"so what is it you want to know?" Edd asked spinning on his study chair to face the red head who was situated on his bed

"how this all adds up, you moved here when you were a toddler" Kevin pointed out

"no" Edd argued "I didn't move here until I hit 10, y'know that year that Ed's brother came to town?"

Kevin frowned as if trying to recall, he remembered seeing the teen around a lot before that

"My parents move to and from this place a lot and I was caught in the crossfire's" Edd explained "my turn"

"your turn for what?" Kevin asked

"to ask a question"

"What? No way! I ain't hiding anything!"

"Then you won't mind answering my questions" Edd quipped "why is it you keep looking at my hands?" he shot

"I don't know what you're talking about" Kevin said with genuine confusion that caused Edd to sigh "how is it you were able to keep up with me in P.E?" Kevin then asked

"Lilith compound promotes practices of mind body and soul; I also had to get strong so I could fight off my inmates Kevin. I thought that was a given"

"Oh" Kevin nodded slowly

"Do you like me?" Edd asked

"D-do I what?" Kevin spluttered

"Like me?" Edd repeated straight-faced "as in like me?"

"Well...yea" Kevin said quietly which caused the teenager to smile

"that's nice to know, I assumed you didn't because from a third party perspective my actions towards you seem a bit—"

Kevin got up and came over before kissing the hat wearing teenager

It was short and sweet (with lack of any other adjectives)

"Oh" Edd whispered softly "i didn't mean like...that" he said looking down

Kevin's face went completely red

'So that's why he keeps staring at your hands and mouth...' Edd thought

"Sorry, just forget about it"

'What? No! That's not how the human brain works' Edd thought

It wasn't like Edd wasn't into guys,

Everyone knew that him and Ed were on and off up until last year, so that was defiantly not the problem

"i-i..." Edd said softly "I was born in Switzerland and my parents never pay any attention to me!"

It was a strange thing to blurt out but it was the first thing that came to mind

"They're always on the phone or working and I hardly ever talk to them properly"

Kevin blinked and started at his 'friend'

"Oh..Well...you should talk to them about this, find a way to get them to listen and then—"

"they won't" Edd cut in "they always finds an excuse to go back to work, after I came out of the hospital it was less than an hour before they were on their computers working from home and while I was in hospital they were working constantly on their way there.."

Kevin watched as the blonde kept talking and talking, seemingly unable to stop

His fingers started to move faster as he played with them-anything so that he didn't have to look at Kevin.

"...and maybe it is my fault for—"

"Stop it" Kevin finally cut in "just stop" he said before coming over and pulling Edd into a hug

He needed someone.

He needed help

He needed someone to be there for him and hug him like this

The hug lasted for a few more moments before Kevin went to move away but Edd locked his arms around him

"Did that count as talking?" he asked

"Yea"

"Do we have to do it again?" Edd asked

"Only if you want to" Kevin said simply

Edd hugged his 'friend' tighter

"Thanks" he whispered softly.


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AN:(I could end this here but I'm not about to burn out and I've got time)


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Kevin looked over to Edd who was talking excitedly about stars

The teenagers had spent the entire afternoon just talking to each other like normal people

"Edd?" he cut in

"Yea?" Edd questioned

"I should probably start going home now" he said

"Oh...right" Edd said looking up at his alarm clock

"But this was nice, we should do this again"

"Like tomorrow?" Edd asked

"Sure, it is Saturday" Kevin smiled before heading to the door

"I'll...see you tomorrow then" Edd said in a happy tone before going to see the redhead out.

Kevin exited the house but waited to hear the feint click of the door being locked, ok. Sure, it was strange but he was always worried someone might break in and hurt the poor bastard...of course he knew he cooled probably hold his own but old habits die hard.

"What the hell are you doing?" Ed's unmistakable voice came

"Going home" Kevin said looking up at the teen

"You spent the entire afternoon with him?" Ed asked with a frown

Kevin looked up at the sky, it was now a bloody crimson colour

"I guess I did, we just sort of got carried away"

"Doing what?" Ed pressed

"Talking" Kevin quipped starting to head across the street to his house

"Edd doesn't talk" Ed stated "he never talks"

"He does, to me" Kevin stated

It felt nice to say that but it earned him a very deadly glare

"What are you doing here?" Kevin asked

"I came to see if Edd was ok, he doesn't like people checking in on him after he has one of his episodes, so I decided to wait I out"

"Right" Kevin nodded

"What?" Ed asked

"Nothing"

Edd wouldn't appreciate the redhead telling his friends the whole 'episode' thing was to get him out of P.E

"Goodnight" Kevin said simply crossing the road

He could feel Ed's icy glare on him but he didn't care.

He had kissed Edd.

Kissed.

They had kissed

But what did it mean?

They had talked about a lot of things but Kevin hadn't pressed him on the most important matter

"God damn it" he sighed looking back

Ed was still glaring at him

"Ok, not going back that way, I'll ask tomorrow' he thought continuing up and into his house.


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There is so much I want to add but...it would make more sense to put them in a different chapter

I seem to be biding my time with this story which makes me feel happy

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