Author's note: And here you have chapter 11 of my little story :D as you can see - or will see soon enough - this chapter has been one of the longer ones haha, and mainly KevEdd. I feel a little bad that i gave Kevin's date practically a whole chapter while Nat got like...a third? of it last time...buuuuttt who knows...maybe I'll make up for it soon enough *WINK WONK* ON ANOTHER NOTE... I will be gone for the weekend because of my birthday, so I will not be able to work on chapter 12 for a few days. Actually, my birthday is on monday (26) but it's a monday and people work on mondays...so..yeah...weekend 8D So imma take a few days off from writing

Also gotta study for my licence and french...and i got animal crossing new leaf SO I ALSO HAVE MY DUTIES AS MAYOR NOW YOU KNOW?

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Ch. 11: Red is a Warm Color

As promised, after his date with Nat, Edd called Nazz and told her how it went. The blonde listened to him silently but her smile got bigger and bigger as he the story of that night went on.

"See? Yeah Nat can be super crazy, but he's also very sweet!"

"Yes, he is; and the confession was nice too…however it did not help my predicament one bit! I paid attention to his actions and words and my own emotions as well…My adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin levels seemed to have been normal for the situation; but I guess that even after the release of hormones my mind is still an emotional mess. How am I to choose between two good friends?"

"Don't overthink it!"

"How am I not going to overthink it? This is a serious matter that requires serious thought and consideration. I do not wish to lose one or both of them."

"Double D if you overthink it you won't make up your mind, or even worse, you'll make a decision you'll regret!"

"I am aware of the consequences but it cannot be helped. Tomorrow is my date with Kevin, so, we'll see how that goes."

"Alright, alright, call me tomorrow too then. Goodnight Double D!"

"Goodnight Nazz, I shall call you again tomorrow."

Edd tapped the "End" button on his screen and the ended the phone call. He was lying down on his bed holding his phone against his chest, with both hands crossed over it as he thought even more about the situation. Or so he tried. Edd began to think that maybe Nazz was right, and overthinking it would just ruin the conclusion.

He took in a deep breath and sighed, and just as he was about to turn off his phone for the night, it lit up and vibrated in his hands.

To Double Dork: Hi dork, just had some questions about tomorrow. When should we meet up? Wanna go anywhere in specific?

To Kevin: Greetings Kevin. We can meet up at whatever time works for you, as for our destination…Well I'm certain that places I would consider fun might not suit your taste.

To Double Dork: I'll go wherever you wanna go, but, how about I surprise you?

To Kevin: Surprise me? What do you mean?

To Double Dork: You'll see! Meet me downstairs by the entrance at 1p.m. alright? G'night.

Double D furrowed his eyebrows in both curiosity and confusion at Kevin's text, then quickly typed his farewell for the night. He pressed send and turned off his phone, putting it on his nightstand; Edd curled up under his blankets and dozed off to sleep with thoughts about the day – and surprise – to come.

In his room, Kevin sat on his bed, biting the bill of his iconic, red baseball cap. Where could he take Double D that would be enjoyable to the dork, but hopefully not too educationally boring so that Kevin wouldn't be falling asleep everywhere. He liked Double D, he really, really did, but one can only stand so much for their special person.

The redhead furrowed his brows as he tried remembering any places Edd might've mentioned, or anywhere he had seen or heard of that he could potentially like. Anthropology museum? Planetarium? Science World? Maybe a botanical garden…Did Double D even like gardening?

Maybe he should text and ask him… Nah that'd be stupid, what kind of surprise would that be if he plans his own hangout with Kevin…But maybe if he asks in code?... Nah, Double D will surely understand… Well, there's always research!

Kevin hopped off his bed and sat at his desk, turning on his laptop. 'Facebook don't fail me now!'

He logged in and search his friends list for the desired name, then clicked on it once he found it; and so the search was on! The 'about me' section, status updates, photos, anything that could give him a better idea.

After a good 15 minutes of research Kevin came out knowing nothing new about the dork. As it was to be expected, one could tell Edd was very careful about any information he gave on facebook. There was nothing Kevin didn't already know about him except for the fact that he did like botany after all.

"Ok well that's +1 for the gardens…" He groaned, "Maybe if I call someone?...Yeah, yeah! That could work a lot better! Let's see now…" He took his cellphone from his bed and search through his contacts, "I could call Nat! He and Double D have become really good friends recently right? He should be able to guide me" But just as he was about to swipe his thumb across Nat's name on his phone, he changed his mind, "Wait…no I haven't even told him I like Double D…I mean he knows already but what if he ends up coming along and trying to set things up for us…he already did that once with me in Nazz back in grade 10, and he was still new back then….hmm…"

Kevin then snapped his fingers, "of course! Nazz!" He swipped the contact right under Nat and waited for Nazz to pick up.

"Hey Kev, sup?"

"Hey Nazz… Uhh…listen…I got a thing with Double D tomorrow and to be perfectly honest with you I have no idea where to take him; I mean I guess I have a few ideas but…nothing concrete…"

Nazz giggled on the other end, "sure Kevin; what ideas do you have so far?"

"Museum, planetarium, science world, botanical garden, aanndd… yeah."

"Well, they all sound like Double D so that's good, would you have fun too though?"

"I care more about him having fun."

"So 'no' haha."

Kevin grumbled and blushed lightly, "Nazz, c'mon, I need help."

"Okay, okay…well…You could always just divide the day into sections; first you can do something you know Double D will enjoy and won't bore you to death, and then go somewhere you know you'll enjoy and think Double D could too. Simple really!"

"It's not that simple Nazz, I mean yeah I guess finding something for him that I'll enjoy too won't be so bad cuz I can think for myself, but something I'll enjoy and he will too?"

"Kevin it's November now; what do you like to do in winter?"

The boy scratched the top of his head as he thought about an answer, "Well…I like snowboarding, skating, or just relaxing inside and staying warm… I guess I'm more of a summer person."

Nazz pursed her lips and closed her eyes "Hmm, well, can't say I see Double D snowboarding…skiing maybe…but I think that might be too much for a first date… how about skating? Skating's fun! And if I remember correctly from past fieldtrips in high school, Double D can kinda ice-skate!"

"Skating huh?...Yeah…yeah that could work…alright! Thanks a bunch Nazz, you're awesome!"

"Don't I know it!" she laughed, "just remember to choose wisely for Double D"

"Yeah I know, I know. Heh, I'm glad I called you instead of Nat; who knows what he would've come up with. He's my best friend and everything, but he's a little too out there for me, and definitely waaayyy out there for Double Dork!" Kevin chuckled and leaned back on his chair.

Nazz's eyes widened for a moment, 'He was gonna call Nat?! Oh man…that could've been ugly…' "Ahaha, y-yeah, good thing!" 'I really hope Double D talks to them soon…Cuz if he won't I will.'

"Well, I'll talk to you later and tell you how my date went aight? Later Nazz!"

"Bye Kevin, good luck!"

Double D stood near the entrance in the main floor of their dorm building as he waited for Kevin, and was startled by his phone vibrating violently in his coat's pocket. Thinking it could be Kevin, he quickly took it out and pressed 'answer'.

"Hello? Eddward speaking." He shot out.

"Jeez sockhead, what's the hurry?"

Double D let out a breath he wasn't aware he was even holding in, "Oh, hello Eddy! Sorry about that, I thought it was someone else."

"You mean Kevin right? Stop getting your panties in a knot! He ain't gonna ditch ya last minute! … and if he does, we both know I will personally go over there and hit him with a pan." Double D could practically hear the Eddy's devilish smile forming as he spoke, seeping out through his voice and into Double D's ear. Best friend's potential crush or not, Double D knew Eddy wouldn't hesitate to get back at Kevin given the opportunity.

In a weird way, it made Edd smile to hear reassuring words from Eddy about his date, and to know that his friend really did have his back if things went wrong. "Uhm, thank you Eddy, but I'm sure there will be no need for such a barbaric use of cooking appliances!"

"There better not be. So when were you two supposed to meet up anyway?"

"He should be here any minute now…"

And just as Edd finished his sentence, he spotted a red cap exiting the nearby elevator. "Gotta go Eddy, bye!" he quickly ended the call and turned to face the approaching red head.

"Hello Kevin!"

"Hey Double Dork, you ready?"

"Indeed. Shall we proceed?" Kevin nodded and they exited the building together, walking off in the direction of the parking lot. "Excuse me Kevin, but, where are we going?"

"I told you I'd surprise you didn't I?" He answered, turning to Edd next to him and gave him a knowing smirk. "You'll see when we get there."

"Very well then…" Double D was very curious as to what Kevin had actually planned for the day, but at the same time he felt happy the boy wanted to surprise him, and he didn't want to ruin it; so he didn't pry any further.

They reached Kevin's prized red motorcycle; he lifted the seat and took out the extra helmet, and passed it to Double D.

"I must admit Kevin…I'm not entirely sure I'm still used to riding on this thing."

"Oh c'mon dork, don't be like that." Kevin said with a slight chuckle as he put on his helmet and gracefully hopped on his motorcycle, "You'll get used to her. Besides, I'm an excellent driver! Not a single scratch on either of us last time!"

"T-that' true but I really-"

"Get on the bike dork."

"Are you sure we c-"

"Get. On. My. Bike. Dork."

"Ke-"

"Please." He said softly and pleadingly.

Double D sighed and put on the helmet, using a hand to help adjust his hat under it. Kevin reached out a hand and helped the ravenet get on the motorcycle as best he could, but Edd was still very awkward at it. 'He'll get the hang of it.' Kevin said to himself as he thought about all their – hopefully – future dates.

Once settles behind him, Double D lightly circled his arms around Kevin's waist, 'I'm so close to him once again, oh dear…his back is really warm though…it's…quite nice actually.' Edd was thankful that Kevin wasn't able to see his brightening face at that moment.

"You gotta hang on a lot tighter than that Double D."

"Huh-AAH!" The motorcycle suddenly jerked forward, startling Double D and slamming him onto Kevin's back, also making his grip on the boy double in force.

"Much better~" Said the redhead in a sing-song, pleased voice.

"Do not do that again!" Edd smacked the back of Kevin's head with his hand, which only caused the redhead in front of him to laugh.

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry! I was just thinking about your safety that's all!"

Edd huffed and rested his forehead against the top of Kevin's back, nodded, and then tightened his grip once again. The redhead smiled contently behind his helmet and revved up the motorcycle once again, "Alright Dork, let's go!"

The motorcycle sped out of the parking lot and off to the road. It went by rather uneventful, which Edd was very grateful for, but still his grip on Kevin never loosened. They had been riding for a while now, and Edd's curiosity couldn't help but be piqued again.

"Kevin will we be arriving anywhere soon?"

"We're nearly there Double Dork! Just relax and enjoy the wind blowing through your hair!" He laughed.

Edd sighed, 'If I get one more fly smash against my helmet he will NOT hear the end of it!...' "Very well Kevin…"

Finally after about 5 minutes, Kevin stopped the motorcycle in a parking lot. "We're here." He said with a smile.

Double D sat back a little and removed his helmet, careful not to disturb his beanie further. He looked at the building in front of them and his eyes lit up. On both sides of the great glass door, two banners hung, both with a different picture of fierce looking dinosaurs.

"I saw on the internet that the National Museum was having this huge dinosaur exhibit until February, so I thought you'd like coming here…U-unless you have before? You haven't see it yet have you? Oh man, please tell me you haven't!"

"Kevin, Kevin, calm down. I have not come to the exhibit, although I did know about it, and admittedly I was hoping to come before it was changed! Oh, thank you Kevin!" Edd excitedly hugged Kevin from behind, but only for a moment until he realized what he had just done, "Oh my, pardon me Kevin, it appears my excitement got the best of me."

"N-no, don't apologize! I'm glad you're excited, heh." Kevin said, rubbing the back of his neck. He cleared his throat and continued, as he got off his motorcycle and helped Edd after, "Let's go in then."

They entered the grand museum, and Edd looked like a kid in a candy store with those sugarcoated eyes. Kevin paid for both their tickets despites Double D protests and off they went towards the dinosaurs.

Glass casings with fossils were scattered throughout the room, along with huge skeletons, tooth samples, and many other things. 'Looks like they didn't cut any corners, jesus.' Kevin thought to himself. He was about to ask Double D where he wanted to start, only to realize the space next to him was void of a certain sockhead.

"Double D?" The redhead whizzed his head around, searching for the iconic beanie on his date's head, "Double D where'd ya go-oh." 'There he is'

Kevin walked over to where Double D stood, looking at a fossil encased in one of the nearby glass showcases.

"Beautiful isn't it? It's the skull of a Stygimoloch! The skull is about 46 centimeters long, or 18 inches if your prefer… It says here that it's the latest pachycephalosaur discovered. It's name means "River of Hades devil" and was found in Montana and Wyoming. Evidence has also been presented that dinosaur may not even be a full-on specie of it's own, but rather a juvenile stage of a Pachycephalosaurus."

" 'River of Hades devil' huh? Sounds pretty badass…you think it was one of those dinosaurs that'd butt heads in competition and mating season?"

"Hmm…it seems the Stygimoloch was likely not a headbutter, judging by the evidence presented concerning the size of the dome on its head; it's likely it was more for display or maybe even self-defense…perhaps even shoving, like antlers!"

"That's still pretty cool." Kevin answered with a grin.

"Indeed!"

"Hey look! The T-Rex skeleton!" Kevin grabbed Double D's arm and quickly led them towards the center of the room. "I know this is just a display size, but it's still pretty big right? It's ridiculous realizing how massive this thing actually was!"

Double D marveled at the large bone structure as well; the ferocity of it all, even as a simple display for curious visitors. He then read the info stand at the front of the dinosaur, "Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs that ever lived. Everything about this ferocious predator, from its thick, heavy skull to its 4-foot-long (1.2-meter-long) jaw, was designed for maximum bone-crushing action.

Fossil evidence shows that the Tyrannosaurus was about 40 feet (12 meters) long and about 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6 meters) tall. Its strong thighs and long, powerful tail helped it move quickly, and its massive 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) skull could bore into prey."

"You're telling me; man, just take a look at those chompers!"

Double D chuckled and nodded, "They're also meant to be serrated; quite the ferocious beast considering it could even crush its prey's bones at it at them. Who knows what it would've been like were its arms longer." The ravenet then turned to look at his companion, "I'm guessing you really like this one, Kevin?"

"Yeup! My favorite dinosaur by far; every time there's some sort of dinosaur show on Nat Geo or Discovery Channel I tend to watch it mainly for this big guy. All dinosaurs are cool in their own way though."

Double D smiled, "I watch those too. It's so fascinating to learn about these creatures from the past with such technologically enhanced representations. Did you know it might have been possible that the Tyrannosaurus may have had some kind of feather covering, or downy?"

"Feathers? On a T-Rex?"

"Oh yes, quite fascinating really. They based their research along the hereditary line of the T-Rex along with other predecessors such as the common chicken."

"Choice. Guess I miss that show…bummer…Kinda weird to imagine him with a bunch of feathers though; takes away from the ferociousness and makes it look more like an angry giant chicken." Both boys giggled, "But, still a badass."

The two boys completely immersed themselves in the wonderful world of dinosaurs, making sure they didn't miss a single exhibit in the room. Kevin completely pleased with himself for choosing the museum in the end; it was a total hit with his date AND even though it was something more on the educational side, he was having fun and this was actually very interesting to him. Double D would study all the little info cards and constantly repeat how fascinating these creatures were and how he hoped more new information and hypothesis would be found soon.

Before they knew it, nearly 3 hours had passed since they arrived, so Kevin thought now would be a good time for part 2 of their date. They exited the building and headed back to the motorcycle.

"Which one was your fave in the end, Double Dork?"

Double D pursed in his lips in concentration, then finally spoke, "It is hard to choose a favorite…but…I think… The Pterodactyl! However, did you know that technically speaking they cannot be called a dinosaur?" Kevin then turned to fix him a confused look, "Dinosaurs are generally considered to walk upright, on either two legs or four legs; but Pterodactyls didn't walk, they flew, and if they did walk it was more of an awkward waddle…Therefore, it is technically a pterosaur!" he answered with a smile, to which the redhead then nodded and gave an understanding 'aah'.

Double D stuffed his hands into his pockets to protect them from the cold November air and spoke up, "That was very fun Kevin, thank you."

Kevin looked to his side opposite of the smaller boy, blushing from Double D's honestly content tone. 'Part 1: Comeplete. Status? SUCCESS!' He thought blissfully. "Ah, I had fun too Dork. A-and it ain't over yet!"

"I-it's not?"

"Nope! We still got part 2 left!"

"Part 2?" Double D asked in surprise. He didn't know there was a part 2, hell, he didn't even think there'd be a part 2. He was honestly expecting only one activity for the day; not that he was complaining about getting to spend more time with Kevin, it just took him by surprise that the redhead had planned even more for them. 'H-how thoughtful! Oh my, I wonder where we're heading off to next!'

They hopped back onto the motorcycle and secured their helmets; Double D circled his arms around Kevin once more and settled lightly against his back. Kevin smirked behind his helmet and spoke up, looking back at his friend, "Hope you have good balance!"

"Pardon? Where are we going that I need good balance?!"

"You know, for a smart guy, you forget the meaning of surprise very easily." Kevin chuckled, brought the bike to life and sped out of the parking lot and onto their next destination.

It was a chilly day but the boys felt cozy and warm under their layers of clothing and their proximity to each other, but the cold wind would still nip at whatever piece of their skin it would manage to find as they rode the motorcycle down the road.

Buildings, cars, and other people in the streets were all a blur to Double D as the motorcycle ran and maneuvered its way around. The beanie-clad boy was very much grateful that it was neither raining nor snowing that day. Soon enough, Double D could see they were approaching a park with a community center area. Kevin began to slow down, and took a right turn into the large parking lot.

"Aaaannnd we made it!"

"What are we doing here?" Double D could see a public library nearby, but he very much doubted Kevin would add book-reading to their date; besides, you didn't really need balance to read a book, ' …unless you were trying to reading standing on one foot or something.'

They got off, secured the motorcycle, and then Kevin led them to the building with a blue roof. Many people were going in and out, but it didn't seem to be overflowing with guests. That's when Double D noticed a little boy coming out with a helmet and ice-skates. 'Skating! So that's why he asked for my balance…o-oh dear…I haven't really ice-skated in years…oh god this is going to be embarrassing!"

"Kevin are we g-going to ice-skate?"

The redhead opened the door for them, revealing people walking all over holding skates, or already wearing them – making them wobble as they walk – while others held onto cups of coffee or hot chocolate from the small concession stand in the back corner, and in the middle, a large ice-skating rink. "Yeah! C'mon dork it'll be fun!"

They walked over to the rental counter and got their skates; Double D asked for a size 7 ½ or 8 if there weren't any half sizes, while Kevin asked for 9.

"So, do you have good balance?" Kevin asked as they walked over to some benches to put on their skates.

"I would think so…however, I have not ice-skated in a really long time Kevin. I am unsure as to whether or not I'll even be able to stand…"

Kevin looked at the boy sitting next to him with a slightly concerned look 'guess I was really taking a chance here…but I'll still try to make sure he has fun!' "Uhm…don't worry dud, okay? If you start having trouble we can just get you one of those walker thingies that you can use for support, o-or I'll just support you myself…I am pretty strong!"

Double D looked up at Kevin's forest green eyes, and gave him a small smile, "I do not doubt your strength Kevin, thank you."

"No probs." Kevin stared back into Double D's own brighter greens and returned the smile. 'Huh…he has really nice eyes…'

The eye contact continued for another short moment, and Double D was the first to look away 'Oh goodness, my heart started to accelerate. H-how peculiar.' He finished tying up his skates and awkwardly stood up, nearly losing his balance already. "Ready?"

Kevin cleared his throat and quickly tightened his own skates, "Y-yeah, let's go." He stood up and led them to the nearest little entrance to the rink. "Oh wait, dork, you want one of the walkers?"

"Actually I think I'll try on my own first to determine whether or not I will really need one. Perhaps after some time skating my muscle-memory will react!"

"If you say so. Just don't trip and slash your head with a blade or something, I don't want you dying on me on our first date." Kevin blushed and chuckled looking away from Double D as he entered first, taking a moment to skate a little to get the hang of it.

Double D gingerly entered the rink, holding onto the side for dear life as his legs wobbled over the ice, "I'll try not to die as long as you promise not to leave me and kill yourself skating in an attempt to show off to woo me." At that, Kevin went red as a beet and nearly choked on his own saliva. 'Bullseye' Thought the ravenet with a small chuckle at the jock's reaction.

"I-I wasn't going to do that!...W-well maybe…LET'S JUST START SKATING, DORK."

"It is quite amusing when you get flustered Kevin." Edd smirked, but Kevin only huffed, "In an endearing way." He added, as he slowly passed the redhead.

'I'm…endearing?... heh, choice.' Kevin skated after the boy, keeping a close eye on him just in case.

At first Double D resembled something like a drugged flamingo as he flailed and awkwardly maneuvered himself, and nearly tripping as he accidentally dug the tip of a blade into the ice. Luckily, Kevin managed to catch him before the poor boy fell face-first. "Are you sure you don't want a walker?" He asked with concern.

"I'm fine, I'm fine! I just need to move around a little more and I should be fine."

The redhead slanted his lips and furrowed his brows, but nodded and let go of Edd, who stood tall once again and continued moving forward. 'Gotta give it to the dork…he perseveres…or, maybe he's just stubborn and proud.' He smiled and sighed as he went after the smaller boy.

Turns out Edd was right after all, after about half an hour of awkwardly shimmying on the ice, he started to glide more smoothly over the ice. His smile grew the more at ease he felt with the skates on. It felt really nice actually; the cool breeze on his face as he moved faster, the smoothness of the ice, the gracefulness of others around him, and even his own. He succeeded, and he was proud. He turned to Kevin, who caught up to him and was now skating to his left, "Told you I could do it!"

Kevin laughed, "Pretty cool, dork, pretty cool…Actually, now that I know you won't die here, I can show off a little bit." He smirked smugly and turned around so that he was now skating backwards and facing Edd, who stared at him in amusement.

Edd chuckled, "Bravo, Kevin, bravo." Kevin's pride only boosted from there along with his slight athletic ego, so he tried doing more to impress the boy. He skated faster around the rink, alternating between forward and backwards skating, or doing little tricks with his feet. All the while Edd laughed and smiled at Kevin, and things were going great…until he fell flat on his face.

"Kevin!" Edd gasped and made his way over as quickly as he could to the redhead, who was know on his knees and cursing under his breath as he rubbed his swollen nose.

"Shit…well, at least I reacted quickly and put my hands in front of me…or else I don't know if I'd still have all my teeth…"

"Perhaps you should skate normally and at a good pace for the remainder of our time here." Edd suggested as he helped Kevin get up.

Kevin nodded and rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment, "Alright, alright. Guess I woo'd you enough for one day."

They started to skate slowly again, never leaving each other's side. Double D was skating fairly well by now, but every now and then he'd lose his balance a bit, but catch himself before anything happened. Kevin didn't want him to fall and hurt himself, and he wasn't going to get a walker, so he took in a deep breath, and went for it.

His left hand began to slowly move outward, searching for Edd's gloved one. Kevin was bit down on his lower lip as he could feel his hand getting closer and closer, and blushed once he could feel Edd's pinky finger; and it seemed the other boy had not notice the wandering hand. Kevin gulped and wrapped his fingers around Edd's in a quick motion. Next to him, he heard Edd gasp a little, which made his cheeks flare up, making him hot despite the cold temperature of the rink.

Edd looked down only to see his hand entwined tightly with Kevin's. 'W-What is happening right now?! There are people around us! What is he doing?'

"Uhm, Kevin, y-you're holding my hand…" He said shyly.

"Yeah I know. I want to."

"O-oh…but Kevin, there are people all around us…" Edd could noticed a few people staring at them, their hands to be more exact, and he felt terribly self-conscious.

Kevin looked around them, and he too noticed a few people staring, but to him it felt more like noticing. They noticed them holding hands; a few guys simply ignored and looked away, others simply didn't care, and a few girls just smiled wide like they just saw a puppy.

He scoffed, "I don't care. I want to hold it. You're skating a lot better now, but you still wobble from time to time; you won't get a walker, and I told you you could use me for support to remember? I don't want you falling like me."

'Ah, so that's why he's holding my hand…'

"I see. Thank you, Kevin."

"A-and I just want to. Just because." He muttered in a barely audible tone, but Edd was still able to faintly hear it, and it made his stomach flutter.

They skated together like that for a while longer, without a care in the world and simply having fun; talking about their lives, old high school memories, and telling jokes. Both boys decided to take a break to warm up with some delicious hot chocolate, and after an hour or so of more skating they decided they were done for the day. The returned their skates on the counter and put on their own shoes, they excited the rink and without even realizing it, Kevin had once again taken hold of Edd's hand as they walked to the motorcycle.

They rode back to the university dorms in a comfortable silence. Once they arrived, Kevin walked with Edd up to his front door. "Today was fun dork."

"Indeed, thank you very much for today Kevin. The dinosaur exhibit was great and the skating was fun too." Edd said with a gap-toothed smile.

Damn; that smile would be the end of him one day. Kevin smiled and leaned in closer to Edd. The ravenet could feel his face getting pink, and started preparing himself internally for a kiss, closing his eyes tightly and waiting.

Kevin stopped just short of Edd's lips, being able to feel the hot breath escaping them, and chuckled softly, going to peck Edd on the cheek instead.

Edd's eyes shot wide open at the feeling of Kevin's lips on his left cheek. He didn't think it'd be possible to feel 5 times more embarrassed by a kiss to the cheek than a kiss to the lips. Kevin moved away and laughed at the look on the boy's face, 'He's so cute, damnit.'

Then the jock simply walked away, leaving Edd to himself, "A-ah, goodbye Kevin!"
'Oh my, oh my, oh my, my heart and stomach are a mess! Control yourself in there!'
He had just shoved his keys into the door's lock when he heard footsteps quickly coming towards him and a hand roughly grasping his shoulder and turning him around. Another hand lifted his chin up and he was kissed deeply.

Kevin and Edd's lips molded into each other, and after a brief moment of passion, they separated and the warmth of Kevin's lips was gone. "See ya, dork." Was all the redhead said as he smiled and walked away as if that was nothing out of the ordinary.

Edd gulped and nearly lost balance from his buckling knees. He quickly opened his door and stumbled inside, closing it behind him and locking it. He jumped into bed and clutched his hear under his coat. 'Why won't it calm down?'

"Oh! Nazz and Eddy; I must tell them about today."

Edd changed out of his bulky winter clothes and into his comfortable pajamas before returning to his bed with his cellphone in hand. It was still somewhat early, but it wasn't like he was going to go out again – except for maybe some dinner later on. He unlocked it with a sweep of his finger to the screen and searched for his friends' names.

To Nazz: Greetings Nazz! I do hope I'm not disturbing you at the moment. Just wanted to let you know that my day with Kevin was splendid!

To Eddy: Greetings Eddy! I have returned from my day with Kevin, and might I add I had a really nice time.

He pressed send to both texts; he got up and walked over to his small fridge to take out an apple when he heard his phone violently vibrate from over his covers. He sat back down, taking a bite of his apple and read them.

To Double D: Ahh! That's great dude! How was it? What did you guys do? Was Kevin a perfect little gentleman or did he try anything funny? I'll pull his ears if he did! LOL

To sockhead: Welcome back Juliet. So what did you and Romeo do today?

Edd set aside his apple as he quickly typed away his response to both friends; the conversations went on back and forth for a while like this, with one answering after the other. It was like his phone was constantly vibrating every second.

To Double D: OMG that is actually so cute! Did he really just hold your hand like that? Hah, you go boy ;) On another note tho…seems to me like the time to make a choice is only approaching faster and faster Double D. So…what are your thoughts? You've gotten to know them both pretty well by now, and gotten to spend time alone with both of them. Who are you more attracted to?

To sockhead: Oh god I think I just puked a unicorn. Didn't think Kevin had a romantic ounce in him, hah. And I can practically see your googly eyes as you write about him…BARF!
So what's it gonna be sockhead? Do you know yet?

"I…I think I know…" He muttered to himself as he typed down his last comments to both friends. "But I must still talk to them both…really talk to them." He sighed "I'll ask both Nathan and Kevin if we could possibly meet up one of these days... They need to know what's going on."

Upstairs Kevin was taking a nice warm shower as his thoughts revolved solely on his date with the little dork. He could hear his phone ringing from text messages in his room, so he hurried up and finished. He turned off the water, grabbed a towel, dried himself, wrapped it around his waist and stepped out of his steaming bathroom, wiping away beads of shower-sweat from his copper eyebrows.

He sat on the edge of his bed and checked to see who was messaging him.

To Kev: A little birdy told me you had quite the "splendid" date! ;)

To Pebbles: Yoooo where have you been. Not a single text from you today! ARE YOU FRIEND-CHEATING ON ME?

Kevin rolled his eyes at Nat's text and typed.

To Kevin: Hah, guess you spoke to Edd then?...WAIT, he told you about it? Have you two been talking too? He said it was splendid? Really? Did he say anything else about me?

To Nat: I'm afraid so Nat…there is…ANOTHER.

To Kev: Hehehe yeaaaahhhh we talk alright! And don't worry dude, Double D had a great time with you! Swoon!

To Pebbles: *dramatic gasp* I THOUGHT WHAT WE HAD WAS SPECIAL. I THOUGHT I WAS YOUR #1 BOOTY. Hah, so sup traitor?

To Nazz: I'm glad…hehe, I even got to hold his hand…and thank god for the gloves cuz I'm pretty sure it would've been gross and sweaty as hell… I had fun with him Nazz, I really did.

To Nat: Traitor my ass, Goldberg! I didn't do anything xD nah I just went out with someone that's all. Had a really good time too.

To Kev: Aww, that's sweet Kev! Guess you really like him huh?

To Pebbles: Oooooh a little rendezvous? Kevin you sly dog ;)

To Nazz: I can't get him out of my head sometimes…hah.

To Nat: Shut up. lol. What about you? How's you're crush going?

To Pebbles: Good actually, had a little date yesterday! He is SUCH a cutie patootie 3 can't wait till the cutie patootie booty is mine

Kevin laughed out loud at his friend's text; Nat could be so weird at times, but Kevin wouldn't trade him for anything, just like all his other dear friends. His phone vibrated one more time and he thought it'd be Nazz, until he saw the name on the screen.

From Dork: Good evening Kevin. Mind if we get together sometime soon? Lunch or dinner perhaps? There are some things I wish to discuss with you.

Kevin gulped. He needs to talk.
'Oh man. This is it isn't it?'