The tiny ginger sat on the couch with a pencil in hand and a sketchbook on his lap. His olive eyes roam throughout the paper as his hand began to move leaving a trail of lead behind. The line curved and twisted, it went left and right until he lifted his pencil and it came to an end. The boy lowered his hand and stared at his now filled piece of paper. It was nothing but a continuous line becoming a total mess as it went. He sighed, relating it to how his blank mind felt with all his thoughts jumbled up after retreating themselves many times over.

Kevin was trying to wrap his mind about something, about Eddward in particular. For the past 3 days the raven haired teen had seemed to be wanting to tell him something, but in the end never did, or said something else, Kevin knew this because he could tell from his discouraged expression in his eyes as he looked away. He had realized that Eddward hadn't talked much after the moment they had in his back yard. Well, at least he hadn't talked anything about himself since, instead Kevin had chosen to let the boy learn about him and he never pressured Eddward to talk.

The teen supposed that Eddward needed his time to relax and continue it was like he was taking a break. However the last three days seemed more peculiar than usual he appeared awkward about something, but Kevin would ever know what troubled the other boys mind if he didn't speak out. So Kevin left it alone and patiently waited hoping he might finally speak his mind.

Kevin looked up at the clocked and realized it was getting late and was sure his father wouldn't be home for dinner. He got up and heated up leftovers from the previous night and took it to his room to eat. He sat down sketching a couple if ideas for a robot design, writing down commentary here and there next to it. It had seemed like a while that Kevin had felt inspired enough to design something new, or tinkle with parts to create something new.

The ginger checked his phone and noticed he hadn't had any calls or messages and frowned. Nazz had been a bit quiet since they had talked, and he was becoming a bit worried. He was sure that Nazz would have been constantly trying to change his mind, or something, though she hadn't done anything thus far. He still walked her from class to class every day yet she simply smiled and talked little. The teen sighed and lay back on his desk chair looking up to the ceiling; at times like these he wished he was telepathic.

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Kevin Barr roamed through the halls heading up to the library to meet the raven haired when he saw something that caught his eyes on the wall. There were many posters announcing events, and career opportunities in the wall all mashed close together, his eyes searched through a particular blue poster announcing something about the swim team. It announced that the next day would be the final match of the peach creek swim team before school ended.

That was when it hit him. Eddward must have been too embarrassed to ask him to go watch the swim meet... right? Or maybe it was the fact that the school year was ending in 2 weeks, and they wouldn't have their usual meet up like these. How were they supposed to communicate, if they didn't have their lockers or classes to pass notes?

Well cell phones duh, but Eddward hadn't given him his number so he felt a bit awkward asking for it. What if Eddward didn't want to give it to him? Kevin breathed in a bit uncomfortable and continued to make his way to the library. Well they still had 2 weeks to figure it out, and as for the match he was definitely going to go watch. He would wait to see if the swimmer would say anything about it, but for the mean time he'd play dumb and give him the pleasant surprise tomorrow when he'd show up.

For now he smiled and walked faster in the direction of the library Eddward was sure to be studying for their final exams that were coming up. Kevin wasn't too worried about them; Eddward had actually been helping him in his studies. So he knew he was sure to pass them since he had the help of the smartest kid in school, actually in their entire generation Kevin liked to believe. Eddward was truly a prodigy, widely talented and he could tell the guy didn't give himself enough credit.

Just has he thought, Eddward was sitting on that same corner table scribbling on a notebook. If Kevin had to be honest, he thought the raven haired never studied and was just born with an all knowing brain. His backpack never seemed to carry much of anything, it seemed like he just carried it for show. Kevin's however was always packed with notebooks and texts, a very messy backpack quite frankly.

The ginger with a simple hello took his usual seat across from the other and began to pull out his bio text to study as well. The raven haired made no reaction as he felt the smaller boy taking his seat; he simply continued to write on the notebook. Kevin tried to focus on the text but his mind was too focused trying to read Eddward's silent body language. He could feel that awkwardness again, the swimmer didn't make any motion expect for the graceful movements of his hand and the piercing stare on the paper. The ginger waited for him to say something, but before he knew it the bell's ringing filled his ears making him jump in surprise. Eddward packed his things and stood up "See you in class" was all he said before departing.

Kevin watched the teen walk off feeling a bit disappointed that he hadn't said anything. Maybe he was just too focused on his studies, or maybe that wasn't the reason Eddward was being weird. Nonetheless Kevin was more than excited to once again see the marvelous shark dominate above all, and win yet another match for the school.

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The next day it started the same.

Kevin met up with Nazz who had seemed to be in a better mood that day; she gave him a small smile before leaving for class. He supposed he'd mention the match when he walked her to lunch later that day. The ginger walked completely in bliss throughout that entire day without suspecting a thing, without noticing the angry crystal eyes following him.

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"Hey Kevin" Nazz turned towards the ginger as they walked to the lunch room "are you going to go to the swim meet today?"

Kevin felt a bit nervous sensing a bit of discomfort on the blonds tone. "Y-Yeah…"

The blond felt silent for a moment "Are, are you ok?" She asked flashing her pretty blue eyes at him in concern.

He turned and looked at her a bit confused by the question. He supposed she still wasn't convinced. "I'm perfectly fine Nazz, don't worry" he smiled kindly "Actually…um do you want to come along?"

She hesitated a moment before wrapping him up in a hug, placing her head against his freckled neck, and held tightly "I'm sorry" she mumbled into his neck before letting go "I…I can't…bye" she spoke softly before turning and walking away into the lunch room to meet with her friends.

Kevin frowned watching her disappear into the sea of students, and sighed scratching his short orange hair. No, he wasn't going to get gloomy today it was going to be great, and he dashed to the library to meet the swimmer.

He stopped before reaching the back corner table noticing Eddward was nowhere in sight. He roamed through the book shelves seeing if he was hidden in one the rows. Nope, Kevin awkwardly took a seat not knowing what to do. He supposed the teen was in the natatorium preparing for his match, so he sat there reading a book for the rest of the lunch period, just praying the rest of the day would pass quickly.

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The ginger couldn't have seen it coming.

He had been blessed with peace thanks to the raven haired teen for too long that it had become a norm now. He had forgotten the pain that surged through him at the contact of a fist to his body, the spinning of his head at the loss of blood, and the hands and knees that trembled uncontrollably from fear.

Kevin walked to his locker after school after leaving Nazz at the front of the school entrance. Every student was rushing to the natatorium cheering and chanting "SHARKS SHARKS SHARKS" trying to intimidate the rivaling school. Kevin left his messenger bag in his locker not wanting to bother with it in the crowed benches and started following the crowd down the hall when he decided to quickly stop at the restroom. As soon as he entered he felt a strong hand push him hard further inside the room making him lose his balance. Kevin stumbled to catch his footing as he turned around in shock to see his attacker. He immediately recognized the familiar face of the black leathered blond that stood before him with a scowl on his face.

The blond took out a key from his pocket and turned a moment to lock the door. At this Kevin paled and was paralyzed in the spot he was standing with wide eyes oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck his mind screamed. Kevin kept his eyes on the ground where he could see the others feet, he felt too afraid to look straight at the blond. He saw Jimmy make his way closer to him and he forced his feet to take a step back until his back hit the wall, then his knees began to tremble. He had no escape this time.

Eddward wasn't here to save him this time. Shit!

Jimmy grabbed Kevin by the neck and forced him to look up. He could see the honest fear he had in them as they remembered all the beating he had inflicted upon his pathetic body. "Hey there Barr, it's been a while hasn't it" he cocked his head a bit to the side smirking at the squirming Kevin. "It's been far too long for my liking…" Jimmy frowned squeezing Kevin tighter and pushing him harder against the wall. "How about we have some fun, for old time's sake?"

Suddenly along with the erupting of cheering from outside Jimmy picked little Kevin up and threw him towards a stall. Kevin landed hard on his shoulder and he greeted his teeth to hold his scream, and tried to quickly get on his feet when a foot came down hard on his chest to hold him in place. Kevin gasped feel all the air leave his body for a moment, he threw his hands up to grab and try to pull away from his attacker. "Let me go asshole!"

That outburst however earned him another hard slam on his chest, and the ginger tried his very best to take it, by squeezing his eyes tightly and groaning through his teeth. "Guess what you nerd; I get to have it MY way today. The fucking captain is too distracted today to give a shit on your whereabouts, and its Friday so he won't have a fucking clue about day" Jimmy kicked Kevin hard again, he could hear the cheering getting louder and louder and he simply smirked down at the ginger. He knelt down and began punching the poor teen, all over not caring about where bruises were going to show.

Kevin tried his very best to get away but it was all to no avail, he screamed but was immediately silenced by a kick or punch to his chest. Jimmy picked him up and threw him once again, his body hitting the edge of a sink. Jimmy got close and kicked him straight in the face, and that's when Kevin knew for sure his nose had broken, his vision got blurry and everything seemed to be in slow motion. He saw the blond walk closer and knelt then lifted his arm and gave him one final punch before Kevin became unconscious. The only noise he could hear as he closed his eyes was the excited cheering and chanting from the natatorium "SHARKS SHARKS SHARKS" and a faint evil chuckle.

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Kevin blinked slowly, his olive eyes roaming the room. He identified it as a bathroom, wait… the school bathroom, wait wait wait! Kevin's eyes shot open and he immediate sat up to take a better look at his surroundings praying the blond wasn't still there waiting for another round. He felt a striking surge of pain all over his body, and his head was aching from dizziness. He realized that the blond had gone and slowly stood up wincing as he did to walk over to the door. Kevin reached with trembling hands praying now that he had left the door open. Thankfully for him he had.

For some reason Kevin grabbed at his chest feeling suffocated and absolutely terrified. Tears build up in his eyes and he tried not to let them fall, but it was hard to when he once again remembered all the physical pain, and thoughts of what terrible things Jimmy could do to him. And he didn't have the power to stop it from happening. Kevin felt so weak knowing that he couldn't do a damn thing to defend himself unless Eddward was present. He heard silence through the entire school as he walked, he guessed everyone had gone home by this time, but nonetheless he entered the natatorium.

The large empty room somehow filled him with a weird comfort that caused Kevin to sink to his knees and begin sobbing. His entire body felt numb with pain and simply anger. He was angry with the fact that even having Eddward around wouldn't guarantee his safety unless he was physically there. He was angry that the J's couldn't give it a rest and he was angry for being so fucking weak that he couldn't even push the guy off to run away. "Pathetic Kevin, you're so fucking pathetic" the ginger sobbed into one of his sleeves.

He heard rapid footsteps come toward his way and his body tensed, and as he felt a hand touch his shoulder the ginger instinctively stood to run away terrified out of his mind thinking it was Jimmy. Kevin almost reached the doors when the hands grabbed his arm and spun him around. Petrified green met concerned blue.

A very concerned Eddward stared at the ginger. He could see that he had a black eye, some swelling on his cheek and a horribly bruised bloody nose. From this Eddward could imagine what injuries were hidden under his clothing. He saw tears escaping the gingers orbs once again as he leaned into him seeking comfort. Eddward wasn't sure what was happening, and was a bit confused of the gingers actions. However he let the boy sob into his shoulder, and very awkwardly wrapped one arm around his back and another resting on the back of the teens head. The raven haired was more than aware without having Kevin tell him who the person was that attacked him. Johnny was a completely loyal idiot; Jimmy on the other hand…Eddward felt some rage boil in his stomach. He had never seen the ginger so sorrowful, his entire body was trembling out of fear and his tiny hands held tightly onto his jacket.

Kevin and Eddward had sunk down on the floor as Kevin legs had given out. After minutes or maybe hours…god knows how long they were there embraced in each other's arms, Kevin calmed down. Eddward raised Kevin to stand and seeing as the ginger was very tired he bent down to place an arm under the boy's legs, and one on his back lifting him up. Kevin simply turned his head to hide in the swimmer's blood stained shirt.

The ginger was placed down on the bench of the locker rooms, and he squinted his eyes a bit to see the raven haired go pick up his backpack to pull out a first aid. Kevin never had terrible eye sight, so he was alarmed when his vision seemed a tad bit more blurry than usual though he was sure it would be good by tomorrow, at least he hoped. Most of the time Kevin didn't really need his glasses, they were always getting broken so why wear them right?

His trance was interrupted as his felt Eddward's fingers cup his chin. The silent swimmer turned his head this way and that to carefully examine the damage, and began to place some ointment on the bruises and such. His long slender fingers tenderly rubbing at his wounded skin, made Kevin blush a bit. He didn't really know what to say. I mean he hadn't meant to bump into Eddward, but he was more than grateful at his gentle actions though he did feel a bit embarrassed at the thought of crying in front of him.

Before he knew it Eddward was lifting his sweater and shirt "AH wait! I-I can do that at home…" he tried to pull his clothes down embarrassed.

"Kevin, I am more than certain that you will leave most of them be because you won't be able to reach them to cure them properly." Eddward stated simply before pulling the boys hands away and finished undressing him. He stared for a moment at the tiny slim freckled chest filled with some bruises. He sighed and began placing ointment on the bruises the biggest one seem to be the one on his right shoulder and another on his left side. Eddward to notice how soft the boys skin was making it seem fragile. He could tell that Kevin seemed paler than usual, probably from the loss of blood.

When the raven haired was done he stood up to sit next to the boy to turn him around and see the damages on his back. There were many big bruises, both fresh and old. There was a particular nasty one close to his neck causing the swimmer to touch it to see how bad it was. Instantly the ginger flinched away from him and looked back with terrified eyes for a second before calming down. Eddward of course noticed this "it's alright I won't harm you" he spoke calmly and waited patiently for Kevin to turn again. This time he didn't touch it directly and instead dipped a tissue with ointment and messaged the area to relax the nerves of the other.

Eddward handed Kevin his shirt and sweater when finally finished, and sat back in front of him as he watched Kevin awkwardly button up his shirt. "I expect you to treat any other possible injuries you may have" he gesture toward Kevin's lower half of his body.

This made Kevin blush a deep shade of red "I w-will" he stuttered out hearing the other chuckle at his reaction. He watched Eddward stand up and scratch his head from under his beanie. The ginger saw a peek of that silky wavy hair that seemed to never make contact with the outside except for some loose long strands of hair from the back and the front. His hair was darker than the night sky, he saw as some more stands fell from under. Kevin wondered why on earth Eddward would ever want to hide his hair, it was quite honestly lovely. Never mind, he must have had his reasons "Hey Eddward?" he spoke quietly pulling down his sweatshirt.

Eddward turned to face him "Yes?"

"D-did you uh, win?" he looked down knowing the answer to the question but wanted to hear the swimmer say it.

He heard chuckles from the other and then felt a hand ruffle his hair a bit "Do you doubt it Barr?"

Kevin blushed once again from the tenderness of the other's action "of course not…" he mumbled. He felt the other's hand rest on top of his head while fingers rubbed his head slightly, Kevin closed his eyes at the warm feeling and just wanted to lean closer to the other when he felt it lifted away.

Kevin looked up to Eddward as he came back with his backpack hung over his shoulder. "Where are your belongings?" he asked helping Kevin stand.

"In my locker" he said a bit sad as he remembered the conflict that happened right after.

"Come" Eddward pinched the end of Kevin's sleeve to drag him along.

Kevin decided to intertwine his pinkie finger with Eddward's as a simpler way and well, he kind of needed the comforting contact at the moment. He held his breath as he felt the other tense but made no movement to pull away instead the raven haired chained his finger comfortingly to his. Kevin smiled a bit and was glad he was a bit behind the other so Eddward wouldn't see it.

The small teen took his bag out of the locker and the swimmer grabbed it knowing it would only further strain the teens injured body. They walked out to Eddward's car placing the bags in the back seats Eddward paused a second before looking up at the sky noticing the sunset was beginning. He turned to the other "Follow me Kevin" he then began walked towards the school again.

Kevin walked after the taller teen in a bit of a hurry wincing a bit and confused for the reason they were returning. He then saw Eddward head toward the far end of the school, and turn a corner. As he slowly turned he saw a latter placed against the wall of the building, the area seemed to be for storage. "Go up first if you can?" Eddward motioned to Kevin shoulder.

"I-I don't think I can climb it…" he looked up and pressed a hand on his shoulder wincing, yup hurt like shit. Eddward came closer to Kevin picked him up placing the ginger on his back. "W-What a-are you d-doing?" Kevin freaked out holding tightly with his good arm.

Eddward simply smirked and began to climb up "You will see"

Kevin heart felt like exploding he was certain they would fall. He immediately tightly wrapped his legs around Eddward waist. "D-Don't drop us!" he squeezed his eyes shut and hid his face in the boy's beanie.

After a couple of terrifying seconds Kevin felt Eddward place him on the ground and released his hold on him. He opened his eyes and saw that far beyond the trees he could clearly see the sun beginning to set, the sky going dark. He smiled "it's wonderful!" he blurted out. Kevin turned to face Eddward who was only staring back with a small grin on his face.

They sat back against a wall and waited for the glorious multiple colors of the sunset to envelop the sky. "Found this spot back in freshman year" the raven haired stated in a low voice "one of the best spots I believe"

Kevin looked up to him smiling and pulled his legs to his chest "It really is" he sighed. "Though I know another good spot" he grinned.

Eddward looked back down to the teen and raised his eyebrow "Oh yeah where?" he asked.

Kevin smile grew "secret" he teased humming to himself a bit.

"hmm maybe I shouldn't have brought you up here then" Eddward joked.

Kevin loved it. The whole situation seemed like the boy was still trying to comfort him by being friendly. It was fun talking like this; he couldn't believe the amount of caring the swimmer was showing. "I'll show you another day, maybe take my bike" he chuckled.

"Maybe" Eddward relaxed against the wall and stared at the now setting sun. It was beautiful as always; he didn't know what it was but maybe it was the quietness of the town, or the sparkling blue night sky that followed, or maybe it the orange colors that radiated in their last moments. However Eddward loved watching the sun setting, and hiding under the horizon. If he had to be honest every time he watched it, it reminded him of the evening at the bridge that Kevin fucking Barr had come to his rescue out of nowhere. Yet it all made him feel peaceful.

He was surprised as the ginger suddenly leaned on his shoulder. Kevin was very small in frame, and he wondered if he'd ever grow a bit if the beatings stopped completely. Maybe.

Kevin relaxed against the other teen and sighed closing his eyes feeling comforted. This seemed to be his new favorite spot.

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Wah i think this is my longest chapter thus far!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter! i really enjoyed writting it hehe we'll see what happens next chapter between Eddward & Jimmy boy ;P

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