【touch】reddie

【ｆｉｖｅ】

    (TW: hints at abuse)

   After Eddie had ran out of the room, I decided to go to the bathroom, to sort out my thoughts. I walked out of the room without a word and up the stairs to go into the bathroom, passing the kitchen. As I stepped into the baby blue bathroom, locking the door behind me, I reached for the sink, turning on the faucet and rinsing my face in the cold water.

     𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠, 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙀𝙙'𝙨. 𝙄𝙛 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤-

      My thoughts were cut off quickly when I heard faint yelling coming from the kitchen. The walls were thick so if i had heard it it must have been loud. That's when i realized...

   𝙄𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙣?

       I froze. Why would there be yelling? Maybe it's... 

     𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙩

     I unlocked the bathroom door and peeked out into the hallway, only to see Henry walking out of the kitchen. 

    𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙤?

    I walked out of the bathroom after Henry was out of sight, and when I did i heard small sniffles and cries from the kitchen. I knew it was Eddie. I rushed in front of the doorway and saw him crying over the sink.

     "Ed's?" I asked, worried for the younger.

     He turned around, shocked, his face full of wet tears and his eyes watering. He looked scared, and hurt. 

      I rushed over to him holding out my arms to hug him but he flinched, pulling away, his eyes filling with tears of pure fear.

      "Eddie..." I trailed off. Was he scared of me?

     𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙞'𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙞𝙢.

      "Ed's, it's ok." I said softly, he looked up at me, his eyes finally spilling the salty tears down his red face.

        "R-r-riche-e-e." He spoke in a small, damaged voice. 

       "Ed's i'm here." I said, hugging the small scared boy. He flinched at first but soon hugged back.

       "Eddie what happened?" I said softly, petting the boys hair.

       "H-h-henry w-was... h-h-he... a-a-and..." He stuttered bursting into tears, and crying into my shirt.

       𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜! 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙞𝙢.

  "Shh, hey, hey, your okay Ed's, it's alright now." I whispered sweetly. "Breathe okay? Deep breaths." 

        I pulled away, keeping my arms around the boy.