Edd shivered once he entered Matthew's – and now his new bedroom. He was soaked to the bone and desperately needed another shower. He looked around the room and seen that Matthew was nowhere in sight. Before they returned home, both Edd and Eddy agreed that they should change and shower in different rooms to avoid provoking Matthew's ire again.

Edd pulled off his damp shirt and took a quick glance at the boxes in the room. Luckily for him, he remembered which box he put his pajama sets in and reached into it to pull a pair out to wear for the rest of the night. He set the clothes down on top of the boxes when he noticed a lone magazine sitting on the bed open.

He peered at the contents of the magazine. He let out an undignified girlish squeal when he found out exactly what the magazine contained. The magazine contained a picture of two men engaged in a sex act that took up a page. One of the men looked like he either had a vigorous workout routine or had been medicating himself with steroids. The other man in the picture was more slender than his counterpart, but was more in shape than Edd would ever hope to be. The more brawny man held the other against him with his arm wrapped around the other's throat while having sex with the other male. The slender man looked content at the rough treatment.

Edd slowly backed away from the magazine. He turned around at the sound of the door opening and closing. Matthew was only clad in a towel and had water dripping from his bare body. Edd caught the whiff of dandruff shampoo, shaving gel, and soap from the man. Matthew removed his towel and used it to dry himself off.

Despite his best judgment, Edd could not help but stare at Matthew's naked body. He hated that man with every fiber of his being, but he still found the man attractive. For what reason, he may never know. Hormones were traitorous and complicated. He gaze lowered to Matthew's nether regions; a part of Matthew's body that Edd was already too familiar with.

Matthew caught Edd staring and snickered. Matthew waved his dick tauntingly at Edd causing the teen to roll his eyes and turn away from him. "You're quite muddy. What have you been doing to get that dirty? Anything that you were not supposed to?"

"I'm not in the mood for your insinuations," Edd snapped quietly. He threw a robe over himself and closed it around himself tightly. He then quickly rid himself of his pants and his boxers. He figured he would deal with his clothing later. Changing like that was almost like all of the times he undressed under a towel in the boy's locker room whenever his gym class had to go swimming.

Matthew could only smirk at Edd's modesty and leaned over the nearly nude teen, draping his arm around the sixteen year old youth, "so when shall I begin that punishment for you? You've been acting up lately and I would love to straighten you out."

"I'm quite busy at the moment. I got to shower again and then prepare dinner." Edd explained, bristling at the "punishment" comment. He did not want to know what the man had in mind when it came to punishment, but he certainly did not want to find out. He tried to pull himself away from the man, but backed himself against wall instead.

"Just keep something in mind, if I'm not happy, nobody else in this damn house is going to be happy. The only two things that make me happy is drinking booze and getting my dick wet. You're the only one in this house at the moment that seems perfectly capable of making sure my cock is content at all times." Matthew dictated, trapping Edd against the wall.

"Well, you're just going to have to settle for having your stomach content," Edd retorted. He did not want to stoop down to Matthew's level in that moment, but he really needed to get in the shower and wash himself up. Edd lifted up his leg in an attempt to knee Matthew in the crotch. The man anticipated Edd's actions and crossed his legs to prevent himself from getting kicked.

Edd used the distraction to his advantage and ducked under Matthew's arm, stumbling away from the man. He quickly grabbed his clean clothes and darted out the door. As he scurried toward the bathroom, he heard Matthew call out behind him, "have fun with that, sweetheart! Just remember, you still need to be punished. I'm not going to tell you when or how I'm going to do it, but you will get punished eventually."

Edd sprinkled more red pepper into the batch and stirred it into the pot. As he waited for the chili con carne to get done, he stood in front of the stove as still as a statute in an oversized red shirt and a pair of grey sweats. His hair and sockhat was still damp from his shower. He released a quiet, angry tirade to no one in particular. "That inconsiderate perverse ninny, castration would be too good of a comeuppance for him!"

He turned off the stove when the chili con carne was done. He called out to Eddy and Matthew to let them know that dinner was ready. He gotten out the bowls and spoons and set them on the counter. The night seemed like a perfect night to make chili con carne. It was a rainy and chilly night, no pun intended. Plus, he made enough to where all three of the house occupants would have plenty of leftovers for a few days.

Edd got a ladle and poured himself some chili. He took his bowl of chili con carne to the table and sat down with it. He let the meal cool on the table beside him. He noticed that Eddy and Matthew were not at the table yet. He yelled out for the two brothers again, telling them to come get their dinners before the chili con carne gets cold.

The pitter patter of feet resonated throughout the house. Matthew and Eddy were both on their way to the kitchen. Edd took the first bite of his meal and enjoyed its spicy goodness. He was thankful that he came up with the idea on short notice. The night was definitely a night to consume chili con carne with Eddy.

Suddenly the door bell rang and Eddy shouted that he'll answer it. Matthew came into the kitchen and poured himself a bowl. Matthew flopped down at the table and begun devouring his chili con carne. The man did not even have the decency to put on a shirt or pants and sat at the table wearing only his boxers. `Matthew's table manners are atrocious!' Edd thought to himself as he took another bite of his food. Edd was used to bad table manners, especially from both Ed and Eddy, but at least they never sat at a dinner table half-naked.

"I don't know why you spend all of your time on that book stuff. You would be set for life as a housewife – and a porn star between the sheets." Matthew remarked.

`His table manners are the most deplorable that I have ever witnessed,' Edd thought bitterly. Matthew is the only person that managed to get on every last one of Edd's nerves. "Unlike you, my ambitions don't include staying home all day." It was a crude thing for Edd to utter, but he was too irritated to care at the moment.

"Oh, I'm sure your parents worked you like a slave because they wanted their baby boy to become a scientist," Matthew taunted with a smirk.

Edd's nostrils flared as he was about to pour out his irritation and anger out on Matthew. However, doing so would not change anything. Edd continued eating, ignoring Matthew for the most part. The man continued to taunt him by rubbing his foot along Edd's leg. Edd rolled his eyes and continued to eat.

Suddenly a scream could be heard from the living room that was as loud as a mountain lion's roar. Eddy screaming at the unknown visitor could also be heard. The next set of indistinct screams undoubtedly came from Sarah. Edd was about to run towards the sound when he heard Eddy slamming the door and shouting, "get off of my damn doorstep, you little bitch!"

Eddy stomped his way towards the kitchen. His face was marred with tiny crescent moon scratches. The bruise on Eddy's cheek had gotten worse as if Sarah had punched him in the same spot as where he was hit with an alcohol bottle the night before. Eddy had gotten his bowl of chili con carne and sat down next to Edd.

"My goodness, Eddy! Are you alright?" Edd shrieked as Eddy picked up his own spoon.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sarah's just being a moody little cunt today." Eddy grumbled, gingerly taking a bite of chili con carne. "This chili is pretty good by the way."

"I can't believe you got hit that hard by a girl." Matthew snickered, "you know you can always spray her with a hose to get her off our lawn, right?"

"Yeah, well, that girl hits like Mike Tyson!" Eddy replied.

"Did she say anything before she hit you?" Edd asked.

Eddy shrugged, "just that she was pissed at me for making Lumpy cry and giving him a fat lip. Girls. Who could figure them? Also, that rat Jimmy was right behind her. Watching as Sarah tried to claw my eyes out like an angry cat."

"You know, Eddy. You should apologize to Ed. Ed is obviously distraught over what happened. Enough for Sarah to come over and release her rage out on you. You should try to go over to Ed's house and try to reason with him. Ed probably was afraid that you would react this way towards the news that he has been romantically involved with the Kanker sisters. He obviously had a good reason for not telling you about it. Sometimes it is better to suppress important information from our friends in order to keep peace."

"Whatever, I honestly don't care." Eddy muttered.

The rest of the dinner continued in awkward silence. Neither of them wanted to say another word to each other. Eddy ate his chili con carne while brooded over recent events. In a way, Edd could kind of understand why Eddy was so upset at Ed. Ed did not trust Eddy or Edd for that matter to understand his relationship with the Kanker sisters. Though, judging from Eddy's horrible reaction to the news, Ed also had a good reason to keep it a secret from them. Edd could only hope that Eddy never found out about what has been going on between him and Matthew. Eddy would probably be even more furious at the news than he was when he found out about Ed and the three sisters.

Then he turned to Matthew to see the man grinning deviously at him. Edd turned away and ate more of his meal. Edd still had no idea what the man meant when he said that he was going to "punish" Edd and did not want to know either. It could mean anything vile that the man could possibly think up as far as Edd was concerned. He just hoped that he did not end up in the same position as Sasha did years ago. That possibly was worse-case scenario though.

Edd was the last of the three to finish eating his dinner. He took his empty bowl to the sink and rinsed the bowl out. Even though his stomach was satiated from the meal, his stomach was still doing somersaults from imagining what Matthew could possibly have planned for him. He was not too sure that he and Eddy would continue to be alright living in the same house as Matthew. Though, the two had nowhere else to go.