Richie Tozier has a major crush on Eddie Kaspbrak. There's three main problems with this.

1/ He has a crush on a boy.
2/ His best friend beats the shit out of his crush daily.
3/ If he we're to ever tell Henry this, he have his face smashed in.

He betrayed Eddie, when Henry's beating him up, all Richie does is stare, Richie stares when he sees the red lines going up Eddies arms, he stares when he sees Eddie so sad he feels himself break apart.

All Richie wants is to see Eddie happy, to see him smile, to see him as he once did. When they were friends. But Richie left, he left with Henry, to climb the social ladder. Now he's at the top and Richie's scared of heights.