Richie couldn't help but be distracted all day. He had run into Henry Bowers and his gang, but alone. Henry made fun of him for being a wimp, and rubbed it in his face that you, Richie's crush, would never like someone as 'wimpy as him'. Finally after Bill confronted the unusually silent boy, Richie spilled to him.
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"Bill... do you think Y/N wont like me because of how 'wimpy' I am?"
"What? No, Rich. What are you talking about."