•protect her•

• Chapter six •

When I finally came to, I was so confused. I felt my head on someone's lap. At first I thought it was Steve, until I looked beside me and he was holding my hand, crying.

Everyone else was scattered around the living room, sleeping. I looked up and saw Nancy peering down at me with a tear- stained face.

"Hey, dingus" I said to Steve and he jumped in his seat. He had apparently zoned-out.

"Oh my god, Robin. I thought we lost you. I love you so much you asshole" Steve practically yelled while giving me a hug.

Steve's yelling woke everyone up. As I sat up, I was stared at with concerned looks.

It looked like everyone had been crying, even Eddie.

"Jesus Robin, I thought you died on us" Eddie stated, wrapping me in a hug.

"Uhmm.. what?" I asked.

"Robin, you fainted" Dustin told me.

"I figured that much, shithead. Why did you all think I died" I asked, quizzically.

"You started bleeding from your ears, and your eyes. It was like we were in a shitty low-budget horror film" Erica informed me.

"You were out for hours" Max added.

"What?" I asked, getting up to check my face in the mirror, but immediately falling back down.

Max brought me a mirror and I saw specks of blood scattering parts of my face.

"I tried to wash it off, I couldn't stand to let you stay like that" Nance told me as I leaned on her again.

"Thanks, Nance" I told the girl. I was getting major butterflies and I was starting to believe Vecna when he said I like her as more than a friend.

"Okay, I hate to ruin the vibe, but Robin, what did you see that made you scream?" Lucas asked

"Uhm well, at first, he was taunting me, telling me that my time is up and shit. A-And then... he threatened to kill Nance." Everyone looked shocked.

"I tried to fight it, Nance, I'm sorry" I said, starting to cry.

"Rob, it's not your fault" She said. That nickname made me smile.

"Then he said that Steve was going to die. And then Dustin, and then Max, and then Erica, and then Lucas, and then Eddie. And then there was a graveyard, with all of our names on headstones" I said, my voice cracking as I started bawling my eyes out and Steve and Nancy cradled me like a child.

They put on my favourite song and I cried until it felt like I couldn't anymore.

After I calmed down, We moved onto why I knew what Vecna looked like, which we had absolutely no explanation for, but we would get there at some point.

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About three hours later, Steve, Dustin and Lucas went out to buy things so we could enter the upside down, safely.

Those entire three hours consisted of me falling asleep on Nancy's lap while listening to music.

Nancy spent most of her three hours talking quietly with Max and running her fingers through my hair.

When I woke up and couldn't see Steve,
I just about shot Eddie for letting that happen. I don't know why I chose to take it out on Eddie, but I did.

Instead of saying some sort of snarky reply or punching me for yelling at him, he just gave me a hug and told me that Steve would be back soon.

Eddie and I were getting a lot closer. I saw his hanker-chief in his pocket and knew exactly what it meant, we were in the same boat.

I thought about coming out to Eddie, but I wanted to tell everyone individually, starting with Nancy and considering I was on a one way trip to the upside down, I wanted to do it before it was too late.

When Erica and Eddie were trying to teach Max how to play DnD, I was alone with Nancy, it was the perfect time to do it.

I sat up and just went straight for it.

"Hey, Do you remember when I said that Steve and I were platonic with a capital P?"

"Yes, how could I forget?" Nancy said while chuckling.

"There's a reason behind it" Nancy listened, waiting for me to continue.

"You see, I don't like him like that, I like someone else" I said looking down at the marble flooring in Steve's living room.

"Oh ok, well what's his name?" Nancy said with a hopeful look on her face. She was probably excited so she had a better chance to get with Steve.

"Uhm... see, that's the thing. It's uhm... not a 'he'" I whispered.

"Oh... Uhm okay" Nancy said with I surprised look on her face. "So you like girls?"

"Uh-huh"

"Good for you, Rob" Jesus Nance, again with that nickname.

"Can I tell you something now?" Nancy asked.

"Always" I said as she laid down on my lap. I was honestly in shock that she was so nonchalant about me liking girls.

"I broke up with Jonathan the morning of the upside down day" she admitted.

"Oh" I replied "why?"

"I think I'm starting to like someone else, but I'm not sure" she answered.

"Is it Steve?" I asked.

"No... he'll always have a special place in my heart though, he was my first love" Nancy said looking up at me.

Just then, Dustin, Lucas and Steve burst through the door with bags full of tools and weapons.

"Jesus, did you buy out the entire store?" Max asked.

"Pretty much, yeah" Steve replied "This is what happens when you give me emergency money, mom and dad" Steve muttered to himself.

"Okay so, everyone head to bed, we'll make a plan tomorrow and see what happens" Dustin yelled, usually someone would disagree, but everyone was exhausted.

Luckily, Steve had practically my entire wardrobe in his guest room, due to the fact that I stay there most nights.

So, I was able to lend some pyjamas to the girls and Steve  to the boys. We put all of our clothes in the washing machine and all had short showers because, we smelled like shit, at this point.

Steve and Eddie slept on a mattress, Erica and Max on another. Dustin and Lucas slept in the recliners, and Nancy and I shared the couch, like we'd been doing for days.

We slept facing away from everyone else, with me on the inside of the couch, and Nancy had her arms wrapped around me all night with our legs being entwined. It was the best sleep I had had in a very long time.

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Here's a little Ronance fluff while I figure out which idea to go with for the next chapter. I have two ideas but I can't choose which one. I hope you enjoy :)