Winged Cupid Painted Blind Chapter 26 – It was the Nightingale, and not the Lark

A/N- The title is from Romeo and Juliet act 3 scene 5, where Juliet is trying to get Romeo to stay just a little bit longer. Having been banished by the Prince for killing Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, he must be out of the city by dawn or face death.

The dawn broke the horizon and a stream of light comes flooding into the room through the small window at the top of the wall. The light was shinning directly into Kevin's face, rousing the jock from his deep slumber and back into reality. A small tickle to his nose and he readjusts his face to stop the sensation and felt the back of Edd's head as he moved, realizing that the sensation was being caused by the boy's hair. Opening his eyes he sees that Edd was spooning with him, and using his left arm as a pillow which was now wrapped around the boy, his left hand rubbing against his belly his right wrapped around his chest. Edd's beanie had fallen off his head in the middle of the night and was only barely hanging on because it was pinned between Kevin's arm and Edd's head. Nuzzling his face into the back of Edd's neck he softly kisses his skin there and adjusts his arms around the boy to more comfortably cuddle with him.

Edd repositions himself in Kevin's arms, shifting his body a few times as he whined in his sleep, subconsciously complaining that the sensation was waking him up, his beanie falls to the floor. Lifting his head he looked around the room to see that Ed and May were still asleep upon his bed. The girl adjusting the blanket to hide her closed eyes from the coming dawn as Ed adjusted his position with her movement and pulled her in close to him. Looking past Edd he sees Nat scrunched up against the edge of the mattress with his back facing the two of them, he knew that it was a tight fit on this small futon but god did he really need that much space between them to feel comfortable.

Shrugging it off he lays his head back down on the pillow and lets out a sigh, he was fully awake now with no one to talk to. Looking at the back of Edd's head he nuzzles the teen's neck once again, sliding his hand under his shirt feeling the smooth skin of his belly and kissing his neck softly. Only getting the same whine as before as he shifted his weight once again to distance his neck from Kevin's lips. Reaching up he nibbles Edd's earlobe and whispers while the lobe was still between his teeth, "Wake up Edd," he gnaws on the lob gently.

Muttering half asleep he replies as he shooed Kevin away from his ear, "Stop being mean, I was having such a good dream."

"Hmm," Kevin purred as he kissed behind his ear, "Dreaming about me are you?" Edd's cheeks flushed with embarrassment as he buried himself under the covers and tried to wiggle his way out of Kevin's arms which only made those arms tighten around him more. Chuckling softly he pulled the covers over his face as well to get at the boys neck once again, his sultry voice whispering into Edd's ear, "There is nothing to be embarrassed about." He kisses Edd right behind his jaw where it met his neck, "Can I tell you something," Edd nods enjoying the touch wishing his dream from last night would come true, "I dreamt about you too."

Turning his head to look Kevin in the eyes he sees the smirk upon his face and smacks him on the shoulder, "Liar," then rolls back over to try and get back to sleep.

"No, really I did," he gently coxes Edd to turn his head to face him. Staring into those sleepy blues he continues, "We were holding each other beneath a great oak tree that sat beside a babbling creek, staring up at the night sky as fireflies danced all around us, while a pair of beautiful voices sang a song of love."

Edd looks at him for a few seconds then quietly bursts into laughter turning his head back around, "You're too much and it's too early for this."

"Oh it's never too early for this," he ground his hips against Edd's backside just slightly.

"Stop, we might wake up Nat."

"Who cares," his desire for the boys touch was getting the better of him and he turns Edd's face back to him to clash their lips together roughly. He savored the sweet taste of the boy's lips as he parted his own coxing the boy with his tongue to do the same, easing back he made the kiss a little gentler. Moving their lips in time, Edd gasps for breath when their lips parted as they adjusted their positions and he rolled over on his back to reach his boyfriend more easily.

Kevin's hand glided back up Edd's shirt, a mental side note on how different it was for him that there were no breasts to grab a hold of, should he still play with his nipples? Would he enjoy it if he did, or would he look at him like he was an idiot? Rubbing his ruff thumb over the nipple there was no noticeable reaction from Edd, but the bud did slightly perk up at his touch. Doing it again and Edd broke the kiss as he gasped at the delightful sensation that was coming from Kevin's touch. Taking that as a positive sign he gently pinches it between his thumb and forefinger to try and get the bud to perk up even more, for Edd it was a different sensation all together, not painful per say, just different than before. Getting the small bud the way he wanted it Kevin breaks the kiss and goes under the blanket and lifts Edd's shirt. Teasing the nipple with the tip of his tongue as he circled around it, enjoying the small gasps for air he was producing from the boy, which Edd was trying to conceal from the world behind his hand. Seeing the bulge in Edd's pants he kneads it gently with the palm of his hand as he nips at the nipple with his teeth teasingly, causing the boy under his attention to twitch at the sensation.

Rolling over to face Kevin he bumps Nat with his back side, knocking the teal hair boy off the bed with a thump, "OOOO, I'm up." He says in agony as he pulls himself up off the carpeted concrete floor, looking at the pair he had been sharing a bed with, he sees Edd's disheveled appearance and the shirt that was still half way raised up, "If you two wanted privacy, you could have asked nicer, you know."

"Way to go D," Edd looks over at the bed and sees two head looks up at him with still half asleep looks in their eyes, apparently being startled awake by the loud thud that was Nat hitting the floor.

Edd blushes deeply and hides himself under the blankets, embarrassed that he had been discovered in such a state. Not to mention he felt awkward about it, like it had somehow shoved his socially perceived perverse sexuality in his friends faces. His thought process was like this, its one thing for them to know about his sexuality, it's totally another thing to actually witness it, even if all they had done was hit second base. "Sorry Nat, didn't mean to shove you off," Kevin apologized and looked at the blankets that hid his boyfriend out of sight. Edd's actions answered one of his questions from last night, the boy wasn't going to be comfortable doing anything, even kiss, in front of anybody, and he let out an exasperated sigh.

Looking at his watch he sees that it was almost eight o'clock and that his parents should be up by now, "Hey Ed, do you mind if I use your phone," Kevin asked as he put his feet on the floor.

"Yeah, it's in the kitchen," the teen called out from under the covers then returned to whispering to May.

Walking up the steps, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous over what May and Ed had, wishing Edd could relax a little around his friends. Though he was frustrated with the situation he wasn't going to give up, with time Edd should loosen up and relax. The whole situation of his friends knowing about him was still new and he was probably just giving them and himself some time to adjust to it. Opening the door to the basement he finds the phone on the wall next to the door, picking it up he dials his number and waits while the line rang before it was picked up on the other end. The deep voice of his father comes through the receiver, "This is the Barr residence, sorry no one is home to answer your call, please leave your," Kevin hangs up and wonders where they could be.

Maybe they were at his grandparents house in Oakhills, but god that was a three hour trip and why didn't they tell him before they left? Walking back down the stairs he sees that Nat was able to get the boy out of his hiding place from under the blankets and was talking to him. "There's no reason to be embarrassed Edd, your friends care about you and accept you," Nat said softly trying to be respectful of the boy's feelings.

"Eddy,' Edd interjected.

"Ok, most of them know and accept you," Nat corrected himself.

"Yeah Double D, it's cool if you want to go get you some," Ed called out from under the blankets as Kevin's foot hit the bottom step.

"I think what your friend is trying to say," Kevin began as he came to sit down upon the futon, "Is that it's alright to be yourself and that you don't have to be ashamed."

"Yeah that," Ed added at the end.

"I'm not ashamed," He lied, he had been taught that it was shameful, disgusting and that no one wanted to see something like that. "I just," he stumbled with his words as he tried to find the right ones for what he was trying to say.

"Don't want to throw it in their faces," Nat finishes for him, "I get it Double Doubtful, just know that they aren't judging you."

"I know, I'll try to keep that in mind in the future."

Kevin slides his hand over to Edd's and gently rubs his fore and middle finger against his hand to test the boy's boundaries, not wanting to overstep again and cause him any more embarrassment. Edd opens his hand to invite him to take hold of it, Nat turns away from the interaction and stands up, "Well, I've got to get going," being polite he adds, but secretly was hoping that they would decline his offer, "You guys coming?"

"Naw," Kevin said looking up at his friend, "I've got to go home and see where the parents are," turning back to Edd, "You want to come?"

Edd nods, getting out of the bed he folds the futon back up, "I'll see you later Ed," he says to the pile of blankets his friend was under as he put his shoes back on.

"Later Double D," Ed replied as his hand came out from under the blankets to wave his friend goodbye.

Walking out of the front door they said their farewells to Nat as he hopped in his car and drove off like a bat out of hell while AC/DC blared from his stereo. Walking the short distance from Ed's to Kevin's house the jock unlocks the front door and steps in calling out to his parents to let them know he was home, getting no response to his call. Allowing Edd into the house he closes the door behind them and takes a few steps in to the table in the hallway that had a note upon it.

Son,

We went to go visit your grandmother and should be back before you get home from school on Monday. There are some leftovers in the refrigerator for you to have for dinner tonight. Be good and we will see you when we get home.

Love,

Mom and Dad.

Putting the note back down he looks around at the empty house and then to Edd, "So, you want to stay over tonight?"

"But there's school tomorrow."

Stepping closer to Edd he puts his arms around his shoulders and gives him an Eskimo kiss while he spoke, "Well, just tell your parents that your friend will make sure you're there on time. What's the worst they can say, no?"

"Well then," he replied as he took a step back towards the door, grabbed the knob, "I should head over there and get my things."

Kevin gave him a gentle smile, "Alright, I'll be waiting."

Stepping back out of the door Edd runs toward his house and in the door finding his mother and father in the kitchen having breakfast. "Good morning dear, have you eaten yet?"

Edd shock his head no and grabbed a piece of toast from the table and started spreading blueberry jam on top of it. Taking a bite he thought how best to argue his case to stay over at Kevin's for the night, "Mother, Father," he waits for them to acknowledge him, "Would it be possible for me to stay the night at a friend's this evening?"

"It's a school night dear," his mother answered.

His father thought about it for a moment, "You promise you'll make it to school tomorrow?"

"Jeffery," his mother said in a harsh tone to admonish his father for contradicting her.

He folds down the newspaper he was reading, placing it in his lap, "I don't see why not Carol, our son is a good boy and wouldn't do anything that we would disapprove of, and it's not like he asks for any special privileges all that often."

Settling down just a little she had to agree with her husband on those points, picking up her coffee she looks at her son and asks before taking a sip, "Who will you be staying with?"

"Kevin," he replied meekly.

She tips her cup forward midway through a drink and wipes off a little bit of stray liquid as she set the cup down, "That older boy?"

"Yes mother," he replied yet again quietly.

"He's not funny is he?"

"Oh he is quiet hilarious."

"Edd you know what I meant, is he gay?"

"Carol," his father admonished.

"No he's not," Edd fibbed, sure Kevin wasn't gay but he wasn't entirely straight either.

Turning to her husband she countered, "I just want to be sure that our son isn't going to be molested in the middle of the night Jeffery." Turning away from him and back to her coffee she spoke but to no one in particular, "I just can't figure out why this older boy wants to hang out with our son."

"Did you ever think it's because they are friends and that Edd is very mature for his age," his father looked more worried about his wife jumping to conclusions then whether or not her fears could become true, he trusted his son's judgment.

"So," Edd spoke sheepishly, "Can I still go?"

His father looked at his mother then to his son, "Sure sport, go have fun."

Edd quickly left the room to get his things, but as he left he could hear his mother, "I will never forgive you if he gets hurt."

Getting his books and a change of clothes together for the next day, he quickly jumps in the shower and brushes his teeth, admonishing himself for waiting so long after waking up to do this. But hell a lot of things happened the instant he woke up, and now he can't believe that he actually kissed Kevin before he had the chance to brush the dragons breath away, oh god. Shaking these thoughts out of his head he finished cleaning up by putting on his Deodorant and shoving his toothbrush and the rest of his hygiene supplies into his overnight bag.

Running down the stairs he said goodbye to his parents as he ran out the door, "He seems excited," his father shakes his head as he spoke, "See Carol, it's a good thing, he is making more friends."

"I know, I just hope we can trust them."

Running across the street once again, Edd knocks on the door eagerly waiting for Kevin to answer it, and as each second ticked by he wondered if he might be in the shower and can't hear him. Should he just open the door and walk in, no that's rude, but if he is unable to hear him how long would he have to wait before Kevin opened the door. In reality it was less than a minute before the door swung open and the red head greeted him again, "Hey, I was beginning to think you were ditching me," a joking smile upon his face as he allowed him to enter.

"No, it just took some convincing to get my mother to agree, then I had," Kevin puts his finger to Edd's lips to stop him from babbling.

"Anyone ever tell you that you talk too much when you're nervous."

"You, all the time" Edd takes his overnight bag from off his shoulder, "Where can I?"

"Oh, put it up in my room," he said stepping aside to allow Edd to head up the stairs, "What do you want to watch?"

"Anything's fine really," he replied as he made it to the top of the stairs, dropping the bag off he comes back down to see that Kevin was fast forwarding the VHS tape through the previews, two bowls of cereal sitting on the coffee table before him.

Handing him the bowl of food he hits play as the opening for Batman Returns begins and the Cobblepot mansion comes into view. Sitting back they enjoyed their crunchy meal as the classic Tim Burton style unfolded before them, cuddling up together after they were finished with their food. Enjoying each other's company and the intimacy of the contact, not wanting to have to get up once the credits began, "You pick the next one," Kevin says as he reluctantly sits up to take the bowls into the kitchen.

Walking over to the shelves that held all their movies Edd looked through them and pulled one out, "Why do you have this one?" He asked as he displayed the cassette's case to Kevin.

"What can't a man own Beauty and the Beast?"

"Just didn't peg you for a Disney fan is all."

"We get them for my little cousins, to keep them occupied when they visit," He takes the case and inserts the cassette into the VCR then hits play, once again fast forwarding through all the previews of upcoming movies and VHS releases. Lying down on the couch he has Edd spoon with him as the movie begins, the two of them once again enjoying the intimate contact and closeness of the other.

Edd had to look up at Kevin a few times in disbelief and laugh as the jock sang along with the movie at several of the catchy tunes, "I knew it, you're a closeted Disney fan."

"Guilty as charged," he smiles at the dork who was laying his chin on his chest, "What can I say I've enjoyed them since I was a kid."

"Nothing wrong with that," Edd turned his head again to watch the movie and listen to his boyfriends heart beat as Kevin kissed the top of his head. The rest of the day was spent taking a short nap on the couch together, followed by a few bouts of Street Fighter 2, a call to his parents to assure them he was having a good time, then enjoying the reheated leftovers Kevin's parents had left for their son.

At nine o'clock the two of them got ready for bed, Kevin not complaining about the early bedtime for it meant more cuddle time with Edd and just maybe a few extracurricular activities as well. Climbing in the two of them wasted no time in locking their lips together and exploring each other's bodies with their hands.

Their clothed erections rubbing against each other, Edd's lithe body pressed up against Kevin's bigger stronger one. Edd's hands travel down his boyfriends strong back to the waistband of his pajama bottoms, slipping a few of his fingers under it, feeling the soft, warm flesh of the top of his ass cheeks. Wondering to himself why they had even put on their pajamas in the first place, was it just to have the fun of taking them off slowly, teasing each other with the act.

With little patience Edd begins to pull those pajama bottoms down, "Wow Edd slow down."

"Why?"

"You don't have to rush, we've got time," he replied while kissing Edd's neck.

"I've waited long enough for this," Edd's voice was filled with a lustful tone.

This was confirmation for Kevin that Edd was in fact a virgin in this regard, he had a small hope that Edd might have a little bit of experience, for he had none when it came to sex with men. This put a little bit of pressure on him, what if he hurts the boy, he doesn't want to brag but he does have a decent package after all. Or his fear that he wouldn't be able to please Edd, the male anatomy being so much more different than the female one, and he wouldn't know what buttons to push. But first things first the clothes, he would just wing the rest and hope for the best, with time comes experience after all, he just needed to pay attention to what Edd had to say and learn as he went. Lifting his hips he let the boy pull off his clothes then in turn help him out of his own, now what? Edd takes the lead and slides down his torso, taking Kevin in his mouth, his hips up by Kevin's head his cock facing down toward the mattress. Edd had pretty much figured that it would take Kevin some time to ease into doing anything with him orally, if ever really. It's one of those things with straight men, they don't want to see another man's dick and certainly don't want it up by their face and most definitely nowhere near or in their mouths.

So it was a surprise to him when he felt Kevin's strong hands shift his hips and his warm wet mouth begin to suck on his cock. Sure he was inexperienced and sticking to just sucking on the head while using his hand to stroke the shaft, but he was at least trying, that's more than Edd can say about his other previous experiences.

"Alright, step one of pleasing your man is underway," Kevin thought to himself, "Now what is step two, girls get wet when turned on but I don't think boys do, well not there anyways, so should I maybe use oil? No that dissolves condoms, spit maybe?"

Not really wanting to admit his ignorance on this but not wanting to hurt the boy he comes off of Edd and asks, "Hey Edd, what are we going to use for lube?"

"You don't have any?"

"I've never needed it before," Kevin was a little flustered, he should have already thought about this, and not during the time he would need it.

"We'll just have to compromise then," his nerves were on edge now. Yes he really did want to do this, he really wanted to have sex with Kevin, but now that it was about to happen his insides were in a knot and he could feel his hands shaking with excitement and fear.

"How do you want to do this?" Kevin asks, "What position I mean?"

Seeing how the older boy probably had more experience it was logical to let him have control, "You on top."

Flipping Edd over onto his back he reaches into his nightstands drawer and pulls out a condom from its hiding place and unwraps it, rolling it on with a few strokes down the shaft of his cock. Positioning his arms behind Edd's knees he lifts the boy's hips up and lets a globe of saliva fall from his lips onto the boy's hole, rubbing it around with the tip of his dick. Taking another good amount from his mouth he slicks up is cock, then another to Edd's hole, placing the tip again at the entrance he looks Edd in the eyes, "Now breathe and let me know if it hurts."

Pushing in slowly he watches as Edd's face scrunches up then comes to a stop, allowing the boy to adjust to him, lord this was going to take a minute he only had the head in now. Letting another globe fall to where his cock met Edd's rectum, he pulls out just a little to allow it to moisten the tip then pushes back in slowly until he was met with resistance again then repeated the process. All the while make sure that Edd was doing alright by asking him questions to ensure he wasn't in too much pain. Though it was a lot more work then with girls, it was still filled with pleasure for him, however his main concern was still to share that pleasure with Edd. To not be the only one having a good time, he wanted to hear the boy moan with pleasure, not just pant as he rode out the pain. Over the course of a few minutes Edd's muscles began to relax and Kevin was able to move more easily inside the boy, still taking it at a slow pace however and making sure he was alright, not wanting to push his luck and cause him more pain.

Edd's panting slowly subsided and turned to soft moans, "You doing alright?"

Edd nods and breath's out shakily, "I think you can move a little faster if you want."

Picking up the pace to a nice easy rhythm he pulls one arm out from behind Edd's legs and leans forward to kiss the boy while reaching down to stroke his cock. Surprised to find that he had started to pre-cum, and not just a small amount, the boy's belly button was full and his stomach was now starting to get covered by the substance. Edd's breathing was in time with his thrusts, whispering his gratification at what Kevin was doing for him, mixed in with a moan when Kevin's thrust hit him just the right way.

Kevin's lips trail down Edd's neck and to his nipple as he went to sit up, to Edd the sensation of his lips was electric, as though every place he touched caused him pleasure he had never experienced before. Pulling the boy up into his lap Kevin wraps his arms around him, grabbing his ass and using his grip there to slide the boy up and down his cock, while kissing him in a needy passionate way. The head of Edd's cock sliding along his stomach, slicking it up with the pre-cum that continues to ooze from the tip, lubing up his cock even more. With the combination of his prostate being massaged by Kevin's cock and the slick gliding sensation against his stomach, Edd really didn't need to touch himself, but felt that he was already close to release. Panting he moans out Kevin's name in quick succession as the jock was getting close as well and was picking up the pace. Throwing his head back on a moan his cock twitched with each spurt it shot, flinging its mess wildly in the air, landing on the both of them.

This was a first for Kevin, whenever he jerked off he would shot his load onto some Kleenex never onto himself, but he found this to be rather hot none the less. To know that his lover just got off on what he was doing by such a simple expression as his cum smacking him in the chest and face was the push that drove him over the edge. Moaning loudly he thrusts up, emptying the contents of his balls into the reservoir of the condom, breathing heavily as he slowed his pace and rode out his orgasm, deeply kissing Edd tenderly on the mouth, whispering his love between kisses.

Slowly pulling out he removes the condom and throws it into the trash can close to his nightstand, "You should really flush that."

"Naw its cool," he cradles the boy in his arms as he shifted them back into a laying position. Pulling Edd up close to him he hummed with content as he spooned with the boy, "God that was good."

Edd was a little bit shocked that he was now no longer a virgin as far as he was concerned, how easy the act was in retrospect, "Yeah it was great." But how quickly it was over, could they do it again, now? "I think I need some tutoring in my technique, can you show me that equation again please."

"Now?" Edd nods excitedly, "I don't think I have another condom," Kevin runs his hand through his hair and looks at his boyfriend who pouted with disappointment. Kissing him softly on the cheek, he whispers, "Don't worry Edd, we'll have plenty of opportunities to do that again, and as far as your technique goes it was amazing."

Oh my god, Kevin likes having sex with him, Edd's heart could explode at this very moment and he could drop dead, but he would die a happy man because he felt loved and desired all at the same time. The two of them spent the time before they fell asleep kissing and holding each other's hands. Talking about nothing in particular or of great import, just expressing their love and interest in each other. Edd falls asleep first, his head resting in the crock of Kevin's shoulder, the jock quickly joining him in a deep sleep, both feeling the love the other had for them.

In the morning the two of them rushed to get ready, in the excitement of last night events Kevin had forgotten to set the alarm. Making a mad dash for the front door, Kevin stops Edd before he opens it and kisses him deeply, expressing the love he showed the boy last night and hoped to show him for a long time to come.