You tried your best to not spend too much time with the Hellfire club outside of the actual club. You cared for them all deeply, but they were all knobheads and you had to spend time with them in moderation or you'd lose your mind. For years prior to Hellfire even being a thing, you had been friends with Eddie, so when he focused a lot of his time on his D&D club, you joined. Maybe if you weren't completely in love with him throughout your whole friendship, you wouldn't have been stuck with the group of losers playing a game you didn't care nearly as much about than he did.

They met up somewhat often outside of their normal club meetings, but you made excuses to get out of them, but this weekend you didn't have one. You were stuck sat on the floor of Gareth's living room whilst the boys that you deemed on the cusp of graduation and adulthood, giggled like little children, influenced terribly by the newest freshmen members of the group.

"Really?" You sighed. "Truth or dare, aren't we a little beyond that?"

"It could be fun," Jeff shrugged.

"Think of the revenge you could get on these losers," Eddie grinned. "All you've done is complain about them for years, now is your chance to make them regret annoying you."

You let out a dramatic sigh, leaning back onto your hands to support yourself.

"Fine, but if this is just some sick joke for you bastards to be perverts, I will not hesitate to kick you in the balls," you frowned.

The freshmen winced, having learnt quickly that you weren't to be messed with and the only one of the group that ever got away with anything was Eddie.

They started taking turns forcing each other to tell them something embarrassing or do something stupid and it only made you dread when it would become your turn.

"Y/N," Dustin grinned. "Truth or dare?"

You didn't know which would be worse. You knew either way they were going to humiliate you and would quickly regret it when you got to return the favour. Not wanting to end up having to reveal anything intimate about yourself, you decided to pick dare.

Dustin leaned into his fellow freshmen, whispering and laughing as they tried to pick your fate.

"Kiss Eddie."

It felt as though your heart had leaped up into your throat. You had liked Eddie since you first met, not that you would ever tell him that. You valued your friendship too much to ruin it and knew that if he didn't return the feeling, he was far too cocky to ever have that information.

"What?" You said in almost a squeak.

"Kiss Eddie," he repeated.

You glanced over to the dungeon master to see his reaction. He tried to seem confident in his smile, but you knew him too well to not notice the underlying nerves.

"Is that really fair to him?" You asked. "It's my dare not his."

"Do you have a problem with kissing him?" Gareth smirked, having been more than aware of you liking your mutual friend, although you vehemently denied it anytime he implied knowing.

"Just his breath," you huffed, pushing yourself up onto your knees to manoeuvre over to Eddie.

You moved over to him, kneeling in front of him, ready for a moment that you had dreamt of, although you never thought you'd have such a crowd when you finally got to kiss him. You looked down at his soft smile that instantly melted any nerves you held onto.

There was no time like the present. You leaned in pressing your lips to his. His lips were soft but chapped as they parted to move against yours. Your heart pounded against your chest as you rested a hand onto his shoulder to steady yourself. When you moved back to end the kiss, he leaned into your, extending the kiss by a second.

Your eyes stayed locked to his as you parted, not caring about the comments or laughter your friends made. Finally, you got to kiss the man you had been in love with for years and even if you never got to again, you were glad to have experienced it once.

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Written by Charlotte.