Chapter 10

Kevin awoke pressed against Double D's back. He ran a hand down the boy's stomach and nipped at his shoulder playfully. Edd groaned a little and pressed himself farther back into Kevin. He suspected Edd could feel exactly what Kevin was interested in that morning based on their closeness and the way he pressed firmly into the boy's back and ass. He bit down on Edd's shoulder, eliciting a hiss of pleasure, then pressed his lips on the bite. He proceeded in the same fashion up his shoulder and neck before teasing his earlobe with a bite and suckle. His plans for the day were much more relaxed than the previous.

Edd turned over and retaliated by kissing him back, pressing his groin against Kevin's. He grabbed hungrily at his shoulder. He worked his tongue against Kevin's mouth and neck, moving his hand down Kevin's back as he did so, hauling his body forward against his own. Desire shot through Kevin, hot and fast. He pulled Edd's t-shirt off and pressed his back firmly into the mattress. He kissed him, slipping his tongue around the gap in his teeth, relishing the sharp edges and the slick surface. He trailed kisses down his neck and suckled a hickey on his collar bone.

Kevin heard the front door open. He pulled back from the boy beneath him, listening hard. Edd's eyes were wide and both were panting, hearts beating loudly.

A voice called up the stairs. "Kev? Why didn't you tell me you'd be home?" Footsteps coming down the hall. Kevin's eyes widened too. "I'd have left Detroit a day early so we could have caught a game or something." He dreaded the next moment but there was nothing he could do to stop it. He pushed himself off Edd, who was shaking beneath him.

The door opened.

"Shit, Dad! Knock!" He pulled the blanket back over himself and Edd, despite knowing they'd been seen.

"I—oh my God, Kevin, what the fuck is going on?"

A list of possible responses ran through his head, each worse than the last. "I—umm—meet my boyfriend, Dad."

His father glanced from boy to boy, confusion written plainly on his face, color draining. "I don't understand."

Kevin cleared his throat a little to give himself time to think. "What…don't you understand?" he asked slowly.

"I thought you liked girls?"

He shook his head. "Afraid not."

"So the girls in high school? The parade of hussies you had coming through here?"

He coughed in embarrassment; he thought he'd been a little more discrete than that. "Um. Yeah. I may have tried to force it for a while. And it wasn't a parade," he added as an afterthought.

"There were quite a few," Edd murmured. Great, now he was getting it from both sides.

"You tried to force it?" His father's face fell from confusion to disappointment.

He nodded.

"Why?"

"I—well I knew what an athlete is supposed to be. Wanted to fit the mold. And I—uh—didn't want to let you down anymore than you had been."

His father ran a hand through his hair. "Okay."

"Sorry."

He sighed. "What're you sorry for, Kev?"

"That I couldn't—that I don't—"

"I don't care if you're gay, kid. I care that you tried to force it for me rather than just tell me the truth. Are you happier now?"

Kevin looked at Edd sitting next to him in the bed, hair mussed and a pillow crease still marring his cheek. He took his hand. "Yes."

"Okay then. Get dressed. I'll make some breakfast." He left the room and closed the door.

"Sorry about that," Kevin murmured. "I didn't think he'd be home this weekend. He made it sound like the trip he was on would take a while."

Edd leaned over and kissed him chastely, and despite his forced outing the kiss reawakened the hot desires that had been running through his blood moments before. Kevin kissed him hard, pushing him back into the pillows. Edd pushed him away just a little and whispered, "What about your father?"

"What about him? He can wait a few minutes."

Edd shot him a look that he was coming to realize meant he was being ridiculous.

With a grin and a long kiss meant to get Edd's blood pumping, Kevin rolled off him and started to dress.

When they emerged downstairs, together at Kevin's insistence, his father had set out plates of bacon, scrambled eggs, and hash browns. The boys sat at the table, still nervous. Kevin picked at his food slowly, while Double D ate at a steady pace, almost too measured.

"Is something wrong with the food, guys?"

Kevin shook his head.

"No, it's superb," Edd responded quietly.

He sighed again. "Kev, you can stop acting so guilty. We're fine."

He nodded. He didn't know what to say or how to act with the revelation hanging in the air between them. And a part of him knew that his father might say they were fine, but something had been irrevocably changed, almost like the morning his mother left. But it was different, hard to put into words. It didn't feel like it could be reversed or they could go back to the way it was, he was too old to think that, but it felt like they might be able to move forward, unlike the stagnant unspeakable feeling surrounding her departure.

"Did you have plans for the day?" his father asked again.

"Not really. We need to head back to school tonight, but I—uh—didn't have any specific plans. Did you Edd?"

Edd shook his head. "No, no plans."

His father nodded. "Okay. Well I was going to suggest we do something together, but I'm getting the distinct feeling that maybe you'd rather head back to school early than hang out here."

Kevin blushed self-consciously. He shrugged and continued to pick at his food.

Edd eyed him momentarily. "I do have a lab that I ought to be working on. I mean, it is mostly done but there are always revisions that can be made. I could do it tonight when we get back though—"

"No, no, I won't keep you boys." Kevin got the feeling that his father needed time to digest the information as much as he did.

They packed up what they had brought home, very little but enough to bring back, with stolen kisses at Edd's house where things were still stored from their first night. Kevin slipped on his leather jacket and found an old one, slightly too small in the shoulder for him now but a perfect fit for Edd. His father stood by the bike as first Kevin, then Edd climbed aboard.

"I still wish you wouldn't ride this thing."

Kevin shrugged. "I like it. And I drive safely. Double Dork wouldn't have it any other way." He pulled on his helmet as Edd nodded behind him.

"Double…Dork…?" He shook his head. "Next time I'm in the area, mind if I stop by?"

"I guess not."

He nodded. "Alright. I'll see you soon, I guess. Edd, it was nice to see you again."

"It was a pleasure."

"Your parents are out of town a lot, right?"

"Yes, sir."

He nodded again. "If you ever need somewhere to stay, for holidays or weekends or whenever, you're welcome here."

A smile broke out on Kevin's face.

"Thank you, sir," Edd stammered out.

Kevin revved the motorcycle, waved goodbye to his dad, and pulled out of the driveway. Edd's arms immediately encircled his waist. He felt sure Double D was getting used to the bike, he didn't squeeze as hard and he could go more than 30 miles an hour without the squeaks of terror behind him, but he let the dork pretend that he still wasn't sure about it so that he could hold him closer. During the ride home, he was very aware of the way Edd's groin pressed against him and that the vibrations of the bike and thrill of the ride seemed to have excited him as much as it had Kevin.

They arrived back at school two hours later at just after one. Back in their room Kevin pulled Edd against him. Their mouths didn't touch but they were nose to nose, hip to hip, breathing heavily. Edd moved first, pushing his mouth against Kevin's. "I thought you had a lab report?" Kevin asked.

Edd shook his head, "It can wait."

Kevin pulled back enough to look him in the eye with a skeptical look in his eye. "Really?"

Edd ran his tongue over his bottom lip. "You seemed uncomfortable with the idea of spending the day with your father, so I may have stretched the truth a bit. It isn't due for another week. But it is almost done."

He felt his lips pull back in a smile. "Thank you."

Edd pulled his head closer to him again with a smirk. "If you truly mean your gratitude, please demonstrate it."

Kevin didn't need a second invitation. He kissed Edd hard and pulled his hips even closer. Edd groaned into his mouth and groped at his back seemingly trying to pull Kevin closer. But there were few ways that they could be any nearer. Edd pressed Kevin backward, on to the bed behind him and climbed atop, taking control of the kiss. Despite asking to be shown, Edd seemed to want to do the showing. He shed his own jacket, then pulled Kevin's off as well. Kevin let him lead. He found the demanding pull of his mouth and the force with which he pursued his desire to be incredibly sexy. Their shirts quickly found their way to the floor, abandoned without folding or hanging. Edd pressed his groin against Kevin's, sending shivers of longing down his gut to pool behind a quickly forming erection. He scraped his teeth down Kevin's neck, his hot breath igniting trails of fire. He continued his path, kissing and biting down Kevin's chest, hands following mouth, learning the intimate details of his body.

When he reached Kevin's pant line and the straining tent at his groin, Edd looked up. Kevin could see the desire in his eyes, but there was a definite fear there too. Kevin reached under his chin and pulled him back up to his mouth. He kissed him and ran fingers down Edd's chest and back. Edd gasped out, "I want to—" but couldn't finish the sentence.

"You want to what?"

Edd timidly reached forward and palmed Kevin through his jeans.

A spike of heat rushed up Kevin's spine, flushing his cheeks. "Are you sure?"

Edd took a shaky breath and reached for the zipper but didn't seem to be able to pull it down. Finally he shook his head.

Kevin had an idea. "Wanna try something else instead?"

Edd looked curious.

Kevin didn't want to explain, explaining it seemed to be the least sexy thing he could do at the moment. Instead he shucked his jeans, leaving his boxers in place. He reached for Edd's, afraid of rejection but terrified of pushing things too far. As he gripped the waistband, he asked again if Edd was okay with it. This time Edd nodded and Kevin pulled down the jeans, again leaving boxers in place. He slowly crawled back up the boy, kissing his stomach, chest, neck, jaw line, finally capturing his mouth with his own. Edd squirmed beneath him, breath ragged and body flushed. The uncertainty he had displayed moments ago seemed replaced once again by need. Kevin felt Edd raise his hips against his own. He pushed back against him, pressing his buttocks firmly into the mattress beneath them. The contact made his longing worse; pressed against each other, length to length, creating a friction he had only imagined in dreams. A long gasp escaped his lips and Edd devoured it with fervor, kissing him passionately. Kevin rutted against him, feeling Edd press back with every thrust of his hips.

Kevin had never been one for dry humping, preferring to get right to it, but he enjoyed this. His breath came quickly, heart beating like he'd run a mile, and his groin ached with delicious yearning. Edd moved against him and he felt the familiar boil in his gut as he came closer and closer to the edge. Edd seemed to be losing his carefully placed self-control as well. Small whines and gasps came out his mouth with every move, nails dug into Kevin's shoulder, and kisses became sloppier.

"K—K—Kevin—" Edd jolted a little with a sharp thrust and his eyes seemed to glaze.

Kevin felt the moisture sink through his own boxers. It pushed him over the edge, eyes spotting and body tingling. He kissed Edd hard as he came, mashing his lips hard against the other's, and collapsed on top of him, barely keeping his weight distributed so as not to crush his boyfriend.

Kevin carefully rolled onto his side next to Edd and pressed his lips to his temple. "Was that okay?"

Edd stared at the ceiling. "That was…" he trailed off. "Most excellent." A smile spread across his face, satisfied.

Kevin stood slowly and went to the dresser. He pulled out a new pair of shorts and changed out of his soiled underwear. He heard movement behind him and assumed Edd did the same. He then crawled back into bed and pulled Edd down next to him, lips pressed against his neck.