Note: I always complain (to myself mostly) about my mother's romance books. I flipped through one once and it was just terrible. But then I thought, I read fanfiction so I can't really complain. But at least I don't leave them around the house in odd places.
Also, On a Date went in a weird direction...
I don't own anything.
Kevin, when he was feeling especially romantic, liked to take Edd out on the town for a date. The dates usually consisted of a dinner at an expensive restaurant that he'd studied up on multiple Google searches the night before and either a shopping trip for Edd or going to a coffee shop afterwards.
Edd really appreciated the thoughtfulness and liked to, er, thank Kevin when they got home. The genius sometimes liked to think that Kevin's favourite part of their dates were went the lights were low and the curtains drawn.
Tonight, Kevin drove Edd and himself in the ravenette's eco-friendly car to the Asian-themed restaurant he'd made reservations at. He'd heard, the day before, Edd saying he felt like something spicy, but also something different than what they'd had recently. Kevin thought sushi with that little blob of green stuff. That was spicy! And they hadn't had it in a while.
Edd was fiddling with his phone, texting or something and Kevin was concentrating on the road, trying not to let one of his hands wander to the passenger seat because he'd had more than once had to sit in the parking lot until Edd finished his little rendition of vehicular operating safety.
The eatery wasn't very full and it was spacey so the two boys were able to have a bit of privacy as they ate.
Edd tried to show Kevin how to use the wooden chopsticks, picking up various things, even once showing off by picking up his spoon with them and sipping a bit of soup. Kevin huffed and threw his pair down after that. He resorted back to his fork for the rest of the night.
Kevin paid the bill and led Eddward out with his arm around his shoulders. While dining, Edd told him he'd like to go to a bookstore for the second part of their date tonight. Kevin complied and drove them to the large Barnes and Nobel building on the better side of the city.
The outside of the store was lit up with bright, white lights and people were milling about outside, walking to and fro to the other shops nearby.
Kevin didn't really much like bookstores, but Edd was cute when he got to snooping around the shelves, looking for the latest sci-fi or textbook. He even had a habit of becoming flushed and Kevin would often find him sitting on the floor with a pile of books around him, red-faced and smiling. His nerd was the cutest.
They didn't stray far from each other and Kevin found himself flipping through comic books while Edd browsed the fantasy novels. When he looked up, after setting down a copy of some overly shaded superhero, Edd was gone. Kevin looked down the large, main aisle and found nothing. They'd already gone though most of the genres and Edd didn't like backtracking much. The only things left were… Kevin looked up at the hanging sign over the last aisle. Romance.
No, surely Edd hadn't gone there.
Carefully, hesitantly, Kevin glanced down the aisle full of shady, unrealistic books of forbidden love.
Edd was squeezed into the corner, book pushed up close to his face. His cheeks were red and Kevin knew it wasn't the flushed, over-exerted red that he'd come to learn about. This red was the red that Edd became when Kevin whispered things into his ear or when he did things to him in their bed.
Edd was reading a cheesy romance novel!
He cleared his throat and Eddward dropped the book and jumped to his feet. "A-Are we ready to go?" He hurried to Kevin's side, trying to tug him to the registers to purchase his fantasy books.
Kevin shook his head, a smug look on his face. "What were ya reading?"
"What? Nothing! Just a-a—" He was not for an explanation and was caught. He ducked his head. "It was nothing, honestly."
"I'm not mad, Edd, if that's what your worried about. My mom had loads of those dumb books." Eddward blushed and looked away.
"It's not that it's just… embarrassing. I have no need for those books, but I get so caught up in them!"
"So you've read them before?"
Edd squeaked. Kevin smirked.
"Okay, okay. Let's just buy these other books and get home. You don't have to explain yourself." The red-head kissed Edd's head and the two were soon on their way home, one flustered and the other confidant he would be getting some kind of favour in forgetting the conversation.