KevREV!Edd Part 8

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand?? Kev you can’t just say you went out skating with him and not say anything else!! What happened? Where’d you go? Did you like, just run into him there, or—?”
“No…” Kevin said as he stared up at Nazz’s ceiling. “We went on my bike to a play and then we went and got dinner and went skating.”
“Really?” Nat looked hesitant. “Kev that kinda sounds like a…”
“It was a date. I asked him out.” Kevin closed his eyes as silence fell in the room. He could tell without looking that they were exchanging looks of either concern or confusion.
“Kev…”
Kevin sat up and opened his eyes. “I found an old journal… and some old yearbooks. I thought I might like him since I remembered him. Then I found the journal and… it looks like I’ve liked him for a long time. Since like, the sixth grade.”
Nazz’s mouth fell open. “You never told me… all the girlfriends you’ve had, and you’ve never told me you…”
Nat sighed exasperatedly. “Man! Why couldn’t it have been me?”  He threw his head back and laughed. When Kevin did not look amused he clapped a hand on his shoulder and said with a smile, “It’s cool, Dude. No one’s gonna care. Well, they might care that it’s Vincent, but…”
“Does it have to be Double Dick?” Nazz asked, recovering mostly from her shock. It stung that Kevin had never trusted her with something so base as his sexuality.
Kevin smiled weakly. “It’s only him. He’s not so bad. I think he’s just really defensive. He doesn’t want to be walked all over. When he knows you’re not gonna hurt him, well,” Kevin thought back to their struggle for dominance, and also how Edd had held him gently afterwards. And when Kevin awoke, it was to Edd helping him from the bed to the shower. When he’d gotten out, there were neatly folded clothes for him, and Edd was making breakfast downstairs.
“Well,” he continued, realizing he’d drifted off, “He’s not like a delicate flower or anything, but he can be really nice.” Even cute, he thought. He recalled Edd’s face as he’d gone on about Romantic art and literature. Pure joy and unguarded.
“So… did you guys do anything else last night?”
“Umm…” Kevin felt his face burning. “We, uh, we h-had…”
“Omigod!” Nazz jumped up, “Kev, you did Double D!?”
“Uhh…”
Nat grinned knowingly. “Pitchers don’t limp, Kevin.” He laughed and Kevin felt his face burning. Nazz’s mouth fell open. Nat’s smile faded. His tone turned serious. “So you think it’s real? I mean, I don’t doubt you like him, but you don’t think he’s just messing with you?”
Kevin blinked. “No! I mean, I don’t think so... He seemed pretty into it.”
“Yeah, but Kev, enjoying sex and free food and stuff doesn’t mean you love your partner.”
Kevin looked between them. “You guys really don’t trust him?”
“Well-“
“No, I don’t.” Nazz pouted. “Marie is cool, but the guy has no other decent friends, Kev. There’s a reason for that. He’s a…a… a slimeball sometimes.”
Kevin shrugged. “People change.”
Nazz sighed looking defeated. Nat smiled again and hugged Kevin tightly. “Awwww, our big boy Kevin’s all growed up!!!!!!!”
“Man, shut up! Get the hell off me!” Kevin laughed and wrestled with Nat as Nazz laughed. Nat pinned him easily as Kevin was still sore. Kevin was genuinely relieved. He had been so afraid of what Nazz and Nat might say. He still dreaded telling his dad, but that was a matter for another day.
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Edd walked through the hall on Monday feeling an odd sense of dread. He was just beginning to feel paranoid when around noon, his fears were vindicated. He could only sigh heavily at the sight of an attractive blonde girl leaning against his locker. He ignored her as he dialed in his code, and wrenched the door open so she was flung to the side. She stumbled but was not deterred. “What do you want with Kevin?” she demanded.
He turned to walk away, and she cut him off. She gripped the front of his t-shirt and snarled at him. It was mostly just amusing… she was so tiny. She opened her mouth to yell, and he swept her hand off him as though she were some dust clinging to him. He continued walking and said, “My intentions with him one way or another are none of your business, girl. I am simply allowing him a chance.”
“A chance for what? He’s serious about this, Double D.” Edd stopped in his tracks and considered her.
“Don’t call me that. Has he said I did anything he didn’t want me to do?”
“He had a limp.”
“He was a virgin and I’ll admit I was a bit rough. Has he expressed issue with how I deflowered him?”
Nazz blushed and some people looked around curiously at the word virgin. Nazz glared at them and pulled Edd aside. “Look, he hasn’t said anything like that, and he seems to really like you.”
“Then-“
“I’m not sure he’s ready to be out, and I’m also very sure I don’t trust a guy that just wants to screw with my friend on the down low.”
“On the-“
“Hey! Nazz!” Nazz looked over Edd’s shoulder and saw Kevin approaching. He was smiling and waving. She raised her hand to wave back and caught sight of something horrible. Edd’s face had broken into a grin. Not a smile, smirk, or any kind of half smile, this was an honest to goodness gap-toothed grin. She wanted to tell Kevin to run, but it was too late. “Oh,” Kevin said still smiling, “Hey Edd.” Kevin was grabbed violently by his shirtfront and Edd pulled them together. Some people turned at the sudden movement, and silence turned into an uproar as Eddward Vincent kissed Kevin Barr.
Kevin seemed surprised, but wrapped an arm around Edd’s waist and deepened the kiss. Kevin turned them both and had Edd up against a locker. Edd had his arms rested casually on Kevin’s shoulders. They parted and Kevin smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck. “Good morning to you too,” he said. Edd smirked at Nazz then leaned close to Kevin’s ear and whispered, “Wait for me after practice, Mon Citrouille.”
Kevin nodded and blushed as Edd gave him one last peck on his cheek before walking off. Some people looked stunned, most looked like they didn’t care and went back about their business. People parted as Edd moved past, and they did the same for Kevin as he and Nazz went the other direction. Gay, bi- or otherwise they might be, they were still both alpha males with impressive strength, and no one was foolish enough to challenge either, especially now they were on the same side.