Kisses | Reddie

fortyseven ☆ it worked before

by: midgetackerman on wattpad

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"You wanna play truth or dare?! Here's the truth! You're a sloppy bitch!" Richie screeched at the monster. "Yeah, that's right, let's dance! Yippee ki-yay, motherfucke-!" He was cut off however by the clown turning to face him and opening his giant mouth as far as it possibly could, even rolling his head back slightly to capture the man in the deadlights. Richie's eyes rolled to the back of his head and he was lifted into the air.

Eddie looked down at the weapon he was holding in his hands; the words that Bev had uttered, 'it kills monsters if you believe it does', echoing in his head. He positioned it, ready to toss it into the monster's gaping mouth, directly into the deadlights, but he stopped himself. He didn't know if this course of action would hurt Richie, and that was the last thing he wanted to do. He rattled his brain, trying to think of something he could do instead. Suddenly, an idea came to mind as he remembered something that had worked in the past. But in order to achieve this, he needed the other Losers to distract the monster.

He was desperate, and he did not want to give his plan away to Pennywise. So without thinking, he yelled, "Ben! Go long!"
He threw his weapon forward for Ben to catch; he knew Ben was the best option, as he would most likely catch onto what Eddie was intending on doing. After all, he was the one who had done it the last time. He was right in assuming this, as when he caught the weapon, he immediately ran forward and started bashing at Pennywise's long spidery legs, stabbing him with it. Once he was attacking IT, it didn't take the other Losers long to join in.

The fighting caused Pennywise to start focusing on the other Losers, and leave Richie floating, still caught in the deadlights. It broke Eddie's heart to see Richie like this, especially when the boy had told him all those years ago what he had seen in the Neibolt house. And from his description, the eyes on the corpse were the exact same as his eyes now.

Eddie leaped up a few times, until he managed to get a hold of one of the comedian's feet, and he gently pulled him down. As he expected, that did not snap Richie out of it. He took a deep breath and really contemplated what he was about to do; what if it didn't work? What if Richie hated him for it, if it did work? What if..?
He had to push those thoughts to the back of his head. Right now, he had to focus on the present, no time to worry about 'what if's'.

"I'm so sorry if this doesn't work, Rich..." he mumbled under his breath, and he pressed his lips against Richie's in a sweet but frantic kiss. It only lasted a couple of seconds, but it felt like forever, and he slowly pulled away. He felt his heart drop as Richie remained the same before. The other Losers sighed in defeat as they had been keeping an eye on Eddie whilst fighting Pennywise, but the sigh alerted the monster that something else was going on, and he turned around and smirked evilly.

"You really thought that would work? You're a dirty boy, just as your mother always told you... and now everyone knows," Pennywise said in a sing-song tone to Eddie, the same tone he had used to taunt Richie abut his dirty little secret. He seemed pleased with himself, especially when all the Losers seemed beaten, and it was pretty obvious without Richie, Eddie would not fight. He felt like he had lost the man he just remembered he was in love with.

Suddenly, there was a loud gasping noise. "Eds...?" That was definitely Richie's voice. Eddie could not stop the wide grin from forming, and he whipped his head around to see his best friend and crush, back to normal; or whatever normal was for Richie anyways.
"Richie!" Eddie exclaimed, and he pulled the comedian into a tight hug, not caring that they were both being watched by all the Loser and a very concerned Pennywise. He had forgotten all those years ago that Ben had managed to break Beverly out of the deadlights with a kiss; guess the Losers weren't the only ones who had forgotten. The two men were still hugging each other and sobbing. Although it was a touching sight, now was not the time for it.

"Okay, gays... as cute as this is, we need to do as Richie so elegantly put it all those years ago... 'kill this fucking clown'." Stan smirked.

"Did you mean g-guys?" Bill asked, confused.

"Did I fucking stutter?" was the only reply, causing Bill to simply shake his head and laugh; he had definitely missed Stan over these twenty-seven years. They now knew what to do; when the clown had been insulted, he had weakened. Which really meant all they had to do was roast the clown.

They began screaming insults at Pennywise; that he was only a clown, a mimic, an old lady and a personal favorite, a piece of homophobic shit. Unsurprisingly, Stan was the one who took the most control in the roasting, and the Losers were pretty sure that the man could have defeated Pennywise himself, but it was definitely quicker with the others help. They yanked out his heart and crushed it together, killing the monster for good this time. Once the monster was killed, the walls of the Neibolt house began to crumble around them.

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The group were all silent until they reached the quarry, none of them daring to talk just yet. One thing that was noticeable to all the Losers however, but none of them were going to point out was Eddie and Richie's intertwined hands, even whilst insulting and finally killing the monster for good. They only let go of each other's hands to crawl under the gap when they were fleeing the house.

Once they reached the quarry, they took their shoes off and took their phones out of their pockets, and then dove into the murky water below.

Each Loser resurfaced with a laugh, and suddenly, the whole group was roaring with laughter; they were finally free and were all together again. They had not truly realized how much they had missed each other, until this moment.
"God, do you know how many diseases we could get from being in this water?!" Eddie started complaining, even though he had also dove into the water. He was shut up by a finger pressed to his lips and a chuckle coming from Richie. "That's our Eddie! I never thought I'd miss your constant complaining, but I really did."
The two were extremely close now, and no one else uttered a word. It seemed like they were going to kiss, until Richie suddenly said, "I've lost my glasses!"

With another roar of laughter, everyone went on a search to find Richie's glasses; going under the water, until Eddie suddenly said, "I've found them!" He smiled and swam back over to Richie, placing them crooked on his face with a cheeky grin. The comedian rolled his eyes and was about to speak, until he was cut off by Eddie's lips against his. He lost whatever comment he was going to make and began to kiss the shorter man back, snaking an arm around his waist to pull him closer.
A cheer broke out amongst the Losers at this. "Finally!" Mike and Bev both yelled in sync. "Yeah, we both knew you two were in love since you were kids," Bev explained after seeing the shocked, flustered faces of Eddie and Richie.

"So, does this mean once I divorce my wife, you'll be my boyfriend...?" Eddie decided to take the plunge and ask.
"But of course, Spaghetti Man! But I need to break up with your mom first," he replied just like he would have when they were children. This resulted in him getting dunked under the water.