Kevedd One-shots

Fade Away

By: Laughing Jay

Summary: "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine." Edd was dying, and they both knew that despite their best efforts, he wouldn't make it through the night. So Kevin decides to sing him to sleep.

WARINING: the feels will be damaged.
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"Come on dork... Come on... Just... Just a bit longer..." He gasped through sharp breaths. His lungs felt as if they were frozen over as they inhaled icy winter air. A thin blanket of snow covered the sidewalks as the streets were mostly freezing slush. Kevin was at his limit, his boots were worn and caused him to slide, forcing him to use even more of his dwindling strength in order to prevent dropping the precious cargo he held close to his chest as he ran. His sprinting had slowed to a fast jog, his legs already weak and shaking in exhaustion, but still he pressed onwards.

Edd's eyes were fluttering as he struggled to remain awake, focusing on Kevin's dull, forest green eyes above him. They had such dark rings around them, very different from the bright, lively emerald irises they had been just weeks ago. Of course, that was before the accident. Edd turned his head slowly to the right, gazing onto the street they moved upon. Cold bodies littered the ground along with rubble and broken down cars. Edd wasn't sure what it was, or why it had happened, or even if there were any other survivors other than Kevin and himself, but he couldn't bring himself to think of that anymore. Because he knew, that it wouldn't be the two of them for long. The throbbing in his middle was fading as the loss of blood and the blistering cold was numbing the pain. Slowly, very slowly, he was wasting away.

It had been two days. Double Dee was in a critical condition and Kevin knew, deep down, it wouldn't be long now, though he didn't want to admit it. He shook his head, bringing himself to focus on the task at hand rather than thoughts that injured his hope even more, as if the ragged breathing and slowing heart beat below him wasn't enough. Kevin's eyes burned with the need to relieve his grief. He didn't want to be alone, he didn't want him to go. He couldn't go on with him gone, he needed him. If fact, he was the entire reason they had even made it this far. Kevin wondered if that was a good thing at this point. Maybe they should have just died off, maybe they should have just met their deaths along with every other friend they knew. The list seemed bottomless, every friend, enemy, coworker, ex, and family member: gone. As far as they knew, they were the only ones left. The entirety of the world seemed to be wiped out. If it weren't for Edd, they wouldn't have escaped and survived.

Edd was shaking. Whether it was from the freezing cold of winter or his lack of strength and blood, he didn't know. He found comfort in Kevin's body heat against him, but it wasn't much. He shut his eyes for a moment, listening to Kevin's sharp breathing and pounding heartbeat. The world seemed to hush away into nothing around them, every small creak of a now abandoned home, every crunch below Kevin's feet, and every howl of the harsh wind seemed to scatter and dissipate, fading away as Edd was. He opened his eyes, looking down the street to see a small yellow house coming into his view. Unlike every other home they had passed, it's windows and doors still seemed intact, and it was left open. Edd smiled within trembling lips.

'It would be suitable shelter for Kevin tonight...' He thought. He slowly called to Kevin, hoping he would hear him.

Kevin was so tired. So very tired. It had taken every ounce of energy he had to make it here, but it wasn't enough. They needed a hospital, they needed somewhere for Edd to rest and get the medical tools he needed to...get better...

It was then that he felt a small tug at his sweater from the sickly boy in his weak arms. He looked down into his dull cyan eyes, they were heavy and dark as expected. The Double Dork was drifting away, and Kevin couldn't bring himself to go on any longer.