you look cute in red

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RICHIES POV
"so we hid our secret for nothing, for 2 whole months" eddie whispers, in an attempt to not wake the rest of the losers up. i looked down at my chest where he was laying.
"pretty much, yeah. but it was fun sneaking around. now we can't" i frowned at him and he smiled at me.
"yes we can! we can sneak around at my house, and your house, and pretty much everywhere since this whole fucking town is a homophobic piece of shit." he gives me a reassuring smile and i kiss him. he twists himself around to face me and kisses me, softly. i've never wanted anything more in my life than him. he was everything i'd ever wanted. ever.
"awwwwww" bev squealed from across the room waking everyone up. eddie and i ignored her antics and kept kissing, causing the entire losers club to crowd around us.
"awww" they all said, in sync. eddie pulled away and laid his head on my chest.
"shut the fuck up and go back to sleep" he mumbled. they all ran back to their beds and laid down.
"hey eddie?" i whispered.
"yes baby" he replied, his eyes still closed.
"i love you" i played with his curls.
"i love you too" he smiled and fell asleep.
THE NEXT MORNING
i wake up alone, in bills bed. i'm always the one to wake up last at sleepovers because i stay up the latest. i stand up and rub my eyes as i walk through the door frame to the hallway of bills house. i walk down stairs and head to the kitchen, where i can smell bacon, pancakes, and eggs cooking. i could see eddies figure facing the stove, cooking something. i walked over there and hugged him from behind. he held onto my hands and i kissed his head.
"morning babes" i say, giving him continuous kisses on his head.
"hey" he said with a huge smile. he turned to hug me from his front then kissed me on the lips.
"sleep well?" i ask, taking a step back and letting him cook.
"oh yeah. if you call falling asleep at 2:50 am sleeping well then i'd say yes!" he rolls his eyes and smiles at the same time.
"ahhhh i can't with you two! i could watch you guys flirt with each other all day" bev squeals like a child. i sit next to her at the table.
"she's right, you guys are seriously the cutest couple ever" ben gives me a warm smile and i nod back at him.
"eds gives me a soft side, you know?" i look to him, who's so focused on making everyone's plate perfectly. i smile at his cute ways. he catches me staring and gives me a kiss to snap me out of it.
"i'm too cute, huh?" he smiles at me and puts my plate down in front of me. he sits down next to me and holds my hand. it was the perfect day. my boyfriend by my side, my best friends around me, laughing and smiling. this was perfect.
A MONTH BEFORE A BIG DAY FOR RICHIE AND EDDIE (they just graduated high school in june and it's now august)
"do you guys seriously have to go? why so soon? we just graduated!" bev asks, tossing and catching a baseball she found on the ground of the playground. eddie and i stare at the ball as it goes up and down in the air. his head is resting on my shoulder and my hands around his waist, while my other hand intertwines with his.
"because we wanna get out of this shit town. me and rich wanna be able to go out in public without being called a f*****t" eddie says and lifts his head from my shoulder to kiss me on the cheek. he places his head gently back on my shoulder.
"ughhh but we're gonna miss you guys so much" stan says, "and your dumb flirting all the time" he laughs a bit.
"we're gonna miss you too......" i stop and think for a second, "but maybe we don't have to" i smirk at the losers. they all perk up, excited to hear my idea. eddie perks up too, he's now facing me.
"w-what do you m-mean?" bill asks.
"there's a huge house for sale right next door. we all have jobs right?" they all nod, "well if you all work extra shifts and hours, me and eddie will help too, you'll have enough money to pay for the house. you guys can live next to us, so you'll never have to miss us, but you won't hear us fucking in the middle of the night" i smirk and eddie slaps me on the arm.
"no matter what you guys do, we'll probably always be able to hear you two fucking! we'll be right next door!" mike rolls his eyes.
"enough about richie and eddie having sex, what do you guys say about the house?" bev looks excited. hope fills her eyes, making them widen. the losers look at each other and nod.
"let's do it" bill says with a smile. we all celebrate by dancing and laughing and eating and joking around all night.
THE DAY BEFORE THEY ALL LEAVE
i put my last pair of jeans in the brown cardboard box and sealed it up. today was a big day for me and eddie. eddie was going to be telling his mother he's gay, and so was i. i stood up and sighed before walking downstairs to where my parents sat in the kitchen. they'd both been sober for almost 2 years now and we're trying to get better as parents for me and my sister, but it was hard for them since they hated us.
"mom, dad. can i talk to you?" i stood in front of them and they looked up at me.
"sure go ahead" my dad sets down the newspaper he was holding and my mom sets down the book she was reading.
"okay...." i took a deep breath in before opening my mouth to speak, "i'm gay. and i've been gay for like years now. like since 5th grade. so-" before i could finish my dad slammed his fist on the table.
"are you being serious right now richard?" he yells, clenching his fists.
"fuck yeah. i even have a boyfriend. and guess what? i've had him since freshman year" i was getting more confident by the moment. my dad gives me the death stare before punching me across the face a few times, causing me to bleed from my nose.
"FUCK YOU! I DIDNT RAISE YOU TO BE A FAIRIE!" he screams. my mother looks startled.
"THATS BECAUSE YOU DIDNT RAISE ME AT ALL! YOU WERE DRINKING ALL THE TIME! WANNA KNOW WHERE YOU GOT THE MONEY? MY COLLEGE FUND! THATS WHY IM NOT IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW! SO DONT SAY YOU DIDNT RAISE ME TO BE SOMETHING WHEN YOU DIDNT RAISE ME FOR SHIT" tears were streaming down my face as i said this, "IM GAY, I HAVE A BOYFRIEND, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?" i could hear my sister cry from behind me. my mom was crying too. but my dad stayed silent.
"i don't want a fairy like you in my house" he said suddenly.
"good thing i'm moving away with eddie and the losers tomorrow" i say with an attitude.
"eddie huh? he's the one your dating?" he said, all calm.
"yeah, you got a problem with him?" i cross my arms over my chest.
"oh yeah i do" he clenches his fists.
"well i don't, so fuck off" he looked at me with anger and rage.
"richie stop! your gonna get yourself hurt!" my sister yelled from behind me.
"lizzie, don't worry about me. i'm standing up for my rights. if that causes me death then so be it. but i will fight for me and eddies love until the day i fucking die" i looked to my door, which was opened, and had a crying eddie standing in front of him. my dad saw eddie and ran toward him with a knife. before my dad could stab him, i jumped in front of him, causing my dad to stab me. i fell to the floor, pain in my right hip. i looked down at the knife sticking out of my side, then back up at my dad. he was shocked and sad.
"richard......i didnt mean you stab you-"
"fuck you dad. you were going to stab my boyfriend, which is even worse. go to hell" my mother rushed over to me and eddie crouched down beside me. lizzie screamed and grabbed the house phone. my dad just stood there, staring at the knife and blood all around me.
"baby, are you okay?" eddie put his hand on my cheek.
"eds, remember freshman year, the day we first kissed, and bowers carved his whole ass name in my neck and then slit it?" i pulled down my shirt to reveal the scar that read "H E N R Y B O W E R S" with a line beneath it. tears streamed down eddies face.
"yeah?" he looked at me. i could hear my sisters distant voice on the phone with the police in the background.
"i survived getting kicked punched and stabbed, then walking my ass all the way back to bills house, i think i'll be okay" he gave me a smile, but still had tears in his eyes.
"when did this happen, richie? you should've told me i would've gotten you to the hospital" my mom asks, tears fill her eyes.
"i knew you wouldn't have cared at the time. it was freshman year. you and dad didn't give a fuck about me. you still don't" i mumble. she lets out a cry before hugging me.
"i care about you richie, i always have. it's just your dad has been forcing me to do all these things because he ha-" she couldn't finish her sentence.
"because i hate you......" my dad finished for her but trailed off. we all looked up at him, who was now crying.
"i hate you. i only wanted a girl, but twins is what i got! never mind one with a big mouth" he wiped his tears and rolled his eyes.
"don't worry, i never needed a dad. or parents. because i had my losers, and eddie, i didn't need you I NEVER DID! AND I NEVER WILL AGAIN!" i stood up, wobbly at first but got my balance, and pulled the knife out of my side. i chucked it across the floor.
"let's get out of this shit hole baby" i looked at eddie who was slipping his sweatshirt off. he took it and wrapped it around my waist to stop the bleeding.
"let's do it" he grabbed my hand and we ran to my car, eddie getting in the drivers seat and me in the passengers since i was bleeding everywhere. i could see my mother and sister yelling for me to wait so i rolled my window down.
"i'll be back tomorrow to get my stuff! dad'll be in prison by then so we can say our final goodbyes then" i flipped my dad off as we drove away. i looked to eddie, who was smiling as we drove further and further away.
"i hate you" he said. i looked at him.
"why?" i asked.
"because you risked your life for me. you always do rich and i hate it. i hate you for that. but i love you for everything else" he smiled and i kissed him on the cheek.
but i love you for everything else<3