KevREV!Edd Part 14

First thing the next day at school, Edd left Kevin at his locker and tracked down Eddy. He found his target skulking in the library. He had a black eye and a deep purple bruise on his jaw. He saw Edd coming and turned to run. Edd caught him by the back of his shirt. “Discretion. All I asked for was discretion.”
“Hey, I tried, man! I was discreet as fuck!! I got caught!” Eddy held up his hands in surrender as Edd narrowed his eyes. “I did get some info, though Double D! I’m not empty handed.” He grabbed desperately at his bag. Edd took the folder Eddy offered him. Edd looked through the folder. There were pictures of Chris with the football players although he didn't seem to be one of them. Edd raised his brows at the last pictures. There was Chris with the players that had grabbed Edd. And the last one was of Chris with a dark haired boy that looked like he could be related to Chris he was looking in the direction of the camera smiled as if he knew Eddy was taking candid photos. The sight of this boy made Edd's stomach turn. Also present were some boys wearing the jersey for a different school. “Interesting.”
“See? Totally worth a movie night. I earned it.”
“Mmm. You would have, had you not followed up by telling them exactly who sent you, you idiot.”
“What!? C’mon! They were whoopin my ass, Double D.”
“This is supposed to justify you sending them after me? You were notably absent from the visitors login during my latest hospital stay.” Edd put the folder in his bag and turned to see Eddy shuffling side to side. “Too bad. Although I should have known. You only want me as a friend so you can use me. You’re a manipulative psychopath and a liar Eddy. I just hope Ed realizes it before you get him killed one day.”
Edd slung his bag over his shoulder as the bell rang for class and walked from the library. He sat in class contemplating what he saw in the folder. This information at least confirmed that the boy, Chris, was affiliated with the same players who’d attacked Kevin and… but why now?
Is it because Kevin was starting to remember? Yes… that had to be it.
At lunch Edd went straight to the boy’s locker rooms. He moved quickly and quietly toward the football player’s lockers and memorized the names he saw there. He heard a sound and moved back toward his own locker in the corner and waited. He heard footsteps approaching and turned to see Kevin standing behind him.
“What are you doing here?” Edd asked blankly.
“Looking for you. Nat said someone saw you walking toward the gym. What’s up? Why are you avoiding me?”
“I’m not avoiding you.”
Kevin gestured around at all the lockers and then looked incredulously back at Edd. “It’s lunch. We always eat together at lunch. And today I find you hiding in here.”
“I’m  not avoiding you.” Edd turned fully to face Kevin.
“Then what are you doing?”
“I’m not-“ Edd shrugged. He couldn't think of a lie so he repeated the words again. "I'm not avoiding you."
Kevin rubbed the back of his neck in annoyance, and placed his hands on his hips. “Don’t tell me you’re not doing anything, Edd. You wouldn’t tell me why those football players were messing with you in the first place, you won’t talk to me about anything.”
“It’s not that I don’t want to, Kevin.”
“Then what is it?” Kevin was becoming more and more visibly agitated. Edd was beginning to feel annoyed as well.
“Don’t act like you don’t have secrets as well, Kevin. You think I believed that you couldn’t remember that nightmare? I let it go because I accepted it was none of my business.”
“Don’t turn this on me. And don’t say it was none of my business! You got your ass handed to you, and now I find you digging in the guys’ lockers. What do you want from them?” Edd said nothing. He wasn’t sure he should tell Kevin. Not when he had no proof. Kevin was paranoid enough as it was. Suddenly, Kevin was shouting. “See!? This is exactly what I mean. You obviously have a hella lot on your mind, but you wanna be Mr. Fuckin-Mystery, so I  have to sit in the dark about it.”
“It doesn’t concern you, Kevin. At least not yet.”
Kevin stared at Edd I utter disbelief. “How does it not? My boyfriend was attacked and had to go to the hospital.”
“I understand that. However I just-“
“Just what? Just don’t trust me!?”
“Pumpkin…”
“No! I’m really curious about how this ‘not my business’ thing works. Please explain!”
“Citrouille. You’re being unreasonable.”
“UNREASONABLE!?” Kevin advanced on Edd and for a moment, Edd thought he would hit him, but in a moment he scoffed and turned away. “Why am I surprised? You still trust Marie with your tags more than me. You still fuckin her too?”
Edd’s eyes widened.
“Yeah. I know about it. I let it go because I trusted you to tell me when you were ready. Not because it’s not my business.” Kevin turned on his heel and left the room. Edd wanted to follow, but those last words seemed to grip his lungs and stole his breath away paralyzing him.. I trusted you. Trusted. Past tense.