connor sat shaking on a bench, his hand in his other blowing warm air into the middle. his elbows rested on his bouncing legs that couldn't stop bouncing.
the only thought in his mind was if richie was okay. back there he was to focused on trying to tell himself he was alive than to pay attention to the tall boy. connor was sure he was okay but the thing about being sure is that connor wasn't positive.

connor kept looking at the cart, the side richie sat on was broken and scattered into the ground, connors mind wandered, he pictured richies body tightly bound to the cart. he pictured richies hands on the handlebars shutting his eyes tight as the ground came closer. he pictured richies body slap onto the ground and the car bouncing forward dragging his face off his body and across the floor.

"connor!" richie called waving his hand above his head toward the blonde boy.

"richie! oh my god, richie!" connor breathed relief running toward the boy with his arms out embracing him with a hug. connor shut his eyes tight "i was so worried, i thought you died!"

"whahat?" richie laughed "i told you i was going to the bathroom." his hands rested awkwardly around the boys shoulders.
connors hand moved up to richies cheeks
"oh my god richie are you okay? i fell too and my face isn't bruised like yours!"
richie cursed at himself for getting hurt- it could've made it obvious he was spiderman
"hahaha" richie faked "i ran into the bathroom door to hard, oops classic me"

connor rolled his eyes "dumbass"

"anyway, remember that boy eddie?" connor asked pulling out of the hug.

"yeah, what about him?" richie asked putting his hands in his pockets.

"he saved my life. and i almost killed him, richie. i almost fucking did." richies eyes grew in shock

"wait seriously?" richie knew eddie said he saved him and was under the foot but he didn't know connor almost killed him. "how?" richie asked.

"he pulled me out from underneath the foot, and i pulled on his arm and threw him back." connor looked down out his shoes, embarrassed.

"well, that's okay. spiderman got him anyway." richie smiled and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. connor looked up and smiled.

"yeah, yeah that's right."

connor nodded his head toward the entrance of the park and began to walk in that direction. richie didn't blame him, after everything that had happened he wanted to leave too.

connors hand held out onto his side towards richie while walking, richie kept his firmly in his pocket.

"i think i saw eddie earlier leaving with his mother, wanna see if we can catch 'em concon?" richie smiled toward connor.

"idk rich, what if he's mad at me." connor looked down

richie didn't listen, he was already heading faster toward the exit in hopes to see the small freckled boy.

to his luck, eddies mother had to go to the bathroom before leaving. eddie sat outside the bathrooms on a bench with his arms crossed over his fanny pack, tapping his foot up and down.

"hey edwardo spigardo!" richie called with enthusiasm.

"who the fu- oh! don't call me edwardo spigardo, richie." eddie smiled.

now that there was no threat, richie focused on eddie. the small clothes framing his tiny body. the light brown curls looked like they were combed earlier but they fell out and now hung on his forehead. his brown eyes and freckles popped out in the sunlight. his big smile and pink lips widened when he saw richie coming up toward him. the smiled slowly went down at the sight of connor bowers treading closely behind.

eddie didn't hate connor, no.. he just has a bad feeling about him. a really bad feeling.
connor came up and stood beside richie, his hand laid close to where richies would be if it wasn't strictly in his pocket.

"are you guys okay? the cart falling was really, really scary." eddie sighed, trying hard not to glare at connor.
connor was taken aback, he didn't know why eddie cared about him after what happened.

"yeah, we're okay eds." richie smiled. he sat down next to eddie and spread his legs. his hands came out of his pockets as he rested his arm on the top part of the bench, close to eddies shoulders. his other hand rested by his side.

connor sat down as well, next to richie of course. he placed his hand right next to richies, pinky inching closer.

richie tried to keep his hand at a distance, he liked connor but.. not in that type of way. he was unsure about loving someone he just met although that's how it went with eddie. eddie felt different to richie, he felt like eddie could yell terrible things at his face and he would still want to protect him.

"what did you think about spiderman? it was crazy seeing him in person! but you've seen him in person before, right?" richie smirked. he knew what he was doing.
richie used his free hand to pick up one of his legs to ss it in a more comfortable position, pulling his hand closer and connor farther. richie also twisted his torso in a way that to faced eddie without completely shutting connor out.

"what! haha! no i've never seen spiderman before. he was really cool!" eddie freaked.

"but the day we met you said you've seen him before?" richie tilted his head in confusion, smirking more.

"oh uh, yeah. guess i forgot haha." eddie shyly smiled. eddie stared into richies eyes and felt confused, the feeling he has with richie was the same feeling he has with spiderman. it was strong and unexplainable, they were almost like the same person. eddie wished they were, that would make the feelings so much easier.

"so eddie, i uh wan-" connor started, pulling both  boys out of their trance before he was cut off.

"eddie bear! time to go." sonia called, she wobbled out of the restroom with toilet paper on her foot and shirt stuck in the back of her pants.
eddie mentally facepalmed.

richie snorted "eddie bear?" he couldn't stop himself from laughing.

"shut the fuck up dickwad" eddie scolded quietly.

"eddie, who are these two living diseases.. well, mostly one." she stood in front of the boys, towering over them.

"damn, connor i cant believe she called you a living disease." richie smiled.
connor burrowed his brow toward the jokester.

"mommy, these are my friends, richie tozier and connor bowers."

richie tried so hard to keep in his laughter "you call your mom, mommy? hahaha" he said between laughs. eddie hit him in the arm.

"EDDIE BEAR! don't touch him!" she grabbed her child by the arm and yanked him up. she leaned really close toward richie "i've heard about you, tozier." she practically spat. all connor got was an evil glare.

"glad to know you think of me." richie winked.

"richie, shut up." eddie scolded again. "come on, mommy." 

and then they just.. walked off.

connor looked at richie confused. richie looked back and wiped the spit off his face with a smile.

"let's get going." richie smiled, standing up.

"hey! wait why don't we get food, or the arcade?" connor suggested.

"uhm, sure. what kind of food do you have in mind?"

"well...

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