"I Don't Need Help" //Reddie AU

41).Taking care of Someone you care about is Easy

*Richies POV
I hesitate to sit down. "Come on babe sit down." Connor motions me to sit. "Nah I'm fine." "Come on Richie sit down with me." His eyes gleam with some sort of fake sadness. "Fine." I give in. Eddie looks at me, knowing what's gonna happen. "Richie? What happened?" Stanley stands up in front of me pulling my shirt up since he sees the bit of my stomach that I have the ice pack on. Beverly gasps loudly.

"R-Richie?" "I- I um..." I can't make up an excuse. "What happened?!" Connor acts surprised. "Don't act surprised Connor." I whisper.

Eddie sits there silent. "D-did he's d-do it?" "Richie?" Mike questions, usually he doesn't get into things like this but when it comes to his friends I guess he does. "I-I don't know?" "Eddie do you know." Ben redirects everyone's attention to Eddie. He nods.

"Richie what happened?" Everyone sits down, Stanley sits on the coffee table in front of me. "I would rather not say." I look down in shame. "The big one is from Victor and Henry." Eddie finally speaks up. "Come here baby." Connor tries to wrap his arms around me. "Leave me alone." I walk away to another room. He follows, once again you can barely tell if he's following you.

*Eddies POV
Richie and Connor go into another room. It's silent until you hear Connor raise his voice. "Baby please don't. Connor-Connor please stop!" Richie doesn't yell, his voice is naturally loud. "E-Eddie whats b-been happening?"

"Any time Connor can he-he will squeeze Richies sides hard. When they came home from the quarry he punched and scratched Richies stomach." I finally speak up.

A couple seconds after I speak, Richies voice gets louder. "I'm done with you! Leave I don't wanna see you ever again! We're over!" At this point he's yelling at Connor. Something Richie will never do is yell at someone unless he's in pain or absolutely mad. Connor comes back down stairs. Tears streaks down his face. He grabs his bag and leaves the house.

"I'll be right back." I run up the stairs. I hear sobbing from a room. I'm not sure which one but there is sobbing. Come on Eddie, hurry I have to find him. He's not in the bathroom, he's not in Bill and Stanley's room. Where is he?

Finally I check my room. Richie is hunched over crying on the floor. Rushing to him I put a hand on his bony back. "Breath Richie it's okay. Come one 'Chee. It'll be okay come on babe-." I stop taking, we both noticed but ignored it. "Come here." I wrap in a hug. I hold his glasses as he weeps onto my shirt. "It's okay." Trying to comfort someone isn't the easiest, but when you care about them it's the easiest job in the world.

I kiss his temple, he kissed my head when I would cry. It made me feel so much better.