𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐃 - 𝖗𝖊𝖉𝖉𝖎𝖊 !

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" not easy,, "

if there was any worse time to not remember how inflexible edward was, it would be at dance lessons and then having to bike home with stiff calves and shaking arms . so the poor boy lays in bed on his back, trying not to move anything due to the painful soreness .

with a sigh leaving his lips , eddie tips back his head on his pillow and anxiously waits for sleep to come, perhaps everything would be fixed in the morning .

the only scenario that did not fix it was the sudden pebble being thrown at his window . the sound stung eddie's ears and making him jolt up — all of his muscles externally confused and too overworked to even hold him upright anymore . muffled calls happened to be outside, down below his window — most likely the source of the pebble that had almost caused all of his bones to break on cue like an explosion . slowly situating himself towards the window, he unlocks it with shaky hands and pulls it up to the best of his abilities and behold, behold ;

two losers outside his house at six pm.

" thanks for scaring the fuck out of me, i love you guys. " he huffed, a palm lazily running across his face to catch him from slipping into sleep right then and there .

" yeah , anytime . looks like someone forgot his own meet up plan . " mike stated nonchalantly . edward cursed at himself silently; he had forgotten to go back towards mike's farm after dance but he really only had one thing on his mind and that was to sleep as fast as possible .

" i — i hope you're nuh — not hiding a guy in your bed , eddie . this seemed pretty unforgettable, don't you think, mikey ?" bill remarked, stupidly grinning as he shared a glance with mike . edward wanted to slap that look right off of his face but instead , his own complexion boiled drastically in return .

" s — shut up ! i'm not ! " he yelled right back, tone of voice growing more and more defensive . kaspbrak was 5 seconds on the edge to shutting this window and sleeping between all the rocks they threw instead of having to hear this embarrassing teasing .

mike shrugged his shoulders and eddie actually grew assurance that it was going to be put to rest so he could explain but, his words did not help, " he must've been fucked so hard that he forgot , what a shame . "

" YOU GUYS SUCK . " eddie screamed , slamming the window closed . it was not even worth it to rant about the encounter with richard anymore .

the two of them burst out laughing, the two meanies he unfortunately called his friends walked in to greet his mother downstairs before strutting right into his room . edward sat, arms crossed with those teary eyes that held no actual sadness, " you guys are so mean :( . "

billiam eye-rolled, putting up a whole exaggerated sympathy card just to play along as he sat next to eddie against the window . mike found the bean-bag and happily got comfortable sitting on it . this place was definitely more comfy and homey than a stupid little farm, mike didn't mind eddie's house at all .

when trying to move his arm around edward's shoulders as a sign of friendly comfort, eddie only groans, desperately wanting to sink into his bed to escape such soreness . " t — t — too much of a good fu - f — fuck ? " denbrough mutters half-heartedly before eddie weakly punches his thigh as a counterattack.

" dance . i am not flexible for shit . "

mike's lips flattened like he was thinking, leaning back into the slick pink material, " you forgot to tell them that or was that a part of the plan ? "

god, eddie wished he would've remembered . maybe that was the whole point, no pain no gain as every fragile masculine guy had remarked only to fit in . " it feels like my head's about to pop off. " edward whined , tilting his head against billiam's arm .

" mu — mikey ? c — can you get him some i — ib — ibuprofen please ? " denbrough spoke up, catching eddie's attention but definitely enough to gaze up and open his eyes . even his eyelids were tired.

hanlon nodded almost immediately, " of course . don't over share without me . " bill shared a shy smile with him as he left . without a moment of hesitation, bill slyly started,

" okay, s — spill. "

" was it that obvious ? " kaspbrak muttered, an arm draped over his eyes to keep his room's light out of his eyes .

" o — obviously . dance would n — not bother you th — that much, idiot . " he practically laughed . eddie still didn't grasp how he was so easy to read; even in pain and whimpering to death, he was like an open book to his friends . he met billiam and mike in his years of elementary school to now . it was impossible for them not to catch on to whatever edward was holding to himself only.

just then, the door opened to reveal a friendly-looking mikey, coming back with a couple pills and a glass of water in hand . " mikey ! cu — come sit, eddie has something to tell . " he suggested, eyes brows wiggling with the most peaked interest . mike returned a similar reaction but it soon turned into a chuckle .

" stop being such dorks, 's not even that big of a deal ,, " edward slurred, hissing silently in pain as he made the choice to sit up and take the items from mike's calloused hands . popping the ibuprofen into his mouth, he took sips of the water to get it all down — ignoring such a small yet unpleasant aftertaste . " i just ,, had a stupid encounter with a guy and a gal, that's all . "

" oh come on, eddie — i don't believe you . stop showing that sour face . was he nice ? cute ? " the dark-skinned teenager poked for more information, his lips holding a curious grin . kaspbrak had a passion for being vague or just dismissing a topic entirely if he didn't like it. the two boys were lucky to even get him to talk some sense about it .

" cute ? as if . he's so annoying ! he said the stupidest shit and has the dumbest nicknames. he had a smug look on his face too when he called me that ! his hair is way too fucking messy, he has the worst sense of style and looks so nerdy with those obnoxious glasses ! he was probably high,, definitely high . he just bumped into me — he could've ran me over, guys ! can you believe that ?? i can not believe that . i could've fell and got cuts all over my body from the curb — dirty sidewalk cuts, bill ! i mean, it's so fucking ridiculous , ugh ! his face just makes me ma— "

bill cleared his throat . finally, he caught edward's attention; the boy had never ranted like that since he was only a little doctor K. he felt so out of breath but it felt,, really good to get all of that out there . " um , eddie ? i'm — i'm no love doctor b — but you sound real into su — s — someone you hate so m - much . " bill commented, puzzled with such a strong reaction he hasn't seen in years .

" i — i ,, what ?? billy, that's dumb; i'm not into him, at all . i just met him and i don't want to see him ever again . " eddie proclaimed, satisfied with his own answer . it was clear and prominent . kaspbrak knew how to stick to himself and to keep focus on one thing and one thing only: dance .

hanlon had been worryingly silent— except for his few collective gapes from seeing rambling unfold till he spoke, " you're talking about richie tozier, right ? "

denbrough's brows raised — he didn't even know who this mystery crush was . " you know him , mikey ? " ending it with a cute signature nickname; one that stuck to both mike and bill .

mike shook his head quick, " not personally . he just landed here in town . i don't think you'll be getting rid of him anytime soon, edward — sorry . " but eddie knows he isn't truly sorry for once with the likely-to-come richard teasing and the full fact he called him edward .

" y — y — you need a pillow to scream into ? "

eddie's pout appeared instantly, " can you get one for me ? i can't feel my arms . "

(some quality boys time🥰)