When Kevin woke up he felt the strong sterile sent of hospital and he heard a monotone beeping sound from some sort of machine. He slowly opened his eyes and everything around him was blurry, it took a while to completely focus. It looked like every other hospital, withe walls and furniture and mint green floor. The TV was on mute and it showed Conan O'Brien. Then he saw him, sitting on a chair beside the bed sleeping with his upper body lying on top Kevin's legs. Even tough Kevin had a throbbing headache and his body felt like overcooked pasta he smiled. What on earth did the dork do here? And what had actually happened? Where were he and who had got him here? He genteelly shook Double D's shoulder and he opened his eyes and sat up within two red seconds. The poor guy looked as awful as Kevin felt. Dark circle under his red eyes and his hat was slightly askew. They got eye contact and something within Edd seemed to calm down, ease a bit.
"Hi…", Kevin said and he hadn't time to finish before Double D embraced him.
"Don't ever do that again!", the guy said with tired and raspy voice. "What on earth were you thinking?"
Kevin hugged him back. "You look awful by the way"
"You should see your face", Double D sighed and traced a finger over Kevin's eyebrow, it hurt like hell and Kevin bit his lip to force himself not to whine. "What if they had have guns Kevin?"
"I don't care and I hope I get a scar…", Kevin whispered. "I'm tired of this shit, why can't people just accept that homosexuality is not wrong?"
"Oh Kev", Double D shook his head and hugged him again. "You cannot disappear do you understand that? I was so afraid"
"How long have I been out and how long have you been here?", Kevin continued and as soon as he whined Edd withdraw and placed himself on the chair again.
"A couple of hours?", Double D said and scratched his neck. "And I came here as soon as I heard"
Even if Kevin felt bad about worrying Double D it warmth his heart to know that he actually had cared about this. He couldn't resist to mess a little with the dork's hat, it nearly came of his head. They both laughed a bit but soon Kevin needed to rest his head on one of the pillows and he sighed, so tired and so much headache.
"Have someone else visit me?", Kevin asked an closed his eyes.
"Your female friends from work, and all the Cul-de-sac friends sends their regards", Double D answered. "Rolf expressed that I would state this: Kevin boy must be more careful, otherwise I'll send Wilfred on a quest of revenge to make him regret his actions of carelessness"
"They know… and my parents?", Kevin felt that he had no energy to talk to his parents or anything of that sort right now.
"My parents claimed that they drove to the airport as soon as they knew", Double D shrugged. "So I'm uncertain"
"Okay, I'll deal with them later, when I have slept", Kevin yawned, his whole face burnt with pain. "It looks like you need a rest too"
"Positive", Edd yawned and rose up from the chair. "I'll inform the nurses that you are conscious and after that…"
"Edd, shut up and come here", Kevin made room on the bed and clapped next to him on the mattress. "The nurses will come soon enough"
Yet again he saw Edd's cheeks turn red and he looked a bit indecisive. Kevin shrugged and turned on his side, facing the wardrobe instead of Double D. He had threw the ball and it was Double D's duty to catch it and do whatever he felt like. A tension built up inside him and Kevin wanted so bad that Double D would choose to stay. It took maybe two minutes before he felt how Edd carefully lay down beside him and during that time Kevin had become nervous. The boy's breathe tickling his neck and Kevin got goosebumps who traveled all over his body. He turned around and their noses touched, a more intimate gesture between them then kisses sometimes. He laughed when he saw Double D's flustered face and the dork sucked in his lip as always when he became nervy. Kevin hoped he hadn't went too far yet again, but that thought had been unfounded. Everything ended with Double D grabbing a fistful of Kevin's hospital shirt and curled up next to him. Kevin laid a hand over Edd and pulled him even closer in return. Their bodies intertwined and their breath in sync with one another.
"I'm so relieved that you are okay", Edd whispered.
Kevin smiled and hugged the dork. "I'll never leave…"
When one of the nurses came to check on the patient she found the two boys laying in each other arms sleeping tight.

When Kevin finally could leave the hospital everyone had told him that his actions had been stupid. And Kevin could partly agree with them, but in some degree he couldn't. He had saved someone's life and that was good enough to Kevin to proclaim that his actions had been necessary. Brook and Alice had got overjoyed when Kevin came to the work four days after the incident and they had celebrate with a splendid lunch. The rumors around Kevin had spread and some of their customers asked about it and Kevin didn't decline. Soon it was like everyone knew and people told him how heroic he was and well, Kevin felt like a superhero of some sort. He was certain that he wouldn't get any scar, but as long as his bruises was visible he would wear them with pride. However, thing's with Double D stayed the same. After that hospital night everything went back to normal. Or they texted a little more frequent but other than that nothing more happened, which was a bummer. Kevin could not help himself to feel a bit annoyed about it. He wanted so bad to have Double D again that it hurt sometimes thinking about it. Above all, it was hard to see him pick other people to do things with.
"Hi Kevin, you looking better, the bruises are nearly gone!"
Speaking about the devil. Kevin didn't need to see Oliver to recognize his cute British accent. But Kevin forced a smile and turned his head a bit. And there he stood at the counter and waved with his pay card. Kevin nodded and gave the boy a service minded grin and walked towards him. What did he want? He was never here without Edd. It wasn't that Oliver was a bad person or an irritating one. He just triggered something in Kevin that made him feel irritated and annoyed.
"Thanks, the usual?", Kevin asked and rose an eyebrow.
"Yes and a hot chocolate to Eddward", Oliver said and smiled.
"Alright", Kevin nodded and took their order, the way that boy said chocolate was so adorable. "Where do you have Edd?"
"He's writing on his PhD and I wanted to surprise him", Oliver answered and leaned against the counter.
"Doesn't it feel a bit weird to hang out with your professor so much?", Kevin asked and eyed Oliver who immediately became a bit stiff. "I'm just curious?"
"It does not, we became friends when he traveled to Harvard it was a couple of years ago now", Oliver said and shrugged. "Why do you ask?"
"Oh nothing, like I said, curious", Kevin said while steaming milk.
So Double D had been to England? How come he hadn't said that? When Kevin thought about it he hadn't told so much about Oliver at al. How come? It was something he needed to ask next time the saw each other.
"Here you go" Kevin and handed the brit his order
"Thanks!", Oliver took the paper cups and eyed Kevin. "Take care will you? No more fighting?"
"I'll try", Kevin said and laughed.
"Good because Eddwad does really care about you, hope you know that"
Kevin hadn't time to reply because Oliver was gone as soon as he had said that. It warmed a lot to hear but same time he felt so sad and empty . He knew that Edd cared and that made it even harder to embrace the fact that it would not be anything more between them than friendship. After all, Eddward had his other friends now, like Oliver. And actually he would not be surprised if something was going on between them. That thought made Kevin's heart crumble and he bit his lip. Oliver was smart, nice and an adorable guy, everything Double D needed in his life. Kevin just gave him a hard time. It was obvious why he kept him at a distance. No one who triggered his OCD, none to watch out for and so on. The more Kevin looked at their friendship in Edd's perspective the more everything made sense. Kevin was not good enough to that dork… it was just to face the facts.