Kevin walked through crowded halls, when he saw Edd striding toward him. His heart pounded harder, out of fear he convinced himself, when he looked at the tall, raven haired boy. Kevin kept his head down and tried in vain to blend with the crowd. Soon the tall boy was upon him.
"Hey, pumpkin." said Edd, reaching into Kevin's backpack and pulling out his math homework
Kenin didn't say anything, his face a bright pink. Edd put the paper against the wall over Kevins head, trapping the smaller boy under his arms. He made several marks on it in a red pen, and then shoved it back into Kevin's hands.
"I could tutor you, pumpkin" he said with a wink, and walked off.
By the time Kevin got to class the flush in his face had dissipated, though the adrenaline in his blood hadn't. He took his seat at the front of class, determined to pay attention.
"Your grades are posted on the back wall" said the teacher "and some of you may want to work a bit harder." she looked directly at Kevin, who pretended not to notice. At the end of class Kevin went to check his grade, an F. He frowned and walked out of class, glad to be done with math for the day.
Kevin was at his locker, after school, when he saw Edd walking toward him with a sly smile on his face. "Please" he thought "Please, just ignore me" Edd walked up to Kevin, resting his elbow on the locker so their faces were inches apart.
"I heard you're getting an F in math." said the muscular, tall, boy.
Kevin looked up at the sea blue eyes, and nodded. Kevin's heart beat fast, and butterflies collected in his stomach, he looked down "how does he know that?" he thought.
"I could tutor you." it was less of an offer as it was a command, and Kevin knew he had no choice. He nodded his head
"Great how about today, pumpkin?" said Edd, with a sly smile.
Kevin's eyes grew wide. "Oh, ok" he said
On the way to Edd's house Kevin's mind was racing for an excuse to leave. His mind finally settled on one "Oh, you know, uh, my dad'll be worried if I don't come home, so, I don't think today will work." Edd stuck his hand down Kevin's front pocket. Kevin turned bright red, his heart pounding, and skin tingling. "wh-what do you think you're doing!?"
"Calm down pumpkin" said Edd pulling out Kevins cell phone "I was only searching for your cellular phone." He winked and looked through Kevin's contacts.
"Hey!" said Kevin "give that back"
Edd soon had Kevin's father on the phone. "Salutations, this is Kevin's friend, Edd." He said into the receiver
"Kevin made a friend?" Mr. Barr seemed very excited.
"Yes" said Edd with a smile "Kevin didn't want to cause you any undue alarm; he is coming over to my house to study today. I promise he won't be too late"
"Oh, no worry at all, in fact he can stay over at your house if he wants." Mr. Barr said happily "I can't remember the last time he was at a friend's house."
"That sounds lovely. I'll bring him back tomorrow" said Edd. He hung up and slid the phone back into Kevin's pocket. "Your father was very understanding, in fact he suggested you stay over tonight." said Edd with a wink. Kevin turned red, imagining his father's side of the conversation. he put his face in his hands. Just then they arrived at Edd's house.
Kevin stood on the front porch staring up at the foreboding house wondering why Edd had brought him here. "What does he have to gain?" The front door swung open and Edd walked in "you coming sweet cheeks?" Kevin snapped out of his thoughts "oh, uh, sorry, uh, yeah I'm coming". Edd chuckled.
Edd walked down the dark hall, the short redhead following a ways behind him. They reached the living room
"Have a seat" he watched the cute boy scurry over to the edge of the couch and sit right up against the arm of the sofa. "Would you like a drink, pumpkin?" he said with a devilish smile that made Kevin's palms grow clammy "oh, uh, sure...Thank you"
Edd walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out a soda for Kevin and a beer for himself. He sat down close to Kevin, so their bodies were warm against each other. Kevin shrunk as much he could away from the bully, but was stopped by the sofa arm. He could feel the hard obliques of the other boy against his body. His mind grew fuzzy at the sudden contact "Here." said Edd handing the drink over to Kevin. Kevin's hand touched the other boy's and he almost dropped the soda. "Better be careful there, butterfingers" Edd said taking a sip of his beer. Kevin's pupils shrank when he saw what Edd was sipping. "You shouldn't drink that." he said, forgetting himself.
Edd looked at him confused for a second then a grin appeared on his face "why? Does it turn you on?" "WHAT? No" Kevin said "but, you're underage, and uh, well, uh" Kevin's voice faltered as he looked up at the other boy's deep blue eyes. Edd chuckled.
Edd turned on an animal documentary and left to the kitchen, leaving Kevin feeling suddenly cold at the loss of body heat. He turned quizzically around to see Edd chopping vegetables and stirring a pot on the stove. Then a realization hit Kevin "where are your parents?"
"I believe they are in Africa." said Edd not looking up from his pot.
"Are they gone often?"
"Almost always." Kevin realized that Edd didn't want to talk about this subject and let the conversation drop.
Edd grew very warm standing over the stove, and so took off his black hoodie revealing his tight red shirt. Kevin unintentionally stared, at Edd's chest. Edd smiled "you like what you see?" Kevin's face was hot with embarrassment and he turned his head quickly back to the TV.
They eat dinner in relative silence. Though it was only 10:00 when they finished the sky outside was pitch dark. "We can work on your math in the morning" said Edd "since you'll be staying the night." Kevin's face grew red. He nodded.
Edd disappeared into a room for a moment and returned with a pair of red striped pajama bottoms, and handed them to Kevin. "Since you don't have pajamas here, you can borrow mine."
"Oh, thanks." said Kevin. He then realized that the tall boy leaning on the wall was not going to leave the room while he changed. Edd drank in every inch of exposed skin. Kevin changed as quickly as he could, pulling on the pajama pants in a rush. Edd frowned when he realized that Kevin fully intended to keep his shirt on. "That's the guest room" he said pointing at a door. "My rooms just across the hall if you get lonely, pumpkin" he winked
"Maybe Edd isn't that bad, I mean he's never acutely hurt me, or anyone else that I can think of. But he does make fun of me. Just because I'm gay! He really is a dick." Kevin thought in the dark guest room, misinterpreting Edd's advancements as teasing. Kevin soon fell to sleep.