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CHIE, EDS<3
eds<3
richie??
do u uh 👉👈 happen to be awake
chie
yeah!!! what's up??
eds<3
i'm ,, kinda scared??
chie
?? are you okay ??
is something bad happening?
do you need help???
eds<3
no!!! no nothing bad really i just
i love you?? a lot??
and it feels like i'm so far away for so long
and i miss you more than. basically anyone i've ever missed before except maybe mike
chie
mike >>> me
that fact is UnChanging forever and i accept it
why are you scared though??
eds<3
i jsut
i'm afraid that you
i don't know
chie
what??
i'm calling you okay?
eds<3
yeah okay
CALL INCOMING
CHIE
ACCEPT OR DECLINE
connecting...
connected!
"Hi, Rich,"
"Eddie! Hey, are you okay?"
"I'm... yeah..."
"Eds, baby, talk to me, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah, um,"
"..."
"I'm just — God, this is stupid, please don't take this the wrong way, okay?"
"I'll... I'll try?"
"I'm afraid you don't like me as much as I thought."
"What— What? Why—?"
"I don't know — I'm just, I'm scared that maybe being away so long made you, like, not like me as much. And it's not anything you've done I just..."
"Eddie, it's okay."
"Are — Are we okay?"
"Yeah! Eddie, I love you so much. You're, like, you're amazing. And beautiful. You're one of the best people Ive ever met."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really! You're so talented and, like, actually gorgeous. And — and you're really funny, and nice, and I love how you're not afraid to just — Well, okay, you're afraid sometimes. And that's okay. But you're brave despite being scared... And that's... You're amazing."
"Oh."
"Oh?"
"Sorry — I just. Thank you. I know it's stupid—"
"Hey, nothing that is making you upset is stupid."
"Okay. Seriously though, thank you."
"Yeah, it's—"
"You mean a lot to me, Richie. For real."
"Okay. You mean a lot to me too."
"..."
"I love you."
"I love you, Chie."
"..."
"Do you ever think — um, of Orlando?"
"All the time."
"I just, think about the stupid tiny details, sometimes, when I'm scared to go to sleep."
"Like what?"
"Like... karaoke. How you kept looking at me."
"Oh."
"Wh— Why are you laughing? I'm being all sweet and gay—"
"It's cute! That's all."
"Oh. Okay, asshole."
"Oh, I'm still an asshole?"
"Yeah. Asshole. — S- Stop laughing!"
"..."
"..."
"I love you."
"I love you, too, Rich."
"The — The other one?"
"What? The other Richie? There's two of you?"
"No! No, the other nickname, dumbass!"
"Oh! Chie!"
"Yeah... Cute."
"You cannot call me a dumbass, how was I supposed to know —?"
"Oh so you just assume I have some secret doppelgänger?"
"Yeah, duh!"
"Fair enough."
"..."
"..."
"I'm gonna go to bed now, m'kay?"
"Yeah, okay. I love you."
"Love you. Goodnight!"
"'Night."
CALL ENDED.