So, ring toss first and then we go off from there. Okay?"

"Okay."

We held hands and people stared but basically, all of them thought he was my little brother so they didn't think much of it. We ended playing all the games and it became dark outside but a lot of people were still here.

"Well well well. If it isn't Sick boy and The Garbage Man."

We turned around to see Henry Bowers and Connor right behind him.

"What do you want Bowers?"

"I want you, fairy 1 and fairy 2, to get the fuck out of my town."

"Well, your mom wouldn't like that very much."

He punched me in the face, but not hard enough to knock me down. So I did what any Trashmouth would do.
I fought back. I punched him like 5 times while Connor watched.

"Run!"

I grabbed Eddie's hand and we ran across the entire carnival to the Ferris wheel, which was on the exact opposite of the part were at. I opened a capsule as Eddie looked for his inhaler because he was so out of breath. When he finally found it, it was empty. He started to breathe heavily. He was having a panic attack.

"Holy shit Ed's, you okay?!"

He shook his head rapidly in response.

I grabbed the jacket I was wearing and took out the spare inhaler from the inside pocket, put the mouthpiece in, and pulled the trigger 5 times.

He started to breathe normally again and then he hugged me tightly.

"You scared the fuck out of me Richie! I thought we were going to die!"

He started to cry on my chest and I hugged him back.

"Shh, it's okay. You're okay," I repeated what my dad said because it really calmed me down.

"Why do you even have a spare inhaler?"

"Just in case of emergencies like these. Plus you told me about forgetting to get a refill so I had to step in."

"Thanks, Richie."

"Anytime Eddio Spaghettios."

He started crying a bit more so I lifted up his head and looked him in the eyes.

"You're going to live another day Ed's. I mean it."

I brought my hand to his cheek and wiped his tear with my thumb and I did the same with my other hand. I looked him dead in the eyes to tell him that everything is going to be okay. I looked at his lips and then at his eyes.

Fuck it.

I closed the gap between us and kissed him. If the first time I kissed him wasn't good enough, I will sure as hell make this one memorable for Spaghetti.

I broke the kiss and he looked at me confused eyes.

"I'm sorry. I thought that it was the right time to do that and I know you probably think I'm a freak-"

He cut me off by connecting our lips together. It took me a second to realize before we both melted into the kiss. I could tell he was smiling in the kiss, which made me smile too.

It was time to get out of the capsule, so we broke apart from each other's lips and got off the Ferris wheel. We couldn't stop smiling.

Ahhh he likes me back! They thought.

"I guess we should start leaving then, huh Ed's?"

"Yup."

We held each other's hands as he ran home. When we got inside, I hatched an idea.

"We should skip tomorrow."

"What? If my mom found out she would have an aneurysm."

"Well won't have one if the school knows that we're skipping."

"What do you mean?"

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and called the school.

"Hello? This is Wentworth Tozier. I was just calling to let you know that Edward Kaspbrak, whom I taking care of, and my son, Richard Tozier won't be coming to school tomorrow. They have both got sick when they were playing somewhere so they may have gotten sick from that. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yeah, thank you have a goodnight!"

I hung up and squealed like a little girl and jumped up and down.

"We aren't going to school tomorrow or the next day because she said we might have the flu!"

I grabbed his hands as we jumped up and down together.

I looked at him and said these words that I don't regret saying at all.

"Eddie, I want to be your boyfriend. I have always wanted that since kindergarten. So do you want to be mine?"

I looked down at the ground of embarrassment and he lifted my chin and kissed me

"Of course dipshit."

We laughed and went downstairs to go watch Steven Universe.

"We, are the crystal gems. We'll always save the day. And if you think we can't we'll always find a way. That's what the people of this world believe in. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. AND STEVEN." We sang in sync.
I didn't look up the lyrics because I know the theme song by heart.

He snuggled up closer as we both hugged each other. We weren't afraid of touching each other and making the other uncomfortable. Now, we're dating.

Finally!