Winged Cupid Painted Blind Chapter 13- What is Pyramus? A Lover, or a Tyrant?
A/N- I chose the title to represent Kevin's indecision. Warnings: Language (Eddy's mouth) and homophobic language (yet again Eddy's mouth)
Edd spent Sunday with his friends, just hanging around at the local arcade playing the new Mortal Kombat game that was just released that month. With only seven playable characters to choose from, people were lining up with their quarters in hand to rip their friend's heads off, literally. With all the hype and controversy surrounding the game its success was guaranteed "So where's shovelchin at today?" Eddy asked as he froze Edd's character just in time to stop the chain spear from hitting him.
"I really do not know," Edd replied as he countered Edd's jump attack with a roundhouse, "We're not joined at the hips Eddy, he is free to do what he wants."
"So your having a lovers spat," Eddy laughed trying to fluster his friend with his remarks.
Edd responded by teleporting his character behind Eddy's landing a blow, a chain spear GET OVER HERE finished with an uppercut, "I really don't appreciate your implications Eddy."
"I'm just saying that the two of you have been inseparable since you started hanging out," an uppercut and Shang Tsung announced that Eddy had won and could now Finish Him in big red letters. Edd pulls his beanie down over his eyes in frustration and disbelief. A few quick slaps of the joystick and a button push and an ominous musical chime is heard, Edd peaks out from under his beanie just in time to see sub zero ripping scorpions head right off his shoulders, he holds it up proudly with the spine dangling underneath.
"Where did you learn that?" Edd said looking at his character that now lay on the floor bleeding as Shang Tsung's voice pronounced victory with a Fatality.
"GamePro," Eddy said wagging his eyebrows at his friend, "They have all the fatalities and moves listed."
Edd felt slighted, he knew he should have read that article before coming here today but with his attention elsewhere he had totally forgot. Ed quickly took his place, "My turn, my turn," and divvied up his quarters to challenge Eddy to a quick game, choosing Liu Kang, and Eddy chose Kano this time, big Ed kept Eddy on the ropes but met the same fate as Double D as Kano ripped Liu Kang's heart out. Eddy was finally defeated the next match by an older teen who, in Eddy's opinion, got a lucky hit in at the last second. Another hours worth of game play and the boys were out of money, using the payphone outside they called Ed's mother to come and get them, on the way down to Ed's house the boy's had decided to have a horror movie marathon since it was getting so close to Halloween. Arriving at the home the three friends entered the house and a loud, "ED, keep it down," was heard from the living room, Ed's little sister Sarah and her friend Jimmy were watching the TV and apparently the three of them entering the house was too much noise for her to stand. Edd and Eddy headed into the kitchen to get sodas and popcorn before heading down into their friend's basement bedroom, Big Ed spent a moment barking back at his sister, Double D was glad that he was finally standing up to her and putting his foot down.
After his mother broke up the miniature feud between siblings Ed joined his friends down in the basement, "Hey guys I got a new movie." Holding up the VHS box to display it to his friends, Eddy quickly snatches it and peruses the back description, but not reading very far, "Mom says it's a classic Halloween movie."
Eddy begins to read the back to them, "A sinfully twisted salute to horror, sci-fi, B-movies and rock music- a sensual daydream to treasure forever." He flips the box back over and looks at the front cover, "Well it has horror in the title, so it can't be that bad."
Taking the movie back Ed unsheathes it from its case, "Mom says the crowed dressed up and everything at the theaters," he inserts the movie and turns on his TV then hits play. The three of them positioned themselves in their usual spots, Ed in the recliner, Eddy on a bean bag chair and Double D lying on the floor with a pillow. They start to eat the popcorn as a pair of lipstick clad lips begins to sing the opening number of the credits.
"I got something you can put in that mouth," Eddy remarked and Ed snickered.
Edd just looked at his two friends marveled at their level of immaturity, and as the cast list was rolled he noticed that there were several really good actors in the movie, it must have been their first movie he thought to himself. As the lips disappeared and the next scene hit the boys could tell that yes indeed it was a B movie, but as the next musical number hit Eddy was in a tizzy "What the fuck lumpy, a musical really, you buy a god damn musical."
"Eddy quiet down and give it a chance," Edd quickly retorted and returned his attention to the screen.
"Fuck that shit."
Edd turns on him quickly and points his finger at his friend, "Look here mister, I have put up with a lot of your bad movie choices over the years, so you will do me the favor and sit there quietly and give this a chance."
Looking at Big Ed he loudly spits out, "Fuck, of course the god damn music man over here would be into it." Ed just shushed him and pushed his friend out of his face, he was also interested in seeing the movie, B grade movies being his thing after all, who cared if it had singing in it.
But twenty minutes later when Tim Curry flings off the cape and presented himself in a corset high heels and fishnet stockings Eddy had had enough and gets up ejecting the tape from the VCR, "That's it, I draw the line at that faggy shit right there." He drops the movie unceremoniously upon the table and begins to peruse through the movies on the shelf for something more normal.
"I'm sorry D, I tried," Ed said looking down at his friend, they both knew once Eddy got like this there was no stopping him. But what did the big guy mean by the "I tried" bit, was it that he tried to include something Edd would like, being musicals, or was it something else. Edd knew that his friend was very perceptive, which was one of his biggest fears regarding his homosexuality, that Ed would eventually figure it out and innocently let it slip to Eddy and thus Eddy would drop him like a rock and convince Big Ed to do so as well.
Eddy puts in a new movie and hits play and the familiar music of the opening credits as a man ran for his life told D that he was doomed to watch "I was a teenaged zombie hooker" for the hundredth time. At least the second movie of mutated werewolf zombies from outer space was a change of pace and the last movie of the evening was C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller) which put the time at seven o'clock. Ed's mom opens the door and calls down to them telling the boys it was time to for them go home so Ed could eat his dinner, Eddy shuffles up the stairs first and as Edd was beginning to make his way up Big Ed grabs his wrist gently and places a tape in his hand. "Let me know how it is," Edd looks down and sees that it was the Rocky Horror Picture Show that was placed in his hand, "And maybe we can watch together sometime, without loud mouth that is," Edd couldn't help the feeling of happiness that filled him and also showed up as a smile that lit his face.
He hugs his friend, "Thank you Ed."
"Woo dude, it's just a movie," but he gives the boy a hug in return then release him and pulls back smiling at his friend, for it made him feel good to make his friend happy, "Now get going before mom murders me." Edd climbs the stairs and exits the house making the short trip to his own home, stashing the video in his room, hopefully somewhere his parents wouldn't find it, an irrational fear of giving them clues driving his actions. He headed downstairs and had dinner with his parents before retiring for the evening and doing something so uncharacteristic of himself, he waited for his parents to go to bed and fall sound asleep before sneaking back downstairs with the movie in hand. He knew it was a school night and he should be getting his required eight hours of sleep so he could be fresh and alert for the day of learning, but he was so eager to see this new treasure that he had acquired. Turning the volume down as low as he could get it while still being able to hear what the actors were saying, he sat glued to the TV as the drama and mayhem unfolded, with one beautifully energetic song after another. Ending tragically however, in a Romeo and Juliette style, the creature having sacrificed himself for the love he felt for his maker, brought a tear to Edd's eye.
The next morning Edd was regretting his choice of staying up so late, but still felt it was so worth it, halfway tempted to just give his parents an excuse and fake an illness so he could skip school today. Not having the energy to get out of bed let alone the desire of see the red headed jock ignore him, why couldn't have things worked out better between them, why did Kevin have to act like this? Having little choice in his attendance today as his mother passed his room again and called in, "Get up mister, you're going to miss the bus," he rolls out of bed and makes his way into the bathroom to get ready for his long day. I'll just nap in study hall he thought to himself as he brushed his teeth, and yet again another uncharacteristic move from him, but once couldn't hurt could it. Getting out of the shower he dries himself quickly and dresses for the day which included his beanie once again, he runs down the stairs and grabs several pieces of toast and a box of juice to eat on his way to the bus stop.
Running quickly to the stop he was once again the last person there, Eddy looks up at him as he approaches, "Hey Sockhead, you're making a habit out of this."
"Ooo, buttered toast," Ed says and snatches a piece from his friend and quickly gobbles it down. It didn't take long for the bus to arrive after he showed up, and as they loaded into the vehicle Ed, who was behind Double D, asks, "So how was it?"
Edd looks over his shoulder and replies, "I quite enjoyed it, thank you again Ed."
"No problem Double D, what are friends for?" They sat down and talked amongst themselves about the upcoming holiday and what their plans were going to be, should they crash one of the older teens parties or would Kevin and Nat be kind enough to invite them to one? What would they wear as a costume, should they do a group costume or individually come up with something. Edd had an idea what he wanted to do, but gave up on it quickly for it wouldn't be socially expectable for him to do it regardless of who he said he was, Ed was working on how best to do a mutated werewolf zombie and Eddy wanted to do a classic gangster, so at least one of the questions was answered. Arriving at school they entered the lunchroom and walked to their normal spot, Edd looked around as they walked and saw Kevin sitting with Nazz and Nat at the popular kids table, so another one of his questions was answered and his hopes that just maybe Kevin would have gone back to acting normal was dashed against the rocks. Nat casually waved in his direction, Kevin seeing the action looked up and locked eyes with Edd, and for a moment Edd could have sworn he saw a sadness in those eyes, like the jock wanted to come over to him and say something but didn't know how to. Nat looked at his friend and shook his head, he didn't know exactly what was going on but he could guess and from that guess knew that Kevin was being an idiot.