After Kevin was taken to the sickbay, people started to walk back to the school, leaving the four Eds alone on the grassfield. Ed and Eddy were standing next to each other, watching their friends. Eden was still standing with her back towards Edd. She didn't want to look at him. Not now. Not now she saw this whole other, negative, side of him.
Edd walked up to his female friend, and laid his hand on her shoulder. He felt confused. He wanted to help her, but also wanted to walk away from this place. He knew he went too far...
She shaked his hand off her shoulder, and turned towards him, looking straight at him with anger in her eyes.
"Do you realize what you've done?" she whispered, "You've hospitalized a guy who did nothing."
"Nothing yet." Edd replied, "I just wanted to help..."
"I do not need help, Edd! In case you haven't noticed, I can take perfectly good care of myself!"
She shook her head lightly and looked down to the grass below. There were small, red drops visible, sliding onto the cold, dark ground, which sucked it up into itself.
She walked past him, towards the others. Their shoulders softly touched each other as she did so. He looked over his shoulder, but only to stare into the slowly darkening sky. His friends walked off, and only Eddy stood still for a moment, to see if his friend would come along with them. But Edd just stood there, like his mind had stopped working...
A hand patted Edd's back, and a shiver went down his spine. It felt like his life was crashing before his eyes, and it was all his own fault. There was a big chance that he'd be suspended from school, and so he would never finish his education. But that wasn't his biggest fear. He could do another education if he wanted to. No. He was afraid of the thought that Eden might never want to speak to him, again.
He walked away with the man who was his cousin... his guardian... his mentor...
...the one who could either have a positive or negative effect on his future...
But Edd feared it would all be negative...
I got my inspiration from 'Dry your eyes' by The Streets ©, that's why the title is also called 'Dry your eyes'.