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5 days later.

Sunday, 5:25 Am

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Today was the day that they were gonna go to the carnival. Eddie agreed to come and so did the kids, which Steve knew cause the kids weren't gonna pass on an offer like that. Steve was very nervous since it was gonna have majority of people from Hawkins high there, including Jacob.

Steve swore the next time he saw him running his mouth at all he would punch his head in. he didn't care if he got in trouble, he wanted to show that prick that he doesn't need protection, he wanted to show that to anyone.

Steve would pick up Robin and Vicki and Eddie would pick up the kids. Steve got ready and went to pick them up.

Once they were all there at the carnival, they all greater each other and gave hugs, then went in.

Steve huddled everyone in a circle. "alright the kids will stay together, Robin and Vicki can stay together, and me and Eddie with stay with each other. we will all meet back at here in uh.." Steve paused to look at his watch, estimating a time.

"erm- 3 hours" He decided and looked at everyone to agree.

"alright!" Robin said looking at Vicki with a smile, as she did the same back.

"alright Harrington what's on the list" Eddie bumped his shoulder, pulling Steve out his daze and looked at Eddie. "uh- i don't know, guess just look around i guess" He answered as the rest of them walked away.

"well come on" Eddie grabbed Steves hand, it shocked him from his cold rings, one of his clanking with Steve's thumb ring, well Eddie's ring. Steve walked along with Eddie, their pinkies holding by a thread.

"hey what about that one?" Steve pointed to a ride that would go in a circle and could be spun by the riders. "uh- i'm not into spinning rides" Eddie mumbled, tightening his grip on Steve's pinkie. "oh god Munson don't be a puss" Steve pulled him into the line, thankfully it wasn't as long as the other rides lines.

"fine guess you want to be drenched in puke the whole time here" Eddie smirked, looking away from the ride. Steve rolled his eyes and looked to see how the ride goes. "maybe i'd like that, seems great" Steve said sarcastically as he let go of Eddie's pinkie, he didn't want people behind them getting weirded out with them technically holding hands. he put his hand in his sweatshirt pocket as he looked at Eddie, he was refusing to look at the ride.

"you'll be fine" Steve reassured him, bumping his shoulder with a smirk. Eddie finally looked at the ride with a weirded face. "yeah i hope"

it was finally their turn after 10 minutes of waiting, then got on the ride, Steve taunting him with spinning the ride, "Eddie your crazy if you think i'm not gonna spin it" Steve laughed. Eddie was holding on the wheel, trying to stop Steve from spinning it with a nervous face.

"Harrington i swear to god i'm gonna kill you after this!" Eddie shouted as the ride started, it slowly started going in a circle. Steve started spinning it, laughing hysterically at Eddie's face, "holy shit!" Eddie yelled as they went in the air, his legs entangled with Steve's and his hand gripping the wheel.

The ride stopped and Eddie rested his head on the wheel, crying about his head hurting. "Eddie your fine, at least u didn't throw up" Steve chuckled waiting for him to get out. Eddie moped off the ride, leaning and swerving as he walked.

"oh my god.." he repeated in a whisper as he rested his head on the rides railings. Steve was laughing lightly at Eddie's exaggeration of the ride. "you need to go to the doctor baby?" Steve teased in a baby voice, leaning on the railing looking at Eddie's resting head. his head rose and looked at Steve, his eyes all heavy looking. "maybe, i feel like i'm dying.."

"oh my god Eddie your so over dramatic" Steve laughed, "come on let's go, we'll play some games before we go on another ride"

"this is the first and last ride we're going on" Eddie finally stood up and started walking with Steve.

"uh no it's not, you'll get used to it you big baby" Steve laughed while they walked, Eddie leaning his arm on Steve's shoulder. they both went to a dart game, Steve won and picked out a small bat plushy for Eddie. "here this will cheer you up" he handed the bat to Eddie. he gave Steve a gentle but heart aching smile, "thanks" he took the bat and looked at it, it was cute for a carnival plushy, they were usually ugly as hell. he then looked back to Steve, giving him a sudden hug, Steve hugged back with a smile plastered on his face.

"is this a replacement of a kiss?" Steve whispered in Eddie's ear as his head rested on his shoulder, "maybe" Eddie answered as he let go, smirking at Steve. "well i liked that better" Steve teased as he started moving, looking around for another game for them to play.

they saw a gunning game and Steve darted to it, you could say that Steve was a natural at guns since all the upside down shit. but of course he wasn't the best, he would give that award to Nancy in his opinion. "gunning huh?" Eddie walked up behind Steve, resting his elbows on the counter with the bat set on the counter in his arms.

"yeah this stuff is fun as hell" Steve replied, handing the worker $5 and looked through the scope, aiming at the target. it was a shotgun so he aimed it down a tad so it would hit the target better, he shot it and to his luck, it hit the red. "damn Steve" Eddie whistled, looking at Steve's smiley face. Steve looked through the scope to shoot again, "what can i say, i'm a natural" he said, trying to get his aiming precise. in his last 3 tries he hit right below the red, the worker counted one as a red. he got another plushy, this one was a medium sized tiger, one of his favorite animals because he thinks it the strongest feline.

"Stevie likes kitty cats?" Eddie said in a baby voice, picking his bat back up. Steve scuffed, "uh yeah?! this is one of the strongest cats" Steve remarked as he turned to leave, but something stopped him.

at the ring-tossing game Steve saw a slight glimpse of Jacob, that scummy bastard. His grip tightening on the Tiger plush. "hey you alright?" Eddie asked, leveling his head to see what he was seeing, then he saw him too. "oh.." Eddie put a hand on Steve's shoulder and turned him so they were eye to eye to each other, "don't pay attention to him, it'll only make it worse if you play into his shitty games" Eddie said, sounding really serious. Steve nodded looking into his deep brown eyes, "i wasn't planning on it, but god- i just want to kick that dickwad so far up his ass." Steve said, his hands rubbing his face.

"well uh- i wouldn't mind seeing that" Eddie laughed, letting go of his shoulder, his hand tracing down Steve's arm before it fell to his side.

"if he says a peep to us i'm gonna do it" Steve huffed, looking back to the RingToss game where they were laughing.

"well come on, let's go find something else to do" Eddie said, walking out the Shooting game pass the fun house.

Steve catches up and walked next to Eddie, their hands brushing every once and awhile. Eddie grabbed Steve's pinkie and held it, Steve gripped his pinkie, looking down with a smile on his face. He just wished they didn't have to hide this, he wished they could hold hands, hell even pinkies without getting weird stares and comments. but he knew that wouldn't happen in a long time, or just not at all.

Steve looked up to Eddie, he'd stopped, looking ahead of him, "what is it?"

"turn around" Eddie said, letting go of his pinkie.

"why-"

"Hey Freak!" Jason called, walking towards Steve and Eddie. Eddie turned and started walking away but Steve stood his ground, he wasn't going anywhere.

"Steve come on" Eddie whispered yelled to Steve who wasn't budging, Jason was only with 2 of his other friends, Patrick and Chance. Patrick seemed iffy with Jason, falling back behind him looking down at the ground.

"what do you want." Steve asked to Jason who was a couple of feet in front of him, Steve crossed his arms.

"nothing, just saying hi to a friend" Jason replied, giving Eddie the most evil grin.

Eddie turned and looked at Jason who was slowly walking to him. If Jason laid a finger on Eddie he would tackle him in a heartbeat.

"how's the local Freak doing, hanging out with your boyfriend?" Eddie kept backing up but he just only stepped even closer, his friends stood behind Steve, Chance keeping an eye on him while Patrick had a worried look on his face. Then Jason turned to Steve, "didn't know that Steve Harrington would turn to be such a " Steve gripped his arm, his teeth grinding just hearing that word spit out of his mouth. Jason stepped in front of Steve, "what happened?, This isn't the grand Steve i know, now your just a disgrace" Jason spat in his face, Steve stared in his eyes, "no wonder why your parents are never here" Steve snapped and punched Jason in the face, Chance instantly jumped to Jason's savior and held Steve back.

"you shut up you Fuck face!" Steve yelled, squirming in Chances arms. Jason whipped his nose, it was bleeding. "oh nice move Steve, you're dead" Jason said as he stood up. Eddie came from behind and pushed Jason back down. Chance was outnumbered, Jason was down and Patrick wasn't gonna help. "Patrick get him!!" Chance yelled, still holding Steve back. Patrick hesitated but went after Eddie, he ran as he chased after him.

shit.

now Steve was now by himself with Chance and Fuck Face. Jason tried getting up again, Dirt dressed his jacket and blood smeared below his nose, a crazy glare shined in his eyes. "any last words Steve Queerington?" he asked, getting in Steve's face. "yeah, fuck you" Steve mumbled as he spit in Jason's eye and kicked Chances knee. Chance went limp and let go off him, He kicked Jason down on the ground and ran. he gunned the direction to where Eddie ran, the woods.

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