Hey there! This is a quick note to say that I'm trying my best to write for this fanfic EVERYDAY, but sometimes my schedule does get a tad bit chaotic. So yeah, anyway please enjoy & thank you for reading.
P.S. A new update will be up on the 23rd. I am very busy this weekend so please be patient!
Edd sat on a spinny stool, messing around with the lighting that lit up the stage. After a few minutes more of adjusting it, he found the perfect lighting. Spinning around, he looked around the room to see other students spread throughout the auditorium. Some were just chatting, some were on their cell phones, and others were practicing their scripts before Mrs. Lacastro even got there for the rehearsal to start. Spinning lazily in the chair, only turning half way around. Edd casts his stare down to the floor. Something caught his attention. Glancing up, Edd see's the door opening. Revealing a certain ginger that he knows very well. Kevin looked- How could Edd put it.. Nervous? It's hard for Edd to even comprehend that thought of being true. Lost in his thoughts, and looking the other male up and down. The ginger stops a few feet a head of the ravenette.
"What?" Kevin slightly snarls at the fact that he is being stared at so intensely. It's not like he was nervous enough to begin with.
Edd snapped out of his thoughts, and apologized. "Sorry! I was lost in my thoughts, and you happened to be in my staring space." He mumbled a little, but was loud enough to be heard by the other teenager.
"Oh. " Kevin scratched the back of his head while shuffling his feet.
"Are you alright, Kevin? You're acting a bit off from your normal extroverted self." He asked, stopping his spinning on the stool completely.
Kevin's eyes widen but then suddenly shut. Sighing, he sat down on an extra spinny stool next to Double Dee.
"Yeah, I'm alright. Just nervous, dude. I don't do acting." Edd nodded, He understood. He could only imagine how nerve wracking this may actually be for Kevin. He played sports, and such but he did not act. There is a difference between being out going around people then acting in front of people.
"Understandable, Kevin. You did just fine last night though so you should not worry. If it makes you feel better we can go over it once more before Mrs. Lacastro gets here? She is running a tad bit late already."
"I completely forgot my script.. It's in my loc-" Only then was Kevin cut off by Mrs. Lacastro announcing that she has arrived.
"Actresses, and Actors. Please make your way up on stage and line up horizontally." Clapping her hands together while making her way to that very stage.
Kevin spun around once on the chair, and then he was off. Walking slugishly towards the stage, You could just see his discomfort.
Mrs. Lacastro started the rehearsal out with everyone introducing their selves, and what roles each student was playing. Once it got to Kevin, He just became peeved.
"I shouldn't be here, Mrs. Lacastro. Is there really nothing else I can do to get my grade up to passing?" Kevin started to sound desperate near the ending of his words. A frown growing wider by the second.
"Sorry, Kevin but this is really it. I know you really don't want to do this, but it's better than summer school." She replied.
"Can't I just write a paper?"
"No. Kevin, at this point we both know very well that writing is not your thing. I truly believe that you'll be great at acting as our Peter-Pan if you practice everyday up until the show."
Kevin shoulders slumped in defeat. He knew that she wasn't going to give in and let him do something else. He fell into a silence around the theater geeks, and his teacher. Only speaking when he had to say a line, Which was quite often due to his big role.
Edd was impressed. Kevin remembered a majority of the lines that they went over yesterday. He had some slips, and needed to ask "Line!" but over all he did well enough to impress Edd. Oh the bubbly feeling Edd got in his stomach was all warm, and brought a smile to his face. He's always so happy when he knew that he could help another student with learning. Letting out a yawn that waited forever to be let out. Edd rubbed his eyes from what seems to be boredom. Sitting there at a light board can be really boring at times it seems, but Edd didn't mind too much. Looking at the clock above the nearest exit out of the auditorium; Edd read the time 5:30. It was a about dinner time, and just on time- Edd's stomach growled. Edd stood up from the stool to stretch. Mrs. Lacastro stopped everyone from acting, and told them that tonight's rehearsal is over. Kevin jumped off the stage then jogged towards Edd before he left the auditorium.
"Hey." Kevin reached out and grabbed Edd's shoulder. Only making Edd turn his head and look at him.
"Hi." Double Dee replied.
"Are we still going to go to your place to practice more?" Kevin asked, removing his hand from Edd's shoulder.
"Oh, I forgot about that." Edd admitted, turning his whole body to face Kevin, blushing a little due to the fact that he forgot. "If you want to still that is. You did so well tonight on stage. You remembered quite a bit, and only had to ask for a few lines. Honestly, you impressed me tonight with such an outstanding performance."
"Thanks man, and it's alright. I think it'd be best for me to practice more anyway." Kevin replied. He began to walk out of the auditorium to start the travel back home. Edd soon followed after him.
Edd held the strap of his messenger bag, clenching onto it slightly due to feeling quite hungry. Kevin had both hands in his jean pockets, looking around with wandering eyes. His green eyes looks brilliant in the lighting that the sunset gave off. Edd glupped, He glanced Kevin over out of the corner of his eyes. Kevin was wearing a fitting v-neck that was grey, his signature red baseball cap laying upon the top of his head, and a pair of what seemed to be black skinny jeans. He looked nice, really nice. Edd felt a little bit jealous towards the ginger, and his athletic figure. Taking his blue eyes off of Kevin, They were finally approaching Double Dee's home. Once they get inside, they both slide their shoes off to only then sit on the couch. Kevin got to work on marking which lines he needs to practice more, and Edd suddenly noticed something..
"Did you not ride your bike to school today?" Edd asked, Kevin slightly confused on why he asked that all of a sudden.
"No, my girl needs to be fixed." Kevin put his feet up on the table to only then have Edd push them off of it.
"No feet up on the table, please. Now, what happened to her this time?"
"Chained popped off this morning. It's an easy fix but I was running late so I didn't bother. I ended up getting a ride from my old man." Kevin chewed on the end of his pen while he was looking for the lines he kept messing up on. "Why do you ask Double Dweb?"
"I was just wondering since you didn't ride her back to my place today. That's all.." Edd shifted a little bit on the couch to get closer to Kevin so he can see what Kevin was doing.
Kevin chuckled a little, putting the script and pen down onto the living room table.
"Hey dork, remember when you took my bike a couple years back?"
"I do not recall such a thing, Kevin." Edd replied, only receiving a roll of the eyes from Kevin. Kevin leaned toward Edd and pointed at him.
"Well you did. You were running away from the two dorks." Kevin yawned and continued "I don't even know why you were running away from them that day."
It rang a bell in Edd's head, and it came rushing back into his head. A small smile grew onto his face at the memory. "I was running from them since they wanted their report cards. I couldn't let those two have it! Otherwise they would change the grades on it, and lie to their parents." Kevin nodded in response to what Edd said.
"Understandable. Course those two dorks would wanna do that." Kevin rolled his head back, staring at the ceiling. "I also remember you three being on the football team for a bit back in middle school." Another chuckle escaped his lips.
Something was off, Why was Kevin being so kind? He was kind back in middle school to Edd, but when the first year of High school came.. Shit went to hell. Kevin started to bully Edd everyday in very harsh ways. Pushing him into the walls, calling him crude terms that were horrible insults but still hurt, and playing terrible pranks on him.
"Kevin, why are you bringing these memories up?" Edd shot a glance over at Kevin, and Kevin did the same. Their eyes locked onto each other. Kevin's masculine pale lips began to move for more words to come out.
"I don't know. It's like asking why you're even helping me out, or letting me step foot into your home."
Good question.
Why was he letting Kevin into his home? Why was he even helping Kevin out? Was it just Edd's kind nature. He doesn't know, and he sits there thinking about it, but comes up with nothing.
"I don't know either. I'm stumped on a question for once." Edd frowned, feeling a knot in his gut. Not sure if this knot felt nice, or horrible.
"Wow, the dorkiest of all dorks, the one and only- Double Dee! is stumped on such a simple question." The red head said in a sarcastic tone with a small laugh hinted at the end. Double Dee try to sink more into the couch in hopes that Kevin wouldn't notice how embarrassed he honestly was.
"Even the smartest get stumped too, you know.." Edd replied, bringing his knees to his chest. Wrapping his thin porcelain arms around them. "We should get back to work, now.." Edd continued but only got a rejection from Kevin.
"No. Can we just chill? Ya know.. like talk dude?" Kevin gave Double Dee a heartfelt smile. Bringing a tingling feeling to Edd's stomach.. 'It feels like butterflies..' Edd looked away from Kevin fast, and smothered his face more into his knees to hide to rising blush that came to his face.
"Alright.. We can talk." Kevin's smile grew a little bit wider at Edd's agreement, and began to bring up more middle school memories. They talked, and talk for who knows how long. Both forgetting that they had homework, and their hunger that was waiting to be attended to. Laughing here and there, and lots of smiles. It was a nice feeling to talk about some of these memories. Both boys realizing that some of the things that happened were very childish and silly.
"Remember that time that you put the Dunce cap on me, dork?" Kevin almost laughed between each word. Edd giggled at the thought of remembering that. It was the day that everyone seemed to lack some common sense. So he decided to make a "class" and scavenger hunt for all of them to do to work their brains.
"Yes, I remember. I'm sorry about that. I could only imagine how embarrassing that was back then." Kevin shrugged, and his smile still was big, and in general- His smile seemed like the definition of the word jovial.
"It's okay, really. It's funny to look back on it." Kevin replied, locking his eyes on the dork. Edd had a smile across his face, it was so rare to see one that seemed to sincere, and joyful. It was honestly cute.
"Cute.." Kevin accidentally spoke out loud. Edd eyes went wide, turning his head to look at Kevin. Kevin didn't realize it until moments later. His cheeks burned a scarlet shade, making his freckles pop out more.
"Cute?" Edd questioned. Kevin stood up, grabbed his script and went towards the door. Sliding his shoes back on, and opening the door.
"Stop assuming shit! I'm leaving." Kevin went to walk out, but a frail hand grabbed onto his arm.
"Kevin, please explain." Edd's face was red by now, and Kevin's was too.
"I-It just slipped.." Kevin started "Your smile is cute, that's all. You should smile more often, dork." Edd felt his face get hotter, questioning if his face is getting redder by the moment if it was even possible.
"Uh.. T-thank you, Kevin." Edd let go "I'll see you tomorrow to practice. I have some homework to attend to now." Kevin nodded in agreement, and replied.
"Yeah, so do I. See ya." Kevin walked away, and Edd shut the door as soon as Kevin got to the sidewalk.
"He thinks my smile is cute...That's utter malarkey!" Edd mumbled to himself in his home. Only getting a reply from his stomach. He went to the kitchen to get something to snack on while he did his home. Looking over at the clock in the kitchen, He noticed the time.
'It's already 9:45 P.M. ' Edd ventured up stairs with his food to give his precious homework attention.
Kevin shut his bedroom door behind him. Wrapped only in a towel, water dripping down his toned, and lightly tanned body. Kevin groaned, "the image of his smile won't leave.." Kevin felt pressure down in his abdomen. His 'mini me' needed some attention but he ignored it the whole time in the shower. It went a way for a bit but came back to visit as soon as Double Dee's smiling face reappeared in his mind.
'This is exactly why I tortured him..He had to go making me feel this fucking way. This is pure torture, and he doesn't even mean to do it.' Kevin plopped onto his bed, groaning loudly. Eventually his 'mini me' went back to normal due to him ignoring it. Slowly, he drifted into a pleasant slumber after another long day, and knowing that there was many more to come.