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Richie leaned into to kiss his… what are they? They promised a forever together, but it wasn’t a proposal…
Then RIchie realizes they’ve always been this. It doesn’t matter what they call it, because it’s just them. Richie and Eddie.
Richie is inches away when shouting from below stops them.
“They’re calling for us,” Eddie said. He placed a hand on Richie’s chest to stop him.
“Damn them,” Richie said back, but pulled back. He dragged Eddie over to the cliff. “Let’s go fuck shit up.”
Then he jumps out, Eddie still holding his hand tight. He could hear Eddie screaming but saw the smile on his face.
They splashed into the quarry narrowly missing Mike 2 and El in the process.
“Finally,” Bill grumbled, but all smiles. “W-w-what took you so long?”
“Eh,” Richie mutters in response. He wasn’t sure how they’re gonna break the news.
“So wait,” Mike states. “I wanna know what I missed. I mean, I got the twin thing. Which is weird. But didn’t you say they were in a fight? I mean, that was a pretty steamy kiss.”
“A lot more than to just get him out of whatever those things were,” Robin winks at him. Richie knew she was going to be a good friend.
So they were doing this, then. “We were lying.”
Everyone’s shocked faces turn to them.
“We’re together.”
“No shit, you won’t let go of Eddie’s hand,” Bev pointed out.
“They would do that anyway,” Ben mentioned. The Losers and most of the party nodded in agreement.
“We’ve been together since I came out. On the kissing bridge, and we were scared to tell you guys. So we lied.”
After that, their friends seem to understand. And even though they agree never to let the boys live any of it down, they forgive them.
“You know,” Mike 2 stated, turning to face Richie. “I was thinking, and I kinda want to get back at mom.”
“Maybe we are brothers.”
“El and I…”
“We’re not together anymore,” El finished for him.
“Wait, what?!” Nancy asks, the first thing she’s said this whole time.
“Yeah,” his brother states simply. “We broke up when El moved away. And we realized some things… anyway, I talked to Will and we want to trick mom.”
“How?” Richie and Nancy asked at the same time.
“We’re gonna pretend to date,” Will joins in. “We know Mrs. Wheeler won’t care if you and Eddie mess around. She’s not changing on just that. But with two boys she’s seem grow up and has lived with for longer… maybe we can get her to be more understanding.”
“Or just piss her off,” Mike 2 added.
Richie couldn’t keep himself from laughing. “You two are crazy and I love it. Thank you.” Richie glances to Nancy who was floating off to the side. “How you feel about this, big sis?”
Nancy looked caught off guard by being called sister, even if it was shortened to ‘sis’. “I’m on board.”
“Good. Also thanks for keeping our secret. Eds and mine.” Richie can now give her a genuine smile. And he knows he can finally forgive her.
She was just scared like he was. He needs his big sister now, now more than ever since him and Eds got together. And he decides she’s in his good books now.
“She knew before me?!” Bev half-shouts. She jumps on top of RIchie, overtaking him.
They all dissolve into a fit of giggles.
Then they talk about the fight some more. The legendary kiss. The way El had taken down a claw that was going to go through Eddie at one point. Richie could only think about how he didn’t see that.
Dustin told the Losers about his girlfriend Susie. Richie needed lots of agreement from the Party to believe it.
They were going to be great friends, for forever, he knew it. They were the Losers’ Party.