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Blood in the Water	By : AeoAthura Category: +1 through F > Ed, Edd, and Eddy Views: 10402 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter Eleven:
The night was dark and the air was cold. The moon was out in a cloudless, starless sky and Kevin looked up in wonder at the vast darkness - he wondered if he would be consumed by it.
He stood at the school’s pool, at the edge of the water. Everything was gray and dark, the moon’s light casting long shadows over the cold concrete beneath his feet. He looked down at the black water and saw that it was rippling, the surface disturbed by something. The little crescents of light reflected from the moon, which should have been silver, glinted red like blood.
Kevin felt cold, and it had nothing to do with the night air.
Something rose from the blackness of the water, a triangular fin that cut through the surface. He spotted a second one nearby, then a third. Circling sharks like buzzards.
He focused on the surface of the water, tried hard to see what the sharks were circling. Through the blackness he swore he saw a figure, someone drowning, scrambling madly to break the surface. He realized that what he saw was himself, the version of himself that had been drowning all of this time!
He braced his stance, prepared to jump into the water only to freeze when he saw another shark pass by. He would either drown or be devoured if he leapt into that black abyss.
The scent of chlorine was suddenly overwhelming…
Kevin jerked awake with a gasp, wincing as the morning light burned his eyes.
This was not his room, or even his house he realized immediately. The carpet was white and clean, but the furniture was a mess. There was an upturned table, clothes scattered everywhere and he saw that his shirt was ripped.
Something shifted beneath him and he was suddenly very aware of the warmth and the smell of chlorine once more filled his nose. He moved to look down and locked eyes with Eddward who lay beneath him on the couch, both of them a tangled mass of limbs.
He was flooded with the memories of the night before, the fistfight, the insults and the rough but damn good fucking. He saw evidence of all of this on the swimmer suddenly and felt himself smile because Edd was his. He had pinned down the Demon of Peach Creek and literally fucked him senseless. Twice!
Kevin grinned, he couldn’t help himself. Eddward stared at him with a bored expression through a black eye, there was dried blood beneath his nose, on his lips and down his chin. Kevin knew he looked no better, but it didn’t matter because in the end he had won, and he felt damn good that he won something that night.
Kevin stretched languidly, then moved to sit up and yawned. “I think that’s the best night’s sleep I’ve had in years.” He said in an effort to clear away any awkwardness.
Slowly Edd sat up and pulled himself out from beneath the athlete. Kevin quietly marveled at how comfortably Edd could walk around naked, even if it was his own house. The swimmer’s body was gorgeous, comprised entirely of long lines and subtle muscle. The parts that weren’t bruised or stained with blood were the most amazing pale shade, despite all of the time he spent in the sun, and Kevin had been sure to carve the image into his mind the night before of Edd’s body bathed in the moonlight.
He was unsure if he would ever seen it again.
“For as well as you might have slept, I spent the night with an animal atop me.” The swimmer sneered, gathering up Kevin’s clothes before throwing them at the other.
Kevin scoffed as he caught his clothes, examining the long rip in the front of his shirt with some level of amazement, “Hey, you sure as hell weren’t complaining last night.” He looked up and caught Eddward’s smirk and felt it go straight to his groin. He was quickly discovering how much the man loved being overpowered and dominated; it turned the smart mouthed little water demon into a mewling kitten… By comparison at least.
“No… I don’t suppose I was.” Edd was pulling on his black silk boxers that had Kevin’s mouth suddenly very dry. “Now if you do not mind, or if you do I really do not care, kindly extract yourself from my house. I have a good amount of damage to repair.”
Kevin snapped out of his daze and watched the swimmer kneel down to begin picking up the overturned end table. He didn’t move to leave, “Hey Edd?” He asked and got nothing but a grunt in response, “About what you said last night, about nobody being there for you.” His stomach twisted in knots and he looked down at his hands as if he could see the blood again, “I know we’re not really friends, but I’m here… You know, if you ever need someone.”
“While the empty words are appreciated, you were not there for me when I really needed someone.” He was watching his hands as he fixed the vase, fiddling with it idly.
Kevin frowned and pulled on his pants swiftly before jumping to his feet, “That’s not fair! That was years ago! You don’t know…”
Edd looked up and frowned, “I don’t know what, Kevin?”
Every fiber of the man’s being wanted to blurt it out, wanted to confess that he had saved the swimmer’s life back then. The words backed up in his throat and he stood there silent for a few long moments before he remembered to breathe, “They’re not empty words damnit! I can be there for you now and before you say something smart ass, just take it at face value!”
Edd stood, motionless. He sighed, “I need a shower.” He confessed, then turned and made his way up the stairs.
Kevin grit his teeth, cursing everything on earth with an excess on the swimmer’s stubbornness. He pulled his shirt back on and paused for a moment, then went about fixing the living room as best he could while Edd was in the shower. Once the last table was back in place he stood at the foot of the stairs and listened to the hiss of the shower as he debated several things.
He had never been a real romantic kind of person, had never been one to want to cuddle or hold hands. But at that moment he wanted someone to be with, no, he wanted Edd. That, however, was not going to happen. The man stated quite clearly that he was only after sex, which served to surprise the hell out of Kevin.
Then again, knowing that Edd had not been a virgin also shocked him. It also angered him.
Kevin heard the shower turn off and realized that he had been standing there for too long. He sighed and walked to the door, letting himself out quietly.
He should have gone home to shower, but instead as his feet hit the sidewalk he abruptly turned left and started walking further into the cul-de-sac. He was unsure if he was going to Naz’s house for comfort or bragging rights, he felt a wave of both pride and hurt from his interactions with Edd.
Naz’s house was white with sun-yellow trim, he thought that it fit the woman just fine. He knocked on the door, then rang the doorbell twice because he could. A minute later, the door opened and a sleepy-eyed Naz stood there in blue and pink pajamas.
She gasped, “Oh my God Kevin! What happened to you!”
Kevin looked down at himself and saw the bruises, cuts and his ripped shirt. He grinned, “You think I’m bad, you should see the other guy.” He said proudly and walked inside without needing to be invited.
“Other guy? Kevin, what happened!” She paused, then gasped, “Wait, was that what all the commotion was about at Edd’s house last night? Oh my God, did you go pick a fight with him?”
Kevin raised his hands, “Whoa Naz! Calm down. He started it, I just ended it.” He grinned again, “He cornered me after I got home last night and started some shit, so I went over to his house and finished it.” He paused, then laughed at his own inside joke, “Twice!”
Naz’s face was a spectacular array of emotions ranging from worried to angry, “Is he alright?”
Kevin laughed again, “Oh I’d say so.”
Naz huffed loudly, “Kevin! For the third time now, what the fuck happened!”
It was rare for Naz to curse, he knew she was upset, “Alright, alright. When I got back from the game last night, Edd caught me in the driveway and we sorta…got into it. I was pissed off alright, and he was acting like a royal prick.”
“You got into a fight in your driveway?!”
“Well…it wasn’t a fight per-say.” Kevin cleared his throat, “We might have made out.”
Naz’s eyes widened, “What?!”
“Edd invited me back to his house but he was being a dick about it. So when I went over there I was real pissed off. We got into it, and this time I do mean a fight. Pretty nasty but damn it felt good. Then one thing led to another and…”
Naz looked suspicious, her eyes narrowed, “And…?”
“We fucked.”
“WHAT?!”
“Twice…”
“KEVIN!”
“Hey! Like I said, he started it. Guy’s a fucking animal when you get him naked.” Kevin’s lips twisted in a salacious grin at the thought and he felt the nail marks on his back throb so amazingly.
Naz flailed her hands around, “I really don’t need to know this!” She rubbed her forehead, “You look like hell man, and… I mean, I figured you had a thing for Edd, but don’t you think you jumped the gun a little here?”
Kevin padded across the woman’s living room, a collection of green shag carpeting and blue couches, flopping down into the love seat. “Maybe, I dunno. But…it just sorta happened. But at the same time, I feel bad. No, I feel like a real ass.”
Naz came over and sat beside him, frowning, “Why? Because you two fought?”
“No, not that. Something he said.” He sighed, “When we were fighting last night, when we were arguing. He made it seem like he only let me fuck him because it was the only way I might get my grades up, like he felt like he had to do it.”
“Well that sucks.” Naz said pointedly, “But why’d you sleep with him if he said that? I mean, it’s not true right?”
“No! It just…we both got so keyed up in the moment, he started moaning and humping me…”
“Kevin! Seriously, details not necessary. I really don’t want to think of Double-Douche naked and humping your brains out.” She punched Kevin’s shoulder roughly.
Kevin winced, “Ow! Watch out, I got a bruise there.” He rubbed his shoulder tenderly, “Alright, no details. We just got into it, I didn’t think about what he said until this morning.” He looked down at his feet and frowned, “He kept telling me that nobody was ever there for him, and I wanted to bad to tell him the truth. It’s so unfair!”
“Well why didn’t you?”
The athlete sighed and stared at his hands, then sighed, “I dunno. It didn’t feel right. Like…” He frowned heavily, recalling the expression on Edd’s face, “I don’t think he would have taken it right.”
“Look, you want to know my suggestion?”
“Of course…” Kevin perked up, he always respected what Naz had to say.
She was frowning, her lips slightly pouting, “Eddward is bad news Kevin. I know you feel responsible for him Kevin, but you really need to let that go. The Double-D we knew as a kid is gone. I didn’t want to believe it myself, but seeing you like this? You two have gotten into your little scuffles at school but he really did some damage to you Kevin. The Double-D we knew would never hurt a flea.”
Kevin respected Naz as a person, and anything she told him. But in that moment he felt that she was… What, wrong? No… She was right, Double-D was gone, and last night the two had really gone at each other with all they had. And yet… “He’s the same…” Kevin mumbled, “Maybe not the same Double-D, but he’s the same terrified kid I held in my arms a few years ago. What he told me was right, I wasn’t there when he needed me. I may have saved his life but I ran away after that, I ran away when I knew he was alone and hurting. That kid never recovered Naz, he never stopped being scared of the shadows.” Suddenly a lot of Edd’s behavior made sense, his paranoia and his near violent need to break away, “Maybe I shouldn’t have slept with him last night, but I can fix this now.” Kevin jumped to his feet, “Yeah, I’m sure of it. I know how to fix this!”
“Uhh, Kevin?” Naz said, raising a hand.
He looked down, “Yeah?”
“You might want to fix yourself first. Like, take a shower?”
“Showers are for losers! I’m a fucking winner!”
“Did Edd hit you in the head or something?”
There was a pause, “Irrelevant!”
#
Kevin skipped his third period class that following Monday and made his way to the guidance office. His mind was still hazed with thoughts of Eddward, though more so on the angry words the two had shared that previous Friday. Edd had been so angry when he had screamed at Kevin, but there was also fear in his eyes, genuine fear for his future and how the athlete would affect it. Kevin couldn’t stomach having Edd hold him in such negative regards, and he actually felt responsible for the swimmer’s future.
The weight was too heavy on his chest.
As he opened the door and walked in he saw one student sitting on a chair waiting, a middle aged woman typing on a computer in the back and… Kevin frowned. Eddy sat at the front counter, staring at a computer screen with vivid interest.
He walked up to the counter, “Yo dork.”
Edd waved his hand dismissively, “Sign in and sit down.”
“No way dork, I need to talk to Mrs. Collins, now.” Kevin put emphasis behind his voice, he hated dealing with that pimple faced sleaze ball. Honestly he wouldn’t have had such a grudge against the kid if he weren’t a perpetual ass.
Then again he seemed to have developed attraction for Edd, despite his ability to be such an asshole. He briefly remembered Eddy kissing Edd on a dare, and though he had initiated the dare it still annoyed the jock.
Eddy looked up and frowned heavily, looking Kevin over slowly. “She’s at lunch.” He said blankly.
“No she’s not.”
“She’s with another student.”
“I’m guessing she’s not since you already lied once.” He huffed and invited himself into the back. The woman behind the desk looked up as if she were about to get involved, then thought the better of it and went back to her work as Kevin moved down the hall. He heard Eddy’s irate voice telling him to come back but he ignored it as he flung open the door to the councilor’s office.
She was mid-bite from a Styrofoam box of Chinese food, looked up and raised a curious brow, “Hello Kevin, can I help you?” She didn’t bother to stop eating despite the intrusion. She looked over him with a mouthful of Mushu Pork, covered her mouth and went on to say, “You know I saw Mr. Vincent earlier sporting some similar bruises, didn’t I tell you two not to kill each other?”
“It’s easier said than done.” Kevin closed the door with a bang and walked over to an empty chair, dropping down heavily, “I can’t do this.” He said flatly, “There’s…no way I’ll be able to pull my grades up, even with Edd’s help.”
“Is he not tutoring you?” She asked, turning to her computer to type in her password; the kitten vomiting rainbows appeared on her background.
Kevin reached up and rubbed the back of his neck, “He is, and he’s doing a great job. But…” He looked down at his feet, “There’s some bad history between us. And bottom line, I don’t want to be held responsible if he doesn’t get that letter!”

Mrs. Collins frowned, “Is that why you two got into a fight? He was upset about the letter?”
“No! No…” Well, yes, Kevin thought, “It’s not like that. I’m trying hard ok, and so is he. But…if I fail, then he’s going to take a major hit because of it. I can’t have that on my conscience! That’s just not fair!”
She smiled some and finally closed the Chinese box, pushing it aside, “So you’re genuinely worried about Mr. Vincent, are you?”
Kevin frowned, but nodded, “I know he’s a grade-A prick, but sometimes he can be a nice guy. Emphasis on sometimes.” He snorted, “But he’s got the grades to go to any college he wants! I know his record is messed up but he’ll grow out of that right? I mean…why punish him…for being scared of a world that’s mistreated him?”
“You’re talking about his incident in Freshman year?”
“Well, that and…his parents were never there for him you know? I mean like, never. All his friends abandoned him when he needed them. When you think about it, he’s kinda got a reason for being such an ass.” Kevin’s hands gripped the arms of the chair tightly as he frowned, “Look, I want to be totally honest with you. I want to help Edd, but right now whenever he looks at me he gets angry because he sees me as the roadblock between him and freedom. I can’t get to him if he won’t look past that.”
Mrs. Collins seemed surprised by this, but she smiled, “Well Kevin, that’s a lot of growing up you did in a short amount of time.” She praised, “I must say I’m… I’m very impressed!” She sat back in her chair, “I have to ask you though Kevin, do you really, honestly think that this school would ever endanger the future of a student?”
Kevin blinked, “Wh…What do you mean?”
She chuckled, “Kevin, no matter what happened to you, pass or fail, we already have Edd’s recommendation letter written and sent to every college he’s applied to. I would never, and I mean never, risk the future of one of my students. Especially one so talented as Mr. Vincent.”
Kevin’s jaw literally fell open, “But… But the rejection letter, and…”
“It was a fake.” She said with a shrug, “He only sent those letters in about a month before, it takes much longer for those to process. I was actually a little shocked that he fell for it.” She giggled, “But I wanted to see you succeed Kevin, and I knew the only one who could really make that possible was Edd so I had to be a little devious to get him to agree.”
“That’s fucked up!” the athlete jumped to his feet and slammed his palms down on her desk, making the woman jump, “Do you realize how little Edd already trusts everyone? And I’d say for damn good reason! To think you guys would pull something so underhanded! Do you know how much he’s stressing over this? Do you understand that you’re risking putting him into a depression or worse?”
Mrs. Collins looked passive, she sighed, “I was honestly hoping you would give him a reason to trust you, Kevin. Have you even told him why he’s alive to help you today?”
“That’s irrelevant.”
“But it’s not. He has a friend in you Kevin, and a damn good one too based on how you came storming into my office like this. If Mr. Vincent can trust anyone in this world, it’s you. This was my last chance for both of you to heal some old wounds, Kevin. Before Edd leaves forever. Before you both walk away from each other with ghosts haunting you.”
Kevin was unsure if he was more irritated or frustrated. “I’m gonna tell him!” he barked, “Not about that though. About this. About how you used his fears against him!”
“If you feel you must.”
“You’re damn right I feel that I must!” He yelled, “What you did is blackmail! You’ll be lucky if he doesn’t sue your ass off!” He moved around the desk in a huff, then paused at the door as his burst of rage ebbed slowly, “Maybe in some twisted way, what you did was a nice thing. But trying to get someone to trust you through more lies isn’t the way to go.”
She looked up and smiled calmly, “You should take your own advice.”
“I never lied to him.”
“You never told him the truth either.”
Kevin grit his teeth and left the office, banging the door loudly behind him.
#
Kevin was appreciative for practice that day, he was able to get out some of his aggression. He was nervous though, because he knew he needed to talk to Edd, and while his brain tried to work out what he was going to say and how he was going to say it, his body reacted to the stray thoughts of what had happened Friday night. How he wanted more of that. A lot more. Except he didn’t want to pin the swimmer down after a bloody fistfight, he didn’t want to have to dominate the other just to be able to be with him.
He knew for a fact that he was not gay, he would never look at another man the way he looked at Eddward. He was alright with this, because sex was sex, but there were few people on the planet who could challenge him like Edd did, nobody could rile him up like the swimmer.
He shoo’d away his other teammates before the swim team would be getting in. His heart was racing and he was unsure why, and so while he waited he pulled out his phone. ‘Answer me once and for all, how do you know so much about Edd?’
‘Why do you think that’s going to work?’ came the response.
‘Because you care about him. It’s why you’ve been feeding me information.’
He heard the doors open, heard the chatter of the swimmers as they moved about. His phone buzzed and he opened the new message, ‘I fucked up. He’ll never trust me.’
Kevin sighed quietly through his nose, looked up and watched Edd pass by on his way to the shower. He listened to the other swimmers leave as they so often did to avoid further confrontation. ‘You did. But an apology might go further than you think, Eddy.’
He tossed the phone into his bag and made his way towards the swimmer’s stall. He kicked off his shoes and pulled off his shirt, then jimmied the door open with a nudge.
“KEVIN!” Edd hissed, recoiling from the door with an annoyed look in his eyes, “Have you no decency? Surely you-”
Kevin didn’t care. He closed the door and moved to grab the swimmer’s hips, shoving him hard into the wall as he dove in for a kiss, because he couldn’t help himself. He had been aching for the feel of the other’s smooth skin and fighting tongue, he took a sharp intake of breath when he felt Edd bite his lip because fuck it felt so damn good.
Edd’s hands gripped his shoulders firmly, pushing enough to let the athlete know that his presence was not exactly desired. “Edd,” Kevin whispered, “There’s something you need to know.”
The swimmer snorted, “You have an erection?”
Kevin grinned deviously, “Well, yeah. But that’s not what I wanted to tell you.” Edd remained quiet, his eyes narrowed on the other. He took a breath, “I went to see Mrs. Collins today I…” he paused, wondering how to word it, “I didn’t want you to be punished for my screwup. I don’t want you to resent me.”
There was a long pause between the two, the swimmer’s fingers relaxed some. He remained silent however.
“There’s something else…” He took a breath and watched Edd’s eyes carefully, “I like you Edd, and it has nothing to do with the sex. Well, I mean, it was great but, I liked you before that. You’re so irritating, you drive me crazy, but at the same time I-”
“No.” The word was said flatly, his eyes and face void of emotion.
“Wh…what?!”
“No.” He repeated with the same inflection, but stronger, “Kevin, I informed you that I am not looking for a relationship. I will not deny that you and I have sexual chemistry, as I used the term before, and now more than ever I am certain of this. But you are not gay, nor would I want for you to compromise your beliefs on my account.”
Kevin tensed up and frowned, “I know you’re a secretive guy! It’s not like I’m gonna out you to the school or anything.”
“I am not at all concerned about that.” He replied curtly, pushing Kevin away to an arms length, “I honestly appreciate what you did on my account, and should you desire I will continue to tutor you.” He went to turn off the water and grabbed his towel, “The simple fact of the matter is, Kevin, it’s too late.”
He walked out of the little stall without looking back.
Kevin charged out after him, “Stop being such a fucking drama queen!” he snarled, “What do you mean it’s too fucking late? For what!”
Edd didn’t respond. He was pulling on a pair of those black silk boxers that drove Kevin wild, bastard! He put on the rest of his clothes, gathered his things and walked towards the door.
“Fuck off then! Be a fucking coward! You want to know why nobody’s there when you need them? ‘Cause you fucking walk away!” He threw the metaphorical rock in the hopes that it would make the swimmer stop, but he didn’t.
The heavy clatter of the locker room door rang through the room with finality. Kevin felt the heavy weight of defeat on his chest.
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