Lover: A Reddie Fanfiction Story

Chapter 4: Aftermath

~Narrator~
Richie wakes up. He notices that Eddie's arms are wrapped around him.
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~Richie's POV~
I- umm...I don't know what to think. Eddie is completely wrapped around me. Do I move? Do I stay? It's weird 'cause I don't hate the feeling. But I know it'll be so awkward if he wakes up and sees this. Maybe I should just pretend to be asleep. When he wakes up, he'll see this and move himself. And hopefully, that will avoid an awkward situation.
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~Eddie's POV~
R-Richie? I love you, Richie. I- huh. Oh. I'm back from that weird dream. Wait. My arms are wrapped around him. Shit, this is awkward. Maybe if I could get up without waking him, I can avoid this reaching the ultimate awkward level.
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~Narrator~
Eddie slowly and carefully gets out of bed. While Richie is still awake,  he's making sure to not let Eddie know that. Eddie goes to the bathroom and begins to turn on the water for his shower as Richie sits up in the bed. He clearly doesn't know what to do after what had just happened. He sat there, thinking.
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~Richie's POV~
This whole week, Eds has been acting so weird. It's like a string of events that keep leading up to the same point. And I think I know what it is. Either Eddie is gay or he just had a weird dream that ended with him wrapping his arms around me. But that stuff happens in those dumb romance movies. This is definitely real life so I need a plan. Should I confront him or should I tell him that I'm gay so I can make him more comfortable telling me and to just get it off my chest? Honestly, I don't fucking know.
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~Narrator~
Richie finally gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom door. He then quietly yells to Eddie and asks if he can go and get breakfast.
"Yeah, sure." Eddie says.
Richie walks downstairs, past Eddie's Mom's room and into the kitchen. He grabs a bowl and makes some cereal. As this is happening, Eddie is in the shower still washing his hair.
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~Eddie's POV~
I hope Richie wasn't awake. And if he was I hope we just agree to never, ever talk about it.
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~Narrator~
Eddie gets out of the shower and dries off. He brushes his teeth and wraps the towel around his waist. Thinking Richie isn't in the room he walks out with the towel still around his waist.
"EDDIE!" Richie yells as he sees Eddie step out of the bathroom.
"What the fuck, Richie? Why the hell are you eating in my room?!??" Eddie yells.
"I eat in my room at my house."
"THIS ISN'T YOUR HOUSE!!!!" Eddie practically screams.
Eddie points to the door ordering Richie to eat downstairs as Eddie grabs clothes from his closet.
He changes and immediately goes downstairs. He sees Richie sitting at the table with a look of trauma on his face. Eddie actually found it kind of amusing but he was also slightly embarrassed.  He made some eggs and bacon and sat down at the table. Richie was still sitting there, but by this time, he had finished his bowl of cereal. It was silent for about 5 minutes but to Eddie it felt like 5 hours. Richie finally broke the awkward silence.
"Uhh. Eds, you wanna talk?"
"Sure, what about?"
"It's important but we can talk about it somewhere else."
Eddie finishes his breakfast and cleans the mess that they both made. Then they take their bikes and Richie leads them to the park. On the way, Richie is in a deep state of thought.
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~Richie's POV~
Am I really about to tell him this. I mean, he is my best friend and best friends don't keep secrets. Should I tell the other losers? We haven't spoken in a while. How am I even gonna tell him this and how is he gonna react? I hope he can understand because I don't wanna lose a friend over something like this.