Breaking Point
Keicai
Chapter 3
Notes:
Pretty tame chapter, still around PG rating. Chapter 5 is when everything gets good. Also this chapter is LONG. Almost 4k words. I hope everyone likes novel-length fanfics, 'cause that's what this is going to be ahaha.
Chapter Text
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Edd tried not to show how shaken up he felt when he stepped into Eddy's room.
"Sorry for taking so long..." He muttered sheepishly, setting his clothes back into his suitcase and separating them based on how dirty each garment was. He rubbed the back of his neck in an attempt to distract himself, playing with the small bits of hair that stuck out from beneath his hat at the nape of his neck. "Thank you for setting up the bed, Eddy. It looks quite comfortable."
The taller teen took a seat on the opposite side of the bed than where Eddy was laying, slowly peeling off his house socks and folding them in on each other before setting them next to the bed. He had hoped Eddy hadn't heard any of the exchange just outside his room, lest it upset the boy more. However, what Eugene had said lingered in the back of his mind.
Had he really had a friendship like his and Eddy's before? With how the man acted now it was so hard to believe.
Yet, the curiosity was beginning to plague the teen's mind.
Eddy lay on the bed, grunting slightly when Edd came in. He had started to fall asleep when the dark haired teen spoke. Stretching and letting out a large yawn, Eddy nodded at him with half closed eyes. When he felt Edd settle down next to him Eddy was able to let go some of the tension he didn't know was there.
He hadn't noticed how long Edd had been gone but when he glanced at the glowing numbers from his clock next to him, he frowned.
Fifteen minutes was a long time for anyone to be in the bathroom.
Eddy was quiet and listened to the sound of the other's breathing. He wondered what could've kept him. Maybe he decided to take a shower? No, he would've brought his towel with him if he did. Eddy didn't voice this however, instead rolling onto his side away from the other boy and covering himself with the blanket up to his neck.
Edd turned off the lamp on his side of the bed when he felt the other roll over.
"Eddy?" Edd's voice was quiet in the now dark room. He couldn't hold his curiosity in any longer. He knew that it would keep him up if he did, theorizing on different hypotheses of the outcome of Eugene's friendship and what may had made him the way he was now. "May I ask you a question?"
Just as Eddy had felt himself begin to drift the sound of Edd's voice startled him awake.
"Huh..? What...?"
He furrowed his brow, a little unsure if what he heard was from a dream or real. But as his mind started to come back to reality he replayed what his friend had asked and turned his head in the other teens' direction before moving to face him completely.
"What's up?" He asked, his speech slightly slurred. "What happened?"
"Oh... nothing is the matter," Edd started.
He tried to believe himself.
"I was just wondering, and I apologize for the subject matter as I know how it affects you," he was rambling now, "but I can't seem to get this curiosity out of my head..."
Edd paused and took a sharp breath in with the gap in his teeth. He had started, and leaving the other hanging was never kind.
"What... Made your brother like he is? Was he always like this?" His heart pounded in his chest and he hoped Eddy couldn't hear it.
