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Richie sat up in Bev's bed, looking over at her and Eddie, holding each other.
I wish I could do that.
He opened up the window, climbing out onto the roof. It was a bit rickety and the shingles almost fell off, but it wasn't like he could get hurt anymore anyway.
He sat for a while, eventually crying on Beverly's roof. pathetic.
It wasn't like Richie to cry, he only did when he just felt it was necessary, like now.
He just really needed things to go back to how they were with Eddie. He's not even sure what made him so brave in the first place, he just wished he wasn't brave. He wished he didn't run his mouth so much, he wished Eddie would just tell him that it's okay.
Richie felt a sudden cool breeze next to him, knowing exactly who it was. He could smell the lavender that he'd counted on since 3rd grade. He could feel that Eddie was there.
"Why?" Eddie's voice was barely a whisper.
"I love you." Richie shrugged, wiping away the stray tears, "It hurt so bad that it wasn't worth it."
Eddie shook his head, "That- I- you can't just end it all when things get bad."
Richie shrugged again.
"Why didn't you leave me a note?" Eddie asked, his voice dropping even lower.
"Why did you reject me?" Richie asked, his voice soft.
Eddie furrowed his brows, "Because, being gay was frowned upon."
"Exactly." Richie said, "Your mom would've killed you for even receiving a note like that."
"She killed me anyway." Eddie sighed
"I didn't know that at the time. I was trying my best, alright? I'm not exactly sure what you were expecting from me."
"I was expecting you to care!" Eddie shouted
"And I was expecting you to like me back. I expected you to live with me in a big house one day and we'd live in California, with a- with a puppy. I was caring, just in the wrong way."
Eddie turned to face Richie, "I did like you, you big idiot!"
"Yet you rejected me? Nice."
"No wonder you're a fucking demon." Eddie spat, like it was a disgusting word.
Richie immediately tensed up, allowing a few more tears to roll down his cheeks. He didn't ask to be a monster. He just was. The same way Eddie just had the role of an angel handed to him.
Richie started crying again.
Eddie's head immediately shot up, "Oh my god! No, no! I- I didn't mean to say that I- fuck!"
Without any warning, Eddie leaned forward, pressing their lips together. It was bittersweet, Richie tasted like tears and those Airheads that he eats even though he's dead and there's no point. And Pepsi, because that's all Beverly has in her fridge most days.
He felt like Richie, like Eddie's home.
He tangled one hand in Richie's hair, holding his hand with the other. Richie put one hand on Eddie's waist, despite being pissed earlier.
He loved Eddie.
Eddie suddenly pulled back, "I- I don't think we should be together, yet. I think we should just be- like-"
"Friends who kiss?" Richie finished, wiping away the rest of his tears.
"Yeah." Eddie nodded.
Richie surged forward again, remembering all of the pain Eddie had been put through.
1981
A few days after Richie's death, Eddie had refused to leave his room. He refused to eat, or sleep. He just laid there.
It took an entire week for Sonia to realize that something was wrong. She didn't like things to be wrong with her baby.
She went into his room one day and decided force feeding her son antidepressants was going to make him better.
the whole bottle.
She shoved pill after pill into Eddie's mouth, holding his nose shut until he swallowed it.
all 180 of them.
needless to say, he was dead by morning.
he blamed it all on Richie.
Modern Day
They weren't aware that Beverly had been listening to it all. She knew everything.
She waited until they came back inside, pretending to close her eyes and be asleep
"What if we fucked on Beverly's bed?"
Eddie scrunched up his face, "That's gross."
"Oh you love me, Eds."
"Well, maybe."
Richie laughed, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"What it means."
"Whatever, Eddio."
Beverly smiled to herself, she was determined to meet up with Ben tomorrow, nothing could get in her way. Not even her demon.
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