#more garbage sorry

So this got way more angsty then I was aiming for but I kinda like how it turned out so oh well. thanks to @shark-club for some of the idea’s in this. :-)

Part 1

https://reddie-to-go.tumblr.com/post/166643559385/a-request-imagine-reddie-having-a-sleepover-and

Part 2

https://reddie-to-go.tumblr.com/post/166729097275/a-different-kind-of-sleepover-part-2

It had been almost a week since “the Incident” and Eddie had completely avoided Richie. Whenever Eddie would be talking with Bill or Ben and Richie would approach, Eddie would make up some kind of excuse and flee. The others would give each other questioning looks but would never bring it up to a sulking Richie.

It was the morning of the seventh day that Eddie received a text.

BIG BILL: Hey Eddie, so we’re not really sure what’s going on but is everything alright between you and Richie?

Eddie almost dropped his toothbrush from his mouth when he looked over at his phone. He had hated this past week. It seemed to drag on without Richie there to bicker with and make him laugh. He had wanted to talk with him but every time he saw Richie’s face he would remember how he sounded when he was… no Eddie refused to think about that.

He looked down at his phone, at the message, again. He decided that everything would have to go back too normal, if that was even possible.

He grabbed his phone, finished getting ready and head out for school. It took him about 10 minutes to walk the distance between his house and the school, Eddie dreaded the whole walk. How was he supposed to act normal around Richie, when he wasn’t even sure how he felt about Richie anymore?

He arrived at the school and spotted Bill, Ben, and Stan standing around the bike rack on the front lawn of the school. He paused and took a deep breath before striding up to them, as normally as he could muster. They were talking about a science project that was due that day. Stan spotted him and nudged Bill and then Ben. Both boys turned to face him a slight look of worry on their faces. Ben smiled slightly at him, while Stan and Bill leaned their heads slightly to look over Eddie's shoulder.

Eddie turned his head to look over his shoulder and saw Beverly’s Bright red hair first, then Richie’s dark mop of hair beside her. Richie froze and Bev bumped into his shoulder, looking at him confused. Eddie meets his eyes and time seemed to slow. Eddie saw panic in Richie’s eyes, he looked unsure of what to do. Eddie acted first. He took another deep breath and smiled, raising his hand to wave at them. Lifting his other hand to cup around his mouth he called out,

“Hey Trashmouth, did you forget how to walk.” He dropped his hand and clasped onto the straps of his backpack.

 Richie immediately perked up, and he grabbed a very confused Bev, pulling her towards Eddie and the rest of the guys.

“coming Eddie Spaghetti” Richie called out, way to eccentrically. As he strode up to Eddie he hesitated for a second before throwing his arm around the smaller boy.

With Eddie on one side and Bev on the other Richie approached the others. If Eddie could forget about what had happened between the two of them then so could Richie. They would finish their last year of high school together and everything would go back too normal.

 Everything absolutely did not go back too normal.

It had been a month since the two of them had started talking again, and that month had been absolute torture for Eddie. It had been great for the first week of them being friends again. It was almost like nothing had happened between them. That was until Richie decided it was his personal mission to sleep with every single person in their senior class.

Every day there was a new girl or guy pressed up against Richie’s locker, his hand on their waist as he whispered things into their ears.

Everyday Eddie dreaded going to his locker, which was directly beside Richie’s.  

Today there was small brunette leaning seductively against Eddie’s locker as Richie pulled books out of his. He was laughing at something she was saying, and she stood there was a smirk on her lips, it made Eddie sick.

It bothered Eddie that he didn’t know why he was so irritated by what Richie did or who Richie did. He had never cared before. And it wasn’t any of his business. Eddie’s business was getting his textbook for his next class, which was in his locker, which was blocked by the fucking girl.

Eddie stomped up to the two and stood before them, arms crossed across his chest. Richie didn’t notice him but the girl did. She turned and raised her eyebrow eyeing Eddie.

“Can I help you” she snapped looking down at him. Eddie could feel the anger boiling inside of him. he was about to give this girl a piece of his mind when Richie slammed his locker shut and threw his arm around the girl.

“Hey there spaghetti man, How’s your day been?” Richie asked with a smirk, tilting his head to the side. Eddie just glared at him and pointedly gestured towards his locker. Richie nodded and gently pulled the girl out of the way. Eddie angrily yanked his locker open and pulled his textbook out.

Richie and the girl were still there laughing about something, as Eddie slammed his locker shut and stomped towards his next class, Richie called from behind him but Eddie completely ignored him.

 Bitchie: Barrens, after school.

Eddie got the text fifteen minutes before school ended. He was planning on ignoring it but by the time school bell rang Eddie found himself heading passed his house and towards the outskirts of town.

As he approached the Barrens, Eddie was a mess of emotions, he was still pretty pissed about the locker encounter, he was nervous about what Richie wanted to talk about, and a few other emotions that he didn’t want to admit to himself. He turned off the road and followed the small path that lead to the Barrens.

Richie was already there, sitting on an overturned tree trunk, smoke filling the air around him. Eddie knew that sometimes Richie and Bev would cut their last classes and come out here to smoke but one glance around the small opening showed the redhead was nowhere in sight.

Eddie stalled briefly before loudly clearing his throat. Richie jumps up in surprise and turned to face him, cigarette loosely hanging from his lips.

“Hey there Eds, didn’t hear you.” Richie said. He sounded almost nervous. Eddie rolled his eyes.

“Don’t call me that.” He glared taking a couple of steps closer. “what do you want?” he stopped moving and raised an eyebrow at the taller boy who had also taken a few steps closer.

“Can’t I just want to spend time with my best buddy?” Richie joked giving Eddie a big shit eating grin as he pulled the cigarette from his mouth and threw it to the ground. Eddie rolled his eyes and gave him a look of annoyance. Richie’s smile dropped from his face.

“Okay, Sorry. I just kinda wanted to talk about, you know, us.?” Richie started, looking down at his feet. “I feel like you’ve been, I don’t know, mad? At me, I guess.” He continued, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

“every since, that thing...”

“Don’t” Eddie cut him off. Also staring hard at Richie’s shoes. “this has nothing to do with… that.” Eddie got a sudden rush of courage as he took another step towards Richie and raised his voice slightly.

“This has to do with the fact that you’re an absolute idiot sometimes.” Eddie almost yelled basically right into Richie’s face.

“what are you tal- “Richie didn’t get to finish as Eddie put all of his strength into pushing the bigger boy to the ground. Richie fell flat as he stared up at the other boy completely stunned. Eddie fell to his knees in front of the Richie and began pounding his fist into Richie’s shoulders and arms.

“I’M TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT.” Eddie yelled. “FIRST YOU MAKE ME CONFUSED AT THE SLEEPOVER, THEN YOU IGNORE ME FOR OTHER PEOPLE.” Tears were starting to run down Eddie's cheeks. He hadn’t realized how upset he had been over the whole situation, and now it was all hitting him like a truck going full speed.

Richie just sat there, taking every punch Eddie aimed at him.

“Eddie…” Richie whispered. Eddie stopped hitting him to wipe his wet cheeks. “I didn’t want to weird you out.” He explained softly. Reaching up to take Eddie hands in his own. “I thought you’d hate me if you found out that I- “Eddie cut him off again but this time by forcefully pushing their lips together. Richie’s eyes widened in shock as he took in the other boy’s face.

His eyes were scrunched shut and his eyelashes and cheeks gleamed with tears. Richie closed his eyes and pressed back into the kiss, squeezing Eddie's hands in his tightly. He was the one to eventually break the kiss.

“I could never hate you.” Eddie mumbled quietly, squeezing Richie’s hands back. he looked up at the taller boy through his lashes, smiling shyly. Richie leaned his head forward so their foreheads were touching.

“I’m going to have to break the news to Ms. K that I can’s see her anymore.” Richie said after a few minutes of silence.

“you’re an idiot.”

“Yeah, but I’m you’re idiot.”

Part 4!!!