YIKES ➸ REDDIE [✓]

thirty six

richie opened the door and there stood eddie on the porch.

"eddie, what-"

"what did i do?" eddie interrupted.

"i... you... nothing..." richie said.

"then why do you hate me? better yet, why do you pretend to hate me and then bring me home when i'm piss drunk?"

"i was being nice, jeez," richie said.

"just because i had a panic attack and you decided to ditch your girlfriend to help me?" he asked, starting to yell.

"do you even know why i was having a panic attack? because i thought of a horrible scenario where i lost my one friend. and if you didn't know, that friend was you. i thought about me doing something that you'd hate me for and then never speak to me again."

eddie took a deep breath and continued.

"you know what? i should be mad at you. i should be mad at the fact you ignored me and made me feel like complete shit. you made me feel what i've been feeling my whole life. loneliness. you made me feel alone."

"eddie-"

"i don't want to hear it. i'm going home. don't text me. i'm done with this. here's your fucking sweater," eddie said, throwing him the sweater and walking away.

richie didn't know what to say. his mind was overflowing with different things.

but one thing stuck out the most.

i'm in love with eddie