𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 ☆ 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚎 ☆ 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑

twenty three

richies pov

they all stared at me, confused, except bill, stan and eddie, of course

i started to get scared and thought they wouldn't accept me, so i started crying

"hey, hey, no rich, it's okay! don't worry! we still love you!" beverly said, getting up to sit next to me

"yeah, richie, we're always going to love you, no matter what" mike said

eventually, they were all hugging me, saying how much they love me

"i-i just wanted to say... bill, eddie, and stan already knew, so, uh, yeah" i giggled quietly, leaning farther into the hug

"i love you, richie, im proud of you" i heard eddie whisper

i smiled and then we all sat back down, eddie sitting beside me

i hear the door open and i see my mom

"oh hi mom! you're home early!" i smiled at her

"yeah, i just remembered you have a doctors appointment soon so we're gonna have to leave soon. so how are all you guys doing?" she said to the others

(a couple hours later cuz why not. just pretended like all the losers left and like eddie came back after richie and maggie came back from the doctors)

eddies pov

i knocked on the door and waited a couple seconds before maggie opened it

"oh hey, eddie! richie is in his room if you wanna go see him, which im guessing that's why you're here" she giggled

"thank you! how are you doing today?" i asked politely

"im doing great, thank you! im working on making dinner so you guys can do whatever you want" she smiled and went back to the kitchen

i quietly went upstairs and once i got to richies door, i was about to knock but quickly stopped

i heard him crying

"what's wrong with m-me" i heard him sob out

i quietly knocked on the door "richie? its me, eddie. can i come in?"

i heard him gasp not knowing i was there "uhm, y-yeah you can come in"

i slowly opened the door and i saw him lying on his bed with his head in his pillow

"hey," i ran up to him and sat on the side of his bed and put my hand in his shoulder "what's wrong?"

he turned his head so i could hear him "i-i don't know what's wrong, eds, i just feel like... like everybody just hates me, and-and i don't know what's wrong with me" he sat up and hugged me, crying into my shoulder

i hugged him back tightly, trying to make him feel comforted "hey, rich, there is nothing wrong with you, and why would you think everybody hates you? your mom loves you, the other losers love you," i pulled away from the hug and looked him in the eyes "i love you, richie" i kissed him and then hugged him again

"thanks, eddie, i love you too" he smiled

"why did you have to go to the doctors? if you don't mind telling me, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to"

"oh, yeah, i had to get pills for my adhd"

"oh, okay, well let's go downstairs and watch a movie" i kissed his cheek and we went downstairs and watched dirty dancing