Please don't fall

It was two days before the game and the big Halloween party, and the weather had become a lot colder and greyer in just a couple of days.

The football team had practice, as usual, even though the rain poured down, and there on the side of the field stood a few students and waited for the jocks to be done with their training. And of course amongst these people were the Asian twins and the blonde. They stood there and talked under their umbrellas, waiting for Kevin to be done so they could get going.
They had booked a table at a fine restaurant downtown, so they could plan the costumes for the party. Even though they only had two days until they had to be finished they all seemed rather calm about the situation. Since Edd was done with his things for now he had some time to kill, so he suggested that he could make them the costumes. Both Nazz and Sophie (obviously) had seen Edd's work before, and they knew that they all would be slaying if Edd made them – and he would do it for free, so they didn't have to spend a whole lot of money just for one night.

Eventually the practise ended, but the rain did not, and the football field soon started to get empty, and soon there were only four students left and the coach that never seemed to stop talking with Kevin. It was a big game and Kevin was the team captain, but still? Oh lord.

The art trio all rolled their eyes and started to talk a little bit while waiting for the coach to let go of Kevin.
After another twenty minutes Kevin finally made his way over to his friend who now looked a bit annoyed with him.

"Whatcha all grumpy 'bout?" Kevin asked and looked rather confused as he got under Edd's umbrella for shelter from the rain.
"Do we have to remind you that we have a reservation at the restaurant for tonight and you have to go home, take a shower and change your clothing, Mr. Barr" Sophie started with a sassy tone before they all broke into laughter.
"I think we all should head back to the dorm-house and get ready. A hot shower sounds delightful right now. This darn cold is killing me" Edd complained as the group started to walk in the direction of the dorm-house.
"You wanna borrow my jersey?" Kevin asked politely and begun to take it off of himself.
"Oh, you're too kind, Kevin, but no thanks. I already have three layers of shirts on me – and I don't want you to catch a cold." Edd replied whit a warm smile.
"Sorry, pal, too late" Kevin said quickly and before Edd even could react he had Kevin's jersey on his shoulders.
"You have a game in two days and you might catch a cold, like I mentioned earlier. I wouldn't like to be the reason to why you can't play on Friday." Edd said and took off the jacket and gave it back to Kevin. "We would want to risk our star not being able to play on his big night, right girls?" He added with a wink.

The group eventually got to the dorm-house before they all split up. The two girls went to Nazz's room to change and the two went the same direction, since Kevin insisted to give Edd company to his room, once again, even though Kevin himself lived the opposite direction.

About fifteen minutes after the two boys had bid each other goodbye Edd heard someone knocking on the door, he went to open and to his surprise Kevin stood there in a tank-top, basket shorts, flip-flops and a bag.
"Good lord, Kevin! Aren't you done yet? We have our reservation due three quarters!" Edd hissed to his friend who still stood in the hallway outside his room.
"Well, I kind of forgot that my shower is broken, and I hoped that I could use yours? Pretty please?" Kevin asked and pouted his lower lip and gave a puppy eyes look.
Edd just shook his head and made room for the jock to get inside.

"Dude, we've been friends since school started but I haven't been in your room until now?" Kevin stated and looked around in the neatly organized room.
"Well, I haven't been in your room either" Edd simply replied and walked to a drawer and picked out fresh towels for Kevin. "Make yourself at home" he said when he handed over the towels and smiled.
"Thanks man" Kevin said and walked to the bathroom.

While Kevin took a shower Edd decided to pick out an outfit once again, since he didn't want to look underdressed. He took out a long, white dress shirt with Mao-collar and a pair of Cheap Monday black skinny jeans. To that he decided to go with a golden pendant with a moonstone and rings with geodes.

Without noticing that Kevin was done and had walked into the room, the smaller male begun to strip, right before Kevin's eyes.
It didn't take long before Kevin could feel a tingling feeling in his private parts and to avoid it getting any further he decided to clear his throat, to let Edd know he was there.
Edd jumped at the sound of Kevin and turned around, still not fully dressed, and covered his upper body with the shirt he was supposed to wear.

"For the love of God, Kevin!" Edd said with a slight horror in his voice "for how long have you've been standing there?" he asked, still covering his thin, pale upper body with the white dress shirt.
"Uh, I just got here" Kevin lied and looked away as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Edd shook his head and finished dressing, put his hair up in a messy man-bun before Kevin and he went out to meet the girls.

The group made their way to the restaurant where they had reservation. The night went by smoothly and the group had a ball. The food was delicious and the youths had a lot of good wine and beer to drink during the night.

When everyone had had just the right amount of alcohol to drink they started to talk about what the dinner really was all about; the Halloween costumes.

The time flew by and the group had more to drink and a loud discussions about whether they should go as famous artists or not.
Everyone thought it was a good idea, except Kevin, who wanted to go as a football player or something else. But after thirty minutes of convincing and compromising they finally got the jock on their side.

Nazz and Sophie was supposed to go as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, while Edd was going as Vincent van Gogh and Kevin as Andy Warhol.
The jock wasn't really a big fan of this idea even after agreeing, but Edd had promised that he would go with him, so it was alright – even though it wasn't officially a date.

The group had a few more beers before they decided to pay the bill and begin their walk home. As usual their walk were everything but close to being silent and peaceful – especially now when they all had had a few too many glasses to drink.

Eventually they got to the dorm-house and as usual the girls went their way and Kevin followed Edd to his room – but this time he had a reason to, since his bag was still there from earlier that night.

They got to the room, Edd unlocked the door and walked in with Kevin right after. Kevin walked over and grabbed his sport bag and looked at Edd who leaned against the wall and observed Kevin.
Without even thinking about it, Kevin walked over to Edd, dropped the bag on the floor and locked Edd between the wall and himself.
Edd's jaw dropped and there was a silence and tension in the air. Kevin looked Edd dead serious in the eyes as he started talking.
"I might as well tell you this to get over with it; I have the biggest crush on you, and I don't know what to say or feel. You are perfect and I feel so happy and dumb whenever you're around. I have never felt this way towards any other human being before, and I knew you were the one for me when I first saw you that beautiful day in September. I'm in fucking love with you, Seung-Eun." Kevin said with a low voice and heavy breathing.

Edd looked dumbfounded for a while before shaking his head. He raised a hand and put it on Kevins cheek before speaking up "Oh, Kevin I love you too, but not in the same way.
Don't fall. I'm begging you, please don't fall. It's not fair to you." Edd said with lack of emotion in his voice.

Kevin felt the warmth of Edd's hand that was still on his cheek, too drunk to accept what the smaller male just said, he leaned closer and closed the gap between the two of them.
He finally kissed him. Just a second before he felt a stinging pain in his face. Edd had slapped him across the face.

He looked at the dark haired male with a confused expression on his face.
"What the fuck was that good for?!" Kevin asked still very confused "you said you loved me too?!" he added.

Edd just shook his head, grabbed Kevins sport trunk, walked to the door and opened it.
"I would be glad if you could take your leave now, Kevin. I don't want to hurt you furthermore." Edd said fighting back the tears.

Kevin walked out the door, took his bag and looked up at Edd with sad eyes and regretted what he just had done.

"I'll see you tomorrow for your fitting. Don't be late." Edd said before closing the door in Kevin's face.