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chapter one
I wish for sleep
Summary: Eddward and Kevin try their best to get past the awkwardness of shearing a house, and maybe catch some sleep.
Disclaimer: If i owned this I probably wouldn't be writing slash fanfiction...But who knows maybe i would be. anyway, I DO NOT OWN ED, EDD, & EDDY! (KevEdd)
Mac:I hope you update soon. This is really good.
Shin: THANK YOU VERY MUCH! HERE YOU GO!
Kevin watched the numbers on the clock change to 6:47 and groaned. He was waiting for his alarm to go off so he could get up. Sleep had be a luxury of the past it seemed and the very thought brought his hands to his face to rub his tired eyes. The redhead hadn't slept since friday. Instead he stay up and listened to his new roomate sobbing in the room next to him. Kevin sighed as a particularly heart wrenching whimper ripped from Eddward's throat. Kevin let his thoughts wander tossing his hands out and staring at the wall. It was monday, and though Kevin's parents weren't thrilled about it. Edd had convinced them he was fit for school and he would be just fine.
"I wouldn't know what to do with myself here alone, besides I am more than adequate." Kevin recalled the sock clad teen's words and sighed once again. liar. Kevin was well aware by now that Eddward was not alright. In fact he wasn't sleeping, or eating, or doing much at all. The boy simply locked himself away and did chores. Sure,The sock head always wore a smile on his face ...when people
were around , and people -his parents included- were saying he bounced back fast and hard. They said he would be okay, but Kevin knew the truth. Kevin had heard him cry night after night.
"I gotta stop this." The redhead declared to his wall. It wasn't like Edd was crying loud. The small teen had alway been a rather soft spoken boy and his cries were no different, but Kevin heard them all the same. They broke his heart and keep him wide awake no matter how tired he was. Kevin had attempted sleeping downstairs in the living room, but the idea of just ignoring Edd seemed worse than the actual cries. The redhead took in a breath and let his eyes close shut as his mind spun around like a twister threatening to swallow him whole at any moment.
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP Kevin's eyes flew open and landed on the clock next to his bed. A brow rose and fell as the he realized it was Eddward's Clock and not his. The large teen sighed while he sat up with his face in his hand. He stared at his alarm clock deep thought for a while before deciding to turn it off. It would be just him and Eddward this morning his parents were long gone to work.
"This should be akward." Kevin sighed out as he stood up stretching and rubbing the tired out of his eyes. He was unsure on how to act around his new roomate. The redhead seen Edd a grand total of 3 times since he had moved in. All times had been awkward filled moments with forced small talk. Both avoiding the subject of Edd's parents like the plague. It was safe to say Kevin was not looking forward to their unavoidable alone time. The redhead without much thought walked over to his room and peered out his blinds at the house across the street.-he had stopped calling it Double D's house. It was easier that way.- Police tape wrapped around the perimeter reminding Kevin why Eddward was really in the room next door. The redhead head snapped his hands back decidingly done with looking out his window and turned towards his door. No time like now. It was a motivating thought as he opened his door. Eddward stood shocked to see Kevin standing there in the hallway. A perplexed look fell onto Kevin's face while a blush creeped up the sock head's neck making its way to his ears. The redhead was finally getting a good look at his roommate. Eddward's eyes were puffy and baggy, his skin was blotchy , and his nose was rubbed red and raw. Fine my ass. The redhead thought to himself as he ran his hand through his hair letting his eyes fall to the ground. A moment of silence passed as both teens looked anywhere but at each other.
"Kevin..." Eddward stated flatly as he struggled with his words. The said teen waited patiently for the sock head to continue. "You're in your underwear." Kevin eyed the teen as he let the words sink in.
"Huh?" The redhead mumbled out as he looked from Edd to his blue boxer briefs. A blush of his own spread over his face like a wild fire. "oh...OH...Okay sorry." as soon as the words left Kevin's mouth he was back in his room a door separating him from Eddward.
"Good start." The redhead stammered out as he searched for clothes to wear. It wasn't going well. It was going awkward, very awkward, very, very, very awkward. Kevin knew he had to find a way to make things less awkward. Or at the very least get Eddward to sleep so he could. Another sigh slipped his lips as he began to get dressed rather fast. Good start.
Eddward had his tongue in the gap of his teeth as he watched Eddy and Ed from afar. He really had missed them, but the thought of having to talk about the events that had taken place at his house frighten him. So for now the sock head put his books into his locker and slinked away to his class early. The sock clad teen had not been paying much mind to where his feet were going, so when he ran into someone knocking their books down he wasn't that surprised.
"Many apologies." Edd sighed out as he absent mindedly picked up the books that feel to the floor with a loud thump. The teen visibly jumped when he felt a hand find his shoulder. Quietly and slowly the Eddward chanced a peek over his trademark sock hat. Green eyes looked back at him through blonde hair. Eyes Edd recognized.
"Salutations M-m-max." Eddward stuttered out nervously. Max Carson had moved to Peach Creek in the 8th grade. He was the kind of boy who was instantly popular with a chip the size of a whale on his shoulder. Naturally the blonde haired, Green eyed heartthrob was one of the star players on the football team and second in popularity only losing out to Kevin. In his middle school years both Kevin and Max where the bullying kind, but somewhere along the road of growing up Kevin simply grew out of being the bully. Though the redhead never really stopped his antics towards the Ed's he never lashed out unless they had done something deserving. Max,was a different story.
"Look what I found boys...Little Orphan Annie." Eddward flitched under Max's gaze looking anywhere but at the larger teen and his hooligan friends. . He had optimistically hope that no one had known about his parents. The sock clad teen knew it was a hopeful whim, but you can't blame a guy for trying. Max had seemed to single Eddward out this year; for what? The sock head couldn't tell you. Eddward let his crystal blue eyes scan for Eddy. With a sigh the sockhead realized that Eddy was long gone to class and his chance at salvation gone. Lost in his thoughts of a knight the teen hadn't noticed the hand on his face.
"Hey, Annie look at me..." Max told the sock clad teen as he forced his head back. "No ones gonna save you now." His voice was curt and angry on Eddward's ears. Max let a cold smile grace his lips as he brought his face within inches of the other.
"I don't like it when you don't look at me while we talk." Eddward found himself obeying the other teen and looked at max. " And here I thought we were best friends. Why didn't you tell me you had problems Annie? Don't you trust me?" Max said while his lackeys cheered him on. Max let his hand caress Eddward's cheeks as he slammed a fist against the lockers in a big dramatic bang.
"I heard your father went crazy." Max whispered with a sick smile as Eddward attempted to push himself closer to the lockers. "Or maybe." The blonde teen speaking repositioned himself so his prey couldn't escape.
"It was you." Eddward snapped his eyes up at his attacker. The nerve of some people the sock head thought as a glare began to form on his face. Max smirked with confidence as he laughed with his pals.
"What do we do with little psychopaths boys?" Max asked his goons with a happy yell. The "boys" -as Max had called them- began to chant happily all at once. Though they said different words the idea was all the same. Pound the Edd. Seeing how the dark haired teen couldn't take Max alone. Eddward didn't see how he was going to escape with five of his lackeys accompanying with him. So the sack clad teen closed his eyes and waited for the punch he couldn't stop.
"Ready are we?" Max said in a approving voice. Eddward let his eyes fall open. He was sick of this. Sick of Max and his lackeys, sick of crying, and most definitely sick of still being polite to his tormentors. Eddward let his mind wander to all the things he could tell Max but instead of a speech he said the first thing that came to mind.
"I hate you." It was short and to the point and a good start. Max was a little taken back by the words and the intense look that Eddward was giving him. The look itself was one the sock head had never worn before. It was every punch and insult he had ever gotten, every foul and hateful word he had ever heard his parents yell to one another, or scam of Eddy's Eddward had followed blindly, and most of all it was all the hate he was never aloud to feel. It made a shiver run up Max's spine followed by a smile.
"Aren't you fun today?" Max asked the still glaring teen raising his fist ready to punch the smaller boy in the face. Standing up straight Eddward readied himself once more a bit more braver this time. The hit however, never came and instead another voice joined the mix; silencing Max and his gang.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Kevin yelled as he caught Max's angry fist before it could make contact with Eddward's pale skin. Eddward looked from Max then to Kevin a little surprised a teacher hadn't come to investigate. Max backed off amusement rich on his face. His gang however, looked frighten by the mere presence of Kevin. And for the first time since they were kids Eddward was in awe over Kevin.
"Leave him alone or I'll be taking care of you guys myself." Kevin said with a fire in his tone that said Just try me. The lackeys backed off immediately leaving just Max, Kevin, and a still shocked Edd. Max and Kevin stood eye to eye; one wore an angry frown the other an amused smirk.
"Sorry Kev, I didn't know you were so fond of my little pal." Max said a smile still plastered on his face. Kevin had never cared much for the blonde teen. Something about him seemed off to the redhead. And right now he was really pissing him off. Kevin gritted his teeth and Eddward bite his lip watching the two teens have their stand off.
"Just back off Max." Kevin said ready for a fight. The redhead clenched his fist tight. The act didn't go unnoticed by Max and a frown formed on his face. Seconds passed between the two teens. Both sizing each other up. Finally Max smiled and turned to walk away.
"sorry kid." Max said to Eddward as he ruffled his hat. Eddward with a sudden surge of bravery smacked his hand away. The blonde simply smiled and laughed as he walked away. Eddward and Kevin watched The blonde walk away before turning to look at eachother. Awkward seconds passed and Kevin almost hoped Max would come back to break the tension.
"Thank you Kevin." Eddward whispered as he pulled himself off the lockers. "I shudder to think what would have happen if you had not came when you did." Another second went by before Kevin decided to speak.
"Yeah...See you at home." Kevin inwardly shuddered. That wasn't making things less awkward at all. In Fact it might of made things worse. The redhead was about to just walk away till he heard Eddward's faint voice on his ears once more.
"But...Kevin, we have 3rd period together." Kevin groaned and mentally slapped himself. He had forgotten that the shared english class with the sock head. They had even worked on projects together.
"See you then." Kevin answered as he walk to his class leaving a slightly shocked Eddward alone.
Kevin sighed and slapped his hands to his face. The act didn't go unnoticed to his desk neighbors Nazz and Rolf. Both eyed the redhead worry rich on their face as he drummed his thumb on his desk deep in thought.
"How is sharing living quarters with the Edd boy?" Rolf asked an eyebrow raised. That was the one thing Kevin really liked about Rolf. He never went around to get to a subject and instead dove right in. Nazz looked a little unsure about his brash question, but didn't saying anything. She was genuinely curious about the whole affair. Kevin let the question hang in the air as he gave it some thought.
"Awkward." Kevin stated flatly unsure whether or not to tell his best friend and his girl friend about his sleepless nights. "Sleepless." Kevin finally added as he rubbed his face in his hands with a groan. "Eddward cries all night, and I can hear him." His voice sounded a little defeated as he peeked at his friends through his hands.
"That's awful." Nazz said sadness rich in her voice. Rolf looked to the floor a sad frown on his face as he thought of Kevin's words.
"That answers my second question." Rolf finally stated sadly. "The son of a sheapered sends the Edd boy my deepest sorrow." Kevin gave Rolf a smile deciding to ask for their help.
"Nazz... Rolf, What do I do?" The redhead asked. The confused looks on the face's of his friends let him knew they weren't sure what he was asking. With a sigh he continued. "I mean...I need to get him some sleep so I can sleep." Rolf gave the redhead an understanding nod and thought for a minute.
"My father has sleep powder from the old country." Rolf finally said with a friendly grin. " I could get you some." Kevin shuddered, the idea of drugging the small sock clad teen wasn't one he approved of. Without any sort of answer to Rolf, Kevin turned to Nazz hoping she could shed some light on the subject. The blonde girl pursed her lips and gave it some thought as well.
"I think Rolf's ideas pretty good." Nazz said with a bit of nervousness. She could tell right away that Kevin didn't like that idea one bit by the scowl on his face. "Or...Maybe you could take him for a long drive."
"Long drive? I... Don't know." Kevin didn't care for that idea either. From what he heard Eddward got motion sickness from sitting in a parked car once. The thought of the teen losing what little dinner he ate all over Kevin's car was not an appealing idea to him.
" I'm sure I'll figure it out." Kevin said when he saw his friends looked upset that they couldn't be of more help. "Thanks." Nazz and Rolf gave Kevin the best smile they could muster before the teacher came in interrupting the three of them from each other and beginning class. The redhead had wished he had more time to warn them about Max. A whole new problem for him to deal with. A sigh escaped him as he thought of the situation that played the in the hallway.
Max...Just what I need.
Kevin found himself staring at his ceiling while his mind made constellations out of blemishes on the rooms white paint. He sighed and looked at his clock. Ugh...4:30. It looked to be another sleepless night. Kevin thought about what his friends had said. Maybe I should drug him. The redheaded teen held his breath as he listened to the faint cries of the boy in the room next to his. His mind drifted to ideas of his own and Eddward himself. Kevin suddenly became aware that the sock head teen was alone. No one had made any attempt to really comfort the boy, and instead choose to believe when Eddward said he was fine. An idea or notion really began to form inside Kevin's mind as he sat up. The redhead gave it a lot of thought before finally reaching over and turning his alarm off. The teen halted almost changing his mind before another sob floated to his ears. Kevin clutched his pillow with new determination as he made his way to the door. His large hand halted on the doorknob as the redhead gave his actions one last thoughts. Fuck it. And with that the teen was in the hall making his way towards Eddward's room.
"Fuck." Kevin whispered his foot causing the floor to creak loudly. The teen paused and listened quietly making sure Eddward did not hear him. When the teen heard no change he began to continue his short journey to the other teens door. Kevin quickly and quietly stepped into the sock head's room, and was surprised to find the light on.
"K-k-kevin?" Eddward said tears sliding down his face. Kevin let his eyes dance across the room. He hadn't seen the spare room since the sock head moved in. Eddward had the bare minimal things that had been gathered for him from his old house. His small list of items had found their perfect homes and everything had its place. It seemed to Kevin that even in all of his grief Edd was still Edd. The redhead didn't say a word and instead let his actions speak for him. The teen quickly turned the light off and motioned for the sock head to scoot over. With a sigh Kevin crawled slowly into bed with Eddward causing the smaller teen to roll over in embarrassment. Kevin laid on his side watching the silent teen next to him. Slowly the redhead reached his hand out to Eddward pausing just before touching him.
"Your hat?" Kevin finally asked as he let his hand run through Eddward's soft dark hair. Kevin wasn't sure why the sock head hid his hair. It was actually quite lovely at least Kevin thought so. Eddward cringed under the touch. He wasn't used to being touched in such an intimate manner.
"It's hard to sleep in." Eddward said with a shaky voice. Kevin pulled the teen closer to him
wrapping a protective arm around Edd's waist. The teen stiffened but didn't make any attempts to move. In fact the dark haired teen slowly began to relax.
"Why do you wear that old sock anyway?" The question caused Eddward to stiffen again.
"An accident. I fell and got a head concussion as a child." Eddward began. "It gave me a scar... across my forehead." Kevin let his hand travel absent mindedly across Eddward's forehead feeling the scar. The smaller teen placed a shaky hand over the wandering foreign hand exploring his hand.
"Kevin?" Eddward whispered unable to stop the tears that spilt onto his pillow. "Why are you here?" The sock head patiently waited for Kevin to answer as he desperately held on to the other teen. Eddward was afraid, afraid if he let go Kevin would disappear. The redhead squeezed the small teen tighter as he thought over what he could say.
"I don't want you to be alone any more." It sounded corny, but it was something Kevin meant. Eddward couldn't stop the sobs that erupted from his throat and he clung tightly to Kevin. The redhead sighed and held on as tight as he could hoping this was the right decision.
5 o'clock. Kevin thought as he looked over to the teen wrapped in his arms. Eddward was much more calmer than he had been when Kevin entered the room. His breathing had evened out and his sobs had stopped.
"Double D?" Kevin asked in a hushed tone. The said teen never answered and a smile appeared on the redhead's face. With a quick motion the large teen reached over to Eddward's alarm cord and ripped it out of the wall. Screw school. Kevin thought with a sleepy smile as he let his eyes flutter shut was a triumphant sigh.
Finally...Sleep.