au where Eddie suffers from hanahaki disease The Hanahaki Disease is an illness born from one-sided love, where the patient throws up and coughs of flower petals when they suffer from one-sided love. The infection can be removed through surgery, but the feelings disappear along with the petals.

Richie and Eddie are in high school , the losers have split up, and Richie and Eddie will never look at each other the same after Senior year.

"If Eddie had a choice he would've never left Derry. He would've never left Richie."