The Color Barrier~Reddie Au

Six

Bev📌
Bev📌:So he likes skateboarding, comic books and hanging out with friends
Eddie:Thank you I'm not sure how I'm gonna use all of this but thank you 🤍
Bev📌:anything for a friend💖🥰
Eddie:🥰
Eddies POV
Around 1:30 am we all meet up at clubhouse.

While everyone talks I keep my eyes down because I don't want anyone to see me blushing. Richies and I sit in the hammock. His arm is behind me but then he moves it and I can finally look up.
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Instead of quotation marks I'm gonna put it like their texting but they're really talking
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I'm Eddie:I'm really glad you guys decided to be my friends
Bev:You're welcome Eddie
Stanley:I'm glad I have someone I can talk to about birds that will actually listen cough cough Richie

I look up to see Richie resting his eyes

Richie:huh- sorry I'm tired
Bill:it's f-fine
Mike:So have any of y'all found any cute guys or girls
Ben:I have
Bill:is she in t-the yellow g-group?
Ben:um...no
Stanley:I have but they're in a different group too
Eddie: Well I just got here so...I don't know if I like this person
Richie: I think I found someone, he's nice, funny, he has the prettiest freckles and the cutest eyes
Richie was staring at me but no one noticed except me and Beverly.

My eyes got wide as he turned away and Beverly almost started to laugh but stopped.

Bev: well there is this guy but I don't know if I like him or not, I wish we could cross the fencing
Eddie: what fencing

I felt Richie move. His head lays atop on mine. His breathing slowed down meaning he fell asleep.

Mike: it's what separates us from the people without a color group
Ben: it seems fun
Stanley: People have crossed it
Bill: I wish we c-could I found someone a-and I want to be w-with him-

Bill stopped mid sentence exposing a secret he's held for a long time and put his head down

Bev: Oh- we're so proud Bill
Mike: Congrats man
Bill: Thanks g-guys I just d-didn't mean to s-say it now

He said with a small chuckle

Richie started to snore a bit soft enough no one could hear except me.

I can feel his chest rise up and down. Slowly I take his glasses off and put them on the table beside the hammock.

He shifted to sit in a different position where he is comfortable.

His head lays on my shoulder.

Beverly was close to screaming but I stopped her before she could.

My face started to heat up and I couldn't hide it without anyone noticing.

Bill: E-Eddie are y-you okay?
Eddie: yeah I'm great

Richie shifts once again.

"Rich,Richie wake up, you're gonna get a crick in your neck" I say softly. He slowly raised his head up and squinted. "Ed's? Oh sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep on you" he said.

Luckily he can't see how red my checks are.
We get done eating and sit and talk for a while

Mike: So Eddie what did you like to do before you came down here
Eddie: I love to paint and draw what about it y guys
Richie: I like to skateboard and read comics
Eddie: You should bring some down to the clubhouse I never read any as a kid