casual : stozier

FOUR

"so, how are we doing this? " stanley asked, standing outside of bill's dorm with richie, the two against the wall, talking. richie tapped his foot, thinking. 

the two of them could hear everyone else already in the room, and stan was 90% sure eddie was making fun of bill and beverly for cuddling. 

"leave it to me, man" richie assured him.

"alright, i trust you."

and richie knocked on the door, mike opening the door very quickly. 

letting them in, everyone was in fact in there, squeezed in decently. bill and beverly were on one bed, beverly sitting in between bill's stretched out legs. ben and mike were sitting in rolling office chairs, and eddie was on the other bed, arms crossed. stanley took a spot in front one of the desks, leaning against the desk, while richie was next to him, sitting on the desk.

"hey guys! " ben welcomed them warmly like always, and richie held back a snicker at how suspicious eddie looked. richie then decided he should never tell eddie any secrets. 

the seven of them talked for a while, just meeting up the way they did every day off, later they would go out for dinner (richie was pretty sure it was bill's turn to pay), but for now they stayed in the small enclosed space. 

"hey, guys, by the way, i, well.... i have something to tell you." 

the attention all turned to richie, including stanley who looked up to him from beside him.

"what's up? " mike asked. richie chuckled to himself.

"stan, do you know how to whistle? "

stanley was confused, "yeah..."

"can you whistle right now? " 

stanley went to whistle, but before he got there, richie leaned forward and kissed him. it took stanley by surprise as much as anybody else, and he found his face heating up aggressively.

"what?! " exclamations of surprise were scattered around the room.

stanley couldn't help the grin from spreading on his face, just at how stupid that had been. nonetheless, stanley leaned into richie's side, richie's arm swinging around his shoulders.

"we're together," stanley answered their wonders quietly, eddie nodding solemnly. 

"what? when did this happen? " beverly asked, stanley looking to richie to answer them. 

"about a month ago..."

"y'know, i'm nuh-not even that surprised, to be honest," bill added, the others thinking about it.

that drove richie crazy. not that surprised? what did that mean?

"i mean, it's not out of this world, but i am surprised that stanley doesn't actually hate richie," mike commented, the others laughing.

"yeah, i mean... he's stupid, but he's kinda cute, too," stanley threw in that statement for fun, and watched smugly as it made richie blush. richie kissed the top of stan's head.