2 o'clock: Edd sat up from his couch the weeks dinners already partly prepared and sitting in the fridge, out in front of him there were a small bowl of apple slices neatly arranged with a glass of milk and a few books. Double D sighed, remembering the events of the morning...
"Oh, what am I do to?" he asked his empty apartment. No response. "I could do it but it's Kevin." He paused as distracting thoughts sped around under the boys hat. "The subject isn't hard. Not really." The rain outside had stopped and that familiar smell of the dust after rain crept into the flat from the baseball field. Nothing particularly interesting happened for the rest of the day; Edd picked up an advanced theory book and before he knew it, the clock had struck 6.
"Oh dear," he mumbled before grabbing a pencil and his laptop. Edd had a unique style of typing. His right hand holding the pencil the wrong way round as while he types with the rubber end. Another few hours of study passed before it was time for bed.
He woke up early Monday morning and went through his usual routine; a healthy breakfast, quick tidy round then off to his lecture. He arrived 20 minutes early to the hall and, to his surprise, Kevin was waiting for him. "Oh dear," Double D muttered as he quickened his pace through the corridor.
"Double Dork, hi," the ginger piped up from his place leaning against the wall.
"Good Morning, Kevin," Edd replied looking up from the floor. His blue eyes falling on the Jock's arms.
"Have you decided about it yet?" Kevin asked His face slightly flustered but confident
"About what?" Truth be told he knew exactly what but just wanted Kevin not to over-think things. "Oh, about tutoring." He had one last think about it. 'So far he hasn't mocked me or tried to hurt me...'
"Well?" Kevin interrupted Double D's thoughts again smirking likley
"Ok, sure" Edd finally decided, smiling almost at the Jock.
"Great, here." Kevin quickly pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil from his bag. He turned and wrote down his phone number before handing it to Edd. "Text me the details," he smiled before setting off down the stairs. "And good luck with your class!" he called from the bottom of the stairs.
Edd was distracted during class. He was still paying attention but his mind would wander too and fro about tutoring Kevin. The lecture ended abruptly and Edd snapped out of his daydream. He left the hall and proceeded to the food court to grab a quick lunch; an apple and a small smoothie, before heading home again. He arrived back home around 2 o'clock. Kat wasn't in - once again - so Edd sat around alone for a while with the note from Kevin. He started staring every now and again at the yellow piece of paper.
"Ok, lets see." He grabbed the note his phone and walked to his bedroom to analyse his spreadsheet of things to do. "Tuesday is my best day, I guess." He paused, typing Kevin's number into his phone.
Kevin was in his room in the halls watching some movie on Netflix something about zombies. He looked up from his movie to unpause his game. "**ing noobs," he muttered as he was sniped from a high vantage point. He rolled and shot 'X780Q' back right in the heart. "Hmph," Kevin laughed to himself. The ginger took the vantage point and planted a few traps as his phone buzzed. A puzzled expression crossed his face before he returned to his game for another 2 minutes before finally his curiosity gets the better of him. "What's this?" he muttered to himself, quitting the game and unlocking his phone to reveal a text from an unknown number.
'Hey Kevin, Edd here is Tuesday, ok?' The text asked.
'Yeah, tomorrow's fine.' Kevin texted back. with a smile on his face
'Tomorrow?' The text read back.
'Yeah, Tomorrow, Tuesday you know?' Kevin giggled noticing that Edd was slightly flustered in his texting.
'Ok, then it's the Barker building: flat 602'
Kevin smiled as he put his phone away in his pocket turning off his laptop and heading out for practice.
"Tomorrow?" Edd said staring blankly into space. "The first guy into my apartment since I moved here..." He laughed nervously. "...and I'm to tutor him... Tomorrow?!" He took another apple slice from the fridge.
"Well ok, I have some time before I have to sleep... better get something to study." He poured over to his laptop, bringing up some of Kevin's course materials. Edd ran quickly through the notes bookmarking the information. His phone buzzed. Edd looked down. 'Another one? From Kevin?' He scanned the text.
'Night, dweeb' Edd smiled nervously as he noticed the time. "10 o'clock?" He got up and slipped into his pyjamas; green and checked, he still had his trademark black hat still upon his head.
'Night, Kevin' Double dork texted back, quite unsure at what he was doing.
He awoke the next day later than usual, Tuesday was his chill day with no classes so he could just sit and work on his own laptop; fixing errors, updating his own programs and selling his expertise in mathematics and chemistry. He looked over to his bedside table and noticed his phone flashing again.
'What time, dork?' Edd read the text in his rush: he had forgotten to give Kevin a time to arrive.
'Around half past 3? Bring your books please' Double D sent one back before getting ready for a tutoring session. He grabbed a bowl of grapes and put them out for a healthy snack during the break.
*clack clack* Edd jumped slightly as he heard a shout from outside.
"Hey, Double D? You in there?" Kevin shouted from the other side of the door.
"Just coming!" Edd quickly brushed himself down and opened the door to see Kevin standing there in the hall. "Come in." He nervously smiled gesturing for the other to sit down.
"Nice place." Kevin poked his head through the door, smiling.
The pair settled down for a few hours of hard study. Edd discovered that Kevin was actually quite clever at his theory when he put his mind to it. So why was he here? He didn't need to do much but watch that Kevin didn't get distracted. After some time, Edd stopped Kevin's study and the pair started on their break.
"So, Kevin, what have you been up to?" Edd was gaining his confidence around the jock, though was still scared that Kevin would judge him.
"Not much, really," Kevin stretched his arms out across the sofa "I'm captaining the university's baseball team, as you might have known." He smiled nervously, eyes darting to see Edd's reaction. The pair's eyes met for just a second, a passing glance, before they both looked away again at the same time, a little uncomfortable.
"You want anything?" Edd stood up walking to the fridge, desperate to ease the awkward situation.
"N-no not really." Kevin put his hands back in his pockets before getting up nervously. "Hey, Double D, just leave it. I just got a text from Nat, I've got something I need to do."
"Oh, ok," Edd stopped and smiled, hiding a little sadness.
"You free Thursday?" The other asked whilst pulling on his trainers. Edd looked up in surprise.
"Erm, yeah, sure," Edd replied, tilting his head at the sudden departure of Kevin.
Kevin left with a "So long, dork," and Edd was left alone again.
"Bye, Kevin..." He said to no-one in particular as he went to sit back down. On the coffee table in front of him, Kevin had left his theory book. On top of the book was a note written in blue ink. His curiosity piqued, Edd picked it up and read it.
'Dork, I didn't really need your help with theory. I just wanted to see you again. Since the start of the year. Since I saw you, you haven't left my mind, so yeah.'
"Wh-what?" Edd sat down, the ramifications of this new information hitting home. "What does he mean?" He looked over to the counter, spying his phone. "What should I do?"
