Disclaimers:
All characters derived from Television serious Ben 10 Alien Force and all related content; none of the aliens and the like belong to me. Storyline and plot are my boasting rights and I beta chapters by myself.
This is going to my first story on my new account, huh...
Don't know why I'm so into this pairing, but I guess I just am.
Odd.
I'd appreciate everyone's helpful criticism... Thank you vair' much~
Sunday. It was like heaven on Earth. Sabbath day. Kick up your feet on the console and flick through soccer games day. Eat popcorn for breakfast and pancakes for dinner day. To Kevin, it was just plain better known as Kevin day. It was his own time and he relished it to the maximum, since he never knew when he was going to be called out on a bleeding suicide mission.
Now that he was eighteen, Kevin felt that he and the rest had come a long way. Yeah, sure, it was great when it began, all this kickass alien shit... but over time the relationships they shared were really what took the cake. He'd never admit it, obviously, but he did enjoy the time he had with all of them. He and Gwen had hooked up (you don't say...), her Grandfather kind of poofed on them and made them go on a wild goose chase, and then Ben and Julie hooked up.
Kevin was pretty shocked since he didn't realize that Ben was actually intellectually capable of having a relationship with anyone, but oh well.
Now that Ben had his time occupied mostly with saving the world and then some with Julie, Kevin had more time away from the egotistical younger boy, what with the amount of time they'd spent gaming and the like before. That was the amusing thing. Even though he was supposedly in a relationship with Gwen, Kevin noted duly that he was consistently free compared to Ben, who constantly had his hands tied with having fun out with Julie and learning or teaching her one thing or another. He knew that the spark he once had for Gwen had died, and he also thought that she knew that the spark that she perhaps once held for him had been snuffed out as well.
So they broke up.
There were no causalities of the relationship; for the most part they acted sore but swiftly got back on professional terms. It took both of them about three months to get over the awkwardness between them now that they no longer had the intimate relationship they'd once experienced, but both of them emerged from the period unscathed. Now Kevin had his hands completely free, aside from the odd jobs here and there, mostly garage work. He'd settled in with a neat house down south in the neighbourhood, only a few minutes' drive away from Ben and Gwen's place. Julie lived opposite them. The close proximity was, also Kevin supposed, to ensure that in the event of an emergency, it would take no time at all to assemble the entire team.
And God, Kevin was bored shitless.
He wondered why he was actually in the team still. For years he's pondered the same thing. Honestly, he had no reason to be trusted. In fact, if he were in Ben's place, he'd probably waste no time in kicking his own sorry ass out on the road where it belongs. But instead, Tennyson had given him the opportunity (and GOD, it pained him to give the credit to the brat but he damn well deserved at least this much) to get back in the good graces of society. After the bridge incident over five years ago, Kevin had been unsure he'd ever integrate back into society as a contributing member of it.
Legally.
Well, bottom line is that he made it, no seriously, KEVIN ETHAN LEVIN (fuck yeah~) made it back into society. Not only as a contributing member of it either; he was part of a team that kicks alien ass all over the God damn world. So beat that, suckers. Kevin knew that he owed Ben a hugeass thank you, but somehow couldn't muster up the humbleness to try it out, not even in the mirror.
He looked over his shoulder as he was trying out Assassin's Creed II for the first time. The doorbell had rung, and he paused the game. "I'm getting here!" he yelled as he grabbed his wallet. He presumed heavily that it was the pizza dude, whom he'd gotten on more than first-name basis on, if you knew what he meant. Kevin was enticing, and the kid was cute. What could he say? With over five months and no action, Kevin had decided that since he didn't have anyone in mind, it wouldn't harm him seeing how the prospects of the neighbourhood was.
He'd known he was bisexual since he was five. Damn, his Kindergarten English teacher was hot.
He swung open the door after the person standing outside rang the bell a second time. "Jeez, Will, could you chill, I'm just getting my wallet." He said without looking, and he counted out the bills swiftly. He was gaming, no time to invite Will in for the day. No one would be disappointed, both of them knew the ambiguous nature of their relationship. He was trying out a game, and Ben said he'd be over a couple of days later to try it out so Kevin had two days to get pro at it so that he could have one more game in which he could own Benjy's ass. "Alright, I got it, eighteen fifty-fiv..." he paused as he looked up for the first time.
"Tennyson?" he questioned with wide eyes, and then his eyes narrowed mockingly as he always was. He wondered why his body seemed to have the urge to sour all of his Godforsaken relationships. "What are you doing here?" he asked, relaxing in the doorway as he kept his money and pulled his wallet back into his ass pocket.
Ben lifted his head. His startling green eyes were panicked and alarmed. "We have a problem. Gwen seems too weak to fight since our last brawl, the Ultimatrix is being a rebel, and I think Julie's just plain terrified for once." He ranted, and Kevin blinked. He'd never seen Ben so bloody ruffled before. He sighed and scratched his head, and opened his mouth to say something, but Ben beat him to it again.
"And uhm. Rojo is trying to destroy your car, so I think you'll have to run to our place since it's been parked there from yesterday when you got hung-over and you left without driving..." He added.
Kevin was out the door. God damn these Sundays.
"Can you guys seriously just screw off? Because this is going to take more than a failing malfunction of an alien transformation watch, a powerless Adonite and a worried girlfriend." Kevin growled. On normal occasions, all three of said insulted people would likely be yelling and screaming at Kevin, but even they knew when to stay clear of the situation. Number one, all three of them were unarmed.
And number two, they weren't sure if they should be more afraid of Rojo or Kevin. When it came to his car, the mechanic-fanatic was undeniably the most particular guy you'd ever see. And he did NOT take kindly to having it destroyed, either.
He placed his hand on the bonnet of his car just as Rojo rounded the corner. He glared at her. God damn her. "You lay one of your fucking screws on my car and I will pull you to springs, cogs and gears." He threatened seriously with a perfect scrowl. She laughed and shook her head.
"Oh, I'm not that much of a bitch." She smiled enchantingly, and then glared heatedly. "You see, I love mechanics. I'm not that sure I'd like to destroy that car. 1994? Good year for the works." She grinned. Kevin blinked.
"Not bad, but 68' was definitely one of the better times."
"Are you kidding me? 74' was the best time. Did you SEE the way they utilized four booster engines in the... You know what, forget it. I'm not here to make small talk with an idiot like you." She rolled her eyes.
Kevin shook his head to clear his mind of cars (Damn, that was hard) and he moved away as swiftly as he could. He landed on his back, his raven hair falling messily over the pavement as he was thrown backwards by his own weight in alarm. He growled and made a dive for his car, laying his hand on it. The Osmosian narrowed his eyes at the Cyborg and pushed himself to get at her, lifting his head as metal diffused into every cell f his body. "Aren't you sick of getting your ass kicked?" He asked her.
Rojo's eyes flashed as she put on a stance for attack. Kevin ran at her, one of his hands outstretched as he pushed against her form, and the pushing began. They were evenly matched for a moment before Kevin managed to make her back off bit by bit. "You've never defeated me, Levin. Don't get delusional now." She glared. He smirked, having struck a raw nerve.
"Au contraire, Jo'sey. My team had you on your knees." He pushed especially hard and Rojo landed on her ass. She cried out and he glared at her. "In other words, I didn't have to be the star of the team." He smirked again, noting duly that the rest of his team were too far away to hear his subtle admission to not being the star all the time. "I don't have to be the one who gets all the action. I don't have to be the centre of attention." He told her, pinning down one of her arms with his own and grappling for her other.
She pushed her hand out of its socket and a long wire extended far into the Tennyson house. From where Kevin was, he could see it. And it aimed directly for Ben's throat. His eyes widened as the window shattered and Ben was caught by the metallic arm.
"I'm not here to play games with you, Levin." She growled, though from her tone it seemed she wouldn't have minded playing a bit more with Kevin and staking their lives in battle. "I'm here for one thing and one thing only. And that thing's UNO'ed onto that annoying brat's wrist, so I'm gonna take him back where I came from and do what it takes to get the God damn thing off him..." She smirked as Ben coughed loudly. Gwen was trying to dislocate the cold steel arm, but to no avail. Rojo yanked Ben out of the house easily, and the young boy hit the brick red wall of the garage. Gwen yelled in rage and Julie ran over. Kevin stood rooted to the spot and glared at Rojo, not taking his eyes off her.
"Even if it means cutting his whole damn arm off."
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