A Few Days Later during Lunch

Kevin walked into the busy room known as the cafeteria. He had been here a week and he as of yet made a single friend. It would have been a lot easier on him if he wasn't so shy; however, no one seemed to make a move in order to engage in conversation. Oh, how he felt ever so lonely, he sighed as he stood among everyone else in line. Kevin wished he at least had someone to talk to, he missed his old school. All of his friends, his Quiz Bowl team, and all of his favorite instructors which were now gone and far off from his grasp. He realized that not one of his friends called him to see how he was in his new school; he didn't really mind at all, they were probably busy anyways. When the red head nerd grabbed his lunch he sat on one of the beach tables all alone. Could this week get any more depressing?

'Well, at least I haven't seen-'

"Why, greetings once again Quiz Boy," A voice above him said. "No hard feelings from our last encounter, right?" The figure asked as he sat next to the boy.

Kevin cringed by the sound of his voice. 'Can things get any worse?' He asked himself. The freshman said nothing and continued with his lunch.

"Are you ignoring me? How rude, Quiz Boy," He smirked as he leaned himself on top of the boy next to him.

"Explain to me, Double D. Why should I even bother engaging in such conversation with the likes of you?" Kevin dared to question. He was still slightly angry toward him when his entire class made a fool out of him for having such a label on his rear end.

"Deary me, is that how you talk to your savor from a few days ago?" Double D asked innocently. "Dweebs like you should know their place already." He said as his tone of voice changed from a light innocent one, to a dark husky voice. Kevin shouldered by the sudden change of atmosphere. The Edd took this liberty to take the end of his tray and slide all of his food on his clothes.

"W-what do you th-think you're doing?!" The red head yelled in surprise. Double D grabbed the boy by his collar while everyone in the lunch area continued among their business, this wasn't new to them. They knew never to mess with Eddward, if you were an unlucky soul that crossed paths with the bully then you were on your own. That's how the rules were, the rules that Double D seemed to create out of nowhere and that no one tried to say otherwise.

"How dare you question my actions you mongrel." Their faces were merely inches apart from one another. "This is the thanks I receive for helping such a wimp?"

'Please, someone, anyone, help me!' Kevin prayed to whoever was up in the heavens to hear his calls. Sadly the universe seemed to be on vacation this day because no one planned to do anything about it. Double D smirked by the sight before him, oh how he loved the way this boy quivered, an action he knew he can cause and no one else. The feeling of being able to take control of someone else s life was so exhilarating. He was playing god and he enjoyed every single moment of this feeling.

"Instead of gratitude, I am rewarded with such attitude," He huffed in annoyance. "It seems like the little Quiz Boy needs an extra lesson today." Without another word Double D grabs the kid like luggage and walks out of the room.

"H-hey! Put me down!" Kevin yelled in embarrassment as he tried to squirm his way through Eddward's grasp.

"Now, now, I know you can't hold your excitement, but you must be patient, Quiz Boy." Double D teased, he walked all the way towards his locker. His intention was to lock the pathetic kid in there until he learned to behave.

"Pl-please! N-no! I'm sorry!" The red haired boy said feeling very terrified. This made the older teenager smile widely. He opened his locker door and Kevin began to scream.

"Eddward, long time no see," A voice said that made him stop.

Double D's eyes widen in shock as his moments came into a halt. He gently placed Kevin down on his two feet and stood in front of him in a protective manner. "Jin, what a pleasant surprise." Jin's hair was messy, he was as tall as Eddward, he wasn't as smart, but he knew how to throw quite a punch. For a moment's time nothing was said between the two. Kevin looked up and witnessed how serious his bully was being. Who was this individual to Double D that made him make such a face? Why did he care? If Double D was distracted this made it a lot easier for him to escape. "Kevin, I apologize for the sudden interruption, it may seem like we might have to reschedule," This made the red head freeze in fright. "You may leave now."

Kevin didn't think about it twice and he left the two alone within the halls.

Two days Later

Kevin sat in the same table during lunch eating his meal alone. He hasn't seen Double D since that incident with the locker, but he couldn't be any more grateful. He felt safe when he wasn't around, although he was the first person he talked to and he did save him from those bullies.

'What's gotten into you? Have you forgotten that he too is the enemy?' He asked himself. He sighed; from the bottom of his heart he kind of wished that he and Double D could have been friends. He seemed like an intelligent male, perhaps if they had met in better terms? Who was he kidding? This was reality and he was the classical bully stereo type. However, his soft little heart couldn't help, but wonder where the hoodlum disappeared too.

"Why hello, Quiz Boy." A voice said from behind. Kevin held his breath, he might have wondered a little too soon. What would exactly happen if he tried to have a decent conversation with Double D?

"Good afternoon, Double D." The Edd raised an eyebrow in curiosity, but smirked none the less.

"I see you have yet acquired company."He stated pointing at the two obvious empty spaces.

"A-ah y-yes, so, it would seem," Kevin tried to reply without sounding so nervous. He had to be careful with what he said because his next words might be his last.

"Tell me, Quiz Boy," Double D said as he sat down right next to him. He placed his right elbow on the table as his face leaned on the palm of his hand. The red head started wondering where exactly this nick name 'Quiz Boy' originated from; it was strange since when they met, Double D's first nick name towards him was "Kevie" .

'Perhaps to add insult toward the injury' He pondered silently to himself.

"Did you ever have any so called comrades?"

The question surprised Kevin to say the least, why would he ask such a thing? "Ah ye-yes! M-many!" He replied quickly.

Double D's smirk widens, "Is that so? Have any of your friends called you for your current status?"

The red head's eyes widen from shock. How could he have possibly known anything? 'Calm yourself Kevin, you're merely assuming. He doesn't know you.'

"I'll take your silence as a no. Such a shame, the little Quiz Boy is not only a loner here, but it would seem like in his old residence as well." Kevin continued to say nothing, he had nothing to respond. Could he be right? "Statistics say that a lonely Dweeb is a suicidal one."

"Pl-please st-stop..."He said nervously.

"Why? Am I right?" Eddward gasped. "I am aren't I?" He began to chuckle, this was way too rich.

"N-no..you're ..wrong.." Kevin replied trying his best to keep his cool.

"I wouldn't be quite surprised if they did find your corpse laying around in filth. Don't you agree?" Double D stared at the brat.

"Please..."

"Please, what..?"

"Y-you..don't know me...what I've been through..." He couldn't stop it, he couldn't. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't stop the tears from falling down his eyes. How can someone be so cruel to him? He's never been bullied before, is this how it felt? The feeling was terrible. Double D's eyes narrowed. He saw the boy cry in front of him, he didn't scream; they were just silent tears of agony. It's not like he's never witnessed anyone cry before, in fact he always made pathetic idiots shed tears of terror all the time; however, seeing the Quiz Boy in such a state made his action seem so, wrong. What was it that made it seem so horrid? He gritted his teeth, this feeling of confusion, how dare he make him doubt his decision! The taller teen grabbed Kevin and marched off from the cafeteria. He carried him once again all the way toward the end of the hallway, the red haired boy continued to cry as he only thought worst of what his bully was about to do to him.

'I'm a goner now..' Kevin thought despondently as his crying became a little louder.

Double D remained quiet as he was finally nearing his destination; once he did he dropped the boy making him fall on his rear end. "Will you please cease that inferno noise?" He questioning feeling quite awkward, Kevin tried to comply, but it's a lot harder than it looked like. Eddward placed his left hand on his hip and pointed toward the door in front of him. Kevin whipped away his tears and stared toward the door, it seemed like a regular classroom door, he didn't know what to really expect from this. There were white bold-ed letters across the glass Kevin saw as he adjusting his lenses, but...

"What does it say?" He asked as he tried to control his breath from all the crying.

"Oh, you take this time now to be illiterate? Just go inside Quiz Boy," Double D stated slightly irritated. Kevin made no movement, why did he want him to go inside? Was he going to die in this room? Was that it? Did Double D plan this all along? Eddward saw no sudden movement; he rolled his eyes and sighed in annoyance. He grabbed Kevin by his left arm and forced him to stand up. He opened the door and practically threw him inside the class; he closed the door within seconds making it very hard to see who exactly made the action. Kevin looked up, he was inside the classroom. There were a couple of students and the instructor who suddenly stopped reading from his book in order to see who it was.

"May I help you young man?" The instructor asked. Kevin lifted himself from the floor.

'Why does it have to be this way?!' He questioned himself in panic. "I-I.." He couldn't speak, he was a nervous wreck. His eyes moved its gaze to the board which read Quiz Bowl Team. His realization hit him like a brick; Double D brought him to a Quiz Bowl Team ? How could he have known? Why did he bring him here? "I-I didn't know there was Quiz Bowl here..." He replied after what seemed like an eternity.

"Ah, are you interested?" The teacher questioned.

The red head merely nodded his head twice.

"Excellent, we were missing a member. What is your grade point average?"

"Oh, uh, 3.6." Kevin answered.

"Not too bad, here have a seat next to Nat. Nat please raise your hand so that ...oh dear, where are my manners, I didn't even catch your name." The male instructor said somewhat embarrassed.

"Oh, that's fine. I'm Kevin." He responded.

"Good, Kevin. Now let us begin once more with the lesson," As the teacher spoke and wrote things on the board, Kevin sat down on his seat.

"Hey," Nat said in a friendly manner. "Glad to have you on the team."

Kevin replied with a nice smooth genuine smile on his face.

Alice: Oh my god...I'm still writing this?!

Minho: Yea, what took you?

Alice: I just wanted to make sure this made sense! It wasn't making sense to me! So, I re- read it over and over, not only to myself, but to my little sibling too.

Minho: What was wrong with it?

Alice: The entire scenario felt awkward to me, I have the entire story written out in a brain storm web, I literally do. However, little scenes like this I had to crack my brain into.

I hope you all enjoy this chapter, let me know what you think? I'm literally a little self-conscious about this chapter.

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