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Eddie; shit! Fuck! Shit!

Richie; what's wrong baby?

Eddie; I'm so pissed!

Richie; and why is that?

Eddie; I started my new school today and it fucking sucked

Richie; what happened?

Eddie; omg you don't even wanna know

Eddie; just know henry Bowers isn't the worst human in the world

Richie; what! The! Hell! Happened!?

Eddie; u don't wanna know richie

Richie; I think I do wanna fucking know

Eddie; no. You'll get mad and sad and I don't want that for u

Richie; why would I get mad?

Eddie; it wasn't my fault

Richie; Eddie, I'm really thinking the worst right now, so please just tell me

Eddie; It's not like anything sexual

Richie; well then what?

Eddie; you'll think I'm weak and helpless

Richie; no. I know you're not

Eddie; but I couldn't stop him

Richie; stop him from what

Eddie; beating the shit out of me

Richie; why did that fucker do that?

Eddie; cause he said I looked gay

Richie; and what did you say?

Eddie; 'good cause I am'

Richie; shit, Eds. People are assholes, you can't just say hey I'm gay

Eddie; and why not?

Richie; because of people like him

Eddie; but if I can't be myself then I don't wanna be anyone

Richie; Eds.

Eddie; no! At this school I'm not gonna be some helpless closeted gay guy who doesn't express himself

Eddie; this time it's gonna be different. I'm gonna be me. And I won't give a shit if anyone says anything different

Richie; but I don't want you to get hurt

Eddie; and I wanna be me

Richie; but-

Eddie; no. Rich, you'll never fully understand. You're not gay. It's different for you. You can look straight in some peoples eyes cause you don't only like dick.

Eddie; I'm pretty sure you're mostly straight, and are only gay for me. And you don't have to say that it's not true, because it doesn't matter to me.

Eddie; what mattered to me is being able to be myself and not constantly feel like I'm under attack

Eddie; no one ever says "ew that's so straight" or "haha biiii" they say ew that's gay, or haha gay!

Eddie; and yeah, I do that sometimes too, as a joke!

Eddie; but some people don't joke about it, and some people are assholes

Richie; Eddie, I know.

Eddie; no, you don't know! And that's okay. But you can't tell me that I shouldn't be myself

Eddie; because that's not OKAY

Richie; I'm sorry. I just want you to be okay, and not get beaten up by a homophobic asshat

Eddie; I know, but I'll get through it.

Richie; ok

Eddie; will you excuse me for a minute please?

Richie; of course, spaghetti.

Richie; I love you. 💕

Eddie; mmhm. I love you too 'chee

How I pictured Eddie this chapter:

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