you look cute in red

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RICHIES POV
i fell to the ground, my face hitting the cold hard cement.
"fuck!" i screamed and tried to get up but something pushed me back down again.
"what're you crying about tozier?" a familiar voice mocked. it was that voice. his voice.
i turned to look in the dark, deep eyes of henry bowers, the towns tormentor. he gave me a huge creepy smile before lifting his leg and letting me stand up. he grabbed my shirt collar and picked me up by it, basically choking me.
"leave me alone! this days been bad enough!" i gagged due to lack of breath and kicked my legs in an attempt to let me go.
"fuck no! why would i leave a f****t like you alone!" he let go of my shirt collar and i fell to the ground, hitting my head off the back of the pavement. he punched me across the face a few times and kicked me until my whole body hurt. i felt like i was getting killed by multiple people. i opened my eyes to see bowers whole gang kicking and punching at me, as i lay on the cold hard streets of Derry, Maine, un noticed, unseen.
this is the day you die.
at least you kissed the love of your life!
but he hated it.
at least you-
nothing good came today.
nothing.
you deserve this richie.
your dying.
these thoughts flooded my mind as i got the shit kicked outta me. suddenly, the all too familiar sound of a blade flipping occurred, and i knew what was next. my body ached as 3 people kicked and punched at it. my stomach churned with nerves as the blade got closer and closer to my neck. he put it to my lower neck and started to scream at me. i couldn't hear him, since by now they'd kicked the shit out of me and i'd gotten partially blind and deaf.
the feeling of the cold blade hit my skin and dig deeper and deeper with every inch. he went around my whole neck, completing the circle. i thought he was done, but he wasn't. he went even lower on my neck and carved
H E N R Y B O W E R S
on my chest. i squinted at the pain, knowing it would all be over soon. suddenly, everyone was gone. i laid on the streets of Derry, by myself. no one had seen this happen, so no one would know.
i knew i was still alive. as i realized i was, i sat myself up and looked around the streets. it was dark and late at night. blood was pouring onto the streets and all over me, but i didn't care. i managed to stand myself up, being wobbly at first. i started to walk in the direction of eddies house, knowing all the losers are there and they can help me. i stumble my way to his front steps and knock on the door, almost collapsing from the pain. when it swings open, i see eddie standing there stunned.
"richie what the hell happened to you! guys help richies hurt bad!" eddie brought me inside and sat me on his couch.
"holy fuck" stan said. the rest of the losers stood around me as i bled out all over my shirt. they all run around the house, finding things to stitch me up. i was slowly loosing my breath and the pain continued to get worse and worse. bill stayed by my side making sure i didn't die while the others found stuff.
"we've got all the stuff we need. rich, i need to take your shirt off" eddies voice was soothing in a time like this. i barely nodded and he proceeded to take my shirt off. i closed my eyes as he fidgeted with my open wounds.
"eddie i think we need to get him to a hospital" bev says.
"right. bev, bill, and stan get my car started for me will ya? ben and mike grab some changes of clothes for richie from my room" they all nod and go do their assigned jobs. i groaned in pain and tears streamed down my face.
"it's okay richie, your okay. your gonna be okay" he brushed the curls out of my face.
"eds?" i could barely talk, that being the only word i could manage to say.
"yeah?" he responded. he grabbed my hand, and squeezed it.
"i'm s-sorry about earlier....." i swallowed hard at the topic. more tears streamed down my face.
"no don't be. i wanna say i'm sorry actually. when you asked me about the kiss i freaked out because i was nervous, not because i didn't like it. i did, i really did. i like you, a lot." he was talking so fast it was hard to understand him.
"eds i-" before i could finish, i drifted off. into darkness.....