Thy Truth Shall Set You Free

The sun was shining brightly passed the blinds, right directly into Edd's eyes. Stirring, he let out a groan. "What in the world..." He muttered before sitting up. His hair hung in his face, his blanket hung to his hips. Squinting, he held his head. "My head is killing me," He muttered before wiping the tired from his eyes, he moved the blankets away. Staring town, his lips pursed together. It seemed he was naked. Swinging his feet over the bed, he stood up. Groaning, his body swooned. Taking a shaky step forward, he let out another groan as his lower back protested. "Why on Earth am I in so much pain?" He asked himself in a soft whisper.

His feet dragged along together on the carpet, his fingers pinched at the bridge of his nose. He couldn't remember the last time he had felt like this. Shaking his head, he entered the bathroom. Squinting his eyes, he turned on the light. Looking over towards the mirror, his eyes widened. "Oh no." He breathed, staring at his reflection in complete shock. His arms hung to his side, his chest tightened.

The memories of last night came flying back, his body trembled. Hickeys and love bits covered his neck, his chest, basically his everything. His hair was even crazier than usual. He was going to hyperventilate. Running his hand through his hair, he went back to the door and peeked out. His bed was empty, Kevin must have went home. He bit his lip, was what they did just because of that stupid alcohol? His face scrunched up, Kevin wasn't like him. He probably was disgusted and left after he realized what was up.

His breathing quickened as he shook his head, "It's alright Eddward, you simply had sex with your neighbor. Everything is okay." He calmly explained. All he knew right at this moment was his appearance was messy and his lower back was in pain. Leaning against the door frame, he couldn't help but feel his face burn. He didn't know if it was from being embarrassed or ashamed of himself. Maybe he should just apologize, tell him that they could just forget about everything and return to just being regular next door neighbors.

Standing there, he slowly got lost in thought about all the events from last night. The way Kevin kissed him, it was so gentle but at the same time, so strong. His lips twitched upwards, he honestly wouldn't mind doing it again to be honest. No way on Earth that guy couldn't have ever kissed anyone before. His fingers lightly touched his lips, he let out a sigh.

A loud knocking interrupted his thought on Kevin's kissing. Raising a brow, he went to go answer it but realized that he was still very naked. Grabbing his robe off the door, he threw it around himself before heading to the front door. Combing his hair down with his fingers, he pulled the door open with a smile. He honestly expected it to be Kevin. His smile vanished, his eyes hit the ground. "Hello... Father..."

"Call me Howard," The man demanded before looking at his watch. "Your mother decided to cancel coming here at the last moment and demanded I see you before we head over to England for business." He explained before looking back up. "May I come in or are you going to stand there?"

Edd hurriedly moved out of the way, "Thanks for coming..." He had forgotten all about today! Why did mother have to change her mind? Didn't she know how bad this was going to turn out? "I can make some coffee if you'd like." He needed to drink some himself, this hangover was killing him on the inside.
Howard stepped inside and looked around, "Much quieter here without that loud mouth ex of yours." He explained before his eyes rested on the messed up couch cushions and empty bottles of alcohol laying around. "Charming." He muttered before shaking his head. "Coffee sounds well, go on."

He turned around and made his way into the kitchen. His fingers shook as they scooped up coffee grinds, putting them into the pot. He wasn't ready for this, he wasn't ready to be in the same room as his father, alone. Closing his eyes, he rested against the counter and took a deep breath.
"And so you're the dork's dad?"

Edd's eyes opened and he looked behind him. Forgetting all about the coffee, he returned to the living room. Parting his lips, his mouth was too dry to say anything. When his eyes met the gingers, the other smiled. He had a large white box in his hand and two coffees in a drink carrier. "Kevin...?" He began, a smile forming.

Howard looked between the two before scowling, "You can't be serious." He muttered, looking at Kevin's smile and Edd's blushing cheeks.

Edd lowered his eyes, "What are you doing here Kevin? Shouldn't you be at the hospital with your grandmother?" He asked, hoping that neither of the other two men could hear the once excitement in his voice. The fact that Kevin had actually came back filled him with happiness. That is, until he remembered the obvious. He and Kevin were not the same, they loved different things. That was the wall that kept him from ever being truly happy with Kevin. As he pressed his teeth together, he had to hold in his disappointed sigh.

Kevin walked passed him to set the stuff down on the table before coming back. "I said I'd be here for you when your dad was here," He explained softly. He then looked back at the other man, his hands went to his hips. "Something wrong?"

Edd looked between the two, his father held a glare, Kevin appeared the same. "D-Don't worry Father, Kevin isn't a fag like me." He explained with a smile. "He's just a good friend of mine who brought breakfast it seems."

Howard's looked down at him, "I'm sure. Just remember..." His voice lowered, "If one man was willing to leave you, you're not worth it for another." He said with only coldness in his voice.

Edd couldn't have even blinked by the time Kevin decided to grab and punch the man he grew up knowing as his father. His heart felt numb at the others words, his shoulders slumped, his lips held tight.

"How in the fuck can you say that to your own kid?" Kevin barked, his face reddening from his anger. "You can't possibly be that cold blooded to treat him that way!"

Howard coughed as he sat up, his hand wiped at his now busted lip. "Eddward made the choice of being this way, if he didn't like it, he'd be a son any father would want and bring home a nice woman yet here he is, divorced and already sleeping with another guy. So surprising."

Tears fell, Eddward couldn't stop them. "Kevin! Stop!" He grabbed the ginger's arm before he could punch the older Vincent. "It's okay! You don't have to do this for me, everything is okay!" He cried, not wanting to see his father in pain even if the older man had put him through it all throughout his life. Holding Kevin's arm close to his chest, he pressed his face into his arm as he wept.

"Being gay is not a choice! Edd is the type of guy that would for surely pretend to be whatever you wanted for your sake... but your sexuality... you are born with that. Why can't you accept that!" Kevin couldn't help but yell at the man.

Howard huffed, "Because I will not accept him. He is no son of mine! What makes you the genius of the homo's anyway? Or do you just not want to admit in front of Eddward here that you are just equally disgusted with fags as I am." He grunted when his collar was grabbed, he was yanked forward.

"How do I know?" Kevin asked with gritted teeth. "Because I'm one of those 'fags' too."

A/N: ;D Cliffhanger...