Forget-Me-Not 3
"Wait, hold up! You've liked him for how long?!" Eddy asked his best friend lying on the bed. Edd sighed as he sat up.
"You weren't paying attention, Eddy. I just mentioned that my feelings started developing by the end of junior high..." he rested his face in his hands and thought back to that frustrating year. "It was around the time he hit that growth spurt and grew taller than me. Without even knowing it, my eyes just kept following him everywhere," he played with a loose strand on his shirt as he continued, "in class... in the cafeteria... in the gymnasium. I couldn't help myself. He's just so... attractive," he dropped his head on his pillow and covered his face with his arm. Eddy sat cross-legged on the bed facing him. "When I finally noticed what I was doing, I just-" he lifted his arm a little to see his two friends. Eddy raised his eyebrows and waited for the genius to continue. Ed's head rested on the edge of the bed, watching his friends with a big smile on his face. Edd closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. There's nothing to worry about, Eddward. Your friends have already accepted you the way you are.
"You just, what, Edd?" Eddy asked, slightly impatient.
"When I realized I had feelings for our former bully, my mind just-" he opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling, "shut off." he finished with a sigh. Eddy's brows furrowed. Oh yeah...
"I remember... you were really gloomy for like two weeks back then. I just thought you were sick or something," he shrugged. Ed's head extended off the bed.
"Double D was sick, Eddy! Love-sick!" he said with a goofy grin. Eddy snickered. Edd blushed and turned to his side towards his friends. Seeing his friends smile and act as they were before made his heart swell.
"So... Are you both really alright with me and my-" he paused and shrunk a little, "homosexuality?" he asked quietly. Eddy rolled his eyes.
"Honestly, Sockhead. It's not a big deal. You're still our brain and best friend, right Lumpy?" Eddy turned his head to the other, but he was gone. "Lumpy? Where'd ya go?" he asked, looking around. Edd sat up and looked around too. He was there just a few seconds ago.
"Double D has a lot of Kevins under his bed," the big Ed's voice sounded from exactly under Edd. The other two glanced at each other. Eddy smiled wickedly when Edd's face flushed.
"Bring 'em out, Lumpy!" Eddy yelled. Edd squeaked.
"No no no no no no no no! Edwin Horace Hill, you get out from under there this instant!" Edd immediately bent down and reached under his bed. Eddy yanked his feet away and took his place, all the while cackling excitedly. A few moments of rustling and creaking passed before Eddy spoke up.
"Holy crap, Sockhead! You're a stalker!" Eddy pulled out a small wooden box and looked through the pictures of Kevin, as well as many others, but mostly Kevin. Edd pulled his hat over his eyes and shrunk further into the floor. Oh, how embarrassing! I knew I should have hidden them in the basement! Eddy picked out a few pictures of Ed and himself. "Wow. These are actually pretty good. Didn't know you were into photography," Eddy asked, sorting through the pictures for more of him and Ed. There was a lot. Edd peeked out of his hat, glad for the slight change of topic.
"Um, well- Nathan got me interested in it after he showed me a few pictures of the school," he reached under his bed and pulled out a camera.
"Nathan, as in Nat Goldberg?" Eddy asked with a look of disgust. Edd pouted. Eddy and Nat weren't exactly on good terms, what with Nat being Kevin's best friend and would always tease Eddy about his height and all.
"He's a great guy-" Edd hesitated, "once you get to know him..." he trailed off. Eddy scoffed.
"He's a rich gay motherfucker, no offence to you," Eddy put his hands up in defense and Edd rolled his eyes.
AHCHOO! Kevin and Nazz flinched away at the sudden loud sneeze. Nat sniffled.
"Somewhere out there, someone is jacking off to my face," he said with a proud grin. Nazz scrunched up her nose.
"Gross," she said simply, then turned to Kevin. "So, you were saying?" she coaxed the redhead to continue his interrupted sentence. Kevin cleared his throat.
"I, uh- saw Double D earlier today," he started, and Nat's face lit up.
"And?! He's cute, isn't he? Cutest little nerd you've ever met, am I right?!" he asked excitedly. He inched closer to the suddenly uncomfortable redhead, all the while Kevin leaned away from the tealhead.
"Um- Well..." he rubbed the back of his neck and looked down to hide his warming cheeks. Nazz started inching closer just as excitedly.
"So what do you think? You like him, don't you?!" she spoke in a squealish tone. Seeing his friends so excited confused him. There he was, afraid to tell them that he might have a crush on his angel who turned out to be a guy, and that he might be gay, yet they only got excited and asked for details. Kevin's brows furrowed in disbelief.
"Wait, do you guys want me to like him?" he asked slowly. Nazz giggled as Nat nodded his head. Kevin stood from Nazz's armchair. "So, I was gay even before this?" he said with a bit of hope. That means it's fine, right? I can just go talk to him! Nat opened his mouth to answer 'Yes', but Nazz interrupted him.
"Well, not exactly," she tilted her head and shrugged. Kevin's small bit of hope shrunk.
"What do you mean, 'not exactly'?" he became even more confused. Nat answered.
"Kev, it's just that you've-" he looked at Nazz, who just lifted her brows to tell him to continue, "never really told us anything about your sexuality," he shrugged and leaned against the headboard. "We kind of just knew."
"How?" Kevin was becoming impatient. He needed answers, truthful and direct. He thought he could get them from his best friends, but so far, all that was happening just frustrated him more. "How did you know I was gay if I never even told you?" his voice raised a little and he clenched his fists.
"Kev, calm down," Nazz tugged on the redhead's shirt, coaxing him to sit back down. When he did so, she continued."Okay. First of all, you're not gay. If anything, you're bi like me!" she pointed at herself and grinned widely. Nat snickered. "Secondly, you did tell us, not by mouth, but by body language," she said while shaking her hips in a playful, flirty manner. Nat hummed in agreement.
"Body language?" Kevin shot Nazz an unbelieving look.
"Yeah! Like, you kept staring at Double Cutie whenever we were in the lab, and you said once that 'He's at his brightest when he's got Science,' and that you sometimes wish you could be closer to him," Nat re-animated the scene and impersonated Kevin as he explained.
"Also, you get excited whenever he tutors you in the library sometimes, and you panicked about what to get him for his birthday, though you decided to just give him a card and some jawbreakers..." Nazz's excited tone dropped a little by the end of her sentence.
"Yeah, and you always play it cool with everyone, but each time he greets you, you smile like a dork!" Nat was practically squealing by the time they finished. Kevin thought about what his friends had said. If that were true, then...
"If what you're telling me is true, then how come I never... did anything? I mean, obviously I've had a huge crush on him even before this, so why have I kept it a secret from even you?" Kevin slumped a little in the chair, trying hard to understand. Nat and Nazz shared a look of sadness. They smiled small.
"My guess is, you were afraid. You thought that having these feelings was wrong, and that no one can know about them..." Nazz spoke first. Although it was only a hunch, her words still rang true. Kevin had always been stubborn, to the point of having multiple girlfriends once just to get the local genius out of his mind. It didn't work.
"But it's okay, Kev. We totally support whatever you decide to do. It's no biggie," Nat shrugged. Lie, it was very biggie, but they didn't want to pressure him too much. In the end, he'd be the one to decide, after all. Kevin paused in thought for a moment, then he stood up.
"I'm gonna talk to him, and see if I really want him or not!" he said with determination. Nazz and Nat both cheered, as if Kevin had just won a lottery. Their cheers were interrupted however, by Kevin's ringtone. "Hello? Mom, hey. Oh, okay. Cool, lemme just say bye to my friends. Yeah, okay," as soon as he hung up, his face dropped. "My Aunt Casey's here again..." Nat's nose scrunched and he stuck out his tongue.
"Eeugh... Good luck," he said in a disgusted tone. Nazz laughed.
"Give her a big wet kiss for me," she said sarcastically, adding a kissy face to disgust the two more.
"Yeah, no. Gross. Anyway, I'll see you guys tomorrow," he walked out the door, then stopped. "I'll definitely talk to him tomorrow," he grinned before disappearing to the stairs. Nat and Nazz waved goodbye.
"How do you think it'll go from here?" Nazz asked as soon as the living room door closed. Nat shrugged, smiling widely at the blonde.
"It really depends on them now," he looked out the window in time to see Kevin looking over at Edd's house before going into his own. "We'll just have to wait and see~"
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I can't seem to write smoothly... Anyway, here is another rushed and lazy chapter that I hope you enjoy. Your reviews make me very happy. I love re-reading them for motivation, they make me feel special. Also, what do you think of the cover I drew for this story? I would post more drawings on my Tumblr if I wasn't so lazy...