you look cute in red

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RICHIE POV
his lips were soft. his arms were around my neck and mine were on his face. all i wanted was him.
"are you guys coming or what?" stan gelled from downstairs. eddie and i pulled apart, looked at each other, and quickly ran downstairs. as we walked down the stairs, i could see eddie touching his lips.
he caught me staring at him.
"they feel tingly" he said and gave me a soft smile.
"they're supposed to" i laughed, "it'll go away soon don't worry" when he showed up in the light, he's lips were bruised with mini hickeys around them.
"eddie?" i whisper, pulling him back to the darkness of the stairs.
"yeah?"
"are my lips bruised by any chance?" he turns my head to the light.
"shit yeah, what do we do?" he looks nervous.
"chill i'll figure something out. they're gonna get even more suspicious if we stay into he stairs any longer." we walk out into the living room and everyone gives us a look.
"what the hell happened to you two?" ben asked.
"i think i know....." bev smirks.
"what are you talking about?" i lied and cocked my head to the side.
"y-your lips a-are all b-bruised" bill pointed to our lips.
"eddie! that dumb ass ointment didnt fucking work! it made our chapped lips worse! i knew your mom was a dumb ass!" i sat down and touched my lips, acting like i didn't know what had happened to them.
"what do you mean ointment?" stan asks.
"eddie noticed i had chapped lips so he grabbed some weirdass ointment and told me to use it. it must've made our lips bruise up or some shit, i don't know! let's watch a movie or play truth or dare or something!" i tried to act cool about it but was a bit nervous they'd know what we were doing. i looked to eddie, who gave me a sigh of relief, and we sat down.
"so w-what movie are we gonna watch?" bill asks pulling out a bunch of VHS tapes from eddies living room closet.
"what about 'Ferris Buellers Day Off'?" stan asks.
"sounds g-good" and bill slips the VHS in the player and it plays on the screen. i exchange a few awkward glances with eddie.
"do you think they know?" eddie finally asks, breaking the awkward silence between us.
"nope, why would they?" i respond, avoiding eye contact with him.
"because we both have hickeys dingus!" he whisper yells.
"we're fine chill" i sigh. i wanted to kiss him more. but i'm pretty sure he hated it.
"did you like it?" i ask nervously, still staring at the screen.
"uhm it-" he stopped and got up and ran. i sat up and turned to the stairs where he was running.
"fuck" i sighed.
"what happened?" bev asks.
"nothing. i got to go, see you guys around" tears formed in my eyes as i walked out eddies front door.
"richie wait-" i heard them but i continued to walk down the street. i let the tears fall down my cheeks and onto the ground.
he really didn't like it.
he was just playing along with it.
he's straight.
fuck
i walked down the street in the pitch black, hot tears streaming down my face. nobody was outside. or so i thought.....