Le Problème Avec Kevin Chapter 4 – A Secret for Lips not Ears

Both young men spent a good amount of time alone together, playfully teasing one another as they tried to kick the other's posterior at Street Fighter. Which led to light conversation as they became more comfortable with each other. Kev nervously clears his throat as he landed the finishing blow to Edd's character, "You probably don't remember me, but we met at last year's quiz bowl."

The game announced the second round and Edd was ready to teach his confident companion a lesson, "I definitely do remember you. You were quite an impressive opponent," Kev looks over and blushes, leaving himself wide open for a devastating attack.

He swallows hard and returns his attention back to the game as he replies, "You weren't half bad yourself." Oh god, not only did the hot dorky boy on the opposing team remember him, but he had called him impressive, was this a dream?

"Thank you, I think," he chuckles to emphasis that he was joking, "But as I recall we almost had you at the end."

"Yes, you did, but it was a lucky button press that saved the day," he replies as he goes to block but Edd's character makes contact before he could press the button, ending the round with his character being KO'd.

"Obviously," he emphasizes as he looks over at his friendly opponent and wags his eyebrows, feeling kind of cheeky with his real time demonstration of lucky button pushes. With the third round beginning Edd consoles his new friend, "It was unfortunate to hear that your team didn't make it passed state."

"What can I say," Kev's voice was strained as he tilted his controller, his fingers quickly pressing buttons to keep up with Edd's relentless onslaught. "No matter how good you might think you are, there is always someone better out there, but we gave it our best shot, so I'm happy." Edd was being ruthless in this final battle and he was finding it hard to hold him off, his health bar was depleting rapidly.

Edd was glad that he could handle defeat so well, because he was about to get his ass handed to him, "That's all you can really ask for in the end." The finisher connects and Kev groans in defeat as the last bit of his health disappears well before the animation had completed. Sitting his controller in his lap Kev rubs his face with the palms of his hands and leans back in his bean bag chair to stretch his arms over his head. The act causing his right knee to accidentally brush against Edd's leg, sending a nervous chill up his companion's body. "Would you like to walk around for a bit," Edd looks way, trying to hide his nervousness, "And maybe stretch your legs?"

"Sure, if you want to," the dorky red head stands and shuts the game down simultaneously, then turns to offer Edd a helping hand up as the young man receives a text.

Downstairs, Nat was mingling with his guests, directing newcomers to the "refreshments" and introducing strangers he thought would get along well together to each other. All while trying to have a serious conversation with one of his best friends, "So do you think they will hit it off?"

"In what way do you mean 'hit it off' oh king of butts," the shorter African American girl tilts her head slightly to the right with a playful smile upon her face. "If you mean that they are on their way to becoming good friends, then I would have to say yes. But if you think that Kev is giving him a prostate and oral exam as we speak, then the answer is hell no," he light laughter was music to Nat's ears, "You know he's too much of a gentleman for that."

"Don't you mean he's too awkward, Ang," Nat chuckles at his teasing of his absent friend.

"Hey Nat," the voice stops Ang from replying to his comment, forcing them to turn in the direction the voice had come from, "Have you seen Edd around?"

"Nah, Big Red," he bumps his fists to Kevin's, "I haven't seen him," he keeps his poker face on and omitted the fact that he knew that his dorky friend was upstairs meeting someone. As he didn't want Kevin's overprotective nature concerning the dork to come out if he discovers their plans.

"Have you checked the bedrooms," Ang adds teasingly, looking around Nat to Kevin, "You never know he might be getting lucky."

"Thanks for the visuals Ang," the girl noticed that Kevin seemed more irritated with the prospect that Edd could be getting busy. That it wasn't' at all the typical heterosexual teenage male reaction at the idea of two males getting it on.

"Well let's see if he is," Nat keeps the teasing going as he digs out his phone and begins to type out a text. This chance to see Kevin squirm due to his overprotectiveness was to good to pass up, "If he answers, then his virginity is safe. But if he doesn't, well," he catches Kevin's eyes with a playful grin upon his lips, "You get the idea."

Ang couldn't resist the temptation and begins to mimic someone in the throes of passion with a few moans and gasps for breath as she says, "That's it Mark, Tim, Anthony, fuck me like you mean it."

"Ha, ha, very funny girl," Kevin's irritation seemed to skyrocket with Ang's words and was noticeable in the glare he gave her as Nat's phone chimes with a text.

Unlocking it again, he looks at the message, "See our boy's purity hasn't been corrupted yet."

Nat tilts the phone in Ang's direction allowing her to read the text as Kevin swiftly slides in behind his friend to look over his should, "Does he say where he is?"

He quickly reads the text as Nat hadn't tried to hide it from him, "Hey Double Dateable, what are you up to?"

"We are going to do some mingling, thank you for introducing me to Kev, he seems to be a really nice guy and you were right, we do have a few things in common." Another message comes in as Kevin reads the first, "Though he is a hundred years to early if he thinks he can beat me at Street Fighter." He also sends a gif of Renji Abarai releasing Zabimaru in his first conflict with Ichigo, this last text gave Kevin the clue he needed to ascertain Edd's whereabouts.

Quickly rushes off back into the crowd in the direction of the staircase, Kevin made his way up to the third floor, "Who pissed in his Wheaties?" Ang had caught the serious look on Kevin's face before he turned to walk off.

"He probably thinks our boy is going to get freaky with Edd," Nat chuckles at the thought as an awkward scene staring the two dorks flashes through his mind, "Kevin's become a little too overprotective recently."

"Ah," she coos as she leads their way through the crowd and begins to quote the famous Billie Holiday song with a single alteration, "It's a fine bromance with no kisses."

Back upstairs Edd catches the off key and off beat singing of Eddy coming from the opposite end of the hall from the bowling alley as he and Kev left the game room. Taking his new friend by the wrist to minimize their chances of being separated, he guides them down the hall. Skillfully maneuvering their way through a group of teenagers that were headed in the opposite direction. But his hand did slip from the short red heads wrist when the boy was roughly bumped into by one of the rude and inebriated teens, "Watch it dork."

Quickly he grabs ahold of the young man's hand to pull him out of the group and to safety, "Our apologies, we'll be more careful next time." Edd didn't wait for a response from the jock, but quickly turns back around and continues to lead them down the hall towards the room the singing was coming from. Entering the room, they see that it is dimly lit, with a few couches and chairs to the right and left of the door. They also noticed that the walls had been sound proofed which meant that the only reason they heard Eddy singing was because the door had been left open. On the far end of the room hung several string instruments along the wall with a keyboard and set of drums in front of them. Off to the right is where the karaoke machine had been set up and this is also where Eddy now stood trying not to epically fail at belting out Give Me Love.

This is also when Kev tactfully releases Edd's hand and points to the drink bar, "Do you want something to drink," the beanie clad dork blushes as he nods. He was also shamefully relieved when Eddy's song had ended and was not surprised by the halfhearted applauses he received. Though he did love his friend, he could never find the courage to tell him that singing was not one of his talents. As they reached the bar Kev goes behind it to squat down and open the small refrigerator underneath, "Do you want coke, sprite or water?"

"Water please," he responds as the room is filled with the opening music for the next song the machine was queuing up. The first line of the song comes over the speakers in a deep sensual voice as Edd takes the small bottle off water offered to him by his companion then turns to face Kevin Barr as he serenades the small crowd.

Was there anything showmanship wise that Kevin wasn't proficient at, "He's quite good, is he a friend of yours?"

He did not turn to look at Kev as he answered, but kept his eyes locked onto Kevin, "You could say that we are acquainted." As did most of the girls in the room, even those who had an issue with his playboy ways, people just couldn't help but to be drawn to him. And as the chorus begins, Kevin's eyes look in his general direction as Kev comes around the refreshment bar to join him, singing, "I like me better when I'm with you." Edd's heart skips a beat, as his mind couldn't help but to fantasis that he was saying those words to him. But that was silly, Kevin is the epitome of masculinity, the man's man, the poster boy for straight men everywhere.

His self-doubt only being confirmed as one of the girls sitting in front of them turns to her companion to quietly squeal, "Oh my god, he's looking right at you." Even though she was attempting to keep her words a secret from those around her, Edd could clearly hear her and noticed who she was, Sarah.

Which meant her female companion could only be one person, her identity being confirmed when she turns to Sarah with a big smile upon her face, "Do you think he's going to finally ask me out?" Nazz pulls her phone out of her pocket and quickly takes a selfie, but because of the lighting in the room she was unsure and self-consciously asks, "Do I look alright?"

Kev leans in and tries to keep his voice from carrying as he had also noticed them, "They seem excited."

"Well he is very attractive," Edd flexes his cheek muscles as he swallows to keep the smile and blush from rising to the surface as Kevin winks in their direction. He tries to ignore the girls excited conversation as he continues, "So it would only be natural for them to desire his company."

"There has to be more to him than just that, because looks only get you so far." Kev did a quick personal inventory and found himself lacking in the sex appeal department if this is in fact the type of guy Edd is attracted to.

"I agree, your partners attractiveness cannot be the only driving force of any relationship," he averts his gaze from the man singing to catch Kev's eyes. "The man I will fall in love with must be funny, charming, a real gentleman and he most certainly must be able to hold a decent conversation."

"I hear you on that," Kev gives his friend a gentle smile, for he liked that answer, for he had those qualities in spades. This cemented his decision to take his time in getting to know Edd, he was going to show him his worth and merit, and to see where things would go between them. And if all that became of it was friendship, then he would do his best to be a great friend to him, but he did have his hopes up that it would lead to bigger and better things. Something he would probably only admit to Ang right now, for Nat would probably stick his nose into it and most likely is going to anyways.

Edd's curiosity on Kev's taste in men started to buzz in the back of his mind, as he was being a little self-conscious since he had shared his own, "And how about you? What's your perfect man like?"

"Hmm," Kev pretended to contemplate this question for a second, "Well, they'd have to be smart, sexy," he gazes intently into Edd's eyes. Causing the young man to blush with a warm smile under his gaze, "And have a beautiful smile that would melt my heart." Ok so yeah, a little flirting never hurts, especially if it means he gets to see that shy smile, which had deepened with his words, light up Edd's face again.

But that smile wasn't to last long as a familiar voice catches Edd's attention as Kevin's song ends ,"Hey Double D," sending a shiver down his spine, "Did you hear the song my man sung for me." Turning his head ever so slightly, he sees Lee waving in his direction, her two sisters standing beside her in their typical attack formation, a trapped Eddy subdued in a strangulating headlock.

A surge of panic hits Edd, "I-I-I'll be right back," he stutters out as he takes his first step toward the door. Attempting to give his new friend a quick explanation as Marie bats her long eyelashes at him with a playful grin upon her lips. Kev tries to ask the obvious question of where he was going, but Edd only needed to hear the first word to know how to answer him, "Bathroom."

Picking up his pace to leave the room quickly, he tries to stay under a run as to not show fear to the hunters, flinching as he hears Eddy call out to him for help as he steps through the door. "Don't leave me Sockhead," the sound was like the death throes of a trapped animal, "I thought we were friends." Kev curiously turns his attention from the door to the three sisters who had obviously caused his friends panic and looks away when he receives a smirking wink from one of the girls. His attention having been drawn to the two girls who had been sitting in front of them, as they excitedly stop the red headed singer at the door. The teen in question looked flustered as he was seemingly eager to get passed them but was being a gentleman by patiently talking to them.

Edd made his way down the hall, feeling kind of stupid for running away from the Kankers, wondering if Kev had noticed his panic and if he was going to think any less of him for it. Well it was too late to worry about it now, what's done is done, he would just wait an appropriate amount of time to make his fake restroom trip believable. Hopefully the Kankers would be gone by the time he got back, then he could try and repair the damage that has been done and salvage the situation. Walking passed the restroom on the third floor, he descends the main staircase to the second floor and turns left down the hallway. He was hoping to give the girls a wide berth with this course of action, to clear them a path to the first floor and away from him. Walking further down the hall he comes to the conclusion that this must be the floor and wing that the owners of the house had their bedrooms and guest rooms in. For he had witnessed a small group of teenagers lounging on the floor and bed through an open door, passing a joint around while laughing at absolutely nothing.

Walking a little further down the hall he tries the next door and finds it unlocked, opening the door he takes a step in but quickly reverses course when he sees a couple on the bed in a heavy make out session. Quietly closing the door behind himself, he continues his search for an unoccupied room to hide in for the next few minutes so that he could stay out of sight of the descending Kankers. It was when he was nearing the next door that he was grabbed roughly upon the shoulder and rushed towards the door. "There you are dork," Kevin says as he leans in passed him to reach the doorknob. The action of swinging the door open had disturbed another couple as the two boys on the bed had quickly separated from their intimate embrace. With lightning fast reflexes, the two of them had jumped to opposite ends of the bed, putting as much distance between them as humanly possible. "Out Jimmy," Kevin motions with his thumb over his shoulder toward the open door, "You know Nat doesn't want anyone in his room."

Jimmy was flustered as he spoke, "We were only talking."

Kevin chuckles in disbelief as he rubs his thumb across his eyebrow, "You can make out with Derek somewhere else, but not here." The African American boy looked embarrassed at having been obviously caught and stands, rushing passed the pair at the door.

Jimmy quickly chases after him but pauses as he nears Kevin, looking him seriously in the eye, "Thanks Barr."

"Glad to help," Kevin calls after the flustered teen as he made his way down the hall after his love interest, then guides Edd further in and closes the door behind them.

"What are we still doing in here if Nat doesn't want anyone in his room," he looks at Kevin as he motions around the room in a perplexed fashion.

"We're bros, dork, so he'll be alright with it since it's me," Kevin says as he walks over to sit on the bed, "And It's the only place we can talk in private."

Edd slowly walks the few feet from where he was standing to take a seat beside Kevin upon the bed, "About what?"

"Nothing really," Kevin shrugs his shoulders in a nervous way, "I just haven't seen you all night," and turns his head to lock eyes with Edd.

"Ah," he playfully bumps their shoulders together, "Has Kevin not been getting enough attention?"

He softly chuckles as he speaks, "Shut up dork," pushing Edd away gently, "You know I like talking to you."

But Edd didn't want people getting the wrong idea about the situation, the rumors about them being alone in a room together could seriously damage Kevin's reputation. "I'm sure you would have a better time talking to Nazz," he looks down at his hands which he was fidgeting with in his lap, "She does seem to be rather interested in you."

"We're just friends dude, you know that," Kevin had put extra emphasis upon the word friends.

"Yes, and so are we, but people will be a lot less likely to talk about it," god, he hated that the world worked like that, for he could never understand the whole guilty by association thing.

And apparently neither could Kevin, for he fell back on the bed with a loud sigh as he rubbed his eyes with the heels of his hands. "I just don't get that man," he rests his hands over his head, "Why does something so pure like our friendship, have to be considered wrong?"

Edd slowly lays down and turns his head to look at him, "I don't know Kevin, but that's just how the world works right now."

"Yeah I guess," Kevin turns his head to face him with a sympathetic look on his face, or was it more like a sad expression, "But you know, I really don't care what they think." That would be nice if that statement was true, for they both knew that Kevin was all about his image at school. "So, um, you know how you said I was lucky," he pauses and takes a few breathes as he tries to find the right words to say.

But Edd thought he was waiting for a reply, "When did I say you were lucky?"

He scrunches his brow up in thought as he tries to decide how much he should say and how to exactly say it, "So, like at the start of last year, I went to this party, um, I think it was a week after homecoming."

Edd tried to recall said event, but as they were rarely invited to them, they were just a passing side note in his life, "Over at Jacob's place?"

"Yeah, that's the one," he points in his general direction to emphasis that he was correct, "God that was a crazy fucking night." He takes off his ballcap and runs his right hand through his hair, letting out a heavy sigh as he recalls the evening in question. "Well I got a little wasted, so I decided to crash there, you know, trying to be responsible and shit," which was only a half-truth as there were other motivating factors in play.

Edd smiles proudly at the jock, "That was very mature of you."

"Yeah," he returns the smile, then looks up at the ceiling, "Anyways, I don't want to, uh, out anyone, but I, um, got some killer head that night."

Edd jumps up, propping himself up on his elbows to look down at the man beside him, "Wait, what?"

"I'm telling you that I let a guy suck me off," he covers his face again with his hands, "Oh god, why am I telling you this? I've never told anybody about it before," as he uncovers his face the memories of just how fucking hot Jimmy had looked going down on him runs through his mind. The surprise he had felt as he watched him slowly swallow every inch he had to offer him. Recalling just how god damn good the head had been, and how much of a high he had gotten from doing something that people considered dirty and wrong.

Edd covers his mouth, trying to hide the smile upon his lips that has been caused by the happiness he was feeling from the fact that Kevin trusted him enough to confide in him. "There is nothing wrong with a little experimentation Kevin, a lot of people do it at our age," he tried to comfort him. Thinking that Kevin's worry was caused from the fact that he could no longer be considered straight. "You might just be surprised on how many of our classmates have done the same thing, but are also keeping it a secret," maybe that bit of speculation might help ease his mind.

Kevin looks slightly annoyed as he responds, "I know that Edd, I can google things you know." His features and tone softening as he continues, "But is it really experimenting if you liked it and have done it more than once?"

Ok, well that was news which made Edd's curiosity skyrocket, "How many times?"

"Does it matter?" His mind quickly goes over the list of guys he has done things with after Jimmy and decides it was best not to share. For there was Plank, who he had caught staring at his ass in P.E. class, their little get together in the restroom after school was mind blowing. Then there was Tim after basketball practice, Kevin couldn't help but notice the boner in his shorts as they were changing clothes, the student unfortunately had to become the teacher in that experience. And finally, there was Greg who he had met online and had drove out to a country road with at midnight, he also happened to be the first guy Kevin had sucked off. Looking over he sees that Edd was still a little curious about it and he lets out a heavy sigh then adds, "Alright, it's been a few times, ok, are you happy now?"

"I'm not judging you Kevin," he flops back down on the bed slightly frustrated, "I was just surprised is all. I never had a clue that you were interested in guys, so u will have to forgive me if I was a little curious."

"It's alright," he lets out another sigh, releasing his anxieties, "I just wanted to let you know that you were wrong is all. I'm not lucky, because I'm still having to go through the same thing you did."

"Well, at least you won't have to go through it alone now," the two of them look at each other as Edd gives Kevin a reassuring smile.

"Do you mean that?"

Edd nods as he says, "I do."

Rolling on his side, Kevin leans over quickly and joins their lips, kissing the dork passionately as he brings his hand up to caress the backs of his fingers across Edd's cheeks. As if he had just realized what it was he was doing, he breaks the kiss and backs up to a respectable distance, "I-I'm sorry Edd, I don't know what came over me." He was the first boy that Kevin has kissed, and it was surprisingly electrifying, the urge to lean back in and continue it was overwhelming. But his fear that he would frighten the boy with his boldness had forced him into inaction.

"It's alright Kevin," he replied softly as he tried to catch his breath and steady his racing heart, "I'm not upset," his smile was further proof of that. Kevin had stolen his first real kiss and he was craving more of those sweet tasting lips. He looks away from him sheepishly as he tries to decide if he should bring voice to those desires, "Um, you can kiss me again, i-if you want."

Kevin hesitates for a moment as his mind had quickly formed a few doubts on whether he wanted to do this again or not, as though the thought of kissing a boy was somehow gayer then sucking a dick. But it wasn't the fact that it was considered gay that had his mind racing with doubts. It was because kissing was an emotionally vulnerable act and was that really a line he wanted to cross? But he also couldn't get the sensation he had felt when their lips connected out of his mind, he needed more of it. To push his boundaries and to see this through, to experiment with his sexuality and to discover what it was he exactly liked.

Cradling the back of Edd's neck with his free hand, he looks into those intensely beautiful but anticipating blue eyes as he traces Edd's jawline with his thumb and subconsciously licks his own lips. Leaning in he begins to kiss him again and his body reacts to the sensation which was pulsing through it and pooling in his loins.

The kiss deepens and Edd's heart and mind are both racing, "Oh god is this really happening, am I really kissing Kevin Barr, is his erection really rubbing against my leg?"

The aroma of his cologne, the taste of his lips and the scruff of his stubble fills his senses as Kevin's heaving chest presses down upon him. The sound of Kevin's ragged speech as their lips part excited him even further, "Oh baby," another quick skillful kiss, "You taste so good."

His free hand begins to explore Edd's body, slowly sliding down his side tenderly to try and slip its way under his shirt then make its way back up his smooth pale skin. Searching for the sensitive bud of his nipple, yearning to tease it with his rough calloused thumb, to make it erect and easier to suck upon. But Edd had stopped his hand before it had a chance to begin, intertwining their fingers together, he clasps it tightly for support in this turbulent sea of emotional and sexual highs. With his mind a fog of hormones he could only manage to breathe out, "Oh Kevin," in a mingled moan between kisses as his erection rubbed against his seducer's thigh. "I like," his words being gobbled up by Kevin's lustful mouth, silencing them before they were brought to life.

The desire to touch this perfect flesh which he had only observed from a distance was overwhelming as his free hand begins to slide down the back of Kevin's shirt. Teasing the hem of his jeans, he could feel the elastic waistband of his underwear and right below it the top of his gluteus maximus. Kevin manages to free his hand from Edd's grasp and tucks it under his waist to cradle him as he breaks the kiss to roll over on his back, bringing Edd with him to straddle his hips.

Edd's back was arched as he leans down to greedily continue the kiss, his elbows resting upon the bed on either side of Kevin's head for support as his fingers played with his thick red hair, his ballcap having fallen to the floor forgotten. Kevin's hands, now free of any encumbrance, continue their earlier exploration of the sexy dorks body. Gliding the back of his right hand along the exposed flesh of his belly as he makes his way up to his chest, bringing the shirt with it as he went. While his left hand ran along his leg to gently take hold of his hip, coaxing the boy into rocking them along his clothed erection as he slowly grinds against his ass.

The euphoria of the moment was broken by a loud thud against the door as if something had fallen against it, forcing the two of them back into reality as they quickly look in its direction. The familiar sound of the doors knob being turned fills their overly sensitive hearing, prompting Edd to jump off of Kevin's lap and to stand up properly upon the floor. Wiping the excess moisture from his lips as the door swings open revealing Nat and Ang in a passionate embrace as they enter the room. Neither one of them noticing the pair of trespassing voyeurs until Kevin moves to retrieve his hat from the floor.

As Nat breaks the kiss, Ang turns to look at the pair, "Hey Barr," Nat raises and eyebrow, "What are you doing in here?"

Kevin clears his throat, "Just talking."

Ang looks from one to the other, both noticing the disheveled state of the bed Kevin was sitting on and Edd's nervous fidgeting, and she responds sarcastically, "Right, talking. Edd hon," Ang draws his attention, ceasing his hands nervous movement, "Kev has been looking for you downstairs, I think you can find him in the living room, if you hurry." She knew that whatever it was that Kevin was playing at, it wouldn't end well for Edd and that Kev was a much better match from him. She waited patiently for him to leave the room with a thank you and blushing cheeks before she turns on Kevin. A serious look upon her face and her finger inches from his nose as she points at him to stress her point, "Find another playmate."

He leans back on his elbows to put some distance between himself and her finger, "We were only talking Ang."

"Whatever," she disbelievingly waves off his protests, "That dowsing rod of a dick of yours can find another hole to fill."

"Ang," Nat interrupts to try and stop the situation from escalating any further, "If he says they were just talking, then that's what they were doing." There were plenty of reasons why Edd would look so flustered, for after all Kevin was a bit straightforward with any conversations he had and was not unashamed of himself. He might have just made the dork uncomfortable with any number of topics he would normally talk about with his friends, sex of course being amongst them. But until Kevin said otherwise, it would be wrong of them to assume that he is bisexual just because he was alone in a room with a person who is gay. Not to mention that they would also be stereotyping Edd if they still went under the assumption that something had happened, since Kevin is identifying as straight. It would paint him as the evil homosexual who seduces innocent straight boys into sleeping with him for kicks.

"Finally, the voice of reason," Kevin dramatically calls out as he gets to his feet and begins to walk passed her.

But Ang wasn't going to be so easily fooled and forces him to stop, sticking her finger right up in his face again, "You better not hurt either one of them." She knew from Nat's description of the young man, that if Kevin acted like he was getting serious with him, he would romantically distance himself from Kev. And any pain he would cause him might roll over to her friend, causing him pain in the end as he would try and comfort Edd.

"Whatever," he makes his way around her, "I'm not doing anything," then turns around and walks backward, opening his arms to plead his innocence, "So you got nothing to worry about."