NOTE: You may freely skip the prologue if you wish. It's the same prologue as the first chapter anyway. Reverse!Kevin and Reverse!Double D Alternate Universe by Asphyxion, look it up (reverse!kevedd) in Tumblr.

PROLOGUE

School: it was the safest place for any misunderstood kid, the home away from home, the best place on earth.

The clean facade concealed wide hallways and hundreds of students. There were studious people reading under the shaded areas, players on their respective fields, creaking lockers that made a cacophony in the corridors and the usual dissonance at the cafeteria. Discipline was only a word impersonated by the Principal, Mr. Priam Perez, and his stick, which was sharpened at both ends. Besides the ever-terrifying principal, the only adults around were the faculty teachers and the janitors, who were no where near as frightening as Mr. Perez or their parents. Parents would always be the source of pressure; next to that would be peers. Coincidentally, pressure, principal, parents and peers all start with the letter 'p' and that common point only shows the readers the relationship between these mere words: they co-exist.

CHAPTER 2: UNEXPECTED

What am I doing?

Frozen in fear behind the wall, Kevin stole a glance and saw Eddward, surrounded with his pals, sitting on the table of the first gazebo. Yes, what are you doing in here, Kevin? But he had no answer to his own question. He never came to a meeting just to be beaten senselessly, yet he was here now and due to his own fault, he was doomed. It was his own words that sealed this fate and there was no turning back.

Johnny's voice faintly traversed his way and he saw that the darkly-suited boy only smirked and nodded at his story. Casually, he waved to the other students who passed by and greeted him. Something that Kevin noticed was that he kept on looking around, scanning the area and not really paying attention. Is he looking for me? he wondered. Of course he is, you pterodactyl! He hasn't bullied you all day except for that kiss in the bathroom!

He slumped against the building's wall- the only thing that separated the two. The memory made his lips tingle oddly and he felt his face burn. Oh, god, what's this? Irritated scowls spilled out of his lips and his school books fell on the grass.

"Ah!" He blurted out in surprise. He was allergic to grass and he forgot his medications at home. He pulled out his trusty handkerchief and inhaled deeply before bending down to pick up his fallen possessions.

Suddenly, a huge boot stomped on the dark blue cover of his English textbook. He knew better than to look up and meet those icy eyes once more. The school year only had two months left before graduation, it was about time Kevin had enough of looking at those particular eyes.

"What time did I say, dumbass?" Edd swished the thick book away from the nerd's hands. With trembling knees, Kevin found the guts to stand up. There was no other way but to look up at him right now.

"I-I-'ve been here..." The ginger softly spoke.

A fist landed right on his stomach and Kevin fell on the ground. The sharp grass welcomed him but he abruptly stood up and brush off the clinging blades on his sweater. Then, the first sneeze came, sending his glasses lower down his nose bridge. It was followed by the second sneeze, where gravity took hold of his glasses and pulled it down.

"Hey, Double D! Why did you just leave like that? That ain't cool, man!"

Kevin couldn't see Johnny and Plank coming but he knew his voice and his footsteps were coming closer. He silently prayed that none of them would take advantage of his blind spot.

He heard two voices, rapidly talking. Kevin tried to look at who the were but their figures were nothing but a blurry outline. Their colours were as pale as watercolours swiped messily over a vague lineart. The sky didn't even look blue, the grass looked like peanut butter brown instead. Then there were shouts and he could make out Eddward's dark figure coming closer to him. Instinctively, the ginger cowered but the approaching boy took him by the shoulders and straightened him up. The tall boy pushed an object in his hands. Kevin felt his glasses on his palm. He felt the frames... and then the empty space for the lenses.

~Unwritten~

That night, Kevin cried himself to sleep but it wasn't self-pity. His hot tears streamed down out of anger.

"What have you been doing?" His father asked earlier that day. "Tripping again? This is your eleventh broken pair in this school year."

"Yes, Dad, I've been tripping..."

"You have been tripping or someone has been tripping you?"

"I've been falling down a lot, Dad."

"Are you sure you're alright, son? You can tell me anything. You don't have to cover up for anyone."

But Kevin felt like he should cover up for a certain tall, black-haired, mean senior. That boy had many cases against his favour already. His stubborn attitude was backfiring on him. There were only two months left, nothing compared to the years he had to endure with the bully. He made it this far without complaining or letting his parents find out. He was always a victim of foul play, so he was determined to keep it that way. He didn't want any records and he didn't want Eddward's cases to pile up. That would give him more reason to be worse than the bad boy he already was to him.

"I'll show them," he huffed. "I can be the bad guy, too." But he wasn't quite sure so himself.

Sleep was slowly hushing him until something bumped. He couldn't see anything else but he surely felt the howling wind, rushed inside and caressed his face along with a warm hand.

"Don't scream, don't freak out, it's not yet passed bedtime. And above all, don't worry... pumpkin."

I'll most likely proceed writing tomorrow. It's pretty late in my country already. Ta-ta!