05. explaining

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05. explaining characters - Steve, Eddie, Robin POV - Steve's POV skskskskskksksks more cringe- TW: bl00d, pain "I- Uh- I need to go... This was fun and all, but I have to go to work tomorrow... I'll call you in the morning-" I quickly let go of Eddie and started to get ready to leave. "Awe, but princess, this was getting good!" He looked like he had a twinge of sadness in his voice but he was covering it up with a joke. "I'm sorry Eds- I have to go and explain everything to Robin!" I was already feeling guilty for leaving him alone. "Yeah, It's fine... I understand." He looked at me and gave me a sad smile. I ran up to him and hugged him tight, then nodded as I was walking out the trailer door. I heard him start to sigh as I closed the door. "Jesus... I'm a jerk-" I started the car with a loud sigh and drove to Robin's house. When I got there, her mother greeted me with a hug and a smile as I walked into the living room. "Thanks, Mrs.Buckley." I put on a fake smile and ran up to Robin's room. "Hey, stranger." I knocked and opened up the door. Robin was over at her desk painting her nails black. Like she always does. Typical Rob. She looked up from what she was doing and smiled. "Oh, hey dingus! What're ya doing here?" She looked a bit confused. "I wanted to explain... well... about... y'know, earlier..." I felt a weird feeling rise up in my chest. "Oh, that... It doesn't really matter to me, dingus, you know that! I'm just glad you figured yourself out!" She chuckled and went back to painting her nails. "Oh, okay, cool... I just was making sure that you weren't mad at me for not telling you about it sooner." I scratched the back of my head sounding how stupid I was. "No, Steve! I would never be mad at you! You're my best friend, and I love ya! Platonically with a capital P, of course!" She got up and came over to hug me with a laugh. I hugged her back and sighed in the comfort of someone accepting me for who I am. Even if I just figured out who I am a day ago. "Thanks, Rob. I gotta go, though. See you at school?" I chuckled. "Yes, dingus, at school. And work after school." She smirked at me and went back to her desk. "Yeah, that too. I'll see you." I smiled and closed her bedroom door shut. I felt a wave of relief crash over me like never before. I left Robin's house and drove home feeling relaxed. I went up to my room and plopped down on the bed and sighed. Then the phone rang. I quickly perked my head up. Who would be calling this late at night? I answered the phone with caution. "H-hello...?" I sat for a few seconds until I heard a voice. It was raspy, but sounded familiar. "Hey, Harrington. It's me, Eddie. I need help. I know you just left, but Jason and his group of clowns decided to mess me up after I went outside for a little midnight walk." I could hear that he was in pain, but he covered it up with a laugh and a joke like he always does. "Oh, Eddie- I'm coming. Stay where you are, don't move." I hung up the phone, ran down my stairs and out the front door to my car without even locking the door. I arrived at the trailer park and slammed my car door. I ran into the trailer and ran straight to Eddie hugging him tight. "Hey, glad ya missed me Harrington." He had a black eye and a bloody nose. "Eddie... C'mon, let's get you cleaned up." I led him into the bathroom as I grabbed random medical items from out under the sink cabinets and made him sit on the toilet. "Turn towards me." I grabbed his chin as I cleaned the blood from his nose. He winced and laughed in pain. I then put some healing ointment onto his eye and ran into the kitchen grabbing some ice and putting it into a Ziploc bag. I sat on my knees in front of him holding the ice up to his eye. "Now I understand why Henderson calls you his mom." He looked at me and giggled while he smiled his evil little smirk. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever." I hugged him and stood up. "Well, thank you Stevie for patching me up." He stood up slowly, wincing in pain. "Yeah, no problem, Munson. It's what I do." (part 6 soon lmao)