hot stuff ☕︎ | richie tozier

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'said you'd always be my white blood,

circulate the right blood

giving me your white blood

i need you right here with me'

'richie, please' i said shakily

'you know it's not up to me, baby' he said, the cracking in his voice becoming larger every time he spoke to me, or anyone

we laid in the middle of the meadow, no one around us

the memories flowed in and out of our brains, making it worse then it already was

i made patterns with my finger swirling around on top of his stupid tourist shirt

'hot stuff, i'm sorry' he said, on the verge of tears

'don't be. we still have another hour' i said, a silent tear dripping down my face

'the losers wanted to say goodbye too, i told them we could meet at th-'

'i know'

the tears started to drip down my cheek, and down onto richie's shirt

'don't cry, baby it's-' richie paused, not wanting to cry too

he slowly picked up his hand, that had previously been tucked under my shirt, rubbing my back to attempt to calm me, and him too, down

he whispered, so softly,'the losers are going to be at the woods any minute, we should get going'

i got up from his embrace,'you're right. let's leave'

he got up too, and as we walked back to his back richie lazily slung his arm around me,

but his grip around me became tight, not wanting to let go

after the short walk, that was actually about a fifteen minute walk but we took our time, we arrived at richie's bike

'hop on, baby' richie mumbled

i got on the back of his bike, and held on to him as hard as i could without hurting him

'it's not going to work' i whispered quietly to myself, knowing that it would be one of the last times i could ever wrap my arms around him again

'i know, but it's worth a shot' richie whispered back, obviously hearing me

we arrived at bill's house, in which we had all arranged to meet there for the others' goodbyes to richie

once we got there, everyone was there

ben, bill, beverly, eddie, and stan

i stood behind as richie said goodbye to everyone

i was zoned out, and could only hear distant voices as to what they were saying