Fuck you, bro (Richie Tozier x Male!Reader)

•Seventeen•

Seventeen | Losvers

Word Count: 1135

Warnings: Cussing, inappropriate comments, self-blame, a blood oath, mention of a mental institution and a mentally unstable person.

Song for chapter 17 - "Is this the end" by Hidden Citizens.

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September

"Again, I'm really sorry for-" I got cut off by Richie.

"Look, you've been apologizing to me for a week and you need to understand, that it's not your fault! You were not in control of your actions, it wasn't you who attacked me." Richie reassured me as he grabbed me by my shoulders.

"Yeah, I still can't help but feel g-" I got cut off again.

"Y/N, it's not your fault, end of conversation." Beverly glared at me. I and Beverly had developed a good friendship, since we defeated the clown and had nothing to worry about now.

"Bu-"

"Shush, listen to miss Marsh over here!" Richie scolded me.

"Fine." I scoffed.

We were all sitting in our usual spot since the defeat of IT. Beverly had called us this time to explain her visions of the future, that she got from the dead lights. It was weird, that she got visions, but I didn't. I mean, IT used them for different purposes on us, but I still didn't understand how.

"Do I still look handsome as an adult?" Richie asked Beverly and she laughed as he made a silly face.

"You grow into your looks." She replied.

"What the fuck does that mean?" Richie smiled in confusion.

"What about me?" Stanley asked with an adorable smile. Beverly gulped and her smile dropped a bit. I immediately sensed something was wrong.

"You're like now, but taller." Beverly replied and Stanley smiled at everybody as if he was proud.

Beverly looked down at the ground.

Bill saw a piece of glass on the ground, picked it up and stood up. Everyone looked up at him in curiosity.

"Swear. Swear, if IT isn't dead, if it ever comes back, we'll come back too." Bill said. He was stuttering way less than he had before IT's death.

Beverly stood up and then everybody followed her order. Bill cut himself first, then went Richie, Eddie, Stan, Mike, me, Ben and finally Beverly.

We all were hand in hand in a circle. I winced, knowing this could cause major infections, if you touch someone's blood. However, Eddie did not think about that, seeing as he had stopped taking his medication.

We all took our hands away after a moment of holding hand in hand. Stanley was the first to go.

"I hate you." Stanley said, looking at Bill, but then his face immediately contorted into a wonderful smile.

Eddie laughed and everyone else joined in. First left Stanley, then Eddie, then me, then Mike, Richie, Ben. Beverly was about to leave, but Bill stopped her by kissing her.

The kiss was magical for both of them.

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"Yo, Rich!" I exclaimed as soon, as Richie answered the phone.

"Why, hello hello, my good sir!" Richie said in one of his voices again.

"Are you going to stay in Derry? Bill's moving out and so is Stanley, Eddie and Ben. Beverly and Mike say they're staying." I asked him.

"Yeah, I'm going to probably stay here until I finish high school. What about you?" He asked me.

"Well, to be honest, I don't know. I'll definitely stay here for at least around two years. My parents are finally not treating me like crap anymore." I answered.

"Then there's going to be three of us at school, since Mike's being homeschooled."

"No, he said he's going to come to our school, since all the Bowers gang is gone and Henry's in a mental institution."

"Hell yeah! Finally that- wait what?! HENRY'S ALIVE?!" He yelled in the phone.

"Yes, he somehow didn't die by falling into the well. He was apparently washed up from the sewer and had come to his house to find police officers examining his dead dad and finding out Henry killed him." I explained.

"Wait, so what happened to his friends?"

"I'm pretty sure one was eaten by IT, but I don't know about the rest of them."

"I wouldn't be surprised, if it turned out Henry had killed them too. The man was put in a mental institution for a reason, after all." Richie told me.

"Yeah...don't you get this weird feeling, that something's wrong? I feel like we didn't kill IT."

"That dude's face literally floated off, I'm pretty sure IT's dead." He replied.

"Well, if we're going to be chased by the same clown 27 years later, I am so going to be saying 'I told you so'." I joked.

"Wanna bet?" He challenged me.

"You're so on, Tozier. Anyway, I have to go my mom's calling me to dinner. See you in school." I told him.

"Sure, bye." Richie replied and I hung up the call.

"Dinner is ready, how many times do I have to call you?" My mom came in the living room.

"Yeah, I'm coming, mom. I was just making a call." I answered.

"To who?" She asked as we entered the kitchen.

"To my friend." I replied.

"Alright, I made your favourite food for dinner." She told me and I looked at the table to see f/f.

"Thanks, mom, you really are sometimes the best!" I hugged her and she hugged me back.

I sat down at the dining table and began eating. My dad was reading a newspaper opposite me and my mom joined me in eating f/f. They looked so happy. We looked so happy. They haven't been tormenting me since IT had been defeated.

"Hey, hun?" My mom called me.

"Yeah?" I raised my head from my plate.

"I have these...memories that are blurred and I almost remember nothing of the whole year until now." She looked at me.

"Yeah, me too, it's weird." My dad responded.

"I hardly remember anything of this year too." I lied, trying to get out of telling about IT, since there was no way of them believing it.

"Derry's a weird town. Something's going on and I think we shouldn't stay here for long." My dad requested.

"That's silly, I think it's just a time period. The world always changes. Our son has to get at least a high school education here." My mom replied. She was the one who made my dad move in with her at Derry. She never wanted to move out of this town and wanted to live here her whole life.

"Yeah, dad, I'm sure everything's fine. The world changes so much, including the climate, so it's probably just a natural thing that we forget." I agreed with mom.

"Well, anyway, how was your first day back to school, sweetie?" My mom asked.

"It was certainly something." I replied.

"Are you behaving at least a bit better?" She asked.

"Yeah, I think so." I replied, remembering the nickname that basically the whole school gave me. I smiled to myself.

Devil's spawn.

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The first book is finished. Hope you all enjoyed it!