reddie oneshots

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richie watched eddie sleep well into the night, making sure his breathing stayed normal. he was scared to sleep, in case something happened to eddie, but around three a.m. sleep finally washed over him and he could no longer keep his eyes open.
     eddie didn't move at all; he was just so tired. he wasn't sure if he was happy to still be alive or not, but one thing he was sure about was that he was madly in love with his best friend.
     he scooted closer to richie subconsciously, and richie wrapped an arm around eddie protectively.
     the two boys woke up in the same position, not that either one was really complaining.
     richie pulled eddie on top of him, to where eddie was literally laying on richie's body.
     eddie closed his eyes again as richie's hands snakes around his waist. he sighed, content.
     of course, then his stomach had to grumble. loudly.
     "when's the last time you ate eds?" richie asked him softly.
     eddie wasn't even sure what day it was. he shrugged. "what day is it?"
     "wednesday," richie told him quietly.
     "oh... i ate breakfast on monday."
     richie began to sit up, and eddie slid off of him.
     "come on," he said. "we're gonna go to my house and find something good to eat."
     eddie stood wobbly to his feet; richie was worried he'd fall down the ladder.
     "i'll give you a piggyback ride," richie added.
     eddie opened his mouth to argue, but richie had already scooped him up.
     "come on, it's ok," richie reassured him.
     somehow, they made it down the ladder in one piece.
"do you think you can walk? if not, i don't mind carrying you," richie told eddie.
eddie tightened his arms around richie. "will you carry me?" he pleaded.
richie smiled even though eddie couldn't see it. "of course love."
eddie buried his face in richie's neck as he began walking.
     they arrived at richie's house a short while later and went inside. richie placed eddie on the couch.
     "where're your parents?" eddie asked.
     "at work. it's wednesday, remember?" richie asked him gently.
     "oh! we had school today! i'm so sorry 'chee!" eddie cried.
     "hey, hey, easy. it's ok. neither one of us are going back to school this week, ok? we're gonna make you happy. and full."
     "richie-"
     "sorry eds. i'll chain you to the bed before i let you go to school this week."
     eddie opened and closed his mouth. "fine," he mumbled.
     richie grinned; eddie couldn't help but smile back.
     "i'll find you something to eat, ok? stay here."
     eddie curled up on the couch; his eyes slipped closed yet again. his stomach felt funny, like it was churning. and his heart was beating kind of hard. he was uncomfortable.
"eds?" he heard richie's worried voice ask. "eds?!"
eddie couldn't open his eyes; it was too much work.
he felt richie's hands on his face.
"shit-fuck," he heard richie cry before listening to his retreating footsteps.
richie nearly ran to the phone, dialing the hospital's number.

eddie, while unconscious, got his stomach pumped. he woke up very nauseous.
richie was pacing the waiting room, waiting for a doctor to tell him if eddie was ok. richie felt nauseous too; he should have just taken eddie to the hospital last night.
"mr. tozier?"
richie turned around, face to face with a nurse.
"mr. kaspbrak is in room three thirteen," she informed him.
richie felt a grin break across his face, and he ran to the elevator.
richie entered eddie's room.
"hey eddie spaghetti," richie said, sitting down on the corner of the bed.
     eddie held out his hand; richie placed his hand in eddie's, squeezing it gently.
     a doctor walked in then. "mr. kaspbrak, i see you've taken quite a few pills?"
     eddie bit his lip and nodded, pretending not to notice the tears welling up in his eyes.
     "well, the good thing is we were able to pump your stomach in time, so you'll be able to leave soon. about an hour i believe. don't do that again," he said harshly.
     eddie nodded quickly. "i won't."
     the doctor walked out. "i'll let you know when you can leave."
     eddie leaned back into the pillows, tears creeping out of his eyes.
     richie gently wiped them away. "it's ok, love."
    eddie sniffled, and richie pulled him into a tight hug.
     "shh. it's ok. we can go out to eat after this. i'll take you to waffle house," richie offered.
"that's unfair, because you know that's my favorite place to eat," eddie said into richie's chest.
richie giggled. "i know."

they were able to leave an hour later, and richie immediately began walking towards the nearest waffle house, hand in hand with eddie.
the sat at a booth in the back of the diner; richie ordered waffles and eddie orders hash browns and eggs.
richie held eddie's hand from across the table. eddie smiled at him.
"you know i love you right?" richie asked.
eddie nodded. "i love you too."
richie brought eddie's hand up to his lips and kissed it.
eddie blushed, but hoped richie wouldn't notice it.
richie did notice, but didn't mention it. "it's gonna be ok now. we're gonna be adults soon. we can leave, we can go wherever you want."
"really?" eddie asked hopefully.
richie nodded. "anywhere in the world. i promise."
eddie smiled. "i'd like that," he whispered quietly.
"where do you want to go?" richie asked.
eddie bit his lip, thinking. he and richie had both leaned forward; they could kiss if they wanted to.
"washington," he decided.
"really?" richie asked.
eddie nodded, opening his mouth to speak again, but the waitress came back with their food. both boys realized how close they were, and quickly scooted back.
they began to eat.
"were you being honest when you said i could live with you?" eddie asked.
richie immediately nodded. "yes... but here's the thing."
eddie looked at him, confused.
"i'm moving out of my parents, i've already got an apartment, i just need to bring my stuff over. it'd just be us..."
"so?"
richie shrugged. "i dunno. i just thought i'd tell you. are you intested?"
"yes!" eddie squealed excitedly. "i get to live with my best friend!"
richie chuckled. "i love you eds."
eddie blushed. "i love you too 'chee. a lot."