Two Idiots In Love - Reddie

Chapter 14

Richie's POV

After a while Eddie had calmed down, he pulled back from the hug, grabbing my hands in his and looked me in my eyes. His eyes were quite red and puffy from crying, but they still looked beautiful as ever.

"Who did it?" I softly asked looking deep into his eyes. He briefly looked down at his lap before locking his eyes back onto mine.

"My m-mum did it." he said voice wavering quite a bit.

"When?" I asked trying to stay calm.

"Yesturday, sh-he woke me up b-by grabbing my arm and sh-haking it." his eyes started watering again and he sounded so broken up about it. I briefly looked down, trying to process what he was saying. I knew his mum was bad but I didn't know she was physically abusive.

"Has she ever physically hurt you before?" as soon as I asked that, he started crying again, he nodded his head yes then let go of my right hand and turned his body and fell into mine. I wrapped my arm around him, still holding his other hand. I let his head rest on my chest once again. This time I could see his face, he looked so sad, it broke my heart seeing him like this.

"We need to tell someone." I say looking down at his face. As soon as I said it a look of worry spread across his face.

"No. No you can't." he said quickly, shaking his head a bit and sitting up to face me.

"W-why not?" I asked, shocked that he doesn't want to tell anyone what his mum has been doing to him.

"It will get so much worse if you do. I mean she already has." he says in a panicked tone.

"But if we tell the police and we show them the bruise on your arm. They will lock her away for child abuse." I try to reason with him.

"But what if they don't believe us, or what if they do take her away. What happens to me?" he says, tone changing to sad towards the end. "What if they take me away from here and I don't get to see you again."

When he says that I feel my heart break even more, I pull him back into my arms. The back of his head resting on my chest and my arms are wrapped around him with my head resting on top of his.

"They will believe us and I won't let you be taken away. You can come live with me, my mum loves you. I'm sure she will let you stay with us."

"Thanks Richie." he says while locking our hands together, keeping my arms wrapped around him.

"Anything for you Spaghetti." I say smiling a bit at the end. He laughs a bit, which makes me feel great that I could cheer him up when he's feeling down. After a while of us sitting like that, Eddie speaks up.

"Hey Rich. Do you want to finish the film?" Eddie asks moving his head to the side and looking up at me.

"Yeah, sure." I say giving him a smile before reaching for the remote and resuming the film. We stay like that with me half lying on the sofa with Eddie in my arms and our hands interlocked. 

When the film ends both me and Eddie are quite worn out from crying and decide to go up to bed for a bit.

When we get to Eddie's room he goes over to his bed lying down on one side and looks over at me, motioning for me to follow. I join him on the bed lying on the other side, while taking my glasses off and leaving them on the bed side table. We pull the covers over ourselves and lie on our sides, facing each other.

"Thanks Richie. You always know how to make me feel better even at the worst of times." he says giving me the cutest smile. My heart beat picks up, I'm glad that I'm able to make him feel better, it gives me a sense of accomplishment that I can make him feel happy, especially when he's sad.

"No need to thank me Eds. You being happy is all the gratitude I need." I grin at him feeling myself start to blush. His smile widens and he moves forward, curling up into me. I quickly wrap my arm round him pulling him closer into my chest. He buries his head in the crook of my neck and holds my hand that isn't round his waist.

We lay like that for ages, listening to each other breathing. After awhile I start hearing soft snores coming from Eds, indicating that he's asleep. I smile wide listening to how cute he sounds. I bury my face in his soft hair and slowly drift off to sleep.

Three hour time skip.

Eddie's POV

I wake up, opening my eyes slowly. I notice I'm still in Richie's arms, my face nuzzled in his neck. Our hands are still interlocked together and I can feel Richie's head laying in my hair. I play with his shirt, smiling at how close we are. I can tell he's still sleeping and I don't want to disturb him and I don't want to leave his embrace so soon, so I leave him to sleep a little longer.

Not long after that, I feel Richie moving his head a bit, starting to wake up. I move my head back so I can see his face properly, not letting go of his hand.

I watch his eyes flutter open and lock onto mine. He smiles at me which I return.

"Hey Eds. You been up long?" he softly asks me.

"Not too long. Are you hungry?" I ask suddenly noticing how empty my stomach feels.

"Yeah I am. What time is it." he says reaching over for his glasses to put on. He then looks over at the clock then back at me. "It's 5pm no wonder we're hungry." he says chuckling a bit at the end which puts a smile on my face.

"Alright, well do you want to help me make dinner for the both of us, then we can watch a movie afterwards?" I ask hoping he doesn't bring up the situation from before.

"Sounds great." he says softly smiling at me.