Kevin woke up confused, his body and head hurt like a bitch and he couldn't remember all that had happened. He got up slowly to make sure nothing was broken and thankfully nothing was. All Kevin had was minor cuts and some bruises in different places of his body. He started to walk slowly still holding his head trying to remember how he ended up in the woods. Walking back from where he thought he came from, he saw little drops of dry blood stained on the ground and leaves - some where even on the tree trunks.

He walked back even more when he heard what sound like a groaning sound few feet from his right. Kevin who walked slowly while holding his side from a bruise he took from what he though was a kick, gingerly walked over to who or what was making the groaning sound. Carefully pulling the branches away to have a clear view, he saw Edd in an torn up bloodied and bruised state - worse than his own. His clothes were shredded at the bottom and ripped in some places. His abdomen and shoulders were a dark purple as a result from kicks he had taken too.

Keven slowly walked over to him careful not move or even touch him. He sat close to him against a tree to make sure nothing or no one would come back while he was still trying to remember what had happened. He heard a ringing sound and found that his cell phone could still work but the screen was cracked in the middle; making it hard to tell what time it was or even the date. From what he could make out, it looked like it said 9:18 a.m. and the day said Sunday from what he could tell when he moved it in different directions.

After 20 minutes, Edd had stirred trying to raise himself up but collapsed in the process. The only thing he could do was crawl over onto his back but the pressure had hurt even more. Edd touched his face and realizing that he had a black eye and a bloody yet swollen lip. He tried once again to get up and succeeded; only able to sit up but not yet walk. He looked around and saw Kevin who had his eyes closed holding his side up against a tree. Edd slowly crawled to him but only so that he was few feet away at a safe distance. Kevin heard him and Edd had seen Kevin's light green eyes staring at him.

He gulped not knowing what to say to him so Edd adjusted himself a little bit to keep his body from hurting anymore than it already was. Kevin watched Edd who he knew was nervous but knew they were both in no condition not to get help from one another.

"How did we get here?" Edd barely audible asked.

"We got attacked at the party, I remembered it when I started to sleep waiting for you to wake up." Kevin replied.

"Why did we get attacked and by who?" Edd ask him; adjusting himself after his side strained.

"You and I got attacked after I stopped 2 guys from raping you. They planned to rape you after we bumped into each other and our lips touched slightly, they saw and decided that we were both gay so they attacked us. You should have never been at that party dork. The person who threw the house party James D'Franco is known to hate gays and lesbians." Kevin said to him.

"I'm not gay!" Edd yelled at him.

"Well..that's going to be hard to convince people that you're not now." Kevin retorted.

"What about you? You're the one that said you loved me." Edd threw back at Kevin.

"I know I did, I know my sexuality after I realized that I was never attracted to any girls and I didn't really love my last girlfriend as much as I thought I did. I guess it was good that she cheated on me." Kevin told Edd.

"If you knew, how come you never had any problems till now?" Edd asked.

"Haha, I guess I'm that good at hiding it." Kevin said.

"But you dated a lot of girls for months and some even almost 2 years." Edd said to him.

"Doesn't exactly mean I loved them. I was just denying what my sexuality really was. I was even attracted to you and I fell in love with you but we both know how that turned out." He said.

Edd had looked down at his bruised and bloodied body. He never thought about himself being gay but more than that, he had found out that Kevin, the most popular guy in the school, was not only gay and had admitted it, but had actually had told him the truth about loving him. He felt somewhat embarrassed but was thankful that Kevin was at the party also. Come to think of it, Edd didn't remember how he even got invited in the first place but he remembered all what happened at the party and he was sure that Kevin could recall the same events as well.

*Party Flashback*

He walked up to the large house that stood in front of him. It was crowded on the way inside and the music was loud with lights flashing every which way. Edd saw people with cups talking and some were taking multiple shots. It wasn't Edd's typical place to be, he'd much rather be at home studying or doing something that enjoyed. All in all, he just wasn't the party goer type of person. Edd had only relaxed when he saw few of his friends there talking on a nearby couch. When they saw him, they were shocked but also greeted by them.

"Hey Edd, you made it!" A girl who Edd knew as Nikki said but wasn't heard over the others and the music.

"Yea, I did." Edd barely said to her over the people talking.

"I thought you weren't the party type of person?" Another guy said who Edd had also known as John.

"I'm not but here I am I guess." Edd told them.

"So how did you get invited?" Nicky asked as Edd could finally hear her when the song died down.

" I wasn't really invited, I just came in." Edd replied.

" Oh wow Edd, you're a rebel aren't ya?" John asked in a teasing way.

Edd smiled a little before they had decided to go to another room to talk more without the music and others to over power their conversation. They went upstairs to an unused guest room - which Edd didn't feel it was right to just use it without permission but Nicky pulled him in anyways. He chose an arm chair that was comfortable while John sat on another chair backwards and Nikki laid on the bed.

They had started talking about different things with school and family but somehow the conversation had turned to sex. Edd didn't really know how it turned into a conversation about sex but he was questioned by the both of them if he had ever had sex before. He was usually sensitive around that subject since he never told any of his friends that he was raped a year ago by Kevin - who they had also known and met before.

After 10 minutes of questioning and talking about their own experiences, Edd had excused himself from the room and walked out of the house to get some fresh air. The air in the house seemed like it was suffocating Edd even though he'd only been in there for less than 30 minutes. He regained control of himself and was about to walk in when he had seen Kevin drinking with his friends near by. Edd really didn't want to be noticed by him so he tried to walk quickly back inside.

Just as Edd had turned his head to walk in, Kevin who was walking to get another drink had put his lips slightly unto Edd's; giving what looked like to others an affectionate kiss. Both Kevin and Edd froze where they stood for few seconds before realizing what had happened. It didn't take long for few people to notice as well as James D' Franco who was sitting on one of the couches and had witnessed the kiss. He called over two of his friends, after couple of minutes, they went away upstairs.

James started to talk to Kevin before telling Edd which room he could go upstairs and relax before rejoining the party. When Edd had gotten to the room, he was attacked by James's 2 friends. After be violently assaulted, Edd had heard a zipper go down and frantically tried to escape. He tried to get away but the other of the 2 held him down and there was no way of Edd trying to escape. He tried screaming for help but the loud music had blocked his cries for help. Even his 2 friends John and Nikki ended up going back downstairs to the party after waiting for awhile for Edd to return so they had returned downstairs while he was outside.

While Kevin was talking to James, he grew more worried about Edd - even though that there was really no reason to so he thought. It wasn't until when James mentioned to him about how he hated gays and what he usually did to them did Kevin race through the endless sea of people upstairs to hurry to try the room that Edd was in. When he found it, it was locked so he tried to kick and break open the door with his foot and shoulder. When the door managed to get loose enough for Kevin to rush through, he did and in the process knocking over one of D'Franco's friends who had his dick out teasing Edd from behind with it before putting it in Edd while the other of the 2 held him down. Kevin had kicked the other before shoving him onto the floor punching his face. It would soon be clear that Kevin would be outnumbered when one kick by James had knocked him out and another to Edd who had tried to help. The rest was all hazy when it turned black.

*End Party Flashback*

Edd continued to look down before crying. Kevin cocked an eyebrow wondering why he was crying but knew why few seconds later. Kevin didn't know what to say or do so he let Edd cry. He thought that just being there few feet away would help since Edd wasn't by himself. Edd cried for 20 minutes before looking up at Kevin who had looked the other way to give Edd some sort of privacy.

Edd stopped crying after looking at Kevin. He noticed Kevin didn't cry - not even once. Edd guessed that Kevin had been through so much that it wouldn't have done anything for him.

"I didn't call the cops on you." Edd said softly.

"Hmm? I know you didn't. That's stupid for you not to." Kevin said to him.

"I didn't want to." Edd replied to him.

"Why? Don't you know you let me get away with rape?" Kevin asked.

"I know but with you being popular and school, no one would believe me if I said you raped me. They would've thought I was lying to get attention and to get money from you or something." Edd explained to him.

"I'm going to tell you something, I don't give one fuck about about my popularity, I never have and I never will." Kevin said in an uncaring tone.

"People at school do." Edd said to him.

"Doesn't matter." Kevin told him.

After few moments of silence Kevin readjusted himself before talking again, the bruises were taking a toll on him and he needed to get checked out by doctors, Edd needed to as well.

"I need you to do something, I need you to go to the cops and tell them I raped you." Kevin said.

"But what about the other people who assaulted us?" Edd asked.

"Put it in the police report. It'll be classified as a hate crime." Kevin said to looking straight at Edd.

"Kevin, do you think we would've been together if none of this happened?" Edd asked curiously.

"I would have probably asked you when I was ready and if you weren't dating." Kevin said.

"But?" Edd asked.

"But now, I don't see it happening. I can't be with you and I don't think I could ever be with you." Kevin said.

" What if we just forget about everything?" Edd asked.

"No, you can't be with your rapist. They'll think I talked you into it and besides that's called Stockholm Syndrome." Kevin said to him.

Kevin knew that wasn't the answer Edd wanted to here but in his heart, Edd knew it was true. Edd knew that no matter what he did or say, Kevin would never be with him nor would they ever be a couple. Now Edd had to go to the cops and tell them that Kevin had raped him a year ago, it had made him nervous but Kevin would just tell to do it if he backed out of it.

"Come on, we need to go to the hospital and get checked out to make sure nothing's broken. After we stay few days or weeks in the hospital, you're calling the cops and telling them I raped you. We both need closure from this and it's taking a toll on both of us, you and I both know it." Kevin told Edd.

All Edd could do was nod his head as they both got up and walked over to each other to help each other keep balance while they walked. Edd could only think about what would happen after he'd call the cops and tell them about the rape. Everyone would hate him for it and not want to talk to him. He hoped that Kevin would tell them not to hold any type of grudges against him and tell them that he did in fact rape him but both of them had to wait and see as they headed out of the woods.