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Kevin spent the whole Sunday working on his costume, all of the parts were coming together neatly yet he couldn’t get the automatic magnetic patches on the costume’s palms and feet work properly, they were supposed to activate and deactivate when required yet they were malfunctioning and kept activating, their magnetic field attracting all of the metalic objects with masses as big as tennis balls around an area of 4-5 feet. After numerous failed attempts, he decided that he would try again tomorrow, perhaps trying to fiind solutions on his favourite sites which provided help with various mechanics and programming. It was already past 11PM and he has been working for almost 12 hours but his costume was half done, he just had to piece it together. Kevin dropped on the bed and immediately fell asleep.
The next morning, Kevin went to school, eyes heavy with sleep because he spent the whole previous day working. He dragged his legs to class and dropped on his chair.
’’-Whoa! Kev! What happened to you?’’ asked Nazz.
’’-You look like the zombie from Invason of the glob in the backyard: The stolen toast !’’ yelled ED.
’’-Yeah, dude, you missed on your beauty sleep or something? You could really use it, it does wonders for me but actually my natural beauty is a gift from nature.’’ smiled Nathan while posing, ’’prince-like’’ sparkles forming around him.
’’-Nat boy, you always sparkle like Wilfred when we polish his back with vaseline.’’ added Rolf.
’’-Heh, what can I say, I am after all, I am one of nature’s masterpieces.’’ *WINK WONK* Nathan grinned and winked at his friends.
’’-Nathan, dude, you are impossible…never change!’’ *giggled Nazz while gently hitting Nathan’s arm*
’’-Guys, I am okay, really, I just spent too much time working on that costume, but I finished over half of it.’’ Responded Kevin while rubbing his eyes.
’’-Kevin, don’t push yourself, there’s still plenty of time at hand, you don’t have to finish it in 2 days…’’ said Nazz a little worried.
’’-Yeah, Kev, if you keep going like that it will ruin that pretty face of your, those little freckles won’t always save you.’’ Adden Nathan with a raised eyebrow and equal worry.
’’-Nah, I am good, I just have to solve a problem then I will take it easy, do any of you know anything about magnets’ behavior and how control them?’’
None of his friends knew how to work with magnets on such a level, some had basic knowledge about magnets but nothing to help his problem. The first period started and everyone took their seat.
When school was over, Kevin said goodbye to his friends and dashed home on his morotbike, somewhat managing to avoid Eddward for a whole day, which was a whole new level of achievement. Once he arrived home, he quickly headed for his room and started searching info about the magnets’ issue. After a few hours of research on the internet and among his books, he made no progress at all since the information was too simple and it didn’t help at all. Kevin decided that his last hope was to head to school and borrow some books from the library, he was sure he could fiind at least 1 helpfull book among the thousands on the shelves.
Kevin looked out of the window, the sky was getting dark, he noticed heavy, grey clouds gathering on the sky, floating and combining together, preparing to unleash a rainstorm. Kevin bit his lower lip, a habit he had when trying to make a fast decision, and made up his mind, he would head back to school on foot, grab the books he needed, then head back, but he needed the library keys, which were probably at Nazz’s house since she was the librarian’s right hand, a book enthusiast and she was in charge of the library’s decorations for the Halloween night at school.
Kevin went over to Nazz’s house, he rang the doorbell and waited for a response, when none came he took his phone aut of his bag and called Nazz.
’’-Hi, Kev! What’s up?’’ answered Nazz.
’’-Hey Nazz, I need the key to the library, I need some books about magnets, robotics and a few other, do you think you could give me the key until later today?’’ asked Kevin.
’’-Yeah, Kevin, of course! But I am downtown with Marie to get some ice cream and coffee, however, Marie gave the key to Edd so he could make a quick inspection since he had to go check on the pool as well and deliver some decorations there.’’
Kevin tensed a bit and gripped his phone when Nazz mentioned Eddward. Great, just what he needed, he wished to keep the day Edd-free for once, but it seemed that the odds were against him.
’’-Okay, Nazz, thanks. I guess there’s no other choice than meeting him and asked for the key…just my luck…say HI to Marie from me.’’
Kevin hung up and took a deeph breath, he was about to waltz over into a shark’s mouth, what could possibly go wrong? He started walking towards the school as fast as he could, the sudden gush of wind and the small thunder urged him to go faster.
In a matter of minutes he arrived at the school, he saw Eddward’s black car parked in front of the school which made him nervous and tense. Kevin took one more deep breath and headed for the entrance. The school was awfully quiet, the empty and quiet hallways and the deserted classroms combined with the darkness that took over the school sustained an uncomfortably eerie atmosphere. Kevin was walking silently, holding his bag close to his chest, his sneakers sqeaking against the tiles while he headed for the pool.
Kevin opened the door cautiously, peering into the room, he could see the two doors which led to the boys’ and girls’ locker rooms and the main door which led to the teacher’s office and to the pool. He tried the main door and noticed that it was locked, then he tried the door for the boys’ lockers and found aut that it was open. Kevin stepped into the dark room, he could see a small light from the other side of the room, probably from the pool area, as he made a few steps towards the other door, he felt a hand rest on his shoulders which made him jump, dropping his bag on the ground as a sharp yet muffled shriek escaped from Kevin’s throat. As he spun around, he was met by a tall, athletic figure and a pair of sharp, icy-blue eyes staring at him somewhat amused ’’– EDDWARD!-’’ Kevin thought.
’’-Well, good evening to you as well, pumpkin. Why would you do such a delightfull visit at school during late hours?’’ Eddward asked, releasinng the redhead’s shoulder.
’’-W-well, you see, actually I was looking for you, Eddward.’’ Kevin stutered.
’’-Oh? For me, you say, now why would you do that, pumpkin ?’’ Eddward asked with a doubtfull expression.
’’-I –ugh- I need the key to the library to get some books to help me with one of my costume’s problems and Nazz said that you have it, could you please lend it to me for a bit?’’ Kevin said as fast as he could.
’’- Hmmm…’’ Eddward pretended to think for a minute as he took out the library key and studied it ’’Okay, pumpkin, we will head there after I finish my duties here.’’ Eddward tucked the key in his pocket and started to head for the pool
’’-Umm, Edd! W-wait up! What do you mean by ? Can’t you just give me the key and I will give it back after I get my books?’’ Kevin asked as he hurried after the swimmer.
’’-Pumpkin, now that would be no fun, would it?’’ Eddward smiled, the gap between his teeth fully showing, making Kevin blush.
Kevin followed Edd to the pool, once they arrived, Kevin found a bench as far away from the pool as he could and sat there, trying his best to avoid looking at the aquatic death trap or at Eddward. Eddward walked all over the place, moving boxes full of decorations, checking the settings for the pool’s temperature and making sure that the control panel for the lights, sounds and temperature worked properly. Once he was done he walked over to Kevin and noticed that the smaller teen was curled up on the bench, he assumed nothing out of it and proceeded to place a hand on Kevin’s shoulder, the small geek immediately jumping on his feet, startled.
’’-Pumpkin, we are ready to head for the library, it shall take about 30 minutes for the pool to heat up then we have to come back to check for any sort of defects then we are free to go.’’ Informed the swimmer.
Kevin stood there for a few seconds to process the information, he was still a little scared of being in the same room with a huge, water-filled tank that was ready to introduce him to eternal silence.
’’-Huh? What? We? Why we?’’ Kevin managed to blunt out.
’’-Yes, pumpkin, WE. Nazz has required that I return the key today and I shall, but you will return it for me since you will head over to Nazz anyway, am I correct? Of course I am.’’ Eddward said, his tone bored and somewhat iritated.
Eddward began walking towards the library, once Kevin came out of his daze he quickly followed the brunet, he was glad that he will finally leave that pool area, a few people knew that he couldn’t swim, among thse were his parents, Nazz and Nathan, and he was quite embarrassed to be afraid of deep water at his age. The 2 boys arrived at the library and Eddward unlocked the door, it only took Kevin about 10 minutes to find the books he was looking for among all of the other thousands of old books. He sat down at one of the desks and turned on the desk lamp, studying the books, he took out his journal to record and compare data and he was so absorbed by his research that he hadn’t noticed when Eddward walked next to the desk.
’’-What’s that, pumpkin? Your journal? Mind showing it to me?’’ Eddward leered.
’’-No, thank you, I don’t need you to laugh at it or to make fun of my intelligence.’’ Kevin snorted. ’’Besides, why would you even wish to see it for?’’
’’-Out of pure curiosity, of course. Now, pumpkin, show me your journal, I promise I won’t laugh.’’ Edd grinned, extending his hand.
’’-Well okay, just don’t laugh. The latest notes are the design for my Halloween costume. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to activate and deactivate magnetic patches on the costume when required but the magnets are just too strong and I can’t seem to figure a way to make it work…’’ Kevin explained.
’’-I see, well pumpkin, the proper solution for your problem is a simple magnetic shield, given the magnet’s power and their size, I suggest adding a metal sheet –better said a thin steel sheet- over the magnet to direct the magnet’s flux to follow a certain path and prevent them from attracting any unwanted metal pieces. You could modify your suit to retract the sheet when pressing a certain button and you ought to add a safety lock to that button in order to stop any unwanted activation.’’ Eddward explained, his voice calm and collected, his expression focused on the data, allowing his intelligence to flow out.
’’-Oh, I get it now! It was such a simple solution! Then how about if I shape the metal to open up and close in a certain pattern once I press the button?’’ asked Kevin.
’’-Unfortunately, the open gaps from the metal’s joining would make an opening for the magnet’s flow so it would be unwise to modify the metal sheet in such fashion.’’ Responded Edd.
They continued to talk for about 20 minutes, they talked about various subjects, from robotics to chemistry, physics, mechanics and back to robotics. Kevin listened in awe as Eddward talked, he was mesmerized by the swimmer’s words, he knew Eddward was intelligent, VERY intelligent, but know he realised that he was a complete GENIUS. Kevin began smiling since he could finally talk about his hobby with someone,yet he also felt warm and fuzzy inside, like the sensation when you drink a cup of hot cocoa during winter, now he felt happy and relaxed around the swimmer, the freckled boy even felt a bit shy and nervous to but he couldn’t pinpoint the reason.
Eddward looked at his phone and saw that half an hour has already passed since he turned on the pool’s heating system. He got up and gave the journal back to Kevin.
’’-Well then, come on, pumpkin, we have to go back and verify the pool’s facilities to see if they work properly.’’ Edd said as he took Kevin’s bag and headed for the exit.
’’-Edd! Wait up! Can’t you just give me the library key so I can go home? And give me my bag back!’’ Kevin said as he got up from the desk and ran after the swimmer.
Eddward looked at Kevin, his face serious and with no visible emotion written on it as he studied the smaller boy. Then he sighed and passed the bag back to Kevin.
’’-Well, pumpkin, if you wish to go on foot through this horrible storm without an umbrella or proper clothing for cold weather and risk catching pneumonia, suit yourself.’’ Eddward grinned. ’’However, if you wish, you could wait for me until I check the pool and I will drive you home, does that sound good, pumpkin?’’ Eddward’s grin widened, waiting for the other’s response.
Kevin wanted to protest, to grab the key and his bag and run home, he surely did not want to be near any sort of pool, especially alone with Eddward, and he certainly wished to keep his inability to swim for himself, together with his aquaphobia. As Kevin opened his mouth in order to refuse Eddward’s invitation, a huge lightning cut the sky’s darkness, followed by an enormous thunder and Kevin realised just how bad it was raining. Kevin clenched his fists, doing his best to keep his nervousness hidden.
’’-O-okay, Edd, I will wait until you finish checking the pool…’’ Kevin mumbled.
’’-Great decision, pumpkin, you could also help me by checking the pool’s warmth, you could even dive into it if you wish.’’ Eddward said as he locked the library, and walking towards the pool.
’’-Umm, thanks but I prefer waiting on the bench or something…’’ Kevin said, his voice a bit shaky when he thought about diving in the pool.
Eddward looked at him, his eyebrow raised, then he turned back and concentrated o walking, the rest of the way was silent. They arrived at the pool and Eddward took off his clothes remaining only in his long black swimming shorts with 2 stripes on the sides which matched his hat and his swimcap. Naturally, Eddward went into another room as he switched his hat with the swimming cap. Kevin noticed a while ago how Edd always kept his hat on, even his swimcap was the swimming version of his regular black ski hat. As the brunet athlet walked back, Kevin couldn’t help but stare at his body, his lean muscles moving swiftly and elegantly as he walked. Eddward noticed how Kevin was basically oogling him, so he slowly turned his head to wink at the smaller boy and give him a quick smirk. Kevin averted his eyes, his cheeks turning red before Edd called him over to go to the pool. They went into the swimming pool area and Eddward immediately jumped into the water. ’’Like a fish in the water…’’ Kevin thought as he went to sit on a bench.
Kevin sat down on the bench at the far end of the swimming pool, his breath stopping each time he heard a splash or the water moving. Edd leaped in several times, 2 or 3 times he invited Kevin to jump in as well but Kevin refused each time. The rain could still be heard as loud as ever. Big, heavy raindrops falling on the roof and assaulting the windows, lightning and thunders disrupting the sky’s silence. Finally, after about 20 minutes Eddward got out of the pool and turned off the heating and the pool’s lights and headed for the shower, telling Kevin that they will leave in 10 minutes. Kevin got up and headed for the lockers as well but as he was heading for the door, he walked over the wet tiles near the pool and slipped, dropping his bag on the floor. Kevin tried to keep his balance but that only made him slip once more, as he slipped, he started to lean towards the pool’s edge, when Kevin saw the pool closing in, his eyes widened, his breath got stuck in his throat and his body stiffened, knowing what was about to happen.
A loud slpash echoed through the room, drawing Eddward’s attention, he called Kevin but there was no response, he waited for a couple of seconds before deciding to check out what happened so he started to make his way back to the pool.
Kevin landed in the pool, panic and adrenaline were kicking in, he struggled to make it to the surface but he did not know how to move his arms and legs in order to push himself towards the surface, his wet, heavy sweater only added to the weight pulling him down. The pool had roughly 6-7 feet so he couldn’t feel the bottom. He panicked and struggled harder, accidentaly sucking in a mouthfull of water, he was beginning to drown. Kevin was too tired to struggle anymore, he just wanted to sleep, he stopped struggling as he began to sink to the bottom, the surface’s light slowly disappearing. As his eyes began to close, he saw a dark figure approaching from the surface, its slow and steady strokes cutting the water, making its way towards the drowning boy. Kevin saw the figure approaching, as he was slowly sinking towards the bottom, he saw a pair of sharp, crystal-clear blue eyes coming into focus so he remembered the dream he had, the shark, was he going to be eaten by a shark? Kevin did not think about it, he was too tired, right before blacking out, the blue-eyed creature grabbed his waist and started pulling him towards the surface. With his last powers, Kevin glanced up and saw the so-called shark, who was noone but Eddward, reaching out to save him, then...darkness…
After what seemed to be ages, Kevin opened his eyes and the first thing that he noticed was the warm feeling, he slowly came to his senses and glanced around, he saw that he was wrapped up in a blanket and a pair of arms were wrapped around him. Kevin quickly turned his head and saw that Eddward had his arms wrapped around the blanket, holding the readhead close to him, warming him up. Kevin’s face began to heat up once more. The brunet swimmer noticed the movements and turned his gaze towards the little geek.
’’-Welcome back, pumpkin, how are you feeling?’’ Eddward smiled, a little worry in his voice.
’’-Umm, good, Edd, thank you for saving me…’’ Kevin gazed away, he bagan to shake when he remembered how he had almost drowned.
’’-Pumpkin, it is all right, you are sefe now.’’ Edd replied, squeezing the smaller boy in his arms once he noticed that he had bagan to shake. ’’You could have told me that you are unable to swim, pumpkin.’’ Edd sighed. ’’We might have avoided this whole incident…’’ Edd said, knitting his eyebrows in frustration.
’’-I was ashamed… but I am okay now, Edd, thank you again’’ Kevin said, trying to slap on a smile despite still being scared.
’’-Thankfully... *sigh* if I had not taken first aid courses you would not be all right right now, pumpkin. To make ourselves clear, no more wandering around the pool before you learn to swim.’’ Eddward breathed out, he seemed relieved that Kevin was safe.
Kevin was still stuck on the firs sentence…first aid courses…does that mean that Edd had to…oh, Lord! Kevin’s face turned red once more his mouth hanging open.
’’-First…aid…courses?’’ the words excaped Kevin’s mouth.
Eddward understood what Kevin was talking about so a wicked grin formed on his face, his eyes growing sharper with some kind of twinkle in them, he stared at Kevin for a couple of seconds before speaking.
’’-But of course, pumpkin, you do know that one must perform CPR on a person whose heart has stopped, don’t you?’’ Eddward’s grin widened.
’’-CPR…but…that means…’’ Kevin blushed from ear to ear once he realised that Eddward had done CPR on him, CPR! He had Eddward’s mouth on his own!
Eddward stood up and helped Kevin up as well, the latter’s face still red as he avoided the swimmer’s gaze. Eddward began to head for the lockers, Kevin following close behind. Kevin changed into his gym clothes since his own were soaking wet, good thing he left them at school, he had no extra shoes so he had to keep the wet ones, his QuizBowl hat had fallen off before he fell in the pool so it was still dry, the same applied for his bag, yet he couldn’t fiind his glasses, he must have lost them in the pool. Kevin sighed, he couldn’t see a foot in front of him without his glasses. He squinted his eyes, trying to see a bit better but to no avail.
’’-Pumpkin, you’ve lost your glasses in the pool, did you not? They might be retrieved tomorrow…can you see anything at all without them?’’ Eddward asked.
’’-Not really…I can’t even see the door clearly, and it is a few feet away…but I do have some extra glasses at home.’’ Kevin answered.
’’-Hmm…so be it, I will drive you home and help you to the door.’’ Eddward said, starting toward the door, he changed as well and war ready to leave. ’’You comming, pumpkin?’’ Eddward asked.
’’-Yes, yes, right behind you…’’ Kevin mumbled.
They exited the school, making sure to lock each door, the storm was as strong as ever, by the time they made it to the car they were soaking wet once more, luckily Eddward came prepared and the seats were covered in plastic in order top revent them from getting wet. Eddward drove cautiously, usually he would go much faster but the wet roads were very dangerous and he had a passager as well. Once they arrived in front of Kevin’s house, both teens got out and Eddward guided Kevin towards his house. Kevin unlocked the door and both got inside, his parents were away, they went bowling like they do every Monday night, it was some sort of tradition. Kevin led Eddward into the kitchen, then he quickly ran to his room to fetch a pair of glasses for himself and went back to the kitchen, the rooms were very warm, there was no need to change yet, plus he had a guest so it wouldn’t be good to leave him alone too much. Kevin entered the Kitchen and saw edd staring out of the window at the rain so he went for the top cabinets.
’’-Hey Edd, would you like some hot cocoa, coffee or tea?’’ Kevin asked, looking through the cabinets.
’’-Pumpkin, caffeine would do much harm to my intelligence, and it is unwise to have sweets at such hour, I would prefer some tea.’’ Eddward responded, taking his eyes off the window and taking a seat at the table.
Kevin made tea for both of them, then he sat at the table and began chatting with Edd once more. After a quick chat, Eddward recieved a message from Marie, she was over at Nazz and wanted the library key back for Nazz. Edd got up and said goodbye, staring to walk towards the kitchen’s exit, Kevin got up too and stumbled after Edd, but as he made the first few steps, his wet shoes slipped on the tiles and sent him towards the swimmer. The tall brunet turned back in time to see the redhead slip towards him but he couldn’t react fast enough so Kevin crashed into him and both fell on the floor. As he fell, Kevin’s lips crashed onto Edd’s and Edd’s knee rubbed between Kevin’s tighs, the touch was sudden and brief but a small whimper escaped Kevin, and as he heard it, Kevin jumped up and off Eddward, his whole face red as a ruby, his eyes a bit teary and his mouth hanging open.
’’-I-I-I am sorry! Eddward, I d-din not m-mean to!!! I was hurrying and slipped! The shoes were wet and there were tiles and…’’ Kevin began rambling, his lips glistening from the kiss they just shared.
Eddward chuckled and got up, coming closer to the red-faced boy and put his hand under his chin, lifting his head slightly. His blue eyes staring into the other’s green eyes.
’’-It’s okay, pumpkin, no harm done…’’ Eddward got closer until his lips were inches away from Kevin’s ear. ’’In fact…it was quite enjoyable, pumpkin.’’ He breathed out into Kevin’s ear, making the small geek shudder.
Eddward released Kevin, pulling back to see an even redder version of Kevin staring at Edd with big, teary eyes. Eddward grinned, and leaned in, placing a chaste kiss onto Kevin’s lips before quickly turning away and heading towards the door. Just before leaving, Eddward turned back, grinning.
’’-Au revoir, cirouielle, see you soon.’’ And with that he was gone.
Kevin stayed there, in the middle of the kitchen, shocked, flustered and hot. He felt his heart pounding, it was beating so fast he whought it would brust out at any moment…and something reacted in Kevin’s lower half…he was slighly hard from when Edd’s knee brushed that place. Kevin began to heat up once more, his blush spreading all the way to his ears and down his neck, he ran to his room, threw all of his wet clothes on the bathroom’s floor, took a quick shower and jumped into bed. It couldn’t be…NO! That wasn’t true…was it? He was…he was falling for Eddward! He was falling for Eddward Vincent! The bully, the swimmer…the most intelligent person Kevin has met…with his sharp, cruel eyes and that menancing grin with a cute gap between his teeth…Kevin blushed and hid under the sheets, his body growing hotter and hotter, he slowly guided his shaky hand towards his boxers and brushed agains his hard member, a shaky breath escaping him. Kevin slowly began rubbing his member through the fabric, his breath growing heavy, as he bagan imagining how Edd pinned him on the floor, his body wet from swimming and he crashed their lips together, at first the kiss was gentle, then it turned into carnal desire with lots of sucking, licking, nipping. Kevin slowly guided his hands into his boxers, gripping his lengh and rubbing it steadily, he imagined Edd pulling him on his lap, pulling up Kevin’s shirt and playing with the reahead’s nipples while his erection rubbed through their pants against Kevin’s. Kevin couldn’t take it anymore his other hand pulled up his shirt as he began tweaking and rubbing his nipples while his other hand worked his erection, in a matter of minutes, Kevin’s body began trembling and his breath came out in short sudden breath as he reached his boiling point and released onto his palms. He reached out to grab some tissues and cleaned the mess, then he plopped back on the bed, trying to catch his breath and to recap what happened….he had…gotten off to Eddward…Kevin’s blush returned as he gripped the pillow and placed it on his face…what had he done?!?