I'm really sorry for the long ass wait! :(... Honestly I have no real excuse but I do work full time and on my days off I'm a lazy ahole cuz I do everything to not work on this and it's not that I don't want to just I lost my inspiration and i rather write something good and take my time then write something rushed and terribly unworthy of reading just for the sake of update.

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Now enjoy the long awaited Kevedd feels in 3...2...1

6 am came much too soon for Eddward, as his alarm blared on his night stand he just groaned into his pillow. Having stayed up way too late for a school night, cleaning the kitchen to perfection for mother and father's arrival. Then proceeding to tidy up the rest just in case he missed something earlier. He sluggishly sat up and reached over to turn off his alarm clock, his body feeling heavy like he just laid down. It felt like the bright light on his alarm that displayed 6:00am was mocking him. Now straining to listen out for any sound of life in his house but, when he hears none he starts to worry. What if mother and father decided not to come home? What if there stuck on that island helping those poor kids forever? What if they don't want to come home? What if? What if? He starts to think of the most troubling of thoughts. But before he can let his thoughts get carried away his phone buzzes on his nightstand.

Hesitant to look, hoping it's not his parents with more broken promises.

He slowly reaches over to his nightstand and picks up his phone, but hesitates to turn it over. He takes three calming breaths, then turns it over to find a text from his mother. The troubling thoughts come flooding back like a broken dam, another broken promise, why to keep hope anymore when all they do is lie. He knows he shouldn't do this to himself but he can't help it, there his parents.

Slowly unlocking his phone and when he opens up the message it reads. Come outside we have a surprise for you.

Jumping out of bed he hurries outside hoping to find them there, but not before slipping on his slippers.

Once outside he's majorly disappointed when he doesn't see his parents, but instead, he does see a brand new car with a huge red bow on it, sitting in his driveway. With a card taped to the hood, like on auto pilot he walks over to the car and grabs the card which reads:

To our special Eddward

We love you so much and wish we could be there to see the surprise on your face, but work beckons. Just know we love you with all our heart and are so proud of the young adult you have become so far. We are in the city but the hospital wanted us here the second we arrived back, we will be home as soon as they give us the clear.

Love Mother and father

P.s Happy early Birthday!

Edd was in tears after reading that but not from what his parents wrote, but another present to buy his love. After every broken promise to be home they always send him an expensive gift, last time it was his telescope the time before that Edgar Allan Poe's complete work. The list goes on but funny part about all of this is that he would give up all these gifts. Even his precious Jim the cactus that his mom bought him after she promised to be at his spelling bee in 8 grade, but was held up at the hospital doing work. He would give all that up, just to have his parents home every day like everybody else.

Edd just realizing that he's wet, sometime in the ten minutes that he's been standing out there it started raining. Ironically it's fitting to his mood not even bothering to move he just stands there crying.

"This isn't fair," he starts repeating. Wanting normal parents, not this empty house, and all these expensive gifts. Is it too much to ask for love and affection!

Edd starts regaining his senses cause he starts shivering violently. The autumn weather adding with the freezing cold rain isn't helping at all, but before he can even think about going inside to warm up he walks up to the car and rips the bow off and walks to the end of his driveway and stuffs the bow into the garbage bin.

Edd had gotten his license at 16 cause his parents insisted that it was a must in case of an emergency. Boy has it come in handy over the years. Driving Eddy's mom's car to parties unwillingly of course. Numerous bribes to the planetarium for picking up said person from parties. Plenty fun times had, but this gift is mere that a gift yet very beneficial he will deny out of anger but he will probably still use for convenience more than acceptance.

Edd stormed inside filled with a sudden rage, he's never been one to get mad cause he knows mother and father have priorities. But it's almost his 18 birthday, and if it's one thing they've always been good about is at least never missing his birthday. From the looks of it, it doesn't look like there going to be here tomorrow for his birthday, the card may say they'll be here but he knows better from past experiences. Whenever they send a gift he knows he won't see them for a month. And this may be a birthday gift but his mothers a stickler for recording everything. Since she's hardly ever home. His mother would always say "got to record the little memories I do get to see," every time. So him getting his gift early something that's out of the norm for his family lets him know he'll be entering the adult world alone. Hello adult world, hello parentless adult world, here I come for you, he thought bitterly.

Heading upstairs for a much-needed shower but notices the clock hanging on the wall reading 6:15, if he plans to get to school on time he must be fast but honestly what's the rush he starts to think, with his parent's new gift things will be changing for Eddward and he feels it.

During his fairly quick but much-needed shower his mind started to wonder back to Kevin, he couldn't help but compare. Because upon exiting and seeing his naked body reflecting back at him he pauses. He's never really noticed how scrawny he truly was. But after being in Kevin's company the last week he's noticed that he hasn't developed quite the same.

He's has always been tall as a kid, but that's where it seemed to stop. Around 15 he noticed that unlike his other peers he just wasn't developing the same. Whereas most boys sprouted tall and grew some muscle. He stayed a mere 5'7 and lean, and apart from having a high metabolism and eating relatively healthy a posed to what most of his peers' stuff their bodies with. Then the image of being in Kevin's arms popped into his head. He starts to see his face heating up in the mirror just thinking of Kevin holding him like he did, the night before proclaiming to protect him. 'I'll beat up anybody and I mean anybody who lays a finger on your beautiful body'.

"Get a hold of yourself Eddward, it's just Kevin." Inhaling a deep breath then releasing it to compose himself before he exits the bathroom.

Not even a second into to trying to dress he starts to hear banging on his front door. He knows it's not Eddy or Ed cause they forgone walking with each other sophomore year, cause they were always almost making Edd late to school with their constant shenanigans and occasional waking up late. So putting on his robe quickly he heads downstairs to see who it is.

"I'm coming!" He calls out from the top of the stairs, cause the excessive banging on the door is giving him a headache.

Opening the door without a second thought ready to chew out whoever was on the other side of the door. But upon opening the door all thought of that flies out the window upon seeing who it was.

"K-Kevin?" Edd says but all color drains from his face by what Kevin says next.

"Hat! Hair!" Kevin says amazed never actually seeing Edd without his beany on.

"E-excuse me," Edd says quickly trying to cover up his head and heads to the stairs running up them two at a time.

Once upstairs he sets about quickly getting dressed. Thanking the stars that he laid out his clothes for school the night before. Something he has always been bad about even with all his other quirks about keeping extremely tidy and organized. What he wore to school was never a top priority for him anything would honestly do. But as of late he has started to care more about his appearance. He's never really found fault in his look till present, but at least he has something going for him that he's always been lucky with a blemish free face. He thanks it all to his strict nightly face wash regimen and healthy eating habits even though he does have a mean sweet tooth.

Once dressed and sure his hat is pinned and secured on his head he heads downstairs to still find Kevin standing by the front door.

"S-sorry about that but did you see it?" Edd says looking down not able to meet his eyes.

"See what Dork?" Kevin says with a genuine smile.

Edd looks up eyes wide with surprise thinking no way he didn't see it. He has to be messing with me it's probably a trick, ammunition for later he thinks sadly.

"So you really didn't see…."Edd says trailing off.

"See, what, D?" Kevin says getting closer to Edd with every word. Edd is visibly shaking now at this point not knowing Kevin's intentions.

"It's all right D, I didn't see nothing," says getting even closer. Edd can now feel Kevin's breath on his face, for a split second he thought Kevin was going to kiss him but he turns to whisper in his ear "See what? The gnarly scar definitely not." Edd's eyes bulge out hearing that.

"Come on or were gonna be late for school," Kevin says all nonchalant now like he didn't just see Edds biggest secret next to POSSIBLY, maybe being you know. +_+

What Kevin said wasn't registering to him at the moment. It's like he forgets how to function for a split second.

Kevin seeing that Edd wasn't moving or responding to him calling his name he goes to grab his hand but it's like his touch brings him back to earth cuz he jumps away from it as if it were fire.

"So you did see it," Edd says near tears.

Kevin seeing how distraught Edd looked, he does the one thing he never thought he do comfort an Ed.

"Hey D its all right, I actually think it looks cool, nothing to be ashamed of," Kevin says as genuine as possible.

Edd looks up teary eyed at Kevin with a small voice "You're just saying that."

"No, really D I mean it scouts honor," Kevin says doing a childish salute. Which makes Edd giggle, if even just for a second.

"There goes the happy D I know now come on I came over to see if you needed a ride to school since it raining."

Edd thinks for a second cause he doesn't actually need the ride since he has the car from his parents but who's he to pass up a ride with Kevin.

"Thank you, Kevin, ill just be a second I need to grab my school bag" Running up the stairs he quickly grabs his bag and heads back down the stairs.

"Ready?"

"Yea," slipping on his blue converse at the door they head out. But not before Edd grabs his umbrella it's raining hard enough that even the short walk to Kevin's garage would soak them.

"Kevin not to be rude but don't you own a motorcycle? How is that going to keep us dry on the way to school?"

"It won't dork, that's why were taking my dad's truck."

Hearing that Edd feels way more relaxed.

Now in the truck on the way to school Kevin can't help but admire the Audi a7 sitting in Edd's driveway.

"Hey D your parents get a new car or something cause that car is sweet!"

Edd opens his mouth to respond but nothing comes out, how do you tell Kevin that he forwent driving his new car to ride with him.

"A-Actually its mine" Edd says in a small voice.

"What no way, explain?" Kevin says surprised

"Well tomorrow is my birthday, and mother and father thought they'd surprise me with it a day early," Edd says sadly staring out the window at the heavy rainfall which is perfectly fitting to his mood.

"Damn dude that car is sweet everyone's going to be jealous, " Kevin says with a smirk.

"But if you had a ride why are you riding with me?" Says losing his smile.

"Under protest, " Edd says sighing heavily.

"Ok, dork ima need more" Kevin says growing more impatient and curious as the seconds go by.

Slowing turning to look at Kevin with glassy eyes he says, "well my parents said they'd be home today and all week for my birthday, which is tomorrow but every time they send a gift that extravagant I don't end up seeing them for months and it's not fair." Edd says now letting the dam break.

They pull into the school's parking lot but he parks in the back away from prying eyes.

Kevin reaches for Edd pulling him nearly into his lap but in a hug. "It's going to be ok, we can do something for your birthday I can make you a cake?"

Edd looks over at Kevin like he's lost his mind and doubles over in laughter.

"Haha dork laugh it up, " Kevin says not feeling bad about being the bud of his own joke "But hey at least your not crying anymore."

"Yes, thank you, Kevin, for the prospect of you attempting to bake really, did help I needed that laugh." Edd says giving Kevin a hug " Thank you again" he whispers in his ear not yet pulling away for a few more seconds.

Kevin tightens his hold on Edd for reassurance and can't seem to make himself let go but seeing that he isn't pulling away either he just holds on.

They stayed like that in each other's tight embrace for a few more seconds but for Kevin, it felt like time stood still. Like nothing in that moment mattered but making sure that Edd was ok and reassured of their friendship.

Finally after a minute more of Kevin reassuring that Edd's ok they leave the car hurrying inside with only 5 minutes to spare but not without gaining some stares of what the school's number one dork was doing hanging with the schools most popular, all-star QB.