I'm back again! LOL

For real this time :D

Alright i'm still very much behind on chapters haven't had the time or inspiration to write, but i guess i just have to do it or else i will never get out of this block i've had.

So without any more delay here is the next chapter!

Alright today was the day Kevin Thomas Barr was going to find Eddward Vincent! Kevin knew the raven haired was avoiding him and therefore hiding somewhere during lunch maybe even taking different routes to classes and always arriving first to their AP Bio. Hmph, but not today oh no today he wouldn't be so lucky because Kevin was sure to follow him, he was sure he would find his bully. He would stop Eddward's avoidance once and for all.

It was a difficult task at first because damn was the raven haired hard to find, it was like he wasn't at school at all, but Kevin knew he would need to stop by his locker sometime. So before his class before lunch was finished Kevin faked an excuse to get out early and went to the hallway he knew Eddward had his locker and hid at a corner. Kevin didn't have a wait too long because before the bell had rung the raven haired had made his way to the locker just as Kevin had thought. Ever so slowly he followed the raven haired, when the bells rung for lunch and students began to swarm the halls. Kevin picked up the pace keeping his eyes on the black striped beanie and trying to avoid being taken by the crowd.

Eventually making their way up stairs Kevin noticed Eddward had stepped into the library, and Kevin stopped walking. For some reason his heart was beating a thousand times faster and his palm began to sweat. Damn it Kevin this isn't the time to be nervous, wait the library? But I've been here before and hadn't seen him at all! Kevin gathered his nerves and molded them into courage as he forced his feet to take a step, and then another one. He hesitantly reached a freckled hand on the door knob, what was he to do once in? Just barge in and be like hey sup, what? Kevin shook his head, what if Eddward really didn't want his company, want anything to do with him? He couldn't force the guy right, but he had to least give him a chance at friendship right, he owed Kevin that much.

It wasn't that hard for the boy to shut him out, he was so negative that he truly possibly wouldn't let him in. What if Eddward hated him? Why would he though, he hadn't done anything except comply to his stupid demands of getting beat up, why was he even being such a bully if he didn't want attention, how much did Jimmy and Johnny knew? "Blah!" Kevin rubbed his face with his hands "I'm stalling I'm stalling" he finally sighed and stepped inside the large room.

The library was definitely one of his favorite spots around the school. It was one of the largest rooms in the school, with large windows taking up an entire wall, beautifully letting the sun light illuminate the room. Kevin's favorites were the obvious wonderful books all around him as well as peace and quiet. He looked around the tables and saw no sign of the other boy. There were more tables on the other side of the library hidden away by the book shelves, and Kevin wondered if maybe that was where the raven haired was.

The ginger made his way to the other side and saw that at the farthest table in one of the corners laid the bully's back pack, but no sign of the boy himself. Kevin then thought the boy must be lost among the book shelves looking for something to read. He wondered through the shelves once again this way and that. The ginger loved it; it always felt like walking through a maze with so many new things to discover. On his oh so called journey he caught sight of a fictional book about pirates.

The novel reminded him of his younger years when his father would read him a bed time story about all kinds of fictional worlds. Pirates, wizards, dragons, mysterious sea creatures, and space adventures! It ignited something in little Kevin, something that made his gears in his brain turn, creativity. These fictional books inspired Kevin's creativity in engineering many kinds of new inventions. He learned to make robots and completely change a motorcycle into a new design. The ginger smiled and picked up the book, just for fun.

Continuing his search for Eddward, he wondered in what section the boy would be interested to look into for reading. Finally turning a corner into the psychology section he found the tall raven haired completely engulfed in a heavy text, his finger roaming through the pages and murmuring to himself, which sounded like vocabulary?

Kevin felt a bit mischievous and decided to sneak up behind the teen. As he came near he realized that his nerves had become more controlled. He was certainly still afraid in some way, yet he was afraid of most things to do with Eddward and the ginger figured that was ok because the bully was a mystery to be explored. Like the book he held in his hands, and Kevin was well aware of the phrase don't judge a book by its cover. He just had to play it with ease, like Nazz had said.

To the boy's surprise Eddward didn't sense him at all, must have been because he was so used to having nobody come close to him. As the ginger approached mere inches to the taller teens back he reached a hand to give a small push and in a swift motion peeked into sight "BOO" Kevin said cheerfully yet not so loudly, as he still respected the quietness of the library.

The shorter teen giggled as he saw the raven haired jump slightly and startled eyes immediately turning to look in his direction. Upon seeing his 'attacker' his facial features calmed down into what Kevin read as annoyance. "Very funny Minnow, now what do you want?"

"Hmm? Oh you're very well aware of what I want" Kevin smiled leaning against the shelf.

Eddward stared at the boy's odd enthusiasm. Somehow the ginger appeared different, it was weird because he couldn't pin point it exactly yet it all felt a bit forced. It sure wasn't physical, as the ginger was the same short nerd as always, with a bruise peeping behind the sleeve of his oversized sweater. "Indeed, as you very well know my answer to it" he said starting to walk out of the shelves towards the table his bag lay.

Kevin followed behind the taller teen, smiling from ear to ear "Of course!" he called out. He stood beside the table as he watched the other boy sat down and pretend to ignore him. "And that's ok" he shrugged taking a seat himself, setting his bag down and opening his book to begin reading.

Eddward looked up from his text with a confused expression. The boy in front of him seemed to not have any intentions of pestering him as he had threatened before. He just read in silence…

Throughout that entire lunch period the raven haired could not fully focus on his text, his mind feeling uncomfortable by the presence of the other. His thoughts were preoccupied not by learning, but by questioning. Questioning the ginger to be precise, and truly the only words that roamed through his brain were… What the fuck!?

What the actual fuck was Kevin doing? What was he doing by simply sitting there and reading? Not a single word came out of him until the bell rang when he stood up waving goodbye and said "See you in class"

Eddward just stared at the small teen as he walked away and out of sight. The ginger boy was definitely a weird one Eddward thought as he stood up as well to head to class.

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The raven haired tried to brush this peculiar moment off however as much as he tried that couldn't be happening today. He sat in his usual seat in his AP Biology class watching the rest of the class flood the room, when he spotted the little ginger walk in as cheerfully as he had seen him in the library. As if knowing his public communication would unsettle the bully, the smaller boy promptly smiled and gave a hidden wave only the other would see. It was a greeting simple as that. This of course baffled the raven haired to no end.

The rest of the class period was as usual, well at least to the rest of the class, but to the two boys it was unlike. Kevin didn't seem to be quivering in fear, and Eddward was consumed in his thoughts though not his typical thoughts, no not today. His brain submerged with trying to figure out Kevin Barr.

Eddward would have thought this would be done with for that day, that the next day they'd go back to being normal and that the ginger had had a strange peculiar moment. Well, that peculiar moment seemed to have lasted more than he expected.

The small teen continued to go into the library day after day, with the same routine. Just sitting there and reading in silence after giving a small greeting. Eddward did have the option to not go into the library; he had the option to avoid the teen as he usually did. In fact the raven haired did ditch more than once but somehow when found himself wondering back into the library he's only find the ginger still sitting in their usual spot reading. As he sat down the only reaction he got from Kevin was looking up from his book and smiling then continued his reading.

Eddward began to observe the teen, and his weird actions. What intentions did the ginger possessed? His goofballs pawns continue to beat him up on a daily bases it seemed as he noticed a new bruise peeking through his loose clothing. His eyes were certainly tired; there were huge dark bags under his eyes. Quite frankly the boy looked exhausted. The raven haired pondered why he was sitting with him when he could go into the infirmary to rest. Was he hoping for something, protection perhaps? However he made no motion to plead for help, no interest in expecting for anything really.

It wasn't like Eddward was involved with Jimmy and Johnny anymore. For weeks now he had stopped hanging around them, they were certainly a pair of annoying fools. Of course this didn't bother the other two, without Eddward they did whatever the fuck they wanted. This happened often where with no explanation the raven haired would leave the boys for some time, and then at random rejoin. However the taller boy could not help but wonder if the ginger was aware of this at all.

The raven haired noticed day by day the quivering freckled hands begin to become calm and controlled. No longer seemed forced, now instead held the book in them strongly and confidently. His silence began to be filled with small giggles, and reactions caused by his reading. Eddward stared at the cover of the book and saw a dramatic scene of a pirate in the middle with a sword in hand standing as if ready to go into battle. To the man's left was a beautiful graceful woman, and to the right was a young man most likely the pirate's handy man. Behind them were a large body of sea and a ship with its flag waving in the air.

Well, it certainly wasn't a book Eddward would pick up from the shelves. He wasn't much of a fictional reader, didn't have the imagination for it he thought. It was silly to read it quite frankly; they were…stupid and waste of time. Fiction was a get away from the reality of the world. He of all people knew there could never be an escape from reality; it was cruel in that sense.

Yet he would be lying if he said he that the giggles coming from the ginger didn't poke his interest. Just what were in the contents of that book that made the boy laugh and gasp? What made his beady olive eyes shine with brightness? It seemed to have caused something in the boy's mind to turn, and Eddward was most curious as it was in his nature.

One day when Kevin sat down, instead of opening the book, he pulled out a school text book and began doing homework in silence. Eddward just figured the boy had fallen behind in his studies. However the next day it was the same, and so was the next day… and the next…the book was nowhere in sight.

Simply because of Eddward's curiosity, after the ginger left he walked over to the fictional section and began looking through books trying to find it. It was when he looked on the very top that he found the book, and grabbed it. Once again he stared at the stupid cover and turned to read the stupid summary. He heard a giggle next to him and looked to his side, his chest tensing seeing the red head. "It's a good read" Kevin said lifting a jacket a bit into sight "Sorry, came back to grab my rain jacket, seems like it might rain later day."

Eddward lowered the book a bit embarrassed at being found out and looked out the window seeing dark clouds begin to form in the sky. He sensed the ginger shift slightly "It's been a while since I read something fictional, thought it might inspire me somehow. You know kind of how our parents used to read to us back then huh. I don't really have a favorite I love almost all stories, do you?" Kevin asked mainly to make conversation.

"No…never really read fiction" Eddward paused staring at the book titles all stacked neatly on the shelves. "Never been interested"

"Seems to me you're interested now" the ginger smiled "Hey I have some great recommendations actually, want to check some out and go over to your place after school?"

Eddward looked back to the ginger with a raised eyebrow "I'm just offering, besides its Friday" Kevin shrugged. The ginger wasn't expecting anything to be honest maybe a cold glare, some annoyed eye roll. Instead, what he got was a simple sigh, the raven haired seemed comfortable. Kevin smiled at this "I'll meet you out back 10 minutes after school ends" he softly spoke and turned to leave.

The taller teen stood in his spot just staring at the cover of the book, and before he knew it had been checked out and was placed inside his back pack. Eddward had been reading the book since lunch ended and now found himself sitting in the back corner of the AP biology class with the book hidden under a completed worksheet. No one ever paid attention to him, not even the teachers since they knew he was days ahead of the entire class. So he had the freedom to do whatever he wanted as long as it wasn't disrupting the class.

Kevin sat in a front seat on the opposite side of the room very concentrated on whatever tasked was assigned. Eddward noticed the ginger's right foot bouncing impatiently at he focused, his back slouched at he leaned on the desk, tired eyes roaming through the piece of paper, and biting his nails which the boy came to known was a nervous habit of the other. Something that caught his attention was that he kept looking at the clock; his hands seemed to quiver ever so slightly. Something was on his mind, something that caused him nerves, and fear…almost like…

As he finished the worksheet Kevin stood and handed it in. Eddward's observant blue eyes saw the fake smile the boy gave as he quietly spoke to the teacher, then grabbed his back pack and rapidly gave a glance and a smile towards his direction. The raven haired knew then what it was all about. It HAD to be the stupid fools.

Eddward wasn't aware of what he was doing, but before the boy become conscious of his actions he had turned in the sheet and walked out of the class no explanation given. Following the ginger to his locker a few feet behind he noticed the change in posture, how the guarded boy he used to torment was reflected once again. Kevin placed some texts inside the locker and stood looking from side to side looking for someone.

The raven haired had a moment of hesitation; however once he spotted Jimmy turning a corner he stepped up to a shocked ginger and grabbed him by the arm dragging him along. "E-Eddward!" Kevin called out trying to keep up with the taller boy's quick pace "what are you doing?!" he whispered.

"Are you willing to skip your last class?" was all Eddward said his gazed fixed on the exit to the school.

"What! I can't leave now, they might get Nazz!" Kevin tried to pull away.

"Well we're leaving either way" The raven haired pulled on little Kevin almost threateningly.

"CAPTAIN!" they heard the blond yell out from behind.

Kevin could feel Eddward's grip on him tighten "Play along" he whispered so softly had the ginger not been so close to the other he wouldn't have heard it. Eddward turned around with a sense of power running through his posture Kevin could tell by his expression that the boy had pulled that tough guy mask on. "What is it?" he demanded.

Jimmy placed his hands in the pocket of his leather jacket and shrugged "Me and Johnny thought we had some fun with our favorite friend here today, didn't know you wanted to play also"

Kevin didn't know how the raven haired did it, but he appeared to be much taller than he was. His strong presence seemed to intimidate the other who took an awkward step back. "I'm sure you won't miss our dear friend mister Barr for just one day would you?" his voice spoke out sharp and cold as ice giving shivers down Kevin's back.

"Of course not, not at all in fact…it's just you haven't been out with us having fun captain, thought you got bored?" Jimmy smiled down at Kevin.

"Well I suppose I got bored of being bored" Eddward pulled Kevin back a bit harshly, who shrieked.

"Then he's all yours captain" The blond gave a somewhat sarcastic grin and raised his hands up in a gesture of giving up. Jimmy's light blue eyes roamed through every feature of the raven haired face, and posture, he searched for something within the other to answer his suspicion. Then turned and waved goodbye knowing very well what Eddward was capable of doing to him had he put up a fight.

Eddward scuffed and shoved little Kevin once more as they turned around and out of the school building. The sun light hit their faces directly making the ginger close his eyes and scrunch his nose. Slowly opening his eyes he realized they were heading towards Eddward's car. "W-wait!" Kevin tried to pull back but it was to no avail. "Eddward Wait!" Kevin raised his voice as he pulled back harder.

The taller boy stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Kevin, and for a moment those dark cold blue eyes stared back at him again. It reminded the ginger of the reason why he was so afraid of the boy, they were eyes that could kill. Kevin froze his body tensing and as soon as he saw the other boy relaxing he did as well. "What is it minnow" Eddward spoke in almost a whisper.

Taking a couple deep breaths slowly, Kevin cleared his throat to speak once again "...I um..." He couldn't find the words he wanted to speak, he want to desperately ask why? However knowing the boy by now he knew that Eddward was very closed off in public, so he didn't ask. "I wanted to check some books out after school..." The ginger looked down at his feet feeling somewhat embarrassed at his childish comment.

The raven haired finally loosened his grip enough to where Kevin wasn't feeling pressure anymore, and was now only a feather like touch. "Jimmy is extremely observant, it wouldn't be wise to go back in for all we know he could be watching us right now, he's smart"

"...Alright" Kevin looked back at the building knowing well he was going to hear a confused and angry Nazz the next day.

Looking through the distraught boy in front of him, Eddward softened his tension in his body and spoke steadily to calm Kevin down further "I can assure you Nazz will be fine…" before he could get a response from the other he gently shoved Kevin into the black car and drove away, no other words exchanging between them.

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