Isn't it love || Reddie oneshots

You can think that you're in love when you're really just in pain

Previous RichiexConnor
Non-Binary!Richie
Short and sweet (I hope)

"It's been eight months..." Richie sighed as they looked at the photo they couldn't bare to delete. The photo was of them and Connor and Richie was kissing his ex-boyfriend's cheek whilst Connor had a big smile on his face but they understood now that smile had been fake.

Toxic was the best word to describe Richie and Connor's relationship. Both had done things that were wrong that was true, Richie was still recovering from the trauma of fighting that god forsaken clown and Connor well what he had done really messed the trashmouth up now.

Eddie had been by Richie's side the entire time and he knew practically everything about the trashmouth's ex-relationship and it didn't make him judge Richie in anyway shape or form. He loved Richie and only wished to see them happy, the hypochondriac disliked Connor because of what he did. It took a long time for Eddie to get the majority of the story from Richie because they truly believed they were the only one in the wrong for everything that had happened which had caused a spiral of self-hatred and maybe even a small case of PTSD, considering Richie would have random flashbacks to the break-up and randomly would hear the lines Connor spoke to them, the break-up had been less than ideal. Richie had been tag-teamed by Connor and Henry and was told everything they had ever done wrong and was made to feel as if they were an entirely shitty person for the whole relationship falling apart.

One night Richie had broken down and confessed everything to their best friend. Tears streaming down their face as they did so which was surprising because Richie was an expert at hiding their emotions behind humour and trying to make all their friends laugh but it had all bottled up and gotten too much for them. Eddie had been the first person Richie had come out to both with sexuality and with gender identity so they knew they could trust Eddie to not say anything plus the trashmouth had always had a crush on the boy they just believed they never had a chance so had never pursued it.

"Hey, it's alright, it's okay," Eddie comforted the crying one in his arms and gently rubbed circles into Richie's back. They had been friends for so long he was the one who knew how to sooth Richie and make them feel safe. "You can think that you're in love when you're really just in pain," Eddie said as he continued comforting his best friend. "I was never in love with Connor I just wanted to be because it would have been easier... after everything that's happened I wanted to feel loved by someone but I don't think Connor ever even wanted to be with me either," Richie was crying anymore they were trying to be calm.

"That's his loss then, isn't it?" Eddie grinned and he leaned forward capturing Richie's lips in a kiss which surprised the trashmouth because Eddie was so obsessed with germs that they thought that kissing would repulse him, they were also freaking out slightly cause their life-long crush and best friend was kissing them so what do they do? Kiss back of course.

Richie chuckled as they looked back up at Eddie, "It's been eight months," They repeated and pressed delete on the old photo and leaned into Eddie forcing their boyfriend to position for a photo with them, "And I've never been happier than I am right now."