"So last I heard the stupid bitch actually thinks Kevin will look after her" Edd after thirty minutes of discussing his window had cleaned up any broken glass and boarded up the window. All three now sat in his bedroom listening to Eddy's latest gossip of Naz's apparently sudden disappearance having the week before announced she was pregnant, it would seem her family didn't take it well. Ed sat obediently listening to Eddy's every word looking genuinely interested but Edd never cared much for gossip.
"Eddy please. This isn't civilised conversation can't we discuss something less vulgar? What concern of ours is it anyways" Eddy looked taken back by his interruption but a slow smirk replaced this.
"Okay,so tell us? you never kept in touch. Any girls you knocked up?" Edd stared in disbelief to this question. Ed remained silent but obviously interested in the response. The magic trio union from last night obviously didn't last long Edd thought,reminding him self sarcasm was the lowest form of wit.
"No Eddy" Edd tried to hide his embarrassment and twitched his head to the side looking away from there gaze "I haven't in fact ever engaged in any sexual activity, a fact I am proud of" a lie.
Eddy tried to lighten the mood by diverting attention from Edd to Ed with some random insults he knew would spark a lively response. Eddy knew his friend had never had sex but could tell by his response his friend wasn't as cool as he'd acted. Ed was sweet,though Eddy was a man so would never openly call him sweet but Ed didn't always seem...there? It was like he was vacant and talking or dealing him felt similar to that of a child. No one ever questioned Ed's being slow and just mocked it but Eddy thought it was because his parents were too scared to face an anser. A problem isn't a problem unless its labeled such. Eddy would deal with Edd once his thick-headed friend had left.
Edd's mother had mentioned in her notes that she and her husband would be away for several days. It was work related and his situation couldn't disturb weeks of planning as it was work related. The three boys had sat for hours talking and messing around occasionally one of them would change the background music complaining about the other boys taste. It was 10pm and Ed had went home.
The silence between the two friends was uncomfortable and very different from the night before and Edd wasn't to clear why the sudden tension even existed,but he felt it.
"So" Eddy spoke first "Why didn't you keep in touch?" was his first question but the first question only triggered something he'd been bottling up. He didn't feel like waiting for a response. "Why didn't you tell me something was going wrong? Why didn't you ever call,why are you acting like everything is normal?" Eddy just felt it snap " WHY ARE YOU HERE!?"
Edd didn't reply. He knew his friend wasn't asking questions he directly meant but the last one stung. As they grew up, apart of the reason he felt their friendship survived was because they never spoke about what was important. They never got personal,opened up or showed real emotion. As they got older they both watched as their other friend stayed still and it caused them pain but it meant they both grew closer in response. Edd knew Eddy wasn't bright, that didn't mean he was stupid. He always seemed to know Edd, he didn't like that.
"you didn't even text me" Eddy didn't bother to hide how hurt he was. He wore a bright red floral shirt and a chunky fake gold chain. His pants were slack and so was his shirt but Eddy admitted he was slightly over weight. Eddy always dressed to fit an image, slack cloths hid the fact he was a bit heavier than he should be. The gold chain showed off wealth that he didn't poses and the shirts? A fun free spirit that wasn't to serious. Right now though Eddy didn't care how he looked.
"I meant it, I missed you. I mean we never talk but we do talk." exposed Eddy felt out of character but for once he felt relief from these emotions "truth is double Dee" It felt good,like a sudden rush he could suddenly put words to his true emotions. "your more than just a friend, I never been with all the girls I said in high school. your more than a frien-"
"Eddy!" Edd couldn't listen anymore. Eddy sighed and decided he was right and allowed his eyes to wonder down at Edd's lap breaking eye contact. When they became so close he didn't remember but he found him self inches away from the other boys body. Face to face,he could feel his friends own warmth. He wanted it,a carnal desire.
"your my best friend" Eddy weakly ended his rant blinking away his tears. Mixed with all these emotions Eddy felt like he knew exactly what he wanted amongst this confusion. This isn't the ending he wanted. Edd looked pained,like at any moment he would give up. Eddy had lost Ed, he didn't want to finally lose double Dee and grow up alone here. Something till yesterday he thought had happened.
"why you gotta make everything so dramatic" Eddy laughed to break the tension and forced a smirk. "you're a total fag!" Edd seemed to suddenly relax and defended his earlier actions. The tension was hidden with a familiar scene of friends relaxing and chatting like before Ed had left but deep down Eddy flinched.
His own last comment was directed as a joke at Edd but it hurt. Eddy felt it cut him with just that one .