A/N: Super sorry about not updating at all on Friday. I just didn't have any time to finish the chapter and was extremely busy. So I pushed it off till today. But I made it nice and long. Full of Resolutions.
Kevin had come back with his family from their vacation. He wanted to go see Edd since they have barely talked while he was away. But once he dropped his bags on the floor in his bed room and felt the comfort of his bed. He was knocked out cold.
Edd locked himself in his room and hoped that Kevin would not come over. He had seen Kevin's dad car pull up and everyone get out of the car. 'Please, please. Don't come over.' 5 minutes pass and still no sign of Kevin then 10 more minutes and Edd sighs with a bit of relief. But then there is a knock at the door that makes Edd's stomach drops. But a few more bangs and a couple of yells reveal that is just his friends Ed and Eddy.
They have come to pick him up even though Nazz's house is literally a few feet away from each of their individual homes. They were shocked and in Eddy's case anger that he was not ready yet. But then Edd told him that his is just trying to be fashionably late. To which Eddy said that it's the only way one should arrive to a party.
After getting ready The Ed boys headed over to Nazz's place which had just started to get filled with guest. They greeted the people they knew then each went their separate ways. Edd had managed to plant himself on Nazz's couch and lose himself in thought for over an hour. He was so out of it he didn't notice that Daniel had been calling out to him. Daniel shook one of his shoulders gently.
"Double D!"
Dazed he looked around until his eyes focused on Daniel. "Huh, oh. Greeting Daniel."
Daniel sat down next to him. "What's troubling you Edd?"
"What? No, there is nothing troubling me."
"Then why do you look like someone stolen your babe."
"Yeah…I mean no. What?" Edd spouted confused.
"You and I are friends. You can tell me anything with confidence. But if you don't want to then that is okay as well."
Silence fell between both parties and Edd tried to process all the information Daniel had given him. 'Yeah we are friends and I trust but what does that have to do with babies?' Before much more thought could be given Nazz descend on them.
Nazz had asked Edd to help set up the firework show for her party. He wanted to say no but there was no reason for him not to. To elaborate after thinking about it carefully Edd concluded that the guy they were talking about must have been Eddy. Nazz and Kevin always were meant to be. Plus Eddy whether he knew it or not was more interested in date the most popular girl in school then Nazz. Following this logic she didn't know Edd was dating Kevin and Eddy won't be that devastated if they broke up. Although Edd did think it was pretty horrible of her to string Eddy along when she is in love with someone else. However, he had no reason not to help her without revealing he heard them in the locker room. In addition, Nazz had always treated him better than the others except of some few occasions but usually it was Eddy's fault and/or a misunderstanding.
"Hey, Double D. Would you mind going out back to double-check the fireworks and tell me how to work the controls again?" Nazz inquired.
"Um…sure no problem." Edd replied with a weak smile while he stood up. Daniel stood up too.
"Do you need help?" He asked.
"Please, Daniel don't trou-"
"It is no trouble."
Edd gave him a warm smile and declined his offer stating that he worked better at this kind of thing alone. Edd gathered his coat and gloves and head to the backyard; Nazz quickly following him
Kevin finally awakes from his deep slumber to realize that his missed most of Nazz's party. 'Shit. I just closed my eyes for a second.' He quickly took a showered, changed and left his house in a hurry. Once at Nazz's place he greeted a couple of people but had his eyes peeled for Edd.
After a while he just stopped caring about being polite and greeting people and just looked around for Edd inside the house but was unable to locate him soon becoming frustrated. Nobody seems to know where Edd was then he bumped into Daniel. The air was tense and Kevin was unsure how to act. Since Daniel flat out told him their friendship was now none existent. Since then they haven't really talked outside of practice. However, even then those conversations never went beyond anything not related to the basketball team. In addition, since winter break started they haven't talked or seen each other once.
Daniel breaks the silence first. "If you're looking for Edd, his out in the backyard setting up the fireworks for Nazz."
With that he slips from his red cup and turned to leave but Kevin stopped him.
"Daniel, it has been over two month. Why can't we be friends like we were freshmen year?" Kevin wondered.
Daniel sighed. "Kevin, you can't un-see what is already seen."
"What? Look man you're like my conscious and my main man next to Rolf. I don't mean to sound like such a girl. But I trust you. I think even more than Rolf."
"I know, but Kevin you haven't changed. Things are only going to get rockier from this point on if you don't get your priorities straight. You never know when something might come take what you didn't bother to protect and the pain will slowly kill you."
With that Kevin is left speechless and Daniel slipped away. Daniel is soon found by Eddy who happened to overhear their conversation.
"Kevin's not a bad guy you should just forgive him." Eddy chimed in.
"Have you?" Daniel asked raising one of his eyebrows.
"No, but that's because I am taking advantage of his sudden need for me to forgive him. But I guess I will have to come around to it seeing has everything has gotten as I wanted."
Daniel doesn't say anything more and just sips from his cup deep in thought.
Kevin stood in the same spot pensive over Daniel's words until he finally snapped out of it and realized time was running out. He headed to the back of the house and looked out the glass slide door as he prepared to go look for Edd in the backyard. However he soon sees him and he smiles at himself. He then puts one hand on his pocket to feel for the present for Edd. When he realizes it's not there then in a panic he starts to pat himself in search of the box until realization hit him. 'Shit, I forgot it back home.' He looks at his phone and runs full speed to his house, knocking, pushing and shoving people out of the way. 'Of course this would be like me.'
Once he retrieved the box he went directly to Nazz's backyard. Edd was extremely focus on his task at hand and failed to notice Kevin. 'Wow. Even under a giant winter coat he still looks hot.' Nazz however noticed him right away and leaped into his arms to hug him. Kevin smiled at her and was quick to notice how cold she looks. Kevin was wearing gloves so couldn't feel how cold her skin was and he didn't care to do so.
Needing her out of the way he demonstrated concern for her health and her being out in the cold too long. She replied that Edd had been out as long as her so he should come inside as well. But Kevin stopped her from taking him inside by saying that boys are warmer than girls. That he would be fine and Kevin would stay out here.
Once Nazz was taken care of he walked to Edd.
"Hey." Smiled Kevin.
Edd turn to him and spoke indifferently. "Greetings, Kevin."
Kevin hardly noticed. "Heard you prepare the fireworks show."
"Affirmative."
"Cool. I know it will be amazing. Everything you have ever made has always been amazing."
"Thank you." Edd finishes up his checking. "Okay. I'm done." He turns to make his way inside while Kevin checked his phone but Kevin stops him dead in his tracks. Then quickly moves in front of Edd.
'It's still another 10 minutes or so before Midnight but I am too excited to wait.'
Kevin acknowledged. "I know why you been freaking out lately. I guess seeing Nazz and Eddy together, like officially, was shocking. I'm sorry it took me so long to do this but I thought that the New Year would be the perfect time to do this. It is the chance to throw out the old and start anew."
'So I am just something old to throw out with the garbage?' "Stop. I want to hear you out but I'm scared…" 'Scared of known the truth. Scared of finding out you still are the same jerk you were in Junior High. Scared of hearing that you are too good for me.'
"What? 'Are we moving too fast? I didn't think we were moving too fast.'"
"I know I shouldn't but this isn't like that time at the park. I already know."
"You do?"
"Yeah."
"And?"
"Thank you for the best time of my life but we both secretly knew that this could never work out you and me. You belong with Nazz you always have." 'I was dumb to think otherwise.'
"Nazz? What does Nazz have to do with anything?"
"Please stop you don't need to lie to me. I already heard what you really thought."
Edd walks around Kevin and heads home but Kevin follows him as he exits Nazz's backyard and goes home after a second of shock. Edd fumbles with his house keys as Kevin can no longer be silent and demands Edd to explain himself. "Where is all of this coming from? You said you heard what I thought? When? Where? "
Edd remains silent and opens the door and tries to close it immediately afterwards but Kevin forces himself in. Edd yells at him. "Don't you have any manners, Kevin?"
"Not when it comes to you." Kevin replies grabbing Edd. "Now why don't you explain to me what's gotten into you?"
"Let me go Kevin and please leave your letting the cold air in and dirtying the floor." Edd struggles in vain.
"Not until you tell me what's going on? I have been honest with you. So why can't you be honest with me."
"Don't lie." Edd turns away and lets out a tear.
Kevin's resolve breaks and he lets go of Edd and removes his gloves to cup Edd's face and with his thumb removes his tear.
"Babe please don't cry."
Edd shoves Kevin and shouts. "Don't call me using the same nickname as her." 'As her? Wait as Nazz?'
Edd moves to the door and shouts again. "Leave now Kevin!"
He walks to the door and slams it shut. "No! I'm sorry if you don't like me calling you babe. I won't do it again. But I am not going anywhere until you start explaining yourself. So stop being a bitch and tell me what's fuck is the matter." Snapped Kevin.
Edd was too shock to tell him to watch his language he had only see Kevin get mad like this with Eddy but never him. This just made him want to cry more. It felt like he was right to believe how he interpreted Nazz's and Kevin's conversation. But he held back the tears and told Kevin: "After the game, you were in the locker rooms and I heard everything."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Don't insult my intelligence Kevin. I already know you have feelings for Nazz and she has feelings for you too. So you don't need to worry about Eddy or me we will get over it. Dating the most popular people in school is everyone's dream and both of us should be grateful we got taste of what's that's like."
"Whoa, whoa! Hold your horses. Nazz and I don't have feelings for each other. That conversation was about her finding out about us."
"She knows about us? So the person that is going to get hurt isn't Eddy, it's me."
"Wait, no. It's not you. Look, Nazz found out about us and thinks that we should tell everyone about our relationship. That's what our conversation was about."
"If that's true then whose is the person that's going to get hurt?" Shouted Edd defiantly.
'Shit!' "…"
"Is that your response?"
"No…no it isn't. Its…its Daniel."
"That doesn't make any sense."
"Because me liking Nazz makes sense."
"It does."
"…Okay it does."
"So tell me why would he be hurt?"
"Because he is keeps flirting with you and you keep responding." 'Not that I can 100% blame him. You're so cute when you blush and he doesn't know about us. Not that this makes me any less jealous. I want to go back to being friends with him but I also want him to keep at least three feet distance from you at all times.'
"Daniel? No his not and I would never do that. How could you have reached such an illogical conclusion?"
"You have to be a blind man not to see it. The day we came back from school he touches you and you start blushing like crazy during lunch. At our basketball game you hugged him after we won and if that wasn't enough he is constantly put his arm around you in the halls like you're his."
Edd's serious mask cracks and he starts to giggle but Kevin fails to see what is so amusing. "Between the two of us I can't tell who the worse conclusion jumper is."
"Huh?"
"There is nothing going on with Daniel and me. As for those times you mention," Edd begins to blush, "I was blushing that Monday not because Daniel touched me but because I remembered our first date. I didn't hug Daniel at the game Eddy kind of shoved me to reach Nazz and I tripped and fell on Daniel. As for putting his arm around me in the hallway his just being friendly, Eddy and Ed do it too."
'Are you trying to make me jealous of Eddy and Ed too?'
It took Kevin a couple of seconds for it all to sink in but he soon started to chuckle. "So pretty much we both have been a pair of fools."
"Yeah, I'm sorry."
"No don't apologize. There is nothing to be sorry about. If I had just talk to you about it in the first place I could I saved us from some grieve." 'That and Nazz wouldn't have found out about us.' "I'm just relieved that this drama got resolved before the New…"
Before Kevin could finish his sentence fireworks go off at Nazz's place ringing in the New Year. 'Damn it. All this bullshit conclusion jumping got in my way.'
"Well I wanted to do this last year but I guess it's already over. Now it's a new year and a time for new beginnings and I hope you will trust me more in the future. As well as come talk to me about your doubts and insecurities."
Edd nods embarrassed and Kevin digs in his pocket for a second then pulls out a present box and hands it to him. "I know this is kind of cheesy but, I kind of hope you accept my present."
"But you already gave me a Christmas present and my birthday it is awhile from now."
"This isn't either of those things. Just, open it."
Edd opens the box which reveals a light green handmade rope braided bracelet. 'This is just like the color of Kevin's eyes.' "Did you make this?"
"Yeah, but there is something else you should know that present comes with a question if you accept the present then you're saying yes to my question."
"What is it?"
"Would you be my gir- I mean boyfriend?"
Edd smiles and hugs Kevin. Kevin still holding Edd by the waist pulls back slightly to kiss him softly on the lips. 'Now, now the fireworks are supposed to go off. Whatever! This moment is still perfect to me.' Kevin smirks. "Can I take that as a yes?"
Edd nods and whispers in Kevin's mouth. "Happy New Year!" They resume their sweet kissing.
"I can't believe you." Kevin whines.
"I can't believe YOU." Edd rebuttals.
"You ruin a perfectly good moment."
"You ruin a perfectly clean floor."
Kevin is on his hands and knees with a sponge in hand wiping Edd's floor clean. He continues to whine. "You're a tyrant."
"You should learn to follow the rules." Edd says while his eyes stare at Kevin's bottom. 'What am I doing? Look away young man. This is most definitely not appropriate.' Edd starts to blush but is unable to stop staring at Kevin's cute butt. Kevin starts to feel the powerful gaze on him and slightly turns to look at Edd from the corner of his eye and notices him staring. Kevin starts to feel aroused that Edd is looking at him so intently but is angry with himself that he is enjoying been watched in such a sexual position. 'I wonder he would look on all fours.' Soon Kevin marginally loses himself in one of his sexual fantasies starring Edd.
After a few moments Kevin finally got up and told Edd. "Okay I'm done you can stop staring now."
"I…I wasn't. I was just making sure you did a proper job."
"Okay, okay. You don't need to worry I will never forget to put on the indoor shoes again." Kevin informs him as he plants a kiss on Edd's forehead.
Edd smiles but is actually was a bit sadden by this. Was this the last time he was going to get to see Kevin in all fours?