Author's note: I just love the headcannon idea that Nat becomes a bit of a clutz when he's nervous :P As you might've began to notice, yes, Nat's crushing on the dork, as for Kevin, well, I can't give much info on him just yet!

Enjoy chapter 2 !

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NAT BELONGS TO c2ndy2c1d!

Ch. 2: Hello Neighbour!

Double D and his parents had gotten to the university early to help him move his belongings and settle in. He said goodbye to his mom and dad and promised his mom to call her every weekend so she would know that he was doing ok; he thought her worrying was a little too much, but he didn't reject the idea. As a child, Double D didn't get to spend too much time with his parents because they were both such busy people. His mother was a CEO and his father was a well-known Doctor, which meant that more often than not, they were forced to leave their only son on his own. But Double D was able to fend for himself; he matured quickly and was able to take care of his basic needs and only got better as he grew up.

It was something Double D had always been secretly bitter about. By being alone most of the time, he had grown up independently, not needing someone to take care of him too much; by the time he was 11, his parents felt that he didn't even need a babysitter anymore because he was already so responsible and mature. As a consequence however, Double D grew up a bit too soon, and a little too alone; he missed his parents, and wished he could've spent more time with them as a real family. But alas, it wasn't so. This didn't mean he didn't love them though; even from afar they never stopped looking over him and taking care of him, and he never stopped loving them either.

He had just gotten back to his floor in his dorm building and was about to open his door when he heard a loud THUNK and crashing followed by some cursing from the room just parallel to his. Edd's curiosity got the better of him and he softly knocked on the door twice with his knuckles.

"A-are you alright in there?"

Some muffled rustling and more thunking could be heard from the other side of the door, but soon enough the young teen could hear footsteps quickly approaching, so he took a step back. The door opened and when Double D looked up at the person standing in front of him, he was taken by complete surprise as to who his new neighbor was.

The other male had his head turned back as he answered the door, "Ah, yeah man don't worry I'm fine, just sett-D-DOUBLE D?!"

"My word, h-hello Nathan!"

"O-OH MY GOD, HI!" The green haired teen's eyes grew wider and brighter, he was just so happy to see the little genius standing there; he didn't think it'd be so easy to catch him around campus. Today was a lucky day. He quickly wrapped his arms around the smaller boy and lightly hugged him, burying his face close to his black beanie.

Double D let out a small squeak at the sudden action, but once his brain caught up to what Nat was doing, he automatically – and awkwardly – hugged him back. He didn't want to seem rude, especially it being someone he knew.

Nat's smile grew when he felt Double D's arms enclose around his back; the enjoyment was short lived however, once he pulled back from the embrace. He noticed Double D's shock and he didn't want to make him uncomfortable. He still wished the smaller boy would call him Nat for once, but at the same time he didn't mind hearing his actual name if it was coming out of Edd's mouth.

Double D cleared his throat and smiled, "so…are you positive you don't need any assistance?"

"Hmm…" Nat looked back at all the boxes in disarray in his room, "I think I might after all…it's chaos in here." He laughed and turned back to Double D, "Are you sure though? Don't ya need to get your own shit in place?"

"Oh don't worry! I've already arranged most of my room; I certainly wouldn't mind helping you. I-if you want that is."

"Of course! Yeah, okay! Thanks sweetcheeks." Said Nat excitedly, adding in a signature wink, which caught Double D by surprise and made him blush. He giggled at the boy's reaction as he went back to the center of his room where most of the boxes were piled up.

Double D furrowed his brows and made his way over to where Nat was, "Sweetcheeks?"

"Yep!" Answered Nat with a smile.

"That is highly uncalled for Nathan."

"Well fine. What would you prefer then? Cutiepatootie? Dreamboat? Honeybunch?"

Double D stifled a giggle and shook his head, "Hardly any better than your previous comment."

"Then I guess I'll need some time to come up with something better for you eh?"

"As long as you're able to refrain from making me sound like your 2nd. Grade infatuation all is well."

"Hey now, Samantha was a great girl!"

The smaller boy let out a short but vivid laugh; Nat was certainly something else. Double D hadn't always been accustomed to his flirtatious and sometimes even inappropriate humor, and because of his own reserved, quiet nature, sometimes Nat's forwardness would shock him. But they had gotten to know each other over the years, and Edd found himself being able to let Nat's comments fly by him without getting too offended or uncomfortable. Besides, he liked Nat; he was a very nice friend, and Double D was happy to have someone he already knew close to him in this new environment.

Nat couldn't help but zoom in on that adorable tooth-gapped smile. He felt totally accomplished for making Edd laugh. "Alright, alright, enough lollygagging!" Exclaimed Nat; Double D looked at him with a raised eyebrow, and a curious grin.

"What? I'm able to have a vast vocabulary as well." He shrugged his shoulders and smirked, "okay, you offered your help to me, so help me you now must, young Skywalker." Nat then picked out some books from one of the boxes and passed them to Edd

"How fitting you would choose Yoda considering your obvious preference for color," grinned Double D as he took the books.

After some time they managed to more-or-less get about half of the boxes organized, and Nat rolled out a suitcase instead. He zipped it open, revealing a colorful assortment of shirts and sweaters, along with a few pants and some underwear. "I wanna make sure I can find at least 1 pair of PJ pants for tonight; help me out."

The two boys decided it'd probably be better if Double D took out the clothes and passed them over to Nat by his closet so he could organize them the way he wanted to. Once Double D passed over all of the shirts, he began to collect the sweaters and jackets, and eventually, came the underwear.

Edd felt silly for getting embarrassed about touching a friend's underwear, considering he had had to do it before with Ed and Eddy (you never know what wonders will await you when you try to help Ed clean his room), but this wasn't Ed or Eddy, this was someone he wasn't as close with. Nat turned to face Edd when he realized he wasn't getting anything and he was sure there was still stuff in the suitcase.

He noticed his friend hesitating a little bit as he picked up on his boxers to give to him. He laughed and leaned down close to Double D, "you gonna stare at my undies like that all day or can I put them away now?"

Double D got startled and grew even more embarrassed and pink over the sudden proximity with Nat. "Ah-ah no, nono, excuse me Nathan!" He swiftly shoved the pair of white, short boxers into Nat's chest.

Nat took the liberty (and the chance) to ever so slightly put his hand over Double D's as he took hold of his boxers. "You know sweetcheeks, if you really want to keep looking, I wouldn't mind modeling for you some day." He gave him a little wink and laughed the moment he saw Double D's expression.

"NATHAN!" He quickly jerked his hand away and continued to take, and shove more clothes at his friend. Double D still wasn't 100% used to Nat's humor, so sometimes he did need to remember to remain calm and not get his feathers too rufled by the boy.

"Hey Nat how's the mov…ing…coming?"

The two buys shot their heads at the newcomer's direction and both smiled.

"Oh, hey Kev! Double D was just helping me move in like the great neighbor he is!"

"Nat don't bother the kid; he probably has his own cleaning up to do." He walked closer to where his friends were and stood by Edd.

Double D and Kevin had always been pretty matched in their height; Double D reached the end of his growth spurt in his junior year at, but Kevin just kept on getting bigger, likely due to not only his genetics, but sports-oriented styled of life. Physical activity certainly did wonders for his body thought Double D as he looked over Kevin while he and Nat chatted, w-wait, what am I doing?! The smaller teen shook his head to make the thoughts go away. The last thing he wanted to do was check out his friend; he had no good reason to anyway. How absurd of me!

"Right Dude?"

"H-huh? Oh, excuse me Nathan, it appears as though I zoned out of the conversation."

"Nevermind dork. So, where's your place?" Asked Kevin

"Oh, actually, I'm right across from here!"

"REALLY? Oh sweet! I can easily pop up for a visit or 2! Maybe a third at night ;)"

"NAT!" Kevin smacked his friend at the back of the head.

"How about yourself Kevin?"

"I'm upstairs."

"Oh, well, it would seem we are all neighbours then!" Exclaimed Double D cheerfully.

They spent the rest of the day helping Nat finish up most of his room and even helped Kevin finish his own too. Classes wouldn't start for another 5 days, so Double D excused himself and went back to his room to relax. He was exhausted; moving was a tiring process, even more so when you're not only doing your own, but helping others too.

He received his text from Eddy – and about 10 from Ed – telling him about their new dorms and how the school looked and what they had found as they explored their new campus. Eddy was already drooling all over the place from all the beautiful college women he'd seen, and Ed was more than content with all the food court options. Ed was still sad that the group had been separated and he still missed Double D, but he assured his 2 friends that they'd see each other soon enough, and to think of all the great stories they could tell each other once in person. Not to mention there was always texting or msn if he got too homesick.

Before he knew it, time flew by, and it was already nearing 10:30 p.m.

He went to his cozy bathroom to get ready for bed, but just as he was starting to pull the covers from his bed, he heard soft knocking on his door.

"Now who could that be at this hour?" He walked over to the door and carefully opened it, and was surprised to see Kevin on the other side.

"Kevin? Is something the matter? What brings you here so late?"

"Late? It's only 10:30." He said in a confused tone, "A-anyway… I just wanted to know if you wanted to like…hang out or something, before classes really start. Get to know the area better or something? See what's fun around here?...Uhm…If you want that is."

Double D's eye lit up; he was elated to be invited to hang out with Kevin. Here he was worried that he'd be alone for such a long time with no one to talk to, and now he was able to build a friendship with Kevin! Someone he knew since childhood! Someone familiar! Someone who…used to…torment him and his friends…and…mock him. Double D couldn't help but slightly pout as he reached the end of his train of thought.

Kevin noticed the boy's expression evolve from happy to concern, "Hey what gives dork? You don't want to?"

"No no it's not that! O-of course I would like to. Considering Nat and you are the only people I know here – save for Nazz – I do feel content with the idea of getting to know my surroundings in your company! I-it's just that…well…Kevin to be perfectly honest with you, I thought you plain hated me when we were children; eventually our bumpy relationship got better yes but it wasn't until too long ago that you still managed to make a mockery of me and my comrades."

"You mean dorkzilla and dorky? Well they're annoying! Especially Eddy!"

"You're not really-"

"Okay, okay I'm sorry… Listen Double D, like you said, I know we had a really shitty beginning, and yeah you're still a smarty-pants dork, but also like you said, Nat and you are familiar to me. Nazz is in a whole different side of the campus and another faculty too, so I don't expect to see her too much…so…yeah…"

"So…do you wish to…become friends as well?" Edd was honestly confused as to Kevin's intentions.

"Well. Yes. I guess so…We're in college now Double Dweeb, we're not kids anymore, so change is inevitable I guess." He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed in exasperation, "so do you wanna hang or not?! Geez dork, it was a simple yes or no question!"

"A-ah! Yes, yes I would like that."

"Alright… cool. What's your number?" Kevin took out his phone from his pocket and punched in the numbers into his contact list, then gave Double D his own. "Well, I'll text you tomorrow, but we'll probably be heading out sometime around noon, got it?"

"Affirmative Kevin! I will see you both tomorrow then!"

"Both?"

"Well yes. Nathan will be joining us correct?" It was only natural that Nat was already included in the deal, since he was Kevin's best friend and was also friendly enough with Double D.

"Oh, yeah, him, y-yeah he's uhh...coming too. Of course!" He walked towards the door and opened it to let himself out. "See ya tomorrow dork."

Double D got into bed under his covers to ready himself for a good night's sleep. How nice of Kevin to include me in his explorations for tomorrow he thought to himself with a smile, perhaps we can be good friends after all.

Upstairs in his own bed, Kevin thought about where they could possibly go or what they could do tomorrow, but quickly gave up once he remembered that this was only his second time in the area, counting orientation, which at one point consisted of a tour around the university grounds. He was glad the dork had accepted his offer for tomorrow, even if Nat was tagging along. He grabbed his cellphone from the night stand next to him and searched for his name. As the contact info came up he smiled at the screen.

"awesome."