A/N: I GOT CARRIED AWAAAAY QAQ huhuhuhu. Well here's chapter 2. I am way too lazy to edit now. I feel like I rushed the ending. I don't care anymooooooooore T_T GUH.

Disclaimers; I do not own EENE. And Nat belongs to c2ndy2c1d and Rave belongs to kirakurry.

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"Wearing a hat is like having a baby or a puppy; everyone stops to coo and talk about it."

-Louise Green

Wait, so this was all bucko's fault?"

Kevin's exasperated voice echoed in the half-empty school parking lot. The hatless Edd cringed at the volume of his voice, looking around to see if anyone had been looking at them. Kevin was just about to get off his bike when Edd had revealed to him the cause of all this hat mishap.

"Kevin, please lower your voice. It will draw unnecessary attention!"Edd said in hushed tones. Kevin ignored this.

"Let me get this straight; you're telling me Eddy just basically blew up your closet? I'm gonna kill that mother—"

"Kevin, please lower the tone of your voice this instant!" Edd said in a harsh whisper. His paranoia was starting to kick in as he struggled to hide his head underneath his sweater, fearing eyes would be upon them soon. When Kevin got off his bike, Edd had immediately clung to his arm and gone to hide behind his lean, broad back. Kevin rolled his eyes.

"Please try not to place the blame on Eddy for this. It was only an experiment gone horribly wrong."Edd said, his eyes nervously darting from one end of the parking lot to the other.

"You could've gotten hurt, dweeb." Kevin said in a concerned voice. Double D momentarily felt his paranoia cease, his cheeks blushing a light pink.

"Thank you for your concern." Edd said with a shy smile. "Oh but it was a harmless explosion Kevin. The only damage done to my closet was that it was covered in old rancid cheese."

Kevin did a slight double take.

"Do I even wanna ask?"

"I'm afraid not."

Both boys looked blankly at one another before sharing a lighthearted chuckle.

"So what was with the sombrero this morning?" Kevin inquired as they started their way to the school's front doors.

"Oh you see, I thought I'd be able to get to smell off the hats by Monday morning but I was sadly mistaken…" Edd paused to let out a sigh."The only decent thing I was able to scavenge from mother's prop box was the sombrero. So I was left with the decision of wearing either that or a tropical fruit hat."

'That explains why he was taking so long this morning.' Kevin thought, smiling to himself at the mental image of Edd wearing a fruit hat.

It was around 7:45 when they had finally arrived. Kevin was walking ahead of the two with Edd clinging to him like a terrified cub. Despite Edd's current fright however, Kevin still felt the raven-haired boy lightly pushing him towards the doors. Typical Double D, he thought, still prioritizing his responsibilities over just about everything else, even fear. However, it was only a few more steps to the doors when Kevin had realized how truly terrified his boyfriend was.

Edd had stopped, frozen at the sight of those seemingly ginormous doors peering down at him. All of a sudden, he started sweating and breathing heavily. Everything around him started to dissipate, leaving only those white polymer doors that seemed to be only growing bigger and bigger and bigger until it had completely towered over Edd. He felt his knees turn into jelly, his heart palpitating like crazy, his blood completely drain out of him like a faucet. He didn't even see Kevin's hand waving in front of him until—

"Edd?"

His voice had snapped Double D out of his daze. He realized that Kevin was looking at him with concern. That deep emerald gaze that was filled with nothing but care and love for the boy had easily brought him out of the deep abyss he was falling into just mere seconds ago. Again, he can not stress the importance of this person in his life. Still, he stood there frozen, making no attempt at all to open the

doors.

'Oh Edd, why must you be such a coward?' Double D thought, closing his eyes in frustration.

He hadn't at all seen Kevin offer his hand that is until the jock had cleared his throat. Once Edd had realized what Kevin was implying, he could do nothing but stare blankly at the boy's calloused hands.

"That's not gonna hold itself you know." Kevin joked.

Still nothing. Kevin sighed.

"Come on Double Dweeb. I'll walk with you 'til first period."

Double D swallowed the lump in his throat. He still could not make his knees stop shaking. But thankfully, that is, thanks to Kevin, he had considerably calmed down a notch. He then tentatively moved his hand to take hold of Kevin's. Seeing Edd's hesitation, the slightly impatient Kevin snatched up his hand and then fluidly intertwined their fingers together. The action had caught Edd off-guard. But even with Edd's baffled look, Kevin had still managed to give him his most confident smirk,

"You're gonna be fine Double D. Trust me."

There was something about the way Kevin said it that had made Edd believe every single stated word. Sometimes he wonders where Kevin gets his seemingly boundless supply of confidence. Although this also meant that Kevin had that tendency to get ahead of himself during certain situations, it was still something Edd had always admired about him and, at times, envied.

Still finding himself to be mute, Edd simply nodded his head once.

When Kevin had proceeded to prop open the doors, Edd had inadvertently closed his eyes. His palms were sweaty, Kevin noted. He made sure he led the boy in as gently as he could, lest he trip over his own two feet. He did not notice right away how silent it was that is until he looked up and was greeted by an almost empty hallway. There were only a few people around who either didn't know them or didn't care.

'Hah. Figures.' Kevin thought.

There was no way a bunch of lazy-ass kids would come to school this early. And on a Monday no less. Suddenly, he felt Edd's grip on his hand become extremely tight. Kevin was surprised at how strong his scrawny boyfriend could be. It turned him on a little.

'Fuck Kev. This ain't the time.'

The sound of bones cracking alerted him.

"Ow ow ow! Double D! Double D, relax man, there's no one here!" Kevin exclaimed.

Edd's eyes flew open and immediately he began scanning the premises for any suspicious persons or activities. When he realized that there was in fact nobody of importance there, he let go of Kevin's hand, much to Kevin's relief. Double D's relief came in the form of a sigh. He could not be any more grateful than he was that nobody was there. But at the same time he could not help but feel a bit silly for making such a big deal out of the issue. He felt his cheeks redden in embarrassment suddenly wishing he had his hat present so that he could pull it down to his face.

He felt Kevin's hand snake back into its former position.

With a cheeky grin on his face, Kevin said "Told ya you'd be fine."

A smile slowly spread across Edd's face before he found himself chuckling. To be honest, he didn't know what he found so amusing. Was he laughing at Kevin's smug little expression? Was he laughing at himself for making such a big fuss over nothing? Nevertheless, he felt all his fear, anxiety and paranoia rush out of him like a bird freed from its cage. He stared at his cocky boyfriend fondly for a moment before leaning up to cup his face in one hand and giving him a quick peck on the cheek.

"Thank you, Kevin."

Kevin listened to his boyfriend ramble on about some kind of science project he was working on but the words left his mind as quickly as it entered. Granted, whenever Edd talked about this sort of things, he did have the tendency to zone out. However, today Kevin found himself completely blocked out from reality. All he could really do was stare at his boyfriend. There was something about his hair that had kept Kevin in a trance-like state. It just looked so… soft. So fluffy. He was like a…sheep. And damn, Kevin wanted nothing more than to take that sheep home and do unspeakable things to it.

"Uh huh… yeah..."

His eyes travelled across every inch of that nicely shaped head. The style he wore was somewhat akin to that of a buzz cut, only a bit overgrown. It had made him look so boyish which only added to his charm. Kevin wanted to run his fingers through it, to see if it felt as silky as it looked. He wanted to get a whiff of it; to take in its scent and engrave it in his mind so that every time he happened to smell it, he'd immediately think of him.

'God Kev, you can be such a perv sometimes.' Kevin thought to himself, his cheeks burning a bit. He hadn't noticed that Edd had stopped prattling and was looking at him with a concerned expression.

"Um, are you alright?" Kevin heard Edd say. "You're looking a bit flushed, Kevin."

"What? N-No, yeah, I'm fine Double D."

Looking unconvinced, Edd leaned in a bit to try and observe Kevin's condition. Their faces were now only a mere few inches apart. With Edd's face pressed up against his like that and add that slight tilt to his head, it had taken all of Kevin's control just to stop the oncoming nosebleed.

"Oh, my. You aren't going to have another nosebleed, are you? I do hope your condition does not turn out to be a chronic disease."

Kevin tried to avoid direct eye contact, "Yeah, right. My uhh, 'condition', haha."

"Do you perhaps know the name of your condition? I shall properly research about it after school so that I may accommodate whatever needs you might have." Edd said as he started to pull out a pen and notepad from his locker.

"U-Uhh, that's alright Double D!" Kevin hurriedly said, stopping Edd, "I-It's not a serious disease. It, ya know, uhh, runs with the family… Y-Yeah. No big deal."

"Hmm... Well if you say so." Edd said reluctantly, placing back the ornaments in their designated places.

A loud shuffling from down the hall alarmed both boys. More and more students were flooding in through the doors; something that greatly bothered the shorter of the two as he started fidgeting.

"U-Umm, well, I suppose I have to report to the nurse's office right away. I will have to explain why I was tardy, but I will make haste so umm…"

Kevin had noticed how nervous Edd had suddenly become and he figured it was because of the wave of students that were threatening to burst through those doors.

"Yeah?" Kevin urged him. Edd only looked at him sheepishly.

"Could you perhaps… wait for me here? That is, until I come back."

Kevin gave him an assuring smile before saying, "Yeah, sure Double D."

A wide smile spread across the gap-toothed boy's lips as he closed his locker to give Kevin a brisk hug.

"I am truly grateful Kevin! I assure you that the wait won't be long." Edd said. "I'll bring you some medicine as well. Those nosebleeds must have given you quite the headache."

"Don't sweat it man. I'll be here when you get back."

Double D smiled at him before he started to walk off. He waved bye to Kevin just as he rounded the corner. Kevin did the same. When he could no longer hear his boyfriend's footsteps lightly tapping against the marble floor, Kevin slumped on Double D's locker and let out a great big sigh of satisfaction.

"I am in fucking love."

"Oh, what's this?" a voice said.

Kevin turned around to his best friend Nathan Kedd Goldberg; better known as Nat. The teal haired boy was lazily making his way to him, strutting up his stuff as usual. Actually, strutting was such an understatement. The freckled boy nearly goddamn demanded attention wherever he went. When he reached Kevin, he looped his arm tightly around the boy's neck.

"Did I just see my main man Kev, flirting with someone who ISN'T his Double Dweeb? And thereafter stating that he was in love with said house wrecker? Not that it's any of my business but gosh, Kev, I didn't know you were such a cockslut."

Irritated, Kevin shrugged off the hold Nat had on his neck and reversed it so that he was the one strangling him.

"Have your eyes checked Goldberg. That was my Double Dweeb."

Nat looked surprised. In fact he looked very surprised. He was observing (stalking) the two from afar a little while ago. He didn't know who the little fucker was, since the only thing he could see was the back of that black tuft of annoyingly soft-looking hair. But he could definitely make out Kevin's love-struck expression. It was an expression he often enjoyed teasing Kevin about. But more importantly, Nat knew that it was something Kevin only showed to his beloved dork.

And Nat would be damned if he were to let some little piece of shit take down this ship. Oh no fucking way. He was about to give the guy a piece of his mind when the guy had apparently gone off somewhere. He was only able to get a small glimpse of his face and he had to admit; Kevin had good taste. And dat ass. Damn.But nonetheless he was still grating with withheld rage when he walked up to Kevin.

Honestly, he didn't even think for a second that the house-wrecker was in fact the housewife.

Nat looked up at Kevin skeptically and said "Aaaaaaare you sure?"

Kevin rolled his eyes. "Yes, I'm sure. This is his locker. Remember, Einstein?"

Kevin knew that Nat knew that this was indeed Edd's locker. How he failed to realize that in the first place was really beyond him. Nat just stared blankly at the corner where the supposed mystery boy disappeared to. Kevin had long let go of his hold on Nat but the boy seemed to be frozen in his position. All he could really muster was a,

"I'd tap that."

This had earned him a good ass-kicking (literally) as Kevin planted his foot on Nat's butt firmly before shoving him to the ground.

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Jeez." Nat said jokingly as tried to sit up. Kevin only clicked his tongue in distaste. Both boys were up against the lockers, with Nat still nonchalantly sitting on the floor.

"But hell. That was Double D? I can't believe he's finally going to show the whole school what's under the hat!" Nat said with a hint of excitement in his voice.

"Yeah, well…" Kevin said, his previous irritation gone with the wind. "Look, he's coming back later and he feels pretty nervous about it so do me a favor and try not to make a big deal out of it, okay?"

Nat nodded in response and with a cheeky grin said, "Yeah sure bro. But I ain't makin' no prosmises about not touching the guy. I mean, I never really noticed how fucking tight Double D's butt looked until—"

He was cut-off when Kevin's foot roughly collided with the side of his face.

"Ow! Fuck Kev. That hurts." Nat complained.

"Heh. Serves you right."

Nat had adorned the mock look of a wounded puppy. "Your words wound me, Kev." But his expression easily turned mischievous, "But I wasn't kidding."

Kevin was about to really give it to Nat when the sound of someone yelling out his voice alarmed him. Especially since the voice was that of his favorite dork.

"Keeeevvviiin!" Edd's voice echoed in the hallways. He heard footsteps coming from around the corner and he was startled when Edd jumped out. Once Double D saw Kevin's concerned emerald gaze, he immediately scampered to him and hid behind his back, knees shaking.

Among all that mess, Kevin was still able to get a glimpse of several lipstick marks on Edd's face.

Kankers.

He should have known.

"Come back here cutie pie~!" a shrill voice Kevin identified as Marie Kanker's echoed through the hallways. Several girlish squeals and laughter followed suit. Immediately, Kevin put a protective arm around Double D. The three sisters soon rounded up the corner to face a livid Kevin and a cowering Edd hiding behind him. The glare Kevin shot them was deadly and their smiles and grins dropped at the sight of it.

"Oh great." May said crossing her arms, "The boyfriend's here."

"Looks like our fun's over girls." Lee said. This resulted into a long drawled out 'aww' from both girls. Marie looked especially disappointed.

But Lee added with a hint of malice, "For now."

This caused all three girls burst into fits of hysterical giggles. Kevin felt a vein in his forehead pop. His glare only intensified.

"Get lost Kankers." He threatened.

"Yeah, yeah, lover boy." Lee said as she and her sisters started to turn the other way.

"See you later sweetie pie~" Marie cooed, making Edd flinch. She ignored the tall redhead in front of Edd and blew him a flying kiss. Kevin retaliated by blocking Marie's view of Edd and flipping her off. This earned him an irritated scowl from the blue-haired Kanker before she turned around to catch up with her sisters.

Soon the trio had been engulfed in the growing crowd of students in the hall. But even then, Kevin could make out their shrill voices giggling and squealing. The last thing he heard before their voices were swallowed by the daily chatter of other students was Marie saying,

"He looks even cuter than before!"

Something inside Kevin snapped and he muttered under his breath, "Fucking Kankers."

"L-Language Kevin."

The redhead turned around to the shivering boy behind him. He was still clutching tightly on Kevin's jacket.

"You okay Double D?" Kevin asked; his tone has lost its raspy quality and was replaced by a softer one.

It took a moment but eventually Edd nodded and slowly let go of Kevin. He pulled out a napkin from out of his satchel and wiped off the lipstick off his face. He wondered why the Kankers always had to use such smeary lipstick when it came to kissing the Eds.

"Being sexually harassed by the Kanker sisters is somewhat of a daily routine for me by now. However, I couldn't help but notice how they were a tad bit…aggressive… today." Edd sighed, wiping even his mouth. "Particularly Marie."

Oh how Kevin wished he could do more than just flip Marie off at that very moment. He tried to calm himself down, thinking that Edd needed him right now, not as a short-tempered idiot but as a caring and loving boyfriend. He heard a downcast sigh from Edd and he strengthened his conviction. Kevin took hold of Edd's chin and lifted it so that he was looking up at Kevin.

"Hey, chin up alright? Today's Monday. You don't have any class together with a Kanker. So it'll be alright."

A demure smile slowly crept up Edd's mouth and the raven haired boy nodded. Kevin smiled at this.

"And if there's any chance of a Kanker ambushing you in the hallway, I want you to mail me or call me. I'll be there in a heartbeat, okay?"

Edd nodded once again, thankful for having Kevin at his side. Seeing that Edd was less distressed because of this, Kevin felt a little satisfied. In the end, that was all that really mattered to him.

"Holy shit."

Kevin and Edd both turned to the voice that belonged to no one other than a Mr. Nathan Goldberg. Nat was staring wide-eyed at the hat-less sight before him. Meanwhile, Edd held his tongue about lecturing his boyfriend's best friend about profanity and instead greeted him with a toothy smile.

"Greetings Nathan!"

Nat felt his heart skip a beat at the sight of a hat-less Edd beaming up at him.

'Ahh… so cute.' Nat unconsciously thought. When he realized how dangerous his thoughts were, he shook his head frantically much to Edd's confusion.

'Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Shit. This is fucking dangerous territory.' Nat thought to himself as he ordered his heart to calm down. As if on cue, Kevin started glaring daggers at him over Edd's shoulder.

"Er… Uhh… Looking good Double D!" Nat spluttered.

"Oh. Umm, why thank you Nathan." Edd said with a light blush on his face. Honestly, he didn't know how to react to such blatant flattery. "You look dashing as well."

Nat grinned at this, feeling his ego swell up. Good old Double D. Because of this, Nat regained his composure. He laced an arm around Edd's shoulder much to Kevin's alarm and said,

"I know, I know. No need to state the obvious."

Edd chuckled at this and even Kevin seemed to loosen up a bit seeing that Nat was back to his old antics.

"You know, you should go to school hat-less more often." Nat said. Edd looked up at him in confusion.

"You look fucking adorbs. Plus, Kev can't take his eyes off of you for one second." Nat teased.

"O-Oh, uhh…" Edd said unable to say anything more. His flushed red face was enough to show what he was really feeling.

Meanwhile, an equally embarrassed Kevin had taken it upon himself to strangle Nat with his bare hands as he made a run for him. But the equally athletic Nat was able to dodge whatever attempts of catching him Kevin had. He hadn't really noticed the boy he was about to bump into until it was too late. This had caused the stranger's book to topple off his grasp and land on the marble floor.

"O-Oh shit. Sorry man." Kevin apologized.

The guy looked irritated and spat, "Look where you're fucking going."

Kevin was startled by such a rude response. He wanted to say something too but he decided to just back off. The guy looked vaguely familiar, Kevin noted. He recognizes him from one of the school plays but he can't seem to remember his name. Jim Cu— something... Or was it James? He couldn't really remember. He did however recall someone calling him 'Rave' before.

It seemed like Nat seemed to know this 'Rave' as he visibly perked up at the sight of him. However, 'Rave' ignored him and shook his head.

"Neanderthals." Rave said in a voice loud enough for all three boys to hear.

He was about to pick up his fallen book when a pair of hands did it for him. Rave was about to tell the stranger off when he was taken aback at the sight of Double D.

"Um, allow me."

Edd had taken the liberty of wiping off whatever dirt the book had amassed upon falling on the floor with his seemingly limitless supply of napkins. He handed the book back to Rave with an apologetic smile, hoping that such a thing would suffice to sate the boy's anger.

Rave silently took the book from Edd. For a moment, Rave just kept staring at him, as if trying to place him in his memories. When he found this face to be rather unfamiliar, Rave did a once over, surveying the boy from top to bottom, right to left. This only confused Edd and made Kevin slightly uncomfortable. Meanwhile, Nat was uncharacteristically quiet. A rare smile graced Rave's features as he started to tread back down the hallways.

"'A rose among the thorns', I suppose." was his last statement before he disappeared into the crowd.

"Jeez. What was that all about?" Kevin wondered.

"I haven't in the slightest." Edd said, just as perplexed.

Nat, who had been silent up until then, suddenly ran after the boy named Rave, bidding Edd and Kevin an abrupt goodbye as he did.

"Later, Double D. Later, Kev."

"What?" Kevin said, "Where ya goin'?"

Nat didn't answer as he started going down the hallway where Rave disappeared in. Edd only offered a confused wave goodbye while Kevin furrowed his eyebrows.

"What the fuck is up with everybody today." Kevin wondered out loud.

"Though I do agree with that sentiment Kevin; Language, please." Edd lectured.

The raven haired boy sighed and started opening his locker to gather his books for the day when Nat suddenly popped back and pulled Kevin aside much to Kevin's surprise. He drew his best friend in close and spoke in hushed tones.

"Look man, you better keep tabs on that boyfriend of yours today or else shit's going to start fucking flyin' 'round here."

Kevin raised a brow at this. "The fuck's that supposed to mean?"

Nat sighed at this. "Let's just say if someone like Miss Prissy Pants back there takes a liking to him, then Edd's stock value…" Nat paused and pointed at Edd "…just went up pretty fucking high."

Kevin scoffed at this, refusing to believe it.

"You're telling me that just because Double D's hatless today that people are gonna start lusting over him?" Kevin said, skepticism dripping all over his tone. But Nat merely shrugged.

"Worked on you, didn't it?"

Kevin became silent for a while. He shook his head, but secretly considered it. "Pssh. Get real, man."

"Whatever dude. Don't say I didn't warn you." Nat said, giving Kevin one last sympathetic pat on the back before he started to leave again.

"Hey Princess, wait up!" Kevin heard Nat yell across the hall, presumably for this 'Rave' guy.

'Heh, yeah right... What the fuck does Nat know. So what if Double D's gotten some stares. They're just not used to seeing him without his hat, that's all. Stock value. Psh, what a load of crap.' Kevin thought to himself.

Despite all his reasoning though, Kevin couldn't seem to stop the twiddling of his thumbs. Nor was he able to suppress the lump in his throat as he did his best to swallow it.

'Everything's gonna be alright… right?'

It was now 8:11 in the morning and by this time there was already a steady flow of students entering Peach Creek High. Kevin and Edd were walking down the hall hand-in-hand as they usually did. They have been dating for several months now so such a sight wouldn't really merit a glance or two from anyone. Today was different however because a lot of the student's attention was drawn to them. Specifically, Edd.

Now that there were a lot more people in school, Edd felt his apprehension growing back. He clutched Kevin's hand tightly, eyes downcast as his carrot top boyfriend walked him to class. Even though he couldn't really see anyone, Edd could feel them staring, boring holes in his back. Or rather his head. He heard whispers and gasps and a lot of cursing brought on by the surprise. He was brought back to that moment when he and Kevin first made it known to Peach Creek that they were somewhat of a thing. The experience was something similar to this. It gave him a sense of déjà vuwalking down those same halls with the same kids and the same judging eyes. The only thing that had gotten him through such an ordeal back then was him... Just like back then, Kevin had held his hand tight. He had matched all those judging stares with his determined ones and he proudly strode down the halls with Edd. Ever since then, they'd be seen every morning walking hand-in-hand. Again, Edd had no idea where the boy had gotten his boundless supply of courage.

But it's different this time. This time, he couldn't let Kevin fight this battle for him. It was Edd's turn to find it in himself to stand tall among his judging peers. And as if on cue, he felt Kevin lightly squeeze his hand as if trying to encourage him. Edd breathed in and breathed out, and as proudly as he could, strode down the halls.

"No fucking way."

"That's Double D?"

"Holy shit."

"Oh my God."

Kevin could hear the kids all around them saying things like these. They came in different varieties but basically, they were all just really taken aback. Kevin could feel Edd's clammy hands holding his in a death grip. He tried not to mind his bones cracking under the intense and instead busied himself by keeping both his eyes and ears open, just in case anyone tried any funny business. But as time passed, it seemed clear to him that Peach Creek was just shocked. Still, he tried his best to stay alert.

"Is that the ski-cap guy?" he heard one of them say.

'A harmless comment.'

"Isn't he like, that dork from your math class?" another one said.

'Only I can call him that but I'll let it pass.'

"Are you sure he isn't some transfer student?"

'God these kids can be so fucking retarded.'

"Hey… doesn't he look kinda cute?"

Kevin froze.

"K-Kevin?" Edd said, surprised.

Kevin shook his head, indicating that it was nothing before they started walking again. It was girl's voice, definitely, but there were a lot of them there, whispering and giggling in little groups and he was unable to identify who said what.

"Didn't you used to have a crush on him?"

This time the voice came in another direction. From a different voice. From a different girl. Kevin started sweating when the kids started voicing their interest in Edd all at once.

"Didn't he used to tutor you?"

"Isn't he that smart kid from your AP class?"

"I dropped my books once and he totally helped me pick them up!"

"He gave me medicine for my headache."

"Isn't he dating Kev?"

All of a sudden, the kids became eerily quiet and without warning, they dispersed into their own groups. Such a thing relieved Edd thinking that the maybe whole thing was done and over. But Kevin's knew better. While they were walking to Edd's class, a blonde girl passed by them. Kevin noticed the girl smiling at Edd and he eyed her suspiciously.

"Hey Double D." the blonde said. She batted her eyes flirtatiously.

"Oh, um. Good morning Sandra." Edd greeted.

"You look great today!"

"O-Oh. Th-Thank you."

"No prob. See you in class, 'mkay?"

"Y-Yes… I suppose."

The girl named Sandra giggled cutely as she skipped happily past them. Kevin glowered at her retreating form but he had little time to do so since soon they were met with similar greetings from the other kids.

"Heya, Double D!"

"How's it goin' Double D?"

"What's up Double D?"

"You look totally awesome Double D."

"Love your look Double D!"

The unusual bombardment of greetings and compliments had left Edd completely flustered. He didn't know what one would usually say under these circumstances aside from 'I'm fine', 'Thank you' or 'You too.' Kevin had only been growing more and more impatient with each person they passed by. He almost lost it when one scantily dressed girl winked at Edd suggestively. He quickened his pace, tugging along Edd.

Eventually, they reached the door to Edd's class. Even after he had let go of his hand, Edd noticed that how rather close Kevin was sticking to him. Not that he minded. But it was still rather peculiar. He also noticed that he was glancing over his shoulder a lot and turning his head to every other person that passed by them. To get his attention, Edd tried clearing his throat. Unfortunately, he had to do this twice until Kevin finally looked at him.

"U-Umm, Kevin, thank you for walking me to class, as per our usual routine. I shall be taking my leave now, if you do not mind."

"Y-Yeah, no prob." Kevin said reluctantly.

Edd bade him one last goodbye before he entered the room leaving Kevin standing there by himself.

"Hey Double D, sit next to me!" he heard someone say just before the doors shut him out.

It was now 8:23 in the morning. If the redheaded jock didn't hurry, he was going to be late for first period. But still, Kevin felt himself linger outside the room. Getting a tardy was the last thing on his mind. Eventually he did start marching down the halls again but then he couldn't stop hearing Nat's annoying voice replaying itself in his mind like a broken record;

'Stock value… Stock value… Stock value… Stock value…'

He clenched his fist at his side, trying to contain his frustration and cursed under his breath heavily. It was all he could do to keep himself from punching one random unfortunate locker. He was sure this was going to be a real headache. And the day had only just begun.

Fuck. Why couldn't he have just let Edd wear the goddamn sombrero?

'This is going to be a long day.'

End of Chapter 2

A/N:

Ehrmahgerd. I made so many references in this one chapter. Ehe.

ANYWAAAAAAAAAAAAYssss. Thank you so much for your reviews and favs and follows gois. It makes me really happy :3 Erm, I don't think dis is my best work but I had tons of funs writing it~ so I hope you it was to your liking. If not, well… *cries*

Also, I'd like to hear about what you think of eet too so pop in a review (or two) maybe. I might update faster if you do. Nyaha. Jk, jk.

Also squared, I'm sorry if any of the OC's seemed OOC. I don't know okay. Don't hate me ;_;

'Til the next chapter my pretties.

(Insert: For those wondering what DD looks like without his hat, check out c2ndy2cid or kirakurry's blogs for their versions. It's pretty much what I'm basing it on :3)