#this can be whn she started trying it out maybe idk

[illumist-blog1]

       ❛   oya,  that’s not how you use a rifle.   you need to lock the back end into your shoulder  --  having it above your shoulder makes you look cool, but does nothing for the recoil.   ❜       /       @sweaterquccn   ♥  

[reddielibrary]

Halloween Extravagnza

Written by @gazebo-reddie

Gift for @sourmoist

Pairing: Richie Tozier x Eddie Kaspbrak

Word count: 2832

Rating: T

"Ok, so what about....this??" Richie perused the Halloween section on Amazon. He had searched 'Halloween couples costumes' and was met with a long list of 'boyfriend/girlfriend' costumes. He could tell Eddie was very annoyed at this point and on the verge of completely blowing it off.

Eddie looked towards the screen and huffed. "Does it fucking look like I want to be a loofa?? Are you fucking serious Richie?" He rolled his eyes and took the mouse from Richie's hand.

"I would have never assumed searching for Halloween costumes would be so fucking stressful." Richie sighed and leaned back into the computer chair. He rolled back a bit and pulled Eddie into his lap. "Is there any costume you have in mind? Maybe we could just make ours?"

Eddie situated himself to be more comfortable and placed his elbow on the desk. He rested his elbow on the table and pinched the upper bridge of his nose. "I have nothing in mind."

He continued to scroll down the long list of costumes, quickly getting to his limit. "UGH!!! THIS IS POINTLESS!!" He slammed the mouse down and threw himself back into Richie's chest. He made an 'oomph' sound at the impact, slightly getting the wind knocked out of him.

"Hey calm down Eds, maybe it's for the best." Richie wrapped his arms around Eddie's waist and rested his chin on his shoulder. He could see the blush on Eddie's cheek crawl up to the tip of his ear. At this point, Richie couldn't tell if it was from frustration or the way he was being manhandled by him.

"Oh fuck off you prick!" Eddie hissed at Richie and gave his knee a "love tap", as he liked to call it.

"I didn't even say anything!" Richie laughed and held Eddie closer.

"Oh my God, I can feel you smirking from a mile away!" He tried to struggle away but failed.

Richie gave Eddie a raspberry on his upper cheek, which resulted in him laughing and screaming "Richie!!!" In disgust.

As if it were a cartoon, an idea popped into Richie's head like a lightbulb. "Oh shit, I have an idea for a costume!!"

In the middle of wiping off the spit on his face, Eddie perked up. "What? What is it? Please tell me you're not joking because I really am not in the mood for jokes and--"

As Eddie continued to go on, Richie typed his idea into the search engine and smiled wide when it popped up.

"Oh hell no."

"Eddie please, it's perfect!!" Richie put his hands together in a praying motion still wrapped around Eddie.

"No Richie! I don't wanna look like a fucking idiot."

"We won't though! It'll be fun! Come on please!" Richie put on his puppy-eyes-face, which was always extreme due to his glasses magnifying his brown peepers.

Eddie stared into his eyes for a beat, then groaned out frustration. "Fuck. Fine. Whatever!" He huffed and crossed his arms, "But I swear! If I get made fun of or embarrassed, I will never talk to you again!” 

“Aight, deal! I’m happy with those stakes.” Richie placed the costumes in his cart and ordered them. “Anyways, I think there’s something worse than being embarrassed at the party.”

“You’re still caught up on that Rich? You know they’ll be happy for us. Knowing them they probably guessed it already.” Eddie placed his hand on Richie’s leg, rubbing it comfortingly. 

“Yea but what if they don’t agree...” Richie placed his hand on top of Eddie’s and squeezed.

Eddie could tell he was getting anxious and overstressed about this topic again. “If they don't, then we’ll just ditch them,” Eddie lifted Richie’s hand and gave it a light kiss. Richie loved it when Eddie showed affection, it immediately lowered his anxiety. “but you know they’ll be super happy for us. Come on Richie, its the Loser’s we’re talking about...”

“Yea yea I guess...” Richie sighed a sigh of relief and looked up at the back of Eddie’s head. He moved in close and gave it small kisses. 

Eddie laughed at the sensation and squeezed his hand. “Stop it Rich! That tickles you dip!” 

Richie ignored Eddie’s plea and continued to kiss the back of his head slowly moving down his neck. Eddie shivered from the sensation and let out a sigh. He was then surprised to feel and arm slink under his knees. 

“Oh my go-- Richie do not pick me up.” Richie ignored his request and lifted him anyway, gaining a tiny slap to his back. Eddie wiggled around, “You know I hate being picked up! DO you know how many accidents occur when people are picked up? Especially bridal style! Lots of people hit their heads on objects and get concussions-- how did I get on the bed?” 

Eddie usually never pays attention to his surroundings when he starts ranting so Richie found the moment the perfect opportunity to carry him to the bed. Richie laughed at Eddie’s flustered state and flopped down next to him. 

“Man I am fucking beat! I am ready to hit the sack, please.” He rolled onto his side and raised his arm trying to coax Eddie to cuddle with him. 

He rolled his eyes and turned off the lamp illuminating the room. He moved in closer and pressed his face into his chest. 

Richie hugged Eddie close and gave him a goodnight kiss on the top of his head. “Goodnight spaghetti boy o’ mine.” He felt a quick sharp pain in his leg and laughed. 

 “Night moron...,” (muffled speech) there was silence for a moment and Eddie said something that Richie could quite make out. 

“What?”

“I-I said...i...i love you. Now shut up and sleep before I die of embarrassment.” 

Richie smiled wide. Eddie couldn’t see because it was pitch black and his face was pressed into his chest, but he knew. 

“I love you too...”

They then drifted off to sleep in the warmth and comfort of each other’s presence and touch.

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Bevvie: Ok so where yall at?

Bird Boy: Me and Bill are right around the corner

Bevvie: Yea bu what about Rich and Ed? They’ve been MIA since this morning??????

Billie: Idk try calling him?

Bevvie: Ye ill do that

Bevvie: See u guys whn yal get here.

“R-Richie...” Richie grabbed at the back of Eddie’s shirt and pressed their lips harder together. From the corner of his eye, Eddie could see Richie’s phone light up. 

“Shit Beverly’s calling us.” 

“Just leave it...” Richie sighed, pressing his face into his neck, trying to avert his attention back to his lips but Eddie ignored him, picked up the phone, and answered.

“Yea?....oh yea it was just next to me so...yea we’re coming still...out of breath? No, I’m totally fine...” Eddie laughed nervously “Yea bye, see you guys later.” He hung up the phone and put it back down. 

Richie stared at him with a frustrated look. 

“You get to kiss me all the time Richie, why are you mad now?” Eddie crossed his arms and chuckled.

“I’m not mad at that you dip! I’m mad cuz you answered the phone! You know I don’t want to go to this party!” Richie grabbed his glasses from the bed and put them on. 

“Richie, oh my fucking god are you serious? We’ve talked about this party for weeks! Remember buying these stupid ass costumes?” Eddie angrily pointed at the couple's costume sitting next to them. 

Richie frowned. It’s not the party he was worried about though. Eddie seemed to have forgotten about the big secret they’ve been keeping from the rest of the world, aside from Richie’s mom who accidentally walked in on them making out once (she was completely supportive though). 

“Eddie... I don’t know if I can...,” Richie bit his fingernail from the anxiety building up in his chest “if I can come out to them.”

Eddie sighed and quickly felt saddened. “Richie...”

“They’ll be upset that I hid it from them, hid us from them. They’re not gonna want to be my friends Eddie! They’ll hate me!” Richie’s eyes started to well up. He looked down as the tears started to fall down. 

Eddie placed a hand on Richie’s cheek, wiping the tears away. “Calm down Richie, calm down.” He kissed his forehead and hugged him close. 

They stayed together for a while until Richie calmed down. Somehow, after lots of begging and consolation, Eddie convinced Richie to at least try going to the party. They put their costumes on and looked at each other. 

Richie burst out laughing. “Holy shit! You look hilarious. You look like a little gay uncle from the 70′s.” 

“What the fuck is that supposed to mean!?” Eddie punched Richie in the arm and glared at him. “Anyways you look gayer than me! Come on you have a fucking white turtleneck on under a rainbow sweater vest!” 

“Yea but your turtleneck is yellow so....fuck you.” Richie laughed and grabbed his phone. “Let’s take a picture, Spaghetti.”

Eddie groaned and moved next to him to take a selfie. Rich took a few pictures and laughed. 

He raised his hand into the air and put on his stupid British voice. “Alright now. Let us venture off into the night and hopefully not get abandoned by the only people that love and care about me!”

“Yea yea finally let's go! We’re already an hour late...” 

They walked out of their dorm room and made their way downstairs to the lobby of the dorms.

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Richie parked his car out front of the building and took a deep breath. 

“Alright let's crash this fucking Halloween party.”

Eddie furrowed his brow and looked at Richie in confusion. “No Rich, we’re not crashing this party. Don’t you dare think about that.” 

“Just a joke sourpuss.” Richie moved over and gave him a kiss on the cheek. 

Eddie laughed and they both made their way out of the car. Richie walked over to him and took his hand. He could feel the anxiety building up in his chest the closer they got to the front of the building. 

“Richie your hands are so clammy.” Eddie laughed and let go to wipe off the sweat. “Maybe you have hyperhidrosis, like when people get super sweaty and always have raisin fingers--”

Eddie looked back to see Richie standing still looking petrified. His eyes were wide and his mouth was open. He was hyperventilating and shaking. 

“Richie!?” Eddie’s heart dropped. He ran over to him and held his face.

Richie’s world was crashing down on him. He couldn’t breathe. His chest was tight like someone was squeezing his lungs. His legs trembled with fright and they soon gave out on him. Eddie fell to the ground with him, still holding his face. 

“I can’t,  I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, I can’t!!” Richie choked out the only thing he could think about.

“Richie what’s wrong!? Why are you having a panic attack!?” Eddie held him close and comforted him as best he could but it didn’t seem like he was calming down. “I’m gonna go get the others! Beverly will know what to do!”

Richie couldn’t form words very well since it felt like his emotions were a tidal wave going through his brain. He tried to grab Eddie and not let him leave him, but he pulled away and ran to the party house. 

Eddie ran inside the house and looked around at the crowds of drunken college students yelling and dancing throughout the house. He panicked thinking he’d never find anyone in the crowds. He squeezed his way through the crowds looking around for firey red hair. 

He ran up to random people and asked if they knew Beverly but of course none of them knew. He ran down hallways and knocked on closed doors, even walking in on a few couples engaging in the fine sport of twister. Even after spamming the group chat, no one was answering anything.

He was at loss and out of breath. He was about to just give up and go back outside to comfort his fallen partner until he felt a hand on his shoulder. 

“Eddie...right?” She was someone Eddie had seen in some of his classes, but he never knew her name. 

“Y-Yes??” He tried to catch his breath and compose himself, but ultimately failed. 

“You’re looking for Beverly, right? Someone texted me saying there was a crazed child running around asking for her.” 

Eddie nodded enthusiastically. “Yes please, do you know where she is!” 

She pointed towards the back of the house. “She’s outside by the pool! I was just with her.” 

Eddie hugged the girl without really thinking about it. “Thank you!” 

He ran out the back door towards the pool. 

“BEVERLYYYYYY!!!!!!!” 

She whipped her head around at breakneck speed. “Eddie!!” She smiled wide and stood up ready to hug him. The rest of the losers watched as Eddie grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards the house. 

Beverly was tripping over her own feet trying to process all the sudden events happening to her at once. 

“Jesus Christ Eddie!!!” There were a couple times she couldn’t keep up with his speed, so she would trip a little and almost fall. “What’s going on!? Where are you taking me!?” 

“Richie!” 

Beverly could tell something was wrong so she didn’t question anymore.

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It seemed like he had lost time because the next thing he felt was Beverly’s arms wrapping around him and hugging him close. 

“Rich omg what’s wrong? Are you alright?” She ran her hand over his head and rubbed his back as he cried onto her shoulder. He was shaking intensely and choking out sobs. 

She shushed him and held him close. 

“Eddie, what happened?” 

Eddie shrugged. “I-I don’t know! He just, like, freaked the hell out and fell to the ground. I think-I think he’s having a panic attack or something.” He kneeled down and rubbed Richie’s back. 

“Well yeah, obviously he had a panic attack, Eddie!” 

Soon enough Richie calmed down enough to gather himself. 

“Thanks, Bev.” He hugged her again and sighed. “That was a lot...”

“Yeah, now what the fuck happened to you? People just don’t randomly have panic attacks...”

A blush spread across his face as he tried to think of how to form a cohesive sentence. “Well...uh. You see. Me and-- Me and Eddie... Well uh--”

Eddie laughed and rolled his eyes. “We’re, well me and Richie are, uh, dating. We’re dating.”

Bev stared at them blankly. Richie could feel his face heating up and his throat closing. She suddenly burst out laughing, bending over and holding her stomach. “Y’all think this was a surprise!?”

Richie and Eddie looked at each other confused and lost. 

“W-What?” 

“Not gonna lie, you guys are horrible at keeping secrets. We all guessed it, but we didn’t want to like assume and make you guys uncomfortable.” 

Richie and Eddie comically looked at each other with a blank expression, then at Beverly. They broke out laughing hysterically. 

“Here I was freaking out about what y’all would say and shit! And y’all already knew!” Richie laughed and slapped Eddie on the back. 

“Ow! Dickhead...” Eddie punched him back in the arm. 

“Well let’s go find these other eggheads and introduce ourselves.” Richie grabbed Eddie and Beverly’s hands and made his way toward the house. 

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“EY Y’ALL SLOPPY BITCHES!!! THE KINGS HAVE ARRIVED!!” 

All the Losers turned their heads towards the loud and obnoxious voice they’ve all come to love. 

“Richie!!” 

“No! The name’s Bert. And this is my lovely husband, Ernie.”

Eddie frown and kicked at Richie’s leg. “Hey guys!”

“Wait, you two dressed up as Bert and Ernie? You know they’re a gay couple right?” Bill laughed a bit in confusion. 

Mike already understood what was going on and laughed placing his forehead in his palm. “Oh Bill...if only you weren't so naive.”

Richie blushed hard as he grabbed Eddie’s hand. “Well, why else would we be dressed up as them?” 

The Losers all gasped in surprise, they all stood and ran other to them. They all embraced and congratulated the two. 

“Now that I am here, can we all go get drunk off our asses and vomit out our intestines!?” 

All at once they yelled out “Yes!!”

The rest of the night was chaotic in the best way possible. Although Eddie had originally said not to, they ended up crashing the party anyway, and by they, it was actually Eddie, who had climbed on top of the kitchen counter, drunk off his ass, and kicked over the punch bowl. It shattered on the floor, red punch spiked with vodka was everywhere, including the gummy eyeballs put in there for a spooky effect. All seven were chased out into the night by the party host. Eddie flipped them off and had to be carried away by Ben.

[sithara-studies]

We texted a lot people 😭 I'm finally like having convos with him. So here's how it's going- me: wow we r relating today😭i have completely given up on my sci preboards tmrw

him: Oh we have chem board practical tmw😭 Dw um keep trying hard 👏☠️

me: you too!!

him: Oh i am trying hard To not fall asleep

me: coffee? does that help u?

him: I actually just drank coffee and it ain't helping cuz this shit ain't ending Bro I slept for 4 fking hours and I'm still sleepy this is shameful

me: Lol coffee doesnt help me too. I try doing pomodoro or animedoro. It releases the stress too Ahh fuck that's rlly bad

him: Shit it's been long since I watched any animes

me: Oh i recently started

him: Ikr... Cool what genre do u like

me: mostly action and smth mysterious So thts y rn I'm on death note

him: I watch romance mostly and not just any romance Like the saddest ones (even I like those types, but get really emotional at the end😭)

me: mhm never heard of them

him: Have u heard of "your name" or "weathering with you"

me: nope

him: I can tell u some but u shouldnt watch them or you'll just go into depression That's sad like it's so sad I felt bad for my existence after watching it

me: Lmao I'm already depressed due to cbse, so just tell

him: just watch the ones I told or maybe dont they're too painful bro

me: lol I'll give it a try tmrw and lyk (and I didnt </3 instead binged on 23 eps of death note and completed the series)

him: I can tell u the saddest anime of all but that'll be a crime so I wont

me: makes me look forward to it more :)

him: you'll um...best of luck

me: Uhh ty?

him: yeah mate yw😭

Next day

me: Oh hii how did ur practicals go?

him: hey they were so good I was shocked at how easily I could do them☠️ wbt u how was ur exam

me: oh damnn kinda gud i got set 3 which was the easier one so yeah could do good but there was like 2 or 3 qs which was which kinda tough

him: wow yall have sets in models? That's new ig cuz we didn't have back in 10th grade

me: oh yea we do hav bc in boards they give lik tht

him: bro even the extrenal I have no idea who she was but i wanted to hug her cuz she asked me the easiest stuff for viva😭 yea ik well hopefully you'll get the easier ones (he means the sets)

me: omg lmaoo tbh I'd not answer anything in viva out of anxiety😭 yea tyy 🤍

him: yall have viva? wtf wait ur in 10th right?

me: nah lol yea in 10th

him: I'll tell u a lengendary tip, never go first in viva always go in the last I was like the 3rd last and I got the most basic questions ever Bro the 1st guy omg I felt so bad for him the question she asked ☠️

me: Ayee you were in luck, tyy btw Oh btw how's science streak like?

him: It's um like idk wtf happened in 11th cuz obv it was online but 12th is like bw good and bad

me: oh you took bio or comp?

him: Bio Bio is so easy (guys this makes it more confirm that he's my soulmate😭)

me: ikrr

him: 11th grade bio is a bit hard but 12th bio is like a dream

me: my frnds says its difficult but lik it's easy guys just byheart and understand stuff 😭 Also if its okay, like where r ya frm? Like in india (I already know where he's from but like still for the blushes😭)

him: What bio? bro they're bluffing it's the easiest out of every subject fr omg hyderabad...wbu

me: ikrr 😭 FR????

him: yea why..☠️

me: same place 😭

him: oh wtf wow 😃 that's a coincidence lol

me: ikrr lol finding hyderabadis in our school is like finding a needle in a haystack

him: 😭kinda true ngl but there are like 2 people including me from hyderabad in 12th what are you gonna take in 11th?

me: Oh (insert a girl's name) is the other one ryt? pcb

him: Oh never heard of her. I know like only 4 girls from my grade It's probably cuz I really dont talk to many people...like I'm an introvert ifykyk 🚶

me: mine's like worse, ik lik one guy cuz we went to the same tuition whn we were little but now i dont talk cuz like I'm an introvet and you're the only senior guys I talk

him: Oh ur an introvert too? damn that's relatable then ig 😂 you should honestly talk to more they're really good guys Bro my situation is bad I just hate talk to anyone ☠️

me: idk how to start a convo lol like if i start talking to the other, like do they think I'm clingy or weird or smth like that

him: no ur pretty ok tbh even for someone who doesnt talk to anyone you'll probably need to find partners in 11th and 12th so u need to talk to them!

me: well u r prettier, like i am an introvert and I complimented u in the public so that beats

him: prettier?😃no no like i meant u have the ability to talk to anyone so dw abt it ☠️

me: oh 😭😭💀 ty but still i think ur pretty

him: wdym pretty..☠️ (srsly lik SRSLY he didnt get what i meant 😭)

me: dud like in looks or smth lik tht?

him: why..what no ones called me pretty I'm so confused but yeah mate thanks ☠️👌🏻

me: i mean like is usually used for lik complimenting the girls but I tend to use it to both lol idk y, but I think pretty like in handsome wise lik attractive wise (someone teach me how to say that you're pretty to this guy)

him: oh oh yea thanks I really dk how to responds to that but thanks😭

then he sends me like 6 snaps of spiderman edits and I say "Andrew tho 😍😍" and guess what THATS HIS FAV SPIDER MAN TOO 😭. Then we fangirled about andrew for a bit and the convo shifted to my introvertness because he asked if I saw batman and I was like no. He asked that becuase on insta he saw many people from my grade watch it and I was like first of all Idk that people watched it from my grade.

someone please tell him to give me hints if he likes me or not 😭 I hate suspense and this guy here is giving it too much 💀 Guess what? me and my guy are now in seperate buses </3 </3 so according to my theory, I'm guessing that we'll be on the same bus again next week monday because it would be holidays for the KG kids,

so currently manifesting that we both are on the same bus on monday and that he atleast says a hi or waves at me😭

First love???

Almost a month ago

Most of the scenes happen in my school bus (so the seating arrangements' divided half for the boys and girls, you'll know later why I'm saying this) Also the friend mentioned here is @aislingisstudying, I'm just too lazy to tag her everywhere so I'm referring her as friend

me: *looks at a boy and thinks his hair is really cute* *turns towards friend* Don't you think that boy's hair looks really cute?

friend: mhm yeah it is actually cute. Do you want me to go and say it to him?

me: What the fuck no, that's really embarrassing

friend: nahh i'll go and tell

me: bruh stop it would be really embarrassing

friend: fine okay then

10 minutes later

me: you know what, go. Go and compliment him from my side

friend: okay my guts level has gone poof you should have used to the chance before

me: mhm okay whatever

20 minutes later

me: you know what, i'll go and say it to him myself. Anyway I'll leave this school in like 3 or 4 months so i'll just say

friend: fine go ahead

5 minutes later

him: *getting out of this bus*

me: Hey dude!

him: *turns back*

me: your hair looks cute!

him: *traumatized or surprised eyes under the mask and leaves the bus*

all girls around me: *surprised eyes and giggling* you okay? have you gone out of your mind?!

A week ago

so me and my friend was sitting was the end of the girls side and my guy came and sat right behind us. OKAY LIKE RIGHT BEHIND US and the mf bus conductor and tells us to sit in front of the bus. So when we sat and settled down, behind us were our friends in 12th grade-

me: DUDE WE WERE SO CLOSE AND THIS CONDUCTOR CAME AND UGHHHHH

friend: I KNOW RIGHT YOU WERE LIKE THIS CLOSE *pinches fingers*

12th graders: okay what are you guys talking about?

*me and my friend narrates the story and shows the guy*

12th graders: Ohh we know his info, his name's ***** and he's in 12th grade PCMB and like he's an introvert and he watches anime and he's from hyderabad

me: INTROVERT??!!! HYDERABAD(im also from the same place and finding a hyderabadi in my school is like finding a needle in a haystack)???!!!! SCIENCE?????!!!!!!!!!!! *excited faces, hand gestures and noises*

friend: chill okay?

me: okay you have his snap?

12th grader: I have insta but like I'll give his snap too

me: omg thank youu!!!

Today

I actually got his snap 2 days back but I had my hindi exams going on so I sent him request today. So here's the texts-

me: *goes on snap, checks his snap id and takes a screenshot to send to my bsf*

after a few minutes

him: you took ss??...

me: *me realizing that people can see screenshots* Oh im sorry I actually meant to take my friend's but took urs btw hi

him: Oh ok hi

me: Um kinda awkward but do u remember like the compliment tht u got while leaving the bus?

him: yeah I do why?

me: oh well I said that 😅

him: oh thanks ig 😂

me: oh lol okay But lik I still wonder lik y u gave like a traumatised expression that day 😂

him: I was just trying to see who said that lol

me: Oh I thought u got offended or smth 😂

him: Nahh I can't remember who it was tho Like the face I just left cuz my stop was there How did u find my snapchat btw..?

me: Ahh I get it Uhhh that's sources lol i mean friends help to find socials??

him: Oh but I dont follow anyone from our school tho? It's a bit weird so that's why..

me: Oh okay

him: 👌

me: oh btw u up for streaks?

him: oh yeah sure i really need streaks i was about to ask *sends a picture of this fingers*

me: *internally crushing* oh ok

him: What😂? ur just there lol it's kinda creepy TYPE SOMETHING

me: Lolol I'm actually double texting on discord so 💀💀💀

him: oh oh makes sense ☠️

me: yea 💀

Idk what to talk next 😭😭😭 I wanna make convo but like idk what to talk about without being so awkward. Now I know ya'll will say to talk about anime but I dont watch anime too 😭 So give me tips <3 and he's my first crush (boys at my school mostly don't look attractive to me)