A/N: This story is already completely written. It starts with events that already occurred then goes into the current semester.
Therefore, once I'm done posting the background events, the rest of the chapters will be posted in real time. (Whatever day the chapter starts on is when I'm posting it.)
So, some chapter will be posted quickly and some might take a while.
Thank you for your patience :)

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Kevin has a set schedule.

Classes, football practices, tutoring.

His bi-weekly Wednesday coffee dates with Nazz.

A cheap movie on a Tuesday with Nat at least once a month.

And the book store anywhere between 10 and 15 times a month.

You couldn't tell from looking at Kevin but he's an avid reader. It wasn't really by choice at first. Basically, whenever he was grounded, which was a bit too often, he'd have nothing to do to entertain himself but read. As he got older, he started to read for fun outside of school assignments and being bored while grounded. By the time he was in high school, the script was flipped. Whenever he got in trouble, he'd had to hand over his library card, stay home during book drops, or be all antsy when a new book that he ordered finally arrived, but he wasn't allowed to read it for however many days his mother saw fit. Essentially, he'd be grounded from books.

But Kevin doesn't go to the local book store this frequently just because of his love for books. If that was the case he'd only go for the book clubs of interest and maybe just peruse new releases once or twice a month. He has another completely different reason for his frequent visits. An adorable, intelligent, friendly, lithe, fair-skinned, beanie-wearing, and gap-toothed reason.

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It all started out back when Kevin and Nazz had their coffee and homework dates on Tuesdays, the fall semester of their sophomore year. They went to the coffeeshop on campus or to the local chain coffeeshop at the time. But Nazz had seen someone's post on social media about a coffeeshop with an outdoor seating area, and Nazz needed to go there. NOW. She wanted to sip her latte and complain to Kevin about her biology professor while under the shade of a giant maple tree.

Kevin obliged, thinking the view wasn't that serious, until he saw him. He couldn't take his eyes off of him. This isn't a figure of speech. Nazz had to reach over the table, grab Kevin's head between her hands, and forcibly make him turn back towards her.

"Dude, are that that zoned out? Cause otherwise you're entering into extreme creeper territory."

"Yeah, yeah… sorry, it's just… that's him, Nazz."

"Him?" Nazz asked, glancing back at the target of Kevin's creeper stare.

"Yeah. Him. From last semester. The group project. Wh-"

"OH, HIM!?"

Kevin quickly hushed her but could tell that the guy he had been staring at had glanced up in their direction. "Yeah… him…"

Nazz lowered her voice and leaned in closer. "Are you gonna go talk to him?" she asked, grinning.

"Nazz. C'mon now."

"No, you come on. Go say something!"

"What am I supposed to say!? Hey? That was sure some group project? Have you done any other group projects since then? By the way, care to make out?"

"Uh… yeah… that's kinda lame."

"Exactly. I have no idea what we could talk about since we don't have a common ground anymore."

And that was the end of their discussion on "group-project-guy" (since Kevin refused to divulge his name to prevent Nazz from social media stalking him).

Later, Nazz received a text from Marie and had to dip out early. Kevin said he was going to stay and continue to work on his statistics homework. Nazz gave him a knowing look and mumbled something about "staring is not homework" as she walked off.

Kevin actually did do his statistics homework after Nazz left, mainly since his motivation was sneaking a glance at his crush after each completed problem. After his last problem, Kevin looked up to sneak another glance, only to be startled.

"Oh my," Edd said, taking a step back from the table. "I didn't mean to scare you, I-"

"It's okay, Edd. I just wasn't expecting you… How've you been?"

"Pleasant, and you?"

"Same. You got anywhere to be right now?"

"No, not really."

"Cool… Care to join me?"

"Certainly!" Edd looks back and forth between Kevin's table and the empty table next to them. He then points to the empty table and says, "Should I pull up another chair?"

"What do ya mean?"

Edd paused for a moment before gesturing to the chair across the table from Kevin and asked, "Is your girlfriend returning or can I sit here?"

Kevin faltered for a moment. "No. No No N-I mean… yes… like, yes, you can sit there, and no, she isn't my girlfriend."

Edd giggled as he took a seat.

"In fact, she just dipped out not too long ago to go see her girlfriend, so yeah… Anyways, I know we've only been in school for like a week and two days, but how have classes been?"

They continued their small talk about classes, Kevin's practices, and Edd's job down in the chemistry lab. Finally, Kevin asked Edd about how much he frequents this coffeeshop. Edd explained that it was his first time here, but he's seen the view from his usual location and was curious about it. When Kevin asked him about this "usual location," Edd pointed to the terrace of a building on the other side of the outdoor space. Apparently that terrace was part of an old split-leveled home turned bookstore, and the terrace was used for book clubs when the weather was nice.

Kevin now had a million questions for Edd about the book store and these book clubs he's a part of but was prevented in asking any of them due to his alarm going off. He was still off campus and he had only 20 minutes to go to his dorm, get his stuff for his next class, and then run to class. He rushed out a quick apology to Edd and promised to text him later.