React and Interact

Pair: Edd and May (romance)

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What started out as a bizarre Valentine's Day one-off quickly evolved into a lot of giggling and note-passing. Most of the giggling was on Edd's part. His friends- well, Eddy, anyway- were beginning to fear for his sanity. But the snarky and off-the wall comments did little to phase Edd, and he paid them no mind.

Even when May's sisters were unable to figure out what she was up to- Edd had happily taught her how to be much more discreet- and simply began throwing barbs at her, she didn't let them bother her. Especially considering she had Edd to help soothe the more painful teases away.

After six tiring months of meeting secretly while pretending they were elsewhere- and after May had helped Edd get over his "dishonesty crisis"- they and their peers were set to begin high school. Their glorious freshman year. Except, May was not convinced it would be quite so glorious.

"I want to start the year with a boyfriend!" May whined, pulling the puppy-dog eyes she knew would always melt her hatted companion, "Not some boy I have to sneak off to see!"

Edd sighed and looked away from the pleading blonde in front of him. He was notoriously poor at saying 'no' to anyone, particularly her. Particularly when she made a good point. "May… I… I thought we'd come to a decision on this." He replied, attempting to sound firm as he stared a hole in a nearby tree.

May groaned and crossed her arms, her irritated noise echoing around the clearing in the woods by the creek where they often met. "Well, I changed my mind! C'mon, Lambchop… doncha wanna be my boyfriend?" She asked, her voice softening slightly as she spoke.

"O-of course!" Edd's head snapped back towards her finally, a frown on his face, "However, it's really not the best decision to reveal a relationship between the two of us just now… is it? It wouldn't be terribly… smart."

"Sooo? Romeo an' Juliet weren't very smart, but they were in looove!" May poked him in the side with a giggle.

The reference made Edd smile; he'd told May all about the Shakespearian play, even read it to her, and she'd been in tears by the end. It was now the subject of many of her points. "My parents insist a relationship would get in the way of my studies…" He attempted.

"Nah, you're too smart for that!" May smiled coyly.

Edd blushed. "We could very well become the targets of the cul-de-sac's collective ridicule." He warned.

May flapped her hand dismissively. "Aw, nobody around there likes me, anyhow."

"And my friends certainly wouldn't like it…" Edd continued.

"Neither would Lee'r Marie." May shrugged.

"Yes, that's another thing. Marie could very well murder us, you realize." Edd shivered, looking directly at May again.

May grinned devilishly, a look Edd was well used to, and giggled. "Let'er try!"

Edd swallowed nervously, but leaned over and pecked May on the cheek. "Very well, then. If… if you're so set on it, then I am with you 100%." He said.

"You got that right! You're with me!" May giggled, pulling him into an affectionately crushing hug, which he couldn't help but smile through.

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Words: 538

Author's Note: I'm not too sure about this one… this pairing was a bit difficult for me.

Anywho, I've got a stack of bunches and bunches (6) requests to work on, but if you guys have any ideas, hit me up! (Well, the usual rules apply, but you get my drift) They've been getting pretty good.