richie totally noticed back when mike had a crush on steve but he is not allowed to tell anyone about it because nancy totally noticed that at one point richie totally had a crush on dustin.
asdfghjk OH SHIT
They have a common agreement: Richie doesn’t mention Mike’s dead giveaway of blushing (and who is the cause of said blushing) and Mike doesn’t mention Richie’s dead giveaway of turning into a mess of horrific puns near the object of his affections. With Dustin, it was every amphibian related joke he could think of.
Mike doesn’t shove Richie in a goddamn frog terrarium and Richie doesn’t run up and smash Mike’s ice cream cone on his head every time he “needs” to stop by Scoops Ahoy. They are the only peace terms that keep them from dragging each other into the next century– and then Mike gets a boyfriend and all bets are off.
